AUGUST 13, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 KPD holding traffic safety campaign Members of the Keizer Police Traffic Safety Unit will be participating in the “Click it or Ticket” campaign from August 23rd through September 5th. The traffic safety unit will also continue to provide education and enforcement through state funded grants related to distracted driving, speeding and DUII. With social gatherings happening in August, members of the community are being encouraged to have a plan and a designated driver if attending a gathering with alcoholic beverages involved. For more information related to seatbelt safety, visit www.oregon.gov/ODOT/ Safety/Pages/Belts-Seats.aspx For questions concerning traffic safety contact Sgt. David LeDay at 503-390- 3713 ext. 3482 or email at Ledayd@keizer.org Sullivan speaking on arts for kids with disabilities Kari Sullivan will speak about Kaleidoscope before the community at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19. The event is sponsored by the McNary Ladies Golf Association Social Group. The public is invited. There is no cost to attend but food and beverages will be available from the restau- rant’s menu. Kaleidoscope is an innovative arts expe- rience for young people with developmen- tal disabilities that Sullivan created for the Virginia Children’s Theater. The program utilizes movement, song and imagination to enable students to shine on stage. The goal is to provide youth with special needs a fine arts experience, to grow confidence and to spark a conversation and redefinition of ‘disability’ into ‘exceptional ability.’ Sullivan has more than 40 years of per- formance experience, over 20 years experi- ence as a K-12 educator. SULLIVAN She will bring the program to the Keizer- Salem area in a partnership with Keizer Homegrown Theatre. Sullivan and her husband, Chip, moved to Keizer, from Virginia, when he was named PGA general manager of McNary Golf Club. Kari Sullivan also serves as man- ager of The View Restaurant at McNary Golf Club. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Ric Smith, Vonda Smith and Jordan Smith placed new art in front of Copper Creek Mercantile. Photo by LYNDON ZAITZ of Keizertimes Out with the old, in with the new River Road received its newest art piece when Entwined replaced Iron Glory. Artists Ric Smith, Jordan Smith and Vonda Smith, of Smith and Steel Custom Design, placed the new art on Wednesday, Aug. 4, in front of Copper Creek Mercantile. The nine-foot tall green steel rendering of the entwined branches of a tree was cold welded with leaves hammered by hand. The Smith family, all of Keizer, removed Iron Glory, which will be updated with color. A new site for that piece has not yet been chosen by the Keizer Public Arts Commission. The artists own Smith and Steel Custom Design with a workshop on Front Street near downtown Salem. Follow THE LEADER Caption It! ARCHIVE WINNER …in Keizer news Facebook • Twitter • Instagram @keizertimes By STEVE BREEN CAPTION IT ! Email submissions along with your name and town to CaptionItCartoon@gmail.com — OR — on Instagram, go to @caption_it_cartoon to comment/like.