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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
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— 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
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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
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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
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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.
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from 1-9 into
the blank spac-
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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