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police scanner
SUNDAY, JAN. 24
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27
2:35 a.m. - Arrest for reckless driving at
the intersection of Chemawa Road N
and Four Winds Drive N.
4 a.m. - Burglary in the 800 block of
Manbrin Drive NE.
4:45 a.m. - Arrest for assault in the 500
block of Rose Park Lane NE.
12:03 p.m. - Sudden death in the 5000
block of Joan Drive N.
7 a.m. - Criminal mischief at the inter-
section of Oneil Road NE and Barnick
Road NE.
12:46 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the
4000 River Road N.
MONDAY, JAN. 25
12 p.m. - Assault in the intersection of
Chemawa Road NE and Ulali Drive NE.
1:24 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the
5000 block of Keizer Station Blvd.
3:30 p.m. - Vandalism in the 4000 block
of Crater Avenue N.
3:34 p.m. - Theft from motor vehicle in
the 800 block of Manbrin Drive NE.
4:20 p.m. - Sudden death in the 5000
block of River Road N.
6:16 p.m. - Theft in the 3000 block of
Cherry Avenue NE.
10 p.m. - Theft in the 5000 block of Wit-
tenberg Lane NE.
TUESDAY, JAN. 26
Kudos to Bill Post and House Republicans
Yet, the Oregon Republican
We offer kudos to state Rep-
resentative Bill Post, and 22 other Party’s resolution said the “violence
Republican House members, who was a “false fl ag” operation designed
released a statement last week in re- to discredit President Trump, his
supporters and all con-
sponse to loony resolution
servative Republicans.” It
from the Oregon Republi-
added (this provided) the
can Party labeling the Janu-
sham motivation to im-
ary 6 U.S. Capitol takeover
a “false fl ag” operation.
editorial preach President Trump.”
Cooler and more sen-
Conspiracy theories have
sible heads prevailed in
fl own fast and furious since
the House of Represen-
the January 6 siege that re-
tatives’ Republican cau-
sulted in the deaths of fi ve
people, including a Capitol police cus; the 23 members were having
offi cer. First-hand reports, smart- no part of what the Oregon Re-
phone camera video and news publican Party was pushing. That
footage tells the story of what hap- was a move that was both necessary
and admirable.
pend on January 6 and by whom.
A statement released by the
House Republicans on Jan. 27, said
“[E]lected House Republicans are
focused on representng our constit-
uents. Oregon is in crisis. Vaccines
are not going to our most vulner-
able, our students are still not in a
safe classroom setting, main street
businesses are in a tailspin, our
health data is a mess and here we
are, talking about a political resolu-
tion. There is no credible evidence
to support false fl ag claims.”
That is a strong rebuke. It would
be nice if the Republicans in the
state Senate would take the same
step.
—LAZ
If essential, schools should be open
ing Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, and
By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS
“There are only two choices: school boards closed schoolhouse
Which one will it be?” the Chicago doors with total disregard for Cen-
Teachers Union argued to its mem- ters for Disease Control and Preven-
bers. “Risk your life or your students’ tion guidelines that recommended
lives by going into dangerous build- schools close when an infected in-
ings,” or agree to strike if Chicago dividual had been on campus or in
hot spots, and then only for
Public Schools go ahead
two to fi ve days for sanita-
with plans to reopen
tion purposes. Elected of-
classrooms Monday.
other
fi cials were in a panic, and
Obviously,
teach-
panic trumped science.
ers, students and staff-
voices
Tuesday, the CDC re-
ers with compromised
leased a study that found
immune systems or
that with masking require-
co-morbidities
that
ments and other mitigation
put their health at risk
should work from home. Alas, the efforts, Wood County, Wisconsin,
Windy City union makes no distinc- public school transmission was lower
tion between healthy and unhealthy than community spread. On Thurs-
educators, while ignoring the data day, White House press secretary
on the low risk that COVID-19 Jen Psaki poo-pooed that fi nding as
poses for healthy working adults and particular to “rural” schools with dif-
ferent challenges than those in city
school-age children.
Everyone knows that remote ed- districts.
Risk-averse Democrats can’t ad-
ucation is failing students, especial-
ly immigrant children and others mit they were wrong to shut down
whose parents can’t fi ll in the gaps schools. Biden won’t say it. His os-
that plague schooling by comput- tensible push to open most public
er screen. Yet, somehow, education schools within 100 days is a soft
groups that ostensibly are committed plan that puts off specifi c guidance
to closing the achievement gap are and allows risk-aversion to rule the
willing to let this separate-but-equal day. Because once you’ve convinced
yourself that no-classroom instruc-
education policy stand.
President Joe Biden likes to say tion is safer, how do you open?
And you can see why. I mean, this
that he’ll “listen to the scientists.”
Apparently, there is an exemption is only about whether a generation
to the science-fi rst approach when of children is educated or stunted.
The 18 suicides of Clark County
teachers unions disagree.
Last year, governors, includ- students since March? It’s unfortu-
nate, but not enough to move teach-
ers unions in Chicago, Montclair,
New Jersey, or Bellevue, Washington.
Americans are isolated right now.
We don’t know what we don’t know
about less visible changes wrought
by the pandemic. When the return
to normal begins, however, there
will be no hiding the edge enjoyed
by children who attended open
public or private schools or whose
educated parents were able to fi ll in
virtual-learning gaps. Kids without
those advantages will be more likely
to fall behind for life.
Grocery store workers and nurs-
es and hospital cleaning staff who
did their jobs as essential workers
will return their children to schools
where teachers believed that class-
room teaching was a bridge too far
-- secure in the knowledge stay-at-
home teachers would not lose a pay-
check in the process.
I am sure that all those hospital
workers and delivery truck driv-
ers who did show up to work will
be very understanding about their
children getting a lesser education
so that healthy pajama-clad teachers
could be spared the risks which des-
ignated “essential workers” assumed.
The biggest lesson America’s chil-
dren can learn from the coronavirus
pandemic is simple: Education is im-
portant, but not that important. Just
ask your teacher.
Political theater
amid a pandemic
pating huge numbers of them by her
decision to deny them COVID-19
protection until her personal favor-
ites are served. This gubernatorial
action came about in defi ance of the
national Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention that recommended
seniors before them due to stagger-
ingly higher morbidity rates among
the older folks. Such is political the-
atre in the state of Oregon during
our death-wielding pandemic.
Gene H. McIntyre
Keizer
To the Editor:
What would readers guess goes
on behind the locked-down Ore-
gon capitol these days?
Well, some surmise that there
could be legislators wandering the
silenced halls in search of doors not
locked so Proud Boys, neo-Na-
zis, and white supremacists can
enter when needed. Others may
seek solace by engaging in muted
letters
chats with the wall-hung paintings
of long-departed governors. Mean-
while, Oregon’s Governor Kate
Brown, a record of her posturing
suggests, just could be active in her
search of obituaries among the state’s
65-years-and-older crowd, antici-
4:02 a.m. - Arrest for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants in the 4000
block of Tiffany Place NE.
10:06 a.m. - Theft in the 1000 block of
Harmony Drive NE.
1 p.m. - Physical harassment in the 4000
block of Shoreline Drive N.
4:39 p.m. - Sudden death in the 1000
block of McGee Court NE.
5:50 p.m. - Traffi c accident at the inter-
section of River Road N and Manzanita
Street NE.
THURSDAY, JAN. 28
1:29 a.m. - Arrest for felon in possession
of weapon at the intersection of Gobert
Avenue NE and Dixon Street NE.
7:40 p.m. - Arrest for assault in the 5000
block of Dory Court N.
9:12 p.m. - Arrest for burglary in the
5000 block of McLeod Lane NE.
FRIDAY, JAN. 29
4 a.m. - Arrest for contempt of court in
the 1000 block of Orchard Court N.
8 a.m. - Identity theft in the 1000 block
of Garden Court NE.
11 a.m. - Burglary in the 1000 block of
Marigold Street NE.
1 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000 block of
Keizer Station Blvd.
4:40 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 3000 block
of River Road N.
9 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the 6000
block of Hidden Creek Loop NE.
SATURDAY, JAN. 30
3:30 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
intersection of Cherry Avenue NE and
Alder Drive NE.
SUNDAY, JAN. 31
12:31 a.m. - Vandalism in the 5000 block
of River Road N.
8:54 a.m. - Criminal trespassing in the
4000 block of River Road N.
traffi c court
NO INSURANCE
Amber Noel Reed, $300; Isaiah Josiah Nelson, $500; Aaron Matthew Poff, $500; Valerie Rodri-
guez, $300; Alberto Herrera Santos, $245; Perla Crystal Rodriguez, $265.
NO PROOF OF INSURANCE
Raven Anson Lindblom, $342; Brandon Kyle McKelligett, $500; Jayleen Ann Stewart, $500;
Marissa Esther Fredericks, $235; Timothy S. Marchuk, $75; Francisco Duarte Galvan, $75; Elena
Guerrero, $235.
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED
Osman Keam, $1,042; Earl Dean McNabb, $1,042; John Monohan Jr, $245; David Alexander
Peyree, $1,042; Amber Noel Reed, $642; Harold Elmer Hansen, $842; Brandon Kyle McKel-
ligett, $1,042; Isaiah Josiah Nelson, $1,042; Aaron Matthew Poff, $1,042; Valerie Rodriguez,
$642; Jayleen Ann Stewart, $1,042.
USE OF MOBILE DEVICE
Isaac Nicholas Alvarez, $342; Gaby Paola Gonzalez Chavez, $342; Krystal Mae Kamback, $392;
David Alexander Peyree, $500; Lizbeth Salazar Barragan, $342; Madison Lynne Combe, $235;
Christopher Scott Curths, $235; Weisha Robin Mize, $235.
SPEEDING
Joshua Anthony Harris, $292; Alexys Elaine Horton, $292; Ivan Lemeza, $207; Brandon Lee
Nguyen, $307; Joshua Barger Fox, $242; Joseph Kent Faville, $135; Alec Jordan Lueb, $367;
Christopher Alan Michael Smith, $267; Amanda Marie Sandoval, $145; Robert William John-
ston, $135; Baldemar Ortega, $165.
FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
Celeste Genean Obrien, $235.
OTHER
Richard Elmer Cramer, $157, improper positioning of vehicle; Isaiah Josiah Nelson, $500, fail
to yield to emergency vehicle; Brandon Lee Nguyen, $115, fail to use safety belts; Timothy S.
Marchuk, $40, fail to register vehicle; Nicholas Patrick Neff, $245, careless driving.
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