SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 44
SECTION A
AUGUST 9, 2019
A cut above
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
As a football player and
wrestler,
Anthony
Gar-
cia-Reyes has always loved
competition.
But when it came to com-
peting in something he’s in-
credibly passionate about,
Garcia-Reyes wasn’t in the
athletic arena.
Garcia-Reyes, who will be
a senior at McNary this fall,
has developed a passion for
barbering over the last few
years, and on June 27, he took
second place in barbering
at the SkillsUSA Workforce
Development competition in
Louisville, Ky.
“When we got to the are-
na and they called my name
as the secondary champion, it
was the best feeling ever. And
everyone was going nuts that
came from Oregon because I
was the only one to even place
in one of the categories,” Gar-
cia-Reyes said.
Garcia-Reyes fi rst got into
cutting hair as a freshman in
high school, with his uncle as
an infl uence.
“I thought this could be
a money-saving thing in the
future if I learned how to cut
my hair and my kid’s hair,”
Garcia-Reyes said. “I started
cutting my uncle’s and broth-
er’s hair. It wasn’t very good
at fi rst, so I would start simple
and then work my way up and
try new things.”
The more he worked at his
craft, the more he began to
enjoy and pursue it.
“I was doing it so much
that I started to like it. So I
started to look more into it,”
Garcia-Reyes said.
Garcia-Reyes started go-
ing to Javis Fades barbershop
in downtown Salem to watch
and learn. He also assisted in
cleaning as well.
“He just started show-
ing up,” said Javier Martinez,
owner of Javis Fades. “He
came and watched and helped
cleaned up, so I just decided to
offer him a job.”
Garcia-Reyes started work-
ing at Javis Fades as reception-
ist. He got a chance to practice
on certain barbers, who would
give him helpful tips.
But as his passion for bar-
bering was continuing to
fl ourish, his interest in school
was barely existent.
During his sophomore
year, Garcia-Reyes struggled
with keeping his grades up
and didn’t view his schooling
as important. He even admit-
ted that he was thinking about
dropping out.
However, when Gar-
cia-Reyes found out that
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Keizer teen has
future under wraps
Hoopla!
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Submitted
Anthony Garcia-Reyes styles the beard of a mannequin at the national SkillsUSA Workforce
Development competition. Check out the results of his barbering skills on the jump page.
11-year-old
brandishes
knife at 2
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SHOOTING RANGE SETTLEMENT:
New uses approved
for K.S. ‘jug handle’ Only shotguns allowed
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The Keizer City Council approved new uses for the Keizer
Station “jug handle.”
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A new fast food restaurant,
vehicle accessory shop, gas sta-
tion and quick lube may all be
headed to Area D of Keizer
Station in the near future.
The Keizer City Council
approved changes to the al-
lowed uses in the Keizer Sta-
tion “jug handle” at its meeting
Monday, Aug. 6. The jug handle
is the southern loop of Ulali
Drive under Chemawa Road
Northeast that allows drivers to
head east on Chemawa toward
Interstate 5. The green space
between Chemawa and Ulali is
the property in question.
The changes added permit-
ted uses including tire, battery
and accessory dealers, retail
auto parts, automobile air con-
ditioning services, car washes,
lubricating services and several
others.
Alan Roodhouse, president
of RPS Development Compa-
ny, and Stacia Hernandez, chief
of staff for the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde
both spoke on the requested
changes.
Please see JUG, Page A8
with an AR-15 inside, but no one confessed
By ERIC A. HOWALD
to using it. Offi cers could not prove the
Of the Keizertimes
A settlement reached between the City AR-15 had been fi red or who had done so,
of Keizer, a Keizer couple and the owner but they suspect someone was using it to
of a Polk County quarry used, in part, as a shoot at clay targets tossed into the air.
In June 2018, Keizer police responded to
shooting range was approved by the Keizer
City Council at its meeting Monday, Aug. 5. a home in the 1300 block of Raphael Street
Attorneys for all parties were still waiting North when a bullet, believed to have been
for the owner of the quarry, Lance Davis, fi red from the recreational shooting range,
penetrated the home’s ex-
to sign the agreement, but
terior wall and collided
the move by the council
with a granite backsplash.
puts the ball in his court.
The home belonged to
If Davis signs the agree-
Keizerites Tom and Sher-
ment, only shotgun fi ring
yl Bauer. The Bauers sued
will be permitted in the
Davis for $2.7 million,
quarry.
but also sought a per-
“This is a tremendous
manent halt – through a
victory for the City of
court-issued injunction –
Keizer and its residents,”
— Shannon Johnson to shooting on his prop-
wrote City Attorney
City attorney
erty. The City of Keizer
Shannon Johnson in a
joined the component of
staff report on the settle-
the lawsuit seeking the in-
ment.
junction
West Keizer residents
Davis had sought to
have long dealt with noise
from the range across the river, but the sit- have the claims dismissed based on venue
uation came to a head in 2017-18. In Sep- and jurisdiction disputes, but those efforts
tember 2017, visitors to Sunset Park along failed and led to a mediation session be-
the Willamette River ended up fl eeing the tween all parties last week.
The agreement reached through medi-
park as a stream of bullets fl ew into the trees
overhead. Neighbors also fl ed their homes ation allows only shotguns to be fi red on
at the sound of a different type of gun than the property. One of the key differences
between shotguns and other long guns is
they’d gotten used to.
Police offi cers confronted a group using
Please see SETTLE, Page A8
the shooting range and led offi cers to a car
“ This is a
tremendous
victory.”
City setting sails at The Big Toy
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Sections of The Big Toy in
Keizer Rapids Park will soon
be a little bit cooler when
temperatures rise.
The Keizer City Council
approved a contract to install
fi ve shade sails over sections
of play structure in Septem-
ber. The sails, a regular feature
around play structures in hot-
ter climates, will provide relief
from the sun on hot days.
The sails will not cover the
entire play structure, but Pub-
lic Works Director Bill Lawyer
said he consulted with Wy-
ckham LLC, the only bidder,
to determine which areas had
the highest traffi c.
“Our top priority was Tot
Lot, but we also wanted to
provide some shade where
parents gather,” Lawyer said.
The project, set to be-
gin shortly after Labor Day,
comes with a hefty price tag:
$209,480. The bulk of the cost
is installing support columns.
“The columns are pow-
der-coated steel three feet in
diameter and have to be plant-
ed 12 feet deep to sustain the
wind load,” Lawyer told the
council.
The bulk of the cost will
be paid out of fees added to
utility bills for parks services,
but a donation of $25,500
from the Keizer Parks Foun-
dation is offsetting a portion
of the project. The foundation
raised the funds in 2017 with
a event at Keizer Rapids Parks
focused around the total solar
eclipse that passed right over
Keizer.
Lawyer said the parks de-
partment plans to take the sails
down in the winter months to
lengthen their lives, but they
will be relatively cheap to
replace when they reach the
end of their life. According to
manufacturer websites, the av-
Please see SAILS, Page A8
National
Night Out
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Blue Day
is back
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Shade sails similar to the ones above will be installed around
select areas of The Big Toy next month.
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