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DECEMBER 25, 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. Freeman, Parsons head for the door With a combined 16 years on the formed well. Her level-headed in- Keizer City Council, Kim Freeman put will be missed on the council. Marlene Parsons has been a and Marlene Parsons attended that last session on Monday, Dec. 21, be- straight-shooter during her time on fore they turn their seats over to thei the council. Her experience in the military and in business did her well successors on January 4. Freeman was appointed to the on the issues that faced the council during her two terms. council in June 2013 to The public was succeed Ken LeDuc, who well-served by Parson’s resigned. Her selection by unapologetic need to councilors transformed the all the data on body into a female ma- editorial know whatever issue that jority, the fi rst time in the came up, be it parks, city’s history. policing, infrastructure A long-time commu- and especially the re- nity volunteer, Freeman cently approved State- brought her common sense approach to the council. Once she ment of Values. Every councilor receives some found her footing Freeman was not only a cheerleader for the city but pushback from the public, depend- an advocate for those who needed ing on the issue. Parsons listened a voice in government. She always intently to the opinions of her con- strived for fairness in any policy stituents and made the decison she the council discussed. Businesses, knew was right for Keizer. The Keizer city council has al- schools and families knew they had ways been comprised of our friends a champion in Freeman. Kim Freeman ends her tenure as and neighbors; very few have been president of the city council, a po- politicans in the traditional sense. sition she took seriously and per- Many politicians think about the next rung, most Keizer city coun- cilors do not—they serve their city and their fellow residents out of a desire to make their home bet- ter. Self-aggrandizement is not the name of the game. Neither Freeman nor Parsons sought a seat on the council to round our their resumes, to see their names in the newspaper or have a street named after them. Like doz- ens of people who preceded them on the council, they saw a way to serve and they did. After they step down at the fi rst council meeting of 2021 in January, Kim Freeman and Marlene Parsons can be proud of their accomplish- ments and their leadership for the citizens of Keizer. There will be projects throughout the communi- ty in the coming years that can use their expertise. They may be step- ping down but we encourage them not to step away. Thank you for your service Kim Freeman and Marlene Parsons. —LAZ Can democracy hold us together? By mid-November, according to By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN If America were a company and not a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 52% of Repub- a country, we would have long ago dis- licans thought Donald Trump had solved the corporation, split the blan- “rightfully won.” Sixty-eight percent of Republicans thought the election ket, and gone our separate ways. What still holds this disputatious was “rigged.” A third of independents, and even 10% of Democrats, agreed. and divided people together? This month, a Fox poll found that Consider. In announcing the $900 billion stimulus bill to deal with the a third of all registered voters believe pandemic, Speaker Nancy Pelosi did the 2020 election was stolen from not mention that the gifts for her dis- Trump, with 78% of those who voted tressed countrymen and women at for Trump expressing that view. Moreover, the issues that divide us Christmas would have been twice as large had she taken President Trump’s now go increasingly to the faith of what defi nes us as a nation and a peo- offer of $1.8 trillion in October. ple. Why did the speaker slap A slice of our intel- that offer away? lectual elite emphatical- “The President only ly agrees with the New wants his name on a check other York Times’ Project 1619, to go out before Election voices which decrees that the Day and for the market real birth date of this to go up,” she told House nation was neither 1776 Democrats. nor 1789, but the year Rather than let Donald Trump take credit, Pelosi stiffed mil- that the fi rst slave ship arrived in Vir- ginia. lions of Americans. To this infl uential cohort, enslave- Sunday, however, the speaker took time for a statement to hail the removal ment of Black people brought from of Robert E. Lee’s statue from Statuary Africa and dispossession and destruc- Hall. “Welcome news,” said the speaker. tion of the indigenous tribes that Eu- “Congress will continue our work to ropean settlers found here are the de- fi ning events of our history. rid the Capitol of homages to hate.” And all who participated in these Lee had stood in a place of honor in the Capitol for decades. When exactly crimes against humanity or refused to did the statue of the general become a condemn them are undeserving of ex- altation. homage to hate? Not only Lee, but Columbus and Both episodes point up an unpleas- Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Mad- ant truth. Our dysfunctional American family ison, Jackson, TR and Wilson are all racist white men whose disgraceful agrees upon less and less. and even criminal conduct disquali- fi es them from a place of honor in the American pantheon of 2020. All statues of such men need to come down to cleanse us of the stain of having hon- ored them. Pelosi says that such statues are “homages to hate.” Yet, there is another America that still cherishes the nation these men created. And, as did their fathers, grand- fathers and ancestors, these Americans have shown a willingness to fi ght and die in her defense. Thus do we Americans disagree on the most fundamental of issues. Was America, is America, with all its sins and virtues and all its achieve- ments, a country to be cherished, loved and defended? Or is America a coun- try of whose history we should all be ashamed? Part of America also believes that discovery in the Constitution of a woman’s right to an abortion and a right of homosexuals to marry were major milestones of progress toward a more moral America. Others see these as long strides away from the Christian country we used to be, a social and moral decline toward the same quiet death that has come to other civilizations and nations that went before us. In short, we Americans disagree on whether our country is a good and great nation worth defending, or a place that needs a deep cultural cleans- ing of its sins. And we have no common code of morality. One side is rooted in mod- ernism and secularism and the other in the teachings of the Old and New Tes- tament, Christian tradition and a nat- ural law written on the human heart that is superior to man-made law. People who disagree upon such ba- sic beliefs naturally drift apart, as we Americans are doing today. Political questions arise out of these fundamental differences, and they are not insignifi cant. Can a republic as fractured and splintered as ours is—racially, ethnical- ly, politically, culturally, morally—with a population who do not share the same belief about whether their nation is good and great or failed and evil, en- dure? And for how long? What successful models from histo- ry do we see of nations that took the kind of risks we are taking with our republic? ( Creators Syndicate) deed, but if you pledge al- legiance to the lame duck loser and his bamboozled To the Editor: base, “Ya gotta do what ya letters Representative Bill gotta do.” Post is a constant source Another example: of amusement. Every now Post promoted the Ange- and then he makes sense. la (7.9%) Roman/Three Like f ’rinstance when he suggest- Percent “Maskless Santa” gathering ed to the head case adolescents (aka at the gazebo at the (Keizer) Civ- Proud Boys) that intimidating state ic Center. An irresponsible (some employee—in front of their homes would say stupid) holiday nod to the —was bad form. reality-challenged. Looks like Post is Ah, but then, Post (and state Sen. pretty chummy with “entertainer” Kim Thatcher) signed on to a formal Roman and her laugh-a-minute mi- request to Oregon Attorney General litia. Funny guy, Post. He should be Ellen Roseblum to support Texas’ ri- on the radio. diculous and baseless challenge to the Martin Doerfl er November election. 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So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. public notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR MARION COUNTY Juvenile Department Case No. 20JU04603 PUBLISHED SUMMONS In the Matter of ELIZABETH RAY PYATT A Child. TO: Jeremy Eldon Pyatt IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been fi led asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Marion County Juvenile Court at 2970 Center Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, on the following hearings: Prelim / Initial Appearance Hearing, on the 25th day of January, 2021, at 9:45 a.m. to admit or deny the allegations of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent court-ordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated December 21, 2020. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Marion County, Oregon and Deschutes County, Oregon. Date of fi rst publication: December 25, 2020 Date of last publication: January 8, 2021 NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OR DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURT- ORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s fi nancial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Marion Juvenile Department at 2970 Center Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, phone number (503) 588-5291, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information. IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help fi nding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Alisa Larson-Xu, #165935 Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301-4096 Phone: (503) 934-4400 ISSUED this 22nd day of December, 2020. s/ Alisa Larson-Xu Alisa Larson-Xu, #165935 Assistant Attorney General Of Attorneys for Petitioner 12/25, 1/1, 1/8
