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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, JUNE 18, 2021 Demonstrators from an anti-LGBTQ+ group turned out to disrupt Keizer's first-ever Pride Fair. After being confronted by attendees and urged by the police to leave the group depart- ed and did not return. Submitted by Cyndi Swaney M emorial C enters ◆ C remation & B urial Simplicity - Convenience - Low Cost simple cremation simple direct burial church funeral ◆ $795 ◆ $995 ◆ $2965 Salem Portland Eastside 275 Lancaster Dr SE Salem, OR 97317 832 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232 1433 SE 122nd Ave Portland, OR 97233 (503) 581-6265 (503) 783-3393 (503) 783-6865 Tualatin Tigard Milwaukie 8970 SW Tualatin Sherwood Rd Tualatin, OR 97062 12995 SW Pacific Hwy Tigard, OR 97223 16475 SE McLoughlin Blvd Milwaukie, OR 97267 (503) 783-6869 (503) 653-7076 (503) 885 -7800 “Easy Online Arrangements” CrownCremationBurial.com Members of a quickly-developed counter-protest (right) exchange words with demonstrators who turned out to disrupt a Pride Fair behind the Keizer Civic Center. Submitted by Dee Moore Demonstrators clash with Pride attendees Attendees of Keizer's first-ever Pride Fair assembled to form a counter-protest in response to anti-LGBTQ+ demonstra- tors Saturday, June 12. Exchanges between the two groups ran for about 20 minutes before offi- cers from the Keizer Police Department were summoned to the scene on the east side of the Keizer Cultural Center along Rickman Road Northeast. A theft and unlawful use of mace were both reported to officers who convinced the demonstrators to leave the scene shortly after arriving.
