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Today in History
One of the worst oil spills in U.S. territory begins when
the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by
the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince
William Sound in southern Alaska. An estimated 11 million
gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water. Hundreds
of thousands of birds and animals were adversely affected
by the environmental disaster.
— March 24, 1989
Food 4 Thought
“Science, math and engineering give you the exhilarating
power to become not mere spectators or consumers, but
active explorers, makers and doers who will help invent the
future.”
— Susan Hockfi eld
president of MIT, born March 24, 1951
The Month Ahead
Through Saturday, April 29
Batman! at the Keizer Heritage Museum, from the private
collection of David Sherman. Free admission. Museum
hours are 2-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Saturdays. keizerheritage.org.
Friday, March 24
The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival begins in Woodburn.
open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $5 per
person or $20 for a family car. More info at www.
woodenshoe.com.
Monday, March 27
Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Tuesday, March 28
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, April 1
Reception and awards presentation for the 26th annual
Colored Pencil Exhibition, 2-4 p.m., hosted by the Keizer
Art Association at the Keizer Heritage Center, 980
Chemawa Rd. N.E. keizerarts.com.
Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 2
Collectors West Gun Show, 9 am.-3 p.m., Columbia Hall
at Oregon State Fairgrounds and Expo. Admission is $7.
collectorswest.com.
Monday, April 3
Weekly meeting of the Iris Festival coordinating
committee at Keizer Chamber of Commerce offi ce, 6150
Ulali Dr. in Keizer Station. Open to the public. 9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 4
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, April 10
Weekly meeting of the Iris Festival coordinating
committee at Keizer Chamber of Commerce offi ce, 6150
Ulali Dr. in Keizer Station. Open to the public. 9 a.m.
Friday, April 14
Jesus Christ Superstar at Pentacle Theatre. Runs through
May 6. Visit pentacletheatre.org for show times and
tickets.
Friday, April 14 – Saturday, April 29
Willamette University’s theater department presents
Macbeth. M. Lee Pelton Theatre on campus. General
admission is $10. 503-370-6221. thtr-tix@willamette.
edu.
Monday, April 17
Weekly meeting of the Iris Festival coordinating
committee at Keizer Chamber of Commerce offi ce, 6150
Ulali Dr. in Keizer Station. Open to the public. 9 a.m.
Friday, April 21
Laila Ali is the featured speaker at the annual benefi t
for the Medical Foundation of Marion-Polk Counties, 7
p.m. at the Historic Elsinore Theatre. Tickets range from
$32 to $47. Proceeds benefi t individuals without health
insurance or are underserved. mpmedicalfoundation.org.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Learning to drive can become a con-
tentious ordeal for even the most patient
teens and their parents.
Former drag car racer Doug Herbert
started out hoping to help teens improve
their driving skills, but he’s ended up cre-
ating some better parent-teen relationships
along the way.
“Some of the kids come to BRAKES
kicking and screaming, but at some point
during the day the light bulb comes on
and they realize everything they don’t
know. Those same ones that come in kick-
ing and screaming have their arms around
their parents at the end,” Herbert said.
BRAKES is a non-profi t organiza-
tion Herbert founded in memorial to his
sons. He and his crew will be coming to
Keizer’s Volcano Stadium on April 1 and
2 to help teens dive deep into defensive
driving skills. There will be four chances
to participate, from 8 am. to noon and 1 to
5 p.m. each day.
The course is free, but a $99 refundable
deposit is required. Students must be age
15 to 19 with a valid permit or license and
30 hours of driving experience. At least
one parent also needs to attend with the
student. Registration can be completed at
putonthebrakes.org. A University of North
Carolina study of the program showed that
BRAKES graduates are 64 percent less
likely to be involved in a car crash within
the fi rst three years of driving.
Monday, April 24
Weekly meeting of the Iris Festival coordinating
committee at Keizer Chamber of Commerce offi ce, 6150
Ulali Dr. in Keizer Station. Open to the public. 9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 25
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 13
Dancing with the Salem Stars 2017, 7:30 p.m., Historic
Elsinore Theatre. Tickets range from $15 to $40. Proceeds
benefi t the theatre. 503-375-3574 or elsinoretheatre.com.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
teach. It’s not like the local coach who also
teaches driving,” Herbert said.
The BRAKES course begins in a mo-
bile classroom, but soon both parents
and their student drivers are taken
to
separate
parts of the
parking lot
to take turns
behind the
wheel in a
variety
of
high-risk sce-
narios like crash
avoidance, emer-
gency lane changes, steering with anti-
lock brakes engaged, skid avoidance and
recovery and what to do if a wheel drops
off the road.
“We have special tires on some of the
cars that perform like they are driving on
ice,” Herbert said. “Each of our instructors
makes sure that every driver has a good
handle on the skills before sending them
to the next part of the course.”
The end result is an experience that
leaves an impact far beyond imparting de-
fensive driving skills.
“I think everyone leaves with more
appreciation for the fragility of life and
knowing they need to pay more atten-
tion to those they love as well as the road,”
Herbert said.
The BRAKES courses are being spon-
sored by Power Kia and the Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes.
Students need bus funds for Day of Service
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Whiteaker Middle School
teacher James Decker is looking
for help to turn Whiteaker stu-
dents into a one-day,volunteer
army.
Decker, and some of his stu-
dents, spoke to members of the
Keizer City Council Monday,
March 20, to ask for donations
to pay for buses that would
carry students to sites around
the area for a Day of Service
in June.
“There is less and less civic
engagement, and a community
Submitted
Rep. Post
slates
town hall
Rep. Bill Post (R-Keizer)
will host a town hall Friday,
March 31.
The event will be at the
Keizer Fire District com-
munity room, 661 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Post said there are no spe-
cifi c topics on the slate, but he
will be taking questions and
talking about opening weeks
of the Oregon Legislature’s
2017 session.
Post represents the com-
munities of Keizer, St. Paul
and Newberg in the Oregon
House. He currently serves
on the House Judiciary Com-
mittee, the House Econom-
ic Development and Trade
Committee and the Veterans
and Emergency Preparedness
Committee.
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Herber never expected to become a
driving instructor. His enthusiasm for driv-
ing fast found an outlet in the drag racing
scene, but he always gave safety concerns
their due. He was an early adopter of
body
harnesses
and custom seats
when they be-
came available.
E ve r y t h i n g
changed
in
2008, when
his sons Jon
and James, 17
and 12, respec-
tively, were killed
in a crash less
than a half mile from their home in North
Carolina.
“They’d hopped in the car to go to
McDonalds and Jon was driving too fast,”
Herbert said.
The following week, the local school
closed for his sons’ funerals and Herbert
went and talked with students about not
only what he was going through as a par-
ent, but what the students needed to do to
be safe on the road.
“That’s when I realized I knew a lot
about driving fast, but I also knew a lot
about driving safe. It was as much therapy
for me as it was for them,” Herbert said.
Not long after, Herbert founded
BRAKES and enlisted a slew of highly-
trained drivers to help in the effort.
“Most of them have their own
BRAKES story and a reason for why they
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Whiteaker Middle School students turned out en masse at the Keizer City Council meeting Mon-
day, March 20, to ask for transportation funds to make a day of community service possible.
that thrives works together,”
said Decker. “We would like
to be at the forefront of that
change.”
Decker hopes to secure
$2,000 to transport all the sev-
enth and eighth grade students
off campus to sites throughout
the area on June 15.
He’s waiting for the bus
funds to solidify further plans,
but Decker has a long list of
potential projects in mind
ranging from assisting at local
senior homes to volunteering
with other civic and public en-
tities.
Sixth grade students would
stay on the Whiteaker campus
to work on projects there such
as cleaning, planting and even
making treats for residents at
area animal shelters.
Decker is working on set-
ting up an online funding cam-
paign, but those interested in
supporting the effort can call
the school at 503-399-3224.
looking
back in
the KT
sudoku
5 YEARS AGO
Lopez honored as
Oregon’s veterinary
staff of the year
Juan Lopez of Willamette Valley
Animal Hospital was recently
honored as the state’s Veterinary
Staff Person of the Year.
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
the blank
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
10 YEARS AGO
Old Daffodil Farm a
playground for kids
milestones
Gary and Dolores Young
celebrated their 62nd wedding
anniversary in February.
Dolores worked for the
Salem-Keizer School district
and at Keizer and Gubser
Elementary
Schools
and
South Salem/Leslie Middle
School library). Gary managed
trucking companies in Portland,
Salem, Albany, Eugene and
Medford. He was a member of
Salem Executives and Keizer
Merchants Association. Gary
was also a charter member
of the Rotary Club of Keizer
(where he served two terms as
president) and of the
Keizer Elks Lodge.
The couple are
long-time members of
Salem Alliance Church,
Dolores currently lives
at The Village at Keizer
Ridge.
The couple have
three
children
—
Athena (Danny) Wold,
Anthony and Arlene
(Barry) Janusch) and four
grandchildren, Lani, Ryan,
Max and Eli.
A fi ve acre fi eld of daffodils
was ripe for the picking, as
youngsters from Chemeketa
Child Development Center
were happy to discover
during an outing. Jack and
Mary Chapin, owners of Old
Daffodil Farm, opened their
farm to children from the
center for the fi rst time some
20 years ago.
15 YEARS AGO
Cops wait tables for
Special Olympics
Keizer police earned big tips
during two nights of waiting
tables at the Red Lobster
Restaurant as participants in
the annual Cops and Lobsters
Fundraiser for Oregon Special
Olympics.
20 YEARS AGO
Bullets hit Keizer
home in teen romance
dispute
Pepper Scholtz was sleeping
and her 14 year old daughter,
Rachelle, was talking on
the phone in the living
room about 10:40 pm when
someone fi red at the house.
Keizer police arrested two
teens in connection with the
shooting. The two suspects
had threatened Rachelle at
McNary High School earlier
that evening.