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Today in History
Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious
leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while
addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the
Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights in New York City.
— February 21, 1965
Food 4 Thought
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Weeks Ahead
Through Tuesday, February 25
Keizer Art Association presents its annual McNary High
School Art Show at the Enid Joy Mount Gallery. For gallery
hours visit keizerarts.com.
Friday, February 21 – Sunday, February 23
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love, Loss and What
I Wore, by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Keizer Cultural
Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Performances at 7 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are
$15; free with an Oregon Trail Card. keizerhomegrowntheatre.
org.
Friday, February 21 – Sunday, March 15
Enlightened Theatrics present First Date, the Musical, about
the uncomfortable and embarrassing nature of blind dating.
For show times and tickets visit enlightenedtheatrics.org or
call 503-585-3427, extension 1.
Tuesday, February 25
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 26
Community dinner, 4-5:30 p.m., St. Edward Catholic Church,
5303 River Rd.N. Free. Public is invited. Facebook.com/
Keizer-Community-Dinner.
Thursday, February 27 — Wednesday, April 1
Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery presents its
March show: Art Found in Wood. Exhibit comprised of wood
carving and burned wood art. Artists’ reception is 2-4 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 29. keizerarts.com.
Saturday, February 29
Salem Lifestyle Show at the Salem Convention Center, 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. Local businesses showcase what they have
for the upcoming spring and summer seasons. There will
be free seminars, demonstrations, samples and door prizes
throughout the day.
Sunday, March 1
St. Paul’s Music Guild presents pianist Christopher Atzinger
of Minnesota’s St. Olaf College, with an evening of Bach,
Brahms, Handel and Liszt. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444
Liberty St. SE. Free. stpaulsoregon.org.
Friday, March 6
Confl uence Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus presents
Moving Forward at 7:30 p.m., conducted by artistic director
Raymond Elliott. First Congregational United Church of
Christ, 700 Marion St. NE in Salem. Advance tickets are $15
($12 for seniors and students) or $18/$15 at the door. Visit
brownpapertickets.com.
Tuesday, March 10
The Willamette Valley Women’s Military League holds its
monthly meeting, 11:30 a.m., Red Lobster Restaurant, 521
Lancaster Dr. NE. Speaker is Anna Potter, ODVA director of
Aging Veterans Services.
Saturday, March 14
Keizer Community Center clean-up, 9 a.m.-noon. Sponsored
by the City of Keizer and Lakepoint Community Church.
Public is encouraged to volunteer to help. Dress for March
weather. Contact Mark Caillier at 503-930-7481.
Tuesday, March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Tea at Deepwood Estates, 2-4 p.m. Tickets
are $28 per person, gluten free options are an additional $8.
For tickets visit deepwoodmuseum.org or call 503-363-1825.
Friday, March 20 – Saturday, March 21
Plant sale at Deeepwood from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. There will be
over four plant vendors with free admission to the sale.
Wednesday, March 25
G.I. Wilson will be reading from his book, Bear Crushes Dad,
at the Keizer Community Library, 980 Chemawa Rd N.E., at
6:30 p.m. Admission is free but donations are appreciated.
Friday, April 10
Good Friday
Saturday, April 11
Deepwood Estates annual Easter Eggstravaganza, ages
toddler through 10. Pre-registration is required, $5 per
child, $1 per adult. Purchase tickets deepwoodmuseum.orgor
(503)-363-1825.
Add your event by e-mailing reporter@keizertimes.com
CITIZENS,
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opportunity.”
Even environmental factors
like the weather of the day and
the season of the year can be
correlated to patterns that pop
up in the numbers.
Data drives many of the
decisions offi cers make, even
when the solutions defy math.
“We had a house where
we got consistent calls about a
runaway, along the lines of 60
calls a month,” said Copeland.
“We brought together all of
the stakeholders and had a
meeting. It turned out that
the kids involved loved police
offi cers. We told them that
if they could improve their
behavior we would come out
and visit them and arrange for
some other activities. We had
zero calls to that residence after
the meeting.”
Other
times, attempts
to collect data to inform
decisions don’t go quite as
planned. During the holidays,
KPD made extra effort to
deter package theft. They
placed a trackable package
in a neighborhood where
they suspected crimes of
opportunity to be high.
“What we discovered was
that the postal service is really
good about putting packages,
even the ones they don’t
deliver, behind screen doors,”
Steele said.
KFD,
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at Keizer Ridge, (which opened
in 2015), 135 calls to Emerald
Pointe Senior Living, (which
opened in 2009) and 124 calls to
The Arbor at Avamere Memory
Care (which opened in 2014).
“When you have those high
concentrations of population,
you have of larger chance of
getting responses to that area.
Anytime you have a population
increase, especially when it's
a elderly population increase,
you're going to have a greater
need for services,” said Ann-
Marie Storms, the Deputy Fire
Marshal with KFD. “When you
have large developments, you
have one house taking up 5,000
square feet of land or more.
When you have an apartment
complex, you now have 20
apartments taking up the space
of what would be normally be
two houses.”
KFD also responded to 553
calls to the original Avamere
facility on River Road in 2019
— the 553 calls were more than
double the next highest address.
Meeting the challenge of
the increasing call volume
requires changing the structure
of staffi ng, equipment and
transportation.
In 2009, KFD had Medic
35 as the one 24-hour, 7-day a
week ambulance while Medic
36 was a 45-hour per week
ambulance that was in service
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-
Friday.
KFD still runs Medic 35
at all hours of the day, but
they changed the Medic 36
ambulance to be in service
seven days a week from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
“That was very signifi cant at
the time to meet the demand of
our call volume,” Cowan said.
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Members of the Citizens Academy’s latest class check out holding cells in the Keizer police
station.
Despite
having
their
attempts to nab a package thief
thwarted in that neighborhood,
KPD learned something else
equally as useful.
“We found out that there
are a lot of natural guardians
there,” Copeland said. “Not
only were mail carriers looking
out for residents, there were
lots of kids walking through
the neighborhood on the way
to and from school. We still got
useful information.”
During the coming weeks,
members of the academy will
examine how offi cers interact
with homeless people and
support agencies offering
other services, how and when
offi cers use force, develop a
deeper understanding of how
security systems fi t into the
picture, how to design systems
and buildings to deter criminal
activity and even what it’s like
to take a fi eld sobriety test.
KPD is hoping to create
more informed community
partners who can help educate
others about how their
procedures and tactics work.
“At the end of the day,
putting on the uniform
and the badge doesn’t make
us Superman and Wonder
KFD currently has 35 full- we're helping to reimburse
time employees, but in recent them,” Storms said.
years, they have changed the
As far as funding is
way they handle their additional concerned, KFD successfully
fi refi ghters.
lobbied voters to increase their
Ten years ago, the district levy from 35 cents in 2009 to
heavily relied on part-time 59 cents in 2013 — the levy
volunteers to fi ll in gaps during was renewed at 59 cents in
certain shifts. But as time went 2018.
on, that became more and more
Along with the levy, KFD
diffi cult to maintain.
also passed an equipment bond
“As a district group, we were in 2015 that allowed them to pay
wearing our volunteers out. We for new emergency equipment.
were asking them to, on a part- The district replaced three
time basis, maintain
engines,
fi ve
the certifi cations
medical units, one
2019 TOTAL
CALL VOLUME
that our full-time
command vehicle,
career fi refi ghters
one rescue unit and
were doing, which
one brush rig.
74.3% — Other
is a very diffi cult
At the time, the
feat. Then you
newest vehicle that
25.7% —
add in all the
KFD had was 10
7 senior
facilities
community service
years old, while
and
Christmas
their oldest was
events we do. It's very
nearly 25 years old.
labor intensive,” Storms said.
Both Cowan and Butler
To combat the issue of acknowledged how important
dwindling volunteer numbers, the support of the Keizer
KFD now uses the services of community has been in helping
students in the fi re program KFD get where there are today.
at Chemeketa Community
“If we didn't have the
College that are looking to support of the community, I
become career fi refi ghters.
would be sending in equipment
While they're still considered that would die on scene,” Butler
volunteers, KFD provides said.
them with scholarship money
“Our ties to the community
in exchange for their service, are vital to our funding,”
but they are given more Cowan added.
responsibility than the average
Next week, Keizertimes will
volunteer.
examine how the fi re district
“We help with their college expects it will need to change
tuition, but they are now and grow to serve the city for
accountable for more because the next 10 to 20 years.
maze
Woman,” Copeland said.
“What we want to do is
provide enforcement in fair
and lawful ways.”
BULLISH,
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Here’s how giving broke
down for each candidate.
Andrew Yang
Yang received the largest
single donation from a Keizer
resident, $1,000. It pushed him
over the top with a contribu-
tion total of $1,208.18 from
two
donors.
Sen. Bernie Sanders
Eight Keizer donors con-
tributed a total of $1,069.50
to the Sanders campaign. His
largest single contributor gave
$349 over the course of three
months.
Sen Elizabeth Warren
The Warren campaign re-
ceived a total of $816 from six
donors. The largest single dona-
tion was $250. Despite the dip
in giving, Warren’s third quarter
haul of $11,485 keeps her well
ahead of the pack as far as sup-
port from Keizer residents.
Pete Buttigieg
Buttigeig’s campaign re-
ceived a total of $664.53 from
Keizerites. He had a total of 56
individual contributions from
three donors. The top con-
tributor gave a little more than
$400 during the three-month
period.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Gabbard’s campaign received
$142 from two donors in the
third quarter.
Others
Sen. Kamala Harris, who
ended her campaign for the
nation’s highest offi ce in De-
cember, received $40 from one
donor.
The Donald Trump and Joe
Biden campaigns each received
a single $25 donation in the
third quarter.
looking
back
5 YEARS AGO
Abbas a merit fi nalist
Of all the high school students
in the country, McNary High
School senior Zach Abbas has
an honor few others can claim:
National Merit Finalist.
10 YEARS AGO
Home prices fell 11
percent in ‘09
When it came to home
prices, Keizer was no longer
the exception to the rule in
2009. After being the only
area in Salem-Keizer to see
an increase in home prices
in 2008, 2009 home prices in
Keizer fell 11.7 percent – the
largest drop of any area.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
sudoku
15 YEARS AGO
Wittenbergs sell
Keizer Retirement
to Wilsonville health
care company
Residents living at the Keizer
Retirement and Health Care
Village will soon have a new
landlord.
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20 YEARS AGO
River Road – more
fun than ever
Keizer motorists should be
prepared for construction
delays along the busiest stretch
of River Road over the next
three months. River Road
North from Cummings Lane
to Chemawa Road will be
under construction for up to
90 days.