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Howald ABOVE: Kai-Orn Ellertson takes his new bike for a spin around the Keizer Civic Center parking lot. LEFT: Hersch Sangster adjusts a donated helmet. Boy who was struck by SUV gets new bike after miraculous recovery By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Watching him ride his new bike around the parking lot of the Keizer Civic Center, one would never know that Kai-Orn Ellertson escaped death seven months ago. On Oct. 29, Kai was crossing River Road on his last bike when he was struck by an SUV making a turn off Sam Orcutt Way Northeast. The accident caused a traumatic brain injury and left Kai clinging to life at Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. These days, the quiet, “7-and-a-half ” year old is still riding bikes with friends whenever he can. “Even as he walked out of the hospital, the doctors said they had never seen anything like it,” said Sophal Hong, Kai’s mother. On Thursday, May 22, Kai got a special gift, a replace- ment for his bike that was de- stroyed in the accident. It was given by the Salem Bicycle $1.00 Club and it was paired with a Trump of the Keizer Police new helmet care of the Keiz- Department and asked if er Transportation, Bikeways there was anything that could be done. and Pedestrian Committee. Hong contacted Kai’s Trump called Hersch school, Cummings Elemen- Sangster, Keizer’s First Cit- tary School, izen and a when Kai re- longtime sumed riding “I let Hersch know member of an older bike the Trans- I had my grand- that he had portation long out- son’s old bike in Committee grown. and Bicycle “He was the garage and Club. falling down we could fi x it up “I put again and out a call on again, scrap- and give it to him” Facebook to ing up his see what we arms. I just do,” — Larry Miles could c o u l d n ’t Sangster said. watch it any- “We thought more,” Hong said. we could raise money for a Salem-Keizer Public new bike.” School administrators got Please see KAI, Page A9 in touch with Lt. Bob By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Two Enchanted Child Care locations were permitted to reopen days after accusations of child mistreatment were brought to light. Under an agreement reached with state offi cials, Enchanted Child Care on Dietz Avenue in Keizer and a second location in Salem are both being permitted to resume care. The owner, Michelle Long, had to agree to step aside as operator and director of the centers before state offi cials agreed to allow the reopening. Long is not allowed to be present at the facilities when children in care are present and cannot take part in direct caregiving. A new operator and director of services has been appointed. As part of the agreement: • Children will be allowed to leave nap mats and provided a quiet activity when they are unable to fall asleep. They will also be permitted to use restrooms during nap times. This action is in response to allegations that children were being kept from using the restroom during nap times even if they were not asleep. At least one child reported pain as a result of being kept from relieving themselves. At least two children were kept on nap mats in urine-soaked clothing after wetting themselves Please see CARE, Page A4 Schools: Detail on how fall semester might take shape BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes While it is still uncertain what school will look like in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Salem- Keizer Public Schools (SKPS) is in discussions with the Oregon Department of Education about how classes could take place in September. “We wanted to go through different scenarios to fi gure out all the different possibilities on how school could work,” said SKPS assistant superintendent Kraig Sproles. Over the last few weeks, SKPS teams have come up with four different models of what school might look like in the fall. • Model one: Face-to-face model. photo contest presented by Y ne ! 1 R R U H by ju ubmit s please include pet’s name and owner’s full name email: kt@keizertimes.com find out more on k e i z e rt i m e s.c o m Latino Club seniors honored PAGE A3 School resumes in the fall with direct contact with students and teachers. (May not be “traditional” school model) • Model two: Hybrid model. School resumes as a combination of some face-to-face contact and some digital learning. • Model three: Distance learning model. School resumes as a totally distant platform with a primary focus on digital learning. • Model four: Flexible learning model. Schools become extremely fl exible. Students and families have the ability to move from digital delivery to a face-to-face delivery without Please see FALL, Page A9 KEIZERTIMES/Submitted It’s still uncertain if school will look more like the video interactions above. Pastoring through a pandemic: Local pastors lead a virtual fl ock Submitted Rev. Gary Zerr leads a virtual mass at St. Edward Church. BY LAUREN MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The Bible commands be- lievers not to neglect meeting together in corporate worship, but stay at home orders and social distancing guidelines have made that challenging for local churches. Prior to the pandemic La Luz Del Valle, a Keizer church located off Dearborn Avenue, was having regular services three times a week, visiting homes and hospitals, hosting leadership meetings, offering personal counseling and serv- ing in men and women’s pris- on ministries. Now they have services on Facebook live and host meetings over Zoom and the phone. Rev. Jose Dominguez, lead pastor at Luz Del Valle, is lead- ing his congregation through the new and uncharted times. Not knowing the spiritual condition of the church com- munity is the one most diffi - cult parts of leading a church through these times accord- ing to Dominguez. He said one of the other signifi cant challenges that the church has faced was fi nding up-to- date pandemic information in Spanish. Dominguez said it has been hard to do ministry at a dis- tance. Not being able to reach out to the community because of social distancing has put a damper on their service ef- forts. “We are united and togeth- er, but at a distance,” he said. As a pastor, personally con- tacting, meeting and visiting members has been a struggle for Dominguez. Though he said he’s been connecting with the congregation through text Please see FLOCK, Page A4 For rent: One MiLB stadium PAGE A12