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AUGUST 21, 2020
Chamber pulls plug
on KeizerFEST 2.0
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Chamber of Commerce
was planning to request usage of Keizer
Rapids Park to host a scaled down
version of its annual KeizerFEST, but
the organization pulled the plug in the
hours before the Keizer City Council
took up the issue.
“We’re confi dent that we can do it
with social distancing, that we can wear
masks and that we can monitor it like
other events happening in other cities.
But just because we can, doesn’t mean
we should,” said Jonathan Thompson,
past president of the Chamber, at a
council meeting Monday, Aug. 17. “The
“… just because
we can, doesn’t
mean we should.”
When asked
consequences of
by
Councilor
even a minor slip
Roland Herre-
up are just too
ra whether the
great.”
— Jonathan Thompson
Chamber
had
The Chamber
Past President Keizer Chamber of Commerce
gotten the okay
hoped to use the
from health au-
park for Keizer-
FEST 2.0, a two-day event in September thorities to pursue a large gathering,
featuring concerts, a car show and ven- Thompson dodged.
“We didn’t want to go to the county
dor area. It submitted a detailed request
to the council and promised to deliver without getting permission from the
an Oregon Health Authority-approved city to use the park fi rst,” Thompson
plan for meeting guidelines in place for said, adding that Chamber offi cials had
large gatherings during the COVID-19 been working with Marion County
Public Health to compose the COVID
pandemic.
By the time of the meeting, no
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COVID plan had been submitted.
Keizer unemployment might
be worse than we expected
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Daisy’s family has been hit hard by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
On a single day in June, her 60-year-old
grandfather tested positive for the novel
coronavirus and her 66-year-old grandmother
was rushed to the emergency room because
she was having trouble breathing. From there
she went to the intensive care unit where she
fell into a coma and passed from complications
roiled by COVID-19.
“We believe she got it fi rst,” Daisy said.
“She worked at a cannery in west Salem.”
It was just the beginning.
In rapid succession, the Keizer 19-year-old,
her father, 49, her mother, 40, her sister, 16, and
her brother, 11, all tested positive. Keizertimes is
not using Daisy’s real name for this story.
Daisy only experienced allergy-like
symptoms, but she was put on leave from
her job working with elderly individuals for
a month. Her aunt had to take a two-month
leave of absence to care for her grandfather
during his recovery.
Everyone in the family has since recovered,
but Daisy now talks about the disease with
deadly seriousness.
“I’ve been telling all my co-workers that it’s
not a joke and we have to take care of one
another. That’s been helping,” she said.
While it’s hard to think of anyone having
survived such an ordeal as lucky, she and her
family members were fortunate in at least one
way. They had understanding employers.
“My work was really understanding and
they kept in touch to make sure we had what
we needed. My dad is a painter and his boss
was really understanding, too. He reached
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$1.00
Calls for
inclusivity
resolution
ramp up
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Since June, residents of
Keizer have trickled into city
council meeting requesting
that the Keizer City Council
adopt a resolution of city-
wide inclusivity.
On Monday, Aug. 17,
the loosely organized group
upped the ante requesting
personal statement from each
city councilor in addition to
the resolution.
Resident Andrew Daya said
he felt threatened by a passing
driver while out walking his
dog near his Keizer home
three years ago and the
on-and-off comments and
harassment rarely let up. Daya
said the driver stopped to stare
at him and then continued on
Youth
football
shifts to
flags
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McNary
plans get
more
detailed
By BROOKLYN FLINT
Keizertimes intern
Starting September 14,
McNary
High
School
students will be returning to
classes with comprehensive
distance learning. However,
many students and parents
are still wondering what this
means for the rest of the year
and their transcripts.
Erik Jespersen, principal at
McNary, recently released a
video to explain what will be
expected for the school year,
tinyurl.com/celts2020.
For starters, Jespersen
said, McNary will switch to
quarters instead of semesters.
Semesters that were 18 weeks
long are being changed to four
quarters that are nine weeks
each. Students will have a
four classes per quarter instead
Cali-style ’Q
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Unemployment in Keizer
9%
13%
11%
8%
14%
16%
City on
gatherings:
Avert your
eyes
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer city offi cials won’t
permit large gatherings of
any size in Keizer public
spaces or block parties in
neighborhoods, and don’t
expect them to enforce
pandemic guidelines either.
Members of the Keizer City
Council and city staff engaged
in a lengthy discussion on
issuing permits for gatherings
of 50 people or more in public
spaces at a meeting Monday,
Aug. 17. The discussion ended
with the city choosing to
rely on a “don’t permit, don’t
enforce” policy.
“Once
we
permit
something, there will be some
liability to the city that goes
along with it,” said Shannon
Johnson, Keizer’s city attorney.
The
discussion
arose
after the Keizer Chamber of
Commerce requested use of
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First loook
at Celts’
new digs
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All-State
MVP
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