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Cookout for fi rst responders
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Beth Parker wanted to
show her support for Keiz-
er’s fi rst responders, then she
had to stop telling friends and
neighbors about it.
“Everyone I told wanted
to help. I had to stop talking
about it because we could
only have so many people,”
said Parker, owner of Tender
Touch Grooming.
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Parker
arranged for a good, old-fash-
ioned cookout at the Keizer
Police Station.
Parker was moved to ac-
tion through a conversation
with her partner, Scott Bold-
enow, who spoke with an of-
fi cer who responded to their
neighborhood.
“The thing Scott took
away from the conversation
was that morale was pretty
low among the offi cers. Then
I saw a YouTube video of an
offi cer crying in her patrol
car,” Parker said.
The video Parker refer-
enced was posted by a dis-
traught offi cer upset over
A
interactions, and possible
food tampering, at a fast food
restaurant.
“When I saw that, I was
crying,” Parker said.
Parker began organizing
in earnest three weeks prior
to the event. She and others
chipped in to purchase ham-
burgers and sausages to feed
the crew at the Keizer Police
Department, but as she start-
ed gathering prices for what it
would take to put on the shin-
dig, she ran into more help.
“I called Oregon Valley
Farms and they offered to do-
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nate 100 burgers, then I called
Mt. Angel Sausage Company
and they donated 40 sausag-
es. At that point, I was crying
again,” Parker said.
In the end, she and her
co-conspirators ended up
with more than enough food
to feed the police department.
To help avoid leftovers, she
invited crews from the Keizer
Fire District and Keizer Public
Works as well.
Parker’s mood was joyous
as the event unfolded, but
doesn’t think she’s done yet.
A: Scott Boldenau serves
lunch to offi cers Jorge Miran-
da and Jeremy Worledge.
B: Pastor Kevin Spade, of Bik-
ers for Christ, plates a burger
for Offi cer Martin Powell.
C: Det. Arsen Avetisyan gar-
nishes a his lunch.
D: Victor Hess and Aaron
Kennan of the Keizer Fire Dis-
trict Collect sides and condi-
ments.
To help with the next fi rst
responder support effort, give
her a call at 503-999-1673.
KCL book
sale Aug. 22
The Keizer Community
Library will hold a one-day
book sale on Saturday, Aug.
22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Jeff and Sheryl’s On the Turn
restaurant at McNary Golf
Club,.
Sale items will include
hardcover and paperback
books, audio books, CDs,
DVDs, VHS tapes, puzzles and
games. A bag sale will be fea-
tured all day. Shoppers can fi ll
a grocery bag for $5 (all bags
will be provided). Also, pre-
fi lled bags of books featuring
a single genre will be available
for $5.
Other prices are 50 cents
for paperback books, $1 for
hardcover books, $1 for CDs
and puzzles, 50 cents for VHS
tapes, plus special pricing on
a few items. Payment may be
made with cash, debit cards
and credit cards only.
Information about donat-
ing books and other media,
including no-contact “Porch
Pick Up,” is available on the
library’s website, keizerlibrary.
org.
McNary Golf Club is lo-
cated at 155 McNary Estates
Drive N. Face coverings will
be required for everyone, in-
cluding children age 5 and
older, and social distancing
will be observed according to
state requirements.
Book sale proceeds fund
the library’s operations.
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