SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 47
SECTION A
AUGUST 25, 2017
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Blue Day
photos
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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
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Fire
scortches
KRP
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E
Volcanoes
play during
eclipse
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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald and Derek Wiley