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