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MAY 1, 2020
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Retailers ride wave of upheaval
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
COVID-19 has caused
a substantial amount of
uncertainty for people all
over the globe for a number
of reasons, and small business
owners are a handful of the
people at the forefront of that
uncertainty.
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When Gov. Kate Brown
r’s
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at
ordered the shut down of
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r l
he
all dine-in restaurants, Teresa ontrol of
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for
Munoz, who has owned Los
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sea
n
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Dos Hermanos for more
e than
r t
ize
Ke
two decades, was forced
to
layoff fi ve of her employees
and only able to provide
takeout and delivery service.
“We’re having a really
hard time right now. We’re
just taking it day-by-day
and hoping to break even,”
Munoz said.
Despite the restrictions,
Los Dos Hermanos is still
in operation from 11 a.m. to
8 p.m., hoping to drum up
more business until the social
KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy
distancing orders are lifted.
Tony Grove, owner of Tony’s Kingdom of Comics, and pup Neddard wait for customers at the
“I can’t wait until we shop in Keizer Village on River Road North.
open again, but we need
While Hartwell is counting
“It’s been a little tough, feet apart, but the majority
the support. I don’t want to
but there are people that of her customers come via on having an uptick sales
close,” Munoz said.
or
customers on holidays, Garrett Jenks, a
Jessie Hartwell, owner have it far worse than I do,” deliveries,
of Keizer Florist, also had Hartwell said. “I’m really just picking up their orders at the manager at Dan’s Pawnshop,
admitted that his business may
to layoff two of her part- winging it right now, but drive-thru.
Although overall numbers be down a little bit, but that
time employees. As a small I’m still getting some good
operation,
Hartwell
is business and still making a are down, Hartwell said the store is selling a couple
her Easter sales were above of their items at a particularly
currently the only one living.”
Hartwell is still allowing average and expects to have an high rate.
working. But she admits that
“We have noticed much
she is just glad that she has foot traffi c through the store increase in numbers around
more of an interest in our
and requires people to stay six Mother’s Day.
the ability to work.
Lucky
ducks
An alert driver and
two Keizer Public Works
employees helped reunite
a mother duck and her
ducklings
Wednesday,
April 22.
Keizer Public Works
was informed that a
female mallard was seen
fl apping frantically near
a storm drain on Keizer
Station Boulevard shortly
before 5 p.m.
Brad Beverly and Lyle
Bell, both public works
employees,
responded
Please see DUCKS, Page A7
Still no
decisions on
Volcanoes
future
PAGE A10
“ The only reason
I might survive
is because of my
loyal customers.”
— Tony Grove, Owner,
Tony’s Kindom of Comics
fi rearms and ammunition
because
people
are
concerned,” Jenks said.
According to Jenks, 99
percent of the transactions
at Dan’s Pawnshop are in
the store, which is why
they adhere to strict social
distancing regulations.
Please see RETAIL, Page A7
City business loan
plans revamped
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
At its meeting Monday,
April 20, the Keizer City
Council voted to dedicate
$45,000
in
economic
development
money
it
was receiving to providing
forgivable loans to support
small businesses during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
At the time, there was
discussion of only nine $5,000
forgivable loans, but city
Submitted photo
PAGE A3
leaders have since decided to
break up the money further
and offer 18 forgivable loans.
The program will offer one-
time $2,500 forgivable loans
designed to provide assistance
to help small businesses with
payroll expenses.
The eligible businesses
must show that they have
closed, or had a substantial
change-in-service, as a direct
Please see REVAMP, Page A7
Hold on to your caps,
MHS graduation set
McNary High School’s
Class of 2020 may yet get a
chance to make the graduation
walk.
Salem-Keizer
School
District offi cials have marked
Friday, Aug. 7, at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds Pavillion as
a potential date, but the plans
are entirely dependent upon
the easing of social distancing
and other guidelines that
are intended to keep the
COVID-19 pandemic at bay.
“If
social
distancing
COVID-19
symptoms
updated
guidelines prevent priority
one from being executed,
priority two will be a smaller
scale personal ceremony that
will include just the graduate
and their immediate family or
just the graduates if that is all
that is allowable at the time,”
said Lillian Govus, district
spokesperson in a press release.
If even that is prevented
to keep the coronavirus
from spreading, a virtual
First
responders
get ‘Thank
you’ meal
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Please see GRAD, Page A7
Man arrested after trying to torch his home
A Keizer man was arrested walls of the home. The man
after allegedly menacing his was armed with a handgun,
she said.
wife, then blasting
Responding of-
a washing machine
fi cers were able to
and walls with
evacuate the man’s
various
fi rearms
wife, but determined
and attempting to
that no crime had
set fi re to his own
occurred and left the
home.
scene without con-
About
1:20
tacting the man.
p.m., on Thursday,
At approximately
April 23, Keiz-
R. Beck
10:45 p.m. the same
er police offi cers
day, offi cers received
were summoned
to a home in the 4700 block a call from the man saying he
of Verda Lane N.E. A 9-1-1 had unsuccessfully attempted
caller reported that her hus- to set fi re to his home.
An investigation, after the
band was intoxicated, throw-
ing items and punching the man was in custody, discovered
RIGHT; Beck’s rampage
inside his home on Verda
Lane included fi ring shots at
a washing machine.
FAR RIGHT; Beck attempted
to set fi re to the home
before calling police himself.
Courtesy of Keizer Police Dept.
that he had poured several
gallons of gasoline in the
home in his attempt to set the
fi re. Offi cers also discovered
the man had multiple rounds
from different fi rearms into
Please see TORCH, Page A7
Lights go on
for seniors
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