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African descent to be elected president of the United
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— Nov. 4, 2008
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The Month Ahead
Saturday, November 5
Keizer Art Association Black, White and Grey artists’
reception. 6 to 8 p.m. Awards will be presented, wine and
appetizers will be served.
The Salem Concert Band, Fall 2016 concert,
performs Fiesta at Central High School Auditorium
in Independence 7 p.m. Tickets: $20 reserved, $15
general, $5 for students. 503-362-0485 or www.
salemconcertband.org
Sunday, November 6
Daylight saving time ends. Set all clocks back one hour.
All Haydn Concert at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church,
1444 Liberty St SE at 4 p.m. stpaulsoregon.org 503-362-
3661.
Willamette University’s Theatre Department presents
Overture: Music Inspired by Shakespeare, a special event
with the Willamette University Symphony Orchestra, 3
p.m. at Hudson Hall. Tickets are $15. wutheatre.com.
The Second Winds Community Band along with Linfi eld
College Concert Band and Second Winds Jazz Band
directed by Mark Williams and Dr. Joan Paddock present
I Remember Vietnam, featuring the world premier of
“Emblems of Sacrifi ce” by Dr. Kevin Walczyk. 3:00 p.m.,
at Mcminnville Community Center (600 NE Evans St,
McMinnville, OR 97128). Admission is free. For more
information go to www.secondwinds.org.
Tuesday, November 8
Election Day.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, November 11 – Saturday, November 19
Willamette University’s Theatre Department presents
Perception/Reality, a dance concert exploring the
themes of Shakespeare in M. Lee Pelton Theatre.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays;
Matinees at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13 and 19. Tickets range from
$8 to $12. wutheatre.com.
Saturday, November 12
Keizer All-School Reunion. All students, teachers and
employees of the old Keizer School are invited, 1-4 p.m.,
980 Chemawa Rd. NE. 504-393-9660.
Millstream Knitting Guild meets at Arrowhead Mobile
Park Community Center, 5422 Portland Road N.E. in
Salem,10 a.m. to noon. New members welcome, $24
membership per year. For more information, visit
millstreamknitting.wordpress.com.
Saturday, November 12 – Sunday, November 13
Willamette University and The Willamette Master
Chorus presents its annual Veterans Concerts, Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. or Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in Hudson Hall.
Tueday, November 15
Willamette University’s Small Ensemble Program will
showcase the work of its students. The concert is free.
Performing will be: North Star String Quartet, Brasscats,
the Percussion Ensemble and WW5, the woodwind
quartet. 7:30 p.m. For more information 503-370-6255.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, November 18
The Historic Elsinore Theatre presents, Candlebox in
concert. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20/27-Door $25-32. 170
High Street SE. 503-375-3574. elsinoretheatre.org.
Several candidates from
around the region took part in
a forum hosted by the Latino
Business Alliance on Wednesday,
Oct. 26.
Republican gubernatorial
candidate Bud Pierce joined
Republican Rep. Jodi Hack, a
candidate for House District 19;
Republican Laura Morett and
incumbent Democrat Rep. Paul
Evans, candidates for House
District 20; and House District
22 Republican candidate Patti
Milne alongside Aubrey Mech-
ling, campaign manager for
Milne’s Democratic opponent
Teresa Alonso Leon.
Candidates were asked three
questions and given two min-
utes to respond.
Question: What our your
thoughts on Measures 97 and
how will it affect Latino small
businesses? (Measure 97 would
create a new tax on corpora-
tions with more than $25 mil-
lion in Oregon sales and result
in about $3 billion per year for
public education, health care
and senior services).
Bud Pierce: I feel it will
be more harmful than helpful.
From a Latino business point
of view, you will have to pur-
chase goods from the businesses
that are going to be taxed. Costs
will be passed onto families and
their businesses and I oppose it
based on increased costs.
Rep. Paul Evans: In this
particular case, Measure 97 has
some language that will need
to be tweaked. I think what Dr.
Pierce said is probably true. But
what’s not been discussed is the
potential gains. One of the spe-
cifi c gains would be increased
transportation gains, increased
workforce development and
hopefully a safer, more capable
health care system for children.
There will be some impacts, but
I don’t think it will be directly
harmful.
Laura Morett: They are
promising it’s going to educa-
tion and seniors, but it’s going
into the general fund. We all
know what happens with that
money, it’s misspent and mis-
handled. I don’t want to take
$600 of my money or your
money and throw it into the
general fund. We need lead-
ership willing to do the hard
things and make hard decisions.
Audrey Mechling: Teresa
has spent her career advocat-
ing for students and she knows
the schools need more funding
to reduce class sizes and in-
crease graduation rates. Career
technical education and ap-
prenticeship programs can be a
path to success for students and
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Saint Paul’s Music Guild Evensong Concert Series at
1444 Liberty Street SE. Salem, presents Manzi-Heck
Duo 4 p.m. For more information visit stpaulsoregon.
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District 20 and 1,800 voted. It’s
one thing to say what needs to
be done. I actually do it. Look at
representatives’ records and look
how they voted. They are vot-
ing with a Portland agenda.
Mechling: Teresa will rep-
resent all the constituents. Her
website is available in English,
Spanish and Russian. She has
made it a priority to reach out
with town halls in English and
Spanish, and made it a prior-
ity to visit the businesses in
downtown Woodburn. One of
the biggest concerns is the lack
of access to capital allowing
them to grow and change, and
she’s been working on that as a
Woodburn city councilor.
Milne: Many of my friends
are Hispanic, Latino and Slav-
ic. With my background as a
Marion County Commissioner,
I’ve had lots of interaction with
various business groups. We
need capital and access to qual-
ity workers.
Hack: I have 100 percent
voting record for small business.
One of the things I did was hold
meetings with business leaders,
a tradition started by my prede-
cessor. We’ve been able to work
through things that are good for
business and creating some in-
centives and to create capital for
research and development.
Question: In 2007, Gov.
Ted Kulongoski changed re-
quirements for drivers licenses
and voters have rejected driver’s
cards. These represent a huge
challenge to Latino businesses.
Are there any actions you are
willing to take to remedy the
situation?
Pierce: The answer to this
is comprehensive immigration
reform which will take away
the driver’s license problem.
What a governor can do is get
involved. I would make a phone
call once a month to the presi-
dent and say we need this. We
need a social media movement
to demand federal legislators do
their job. It is not fair to have a
permanent underclass and that
is what we are creating in our
society.
Evans: I was for the driver’s
card and I believe it is a path
that we can make work. Given
the current republican presi-
dential candidate’s immigration
strategy, which involves trains,
busses and everyone that doesn’t
have paperwork and moving
them out of the country, there
is a vast difference regarding
what we need to do. We have to
fi gure out how to build a sense
of community. We have to fi nd
a way to get people to and from
work safely so they can be pro-
ductive and we have to fi nd the
resources to make it happen.
Morett: Our hands are lim-
ited here, but it comes back to
leadership. Why can’t Oregon
spearhead a driver’s card issue.
Not all Latinos want citizen-
ship and some who do give up
because it is too diffi cult. Every
one of you can come to me and
ask how I can help you.
Mechling: Offering driver’s
cards to those without docu-
mentation gives them access to
education, allows them to pur-
chase insurance and allows them
to travel safely and legally. It af-
fects Oregonians from all walks
of life. If elected, Teresa will be
one of only two Latino legisla-
tors. It takes bridge-building
and conversations like the ones
that the Latino Business Alli-
ance starts every day.
Milne: Ballot Measure 88
(which would have created the
driver’s card) was the wrong ap-
proach to solve an issue that is
a reality for many people. It set
back legitimate conversations
several years. This is not the ap-
proach I want to see happen
ever again. I understand the val-
ue and importance of forgiving,
but we will not solve problems
with confrontation. I know that
there are some solutions out
there, but we won’t get to them
until we work together.
Hack: This is a federal issue.
Working with the Farm Bureau,
one of the things we did was
bring people in from around
the state and workforce (trans-
portation) is a major problem.
One of the things that was most
shocking is the lack of involve-
ment with the people. First, we
need to hear from you about
the real conversations and real
issues. I want to challenge us
to sit down and have the tough
discussions. If we start there, we
will come up with the solutions.
local
weather
correction
The Keizer Art Association’s Black, White and Gray Show
reception is Saturday, Nov. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. (Last week’s story
had the wrong time.)
Wine and appetizers will be served, and there will also be a
raffl e. Awards be presented at during the reception.
The public is invited to attend.
5 YEARS AGO
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Three arrested in gang
fi ght, victim struck
with hammer
Probable cause statements fi led
by Keizer Police state a man
struck a 20 year old male in the
face with a hammer, and that
the alleged attacker returned
later with two other men, one
holding a shotgun, and tried
to assault the victim again. Sgt.
Copeland of the Keizer Police
Dept. stopped a van after the
attacks occured and said a
shotgun similar to the one
described by the victim was
seen in plain view inside the
van. Three were arrested.
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10 YEARS AGO
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Bust of local couple
raises questions
about medical
marijuana policing
THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
Keizer police offi cers entered
the home of a couple who
held medical marijuana cards
and walked out with nearly
eight pounds of pot they
suspect was intended for sale.
The bust ended with the arrest
of the pair on drug charges.
15 YEARS AGO
Police seize weapons,
arrest 3
Keizer police arrested three
men and recovered an array of
knives and guns after an offi cer
interrupted a fi ght in a River
Road parking lot.
20 YEARS AGO
Sunday, December 4
she wants to see us investing in
bringing back career technical
education to our high schools.
She is supporting Measure 97 to
make those critical investments.
Patti Milne: In addition
to the concerns raised by Dr.
Pierce, Measure 97 would elim-
inate the motivation to cor-
rect the disconnect between
education and funding. There
are actual lives at risk in these
programs and some of them are
not serving the intended popu-
lations. We need accountability
and transparency.
Jodi Hack: I don’t support
Measure 97. It’s a blank check
to the legislature. I understand
Rep. Evans about making
tweaks and changes, but under a
one-party rule that doesn’t hap-
pen. It’s bad for Oregon. When
we had a $1.8 billion surplus last
year, we only put a little into
education.
Question: Describe your
campaign’s Latino outreach ef-
forts, what have you learned
from those, and are there any
measures you would push for to
help Latino small business own-
ers?
Pierce: I’ve met some of our
Latino residents who are work-
ing three jobs. I’m overwhelmed
by their work ethic, but we have
to make sure students are study-
ing 12 hours a day to be scien-
tists, lawyers and doctors. I also
favor small business enterprise
zones where if you increase the
value of your property, you are
incentivized through tax breaks.
I also support tax credits that
kick in early for entrepreneurs,
and the state helping with loan
guarantees.
Evans: Outreach is the
bread and butter of what any
representative is going to do.
Investment in transportation
on the weekends is critical to
get to jobs. I want to see more
education and workforce de-
velopment, and hopes to create
an Oregon State Deposit Store
that would generate micro busi-
ness loans in this state, especially
for those with documentation
problems. As a representative,
I’ve also worked hard to put
more money in small grants for
new businesses. I don’t have one
answer, it’s going to take a lot of
us working together.
Morett: I came to the La-
tino business alliance and asked
one of the women here if she
votes. She said she doesn’t be-
cause she is afraid she would
make the wrong decision. There
are 8,000 Latino residents in
Pedestrian struck
A 77-year-old Keizer woman,
Julia Field, was hit by a Blazer
on River Road. She was riding
a motorized scooter across the
road and was not using the
crosswalk. She was listed in fair
condition at Salem Hospital.
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