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Opinion
DOMESTIC: ‘There’s a lot of fear
for either the man or woman’
(Continued from Page A1)
Public art and Keizer’s quality of life
Via social media, we asked our
readers: Does public art contribute
to Keizer’s quality of life?
These are selected responses:
Do I think public art improves the
quality of life? Yes. Do I think it im-
proves it enough to be worth what it
costs to commission the piece, have
it installed and provide life-time up-
keep? No.
I’d much rather see that money go
towards schools, police/fi re, homeless
shelters.
Making something that is func-
tional as well as beauti-
ful is one thing. Putting
up a statue just because
there’s an empty spot in
a park or along a street
is a poor use of our tax
dollars.
—Deanna Gregory
the same as mechanics, jewelers, roof-
ers, plumbers, electricians and news-
paper owners.
Public art is part of the tapestry of
our community, it enriches our envi-
ronment and allows our children to
experience art that is free and acces-
sible.
—Lore Christopher
Public art allows us to have that
moment of beauty that is so badly
needed in our lives. All we have to do
is take a moment to appreciate it
Those lovely sculptures add some
elegance and interest to
the busy day-to-day bus-
tle of the River Road
corridor.
—Debbie Napier
what’s
your
view?
I love the art in town
and love seeing it when I am out and
about. It shows that we care about our
city and want it to be beautiful, add-
ing to pride and livability.
—Shelly McPherson Egli
Those lovely sculptures add some
elegance and interest to the busy day-
to-day bustle of the River Road cor-
ridor.
—Mary Athens
We all learn to draw before we
learn to write, we learn to sing before
we learn to speak. Art is with us from
birth to death in the very art selected
for our gravestone, wall or urn.
Artists are small business owners,
I love seeing the art
throughout town. And it’s
made me so mad to see
it vandalized in the past.
It makes me smile each time I drive
by one.
—Valerie Olsen Feliciano
Yes. Any piece of art contributes to
quality of life as we live in a mostly
urbanized area. I also enjoy the one
down by Sonic and the one across
from Dutch Bros.
—Jennifer Marie
Yes yes yes! Art enriches our lives!
Art beautifi es our city!
—Terri Kridelbaugh La Masa
My mom lives here and tells me
how much she likes the art and foun-
tains. They make her feel at home.
—Cathy Clark
Art evokes an emotion. Does it
contribute to quality of life? Yes, I
believe so. Art in our community or
any new cultural experience we are
exposed to, is a form of education.
We should always be learning. I’ve
witnessed children pointing and ad-
miring some of the art forms in Keiz-
er—the story poles outside the civic
center, for example. This is local histo-
ry in action. These are not publically
funded. This art is placed and funded
by grants for public art and in part-
nership with the Keizer Community
Foundation.
—Audrey Butler
Absolutely! Hope we continue
to see new ideas and items of inter-
est along River Road. Would love if
items were related to businesses, too.
Would love to see more.
—April McVay
I feel like art is the source of life.
—Sara Gresley
There is no question, public art
improved the quality of life. No mat-
ter how you feel about something, it
causes some discussion.
—Lynne Hogue Erickson
Most certainly.
—Kathy Kaplan
Absolutely! I love it.
—Laura Godwin
Yes.
—JoAnne Beilke
Brown’s vaping ban is overkill
Although Executive Order 19-09
On Tuesday, October 15, the ban
on fl avored vaping in Oregon began. has been referred to as a “ban” on va-
I am strongly opposed to this ban, ping products, the two relevant pro-
but, to be very clear, I don’t think visions of the order merely direct the
inhaling anything into one’s lungs Oregon Liquor Control Commission
is wise. I was a smoker myself until (OLCC) and the Oregon Health Au-
about 25 years ago and quitting was thority (OHA) to adopt temporary
administrative rules ban-
the smartest thing I’ve
ning vaping products.
ever done. Still, I feel
In other words, a ban
very strongly that we all
on vaping products will
have the right to choose
not take effect until the
whether to use those
OHA and OLCC actu-
products.
ally adopt rules enacting
When the Governor
a ban.”
Kate Brown announced
On October 11, the
that she was enacting a six
OLCC and OHA both
month ban on “fl avored
adopted those rules.
vaping,” I was immediate-
in effect, creat-
ly alarmed and asked leg-
from the That,
ed the ban that started
islative counsel by what
this week. I joined with
authority she could do
capitol
our House Republican
that. Here is a condensed
By BILL POST
leader Christine Drazan
version of their answer:
when she released this
“The Governor is the
statement:
state’s chief executive of-
“Banning
vaping
fi cer and functions as the
head of the executive branch of gov- products won’t help solve this prob-
ernment, with the duty to “take care lem. We need more research into
that the [l]aws be faithfully executed.” what is happening, and how we can
The Oregon Constitution speci- make sure this doesn’t happen again!
fi es the extent of the governor’s di- There are obvious health issues as-
rect powers, and the other branches sociated with vaping, but we don’t
of state government, including the know the full story here. We need
legislature. Of course, the governor’s more research into what is causing
power is not unlimited; the governor these illnesses and deaths.”
On the same day, the state an-
may not, for example, require a state
agency to take an action the agency nounced another two vaping-related
illnesses in Oregon, bringing the total
has no power to take.
to 11. Federal investigators have tal-
lied nearly 1,300 cases in 49 states and
26 deaths, including two in Oregon,
linked to vaping. Tobacco products
are known to cause about 480,000
deaths a year in the United States,
dwarfi ng the deaths so far linked to
vape products. This inconsistency
is problematic. Not to mention the
concern of the “slippery slope” of
“bans” of anything. What will the
government decide is next on the
“bad for you” list?
Lastly, I am greatly concerned for
the vape/smoke shops in my district
that will be drastically affected by this
ban. One shop told me that this ban
was “90 percent of her business” and
that “she wouldn’t survive this.” State
and federal health offi cials have con-
nected most of the illnesses to vape
oils with THC, the key chemical in
marijuana, not nicotine liquids as well
as the delivery system that could al-
ready be illegal to sell.
Lastly, protecting young people
from this product was clearly ad-
dressed in 2017 when the legislature
passed SB 754, which banned the
sale of all tobacco products to any-
one under 21. I am calling for greater
enforcement of existing law and the
protection of the rights of those over
the age of 21 to use this product.
(Bill Post represents House Dis-
trict 25. He can be reached at 503-
986- 1425 or via email at rep.bill-
post@ oregonlegislature.gov.)
– the lethality assessment – but it can
be critical to making sure “the cor-
rect resources hit at the right time to
surround these people and get them
safe,” said Cara Steele, KPD’s crime
analyst.
Completing one more form
might not seem like a cutting-edge,
crime-fi ghting tool but, for a crime
that thrives under a cloak of shame
and guilt, KPD offi cers are doing
their best to make it an effective one.
Domestic violence incidents are
not something a casual reader could
easily pick out of Keizertimes’ weekly
reports on police activity. The specif-
ic incidents might register as charges
of assault or strangulation, far more
won’t yield any charges, but many
originate as calls to 9-1-1 reporting
domestic disturbances.
Copeland is aware that incidents
of domestic violence are likely as
underreported in Keizer as they are
elsewhere in the country. The U.S.
Department of Justice estimates that
roughly half of domestic violence
incidents go unreported.
The kid gloves with which the
newspaper treats these incidents is, at
least in part, a refl ection of the cau-
tion police use when approaching
the scene of a domestic disturbance.
“There’s a lot of fear for ei-
ther the man or woman calling in
that they’ve been assaulted by their
spouse. Once the cops get involved,
the courts get involved and it could
mean a complete family break-up,”
Copeland said.
For that reason, and others, KPD
offi cers try to respond to domestic
violence calls in pairs. Unlike a con-
frontation between two strangers in
which victim and aggressor might be
more clear-cut, the victim can just
as easily become aggressive toward
police if an arrest threatens to upend
their world.
In some cases, charges can be pur-
sued even if no physical contact was
made. However, if a victim was phys-
ically assaulted in any way, an auto-
matic arrest is triggered. That might
seem like painting with a broad
brush in terms of consequences, but
Copeland is grateful for the law that
requires it.
“It takes the decision to arrest
away from the offi cer and away from
the victim. It also makes it easier for
the victim to come back to the sus-
pect and say, ‘I didn’t want you ar-
rested,’” Copeland said.
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Compassion can make all the difference
“Children learn what they live”
was the keynote idea used in 1972,
as inspiration for a poem by Dor-
othy Law Nolte. It provides a list
of positive admonitions
to apply in the raising
of children by caring
persons who seek to de-
velop mentally healthy,
physically well, appro-
priately confi dent chil-
dren who can cope with
grace and style with
life’s challenges during
their youth and later,
throughout their entire
lives. Fortunate for the sake of our
children, many Americans have fol-
lowed the poem’s advice.
The poem came to mind when
I fi rst learned the story about Park-
rose High School security guard
and coach, Keanon Lowe, who dis-
armed a student at the school and
then embraced the young man in a
tight hug, commenting to him that
he was there for him and that the
young man had a life worth living.
From the video footage, Lowe’s
hug was returned, the
young man relaxing
and fi nding comfort
in the embrace, dis-
covering compassion
after high anxiety.
During my grow-
ing-up years, when
anything was deemed
“wrong,” and wit-
nessed or discovered
by an adult, parent,
teacher, principal, self-deputized lo-
cal citizen, etc., what followed was
punishment by infl icted pain, plus a
lecture, then the harsh consequenc-
es. It may be generous on my part
to characterize my shenanigans back
then as child’s play, with no intention
to cause harm or damage. Never-
theless, what almost always followed
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were hard feelings, hatefulness and
thoughts of how to get even for the
battery and tongue lashings.
The Parkrose School District as-
sumed a position common among
so many of our school people
where, presumably to cover them-
selves from criticisms and a lawsuit,
they came down on the side of bu-
reaucracy. That means, unfortunate-
ly, that humanity there has taken a
back seat to authoritarianism up
front as is so common in too many
of our schools. Meanwhile, the in-
cident could have been advertised
as one way to handle young people
under adverse conditions.
The 19-year-old was saved from
harm to himself and others while
the intervention by Coach Lowe
just may have set him on a life
course that will avoid bad behavior
in future stressful situations. It was
an extraordinarily positive approach
to youth that can be duplicated and
serve as a good example and a
means to proceed with caring
interventions when it’s perceived
that a perpetrating youth is not
bent on carnage, but needs help.
As for me, with age and ex-
perience under my personal belt,
my credo is to view most people
as good. It has held up, always,
when fi rst and foremost, I prac-
tice respect for my fellow Ameri-
cans and treat them that way be-
fore anything else transpires.
(Gene H. McIntyre lives in
Keizer. He shares his opinion fre-
quently in the Keizertimes.)
After interviewing the parties at
the scene, Steele looks over the call
logs to make certain the domestic
violence assessment has been com-
pleted. If it hasn’t, she might request
the responding offi cer return to the
home and have the victim complete
one. If it has been completed and
Steele can track previous reports
from the same address, she consults
with KPD Det. Arsen Avetisyan.
Avetisyan can call on the address
and try to fi nd out whether there
are more serious charges that can
be pursued that might keep a victim
safe for a longer period of time while
the suspect cools their heels in jail.
“There is also a countywide
threat assessment team that I am part
of where we get together around a
table and talk about the cases where
additional threats have been made
and what we can do about it,” Aveti-
syan said.
In the most severe cases, a few ex-
tra hours or days can be invaluable
to a victim.
“What the victim needs is time
and the courage to break the cycle
with help from other community re-
sources,” the detective said.
For the victim, Avetisyan said,
being struck by a partner is a
life-changing event.
“It goes from that emotional mo-
ment of, ‘Oh my gosh, you hit me.
I’m calling the cops,’ to one of facing
the reality that they may not know
where they are going to eat tomor-
row. In a lot of situations, the offend-
er is the breadwinner.”
Using the assessments, the context
and history they provide, allows the
police to see increases in frequen-
cy and severity as they develop and
hand over a more solid cases to the
district attorney’s offi ce for prosecu-
tion.
Keizer has been spared some of
the ugliest outcomes. The three of-
fi cers who participated in the inter-
view with the Keizertimes recalled
only two incidents in the past 21
years where domestic violence led to
a fatality. The most recent involved
Peter Zielinski who was convicted
for a second time this year of killing
his wife. The other one, in 1998, still
sticks with Lt. Bob Trump.
“She did absolutely everything
she could do under the law to pro-
tect herself. If doing a little more pa-
perwork on our end spares one of
our current detectives a memory like
that it’s well worth it,” Trump said.
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