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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, MAY 26, 2017 Petco ‘safari’ display draws ire presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 212 Aldo vs. Holloway Saturday, JUNE 3, at 11:00 am MOVIE: S MURFS : L OST V ILLAGE [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $4 Special showing for kids and adults with Autism or other sensory sensitivities. LIVE STAND UP COMEDY SATURDAY, JUNE 3 —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $13 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, June 10 JAMES P. CONNOLLY & JOHN HILDER will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. Today in History A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the “Great Emigration,” the expedition came two years after the fi rst modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon. — May 26, 1843 Food 4 Thought “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” — John (The Duke) Wayne, born May 26, 1907 The Month Ahead Friday, May 26 Pentacle Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies, a theatrical comedy set in 1950s Pennsylvania, opening tonight and running through June 17. Visit pentacletheatre.org for tickets and show dates. Saturday, May 27 - Monday, May 29 May 27 10 a.m. to May 29 6 p.m. an artist fair will be at Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, 3625 Quinaby Road NE. Free admission. 503-393-3232. schreinersgardens.com. Monday, May 29 Memorial Day. Government offi ces and fi nancial institutions closed. Wednesday, May 31 Pentacle Theater presents Leading Ladies, a performance that will benefi t KMUZ. Located at 324 52nd Avenue NW. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. pantacletheatre.org. 503-364-7200. Performances open May 26 and run through June 27. Thursday, June 1 Coffee House Concert at McNary High School, 7 p.m. Choir room. Acoustic Tuesdays at Venti’s: Rebecca McDade at Venti’s Basement Bar, 325 Court Street NE from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free. All ages. 503-399-8733. facebook.com/ events/1859770600958504/. Saturday, June 3 McNary Athletic Booster Club Auction and Dinner, 5 p.m. at Log House Garden at Willow Lake. Tickets can be purchased at mcnaryabc.com. Monday, June 5 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. The Historic Grand Theater presents Igor and the Red Elvises in concert, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door, $17 advanced purchase. enlightenedtheatrics.org. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Dr. Debbie LaCroix walked into the Keizer Station Petco last week and stopped in her tracks when she saw a mer- chandise display near the front entrance. The collection is labeled “Pets on Safari” with a sign spe- cially made for the merchandise table. It includes a variety of stuffed animals and chew toys alongside the largest item on the table, a teepee-shaped pet house. “I froze, it was just so in- congruent with what they are trying to promote. You would never see that kind of thing in relation to Hispanic or black communities,” said LaCroix, a former teacher at Chemawa Indian School. The $80 teepee was an af- front to LaCroix’s heritage as a member of the Sisseton Wah- peton Dakota Oyate. An oyate means a people or nation in some Native American dia- lects. Placing the product near a “safari” sign brings up suppos- edly by-gone notions of Native Americans as savages. “I think it is important that people know it would be like putting a cathedral or syna- gogue there. They would fi nd that sacrilegious. The spiritual and religious signifi cance of the teepee is the same to us.,” LaC- roix said. LaCroix, who lives in south Salem, said she still does most of her shopping at Keizer Station and is a frequent Petco cus- tomer. LaCroix said she talked KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald A merchandise display at Petco in Keizer Station juxtaposes the idea of a safari with a Native American sacred space. with the assistant manager and store manager at the store, but felt her complaints were falling on deaf ears. “It frustrates me as a Na- tive educator that this kind of thinking and perspective isn’t given a second thought,” she said. She felt as though some ac- tion might be taken after talk- ing with someone from a Petco corporate headquarters, but the display featuring the teepee was still in the front of the store on Tuesday, May 23. The teepee McNary High School Class of 2017 commencement ceremony. 5 p.m. at the Pavillion at State Fair Grounds. Tickets required. Monday, June 12 Keizer City Council work session, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. On the agenda: Fee to create dedicated police funding. Gordon Lightfoot—In Concert: The Legend Lives On, 8 p.m. Tickets range from $49 to $69. elsinoretheatre.org. Wednesday, June 14 Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. Thursday, June 15 Last day of school, all grades. 2017 Cherry City Music Festival at Downtown Salem, 900 Court Street NE. Free admission unless otherwise noted per location. 503-364-1403. cherrycitymusic.com. Friday, June 16 Keizer’s Awesome Burger Bash Car Show at Avamere Court, 5210 River Road N. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 503-393-3624. Saturday, June 17 Vans Warped Tour, Cascade Hall, Oregon State Fairgrounds and Expo, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $50. vanswarpedtour.com. Monday, June 19 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. Tuesday, June 20 Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. Sunday, June 25 McMinnville Garden Club 17th Annual Garden Tour and Faire. Garden tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10 admission. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. ity. There are prayers that are said as it is being put up. Some are ceremonial and some are homes. There are even certain ways to enter a teepee,” she said. LaCroix hasn’t sworn off shopping at Petco, but she wants others to understand the ramifi cations of even “inno- cently displayed” items like a pet teepee. “We’re trying to educate people on sensitivity and we can’t heal the wounds or racial divides unless people are aware of what is wrong,” LaCroix said. Rugby group wants to rehab cow park pitch By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Two representatives of the Spartans Rugby Club approached the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board in hope of partnering to rehabilitate the large fi eld in Claggett Creek Park. Jesse Bourghesi and Joe Boyd spoke to members of the parks board at a meeting Tuesday, May 9. Boyd lauded the cooperation of Keizer parks staff in securing the site for their weekly games and the park itself. “It’s a great facility and working with Keizer is so much more easy than the city of Salem. We’re looking for a partnership that would suit and help both of us,” he said. Borghesi said he is interested in helping to make improvements on the fi eld and declaring it the Spartans’ home turf. “I started asking around and approached a local construction company and asked if we have a fi eld that needs rehab would they be willing to help. (The owner) said he would,” Borghesi said. The club would like to remove or relocate some concrete benches, improve drainage, install permanent or semi-permanent uprights for rugby play, install a sign to promote the park as the home of the club with additional space for sponsor messages, and create a space for on- site storage of their game equipment. If possible, they would also like to level the pitch, but it wasn’t a pressing issue. Leveling the ground might require some relocation of the looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO Friday, June 9 is also featured under the key- word “safari” at www.petco. com. Keizertimes reached out to the Petco press offi ce, but had not received a response by press time. Teepees are more than just a catch-all emblem of all Native American cultures, La Croix said. Many native nations didn’t even use teepees. “When a teepee is put to- gether, the poles are cut from certain kinds of trees and those represent values like humility, honor, respect, family, generos- playing fi eld to avoid the fl ood plain. “A few options incorporate soccer and rugby together, we’re open to that and would like it to be multi-use,” Boyd said. The club has three divisions one for adult men, another for adult women and a third for boys. Bourghesi planned to meet with Keizer Parks Supervisor Robert Johnson on Wednesday, May 10, to hash out details of the Spartans’ proposal. In other business: • Board member Dylan Juran reported back on research into a Healthy Eating Active Living Grant. He requested the board to support asking the city council for permission to apply for a $6,000 grant to purchase fi tness equipment. The equipment, which comes with signage on how to properly use it for a workout, could be placed on a dedicated pad or along an existing trail in a Keizer park. The board agreed to ask the city council. sudoku 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. Walmart out of Station talks Walmart has notifi ed developer Alan Roodhouse in writing that they are no longer participating in the Area C project. In other news, the Keizer Roth’s Fresh Markets will close its doors June 26, 2012. 10 YEARS AGO Twins win scholarship Katelyn and Kelsey Olsen were both awarded the Keizer Heritage Foundation scholarship-the fi rst time the foundation has awarded more than one scholarship. 15 YEARS AGO Keizer artist wins art show’s top award Dorothy Zinn of Keizer won the fi rst-place award for her untitled watercolor painting at the Keizer Art Association’s annual “Artist and the Iris” show. 20 YEARS AGO Keizer says goodbye to bookmobile Budget cuts mean visits from the bookmobile will be the last one in Keizer for sometime. Budget cuts forced by Measure 47 trimmed library spending.The bookmobile will be mothballed for future use and its staff re-assigned. Keizer CERT is seeking items for its rummage sale fundraiser in June Sale proceeds will be used for supplies and equipment, and to further the training of Keizer CERT members and others in our community. WANTED DONATIONS: We can use most anything. Things we can’t accept include cribs, mattresses, car seats, computers, chemicals or anything dirty [we can’t clean items]. If you have items you’d like to donate, please contact Bonnie at (503) 931-1450 or Trish at (503) 930 - 7318. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills. Advertising space donated by Keizertimes
