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Today in History
The Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million
children, begin at the Franklin Sherman Elementary
School in McLean, Virginia. On April 12, 1955, researchers
announced the vaccine was safe and effective and it quickly
became a standard part of childhood immunizations in
America. In the ensuing decades, polio vaccines would all
but wipe out the highly contagious disease in the Western
Hemisphere.
— April 26, 1954
Food 4 Thought
“Love yourself fi rst and everything else falls into line. You
really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
— Lucille Ball, died April 26, 1989
The Month Ahead
Continuing through Saturday, May 4
Pentacle Theatre presents Del Shores’ Yellow, a mature
drama about a southern family. Visit pentacletheatre.org for
show times and tickets.
Friday, April 26
Enlightened Theatrics presents The Odd Couple, Female
Version by Neil Simon, at Salem’s Grand Theater. Visit
enlightenedtheatrics.org for show times and tickets.
Performances through May 19.
The Mid-Valley Literacy Center presents Spotlight on
Literacy, an opportunity for supporters to come together and
recognize the past year’s accomplishments and recognize
the progress made by students. The event will be held at
Creekside Golf Club, 6250 Clubhouse Dr SE, Salem. The VIP
event starts at 5 p.m. and the dinner program starts at 6 p.m.
Dinner and program tickets are $50 or $500 per table.
McNary Vocal Project will present Avi Kaplan’s Honor
Choir Festival for two performances (6 p.m. and 8 p.m.) in
Ken Collins Theatre. The former Pentatonix member will be
backed by a 300 member choir. Tickets are $20, available at
mcnary-theatre.ticketleap.com; proceeds benefi t McNary’s
choir programs.
Saturday and Sunday, April 28-28
The 2019 Oregon Ag Fest will be held at the Oregon State
Fair and Exposition Center. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday and 10 a.m. on Sunday. Tickets: $9 for ages 13 and
up and free for children 12 and under, available at the door.
Advance tickets available at eventbrite.com, or at any Wilco
Farm Store.
Tueday, April 30
Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E.
Wednesday, May 1
The Elsinore Theatre will show Raiders of the Lost Ark
with two showings. The fi rst show egis at 2 p.m. and the
second is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at
elsinoretheatre.com.
Keizer Parks Forum on Carlson Skate Park renovations, 6
p.m. Meeting will start at the skate park behind city hall and
then move to the city hall lobby for more formal talk. 980
Chemawa Road N.E.
Thursday, May 2
The 21st Annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast will begin at 7:30
a.m. at the Keizer Civic Center to celebrate National Day of
Prayer. The event is non-denominational and all are welcome
to participate. You can register at keizerchamber.com. Bring
peanut butter to benefi t Marion-Polk Food Share.
FRIENDS! The Musical Parody, 7:30 p.m., Historic Elsinore
Theatre. The show is a comedic musical that pokes fun at
TV’s Friends. Recommended for mature audiences. Tickets
range from $17 to $49. elsinoretheatre.com.
Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E.
a new Continuum of Care
(COC) alliance with Polk
and Yamhill Counties as well
as the Confederated Tribes of
the Grande Ronde.
COC development is re-
quired by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Housing and Ur-
ban Development (HUD)
to qualify for funding at the
federal level. That funding can
assist with everything from
construction of affordable
housing to domestic violence
and addiction services and
healthcare for the homeless.
Marion and Polk counties
once operated under their
own COC, but the admin-
istrative duties were mostly
handled by non-profi ts. In
an effort to ease the burden
of administrative duties, lo-
cal leaders opted to join the
ROCC in 2012. It was a deci-
sion that fl ew under the radar
of local elected offi cials, but
it’s had a devastating effect on
the federal money available to
serve the local homeless pop-
ulation.
“I had been a commission-
er eight years when it hap-
pened and I was not aware of
it until 2018,” Carlson said.
The main handicap that
arose from Marion Coun-
ty being lumped in with the
ROCC is that, even when
major strides are being made
might make for better services
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Even if the leaders on the Mid-Willa-
mette Valley Homelessness Initiative get
backing from local elected leaders to form a
new Continuum of Care (COC), the road
ahead is a long one.
The soonest local leaders could apply for
the change is this October. If approved, the
new COC administration could compete
for federal funds in March 2020. Alloca-
tions would be announced in December
2020 and then the money would be re-
leased to the organization in spring 2021.
“What we are trying to do now is get all
the pieces in place so we can compete for
the federal funding. We will still need local
jurisdictions to contribute until then,” said
Janet Carlson, a former Marion County
locally, the score HUD uses
to determine funding levels is
brought down by other com-
munities not doing as much.
Scores are based on data col-
lection and successful out-
comes.
The ROCC’s current
score is less than 140 and only
those scoring above the 166
are considered competitive.
Clackamas County has one of
the best scores in the nation at
190 “and gets all of what they
are asking for,” Jones said.
Those scores translate into
dollars to combat homeless-
Commissioner and now consultant to the
effort.
Even if all the dominoes line up right,
it might not mean more money to combat
homelessness on the local front, but Carlson
said the money is only part of the equation.
“This is about doing services better,” she
said.
The idea is that with better regional
strategic planning, guided by the public
health offi cials at the Mid-Willamette Val-
ley Council of Governments, there will be
less overlap of services and fewer loopholes
for those struggling with homelessness to
fall through.
“It’s about getting everybody rowing in
the same direction, getting the outcomes
you desire from the investment,” Carlson
said.
ness, and Marion County
lags far behind its neighbors
in that regard. Washington
County gets an allocation
of roughly $5,900 per year
per homeless person. Clack-
amas County gets just under
$5,000. Lane County, which
has operated under its own
COC for at least 20 years, gets
$2,400 per person. The 28
counties operating under the
ROCC get $550 per home-
less person.
At that same time, the
counties in the ROCC repre-
sent the ninth largest home-
Jones fi elds tough questions
on approach to homelessness
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer city councilors asked
hard questions about how lo-
cal leaders approach combat-
ting homelessness at a work
session Monday, April 22.
Jimmy Jones, executive di-
rector of the Mid-Willamete
Valley Community Action
Agency, fi elded them without
batting an eye.
Councilor Dan Kohler said
some constituents asked him
when enough was enough
given the large amounts on
money spent on homeless
nationwide over the past fi ve
decades.
“In my experience, almost
everyone I talk to wants assis-
tance,” said Jones. “10 percent
of the [homeless] population
are diffi cult to house, 10 per-
cent will never be housed on
their own and 80 percent are
somewhere in between or
transitionally homeless.”
Jones wants local govern-
ment offi cials to rethink the
entire approach and focus on
the 10 percent that are chron-
ically homeless and in need of
wraparound services.
“Taking care of that 10
percent is a sizable chunk of
the ones initiating the most
complaints. The top 100 most
dire individuals can cost the
community $100,000 annual-
ly in emergency services and
doesn’t include court costs
and jail. It costs an extraordi-
nary amount of money to not
house this population,” Jones CAA is doing, Jones is track-
ing where individuals were
said.
He added the homeless born and how long they’ve
population is more visible now been in the community.
“Many of them weren’t
because the overall population
born
here,
is much larg-
but you could
er than when
walk into the
g ove r n m e n t
grocery store
fi rst began at-
and fi nd out
tempting
to
the same thing
combat home-
about the cus-
lessness.
tomers there,”
City Man-
he said. “Vir-
ager
Chris
Eppley asked
— Jimmy Jones tually none of
the homeless
whether the
CAA exec. director
in our area
fundamental
were born in
approach
to
serving the homeless is fl awed this community, but when I
given the lack of success in asked them how long they’ve
been in this area, almost all of
curbing the problem.
Jones said the traditional them have been here 10 to 15
approach has been to house years. And they weren’t home-
the individuals most open to less when they arrived here,”
rapid rehousing. It makes the Jones said.
When it came to the mat-
outcomes look good on paper
and elicits positive response ter of Marion County and its
from the community, but it neighbors breaking away from
doesn’t get to the heart of the
problem, he said.
“We haven’t had our pri-
orities straight and that comes
from private organizations and
legislative direction that em-
phasize to specifi c segments of
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the population, such as veter-
ans, families and youth,” Jones
said.
Kohler asked whether cre-
ating safety net of services
Alita Battle Angel (PG-13)
would only attract more
Fri 7:50, Sat 6:10, 8:30
homeless individuals to the
Sun 6:10, 8:30
area as word spreads.
Mary Poppins Returns (PG)
As part of the work the
“We haven’t
had our
priorities
straight.”
THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
the Rural Oregon Contin-
uum of Care (ROCC) and
establishing a new Contin-
uum of Care with Polk and
Yamhill Counties, Councilor
Laura Reid asked what the
effect would be on the other
25 counties that comprise the
ROCC.
“The ROCC would be
getting less money, but we
aren’t even getting a fair geo-
graphic share of those funds.
They might be eligible for
some funding that they aren’t
with Marion County in the
mix and I anticipate that their
systems will improve a little
bit, but this isn’t a spectacular
outcome for them,” Jones said.
looking
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Note by note young
maestro impresses
McNary High School soph-
omore Hyrum Kohler can do
something few others can rep-
licate. Have him stand with his
back to a piano and play a note
of your choosing. he can turn
around and replicate it with no
other auditory or visual refer-
ence.
Sat 12:20,
Green Book (PG-13)
Fri 8:40, Sun 4:50
maze
Isn’t it Romantic (PG-13)
Fri 9:05, Sat 6:45, 8:55, Sun 8:20
Lego Movie 2 (PG)
Fri 12:00, 4:20
Sat 2:45
Sun 2:50
CORRECTION
Kid (R)
Sat 4:45, Sun 6:25
Wonder Park (PG)
Fri 12:20, 2:15
Sat 12:40, 2:25
Sun 12:40, 4:35
A story in the April 19 edition of the Keizertimes contained
an error in story titled City will re-examine caretaker role at
KRP. The story stated members of the Charge family lived
in one of the houses in the park until their time of death.
Charge family members left the house when it was taken
over by the city.
The Upside (PG-13)
Fri 6:45, Sat 8:40, Sun 7:20
10 YEARS AGO
Outside groups
sought to run new
city assets
Two groups are proposed to
operate the amphitheater at
Keizer Rapids Park and the
community center at the new
civic center.
15 YEARS AGO
New water well set
to pump into Clear
Lake area
Keizer’s newest well will come
online April 30.
They Shall Not Grow Old (R)
Fri 4:00, Sat 4:15, Sun 12:20
Five Feet Apart (PG-13)
Fri 2:00, 6:25,
Sat 6:40, Sun 2:20
sudoku
How to Train Dragon (PG)
Fri 11:40, 1:40, 3:40, 5:45,
Sat 12:00, 2:00, 4:00,
Sun 12:00, 2:00, 4:05
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less population in the country
and the 10th largest chron-
ically homeless population.
“We've been bearing the
battle for the day and haven't
been able to take the invest-
ments we are making and
spin them up the way we
should be to meet the need of
the community,” said Mayor
Cathy Clark. Clark was one
of the original members of
the Homelessness Initiative.
The city council will take
up a resolution on the estab-
lishment of a new COC in
the near future.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
20 YEARS AGO
Street costs may bite
into classroom money
The cost of pushing a street
through the new school
site in south Keizer could
force school offi cials to trim
classrooms from the new
buildings, according to school
offi cials.
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