SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 6
SECTION A
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
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Trump wins presidency
Barker will take council seat, weed tax passes
Donald Trump, in a upset victory
that sent shockwaves around the globe,
will be the 45th president of the Unit-
ed States.
Trump pulled out victories in key
battleground states like Florida, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Michigan for a win in
the electoral college tally. At press time,
Trump was expected to win at least
279 electoral votes while his opponent,
Hillary Clinton, stalled out at around
218 electoral votes. One of the candi-
dates had to pass 270 electoral votes for
a decisive win.
Clinton had a slight lead in the pop-
ular vote.
On the local front, Keizer residents
approved a 3 percent tax on recre-
ational sales of marijuana and elected
a new city councilor. Below are some
of the results on local and statewide is-
sues. All totals will need to be certifi ed
in the coming weeks.
Keizer City Council
Position 1
Allen Barker narrowly edged out
Laura Reid for Position 1 on the Keiz-
er City Council.
Barker is a retiree with experience
in construction and fi nancial services
President-elect Donald J. Trump
City Councilor-elect Allen Barker
and currently volunteers on the city’s
budget committee,
Barker won with a razor-thin 81-
vote margin. A combined 10,697 votes
were cast for the two candidates. Bark-
er will be sworn in in January.
Mayor Cathy Clark as well as coun-
cilors Marlene Parsons and Kim Free-
man ran unopposed an will be sworn
in anew in January.
Measure No. 24-397
Nearly 80 percent of Keizer vot-
ers approved a 3 percent tax on recre-
ational marijuana sales within Keizer.
The fi nal tally was 11,316 “yes” to
2,942 “no.”
Measure No. 24-404 and Measure
24-405
Voters narrowly rejected a proposal
to allow medical marijuana businesses
outside of city limits in Marion Coun-
ty. The fi nal vote count was 55,644
“no” to 54,522 “yes.”
Measure 24-405, which would have
permitted recreational marijuana sales
outside of city limits in Marion Coun-
ty, was rejected more resoundingly. 53
percent of voters said “no” while 46
percent voted “yes.”
Measure 24-405
Voters overwhelmingly supported
a 3 percent Marion County tax on
recreational sales of marijuana. Nearly
85,000 voters supported the tax to al-
most 26,000 that voted ”no.”
Marion Soil & Water Conserva-
tion District Director, At Large #1
Scott Walker will become the new
district director of the Marion County
Soil & Water Conservation District.
Walker won with 51 percent of the
vote to Stephanie Hazen’s 47 percent.
Soil & Water District offi cials man-
age natural resources on the local level
with an eye toward conservation and
enhancement of what is available.
AFJROTC
wins
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More than a just
a clean-up man
Schoolhouse
Square
building
razed
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Submitted
Tony Cuff and Brad Arnsmeier at work at the Keizer Little
League Park fi elds. Keizer Little League is hoping to rehabili-
tate the entire park by the 2021 season.
Garden, KLL fi elds
get parks grants
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Parks Advisory
Board considered and unani-
mously approved two matching
grant applications at its meeting
Tuesday Nov. 8.
First up were Peggy and Jer-
ry Moore, garden coordinators
at Rickman Community Gar-
den near Chalmers Jones Park
behind the Keizer Civic Center
The Moores, working with
the Marion-Polk Food Share
(MPFS), asked the board for a
$1,700 match grant to install a
6-foot fence around the garden.
“We’ve had a small amount
of vandalism and a signifi cant
amount of theft. It’s disappoint-
ing when people work so hard
and then they go to harvest and
their tomatoes or cucumbers
are gone,” said Peggy.
Many of the plots help low-
or fi xed-income residents get
by.
Rickman gardeners have
identifi ed neighbors of the
park, rather than the youth that
frequent Carlson Skate Park, as
the primary culprits.
MPFS is contributing ma-
terials and labor to the project,
the total cost of which would
be about $6,900.
To help save on costs, the
garden fence will utilize the
fence around the city work-
shops adjacent to the garden on
the north side.
Please see GRANTS, Page A9
Submitted
Joseph Dull (center) surrounded by family and coworkers outside Salem's Elsoinore Theatre
where he was honored with a Crystal Apple Award by the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation.
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
When a McNary High School student was
frustrated with school and didn’t want to go to
class, custodian Joseph Dull walked him over
to the wall of clubs and encouraged him to get
involved.
“You have this one chance at life; you must
make the most of it,” Dull told him.
This is just one of many stories written
about Dull from MHS staff and students, nomi-
nating him for a Crystal Apple Award.
Dull received one of 13 Crystal Apples out
of 47 nominees at a ceremony on Thursday,
Nov. 4 at Salem’s Historic Elsinore Theater.
He was surprised.
“When I sat there and they started honor-
ing the people, I know I’m not going to win
because I’m a custodian,” Dull said. “Most of
them are teachers, coaches, principals and of-
fi ce managers. They have a good professional
title but I don’t have any of that. In 1,000 years,
I never thought I’m going to win.”
But the students at McNary see Dull as
more than a custodian.
“Joseph has put an entire new face on the
way that our students look at a janitor,” senior
Tarik Naccasha wrote in his nomination letter.
“Joseph Dull has changed me as a person in life
in many ways I don’t think he could ever see or
know and I’m forever grateful for him.”
“I think they look at me as a friend,” Dull
said of the students. “Most of the kids know
Parade
takes
shape
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Neighborhood group gets council recognition
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Southeast Keizer Neighborhood Association board members Mike Van,
Colleen Busch and Hersch Sangster talk with Keizer city councilors.
Skyline Ford Exclusive
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer City Council formally
recognized a third neighborhood asso-
ciation at its meeting Monday, Nov. 7.
The Southeast Keizer Neighborhood
Association (SEKNA) joins the existing
Greater Gubser Neighborhood Associa-
tion and West Keizer Neighborhood As-
sociation.
“I’m thrilled that you have taken on
the work to start up the association with
a great group of people,” said Mayor
Cathy Clark.
SEKNA Vice President Colleen
Busch, Secretary Hersch Sangster and
board member Mike Van spoke to the
council in advance of the recognition.
President Ken Gierloff couldn’t make
the meeting Monday. Todd Lehman and
Racheal Cancino round out the SEKNA
board.
“It’s very exciting and our fi rst proj-
ect is going to be a fl oat in the Keizer
Chamber (of Commerce’s) Holiday
Lights parade. We will be the Southeast
Keizer Ukulele and Kazoo Band,” said
Busch.
It’s been about two decades since
the southeast part of the city has had a
neighborhood association. The last one
disbanded in the mid-1990s.
The largest change in the new associa-
tion was the adoption of new boundar-
ies. Neither Weddle Elementary School
or Claggett Creek Middle School were
built at the time the last neighborhood
association was in operation, the new
SEKNA has adopted the boundaries of
All-GVC
honorees
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