SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 29
SECTION A
JULY 1, 2016
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Keizer man cuffed for menacing
Boys claim gun was pointed at them
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A chance encounter at a Mill
City campground led to the
arrest of a Keizer man who is
now charged with menacing a
group of male juveniles at Clear
Lake Elementary School.
The charges stem from an
incident Thursday, June 16,
when a group of several boys
were in the parking lot of the
school about 9:30 p.m. and
“being loud” by their own
Robert Offi eld
admission.
The boys saw a late model
gray BMW enter the parking
lot and the driver, who witnesses
described as a man in his late
30s with a short, scruffy beard,
began making comments about
the boys' volume.
The boys said the man used
both profanity and referred to
at least one in the group as a
“dirty Mexican.” Some of the
boys said the driver pulled out a
black handgun after making the
statement and pointed it at the
group briefl y.
At that point, the driver said,
“Next time I come, I'm going
to blast you fools,” according to
witnesses.
The man drove close to the
group and made another threat
before exiting the parking lot
the same way he arrived. One
of the boys managed to take
a video of the man and his
vehicle, which was missing its
plates, as it drove off. The boys
called 9-1-1 after the incident
and reported it to the Keizer
Police Department.
Two days later, on Saturday,
June 18, one of the boys was
camping in Mill City and
spotted the same driver and
vehicle at the campground. His
family was able to obtain the
full license plate number and
reported it to police.
The 2007 BMW sedan
was registered to Kyle Robert
Offi eld of 7445 Sagebrush
Street N.E., which is located
Please see MENACE, Page A9
A PLACE IN HISTORY?
Historic home may impede apartment plans
– took up much of the meeting, it was a
question regarding the potential historical
signifi cance of the home already on
the property that primarily resulted in
the public hearing on the matter being
extended until late August.
And, without the much-maligned
roundabout being constructed just a few
hundred yards away, there's a good chance
A HOUSE WITH HISTORY
Exactly when the house on the property
was built is something of a mystery in and
of itself.
Depending on the source, estimates
range between 1840 and 1901. However, it
is indisputably the oldest structure of its type
in city limits according to a report fi led by
the Oregon Department of Transportation
(ODOT) in 2014.
What is less obscure is the history of
ownership. The farmstead on which the
property sits was part of a donation land
claim by John M. Pugh. The Pugh family
was one of the fi rst families to arrive in
what would become Keizer.
John Pugh
and wife
Sally take
possession
of a donation
land claim
that includes
the property
known as the
“cow pasture”
in modern
Keizer
The Pughs sell
the farm to
Benjamin and
Mary Hall. It is
believed that
the home on the
site dates back
to the Hall era
of ownership
because of
some unique
structural
features.
1850 1884
William and Awilda
Savage begin renting the
property and establish
the Keizer View Dairy.
(They purchase it in 1914
and claim a $1,000 value
on the property in 1940
when responding
to the U.S.
Census.)
1910
Rosalie Herber dies
after living on the
property for more than
60 years. The house,
associated buildings
and acreage become
the property of the
Herber children.
1943
The Savages begin renting the
land to Joseph and Rosalie
Herber. The Herbers sell the
dairy stock and focus on
vegetables and beef cattle.
They take ownership of most
of the land by 1948.
MAY 2014 -
Preparation for work
on the roundabout
at Chemawa Road
NE and Verda
Lane NE triggers an
ODOT investigation
into the possible
historic signifi cance
of the house.
2007
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JUNE 2016 - The Herber
family and a developer
return to present
a slightly changed
apartment plan. Public
hearings on the matter
are extended to allow
further research into
the recently-discovered
historical report and
other issues.
2014
2016
SEPT 2014 - The City of Keizer
holds the fi rst public hearing to rezone
the property for development as apartments.
The application is denied citing the need for single-family
residences, traffi c impacts and livability concerns.
Civil
War
another shot in three incidents
Reenactment
Suspect shot
Armed robber
in armed robbery eludes police twice
July 2-4
Please see SHOT, Page A9
Please see ELUDE, Page A9
McNary alum
competes for
Miss Oregon
title
People made
Verda house
a home
One armed robber escapes,
A Keizer police offi cer shot a man suspected
Keizer Police Department responded to
of armed robbery Sunday, June 26, at the
two armed robberies in the wee hours Sun-
7-Eleven located on the
day, June 26.
corner of Lockhaven Drive
Police offi cials suspect
North and River Road
the same man in incidents
North.
at Cooper’s Deli & Pub,
At 8:18 p.m., offi cers
5408 River Road N., and
from the Keizer Police
Quality Suites, 5188 Wit-
Department responded to
tenberg Lane N.E.
the convenience store after
At 12:57 a.m., offi cers
receiving a report that an
responded to the report of
armed robbery had just
an armed robbery at Coo-
File photo
occurred at the business.
per’s. The female victim, a
Keizer Police Offi cer Esteban Perez, 26, arrived
cashier at the business, reported a single male
on scene and confronted the suspect. During
adult entered the business and confronted her
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KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Discussions about rezoning the area
known as “the cow pasture” in the heart
of Keizer ground to a standstill at the city
council meeting Monday, June 20.
While area residents opposing the
proposal to allow 112 apartments on the
site – between Chemawa Road Northeast
and Dearborn Avenue Northeast on
the west side of Verda Lane Northeast
Where
to see
the best
fireworks
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
After 25 years
at
Willamette
Mission State Park,
the Northwest Civil
War
Council's
annual Civil War
reenactment
is
moving
four
and half miles
east to Antique
Powerland.
“We're still
going to have the
Future Celts
pack b-ball
camps
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same battles,” said Steve
Robinson, who along
with doing public re-
lations for the NW-
CWC, is also a ci-
vilian reenactor.
“We're still going
to have the same
camps and same
demonstrations.
It's just a differ-
ent location. It's
probably more
Please see
WAR, Page A3
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