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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.
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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.
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