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Mayor Clark: “We’re all in”
Today in History
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting
the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes,” becomes the law of the land.
— January 16, 1919
Food 4 Thought
“I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied
whether alcohol was going to be served or not.”
— Betty Ford, First Lady 1974-77
The Month Ahead
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.
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10 a.m.
in the Anderson Room of the Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE). “Reviewing Space for WVGS Collections at
the City Library” will be discussed. For more information,
call (503) 363-0880.
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.
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
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.
Thursday, January 22
Traffi c/Bikeways/Pedestrians Committee meeting, 6 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Saturday, January 24 – Sunday, January 25
Oregon Wedding Showcase, Oregon State Fairgrounds. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is $7. Fashion shows at 12:30 and 3 p.m. each
day. oregonweddingshowcase.com.
Monday, January 26
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
K-FEST (Keizer Festival and Events Services Team)
meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, January 27
Stormwater Advisory Committee meeting, 11:30 a.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
Keizer Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
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.
Saturday, January 31
Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” starts at 9:55 a.m.
at Regal Santiam Stadium 11, 365 Lancaster Drive SE.
Starring Vittorio Grigolo. Tickets are available at the door,
$22 for seniors and $26 for general. (503) 983-6030.
Sunday, February 1
Angela Cheng, Pianist, 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church 1444 Liberty Street SE. Music of Mozart, Schubert,
Schumann and Prokofi ev. (503) 362-3661 or visit www.
stpaulsoregon.org.
Sunday, February 8
Afternoon Tea benefi t for Keizer Community Library, 1:30
p.m. Multi-course tea. Music by Bonfi re Bettys. Vintage
hat and glove display. $25 per person. Call 503-363-4548
for tickets. Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E.
keizerlibrary.org.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Last week Cathy Clark be-
came the new mayor of Keiz-
er.
This week, she gave her
fi rst State of the City address.
Clark gave her speech at
Tuesday’s Keizer Chamber
of Commerce luncheon at
Keizer Quality Suites, eight
days after being sworn in as
mayor. Clark served on the
Keizer City Council for the
past eight years and took over
Keizer’s top spot from Lore
Christopher, who led the city
for 14 years.
During her speech, Clark
emphasized Keizerites work-
ing together, the health of the
city and plans moving forward.
“When people move to
Keizer, time and time again
you hear people say they feel
like they have moved home,”
Clark said. “Businesses say this
feels like home.”
Clark said the city motto of
Pride, Spirit and Volunteerism
is more than a mere motto.
“We live it every day,” she
said. “We have decided we’re
all in. We show up. We show
up at meetings, at openings,
at celebrations. We work in
the parks, we coach our kids’
sports teams. When it comes
to making Keizer a commu-
nity, we’re all in.”
Clark gave praise to Keizer
police chief John Teague for
the work he’s done since re-
turning to take over the Keiz-
er Police Department in the
fall of 2013.
“Chief Teague has been ef-
fective in getting results,” she
said. “He uses problem-ori-
ented policing. It’s about the
identifying and fi xing of the
root problems.”
public
hearings
The Keizer City Coun-
cil will hold a public hear-
ing on Tuesday, Jan. 20 to take
comments on the city’s draft
fi ndings for an exemption of
the selection of brand name
specifi cation materials for the
Big Toy play structure. The
hearing takes place at 7 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Council will also hold a
public hearing that night for
comments on a master plan/
lot line adjustment for Area C
of Keizer Station. Bonaven-
ture Senior Housing and
Mountain West Investments
have submitted an applica-
tion to amend the previously
approved master plan for the
area and to consolidate eight
existing parcels into four par-
cels.
looking
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5 YEARS AGO
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Boundary. But we can’t wait
to fi nish that process before
we take care of the land we
have.”
Clark wants the commis-
sion to target businesses in
key sectors and lure them into
Keizer, particularly along Riv-
er Road.
“We need to make sure
they can be successful here,”
she said. “We brought in fi ve
commission members who
have businesses on River
Road. We did that on purpose.
We want to make sure we can
be a strong community.”
As she has mentioned be-
fore, Clark will be continuing
her Coffee with Cathy meet-
ings, an informal time for citi-
zens to meet with the mayor
and offer ideas or suggestions.
“There are great ideas from
people who really love Keiz-
er,” Clark said. “I’m privileged
to listen in on your ideas for
Keizer.”
Let’s make a deal
on Keizer Station
property
The Keizer City Council has
put off a decision on possible
condemnation of a Keizer
couple’s land at the freeway,
opting instead to take one more
shot at negotiating to buy the
property.
The Keizer Chamber of
Commerce honored Keizertimes
publisher Les Zaitz as Keizer
First Citizen, Jim Nardi of
Uptown Music as merchant
of the year and Whiteaker’s
Sally Phillips for her service to
education.
20 YEARS AGO
City seeks grant to
pay for home repairs
Keizer offi cials are aggressively
seeking a $300,000 Community
Development Block Grant that
will help low- and moderate-
income residents repair their
homes.
Clark made it clear several
times during her speech she’s
looking forward to the future
in Keizer.
“I want to let you know
Keizer works,” she said. “Keiz-
er works because we’re com-
mitted to making it work.
We’re all in.”
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Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark delivers her fi rst State of the City
address Tuesday at the Keizer Quality Suites during the Keizer
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Prime Steak has closed
Prime Steak and Seafood
at McNary Golf Club has
closed. The golf club manager
described the closing as “fairly
sudden.”
Chamber honors
publisher, teacher,
‘music man’
DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH!
Clark touched on the 19
parks in Keizer and empha-
sized the need for sustainabil-
ity.
“As much as we’d like to
think we will be here forever,
we won’t be,” she said. “We
have to have new people get
involved in the parks so they
can be sustainable.”
Related to that, Clark men-
tioned the Big Toy play struc-
ture coming to Keizer Rapids
Park. A fi ve-day community
build is scheduled for June 10
to 14, with more information
online at keizerbigtoy.org.
“Grab your kids, your
neighbors and go sign up,”
Clark said. “Let’s come to-
gether and build a fantastic
play place for our kids, our
grandkids, our community. I
couldn’t be prouder to be part
of a community that wants to
do something like this. We are
going to make this happen.”
Clark said Keizer has come
through the Great Recession
in “fi ne form” and has a bright
future.
“If I were to summarize the
state of the city, we are start-
ing to boom,” she said. “You
look at Keizer Station, River
Road, our new developments.
And we are poised to do even
more.”
While noting success of
businesses in Keizer Station,
Clark also mentioned the
Keizer Economic Develop-
ment Commission she’s chair-
ing, which builds upon the
previous River Road Renais-
sance task force and the Keizer
Compass future planning.
“These plans are rich in
ideas and possibilities for the
community,” Clark said. “We
need more land. We need to
expand the Urban Growth
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Gone Girl (R)
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Fury (R) Sat 6:40
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