VOLUME 42, NO. 3
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
SECTION A
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RESIDENTS TO COUNCIL:
CONDEMN WHITE SUPREMACY
All of the following election results are reported as of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.
Keizer City Council
60.99%
L. REID
POSITION 2
38.49%
M. DE BLASI
44.76%
D. JURAN
Marion County
Commissioner
POSITION 3
54.69%
R. DAY
49.57%
M. ROLAND-
SCHWARTZ
49.90%
K. JURAN
State
Representative
RESULTS
United
States
President
270/538 Electoral
Votes needed to win
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
There will be no holiday
light parade this December.
Danielle Bethell, executive
director of the Keizer
Chamber of Commerce,
made the announcement
at the Keizer City Council
meeting Monday, Nov. 2.
“COVID-19 has created a
bunch of challenges and our
small town is no exception to
that,” Bethell said. “My hope
is that next year’s parade will
be bigger and better than
ever.”
In normal times, the parade
lights up River Road North
the second Saturday of each
December, but it wasn’t
the only toll the pandemic
extracted from the Chamber
usual holiday line-up. Both
the Turkey Dash and Jingle
Dash runs have been canceled
as well.
The
one
community
event that will continue is
the annual lighting of the
Christmas Tree at Walery Plaza
on River Road. Santa will be
there, children will be selected
to help the Bearded One turn
on the lights, but the general
270
RESULTS
2020
Please see CONDEMN, Page A7
Holiday
parade
canceled
2020
POSITION 1
supremacy and any group that
thrives in hate or promotes hate and
intimidation.” However, he was not
present at the city council meeting due
to family commitments.
Numerous speakers took issue with
the equating of white supremacist
organizations with BLM at the
meeting Monday.
“BLM is a social justice movement
meant to help leaders speak out on
matters of injustice as it relates to
police enforcement, nothing about it is
meant to be hateful. White supremacy
has elements of a domestic terrorist
group and is meant to keep people
253
Electoral
Votes
BIDEN /HARRIS
Electoral
Votes
270
groups),” said resident Courtney values statement. In response, Kohler
Clendening. “Different defi nitions of suggested that other groups, including
white supremacy are part of the explicit Antifa and Black Lives Matter
(BLM) could be
and implicit bias
included under
that people carry.
the same heading.
How
others “ Not comprehending
Councilor Laura
defi ne
white
isn’t an excuse for
Reid
said
it
supremacy is not
was
diffi cult
the responsibility
not condemning
to consider a
of you as the
condemnation
council to tip-toe
white supremacy.”
without
a
around.”
— Mathew Poteet, Keizer resident
more
universal
During
the
understanding of
work
session,
what the term
Herrera asked the
council to consider including a more white supremacy means.
At the same work session, Kohler
forceful statement condemning white
supremacy in the draft of a proposed later added, “I denounce any white
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A proposed statement of city
values raised the ire of residents for
not going far enough in condemning
white supremacy during a Keizer City
Council meeting Monday, Nov. 2.
Attendees at the meeting called out
councilors for refusing to denounce
white supremacy and directed anger
and frustration at City Councilor
Dan Kohler for statements made at a
council work session a week prior.
“I’m
concerned
that
after
Councilor (Roland) Herrera suggested
condemning white supremacy and
received a barrage of questions
(regarding what qualifi es as hate
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Election results are reported
as of 2:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.
New officers
take oath
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Please see PARADE, Page A4
45.84%
51.18%
A. CARSON COTTINGHAM
D. BETHELL
Secretary
of State
51.11%
S. FAGAN
43.71%
R. NAVARRO, JR.
56.14%
B. POST
United States
Representative
42.61%
K. THATCHER
54.10%
K. SCHRADER
43.30%
A. RYAN COURSER
Help
needed for
warming
centers
The colder weather brings
life-threatening
conditions
for those who don’t have
shelter. The Salem Warming
Network seeks to limit the
harsh weather impacts by
providing a place for people
experiencing homelessness or
housing instability when the
temperature reaches 32 degrees
through the winter months.
The warming centers are
considered a “low-barrier”
shelter. The spaces are co-ed
and service animals and pets
are allowed. The only time
someone would be turned
away is if the shelter is full–
in which case they would be
directed to another shelter.
Sites are open from 7 p.m.
to 6:45 a.m. and guests can
check in or out at anytime
throughout
the
night,.
However, once a guest leaves
for the night, they are not
allowed to return to the same
Please see WARMING, Page A4
Middle
school
workouts
get greenlit
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