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Today in History
At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918,
World War I ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany,
bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent
invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies.
The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and
21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-
Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a
million or more lives.
— November 11, 1918
Food 4 Thought
“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”
— Bertrand Russell
The Month Ahead
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. Students, teachers, employees
of the old Keizer School, and the public 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.
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will meet at 10:30
am in Anderson Room A of Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE). Kerry Wymetalek will speak about a trip
to Ireland.
McNary High School Holiday Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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.
Thursday, November 17
Inglesia Luz Del Valle Church, 606 Dearborn Avenue NE, is
hosting members of the local law enforcement community
for an outreach event focused on community-building and
law enforcement career opportunities from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The public is invited and light refreshments will be served
afterward. Interpreters will be available.
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.
Saturday, November 19
Pet Food Drive event at Copper Creek Mercantile, 4415
River Road N., Keizer. 10-11:30 a.m. Keizer Veterinary
Clinic and Copper Creek Mercantile will host a variety of
activities. Refreshments, raffl e. Help our area animals by
donating pet food at this event.
Thursday, November 24
Keizer’s fi fth annual Turkey Dash 5K, 8 a.m., race begins
at Lowes in Keizer Station Village and then out and back
through the Gubser neighborhood. Shirt and fi nisher mug
included with entry fee, registration $17 for youth 12-and-
under and $30 for adults.
Friday, November 25 – Saturday, November 26
Black Friday & Saturday Sale and Event, Keizer Heritage
Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, 10
a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday. Vendors, treats with Santa Claus.
Saturday, November 26
Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting and
promoting small local businesses. Ways you can participate:
go shopping or dining at a local small business, invite
friends to shop with you, and share on your social networks.
Post selfi es of your small business shopping on FaceBook
@keizerchamber. Learn more at shopsmall.com.
Add your event by e-mailinc news@keizertimes.com.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The members of the Mid-
Willamette Homelessness Ini-
tiative (MWHI) spent their
most recent meeting trying to
fi gure out how the rubber will
meet the road when the task
force disbands in February.
With 10 recommendations
already approved and twice as
many more making their way
through subcommittees, the
task force will need to fi g-
ure out how to implement its
grand designs.
“This isn’t the fi rst task force
(on this issue). I can think of
four in the past, and I’m con-
cerned we’re going to have
a whole bunch of paper and
we’re going to put it on a shelf
and never do anything with it
again,” said Chief Jerry Moore,
of the Salem Police Depart-
ment.
Task force members took
part in a discussion guided by
business consultant Karen Ray
on how to switch from fact-
fi nding and recommendations
to implementation.
Ray likened the process to
building a tree.
“You’ve been exploring the
leaves, subcommittees have
been assembling branches and
now you’re getting ready to
plant it so that it grows deep
roots,” Ray said.
With that as a starting point,
the discussion turned to issues
of coordination, advocacy and
funding.
“We have many silos of ser-
vices and we need coordina-
tion among those silos to make
sure that the policymakers and
people facing the problems are
meeting on an ongoing basis,”
said Warren Bednarz, a Salem
city councilor.
Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark
suggested that local govern-
ment’s role should remain
looking for the gaps in services
and bringing people together
to work on fi lling them.
Jon Reeves, executive di-
rector of Community Action
Agency, which helps adminis-
ter several resource programs
said that even within CAA
there are silos within silos and
that outside assistance would
be needed to keep the vari-
ous groups focused on MWHI
goals.
“What we really need is an
implementation team to ad-
dress issues across the board in
policy and practice. We won’t
get it done doing the same
things we’ve always done,”
Reeves said.
On that note, Bruce Bailey,
executive director of Union
Gospel Mission, said disparate
organizations will also need to
recognize and respect what is,
and is not, within the scope of
each agency.
“Part of the discussion has
to include being able to talk
about what things we (UGM)
won’t do as a faith-based orga-
nization,” Bailey said.
Bailey also expressed con-
cern that the various agen-
cies involved in the task force
will get pulled in other direc-
tions once they are out from
Onthedrawingboard
The Mid-Willamette Homelessness Initiative task force
has accepted several recommendations coming from sub-
committees with more on the way. Here are a few of the
highlights from what’s been done and what may be in the
offi ng:
APPROVED
• Expanding services for runaway and homeless youth.
• Endorsing the Marion County District Attorney Of-
fi ce’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion plan.
• Developing a tenant assessment tool to help landlords
serve high-barrier clients.
• Implementing school-based fi nancial literacy training.
PENDING
• Dedicating a portion of all new housing to victims of
domestic violence.
• Expanding the HOME Youth and Resource Center in
Salem.
• Expanding Dream Center in West Salem.
• Inventory vacant buildings and repurposing them into
shelters and housing.
under the MWHI umbrella.
His thoughts were echoed by
Moore later in the meeting.
“Nonprofi t is survival of the
fi ttest and they aren’t coordi-
nating amongst themselves. It’s
not intentional, it’s just the way
they are. They are battling for
the same dollar and the good
thing about this group is that
it’s a good way to bring the
nonprofi ts together,” Moore
said.
Without making a fi nal rec-
ommendation, the task force
determined that a new, and
more nimble, development
team would likely be needed
to be assembled after February.
All-class reunion Saturday
The Keizer School building was taken out
of use in 1987. It was purchased by the Keizer
Heritage Foundation and moved to its current
location on the Keizer Civic Center campus
in 1999. After renovation the Center became
home to the Keizer Community Library, the
Keizer Art Association and its Enid Joy Mount
Gallery, foundation offi ces and an event room.
As part of the centennial celebration of the
Keizer School building, the Keizer Heritage
Center is holding an All Class Reunion on Sat-
urday, Nov. 12, from 1 to 4 p.m..
The organizers of the All Class Reunion are
seeking and inviting anyone who was a stu-
dent at any time at the school as well as former
teachers and staff.
SEKNA: Next meeting is
Friday, Nov. 18
(Continued from Pace A1)
SEKNA’s boundaries are
now River Road North to
the west, Verda Lane Northeast
to the east, Dearborn Avenue
Northeast to the north and the
Salem Parkway and Plymouth
Drive Northeast to the south.
The ukulele and kazoo
band is holding its practices at
Weddle in the run up to the
parade.
SEKNA leadership consists
of some from the prior
association and new blood.
lookinc back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Boy 13, arrested after
threateninc to shoot
students
A
13-year-old Whiteaker
Middle School student was
arrested for disorderly conduct
after threatening to bring a
gun to campus and shoot other
students, Keizer Police said.
SEKNA meets the third
Thursday of each month at
Salem Mennonite Church,
1045 Candlewood Drive N.E.
Meeting time is 6:30 p.m. The
next meeting is Nov. 18.
Councilor Roland Herrera
hoped to see the group
continue the advocacy for
neighborhood youth as it had
in the old days.
Councilor Mark Caillier,
who has been working with the
group as they restarted, wished
them well, “They are really at
looking at doing things within
the neighborhood. They are
bringing it all together and I
think they will do wonderful
things.”
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10 YEARS AGO
City wins crant for
library study
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Keizer Community Library
receives a $31,500. grant,
thanks to a federal grant
administered through the
Oregon State Library.
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15 YEARS AGO
Do you want to cet
rid of daylicht
savinc time?
Panel rejects Keizer’s
bid for road money
Keizer will not get an expected
$2 million in state funding to
help pay for construction of
a $4 million intersection on
Chemawa Road, just west of
interstate 5.
20 YEARS AGO
Keizer population
jumps acain
Keizer remains one of the
fastest growing cities in the state
as its population pushed 27,450
as of July 1, 1996 according
to Center for Population
Research and Census.
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“We have to keep the eyes
on the prize, and the prize isn’t
always a shared day-to-day pri-
ority,” said Verena Wessel, an at-
large member of the task force
representing Keizer. “We have
to fi nd our common denomi-
nator and maybe create some
dedicated staff time within
each organization.”
Whatever fi nal recommen-
dations are approved, Marion
County Commissioner Janet
Carlson said there needs to be
plans ready for implementation
when funding becomes avail-
able.
“We all know that Portland
gets a lot of the funding avail-
able for projects like the ones
we’ve discussed, but it’s because
they are shovel-ready. We’ll
need to do the same to be able
to compete,” Carlson said.
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