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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 Schrader stresses bipartisanship presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 196 McGregor vs. Diaz Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 am FILM: A LVIN & THE C HIPMUNKS [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $3 Sensory Sensitive Showings are designed specifi cally for customers with autism and other special sensory needs. UPCOMING EVENTS SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $12 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online • Full Day Schedule, Friday, March 4th - No School • Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, March 12th at 7 and 9 pm • Spring Break Matinees, Mar. 17 – 25 Today in History In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring more than 1,000. — February 26, 1993 Food 4 Thought “People do not lack strength; they lack will.” – Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, born Feb. 26, 1802 The Month Ahead Continuing through Saturday, February 27 McNary High School Art Show at Enid Joy Mount Gallery presented by the Keizer Art Association. Hours are 1-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road NE. keizerarts.com. Monday, February 29 Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Friday, March 4 Pentacle Theatre presents The Diary of Anne Frank by France Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Through Saturday, March 26. For schedule and tickets visit pentacletheatre. or. Saturday, March 5 Artist’s reception for Keizer Art Association’s March show, The Color Blue. 2-4 p.m., Enid Joy Mount Gallery, Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. keizerarts.com. Saturday, March 6 Festival Chorale Oregon: Requiem (Mozart) and Solemn Vespers at 4 p.m. Performed by choir, orchestra and soloists at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For ticket information contact 503-375-3574. www.elsinoretheatre.com Monday, March 7 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Community mural meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Claggett Room at Keizer Civic Center. Jessi Long will present about color mixing. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Kurt Schrader is still singing the praises of John Boehner. At an event in Keizer last October, the former veteri- narian turned Congressman from Canby had high praise for the Ohio lawmaker, the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who was ousted from his position by members of his own Re- publican party last year. Speaking at a Rotary Club of Keizer luncheon last week at Keizer Civic Center, the Democrat was even more ef- fusive in his praise for Boehner. “Boehner had trouble get- ting the budget done,” said Schrader, a former state legis- lator who was fi rst elected to Congress in 2008. “Most of us in politics like to get reelected. The speaker decided that, for the betterment of the coun- try, he would sacrifi ce himself and not seek reelection. Rath- er than having the country fl ounder, he sacrifi ced himself and his political career to make sure the country functions. He did that so he could work with the Democrats. What the heck is wrong with this country that it’s a bad thing to work with the other side? It’s the Oregon way of doing things. I’m a big fan of his.” Schrader said Boehner’s ef- forts were key in getting the budget and an immigration bill passed, as the Republi- can reached out to Democrat Nancy Pelosi. “We passed that (immigra- tion) bill in a bipartisan man- ner,” Schrader said. Schrader, a member of the No Labels group, said biparti- sanship is critically important in Washington, D.C. “It helps us work together on things,” Schrader told the Keizertimes afterwards. “Staff is starting to work together. You have to stay on it, because there is so much conspiracy stuff back in D.C. We need to keep working together. I think there is a different spirit now. We just need to let the presi- dential debates not poison things and we’ll be alright.” That echoed a comment Schrader, serving on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made earlier dur- ing the meeting. “There are a lot of folks in Congress who work hard, de- spite the reality show we see running for president,” he said. “It’s somewhat amazing what we accomplished last year, but feel free to disagree.” Schrader, who noted “not all Democrats are a fan of (Bernie) Sanders,” gave an up- date on some of the legislation he’s closest to, including help for senior patients. “There’s a huge issue here and we had a lot of seniors come see us because they couldn’t see a doctor,” he said. “A lot of doctors were retiring. You have to have a certain mix to keep your doors open. “Doctors were being threatened with a 30 percent cut in reimbursements to see Medicare patients,” Schrader added. “This committee came up with a new formula and got bipartisan support. It costs $140 billion to change it. The trouble is coming up with a way to do that. Boehner reached out to Pelosi and they worked on it. It passed out of our committee 51-0. They’ve been trying to do this thing for the last 20 years. It passed in one of the most partisan en- vironments I’ve ever seen.” Schrader said his committee also approved legislation about toxic substances that hadn’t been updated since the 1970s and also approved a way for some new drugs and medica- tions to get to market sooner. Wednesday, March 9 Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. TheatreworksUSA presents Curious George: The Golden Meatball at 10 a.m. and noon at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For class group tickets call 800-497-5007. Recommended for grades Pre K-3. www.elsinoretheatre.com Thursday, March 10 West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center. TheatreworksUSA presents The Lightening Thief at 10 a.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For class group tickets call 800-497-5007. Recommended for grades 2-6. www.elsinoretheatre.com Thursday, March 10 – Sunday, March 13 The Hotel Casablanca, a comedic opera by Willamette University Theare program at Smith Auditoriium on the Willamette University campus. For schedule and tickets visit willamette.edu/cla/music/performance/events. Saturday, March 12 Straub Environmental Center presents the Mid-Valley Green Awards @ 7 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. Tickets $17. For more information Sunday, March 13 Sacred Heart-St. Louis Parish in Gervais will hold its annual BBQ chicken dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner is $11, $7 for those 12 and under; menu incudes half a barbecued chicken and the all the fi xings. 485 7th Street. 503-792-4231. Friday, March 18 Oregon Symphony at Willamette University-Smith Auditorium 8 p.m. Variations on a Theme by Joseph Hayden. Tickets range $50 to $5. For more information contact dtrevett@willamette.edu Tickets are available online orsymphonysalem.org Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. Schrader said another big effort was legislation replacing No Child Left Behind, giving states control of standards and testing for school children as well as school improvement plans. “That was a huge bipartisan vote,” Schrader said. “Hope- fully it revolutionizes how we teach our kids and gives con- trol back to the schools.” When asked if anything would get done during this election year, Schrader pointed to last year. “We got most of the heavy lifting done last year,” he said. “John Boehner’s goal was to get a lot done so we wouldn’t get hung up. But there will be some things done.” Realtor Amy McLeod said small business owners such as herself are tired of increased fi nancial burdens. “Year after year, more and more taxes and burdens are placed on us,” McLeod said. “It’s created an attitude that it’s hard to do better and we’re evil. I hear of many business owners giving up.” Schrader nodded in agree- ment as McLeod spoke. “I agree with you 100 per- cent,” Schrader said. “I prac- Big turnout for homeless meeting By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes What does comedian Jon Stewart have to do with homelessness? It wasn’t necessarily the way you would expect an ini- tial meeting of a homelessness task force to begin, but it got the point across effectively. The Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative task force held its fi rst meeting on Feb. 17 at the Salem Public Library. The task force is a joint ef- fort between Marion and Polk counties as well as Keizer and Salem. Each entity has fi ve members on the task force, though three of the Keizer representatives were absent. Salem Mayor Anna Peter- son led the meeting until hav- ing to leave for a town hall meeting with Congressman Kurt Schrader, at which point Marion County commission- er Janet Carlson took over. A standing room-only crowd fi lled the meeting room, leading to more chairs being added as about 80 audi- ence members crammed into the room. Once the meeting got go- ing, Peterson played a clip from “The Daily Show” fea- turing Stewart, with a report on a Utah program in which homeless people are given houses to live in. The cost of the housing is less than money spent on homelessness, with the show noting the cost is $10,000 to $12,000 per per- son, less than is otherwise spent on emergency room vis- its and jail time. The program has reduced homelessness by 72 percent since 2005. Tuesday, March 8 Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader speaks at the Feb. 18 Rotary Club of Keizer meeting. “This makes light of some of the arguments people make about the topic,” Peterson said. Even during self introduc- tions, the passion for the topic could be felt. “I’ve worked with home- less populations the last 15 years,” said Verena Wessel from Northwest Human Services, one of Keizer’s representatives. “We’ve got to get some trac- tion.” Peterson noted she has spent time talking with home- less people in shelters, parks and on sidewalks. “I have never talked to a homeless person who set out to be homeless,” Peter- son said. “It’s always reminded me something happened in their life. It’s not a situation of Please see HOMELESS, Page A3 The supporters of the measure to limit big box stores in Keizer discovered early on the diffi culty in disentangling the generic big box from the spectre of Walmart. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. 15 YEARS AGO A recreation center could be worked into the plans for a proposed retail development at Keizer’s freeway inter- change. 20 YEARS AGO Koho takes case to president as Keizer digs out Mayor Dennis Koho pleaded Keizer’s case for fl ood aid directly to President Clinton last week. Koho was among a handful of local government leaders who spent nearly two hours in a private meeting with Clinton as he reviewed the Northwest fl ooding. 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I wouldn’t hire any kids at $15 an hour. It’s going to be really diffi cult.” Schrader didn’t get asked about the Malheur standoff or the land rights issues behind it, either at the Rotary meeting or at a town hall meeting the night before in Salem. “I hope some good con- versation comes from that,” Schrader told the Keizertimes afterwards. “We should open up the land to good agricul- ture practices. To me, there should be some discussion.” KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Who should appoint Justice Scalia’s successor to the Supreme Court? 56% – President Obama 44% – Next President Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM
