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Yeah. \n\nRobert Becker: We good? Yes. Okay. Alright. Okay, well welcome back for the second part of our series of oral histories with Thank you. You a lawyer. Um, I just said your name, but why don't you go ahead and say your name again for me? \n\nBill Lawyer: Uh, my name's Bill Lawyer. \n\nRobert Becker: And how long have you lived in the city of Keizer?\n\nBill Lawyer: Lived in the city of Keizer for about 41 years. \n\nRobert Becker: Were you born here or did you move here? \n\nBill Lawyer: I moved here, well, I actually moved from Seattle to Salem, Northeast Salem when I was 10 years old. Moved to Keizer when I was 20 years old. \n\nRobert Becker: 20 years old. And what, what brought you to Keizer? What brought you in your family?\n\nBill Lawyer: Um, well we went, I went to school here and just to school, uh, Whitaker and McNary. Um, and just liked the community. Um, it had just incorporated as being a city and decided to come live here and raise a family. Okay. \n\nRobert Becker: What was your first impression of the city when you arrived? So you were, what, how old were you?\n\nWhen \n\nBill Lawyer: I was, well, when I first got over to Keizer, I was about 12. 12. Okay. Um, and it, I mean, it just was a","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=0.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"small community. Um, at that point, it wasn't even incorporated as a city. I played Keizer Little League, and so I got introduced to the City of Keizer through the little League organization. Um, it was, I mean, it was positive.\n\nEverything was positive about it. \n\nRobert Becker: And was that before the little league fields were built? \n\nBill Lawyer: Yes. Yes. Okay. So where'd you, where'd you play? We played at Kennedy Elementary School. Okay. \n\nRobert Becker: And what do you, is there something you remember, kind of a first impression of, of when you first moved here? Something that really stands out?\n\nBill Lawyer: Um, yeah, it seemed to be kind of a, I'll say a country town. Um, at that time, the road to Kennedy Elementary School was gravel. Um, and so that made even feel more like. Country 'cause it was not a paved road. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. \n\nRobert Becker: In what ways then has Keizer changed since you've, since you've arrived over your time here?\n\nHow has it changed? \n\nBill Lawyer: Well, it's grown up. It's become, um, more of, it was been just a larger","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=60.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"community. Well, I mean, when I first was introduced to Keizer, the city and the Keizer community itself was really centered around Shamala Road South, um, and in the Mandarin Gardens area. Um, the Zer neighborhood around Whitaker was still pretty new.\n\nUm, the, the Terrace Green Development, which is up off Wheatland Road, um, that was very new and that was kind of the desirable place to live at the time. Um, at least that was my impression. So \n\nRobert Becker: do you recall any kind of key moments in the development as Keizer grew? Any kind of moments that stand out? \n\nBill Lawyer: Not really anything significant.\n\nUm, just a lot. As I worked here, I got older and started working on here in Keizer. Um, just the amount of residential subdivision development was pretty, uh, pretty fast paced in the, in the nineties, so, \n\nRobert Becker: and let's talk if we can, what about the Keizer and being incorporated as a city? Do you have, uh, impressions of that or, well, that was in","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=120.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"82.\n\nYeah, it was in 82. And I, I know they tried like seven times before. \n\nBill Lawyer: Yeah. I just was, heard somebody mention that the other day and they talked about three efforts. Okay. Three votes. Um, I don't know if how accurate, if actual that is, but I I hadn't heard that before. Um, I really wasn't that, I'll say involved in the community or city at that point.\n\nI. Um, I was just starting to raise my family and I was not, I wasn't opposed to Keizer incorporating, but I guess I didn't really appreciate or understand what all that meant at the time. Okay. \n\nRobert Becker: Do you recall any, do you recall any, like news or a feeling about incorporation, like people being bored or against it?\n\nBill Lawyer: I, from what I would say, what I got, it was a, people were for it positive. They were glad that they were able to become their own city and not be part of Salem. Hmm. \n\nRobert Becker: How has, uh, the expansion of, uh, Keizer, the growth, how has that kind of in, um, impacted maybe the feel or the culture of the city?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=180.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bill Lawyer: I think it, well, it clearly had an impact as we grew over the years.\n\nUm, still able to maintain that small town charm, that small town feel. Um, and I think a lot of that has to do with only having the one high school and people rally, or not rally, but you know. It can get around the high school and as a, as a, um, community, what's the word I'm looking for? Um, not, not a vision, but just a, a hub, you know, something to focus the community toward is the high school.\n\nSo, and that, that, that really hasn't changed. It's a little bit just because, you know, we're more spread out. Um, and in today's world, people have a lot of other things going on than that, than it was, you know, 30, 40 years ago. But. \n\nRobert Becker: How would you describe maybe has the community spirit changed over the years?\n\nBill Lawyer: I think it's gotten a little bit weaker, um, just because there's more people and when you have more people, you have less,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=240.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"less involvement, direct involvement in the city. Um, when there's a lot, when there's fewer pe a smaller population, the same number of people being involved, the city in the city that there would be today makes a bigger difference 'cause it's, it's a.\n\nThe percentages are different if, if that makes sense. Mm-hmm. But I think overall, I mean, there's still the strong community feeling, strong small town feel of Keizer. Um, but it has, that has diminished as time has gone on as, as we've grown. Mm-hmm. \n\nRobert Becker: Is there any specific, uh, particular like community events or traditions when you were here growing up that maybe we don't have anymore or \n\nBill Lawyer: Not really?\n\nUm, you know, Keizer Fest has always been. The main event, um, parade in the Keizer Fest, but no, not really. \n\nRobert Becker: What about, how, have you seen how maybe local institutions, like maybe churches or schools or libraries, have those really changed or grown? \n\nBill Lawyer:","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=300.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, I don't, not really. I mean, the, the big, and from a church's standpoint, day spring coming into Keizer, and that was a, I don't know how big it is now, but for a while they had a big.\n\nBig congregation. Um, and that was a fairly significant change as far as the churches go in town. The rest of them have been here longer than I've been here. I shouldn't say the rest of 'em, but most of 'em have. \n\nRobert Becker: Can you maybe name any local businesses that were really, like, were beloved or special that maybe have now kind of caught on away or no longer here?\n\nBill Lawyer: Um, well, there's orchids, IGA, that's. That was located where the, um, Goodwill Storm is now, and that's that complex. Um, there was a Marine, I think it was called Gil Ward Marine. Um, it's sold boats and, and toys on River Road right at the Cummings intersection.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=360.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, the Keizer Feeding Farm, which is now Copper Creek Meile.\n\nUm, they moved. I believe they were on Shamala Road originally. They moved down onto River Road. They're still here. Different name. Mm-hmm. Um, but not great. Nothing, not too great. Albertsons used to be there where Walgreens is. Um, then they built a new store that's now WinCo. Um, Safeway was, there was another Safeway store on the same property with Safeway as today only.\n\nIt was on the south side of the property, not where it is today. Mm-hmm. But yeah, just, I mean, different changes, but nothing really has. Gone away. \n\nRobert Becker: So I know one time there was even, there was, um, a water slide here. Mm-hmm. What was that? What was that? I saw the hydro tube. Yeah, the hydro tube Uhhuh. What, what was the hydro tube?\n\nBill Lawyer: That was, um, an indoor water slide where you, you climbed up to the top and it was water run slid down to the pool at the bottom. Um, it was located behind what was then Bob's Bob's. Burgers","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=420.0,480.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"on River Road, which generally is the area where, um, Carls Jr. Is now. Um, and there's a office building back there where the actual hydro tomb was that was there.\n\nI actually only went there I think twice, but it didn't last very long. Um, my understanding was there were some lawsuits and injuries because of the way the tube was built, and they couldn't survive that environment and close business. \n\nRobert Becker: Mm. \n\nBill Lawyer: And then it sat there empty for, I don't know, um, quite a few years.\n\nRobert Becker: Do you know when it was actually torn? About when it was torn down? \n\nBill Lawyer: Uh, in the nineties. In the nineties? Yeah. It was in the nineties. \n\nRobert Becker: So when you're professional ed, you worked a lot, uh, obviously with the, with the city government. Mm-hmm. So how has local government maybe played a, a, played a role in shaping the direction of the city?\n\nEspecially since maybe before, after incorporation? \n\nBill Lawyer: Um, just really trying to do, provide. Good services in a lease cost fashion. That's the way the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=480.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"city was founded and the city council and uh, have, have carried that through the years. Um, staff has embraced that. And, um, you know, we do a lot with a little every day of the week.\n\nRobert Becker: Is there, uh, city leaders in the past, uh, or, or now that have really kind of, um, inspired you or kind of really led the way and led the way for the growth? Tell me that you really a, a figure that really stood out to you. \n\nBill Lawyer: Um. Yeah. The one, the one figure that really stood out for me was the, the gentleman that hired me at the city of Keizer.\n\nHis name's Wally Mole. Um, Wally was, um, born and raised in Keizer, um, worked for the water district, took a summer job in the water district to dig, dig in ditches, and ended up making a career career out of it. Um, he ultimately became the Public Works director for the city after incorporation, and then the city manager for a while before he retired.\n\nUm, as I said, he hired me. To the my, to my position at the city when I started. And he just set a great example. I mean, he, he allowed everybody, all the staff","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=540.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that worked for and with him to learn, grow, expand, um, didn't encourage people to take on new challenges, um, and just was instrumental in building the public works department that the city has today.\n\nRobert Becker: How have the green spaces changed in the parks? How they have changed on their, especially maybe relation to Keizer Rapids Park, because I know that was a big project. \n\nBill Lawyer: Keizer Rapids was a big project and that has changed. Um, I mean that's a very well used regional park. Um, any day you go out there, if it's nice, that's just packed with people.\n\nUm, the rest of the park system in Keizer has really expanded since I started. Um, Meadows Park, Ben Miller Park. Wallace House Park. Um. The country, Glen Park. Um, what's another one? We're all developed in my time working for Keizer. Um, Wallace house was one that we inherited from the county, but there was nothing there.\n\nUm, we improved it, put the playground","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=600.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"in pathway, and then in the recent years, cleared up the bottom land to get down, up by the river and open that whole area up for passive recreational use. So the, the green spaces have really expanded since I came to, came to Keizer. Um, just with the growth of the city and additional parks being added to the inventory, \n\nRobert Becker: is there anything today that you look back and kind of miss about, let's say the old Keizer or Green stands out?\n\nBill Lawyer: I kind of miss the, the more defined small town feel. Um, as I said, as we've grown, that has gotten weaker. Just because there's more people in it. That's a dynamic that's bound to happen in a city that that increases population and spreads out a little bit. \n\nRobert Becker: How would you like to see the city then? What, what would be, what would, how would you like to see the city grow maybe in the next 5, 10, 20 years?\n\nMm. I know we have a lot of issues because we don't have a lot of room to grow out, right? \n\nBill Lawyer: Yes. But no room to grow","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=660.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"out at this point, really. Um, my feeling is I would like to see Keizer. Not grow out, but develop within the current boundaries, um, in a, I'll say a little more dense manner, but not ultra dense.\n\nUm, there's a project underway right now up at North Keizer, off Clear Lake Road that's gonna be what I call a townhouse development, um, individual. Lots, townhouses on individual lots that are gonna be 25 feet wide and kinda like a row house development. Um. Uh, that doesn't work for me in Keizer, but it doesn't have to work for me.\n\nBut that's, if, if more and more of that comes into town, that's gonna change the feel of Keizer a lot just because of the density and just the look \n\nRobert Becker: you, you're participating in. These are all histories and, and hopefully, we'll, we'll continue with them. Do you think then, why","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=720.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"do you want to participate? You think it's really, why are your things not preserving Keizer history?\n\nBill Lawyer: I just wanna make sure that, that the history and that the information and knowledge that I have can be shared with others in the future. Um, I watched the city grow dramatically in my time, in my 36 years with the city, um, changes to the, to the landscape, um, and a lot of things that I know, I've seen, I've been told, I've learned that it's not documented anywhere.\n\nAnd if we don't get it recorded, it'll be lost at some point. It \n\nRobert Becker: would this think to maybe as advice to future generations or, uh, you have additional advice for future? \n\nBill Lawyer: Absolutely. Yeah. Share, share your knowledge. Share your, share your, um, experiences. Um, write it down, record it, share it with others so it can be shared when you're gone.\n\nRobert Becker: Excellent. Alright. Those are my questions. Do you have any? Sorry. I say you came at the end. I know I was really holding it. Any other, \n\nBill Lawyer: you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=780.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"know, the one thing I, I'll just say, when I came to Keizer, when I first came to Keizer, um, as I mentioned it was more like a small town, very much more like a small town had that small town charm.\n\nUm, and to give you some idea, when you went north of Wheatland Road with the Wheatland Road River Road intersection mm-hmm. There was nothing that was farmland. Um. The terrace green subdivision was out there. Um, that was about it. Once you got out there, you're in, you're in the country. Um, the Willamette Lutheran homes was out there.\n\nThat seemed like it was way out. It's really not. But just the feel, because there was, there was no houses out there. It was, it was small, I shouldn't say small, larger lots with houses on it, and then farmland, wheat fields. So now it's all houses. \n\nRobert Becker: So do you then know about, let me, obviously you do. So blocking off Clear Lake, because I'll be honest, I lived here for 10 years before I realized it was actually Clear Lake.\n\nMm-hmm. Behind the Lamb Lutheran. I was literally stunned like, oh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=840.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"what? What? Do you know anything about that? And how that my friend, colleague, my son, used to, you know, there's an old playground back there. Yes. They used to go and all that. \n\nBill Lawyer: Interesting. You ask. I actually worked for the Will Island at Lutheran Homes before I worked for the city of Keizer.\n\nI was their maintenance engineer. And so I learned the history of the Lutheran homes and learned that the lake has been there forever. Literally, it's all private property, all the way, all the way around it. The Willamette Lutheran homes owns property down to the lake on the, on the east side, on portion of it.\n\nFarmers own the other sides of it. There was a county park down there with a playground that you could go down and rent boats and take the boats out on the lake. Um, when I was at the Lutheran homes, there was the old dock for the boats was, was still there. It's since rotted away. Um, but in talking with the gentleman that my son played little league ball with, he grew up out there and he's the one that told me about renting the boats.\n\nAnd he used to spend a lot of his summer days down there hanging out on the park and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=900.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"playing swimming in the lake. Um, it's. Outside the city limits. Um, there's no public access to Clear Lake. It's all private property. Um, I don't know why necessarily. Um, but that's the way it is. And, and fortunately I've been able to use connections and contacts that I have in Keizer to have access across the private property to get to Clear Lake, to Duck Hunt, and I had my boys raise my boys duck hunting on Clear Lake.\n\nDo you still do that? We still do, yes. Wow. Mm-hmm. \n\nRobert Becker: So, but no idea why there wouldn't have been some type of easement or \n\nBill Lawyer: No idea. No idea other than, than the, than the agricultural use around the lake and the farmers being protective of that. That's the only thing. But I don't know if that's accurate or factual or not, but I, I really don't know \n\nRobert Becker: and maybe done this, so, but I heard a story that part of the reason why it's not clear anymore is because, uh, they, when they're building roads, they would take a lot of gravel out of there and that kind of disrupted the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=960.0,1020.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"soil.\n\nBill Lawyer: No, no, no. \n\nRobert Becker: Okay. I'm wrong. \n\nBill Lawyer: No, I can. Part of the reason that Clear Lake is not as clear as it used to be is because a fair amount of the storm drainage from North Keizer ends up in Clear Lake. Oh. And so when you have storm drainage going into the Clear Lake, you add nutrients, you add fertilizers, you add things that are not naturally getting to the lake, and that has made the lake change.\n\nI watched it. Firsthand watched it as I hunted down there. Um, over the years it got less and less clear. It's still really clear at some points in the year. Um, but that's, in my opinion, that's the biggest, that's why it changed is what was from the storm buildings that goes in there. \n\nRobert Becker: Alright. Yeah. Do these.\n\nBill Lawyer: So there you learned something. Here you go. \n\nRobert Becker: Any additional thoughts, uh, before we kind of close this one out? \n\nBill Lawyer: No, I don't think so. I think I'm alright. \n\nRobert Becker: Alright. Well this has been great. Again, thank you so much for your time. \n\nBill Lawyer: You bet. Happy to do it. We'll \n\nRobert Becker: keep going. \n\nBill Lawyer: Very","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=1020.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201/transcript/79991/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"good. Lemme know when you'll do it again.\n\nI \n\nRobert Becker: will definitely. Okay, super. Thank \n\nBill Lawyer: you. You bet. Good boy. He's out there just sleeping like no other.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://keizerheritagemuseum.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3247/collection_resources/148670/file/273201#t=1080.0,1114.58133"}]}]}]}