SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 24
n
o
i
l
l
e
b
e
r
e
g
a
n
e
e
t
SECTION A
MARCH 16, 2018
$1.00
A guide to
By RANDOM
PENDRAGON
Keizertimes Intern
Students
around
the
country, including Keizer, are
taking to the streets to change
the conversation around
school safety, but students
can feel especially vulnerable
to the whims of adults who
believe other priorities should
come fi rst.
The
American
Civil
Liberties Union is spreading
the word on how and when
students can safely protest, and
what to expect when they run
afoul of the rules.
On Thursday, March 1,
the ACLU held a live video
seminar called Students! Know
Your Protest Rights to inform
potential student protestors in
APRIL 1997:
Students walked out to
the wake of the shootings at
protest tte dismissal of
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Principal David Annala.
High School in Parkland, ABOVE: McNary Higt Sctool students gatter in
Florida, that killed 14 students protest in front of tte sctool after walking out
during class as a memorial to tte 17 staff and stu-
and three staff members.
dents wto died in a Flordia stooting.
Among many local protests
throughout the country, two
In a press release, the
nationwide protests have
been planned for March. The organizers of the Salem
fi rst, a walkout, took place activities wrote, “We, the
on Wednesday, March 14. students, faculty, and families
Students at Claggett Creek from Salem schools and
and Whiteaker middle schools universities, have decided that
and McNary High School this moment is too crucial and
this issue too
took part.
urgent to stand
The
sec-
OCTOBER 2017:
MAY 2006:
Students from McNary
McNary students
idly by.”
ond
major “ It’s important
went to tte steps of
walked out in support
The ACLU
event will be to engage witt
tte Oregon Capitol
of immigration reform
maintains
the
March
to protest ctanges to
efforts.
mandatory reporting
that the free
For Our Lives really tard
guidelines affecting
speech rights
protest on Sat- issues.”
teacters and staff in tte
of students still
urday, March
Salem-Keizer Sctool
District. Tte following
24. Salem area
— Vera Eidelman, apply during
day, ttey teld a sit-in in
school.
The
students will
ACLU attorney
tte commons area at
organization
take part in
tte sctool.
cites
the
with a planned
decision
protest at the
state Capitol. Supporters will of Tinker v. Des Moines
Community
gather at 11 a.m. at the steps Independent
to listen to speakers before the School District in 1969, when
event begins at 11:30 a.m. The Supreme Court Justice Abe
goal is to pressure Congress Fortas wrote that neither
into passing stricter gun safety students nor teachers “shed
legislation.
Please see REBEL, Page A9
Lady Celts
back on the
diamond
JANUARY 2005:
In solidarity witt teacters
negotiating for an increase in pay,
students staged a sit-in in tte
McNary commons. Reporters were
turned away at tte door by staff,
recording was disallowed, and many
students received suspensions for
tteir involvement.
NOVEMBER 2017:
McNary students teld
a walk out in support
of tte Deferred Action
for Ctildtood Arrivals
(DACA) program ttat
offers some protections
for undocumented
immigrants wto were
brougtt to tte U.S. as
ctildren.
State of
the City
Hitting
high notes
KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
Keizer student activism timeline
Four KPD
recruits
begin
academy
this month
Group will
celebrate
Latino scholars
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Rev. Jose Dominguez was
awarded a whopping $75
scholarship when he gradu-
ated from Woodburn High
School in 1978. But, it wasn't
the amount of money that had
the most resounding impact.
“It was the thought that
somebody cared about my
education. It also helped me
believe that I could do it and it
made me want to give back to
the community,” said Domin-
guez at a recent Keizer City
Council meeting.
Now the lead pastor of
Keizer's La Luz De Valle,
Dominguez and a group of
local Latino leaders is hoping
to do the same thing for some
soon-to-be McNary High
School graduates.
“We would like to be
able to present 10 to 20 ex-
migrant or bilingual gradu-
ates with $100 scholarships,”
Dominguez said.
The group presenting the
scholarships is known as La-
tinos in Action Committee
and its members are seeking
PAGE B1
to “manifest Latino represen-
tation in the community of
Keizer on all levels of educa-
tion and civic affairs.”
Dominguez, speaking as
representative for the group,
talked with members of the
city council during its past
two meetings as the group
sought a waiver of rental fees
and costs for a planned recep-
tion at the Keizer Civic Cen-
ter. The council approved the
request at its meeting Monday,
March 5.
Dominguez said the mem-
bers of Latinos in Action,
which include City Coun-
cilor Roland Herrera, have
been meeting informally for
the past three years brain-
storming ways to connect the
Latino community with faith
Please see LATINO, Page A9
Theatre show, Collins is also
training for an IronMan tri-
athlon and plays trumpet in
the Salem Pops Orchestra.
Collins works for the
Department of Justice and
everyday for the last seven
and half years has written
an original poem.
“I'm always kind of jug-
gling,” Collins said. “I am
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer Police Department
(KPD) Chief John Teague and
Deputy Chief Jeff Kuhns both
had high hopes for luring
current police offi cers from
other departments when the
Keizer City Council enacted
a $4-a-month fee to pay for
fi ve additional police offi cers
in 2017. Baiting the hook has
proven more diffi cult than
they planned.
“When we lose guys to Sa-
lem or Oregon State Police or
to Portland, we hate it. The re-
ality is that all of departments
want to hire Spanish-speaking
laterals, but that means other
agencies are losing someone
valuable, too,” said Teague.
However, the process is
moving forward. Four mem-
bers of KPD's reserve offi cer
program will begin attending
the police academy in March,
Please see GRIMM, Page A9
Please see RECRUITS, Page A12
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Actors in KHT's Brotters Grimm Speculatton retearse
for tte wtirlwind production.
Brotters Grimm
coming to Keizer
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Michael Collins said
playing all the roles in
Cinderella in The Brothers
Grimm Spectaculathon is like
doing wind sprints while
acting.
He would know.
Along with donning
multiple colorful wigs in
the Keizer Homegrown
Girls golf
team returns
with new
coach