OCTOBER 29, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A13
Chemeketa to host
annual college and
career fair on Nov. 3
Chemeketa Community College is
teaming up with Salem-Keizer Public
Schools to host the annual Salem Area
College and Career Fair on Nov. 3 from
5 to 8 p.m. The fair will take place at
4000 Lancaster Drive in the Building 7
gymnaisum.
In addition to Chemeketa, 40 other
colleges, universities and industries
will showcase their off erings to stu-
dents and their families.
"This event provides an opportunity
for Salem area high school students
and their families to engage with both
colleges and industries in person,”
said James McNicholas of Student
Recruitment, Enrollment & Graduation
Services at Chemeketa Community
College. “These fi rst-time connections
are mutually critical to building rela-
tionships and determining the best fi t
for students."
High school seniors at Salem-Keizer
high schools will have the opportunity
to win one of several education schol-
arships at the fair as well. The scholar-
ships are possible thanks to a generous
donation from Dutch Bros.
This will be the fi rst time the event
has taken place in two years after being
cancelled last year due to COVID. In
2019, the event attracted over 2,000
visitors.
Keizer Fire
receives yearly
clean audit review
Oregon budget law requires governmental agencies to review all fi nancial con-
trols annually for special districts, such as fi re districts. Keizer Fire District (KFD) has
again received the highest review score of an “unmodifi ed opinion” which is the high-
est positive auditor opinion they can off er, regarding the accuracy of the accounting
and fi duciary responsibility, for a fi re district.
Not only has the responsibility been met, KFD accounted for all fi nancial posi-
tions regarding assets and liabilities and related public employee documentation
recording.
Using Governmental Accounting Standard Board rules (GASB) which were estab-
lished in 1984, KFD utilizes the accounting fi rm of Grove, Mueller, & Swank, P.C. The
KFD board of directors went over the auditor fi ndings in detail at their October 2021
monthly board meeting with the auditor and fi nancial committee for Keizer Fire.
Kathy Wilson, CPA, who reviewed the audit summary to the board of directors,
said that, “the fi re district fi nancial status and cash position are a direct result of good
management decisions and good strong relationship with your community”.
Keizer fi re baord president, Chet Patterson, who also is a CPA, added, “the impor-
tance of good fi nancial records and recording regarding public funding, year after
year, is vital in our public trust and refl ects directly on a good organization such as
ours.”
Patterson thanked Kathy Wilson and KFD staff for their attention to every detail.
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BOOK SALE
Friday-Saturday
Nov. 5 & 6 | 9 am-5 pm
Keizer Civic Center
930 Chemawa Rd. NE
Paperbacks 50 ¢
Hardcover $ 1
• Overstock books
• Audiobooks/CDs
• Movies (Tape/DVD)
• Puzzles
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Keizer Fire District Board of Directors: From Left: Joe Van Meter, Betty Hart, Chet Patterson,
Colleen Busch, Greg Ego.
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