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BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The spread of COVID-19 has brought much of the planet to a halt. The Salem- Keizer Public Schools bond projects, however, will continue to move forward. Salem-Keizer voters passed the $619.7 million bond project — which has recently increased to $677.7 billion thanks to market premiums, earnings on bond proceeds, grants and reimbursements — in May of 2018, and Businesses clamor for city loans construction at Salem-Keizer schools hasn’t missed a beat in spite of the coronavirus according to SKPS chief operations offi cer Michael Wolfe. “Everything is going along very smoothly, quite frankly. We really haven’t had any major COVID-19 hiccups at all,” said Wolfe. “I’m knocking on wood all around me to keep that good energy fl owing.” Although additional seismic upgrades weren’t scheduled to “ Everything is going along very smoothly, quite frankly. We really haven’t had any major COVID-19 hiccups at all… I’m knocking on wood all around me to keep that good energy fl owing.” the fi nal phase of their construction Chief Operations Offi cer, Salem-Keizer Public Schools done by August. Even though construction will take place until the summer came to a hard stop. Kids were be accelerated, there are no at some schools, now that in- there one week and then they plans to move up the timeline. The reason for advancing person class is no longer in weren’t there the next and all session, Wolfe acknowledged of this stuff was left. It wasn’t construction without chang- projects at McNary, South like there was a week of ing the timeline is so that the Salem and McKay, now had packing before the shutdown. there will be some fl uctuation the ability to slightly move up We’ve been adjusting,” Wolfe in the schedule. SKPS will also said. “All the project teams only move forward on certain the timetable. “We have been able to are doing a phenomenal job projects, not all, because of accelerate some of the work of moving forward where it contractor availability. “We would never because of the fact that we makes sense to do that.” McNary, for instance, was overpromise and under-deliver don’t have any staff or kids there, but we also had to scheduled to have the campus remind ourselves that this closed this summer and have Please see PROJECTS, Page A5 A baked-in legacy Uptick in ‘bold and bad drivers’ amid reduced traffi c STAY HOME STAY SAFE Skyline comes to you! Submitted Lt. Andrew Copeland hands off a fi nal coffee cake delivery from Sandy Olson to Sgt. Greg Barber. • At home test drives • At home deal transaction At home service pick up • and delivery All vehicles are sanitized • before and after service and test drives. Shop online and click at home test drive or at home service ON MOST City service charges balloon PAGE A4 Keizer woman prepped one fi nal delivery for KPD Please see LOANS, Page A5 Please see UPTICK, Page A3 PAGE A10 — Michael Wolfe, By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Plans to offer 18 $2,500 forgivable loans to Keizer small businesses are proving popular. “We’ve had 30 requests and they keep coming in,” Community Development Director Nate Brown told the Keizer city councilors at a meeting Monday, May 4. The deadline for businesses to apply for the loans was Thursday, May 7. While there is an application process, qualifying small businesses Keizer police offi cials are reminding drivers not to attempt to take advantage of reduced traffi c on the streets of Keizer. The warning comes after Sgt. David LeDay, leader of the Keizer Police Department (KPD) traffi c unit, clocked a driver on River Road North traveling at 99 miles per hour Monday, April 27. “There are recurring reports of increasingly bold and bad drivers taking advantage of reduced traffi c on the roadways. While being sensitive to the economic New coach brings major credentials By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Sandy Olson was a stalwart sup- porter of the Keizer Police Depart- ment. She wasn’t a reserve offi cer. She didn’t volunteer in the police station. She made sure the department’s em- ployees were well fed with at least four coffee cakes a month. “I think she had probably been do- ing it for 15 years,” said daughter Karla Newman. Providing treats for the men and women in blue was such an important part of Olson’s life, she made it part of her legacy. She supervised one last cof- fee cake delivery on her 83rd birthday, April 20, and the offi cers and staff of the Keizer Police Department turned out en masse to sing Happy Birthday. Olson passed away six days later af- ter complications arose from heart at- tack she suffered in Jan- uary (See obituary, Page A5). Newman and her sis- ter, Nola Wilkerson, plan to carry on the monthly donations in her honor. “We asked her before she passed away if there was anything she wanted us to continue doing for her like oyster stew on Christmas, and she re- sponded with the coffee cakes,” Newman said. Newman said her S. Olson mother started baking in high school and simply never stopped. “She went on to own a bakery and donut shop and made all sorts of things,” Newman said. 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