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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 47 SECTION A AUGUST 25, 2017 $1.00 Blue Day photos PAGE B6 ECLIPSED Celestial event draws global audience to Keizer A B C Rapids Park drew visitors from several By ERIC A. HOWALD continents and numerous states and all Of the Keizertimes After months of build-up, and more of them turned to stare at the sun as it than a little anxiety, the Great American appeared behind the moon, eliciting, Eclipse came and went all too quickly oohs, ahhs, and a general excited ruckus. Alan O’Connell, along with wife for most viewers Monday, Aug. 21. Emma and daughter “It’s was a whirl- Rudy, traveled all the way wind, but we were from London to snag a able to pull it off. Ev- spot on the big lawn. eryone was respect- “I defi nitely wanted to ful and friendly and see it, there was one years took great care of ago in the UK, but it was our park, and the big cloudy and I missed that payoff this morning chance,” said Alan, who made it all worth it,” described himself as a as- said City Councilor tronomy enthusiast, but by Marlene Parsons, no means a die-hard. “We who spearheaded the looked at many places, but organization of the Keizer Eclipse event — Emma O'Connell it came down to here or Solarfest and this was a bit at Keizer Rapids cheaper.” Park. The O’Connells arrived at 1 p.m. on Parsons and other city councilors who participated in the all-weekend Saturday and already had rave reviews of effort recapped the event at the Keizer the park’s Big Toy. city council meeting the evening fol- “It’s brilliant and the xylophone lowing the eclipse. thing is great. That’s probably the The Keizer Eclipse event in Keizer best playground we’ve ever been to,” “We are really happy that we came here because the set-up is just perfect.” Alan said. “We’ve only been in this park so far, but it’s really beauti- ful. We are really happy that we came here because the set-up is just perfect,” Emma added. Please see ECLIPSED, Page A7 ABOVE THE FOLD: Photos of the eclipse from Keizer Rapids Park. A: Volcanoes fans lay on the dugout for a better view. B: Alan, Rudy and Emma O'Connell came from London. C: Tobias Van Wamel, Floris Reininga, Laura Vingelvein, Maarten Van Wemal, Manon Van Wamel, Matthijas Van We- mal and Matthijas Van Wemal came from Canada and the Netherlands. D: Judson Barnes (Vancoun- ver B.C.), Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark, Denis Vrba (Vancouver, B.C.) and Denis Stoltz (Sude- tenland) visit at Keizer Rapids Park. E: James Calverly, Taylor Krauss and Marcel Starbird set up a camera to fi lm the eclipse. Checking in with Rep. Kurt Schrader PAGE A2 Fire scortches KRP PAGE A3 E Volcanoes play during eclipse D PAGE B1 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald and Derek Wiley