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Getting their diploma at last
Like the Depression-era and World COVID-19 diminish their accom-
War II students before them, students plishments. They are the vanguard of
in the era of COVID-19 are fi nding students who faced adversity and came
through with their diplo-
their worlds turned upside
ma in hand.
down and the things they
Graduating students
once took as a given, are not.
want to have their fam-
Some semblence of nor-
editorial ilies and friends at the
malcy returns Friday, Au-
ceremony to share in the
gust 7, as the McNary High
milestone of fi nishing
School Class of 2020 will be
high school. The fact that
able to walk across a stage
McNary’s graduates are
at Flesher Field and receive
their diplomas, to the cheers of a lim- limited to four tickets each should not
put a damper on the day. Each gradu-
ited number of family and friends.
Yes, this is not their parents gradua- ate will be celebrated and honored by
tion ceremony. But much of life today their loved ones in their own way.
Every member of the Class of 2020
is nothing like what previous genera-
from across the nation will take on
tions has experienced.
The Class of 2020 should not let an unexpected duty: helping younger
siblings and peers navigate their edu-
cation in a time of a pandemic. It is
probable that the classes of 2021 and
2022 will face the challenges of limit-
ed extracurricular activities and athlet-
ics. They can turn to members of the
Class of 2020 for advice and guidance.
We are confi dent that students and
spectators alike will do their part to
assure that the seven McNary High
School graduation ceremonies run
smoothly. We are confi dent that Keiz-
er understands that COVID-19 has
changed everything and everyone will
attend the graduation with respect and
tolerance towards those who work to
give the Class of 2020 the event they
deserve.
— LAZ
There has to be a pool
the South in August was less than
By LYNDON ZAITZ
“Does it have a pool?” was the comfortable. Mom and dad in the
same question us fi ve Zaitz kids front seat, three oldest boys in the
backseat and the two
asked everyday on our six-
youngest in the way
week road trip around the
back, every window
United States back in the
zaitz
rolled down. Our only
early Seventies
respite from the sum-
A station wagon pull-
writes
mer swelter was when
ing an Airstream trailer,
dad stopped at a store to
the family departed in the
get a bag of ice. Each of
summer (after the straw-
berry picking season was done) us cooled down, greedily hoarding
from our Keizer home headed off our own cup of ice. Sure that kind
for a 10,000-mile trip that touched of traveling builds character but I’d
just about every part of the country. rather have had air conditioning.
When we pulled into a KOA, or
Mom and dad used the Kamp-
ground of America (KOA) guide- other campground, that had a swim-
book to plan where we will settle ming pool, all we could think of was
down for the night in Idaho, Mis- getting into our swim trunks and
souri, Florida, Virginia or Ohio. And racing to the pool. Not so fast. The
everyday the question from us kids trailer, once parked, the water and
was the same: “Does it have a pool?” sewer had to be hooked up. Those
If dad decided a KOA was that were the days before automatic lev-
night’s stop, all we wanted to know elers so we had to assure the trailer
was if it had a pool. If so, then score! was situated correctly, front to back,
If not, dejection and the unspoken side to side. We didn’t care about
that; we could sleep on an incline.
thought of how cheated we were.
To this day the Zaitz children are We wanted to get to the pool.
Our family of seven spent the
stilled amazed that dad (owner of
the weekly Keizer News) not only night in campgrounds and trailer
could take six weeks off but paid for parks of every type. Some nights
those six weeks of travel for seven our site was little more than a dusty,
people. Of course, these were the gravelly spot with little vegetation.
days before infl ation changed ev- Others were lush, riverside sites.
The worse were those trailer parks
erything in the mid-1970s.
A swimming pool was vital to in cities, usually in an industrial
us because our Buick station wag- park; any port in a storm, I suppose.
Dad was a great travel host. He
on did not have air conditioning.
Drving through the Midwest and had, himself, traversed the country
many times. The Zaitz kids bene-
fi ted from his knowledge. We mar-
velled at the magnifi cent sites, both
natural and man-made. National
parks in the mountains, on the prai-
ries. The Gulf of Mexico, the Keys
of Florida. Those were matched by
the biggest cities we had ever been
to; Portland was the biggest city we
knew, but, oh boy, to see downtown
Dallas or New York was spectacular.
History was usually on the
menu—Civil War sites, Colonial
America, Washington, DC. It wasn’t
all historical and nature beauty. My
brother, Leland, was fascinated with
Disney. Using dad’s letterhead, he
wrote to DisneyWorld in Florida
weeks before our departure, requet-
ing a tour of the theme park, still
under construction. The request was
granted and we saw what was be-
hind the scene.
A six-week road trip around the
country offers kids, aged 9 to 15, a
wonderful adventure. I am sure it
was not all fun for my folks who
had to contend with fi ve children,
with shifting alliances, fi ghting over
something as inconsequential as a
road map.
Regardless of how hot, boring
or tense the day may have been,
when we pulled into a KOA with a
swimming pool, we were one happy
family.
(Lyndon Zaitz is publisher of the
Keizertimes.)
As goes the fi libuster...
president from signing new anti-gun
legislation.
The door would be open to legis-
lation putting DACA “dreamers” on a
fast track to citizenship, and to grant-
ing amnesty to illegal migrants, and to
putting the 11 million to 22 million
who are already here on the road to
citizenship and the ballot box.
With amnesties, open borders bills,
a renewal of chain migration, an end
to deportations and new restrictions
on ICE and the Border Patrol, a Dem-
ocratic Congress, by opening the gates
to millions, could turn traditionally
red states such as Arizona, Georgia and
Texas as blue as New York, Illinois and
California.
As The Wall Street Journal also notes,
one of the agenda items of the Biden-
Bernie-AOC Democratic Party is
the raising of payroll taxes, personal
income taxes, corporate taxes, capital
gains taxes and estate taxes.
All of these newer and higher tax
rates are included in a $3 trillion pack-
age to which Joe Biden has signed on.
If Democrats gain control of Con-
gress and the fi libuster is killed, repara-
tions for slavery, the Green New Deal,
“Medicare for All” and harsh climate
change laws are on the table for Dem-
ocrats to decide alone, without hear-
ing from the GOP.
In a 2017 public letter, Democrats
endorsed the retention of the fi libuster,
both on principle and because of the
unique character of the Senate: “We
are steadfastly committed to ensuring
that this great American institution
continues to serve as the world’s great-
est deliberative body.”
If the fi libuster is thrown out, writes
the Journal, “The door to radicalism is
getting busted wide open, and Ameri-
cans of both parties may not like what
comes out the other side.”
Another Ben Franklin quote comes
to mind.
“A republic if you
can keep it,” Franklin
told the lady in Phila-
delphia who had asked
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Rights Act, we should keep marching.”
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
“Keep marching”? To where?
“When the people fi nd that they
Said Obama: “By making sure every
can vote themselves money, that will
American is automatically registered
herald the end of the republic.”
This was the nightmare of Ben to vote, including former inmates... By
adding polling places, and expanding
Franklin.
Yet, with passage this spring of a $4 early voting, and making Election Day
a national holiday... By
trillion bailout of an economy
guaranteeing that every
facing historic losses because
American citizen has equal
of the COVID-19 pandem-
representation ... including
ic, and Nancy Pelosi’s House
other
the American citizens who
having voted out another $3
voices live in Washington, D.C.,
trillion, we may have reached
and in Puerto Rico.
Franklin’s peril point.
“If all this takes elim-
Indeed, if Democrats cap-
inating the fi libuster, an-
ture the Senate and win the
White House, as many polls now proj- other Jim Crow relic ... then that’s
ect, it is not easy to see who or what what we should do.”
By calling the fi libuster “another
prevents an uncontrolled explosion of
fresh spending and a concomitant ex- Jim Crow relic” the ex-president was
putting progressives on notice that
pansion of federal power.
Consider. In his eulogy to John failure to get rid of it would be to col-
Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church, laborate with racists.
After abolishing the fi libuster,
Barack Obama called on Democrats,
if victorious in November, to kill the says Obama, Democrats should ram
Senate fi libuster, all but calling the fi l- through statehood for Puerto Rico
ibuster an instrument of systemic rac- and D.C., thereby expanding the Sen-
ate to 104 members, and adding four
ism.
Yet, the fi libuster has been and re- new Democratic senators.
That new Senate, says Obama,
mains one of the distinguishing fea-
tures of the United States Senate. It should enact every law possible to
allows for extended deliberation by enlarge and expand the electorate,
requiring, not 51 but 60 votes, a su- including extending the ballot to
permajority, to shut off debate and pass ex-convicts.
His eyes open to the potential of a
major bills.
If Democrats capture the Senate Senate where 51 Democrats can enact
and abolish the fi libuster, the Re- a socialist agenda, Sen. Bernie Sanders
publican minority in 2021 would be hastily endorsed Obama’s call:
“President Obama is absolutely
stripped of virtually the only effective
weapon in its arsenal to halt, slow, or right. ... Getting rid of the fi libuster
would enable Democrats to pass a
shape U.S. law.
That is exactly what Obama was comprehensive agenda to guarantee
the rights and dignity of everyone in
urging in his eulogy to Lewis.
“If politicians want to honor John,” this country.”
This is but the beginning. If Dem-
said a surprisingly militant Obama,
“Let’s honor him by revitalizing the ocrats deprive a Republican minority
law he was willing to die for ... (And) of the fi libuster, there would be no one
once we pass the John Lewis Voting stopping Congress from passing or the
police scanner
SUNDAY, JULY 26
6:16 a.m. - Vandalism in the 1000
block of Candlewood Drive NE.
6:20 p.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 5000 block of Ridge Drive NE.
7:21 p.m. - Fleeing or attempting to
elude a police offi cer at the intersec-
tion of Alder Drive NE and Pleasant
View Drive NE.
8:30 p.m. - Unlawful entry to vehicle
in the 700 block of Faymar Drive NE.
MONDAY, JULY 27
1:42 a.m. - Fleeing or attempting
to elude a police offi cer in the 2000
block of Cherry Avenue NE.
2:31 a.m. - Possession of heroin in the
2000 block of Broadway Street NE.
7:56 a.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 5000 block of Ridge Drive NE.
8:30 a.m. - Arrest for physical harass-
ment in the 3000 block of Partridge
Lane NE.
10 a.m. - Bicycle theft at the intersec-
tion of McNary Estates Drive N and
River Road N.
10:58 a.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 2000 block of Latona Drive NE.
12:59 p.m. - Theft from building in the
6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd.
2:49 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
4000 block of Four Winds Drive N.
3:15 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000
block of Keizer Station Blvd.
3:45 p.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 1000 block of Moneda Avenue
N.
4:33 p.m. - Unlawful entry to vehicle
at the intersection of 10th Place and
Moneda Avenue N.
11:08 p.m. - Driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants in the 6000 block
of Keizer Station Blvd.
TUESDAY, JULY 28
4:27 a.m. - Shoplifting in the 1000
block of Alder Drive NE.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
8 a.m. - Fraudulent use of credit card
in the 4000 block of Elizabeth Street
N.
12:42 p.m. - Arrest for restraining
order violation in the 600 block of
Lockhaven Drive NE.
3:09 p.m. - Aggravated assault in the
3000 block of Cherry Avenue NE.
THURSDAY, JULY 30
8:02 p.m. - Arrest for criminal threats
in the 6000 block of Shepherd Court
N.
8:56 p.m. - Violation of release agree-
ment in the 4000 block of 5th Place
NE.
FRIDAY, JULY 31
7:20 a.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 1000 block of Angie Way NE.
4:47 p.m. - Theft by deception in the
7000 block of Kayla Shae Circle NE.
7:57 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the
4000 block of River Road N.
9:59 p.m. - Reckless driving at the in-
tersection of Manzanita Street NE and
13th Avenue NE.
10:18 p.m. - Driving under the in-
fl uence of intoxicants at the intersec-
tion of Chemawa Road NE and Ulali
Drive NE.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
10:10 a.m. - Theft in the 5000 block of
Ridge Drive NE.
12:56 p.m. - Theft from motor vehicle
in the 2000 block of Heather Stone
Court NE.
1:26 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000
block of Keizer Station Blvd.
9:55 p.m. - Driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants on Sir Lancelot
Court NE.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2
2:56 a.m. - Physical harassment in the
1000 block of Troy Street NE.
4 a.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
1000 block of Susan Court NE.
4:01 a.m. - Theft of bicycle in the 900
block of Chemawa Road N.
9:10 a.m. - Driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants at the intersection
of River Road N and Apple Blossom
Avenue N.
11:01 a.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
600 block of Wayne Drive N.
1:04 a.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
1000 block of Trent Avenue N.
3:59 p.m. - Violation of release agree-
ment in the 3000 block of River Road
N.
Capitol’s multicultural festival
goes virtual Aug. 15
Participants of cultural and heritage events, usually hosted at the Capi-
tol as part of the award-winning Capitol History Gateway programming,
have joined together to create Multicultural Day Reimagined. This Face-
book event, sponsored by the Oregon State Capitol Foundation, will
be celebrated Saturday, Aug. 15, starting at 10 a.m. at tinyurl.com/cap-
mc2020. Join online for family-friendly activities such as musical enter-
tainment, dancing and storytelling.
This virtual event will feature specially recorded performances by the
capitol’s CHG partners and contain recordings of some past performanc-
es and video tours of heritage sites in Oregon. In addition, many groups
will be sharing information about their communities and provide links
to learn more about them. In all, approximately 45 partners contributed
information to making the virtual festival happen.
For those who cannot join on Facebook, the Capitol will host a page
of partner videos that will go live August 15.
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