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About Keizertimes. (Salem, Or.) 1979-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 2018)
SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 51 SECTION A SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 $1.00 City will join lawsuit to stop shooting across river By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes In its meeting Monday, Sept. 17, the Keizer City Council took its most bold steps to date toward stopping bullets traveling from a shoot- ing range across the Willa- mette River into west Keizer neighborhoods. During the meeting, the council opted to join, as in- tervenors, a $2.7 million civil lawsuit and request for an in- junction against the D. Lance Davis and his business, North- west Rock, Inc. Davis owns the quarry being used as a recreational shooting range from which bullets have trav- eled into a city park and into the home of a Keizer couple in the past year. As an intervenor in the in- junction portion of the law- suit, the city will not be en- titled to monetary awards, but it is an act of solidarity with the plaintiffs, Tom and Sheryl Bauer, seeking a permanent stoppage to the property be- ing used as a shooting range. In June, a bullet from the range passed through the out- er wall of the Bauers' home and stopped only after hitting a granite backsplash. “The goal of the injunc- tion is a common one. It's the same thing the city council wants and that's to have [the shooting] stop,” said Keizer City Attorney Shannon John- son prior to the council ap- proving the action. “I want to warn you that there are down- sides, but this is a situation that we've never run into. We have concerns for the safety of our citizens.” Johnson said the primary risk for the city will come in the possibility of needing to enlist outside counsel on the matter. Councilor Amy Ryan asked where funds would come from if additional legal help was needed. Johnson said that determination would likely be made at the time, but contingency funds were the most probable source. “When you talk about ad- ditional funds, nothing can re- place lives and I am complete- ly behind this,” said Councilor Roland Herrera. Johnson chuckled when asked if the time dedicated to the lawsuit would detract from other priorities, “It has and it will continue, but those issues are, frankly, not as im- portant as this.” The council unanimously approved moving forward as intervenors. In addition, the council Music moves at MHS one harvest at a time Fuhrman's amazement, however, is tempered by sadness and remorse. “There have been times when we've picked 20,000 pounds of pears from a single orchard, but we drove away from another 100,000. We can do truckloads and truckloads and truckloads of squash, but so much of it gets left behind. I want to rescue all the food because we know we're going to be dealing with hungry people this winter,” she said. To be fair, it's not as though the organization is slacking. In eight years, Salem Harvest has rescued more than 2 million pounds food. In the month since passing that milestone, it's recovered another 100,000 pounds of fruit, vegetables and nuts. Please see HARVEST, Page A6 PAGE A3 Dating contract nullified PAGE A2 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Elise Bauman, executive director of Salem Harvest, dumps a load of pears into a truck headed to the Marion-Polk Food Share. Lapof vies to replace Ryan Alleged burglars By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Shawn Lapof is taking the next step in public service with a campaign for the Keizer City Council. “A friend actually suggested it, and the more I thought about the more it seemed like a natural progression,” said Lapof. Lapof, a 2007 McNary High School grad and current commercial accounts and sales manager with SERVPRO of Salem, is running to replace Councilor Amy Ryan, who has decided not to seek re-election. He faces Elizabeth Smith in one of two contested city council races this November. Shawn Lapof Lapof said the growth and development conversation happening in city hall and throughout Keizer is one he PAGE B1 Please see LAWSUIT, Page A7 FEEDING THE COMMUNITY By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes There's a rumble as the fi rst oversized bags of pears get dumped into the four large crates on the back of a Salem Harvest fl atbed truck. Fruit by the dozen, ranging from small to XXXL, roll around before coming to rest. Over the next two hours, the rumble is quieted as the fruit piles up creating additional layers to muffl e the sound. By the time volunteer havesters call it a day, more than 3,400 pounds of pears are on their way from a private orchard a few miles north of Keizer to the Marion-Polk Food Share (MPFS). “The organization is great, but the richness of the crops blows my mind,” said Jaime Fuhrman, a harvest leader. “If you look anywhere else, there are few places that have the variety of food crops that we do in Marion County. An organization like this in the Midwest might have wheat and soy beans and corn. In Idaho, you'd have potatoes.” Boys soccer on fire wants to be a part of, “It's something that needs to be addressed for businesses and the community. I want to help small business and improve opportunities available for all Keizerites.” One aspect of the discussion he would like to see the city pay particular attention to is transportation. “We need to improve the transportation in a way that draws more people into the city from Interstate 5 and gets residents to and from the things that they need to do. That includes everything from the number of lanes traveling in different directions to a third bridge,” Lapof said. Please see LAPOF, Page A7 join forces, still fail By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A Keizer man was arrested, and then re-released from jail due to over- c row d i n g , for the sec- ond time in six weeks on charges of burglarizing two addi- R. Berlin tional Keizer businesses. Richard Wayne Barkley Berlin, 30, was arrested on Sept. 13 after Keizer Police executed a search warrant at his home and found evidence allegedly connecting him to two new business burglaries. Berlin was previously arrested on Aug. 2 in connection with three oth- er business burglaries in Keizer. Ironically, after being put back out on the street under J. Herriges a forced re- lease agree- ment in the wake of the Aug. 2 arrest, Berlin commented on Keizertimes' Facebook posts about his arrests stating that Please see BURGLARS, Page A7 Football player recovering PAGE B1
