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8:35 p.m. - Aggravated assault in the
1000 block of Dearborn Avenue NE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8
8 a.m. - Identity theft in the 7000 block
of St Charles Street NE.
11 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in the
5000 block of Windsor Island Road N.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9
2:52 a.m. - Probation violation in the
5000 block of Todd Court N.
7:15 a.m. - Traffi c accident in the 6000
block of Ulali Drive NE.
1:51 p.m. - Vandalism at the intersec-
tion of River Road N. and Weeks Drive N.
9 p.m. - Unlawful entry to vehicle in
the 6000 block of Craftsman Loop N.
11:59 p.m. - Theft in the 6000 block of
Craftsman Loop N.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10
3 a.m. - Theft from motor vehicle in
the 200 block of Northridge Court N.
12:47 p.m. - Traffi c accident in the 100
block of McNary Estates Drive N.
Vote on KLL Park contract
pushed to Nov. 1 meeting
A Keizer City Council vote to make For The Love of The Game the next operator of
Keizer Little League Park will be pushed back to the Nov. 1 meeting. The highly antici-
pated vote was supposed to take place during next week’s Oct. 18 council meeting.
For The Love of The Game was created by Jerry and Lisa Walker, owners of the
Mavericks League (formerly the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes), and their son Mickey. The non-
profi t was one of two groups to submit a proposal to operate the Keizer Little League Park.
The Walker’s proposal was selected by a review committee and recommended to the
city for approval. Since then, the city and Walkers have worked to draft a contract to be
brought before the Keizer City Council for a vote.
City Attorney Shannon Johnson said the decision to delay the vote by two weeks was
because “we have discussed the matter with the Walkers and are going over a revised
agreement, but were not able to fi nalize it in time for the October 18 meeting.”
“There are a lot of diff erent components, it’s a complex topic,” said Keizer interim City
Manager Wes Hare during a phone call Wednesday. “It’s taken a while to negotiate and to
get to the point that the council has something defi nitive to vote on.”
Salem-Keizer school board
adopts anti-racism resolution
The Salem-Keizer school board has
voted to adopt a resolution outlining
the board’s commitment to equity and
anti-racism.
The Tuesday night vote was 4-2. The
district is the second largest in Oregon
with more than 40,000 students.
The Statesman Journal reports the
approval came despite public pushback
for the resolution, which calls for the dis-
trict to acknowledge that racism and white
supremacy are a threat to students’ and
employees’ physical and psychological
health and calls for a commitment to being
antiracist.
It also calls for the district to directly
address an over-representation of students
of color in special education, suspensions
and expulsion.
“We commit to routinely interrupt sys-
tems of oppression on behalf of students
and staff ,” reads part of the pledge.
The Support Services Center building
where the in-person board meeting was
held was at capacity. More than 60 people
sat inside the board chambers and dozens
of others waited outside to speak or demon-
strate in support or against the resolution.
Public speakers decrying the motion
likened it to “Marxism” and shared worries
that the resolution unfairly targeted white
students and residents.
“I know that all schools teach values,”
Linda Farrington, former school board
candidate, said during public testimony.
“But I don’t agree with the way the val-
ues are going. I do not support the equity
resolution.”
Benny Williams, former president of the
Salem-Keizer NAACP, gave public com-
ment in support of the measure.
“This past spring was a historic day
for this city and for this school board.
This school board is refl ecting a dramatic
change that came citywide,” Williams said,
referencing the election of four new diverse
members to the board earlier in the year.
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