Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Keizertimes. (Salem, Or.) 1979-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 2018)
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9 Fixing the ACA before INDIAN, WILDFIRE, continued from Page A1 continued from Page A1 other healthcare moves DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM The Magic of Greg Moreland SATURDAY, SEPT 29 UFC229 - Sat, Oct 6 Khabib v McGregor WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT 9 FIGHTS IN ALL ON THE HUGE SCREEN Live Fights at 5:00 (21 & Over) - Tickets $13 Reserved Seating Available Now Online. OPEN CAPTION SHOWING Family Show at 6:30 pm 21 & Over at 8:15 pm $7 for guest under 18, $10 for 18 & Over Jurassic World: Fallen Kindom (PG-13) TUES, OCT 2 6PM, TICKETS ARE $4/EACH. Special showing with captioning shown on screen with the movie. Today in History The Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams plays a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics on the last day of the regular season and gets six hits in eight trips to the plate, to boost his batting average to .406. No major league player since him has hit .400. — September 28, 1941 Food 4 Thought “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams, Dilbert creator. Born Sept. 28, 1957 The Month Ahead Friday, September 28 Opening night of Pentacle Theatre’s Dracula. A suspenseful and thrilling adaption of the Brian Stoker classic by playwright Steven Dietz. Show starts at 7:30 p.m., at Pentacle Theatre, 324 52nd Ave NW in Salem. Tickets available at pentacletheatre. org Saturday, September 29 Star Wars Party at The Archive in downtown Salem. Half the cafe will be decorated in honor of Jedi, the other half belongs to the Sith. Go in costume and join the fun. All ages between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. $5 cover charge after 8 p.m. Wedding & Event Show. For the second consecutive year, Willamette Heritage Center hosts vendors, gift bags, and a fashion show to help for soon-to-be-wed couples have fun planning their big day. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at at the WHC, 1313 Mill Street SE in Salem. For more information, contact Liz McIntire at lizm@willametteheritage.org The Cherry City Roller Derby kicks off their tenth season by pitting the 8 Wheel Assassins and the Boneyard Brawlers against the Air Raid Roller Girls and Heartless Heathens from Portland. Goes down at the Salem Armory, 2310 17th St NE. Saturday Night Dance & Potluck. Featuring music by Lee Nicholas and Diane. Admission is $5. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. September 29 through October 31 EZ Orchards Harvest Festival. Combine family fun and education in a farm setting. We have hay rides, an Oregon- shaped corn maze, a petting zoo, face painting, pie eating contests, a pumpkin patch, pony rides, caramel apples, apple cider, donuts, gold/gemstone mining activities, and much more. Admission: $8. Monday, October 1 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Thursday, Oct. 4 OSCF Speaker Series Presents: Jennifer Roberts. Join us for a conversation regarding the cultural power of recipes. This event is free and takes place in Hearing Room B at the Oregon State Capitol. Noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, October 6 Oregon’s Bounty. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St NE in Salem. Sunday, October 7 Male Ensemble Northwest Concert. This group of singers and conductors kick off St. Paul’s 2018-19 Evensong Concert Series. Starts at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty Street SE in Salem. Monday, October 8 Columbus Day Saturday, October 13 Out of the Darkness Walk. Fundraising for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Online registration closes 12 p.m. on August 12, but anyone can register in person day of the event. Check-in starts at 9 a.m, walk starts 10 a.m. at State Capitol Steps, 900 Court St NE. For more information contact Ari Woods at oregon@afsp.org or call 503-951-3012. some prescribed burning.” As the West Coast can be- gin to breathe a sigh of re- lief as the fi re season wanes, communities in North and South are still waiting to be- gin recovery from Hurricane Florence, not to mention hurricane-related recoveries still being executed in Puer- to Rico and Houston, Texas. Asked what could be done to better prepare communities across the country from mass devastation, Schrader said it begins with recalculating the FEMA budget. “The problem we've got is that the budget is based on intensity and frequency cal- culated in the 1980s. With climate change, FEMA has documented that the storms are occurring more often and they are much more violent. We have not adjusted the base FEMA budget because Re- publicans don't want to deal with the base reality of what stuff costs,” he said. He added that reform of federal fl ood insurance pro- grams – and thought into how and where people are allowed to build – needs to begin. “We shouldn't allow new homes to be built in fl oodways or fl oodplains or on the beach, that's ridiculous. We also have to fi gure out a fl ood insurance program that doesn't bankrupt a retired couple living in Til- lamook,” he said. “The Re- publicans want to privatize the thing and they found out a lot of their constituents don't like that idea because the rates would go through the roof. Government can defray some of the costs as long as people take responsibility for other things.” GRIDLOCK, continued from Page A1 have the speaker represent the American people,” Schrader said. Other considerations in the proposed changes would lessen the ability of the speaker of the house to block votes on proposed bills. The speaker of the house also gets to determine which bills are put forth for votes, and whether the bills can be amended during the voting process. Many bills, when they do arrive on the fl oor, are there under closed rules, which means they cannot be amended. “If a bill has bipartisan support, then it should get a vote and, once on the fl oor, we should have the opportunity to amend it,” Schrader said. Under the proposed rule changes, any bill with support from 290 members of the House of Representatives would automatically go to the relevant committees for mark-up and be forwarded to the fl oor for a vote. Both parties would also have the opportunity to submit one germane amendment for consideration during the fl oor deliberations. On the topic of healthcare, Rep. Kurt Schrader is advocating for fi xing the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), but it’s a step he sees as necessary before moving into discussions around a universal option. “Healthcare is still primarily an employer-based deal. Up un- til recently that was a pretty good deal with single-digit increases, but the bleedover of problems in the insurance markets is prompt- ing the insurance companies to jack up their small business rates,” Schrader said. Schrader said everyone he knows knows of someone else hit with gobsmacking healthcare bills, but the system isn’t as broken as those stories might lead voters to believe. “There’s only about 10 percent that are getting it from the bro- ken part of the market. My focus is how do you fi x that,” he said. Among the proposals forwarded by the Problem Solvers Caucus, of which he is a member, is restoring a cost-sharing program that was canceled under the administration of President Donald Trump and creating a national reinsurance pool. A reinsurance pool would assist insurance companies in covering the claims of high-cost en- rollees. “Oregon was able to establish a reinsurance program this year and it’s helping to keep the rates down. It’s not that way in the rest of the country,” Schrader said. “Restoring the cost-sharing pay- ments makes it so people don’t get worse and cost the system more down the line.” Another hurdle is establishing and enforcing a baseline set of benefi ts for all healthcare insurers. One of the ways the current administration has sought to undermine the ACA was by allow- ing substandard policies – known as association plans – to qualify as coverage under the now-defunct insurance mandate. The plans often do not meet the baseline coverage required by the ACA. “The idea behind the ACA was not just to treat you when you get sick, but to treat you before you get sick. Let’s prevent it. It’s expensive to do both at the same time, but if we do the prevention stuff now the costs will go down over time, especially for very ill people,” Schrader said. “If we can make people healthier going into the end of life piece, it will cost us less going forward.” Once the ACA is working as intended, Schrader said, the discus- sion about what to do next, possibly a universal coverage option, can happen on surer footing. TRADE: ‘It will be devastating to an iconic Oregon industry’ (Continued from Page A1) “Nike and Columbia are wary because the fact is their products are made by people around the world, but I went up and visited the new hazel- nut facility in Donald and they are worried about selling them. The price has fallen precipi- tously, and Turkey is going to fi ll that void. That's a market we'll lose and it will be dev- astating to an iconic Oregon industry,” he said. Schrader laid the blame at the feet of Republicans who, he said, are not willing to in- tervene in the president's ac- tions. “The Republicans should be stepping up here, but the Republicans aren't doing anything,” he said. “There is no Republican party nation- ally, there's some vestiges of the business-oriented, fi scally re- sponsible conservative in Or- egon and a bit in Washington. But that is gone in most of the country, and especially in D.C. They are spending money left and right, they are increasing the defi cit. Democrats cannot be held accountable for the re- cent largesse that has gone on.” Schrader credits the base supporters of the Trump ad- ministration in their attempt to hang in with their chosen leader, but felt the trust was misguided. “They think the president knows better but, with all due respect, he doesn't know much. It's very dangerous because they are going to lose their farms at the end of the day,” Schrader said. Deadline looming Spirit Chorus for D.C. ornaments seeks singers Every year since 1970, the U.S. Forest Service has provided a Christmas tree to appear on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capi- tol for the holiday season. This year, the tree will be provided by the Willamette National Forest from the Sweet Home Ranger District. The theme for the 2018 initiative is “Find Your Trail” and commemorates the 175th anniversary of the Oregon Trail, and the 50th an- niversary of the National Trails System. In addition, 70 smaller companion trees will be sent and appear in offi ces through- out the nation’s capitol. Oregonians are invited to help create 10,000 ornaments to adorn the trees. The Oregon State Capitol will host three events this fall that will have or- nament making stations for the public at Oregon’s Bounty, Sat- urday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Capitol will offer vol- unteers, ornament ideas, and supplies (furnished by the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon State Capitol Foundation.) There is no charge to make ornaments, and families are en- couraged to join the fun. If you wish to make an ornament for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree and drop it off at the Oregon State Capitol, please download a specifi cation sheet at www. capitolchristmastree.com un- der the Participate heading. All ornaments will be boxed up and sent off after the October 6 event, so the deadline to turn them in is 2 p.m. that day. Oregon Spirit Chorus, a women’s a cappella sing- ing group, invites singers in the community to join their Christmas Chorus and perform around the greater Salem area through mid-December. Rehearsals begin on Tues- day, Oct. 2, at Salem Elks Lodge, 2336 Turner Road S.E. Sessions run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. To learn more visit oregon- spirit.org. To RSVP the invita- tion to join the chorus email kathy.scheel@oregonspirit.org. looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO Vandals hit stand again A nagging old problem has resurfaced at McNary High School—the concession stand on the football fi eld has been broken into yet again. Saturday, October 27 Stayton Ghost Tour & Chocolate Walk. Victorian-themed guided tour of historic Downtown Stayton with chocolate treats after every stop. Participants are encouraged to wear a costume. Starts at 5 p.m. with tours leaving every 15 minutes at the Brown House Event Center, 425 North 1st Avenue in Stayton. Presale tickets are $15 until October 18th, where they will be sold for $20. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. been John Tahsuda, the prin- cipal deputy assistant secretary for indian affairs, who has for- bidden the school's adminis- trators and employees from talking with congressional rep- resentatives. “This is complete bullsh-t. No one's ever done it before. I can't help people if they can't talk to me,” Schrader said. “This is the fi rst time I've had any ad- ministration just tell someone they can't talk to their congres- sional representative.” Schrader said he's talked to leaders of several congressional committees that oversee Che- mawa, along with other Native American boarding schools, who support his desire for a congressional hearing on the matter, but it would not take place until after the mid-term elections or possibly 2019. Responses from the Depart- ment of Education and Health and Human Services arrived recently addressed many of the questions – focused on fund- ing and health services – asked of those agencies, but Schrader said the responses up to that point were of the “see the pol- icy handbook” variety. “They are afraid some- one is going to say something that makes them look bad. It's wrong at the core and these kids deserve a little more, not less,” Schrader said. 10 YEARS AGO Debate on signs could expand maze sudoku Councilor Cathy Clark has voiced interest in adding further restrictions to the city’s sign code. She said it was a matter of the aesthetic goals of River Road. 15 YEARS AGO Celts, Olys play to draw After winning fi ve games in a row, the Lady Celts soccer team was just inches short of another win against Sprague. Mid-fi eld- er Ali Reti says the draw will make them even more focused during their next game. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. 20 YEARS AGO District seeks bond as schools fi ll to brim Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer Growth and overcrowding have pushed the Salem-Keizer School District to ask voters to support a bond for 177 million dollars. The district is expected to grow by 700 students a year.