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Opinion
Nothing lasts forever
By LYNDON ZAITZ
It is shock when we realize that
something we hold dear is coming
to an end. Think Game of Thrones,
typewriters and landlines. “How can
this be?” we ask ourselves. You may
have loved whatever it
is, but time marches on
and waits for no man—
nothing lasts forever.
They say that change
is the only constant in
life. Of course that’s
a problem for those
who don’t like change.
Historians, marketers
and pollsters all say that people, in
general, don’t like change. The status
quo is just fi ne; no change means
no effort, no work, no problem. The
universe doesn’t care about that.
Parents and older people may
lament that kids aren’t the way they
used to be. Let’s hope not. Kids
are people and they change with
the times and surroundings. Some
people of a certain age and older
refuse to join the technical age,
viewing email, texts and computers
with suspicion and wariness. Man
of their brethern have embraced
the changes that technology affords.
Just think: a proud grandmother
can send a photo of their precious
grandbaby around the globe before
that baby gets out of its crib.
Imagine the joy of sharing that
non-computer using grandparents
are missing out on.
People change, kind of, from
generation to generation. But what
teens of the 1950s cared about and
what teens of today care
about is similar: dating,
music, adventure.
Nothing
changes
quicker
or
more
profoundly
than
culture. Music, movies
and television retain
their basic structure
from the past, but the
content is always being updated. It
does not use to lament how movies
and TV shows ain’t what they used
to be. With streaming services and
DVDs, one can choose to watch the
golden oldies. Other people want to
move with the times.
Every generation brings their
own sensibilities to the things the
previous generation considers
priceless. The shopping mall of the
1970s and ‘80s is dyng and making
way for a new kind of shopping?
Good. Things to get stale. It is why
a homeowner will opt to paint the
kitchen or living a different color—
to shake it up a bit.
Communities, towns and cities
are always changing, much to the
chagrin of long-time residents.
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Change is what keeps things alive
and moving forward. We don’t live
in communities encased in amber,
forever looking the same, never
growing, never shrinking.
Our town of Keizer is currently
on the cusp of some major
changes due to demographics and
economics. Many people moved
to Keizer due to its small town
vibe and its quaintness. Perhaps we
can maintain that atmosphere, but
that’s unlikely as time marches on.
History and tradition give way to
other ways of thinking and living.
Keizer has been a popular address
for more than 20 years. The city
welcomes new residents not only
from the local area but also people
who have moved from other states,
bringing their own values to mix
with our native values.
If America is hailed as a great
melting pot of people, as a part
of America, Keizer is its own
melting pot. A delicious stew is
made of many ingredients. Keizer
is made better and stronger when
we all embrace the different views
brought here every year by people
who choose to make Keizer their
home.
Nothing lasts forever. The only
constant is change and that, in the
end, is the human condition.
(Lyndon Zaitz is editor and
publiser of the Keizertimes.)
PSU fi asco shows we need college czar
News out of Portland State
University has aroused anger and
disgust over the outrageously
generous severance PSU’s Board
of Trustees granted its former
president, Rahmat Shoureshi, who
can just sit wherever
he resides for the next
year and yuck it up
while fl oating around
on a golden parachute
worth
$850,000,
including his base salary,
two years of health
insurance, and $35,000
to cover his legal fees.
This development came at the same
time the PSU Board of Trustees
voted to raise tuition for resident
undergraduates by more than 11
percent.
These decisions by the Board
of Trustees took place after nearly
two tumultuous years at PSU
under
Shoureshi’s
leadership
where many complaints were
brought to the attention of all
who should care regarding his
dismissive management practices,
his demoralizing treatment of
employees and his ubiquitous lack
of credibility. Oregonians should
be demanding answers from PSU’s
Board of Trustees as
to how they could
have so poorly vetted
Shoureshi that it was
not recognized from
his past that he would
destructively impact, by
awful, bleak behaviors,
the state’s largest and
most urban public
university.
Much of the effort by the Board
of Trustees must have been sketchy
and superfl uous in choosing this
guy from far-away New York and
its strongly encouraged that they
should be replaced in their positions
accordingly. Meanwhile, anyone
looking at the ranks of PSU’s Board
of Trustees will immediately see
that about a third of its members
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are directly associated with PSU
while most of the other ten
members come from superhigh-
remuneration, benefi t-rich private
employment where they, among
the country’s “one percent,”
are often recognized as persons
having little to no empathy with
the students and their families that
must pay the extraordinarily high
price of college today and the
extent to which it leads too often
to staggering debt and chronic
unemployment.
The PSU Board of Trustees
also has had the arrogance to
“make it clear” to the Oregon
Legislative when they approved
the 11 percent tuition increase for
resident undergraduates that the
Board will reduce the high tuition
increase if those folks in Salem
will simply allocate more money
for higher education.
At least one state agency
now protests even though the
Legislature and Governor remain
silent. The Higher Education
Coordinating Commission, led by
Executive Director Ben Cannon,
has expressed the Commission’s
unhappiness with PSU’s Board
of Trustees for agreeing to grant
the now former PSU president
a luxurious ride from infamy
into fantasyland. Most certainly
the students at PSU must not be
punished for Board of Trustees
mistakes.
Oregon has tried local
university Board of Trustee
governance and it failed miserably
at PSU. Since they blew it so
badly, now is the time to consider
a serious return to oversight by a
state higher education authority
to avoid the pitfalls of locals who
stand in as elite fi gureheads and
political neophytes while our
public universities go to blazes
by gross ineptitude and possible
malfeasance.Quick action in this
matter by the Legislature and
Governor Brown is needed.
(Gene H. McIntyre shares
his opinion regularly in the
Keizertimes.)
police scanner
2 men rob, carjack
woman at gunpoint
A woman was robbed at gun-
point and her car stolen shortly be-
fore 8 a.m. Friday, May 17.
The incident occurred in the
1600 block of Chemawa Road
Northeast.
The victim, a 41-year old fe-
male told police she parked and
exited her vehicle when she was ap-
proached by two men who stole an
undisclosed amount of cash and her
2000 Toyota Solara.
She described both suspects as
Caucasian males in their 30s. One
of the suspects was reported to have
been armed with a handgun at the
time the robbery occurred.
Later that evening, at about 9:38
p.m. the Keizer police offi cer who
had taken the original robbery re-
port, Offi cer Andrew McCowan,
observed the stolen vehicle driving
east on Chemawa Road Northeast
near Portland Road Northeast in
Salem.
After waiting for a covering of-
fi cer to catch up to him, McCowan
followed the vehicle and initiated a
traffi c stop on Copper Creek Loop
Northeast near Crystal Avenue
Northeast.
The driver pulled over and it
initially appeared he and the other
individual inside the stolen auto-
mobile were going to comply, but
that only lasted a few seconds after
which the driver accelerated and
fl ed from the stopped police vehi-
cles at a high rate of speed.
The stolen vehicle traveled east
on Cooper Creek Loop until the
same road turns a corner and begins
to travel to the south. After the sus-
pect vehicle turned the corner the
pursuing offi cer lost sight of it for a
few seconds until the offi cer round-
ed the same corner in the roadway
only to fi nd the suspect vehicle had
stopped and both of its occupants
had fl ed on foot.
A perimeter was set and the
surrounding neighborhood was
searched for well over an hour by
a Salem police offi cer and his K-9
partner, but neither individual who
fl ed was located. The stolen vehicle
was seized for further processing for
evidence. The investigation into the
incident is still ongoing.
block of Parkmeadow Drive NE.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
5:41 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
7000 block of June Reid Place NE.
5:57 p.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
6000 block of Craftsman Loop N.
7:20 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000
block of Keizer Station Boulevard NE.
11 p.m. - Burglary from a business
and theft from a building in the 2000
block of Jorie Lane NE.
THURSDAY, MAY 16
3:18 a.m. - Arrest on warrant at the
intersection of Chemawa Road N and
Interstate 5.
3:55 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
6000 block of Ulali Drive NE.
10:43 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in
the 4000 block of River Road N.
7:35 p.m. - Arrest for unlawful pos-
session of methamphetamine in the
5000 block of River Road N.
11:25 p.m. - Arrest on warrant in
the 4000 block of River Road N.
FRIDAY, MAY 17
12:23 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in
the 5000 block of River Road N.
2:50 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
3000 block of River Road N.
4:56 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 4000
block of River Road N.
7 p.m. - Crime damage in the 100
block of McNary Estates Drive N.
7:16 p.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
800 block of Manbrin Drive NE.
11:45 p.m. - Arrest on warrant for
probation violation at the intersection
of River Road N and Apple Blossom
Avenue N.
SATURDAY, MAY 18
4:30 a.m. - Arrest on warrant for
unlawful possession of methamphet-
amine and possession of burglary tools
at the intersection of Verda Lane NE
and May Street NE.
2:30 p.m. - Unlawful possession of
inhalants in the 5000 block of River
Road N,
9:36 p.m. - Arrest on warrant at the
intersection of Verda Lane NE and Al-
der Drive NE.
10:32 p.m. - Arrest for driving un-
der the infl uence of intoxicants in the
4000 block of Carter Avenue N.
SUNDAY, MAY 19
MONDAY, MAY 13
7:15 a.m. - Burglary of a residence in
the 4000 block of Rivercrest Drive NE.
5:50 p.m. - Traffi c accident in the
6000 block of River Road NE.
TUESDAY, MAY 14
12:41 a.m. - Arrest for unlawful pos-
session of methamphetamine at the in-
tersection of Inland Shores Way N and
Lockhaven Drive N.
9:17 a.m. - Theft in the 5000 block
of 8th Avenue NE.
2:44 p.m. - Telephonic harassment
in the 5000 block of McLeod Lane NE.
5:55 p.m. - Identity theft in the 6000
block of Keizer Station Boulevard NE.
6:37 p.m. - Sudden death in the 600
1:53 a.m. - Arrest on warrant in the
5000 block of River Road N.
10:40 a.m. - Unlawful attempt of
purchase of marijuana in the 1000
block of Lockhaven Drive NE.
11:30 a.m. - Arrest for physical ha-
rassment in the 5000 block of Allendale
Way NE.
6:45 p.m. - Burglary from a business
and theft from a building in the 1000
block of Lockhaven Drive NE.
6:54 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in
the 1000 block of Chemawa Road NE.
9:28 p.m. - Fleeing or attempting
to elude a police offi cer, motor vehicle
theft, reckless driving and possession of
a stolen vehicle in the 5000 block of
Copper Creek Loop NE.
School board approves
$1.2 billion budget
On Monday, May 20, the Sa-
lem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS)
District Budget Committee ap-
proved a $1.2 billion budget for
2019-20.
The budget is based on Governor
Kate Brown’s recommended K-12
budget of $9 billion for the 2019-
201 biennium — which does not
include the $35 million allocated to
SKPS through the Student Success
Act, which isn’t expected to be allo-
cated until 2020-2021.
“We’ve seen and we’ve heard the
need for improved mental health
and behavioral resources in our
schools, and this budget refl ects
that,” said Superintendent Christy
Perry. “By growing our behavior
cadre and building counseling sup-
ports in our schools, our students
and staff will be able to focus more
on learning and turning the dial on
educational outcomes.”
The priorities for developing the
budget were:
• Maintaining current service
level, including our previous invest-
ments in behavioral learning.
• Investing in full-time equiva-
lent (FTE) for enrollment growth,
specifi cally addressing caseloads for
special education.
• Converting limited-term posi-
tions of special education instruc-
tional assistants to permanent staff.
• Providing additional resourc-
es for transportation to adequately
support boundary adjustments.
More than $2 million is included
in the budget for staffi ng additions
in behavior, counseling and social
work. The budget also moves native
language specialists and translators
to 12-month employees to support
programmatic work over the sum-
mer.
The 2018 voter-approved bond
measure will take up $435 million
of the budget as construction is al-
ready underway at McNary High,
North Salem High and Gubser Ele-
mentary — construction will begin
this summer at Judson Middle and
Waldo Middle.
The SKPS Board of Directors
will vote on the budget adoption on
Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m.
France Dance to perform at NSHS,
support Keizer food bank
The mother-daughter owned and operated France School of Dance will
stage its spring performance at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 at the North Sa-
lem High School Auditorium.
Attendees will witness all of the dance studio’s students perform various
dances including ballet, tap and modern dance.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for $3 per person and per dancer.
All proceeds will benefi t the Keizer Community Food Bank.