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SEPT. 18, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5 Public Square Public Square weclomes all points of view. Published submissions do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Keizertimes. Submit a guest opinion, column or letter to the editor to publisher@keizertimes.com. We don’t ask, we act, in a crisis We salute all the First bad air pales in comparison Responders, organizations, to those who lost proper- businesses, governments and ty, which is shocking on its individuals that jumped in to own. The loss of life of those in the path of help as our fellow Or- the wildfi res is egonians faced disaster tragic. with the wildfi res af- More than fl icting many areas of western Oregon. editorial the commu- nity’s thoughts When disaster strikes, are with the our community doesn’t victims of the ask—it acts. fi res. What is While fi nancial do- nations are key to any relief not with the victims is judge- and recovery effort, Keiz- ment. Volunteers in times of er donated time, food and disaster don’t ask the political needed items for daily living or religious views of those for hundreds of people, many they are helping. It is almost a certainty, once the fi res ex- who lost everything. Residents of Keizer have tinguish and the smoke blows been affected by the thick away, that the blame game smoke that has blanketed the will begin. Debates will rage Willamette Valley since the about forest management and fi res in the Cascades began. adequate fi refi ghting resourc- Loss of property is shock- es, but debates need to be put ing. Breathing hazaradous off for now. Rescue, recovery air is harmful to the vulner- and relief are the watchwords able among us. Dealing with of the day. Disasterous events are al- ways bookended with stories of loss and tragedy on one end and stories of heroism on the other end, such as a man driving his vehicle (re- ported by SalemReporter.com), packed with belongings, who rescued Bonnie Sullivan, who was alone. She rode in his trunk until safely taken to Mehama. More tales of her- oism, no doubt, will begin to surface, as shock begins to fade. Political and cultural dis- agreements do not exist when people are helping others in time of tragedy and disaster. There will be many stories to be told of the Great Oregon Wildfi res of 2020. One chapter will how people forgot about themselves and jumped in to help. —LAZ tails pinned down, they knew their place in the world. That knowledge empowered them to change the world, or at least have more control over their small piece of it, in countless ways. I hadn’t thought about that night in a long time, but there were two instances in the past week that made me feel like I was trying to draw a map of the world without enough information. The most obvious one was the fi res devastating the forests along the Cascade Mountains, as literal a dragon as we are likely to encounter in mod- ern times. It started breath- ing smoke and ash into town Monday evening. Forty-eight hours later, I didn’t feel as though anyone was getting any better information than we had at the start. It’s im- proved with baby steps since then. During the fi rst two days, the main sources of infor- mation everyone was told to watch – social media outlets of the Marion County Sheriff ’s Offi ce – were only updated a handful of times. One possibility is that things were moving more quickly or more slowly than I imagined and the rapidly changing, hellish colors out- side the door were throwing off my senses. Another possi- bility is that those in charge didn’t feel there was the time to prioritize communications with anyone outside the blast zones. Either situation is un- derstandable, but neither ex- the need is, what resources are available, and letters other important To the Editor: information. In Just when you a time of trag- think 2020 couldn’t edy, Bill fi nds a be any worse, we way to bring us fi nd ourselves in another emergency situation with the together and lead with a ser- wildfi res destroying our lands, vant’s heart. Please join me in homes, communities and our re-electing Bill Post to House District 25 as he continues to animals. My thoughts and prayers show up for his constituents go out to all the families af- over and over again. fected by the evacuation. One Lauren Cook thing I am incredibly grateful Keizer for is state Representative Bill Post. Not only does he keep his constituents up to date about the wildfi res, he reach- To the Editor: es out to all of Oregon. In this year’s city coun- Bill informs us how to help our neighbors, where cil contests, there are very Re-elect Bill Post Vote for Dylan Juran Share your opinion Submit a letter to the editor, or a guest column by noon Tuesday. Keizertimes EDITOR & PUBLISHER Lyndon Zaitz publisher@keizertimes.com 2019-2021 President Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association cuses the absence of more up- to-the-minute information. A third possibility is avoid- ing incitement of a panic, but panic grows as quickly in a void as it does in any well-ox- ygenated environment. At the same time that was unfolding, I had a high school junior at home anx- iously awaiting the release of their schedule for fall classes. Salem-Keizer Public School offi cials and principals had told all students to expect their schedules Tuesday, Sept. 8. McNary’s schedules weren’t released until nearly 36 hours after the expected drop. There wasn’t a peep from the school district personnel as to what was happening or what caused the delay. Students throughout the district have already been de- prived of so much this year that when the schools tell them they will deliver on a certain date, it’s going to sound like a promise even if that word isn’t used. Disappointment is inevitable to some degree, but the district could have al- layed students’ fears with a few well-chosen words. One of these situations pales in urgency to the oth- er, but both are illustrative of the need for better communi- cation from our local leaders. Without information to tell us otherwise, human instinct is to conjure dragons in the dark spaces. No one wants a panic, but a regular stream of reli- able information, delivered in the appropriate tone does not provoke panic. It slays dragons. (Eric A. Howald is the managing editor of the Keizertimes.) clear choices to be made. My choice for Position #2 is Keizer native and McNary High School graduate, Dylan Juran. He is young, but no John- ny-Come-Lately. Dylan has a long-term commitment to the community and to pub- lic service. He is an indepen- dent businessman, serving as a technical consultant to two non-profi ts. Not an ideolo- gy, he is exactly the kind of young, moderate, tech-savvy individual the city needs. As a 50-year Keizer resi- dent with an eye to the future, I am proud to support Dylan Juran for Keizer City Coun- cil, Postion #2. Carol Doerfl er Keizer Email to: publisher@ keizertimes.com Wheatland Publishing Corp. 142 Chemawa Road N. Keizer, Oregon 97303 phone: 503.390.1051 • email: kt@keizertimes.com www.keizertimes.com SUBSCRIPTIONS One year: $35 in Marion County, $43 outside Marion County, $55 outside Oregon Periodical postage paid at Salem, Oregon SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 12:04 a.m. - Unlawful possession of methamphetamine in the 4000 block of River Road N. 3:55 a.m. - Menacing use of weapons in the 4000 block of Crater Avenue N. 7:22 a.m. - Identity theft in the 3000 block of Partridge Lane NE. 6:17 p.m. - Arrest for physical harassment in the 3000 block of Partridge Lane NE. MONDAY, SEPT. 7 6:46 a.m. - Restraining order vi- olation in the 2000 block of Ken- nedy Circle NE. 10:22 a.m. - Traffi c accident in- jury at the intersection of Cherry Avenue NE and Manbrin Drive NE. 6 p.m. - Failure to perform du- ties of driver when property was damaged in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. 6:30 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the 900 block of Hopkins Court NE. TUESDAY, SEPT. 8 1:58 a.m. - Mail theft at the inter- section of Orchard Court N and Windsor Island Road N. 5:22 a.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the 800 block of Weeks Drive NE. 3:42 p.m. - Failure to perform duties of driver when property was damaged in the 6000 block of Field Of Dreams Way NE. 11:11 p.m. - Aggravated assault in the 1000 block of Mistwood Drive NE. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 9:59 a.m. - Identity theft in the 3000 block of Homestead Court NE. 3:57 p.m. - Restraining order vi- olation in the 3000 block of Par- tridge Lane NE. 4:18 p.m. - Identity theft in the 100 block of Apple Blossom Av- enue NE. 5:23 p.m. - Theft by deception in the 200 block of Menlo Drive N. 7:48 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the 4000 block of River Road N. 9:20 p.m. - Burglary in the 5000 block of River Road N. THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 10:03 a.m. - Bench warrant at the intersection of Cherry Avenue NE and Weeks Drive NE. 12:59 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 4000 block of River Road N. FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 1:30 p.m. - Assault in the 5000 block of River Road N. 6 p.m. - Theft in the 300 block of Churchdale Avenue N. SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 2 a.m. - Vandalism in the 1000 block of Juniper Street N. 12 p.m. - Theft in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. 1 p.m. - Failure to perform du- ties of driver when property was damaged in the 5000 block of Windsor Island Road N. 5:05 p.m. - Robbery in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 12:04 a.m. - Stalking in the 6000 block of Wheatland Road N. 12:13 a.m. - Failure to perform duties of driver when property was damaged in the 5000 block of Willow Leaf Street. 3:30 a.m. - Driving under the infl uence of intoxicants at the in- tersection of 7th Avenue NE. and Faymar Drive NE. 7:50 a.m. - Burglary in the 5000 block of River Road N. 7:57 p.m. - Aggravated assault in the 300 block of Hazelbrook Drive N. Blood Drive at St. Ed Sept. 25 Information slays dragons By ERIC A. HOWALD When medieval cartogra- phers charted the edges of the known world, it was a frequent practice to pencil in monsters in the areas that had not yet been discovered, typically a drag- on-like fi gure. Our oldest known usage of the phrase “here be dragons” ap- peared on a globe produced in 1504, the area on the east coast of Asia bears the Latin phrase “hic sunt dra- cones.” In the face of the un- known, the early mapmakers used dragons to urge caution when venturing into those spaces. Since that time, “here/ there be dragons” has been ap- plied most uncharted areas of human exploration, internal and external. Eventually our ancestors mapped the entire world and the dragons disappeared. For a while, a few years back, I volunteered as a tutor to adults students working to- ward their GEDs. I was tasked with guiding students through language arts and critical thinking. While we had text- books to rely on and prepare with, the hardest part of the job was fi nding ways to re- mind students why they were making the effort in the fi rst place. One evening, I brought up the old maps and idea of drag- on-infested, uncharted lands as a way to illustrate how others had gotten themselves through the struggles. Seeing the entire world took effort and time and exploration but, once the old mapmakers had the de- police scanner POSTMASTER Send address changes to: Keizertimes Circulation 142 Chemawa Road N. Keizer, OR 97303 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Publication No: USPS 679-430 St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer will host an American Red Cross blood drive on Friday, Sept. 25, fro 1 to 6:30 p.m. To schedule an appoint- ment call 1-800-RED- CROSS or sign up online at RedCrossBlood.org using sponsor code stedwardskeizer. St. Edward Catholic Church is located at 5303 River Road N. sudoku Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spac- es. 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