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Today in History
The Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the
present-day city of San Antonio, falls after a nearly two-week
siege. On February 23, a Mexican force numbering in the
thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
began a siege of the fort. Though vastly outnumbered, the
Alamo’s 200 defenders–commanded by James Bowie and
William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davy
Crockett—held out for 13 days before the Mexican forces
fi nally overpowered them. Texas won independence from
Mexico later that year.
— March 6, 1835
Food 4 Thought
“All professionals should teach at some time in their career
because they are obliged to pass along what they’ve learned. ”
— Will Eisner, cartoonist, writer and innovator
of the comic book medium, born March 6, 1917
The Weeks Ahead
Through 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.
Through 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.
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.
Saturday, March 7
All you can eat pancake breakfast at the Keizer/Salem Area
Seniors Center from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Admission is $4.50 but
children under 5 is free.
Night dance and potluck featuring music by Crossfi re from
7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Center.
Admission is $5.
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.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 11
Goudy Distinguished Artists Series presents pianist Janina
Fialkowska, 7:30 p.m., Hudson Hall at Willamette University.
Tickets are $25, $5 for students. willamette.edu/arts.
Bingo at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Center from 12:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is $5.50. There will be prizes,
free game cards and Daubers
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.
Night dance and potluck featuring music by Buckskin Jones
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors
Center. Admission is $5
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.
PROGRESS: ‘Our focus was
to get back to the basics’
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making progress no matter
what, because we know that
everyone is different and
everybody doesn't have the
same skill-set and everybody
is going to grow at a different
rate and pace.”
Gemmil, who was the
principal at Brush College
Elementary in Salem before
coming over to Clear Lake,
says that over the last two
school years, she has done a lot
of collaborative work with the
staff to make sure they meeting
the needs of the students.
One of the “tweaks” that
Gemmil made when she came
to Clear Lake was to put a
heavier emphasis on core
instruction.
“For the last couple years,
we have just really been
focusing on making sure that
OFFICER,
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Department Sgt. Rene Bravo,
60, was threatening her with a
knife. She also reported strug-
gling with Bravo as he attempt-
ed to gain control of a loaded
rifl e.
Upon arriving at the call,
responding offi cers quickly en-
tered the home and located the
victim and her two children
in the residence and evacuat-
ed them. Offi cers found Bravo
in the house wearing a bul-
let-resistant vest and refusing
to comply with offi cers' com-
mands, eventually barricading
himself in the home.
Because Bravo reportedly
had access to weapons and was
not compliant with the offi cers,
neighboring homes were evac-
uated.
Personnel from Keizer Po-
lice Department, Oregon State
Police, Salem Police Depart-
ment, and the Marion Coun-
ty Sheriff ’s Offi ce secured the
house and surrounding area
to ensure public safety. Salem
Police SWAT was called to
we are building a strong core
instructional
foundation,”
Gemmil said. “'We want to
make sure our core instruction
is pretty solid before we
add any other initiatives or
incentives. Our focus was to
get back to the basics.”
However, Gemmil does
believe that adding the right
incentives can be vital. For
example, last month the school
started
holding
monthly
assemblies where the staff
would recognize students that
exemplifi ed positive character
traits over the course of the
month.
“Extrinsic motivation isn't
always what people want, but
we know that's where we need
to start to get that intrinsic
motivation. We like to have
fun. I'll get in the mascot
costume and start running
respond at 11 p.m. Bravo still
refused to surrender to nego-
tiators and other personnel but
eventually emerged from the
home about 1:40 a.m. when he
was subdued by a SWAT K9
offi cer.
Bravo was treated by med-
ics at the scene for minor in-
juries and transported to Salem
Health before being transport-
ed to the Linn County jail,
where he was lodged.
Bravo was charged by the
Marion County District Attor-
ney's offi ce with second degree
assault constituting domes-
tic violence, unlawful use of a
weapon, attempt to commit a
class A misdemeanor and inter-
fering with a peace.
He is being held without
bail.
According to public records,
Bravo was previously employed
as a military police offi cer with
the Oregon National Guard, an
offi cer with the Hubbard Po-
lice Department, and a reserve
offi cer with Aurora Police De-
partment. He was also listed
as a training offi cer between
2014-15 with the Department
of Public Safety Standards and
Training.
FIL-A: Tribes are working
to develop jug handle
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to extend some water and storm drain lines into that site.
You might see activity out there, but there aren’t going to be
any buildings going in there at this point,” said Public Works
Director Bill Lawyer.
The jug handle area is being developed by the Confederated
Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians with RPS Development.
The last time Alan Roodhouse, president of RPS, spoke at
a public meeting on the potential development, plans for the
jug handle included a gas station, quick service restaurant and a
automotive services/accessory store.
around. I'll do whatever to
make sure we're all connecting
with each other,” Gemmil said.
Gemmil conceded that a
reason for Clear Lake's success
was due to how they are one
of the most affl uent schools in
the district — 38 percent of
students are on a free/reduced
lunch plan, which is the lowest
in Keizer.
Gemmil also commented
on how important having a
supportive parent community
is to student success.
“I know that Clear Lake
historically has had a very
supportive community and
they continue to be supportive.
I think that makes a big
difference in the success of our
students, because we do have a
lot of families that are involved
in some sort of way,” Gemmil
said. “We really try and utilize
our community.”
However, like any school,
Clear Lake has it challenges.
“We don't have every kid
exactly where we want them
to be. What we are really doing
is working together as a unit to
really try to focus on fi nding
out where kids are struggling
and what they are missing,”
Gemmil said.
While Gemmil wishes that
the school had more of an
ability to give students more
individualized attention, she
is pleased with how the Clear
Lake works with what they
have in terms of staffi ng and
support.
“Sometimes it is a challenge.
We would love to have more
staff and we would love to
have smaller class sizes, but our
(instructional assistants) are
really good with support and
our offi ce staff does a good
job supporting as well. We
work a lot as a unit to try and
support students when we can.
We're not perfect. We're not at
100 percent. But we are really
working to fi nd those right
core interventions that will
have the biggest impact on
kiddos,” Gemmil said.
More curb improvement
headed to River Road
Get ready for more delays on River Road in the com-
ing months.
The Keizer City Council awarded a contract to R&R
General Contracting to bring curb ramps and pedestrian
traffi c signals into compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. The work is planned between Claggett
Street Northeast and Swingwood Court Northeast.
R&R’s winning bid was $499,100. Five bids were sub-
mitted for the project, the high bid was $657,660. An en-
gineer’s estimate of the cost was $500,000.
The project will be funded through the city’s street
fund.
Busch honored
with regional award
Colleen Busch, the Keiz-
er-area director on the Cher-
riots board of directors, was
recently honored with the
Mid-Willamette Valley Coun-
cil of Governments Chairs’
Choice Award.
Busch was cited by nomina-
tor Cathy Clark for her tireless
effort to represent the agency
as an ambassador, a go-to for
accurate and relevant informa-
tion, and one of the most ac-
tively present people out in the
community for Cherriots.
The Mid-Willamette Val-
ley Council of Governments
Colleen Busch and Cathy Clark
Chairs’ Choice Award rec-
ognizes a person, project or
group selected board chair.
Clark is the board chair this
year.
maze
looking
back
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off to 2016
In between Groundhog’s Day
and April Fool’s Day comes this
update: a major construction
project involving Chemawa Road
in Keizer has been delayed.
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