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has 14
cases of
COVID-19
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A long-term care facility in
south Keizer has battled 14
cases of COVID-19.
The Oaks at Sherwood
Park in south Keizer has re-
ported 14 cases of COVID-19
infection according to a list
issued by the Department of
Human Services Saturday,
April 11.
The Oaks was sixth on the
list of nine long-term care fa-
cilities in the state with more
than fi ve cases of COVID-19.
A Lebanon-based veterans
home and a Portland-based
intermediate care facility
topped the list.
It is not known how many
patients currently reside at
the facility. One person who
tested positive for the virus
has since passed away, but that
individual was in end-of-life
care prior to the positive test.
A message on the facility's
website dated April 3 states
that the organization is not
answering questions about
the outbreak and directs in-
quiries to the Oregon Health
Authority or the Oregon
Healthcare Association.
"Although as an indepen-
dent facility we strive to be a
constructive resource to our
Please see CASES, Page A4
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KeizerFEST
postponed
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
For the fi rst time in four decades, the
annual KeizerFEST has been postponed
and the irises that are typically a focal
point of the festivities will be long out of
“After much uncertainty of
how to fund the festival due
to major economic impacts
seen by much of the
festivals annual sponsors …
the Keizer Chamber of
Commerce’s Board of
Directors voted to postpone
the annual event.”
— Danielle Bethell
bloom when it returns.
Concerns about the spread of
COVID-19 prompted the Keizer Chamber
of Commerce, the organizer of the festival,
to delay the celebration of all things Keizer.
The new dates for the festival that include
a parade, live music and a carnival are Aug.
13 to 16.
“After much uncertainty of how to
fund the festival due to major economic
impacts seen by much of the festivals
annual sponsors … the Keizer Chamber
of Commerce’s Board of Directors voted to
postpone the annual event,” said Danielle
Bethell, executive director of the Keizer
Chamber of Commerce.
KeizerFEST typically falls on the third
weekend in May.
Despite the disruption, Bethell said
chamber members are looking for ways to
seize new opportunities created by the delay.
“We predict a different look and sound
Please see FEST, Page A4
‘An
absolute
miracle’
Keizer woman
recovers from
near-death due
to COVID-19,
complications
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Jill Matiskainen hadn’t seen
her daughter Nikki in more
than a month. When she fi -
nally did, on Monday, April
13, seeing Niiki was, unfortu-
nately, all she could do.
“All I wanted to do was
run up and hug her,” said Jill.
The two attendants drop-
ping Nikki off at The Oaks
OSAA
cancels
spring sports
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Falcon
teachers
parade for
students
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Please see MIRACLE, Page A7
Submitted
Nikki Matiskainen (on the stretch-
er) talks with her mom, Jill, as
she returns home to The Oaks at
Sherwood Park Monday, April 13.
Matiskainen survived a harrowing
battle with COVID-19.
Keizer fire
adapts to
new normal
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
The Oaks at Sherwood Park in southeast
Keizer has become a COVID-19 “hot spot.”
Keizer B&G Club races to fi ll in the gaps
By LAUREN MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Boys & Girls
Club has foregone in-person
meetings, but they’re still con-
necting with the kids.
“Once the school district
made the announcement that
[closures] weren’t just spring
break, that’s when we started
creating programming,” said
Keizer Branch Director Mar-
ianne Freeborn.
The Boys & Girls Club
created a virtual classroom on
their website that has packets
for kids in both English and
Spanish. Freeborn said the
packets were made of a mix-
ture of fun activities and learn-
ing activities.
Freeborn added that a lot
of the material for their online
packets already existed. The
packets target some of the Boys
&nd Girls Club main focuses:
academic success, character,
leadership and healthy lifestyle.
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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Marianne Freeborn, director of the Keizer Branch of the Boys &
Girls Club, guides club members through breathing exercises.
“We have adapted a lot of
that to be self-led so kids can
do it at home themselves,” she
said.
They created the packets
to help kids fi ght off bore-
dom and to remind kids that
the staff still cares about them.
Freeborn said that either she,
or another staff member have
talked with most of the fam-
ilies in an effort to stay con-
nected.
They have been reaching
out through a YouTube chan-
nel, Facebook page and a Tic-
Tok account, which was creat-
ed to connect with the teens.
Please see CLUB, Page A7
'Limited' forum to be held
on city charter changes
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer’s city council
hopes to put revisions to
the city charter on the bal-
lot this November and, to
stay on track, the committee
tasked with making revisions
is planning to hold a limit-
ed public forum on Tuesday,
April 21.
The forum is planned for
7 p.m. in the Keizer Civ-
ic Center and there will be
some limited opportunities
to testify in person while
practicing social distancing.
However, participation will
be available through ZOOM
video conferencing as well.
Those interested in partici-
pating in the forum via tele-
conferencing should contact
Debbie Lockhart at lock-
hardt@keizer.org or at 503-
856-3418 no later than 3
p.m. the day of the meeting.
Written testimony can also
be submitted in the Civic
Center lobby or emailed to
Lockhart by 5 p.m. the day
of the meeting.
The changes suggested
by the committee thus far
have primarily been made
for clarity and removal of
language that marginalizes
LGBTQ+ residents. How-
ever, the committee is seek-
ing public input on several
other questions:
• Changing the way city
councilors are elected from
“at large” to voting by ward
or district. At large, the way
councilors are currently
elected, means that council-
ors can run for any position
on the council regardless
of where they live in the
city. Ward or district voting
Please see FORUM, Page A7
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Casting
about with
Jim Taylor
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