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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 7 SECTION A NOVEMBER 18, 2016 $1.00 Allen Barker Laura Reid Down to the wi r e City council race still too close to call KEIZERTIMES/File photos By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Who will be the next Keizer city councilor? That’s a great question, and the Keizer- times got it wrong in the Nov. 11 edition of the paper. The most recent vote tal- lies had Laura Reid in the lead with 6,005 votes to Allen Barker’s 5,950, but the win- ner of the contest for Position 1 on the Keizer City Council may not be known until Nov. 28 when results are certifi ed. Here’s how the paper biffed the landing: when the Keizertimes went to press on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Barker had a slim 81-vote lead with 10,697 votes cast and all pre- cincts reporting. By Thursday afternoon, Nov. 10, more than 1,400 votes were added to the tally and Reid took a 53-vote lead over Barker. The lead changed because more ballots were processed after the initial totals were posted, said Marion County Clerk Bill Burgess. The Mar- ion County Clerk's Offi ce handles local elections. The number changed again on Tuesday, Nov. 15. “We were working on “We are still waiting on voters (whose ballots had) signatures that did not match or with no signature on the return envelope.” — Bill Burgess Marion County Clerk about 2,000 county-wide bal- lots that needed to be dupli- cated to make them machine readable,” said Burgess in an email. Additional Marion County ballots were also dropped off at sites outside Marion County, which led them to be counted later than the totals generated on Nov. 9. The updated totals on Tuesday only amounted to a change of four votes for Reid (3) and Barker (1). “We are still waiting on voters (whose ballots had) sig- natures that did not match or with no signature on the re- turn envelope to cure those conditions,” Burgess said. Voters with questionable ballots have until Tuesday, Nov. 22, to remedy the situation. Burgess said certifi ed results would be available on Mon- day, Nov. 28. Bazaar at MHS PAGE A3 Veterans visit schools PAGE A5 Opioid addiction treatment growing fast at Keizer clinic By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Part of Justin Nielsen's mission as executive director of Renaissance Recovery is meeting each client where they are. The result is what Nielsen calls “cafeteria-style” offerings that allow each client to pursue their own recovery goals while drawing on many different paths to kicking substance abuse habits. “The old way of thinking in the fi eld was that treatment clinics wanted clients to adapt to them and their beliefs and processes, like being exclusively 12-step or something developed independently,” said Nielsen. “Even though I support 12-step, there's other subgroups out there that respond better to alternative treatments that didn't used to be available.” At Renaissance, a client might choose SMART Recovery, a science-based treatment program, or Celebrate Recovery, which takes its guidance directly from biblical teachings, or some combination of the two. Regardless, Nielsen tries to stay on the cutting edge Justin Nielsen, executive director of Keizer's Renais- sance Recovery, talks with case manager Katie King at the clinic's offi ce. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Explosion linked to cannon PAGE A7 of what's available to those struggling with addiction, which is what led him to rolling out a new opioid addiction treatment program that include buprenorphine, more commonly know by the brand name Suboxone. The program is only two months old, but it's grown to include nearly two dozen Please see CLINIC, Page A9 Crystal Apple A sign of the times? structure barricaded, winner goes Play hunt is on for repair funds the extra mile Submitted Michelle Mills at the Crystal Apple Award ceremony earlier this month. By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Counselor Michelle Mills works with nearly 550 students at Gubser Elementary, making sure they all get what they need socially and emotionally. But she also stays in contact with children once they leave the school. When one student was diagnosed with attention-defi cit hyperactivity disorder, Mills came up with solutions to help him stay focused and on task both in the classroom but also at home. And when that student was accepted to a different school that could better meet his needs, Mills cleared her schedule to be there on his fi rst day to help with the transition. “Andre has been at a different school for almost three years and she still checks in to see how he's doing, the boy's mother, Allison Davis, wrote in a letter nominating Mills for a Crystal Apple. “I can honestly say Miss Mills is the best thing to happen to Andre and me. She was his friend when he felt like he had none. Miss Mills was there for his best Please see APPLE, Page A7 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald A play structure at Wallace House Park was blocked off after vandals struck. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A $3,500 expense in a city's operating budget of more than $24 million might seem like a drop in the bucket. But you're not Robert Johnson. Johnson is Keizer's parks and facilities department manager, and a recent act of vandalism has him pondering ramifi cations that go far beyond fi xing a broken slide and bridge on the west Keizer play structure. “It looks piddly on paper, $3,500 shouldn't keep the problem from being fi xed, but it is a huge hit to us. We have to ask ourselves if we can afford it,” Johnson said. Johnson and the city's only other full-time park employee, Don Shelton, had to block off Please see PLAY, Page A9 Coburn gets 400th win PAGE A10
