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Submit a guest opinion, column or letter to the editor to publisher@keizertimes.com. police scanner SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 THURSDAY, MARCH 4 6 a.m. - Physical harassment in the 600 block of Lockhaven Drive NE. 7:29 p.m. - Arrest for criminal trespassing in the 5000 block of Nordic Court N. 9:17 p.m. - Arrest for criminal trespassing in the 5000 block of River Road N. 12:23 a.m. - Physical harassment in the 800 block of Foothill Court NE. 12:45 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. 1:50 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the 6000 block of Ulali Drive. 6:13 p.m. - Failure to perform duties of driver when property was damaged at the intersection of Manbrin Drive N and River Road N. 7:54 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 3000 block of River Road N. 8:04 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the 2000 block of Jorie Lane NE. MONDAY, MARCH 1 1:09 a.m. - Traffi c accident at the inter- section of River Road N and Manbrin Drive N. 9:25 a.m. - Theft in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. 10:40 a.m. - Burglary in the 3000 block of Jack Street N. 12 p.m. - Burglary in the 1000 block of Modoc Drive NE. 2:58 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the 5000 block of Nordic Court N. 5 p.m. - Theft from motor vehicle in the 5000 block of McLeod Lane NE. 8 p.m. - Criminal mischief in the 5000 block of McLeod Lane NE. 10:30 p.m. - Physical harassment in the 4000 block of Tracy Street NE. TUESDAY, MARCH 2 6 p.m. - Assault in the 1000 block of Rushmore Avenue N. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 That’s something to consider hurting yet that is a message that By LYNDON ZAITZ How wonderful it would be to fades as we get older and revel in hear someone say, “That’s some- the fact we have the ability to ex- thing to consider” during discus- press ourselves any time we wish. Hands and weapons can hurt sions of today’s divisive topics. Unfortunately those words are and kill; words harm. Is it possible for our society to lower the civic hardly—if ever—heard. temperature? What will it Everyone has their take for disgreements to opinion whether it is on go from fi erce discourse about face masks, vaccines, to patience and tolerance? taxes or school resource my Beliefs are part of who offi cers. Anyone paying humans are. Who wants attention to media of any mind to be characterized as kind would be excused for weak if they should pause thinking that no topic goes undebated. They are not debates so and ponder what someone on the much as people disparaging their opposite side of an issue is saying? Rodney King asked in Los An- counterparts. Free speech is one of the greatest geles in 1992, “Can’t we all just get gifts America has given itself, but it along?” The same question is still has not always been easy. Through viable almost 30 years later. Peo- the centuries of the United States ple are generally good—we should people have died for expressing remind ourselves of that. Everyday. their beliefs—the January 6 riot at People don’t wake up in the morn- the U.S. Capitol is but the latest ex- nig and wonder how they can mess up somebody’s day. We all respond ample. We teach our young children to what we hear and experience that words and hands are not for during our day. Social media has made it easy for us to react immediately to what we read. Many times we react without thinking what we want to say—we defend and reinforce our beliefs. which can cause grief for others. The key to civility is listening. People want to be heard and not have their beliefs belittled. We are all products of our backgrounds and exprience, we can’t change that. We can change how we respond to what people say. It is hard to envision a time in the near future when the vitriol lessens, but it must start somewhere. It should begin with each of us. Hard-rock beliefs will not be aban- doned. If we can listen, ponder and consider ideas and beliefs different than our own, that will go a long way to a calmer more civil society. We all want to same thing: peace, love and security. (Lyndon Zaitz is publisher and editor of the Keizertimes.) It’s the end of the ride 3:45 a.m. - Assault in the 4000 block of Toni Avenue N. 11:04 a.m. - Unlawful contact with a child in the 1000 block of Shady Lane NE. 5:50 p.m. - Failure to perform duties of driver when property was damaged in the 4000 block of River Road N. 11:29 p.m. - Fraud use of credit card in the 4000 block of River Road N. FRIDAY, MARCH 5 11:59 a.m. - Theft in the 800 block of Lockhaven Drive N. 1:24 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 3000 block of River Road N. 2:10 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000 block of Ulali Drive. 2:15 p.m. - Unlawful possession of meth- amphetamine in the 3000 block of River Road N. 2:51 p.m. - Theft in the 3000 block of River Road N. 2:57 p.m. - Theft in the 6000 block of Keizer Station Blvd. 3:18 p.m. - Theft in the 4000 block of Cherry Avenue NE. 9:29 p.m. - Criminal trespassing in the 2000 block of Jorie Lane NE. SATURDAY, MARCH 6 7:48 a.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the 2000 block of Kennedy Circle NE. 4:19 p.m. - Shoplifting in the 6000 block of Ulali Drive. traffi c court Jose Ramon Calderon, $265; Jessica Gua- dalupe Dircio Ramirez, $100; Phillip Rousseau, $325. Clement Kaion, $642; Jeremiah Zachar- ey Kouches. $1,042; Krystal Dawn Ro- jas Santoyo, $1,042; John Clarence West, $642. NO INSURANCE USE OF MOBILE DEVICE Timothy Gregory Schera, $265; Tyler Brice Cook, $500; John Clarence West, $300. Erin Sanfordd Fitzgerald, $235. NO LICENSE NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Rylee Drake Wild, $367. SPEEDING Robert Neo Clark, $367; Aeriel Fitzger- ald Cortez, $135; Darrell Craig Colling- ham, $135. FAILURE TO OBEY TRAFFIC Timothy Gregory Schera, $492; Tyler CONTROL DEVICE DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED Brice Cook, $1,042; Maria Elena Coria, $1,042; Lauren Louree Fields, $1,042; Phillip Rousseau, $367; Logan Carlton Richardson, $367. Share your opinion Submit a letter to the editor (300 words), Friends have told me they are so By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS White House press briefi ngs glad Biden doesn’t tweet. He does, I are no longer must-see TV. With tell them, and they’re shocked. Why didn’t they know? There’s former President Donald Trump gone, if you want to watch the daily no news in Biden’s tweets. There are no nasty nicknames. briefi ngs, you can’t just Biden doesn’t make every- turn on cable news thing about himself. Rather networks that rely on than use Twitter to exact re- ratings.In President Joe other venge against critics, Biden Biden’s White House, voices uses Twitter to promote his C-SPAN is your safe agenda. bet. When reporters ask Psaki Because of corona- about Trump’s latest sound virus social distancing protocols, there are no crammed bite, Psaki makes it clear that she rows of questioners from assorted does not want to engage. More media outlets shouting questions at non-Trumpian behavior: walking press secretary Jen Psaki. The back away from a fi ght. I am not saying that the Biden and forth is civil. Even without the COVID-19 administration is staffed by cup- rules, you know that the mood in cakes. They can play hardball with the room is different simply because the best of them. Biden deputy press secretary Trump, with his arsenal of grudg- es and suspicion of “fake news,” is TJ Ducklo threatened a Politico re- porter who was working on a story gone. The hostility between Trump about his personal relationship with and the press was evident at his fi rst Axios reporter Alexi McCammond. press secretary’s very fi rst remarks in “I will destroy you,” Ducklo told the James S. Brady briefi ng room. Tara Palmeri according to Vanity From the moment Sean Spicer Fair. Ducklo also told Palmieri she wrongly called out the press corps was “jealous” because a man she had for “deliberately false reporting” on been interested in preferred Mc- the Trump inauguration crowd size, Cammond instead. Ducklo’s behavior was downright savvy broadcasters understood that Trump’s briefi ngs offered not only Trumpian, except in one important way—he intimidated Palmeri over news but also entertainment. The Biden press team doesn’t the phone during what was sup- want to compete with that. “Sleepy posed to be an off-the-record con- Joe” Biden, as the 45th president versation. After the Vanity Fair report, called him, won by offering Amer- ica the opposite of Trump—civility, Ducklo, who has stage 4 lung can- predictability, a willingness to gov- cer, apologized in a letter to Palmeri and was suspended for a week with- ern off camera. Keizertimes out pay. Reporters then questioned if Ducklo’s continued employment undercut Biden’s Inauguration Day promise to “fi re on the spot” any staffer who treats colleagues with disrespect. Ducklo promptly re- signed. It was all very old school. Which brings me to the other perception readers have shared— because the Biden team does its heavy lifting off camera, they see this White House as a sleepy back- water that probably feels like a vaca- tion after four years of Trump. Not even close. If you look at the briefi ng room today, you’ll see that a number of faces in the Trump press corps are gone. Some have been replaced by reporters who covered the Biden campaign, others have moved on to beats that don’t keep them on a news treadmill that runs nonstop. After 30-plus years writing for daily newspapers, four years cover- ing Trump and fi ve weeks covering Biden, I am out of gas. Covering Trump was like riding a roller coast- er, and covering Biden looks like a running a marathon after a roller coaster ride. Thanks for joining me on the roller coaster. I’m getting off here. In case you’re wondering, I’m not sure what’s next— a return to journalism or something different. But fi rst, I plan a month or two to sleep, read and recharge. Then I can decide about the next ride. Lyndon Zaitz publisher@keizertimes.com MANAGING EDITOR LEGAL NOTICES Eric A. 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