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Arts Commission works on policies
Today in History
In a strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet invasion
of Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter asks the Senate to
postpone action on the SALT II nuclear weapons treaty and
recalls the U.S. ambassador to Moscow. These actions sent a
message that the age of detente and the friendlier diplomatic
and economic relations that were established between the
United States and Soviet Union during President Richard
Nixon’s administration (1969-74) had ended.
— January 2, 1980
Food 4 Thought
“Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense
confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United
States, we always avoided any direct clash between our
civilians and, most certainly, between our military.”
— Vladimir Putin
The Month Ahead
Sunday, January 4
Vox Resonat, 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 1444
Liberty Street SE. Christmas music of the distant past for a
modern audience. (503) 362-3661 or visit stpaulsoregon.org.
Monday, January 5
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, January 6
Free admission Tuesday at Hallie Ford Museum of Art at
Willamette University, hours are 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. For listing
of exhibits visit willamette.edu/arts/hfma.
Keizer Economic Development Commission meeting, noon
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Community Build Task Force meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Wednesday, January 7
Claggett Creek Watershed Council meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
Room B at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, January 8
West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
Friday, January 9 – Sunday, January 11
Four performances only of Dr. Doolittle, a benefi t for
Pentacle Theatre at Central High School in Independence.
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m.
matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $20, available
at 145 Liberty St. N.E. or online at pentacletheatre.org.
Monday, January 12
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, January 13
Free admission Tuesday at Hallie Ford Museum of Art at
Willamette University, hours are 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. For listing
of exhibits visit willamette.edu/arts/hfma.
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Wednesday, January 14
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, January 15
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Greater Gubser Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m.
at Gubser Elementary School.
Saturday, January 17
The Merry Widow starts at 9:55 a.m. at Regal Santiam
Stadium 11, 365 Lancaster Drive SE. Cast led by Broadway
director and choreographer Susan Stroman. Tickets are
available at the door, $22 for seniors and $26 for general.
(503) 983-6030.
Sunday, January 18
Salem Concert Band presents WU Hudson Hall Bookmarks
from Japan at 3 p.m. at Elsinore Theater, 170 High Street
SE. For tickets and more information call (503) 362-0485 or
go to www.salemconcertband.org.
Monday, January 19
Government offi ces closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Tuesday, January 20
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center. Meeting is a day later than usual due to
the holiday on Monday.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
One contract per person,
or one contract per group?
That was a key point of
discussion during the Dec.
23 Keizer Arts Commission
meeting.
Nate Brown, director of
Community Development for
Keizer, brought up the topic
early in the meeting.
“I suggest we change our
policies a little bit so that staff
has some authority approving
individual art pieces, as long as
you approve the show and the
concept of the show.”
Rick Day, co-chair of KAC
who ran the meeting until
chair Lore Christopher ar-
rived, agreed with the idea.
“We said we generally ap-
prove of the idea, but we
know staff will keep us out of
hot water,” Day said.
Brown said policies such
as expectations of the type of
art would have to be ironed
out, such as no nudity in art
appearing at the Keizer Civic
Center.
“There’s no reason staff
can’t implement those poli-
cies,” Brown said.
Day once again agreed.
“Nate, we were in tune to
begin with and even more so
now,” Day said. “We approve a
show based on the display and
staff can carry out the will.
The nudity issue may not be
the case fi ve years from now.
You’re carrying out the will of
the council at the time.”
Brown said among the
policies to look at would be
whether all pieces in a group’s
collection can be approved
as one or if each artist would
have to sign agreements to
have their work displayed.
“Currently, you have to
approve each piece, piece by
piece,” Brown said.
Day made a motion based
on that.
“We’ll generally approve
the content, but individual
pieces will be looked at by
city staff for appropriateness
along a piece-by-piece basis,”
Day said.
Day clarifi ed his position
after Brown noted the Keizer
City Council would have the
fi nal say on the policy.
“If they feel the call you
made is not appropriate, they
can come to us,” Day said.
“But you are judging about
the hanging of the art.”
The motion was approved
unanimously.
In other business Dec. 23:
• Yes, the group did meet
two days before Christmas.
The meeting time was pushed
up an hour (to 5 p.m.), both
due to the season and because
a couple of commission mem-
bers had other things going on
that evening.
Day chaired the fi rst part
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
It was a blast from the past
for members of the Keizer City
Council meeting.
At their Dec. 15 meeting,
councilors revisited 1999 or-
dinances regarding truancy for
youth in Keizer. City Attorney
Shannon Johnson noted he had
discussions with police chief
John Teague about truancy and
curfew ordinances. That re-
sulted in a new truancy ordi-
nance which revises what hap-
pens to a juvenile who is out
of school, as state law requires
children ages 7 to 18 who have
not graduated to be in school.
The new ordinance also allows
authorized school district per-
sonnel to issue citations similar
to state law for students in vio-
lation of the ordinance.
The curfew is in effect dur-
ing regular school hours. Due
to the minor changes to the
curfew ordinance, Johnson
recommended only an amend-
ment, not a repeal of the 1999
ordinance.
Johnson noted the presump-
tive fi ne for violating the ordi-
nance will be $200.
“The state has the level at
$320,” he said. “We felt that was
on the high side, so we changed
it to $200.”
Councilor Cathy Clark,
who takes over as mayor next
week, had fl ashbacks to nearly
20 years ago.
“Wow, talk about a time
trip,” Clark said. “When this is-
sue fi rst came up, it was one of
the fi rst times I came to testify
to the city. As a homeschool
parent, truancy talk was sweep-
ing the nation. Sometimes
homeschool students were be-
ing unduly stopped.”
Teague recalled those con-
cerns being brought up in
1995.
“Truancy is a different mat-
ter,” he said. “This is a true tru-
ancy ordinance. Previously we
were not allowed to go into
a home or private place to
fetch students and take them
to school. Eight times a month
we’re asked to take a middle
school or high school student
and make them go to school.
We’ve never been able to make
that happen.”
Teague said state education
leaders want 90 percent atten-
dance, a goal not met by 931
of the approximately 6,000 stu-
dents in Keizer last year.
“There are 125 students
who have less than 70 per-
cent (attendance),” Teague said.
“Those are the ones we are re-
ally focused on.”
The ordinances were ap-
proved unanimously by coun-
cilors.
In other recent council
business:
• For the second time in
2014, a new owner for Ringo’s
Tavern was introduced during
the Dec. 15 meeting. At the
April 21 council meeting, Jan
Moravek was billed as the new
owner of the bar located at
4170 River Road N. However,
the deal fell apart and no sale
happened.
The most recent applicants
are Feng De Lei and Kelly Yee,
both of whom were at the
meeting.Yee noted De Lei will
not be changing the name of
the bar and added he was trans-
lating for De Lei.
When asked if De Lei was
familiar with the Oregon Li-
quor Control Commission
(OLCC) responsible vendor
program,Yee answered affirma-
tively.
“He will do everything he
can to prevent from selling to
minors,”Yee said. “He has pre-
vious experience. He had a
restaurant in Stayton and has a
tavern in Albany. I don’t think
local
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of the meeting before yielding
to Christopher, who arrived
about 10 minutes late. Day left
shortly after to attend another
function.
• It would appear KAC
could be in for a name change
soon. Christopher noted the
confusion with having both
KAC and the KAA (Keizer
Arts Association). Her sugges-
tion was to change the name
to KPAC (Keizer Public Arts
Commission).
“We have to go before the
city council to change the
name of the committee from
KAC to KPAC,” Christopher
said. “Does anyone have ob-
jections?”
Beth Melendy referred to
a list of possible new names
commission members had.
“Of the listed names, I
think KPAC was the best,”
Melendy said.
Others agreed with the
choice.
“So we’ll forward that to
council,” Christopher said. “It
perfectly identifi es our public
arts.”
he had any problems with serv-
ing to minors. He’s a pretty
smooth operator.”
Councilors approved the
request for the liquor license
unanimously without com-
ment. The request was for-
warded to the OLCC.
• Councilors approved sev-
eral recommendations from the
Volunteer Coordinating Com-
mittee (VCC). Donna Bradley
was appointed to the Keizer
Parks and Recreation Advisory
board, joined by Dylan Juran.
The Parks Board openings
were created since members
Brandon Smith and Roland
Herrera join the council next
week.
Kris Adams was approved to
join the Keizer Points of Inter-
est Committee while Dennis
Dunning and John Maurice are
joining the Traffi c Safety/Bike-
ways/Pedestrian Committee.
Michael DeBlasi and former
councilor Mark Caillier were
appointed to the Storm Water
Advisory Committee.
VCC members are recom-
mended Bradley for the Keizer
Budget Committee. Mayor
Lore Christopher, however,
noted council wants new vol-
unteers only serving on one
committee. Christopher said
she had talked with Bradley,
who expressed a desire to serve
on the Parks Board.
Christopher thus made a
motion for recommendations
from the VCC to be approved,
with the exception of Bradley
being appointed to the budget
committee. With no comment
from councilors, the motion
was approved unanimously.
Councilors revise ‘99 truancy ordinance
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Keizer Arts Commission members (clockwise from front left)
Lore Christopher, Beth Melendy and Jill Hagen go through
items in a proposed paint bin during their Dec. 23 meeting.
Keizer residents lost any chance
to say whether they would like
to vote on a regional library
after the the Keizer City
Council split down the middle
over putting the question on
the May ballot.
20 YEARS AGO
Hearing on city budget
Keizer offi cials have started a
joint study with representatives
of Salem and Chemawa Indian
School to come up with a
land-use plan for the Chemawa
Activity Center (now Keizer
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