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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 43 SECTION A JULY 27, 2018 $1.00 Magic and machination The Tempest at KRP this weekend By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Keizer Homegrown The- atre will present what Shake- speare scholars believe to be the last play he ever wrote on July 26-28 at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rap- ids Park. “Prospero’s monologue right at the end of the show is considered his (Shakespeare’s) farewell to the theatre,” said Linda Baker, director of The Tempest. The free show begins at 7 p.m. Set on a remote island, The Tempest tells the story of Prospero, a sorcerer and the rightful Duke of Milan who plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful ma- nipulation. He conjures up a storm, the tempest, to cause his brother Antonio and the complicit Queen Alonsa of Naples to believe they are shipwrecked and marooned on the island, where Prospe- Youth teams take 4th in state PAGE B1 KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Todd Logan (Prospero), acts out a scene from The Tempest with Ariels, Allison Reid and Spence Logan. The show runs at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park July 26-28. ro’s schemes bring about the revelation of Antonio’s lowly nature, the redemption of the duke and the marriage of Mi- randa to Alonso’s son, Ferdi- nand. “It is a comedy,” Baker said. “People think it’s serious but if you read the script it’s not serious. It’s not a tragedy. Nobody dies. Everybody that should be comes together.” The play is also easier to understand than some of Shakespeare’s other shows. “The language is beautiful,” Baker said. “It’s just a pleasure and it’s very accessible, surpris- ing enough. It’s much more accessible than a lot of the shows. We’re throwing dru- ids and thunder and lightning and a little more comedy than Please see TEMPEST, Page A4 Register your National Night Out event by July 31 In partnership with the National Association of Town Watch, the Keizer Police Department will be co-spon- soring the 35th annual National Night Out event citywide on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. More than 38 million people in 16,000 communi- ties throughout the country will join forces to promote police- community part- nerships, crime, drug and violence preven- tion, safety and neigh- borhood unity. Registration for Keizer-based gatherings that would like police and city offi cials to stop by needs to be submitted by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31. Registra- tion can be completed at https://bit. ly/2LIuhQA. National Night Out is designed to: heighten crime awareness; gener- ate support and participation in local anti-crime efforts; strengthen neigh- borhood spirit and police-community relations; and send a message to crimi- nals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fi ghting back. Residents in neighborhoods in Keizer and across the nation are asked to lock their doors, turn on lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and police. Many neighborhoods will host a va- riety of special events such as block parties, cookouts, pot- lucks, dessert socials and youth activities. Neighborhood Watch block captains are highly encouraged to organize an event as an opportunity to contact their partici- pants, meet new neighbors and update their rosters. All other neighborhoods are also encouraged to participate. For more information, contact Community Support Offi cer Dorothy Diehl at 503-856-3472 or diehld@ keizer.org. Choir camp PAGE A3 Submitted Ford Edsel owners throughout the country are making Keizer their annual convention destination next week. Edsel fans inbound Car enthusiasts hit Keizer July 31 By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Naomi and Art Patershall’s infatu- ation with a castoff from the heyday of American cars began with regular trips past a neighbor’s house. “We would drive by his carport and look at his Edsel (a 1958 Pacer) all the time. He and my husband worked out a trade and Art got it all fi xed up,” Naomi said. The Hillsboro couple’s foray into Edsel ownership grew to include membership in the Oregon Edsel Owners Club, of which Naomi is now the secretary. From July 31 to Aug. 5, the Edsel Owners Club will be hosting its convention in Keiz- er, bringing together owners from Please see EDSEL, Page A6 Can’t foster a child? Here’s how to support those that do By CASEY CHAFFIN Keizertimes Intern According to data pub- lished by the National Work- ing Group on Foster Care and Education in 2014, the per- centage of 17 to 18 year old foster youth who want to go to college is 84 percent, but the percentage of foster youth who graduate high school and actually attend college is 20 percent, and the estimated percentage of former foster youth who actually attain a bachelor’s degree ranges from two to nine percent. The message is quite clear: foster youth have the motiva- tion to achieve more, but not the support system. The take- away for many who work in this system is: We can do bet- ter, and we need to do bet- ter. But to make that happen, there must be community buy-in even among those who aren’t currently foster- ing any children. “Foster parents provide a community service. They are Marion County foster homes caring for Marion County children,” said Gwen Slippy, of the Marion County Child Welfare offi ce, and as a re- sult they need the support of those in the community to support that service. She add- ed, “We want to partner with the community to meet the needs of children and fami- lies.” Slippy curates resources to City fees at work PAGE A4 Keepers PAGE B4 support foster families, be- cause the responsibility for fostering falls on more shoul- ders than just those who cur- rently open their homes to foster youth. There are too many fos- Submitted Court-appointed special advocates are sworn in at CASA of Marion County in Keizer. ter youth in the system and not enough adults to support them. This lack of engagement extends beyond actual foster parents, and into the support Please see FOSTER, Page A2
