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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 CRISIS, continued from Page A1 DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM STUDENT NIGHT EVERY THURSDAY! NOVEMBER 15 ———————————— 3:50 – Searching (PG-13) 5:50 – The Meg (PG-13) 8:00 – Crazy Rich Asians (PG-13) SATURDAY, NOV 10 Generally for the 16-20 year old crowd Christopher Robin (PG) LIVE STAND UP COMEDY 11:00 AM TICKETS ARE JUST $4 SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES. Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, Nov 24 ANDREW RIVERS & CHASE MAYERS will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. Today in History In an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence, which continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glass,” after the countless smashed windows of Jewish-owned establishments, left approximately 100 Jews dead, 7,500 Jewish businesses damaged and hundreds of synagogues, homes, schools and graveyards vandalized. An estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested, many of whom were then sent to concentration camps for several months; they were released when they promised to leave Germany. Kristallnacht represented a dramatic escalation of the campaign started by Adolf Hitler in 1933 when he became chancellor to purge Germany of its Jewish population. — November 9, 1938 Food 4 Thought “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” — Carl Sagan, astrophysicist/author, born Nov. 9, 1934 The Month Ahead Through Saturday, November 24 Black, White and Gray Show at Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery. The most popular show of the year. Visit keizerarts.com for hours. Friday, November 9 Carousel Open House & Unveiling. Salem’s Riverfront Carousel unveils plans for its new Artisans Studio, including input from the community. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Riverfront Carousel, 101 Front Street NE in Salem. Event is free for all. Veterans Day/Patriotic Dance and Lunch, Keizer/Salem Area Seniors at the corner of Plymouth Drive and Cherry Ave. Dancing begins at 9 a.m., lunch served at 11:15 a.m. ksascenter.com. Friday, November 9 – Saturday, December 1 Pentacle Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors. A horror-rock- comedy musical based on the fi lm of the same name. For showtimes and ticket information, visit pentacletheatre.org Saturday, November 10 Artists’ Reception and Awards for Black, White and Gray Show, 6-8 p.m. Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery, Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. NE. Free admission. Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the Heritage Room of Salem Public Library (585 Liberty St SE). Jerry Rogers will speak about the Mayfl ower. For more information, call (503) 363-0880. Salem Academy Christmas Market, craft bazaar featuring quilts, blankets, Christmas decorations, metalwork and more to raise money for the schools 8th grade Washington D.C., trip , 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Salem Academy, 942 Lancaster Dr. NE, Salem. Tuesday, November 13 Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour, the Christmas tree that will appear on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol makes a stop on its journey from the Willamette National Forest to Washington D.C., 10 a.m. - noon, Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court St. NE. Wednesday, November 14 Whiteaker Middle School Orchestra Concert at Dayspring Fellowship, 1755 Lockhaven Dr NE, at 7 p.m. were two who ranked with 18s. More concerning, he said, were the averages. Na- tionally, most cities home- less populations have a mean score of 7.5. Marion-Polk’s is 9.4. In addition, more than a third of the area’s homeless population are identifi ed as tri-morbid, meaning they are affected with some combina- tion of mental health issues, health problems and sub- stance abuse. “The number of tri-mor- bid homeless number should be about 15 percent and nev- er any more. In Marion-Polk it’s 37 percent,” Jones said. Systemic issues have com- pounded the problem over time, Jones added. The sheer amount of time and energy it takes to rehouse one of the most vulnerable residents has led local agencies to service less dire sections of the pop- ulation fi rst. “When that happens, [the agency] gets a 100 percent retention rate and it feels like we’re all doing the right thing,” Jones said, but then more vulnerable homeless individuals slide further into the void. City Manager Chris Ep- pley said the word from oth- er city managers is that the more communities invest in homeless diversion, the more homeless individuals fl ock to that community. The data collected by the Community Action Agency shows that isn’t happening here. “Almost none of [the homeless residents] were born here, but the same can be said about most peo- ple living in homes in the Mid-Willamette Valley to- day,” Jones said. “But almost all of our respondents had We are Everything Except Overpriced Some bright spots in battle to end homelessness By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes While the community is facing a homelessness crisis, there are bright spots in the effort to end it. Joining Community Action Agency’s Jimmy Jones in briefi ng on the state of homelessness Monday, Oct. 26, were Ali Treichel, program coordinator of the Mid- Willamette Valley Homeless Initiative, Tricia Ratliff, program director of HOME Youth & Resource Center. Treichel is leaving her post in the near future, but the 10 months she’s spent on the job have focused on creating inventories of available services to illuminate gaps in Marion and Polk counties. “It includes systems like housing and the criminal justice, education, health and other support services,” Treichel said. “We also looked at where public funding is going and stabilizing people experiencing homelessness.” To address some of the more emergent needs, Treichel has focused on best practices to address panhandling. “That’s meant investigating a public education campaign diverting [panhandlers] to social services, and looking into daywork programs,” she said. Ratliff spoke on issues that hit closer to Keizer at McNary High School. McNary currently has 61 homeless students, Claggett lived here for 10 to 15 years.” While there is no single cause for homelessness, Jones said a lack of social and fami- ly networks – whenever any- one chooses to live or work away from known networks – contributes to a communi- ty’s overall vulnerability. Councilor Kim Freeman asked Jones to account for individuals who told her they preferred to be home- less when she participated in a recent point-in-time count. Jones said those types of responses are rare – only about 5 percent of the overall population – but they tend to become lightning rods be- cause it is not the expected response. He added that those responses also change if the question is asked again and Creek Middle School has 19 and Whiteaker accounts for another 12. Even though the numbers are accurate, Ratliff said it’s still a hard pill for communities to swallow. “We talked to counselors at South Salem High School last year and they weren’t aware they had 30-plus in their school. They thought it was only one or two, but showed them where the numbers were coming from. With that, the admin and groups from that school banded together and we had a boxful of gift cards for the students a week later. Looking at it on the neighborhood level can really engage the community,” Ratliff said. HOME is a drop-in center that primarily serves as a place for homeless youth to connect with support services, but the fi rst actual youth residence in the two-county area is slated to open soon. Recently, HOME administrators and volunteers took part in a 100-day challenge that resulted in fi nding stable housing for more than 90 youths. In addition, working with local law enforcement, the group established a cache of items that can be delivered to teens that might help them get through a rough night. “Because of the attention drawn by the challenge, there are more agencies coming out to work together and not in silos,” Ratliff said. again over time. “We are facing a real fi ght in term of adequate perma- nent resources, but we will still never be able to house our way out of this problem. We need something on the prevention side to slow it down, connection to work- force, to public health re- sources,” Jones said. WHAT’S BEING DONE After collecting more detailed data on the area’s homeless population, Jones set to correcting some of the systemic issues that blos- somed as agencies chased preferred outcomes. “It started out with 100 vouchers and everyone that was eligible went through CAA and if they scored high enough on SPDAT they got Simple Cremation $875 Inexpensive Burial and Funeral Options Pre-Planning Available On-Site Crematory 4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER 503.393.7037 Se habla español W O O D B U R N E S TAT E S ‘Tis the Season 21st annual Christmas Bazaar, wonderful handcrafted gifts from local artisit, and you can enjoy coffee, warm apple cider and cookies while shopping, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., 235 E. Lincoln St., Woodburn, Free admission. Park of side streets near venue. Call 503-981-7229 or 503- 951-7366 for more information. looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO Forest Ridge Elementary Orchestra Concert at Whiteaker Middle School, 1605 Lockhaven Dr NE, 7 p.m. Friday, November 16=Saturday, November 17 Art Impressions Warehouse Sale and Card Classes, at Quality Suites Keizer, 5188 Wittenberg Lane, discounted stamps and crafting supplies. Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. a second assessment, a vul- nerability assessment tool that is good at determining who is going to die outside,” Jones said. In addition to the data tools deployed for initial as- sessments, Jones developed a third one, called Frequent User of Service Engagements (FUSE). The FUSE score tal- lies how many times the most vulnerable homeless residents required emergency room visits, hospital stays and EMT services. The average was about 30 times a year. “We fi gured each of those services cost about $2,000 per incident or $60,000 a year. I can take that same in- dividual and pay $17,5000 house them for the entire year, pay their utilities and provide case management for wraparound services,” Jones said. To date, about 90 of the most chronically homeless have been housed under the program. When asked what he needed most in terms of sup- port from the community and the Keizer City Council, Jones said encouragement of private development. “What I need are private developers to build units for homeless individuals. If you can encourage someone to build something like that I could draw down the num- bers of the most vulnerable that cause the complaints and phone calls. And it could be addressed for a couple of mil- lion dollars,” Jones said. KFD levy easily passes SATURDAY, NOV 17 F R O M 8 AM T O 4 PM WOODBURN ESTATES & GOLF 1776 Country Club Rd Handmade treasures crafted by over 50 vendors. Something for everything, young & old! Get your Christmas shopping done all in one location! maze Keizer Fire District’s fi ve-year levy was passed easily with 58.4 percent of voters voting to approve the tax increase. 10 YEARS AGO Big play lifts Celts past Roseburg McNary’s Celtics had a tough fi ght in the Roseburg team, but a 51-yard touchdown pass won them the game, pushing them to 27-20 over the Indians. 15 YEARS AGO Ministry rents home for felons sudoku Just two months after opening a transitional house in West Salem, Stepping Out Ministry is preparing to open a house in Keizer for released felons. The home will accommodate up to 10 people. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spac- es. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. 20 YEARS AGO Police arrest Keizerite in casino protest Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer A Keizer man was arrested during a protest against a proposal to build a casino after wrapping red ribbon around City Hall and claiming there would be “bloodshed” if a casino was built
