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Today in History
John Glenn becomes the fi rst American in space as his
Friendship 7 spaceship orbits three times before returning to
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— February 20, 1962
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“Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too
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— First man on the moon Neil Armstrong,
before a joint session of Congress
The Month Ahead
Continuing through Saturday, February 28
Helen, fresh take on Euripides’ tragicomedy. Willamette
University, 900 State Street, go to willamette.edu/cla/
theater for tickets information. For more information email
tht-tix@willamette.edu or (503)370-6221.
Friday, February 20
Oregon Symphony is playing at Willamette Smith
Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40- $55 and are available
at tickets.orsymphany.org.
Saturday, February 21
Brahms Requiem featuring Willamette Master Chorus,
Salem Chamber Orchestra, and Willamette Chamber Choir
perform at Willamette Hudson Hall. Show starts at 7:30
p.m. Call (503) 581-4325 for tickets; $10- $45.
Monday, February 23
Keizer Festivals and Events Services Team (K-FEST)
meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, February 24
Government Affairs meeting, 7:30 a.m. at Keizer Civic
Center.
Keizer Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, February 26
Keizer Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian Committee
meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Friday, February 27
Dancing with the Salem Stars starts at 7:30 p.m. at The
Historic Elsinore Theatre.
Monday, March 1
University of Oregon Gospel Choir, 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church 1444 Liberty Street SE. Directed by Andiel
Brown. (503) 362-3661 or visit stpaulsoregon.org.
Thursday, March 5
In the Mood Live begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore
Theatre
Saturday, March 7
Knight of Arts Show and Auction, annual benefi t for all arts
programs at McNary High School. Silent auction tables,
lively oral auction in Ken Collins Theatre; food and beverages
available. 5:30-9 p.m. Admission is $10. mcnaryfi nearts.org.
Friday, March 13 – Saturday, March 14
Native Plant Sale from 10 a.m - 6 p.m., Friday and 9 a.m.
– 1 p.m., Saturday at Bauman Farms, 12989 Howell Prairie
Road Gervais, Oregon.
Saturday, March 14
Rossini’s La Donna del Lago based on the novel by Sir
Walter Scott starts at 9:55 a.m. at Regal Santiam Stadium
11, 365 Lancaster Drive SE. Tickets are available at the door,
$22 for seniors and $26 for general. (503) 983-6030.
Sunday, March 15
Salem Concert Band presents Historic Elsinore Theater In
The Steps of Sousa 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.
Saturday, March 21
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus LIVE! Starring
Peter Story in the theatrical comedy based on the best-
selling book. Begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore.
Sunday, March 22
Los Lobos, 7:30 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre.
Thursday, April 16 - Saturday, May 2
The Country Wife paints a frank picture of rakish hero
who goes to any length to engage in scandalous liaisons
with the wives of courtly colleagues. Willamette University,
900 State Street, go to willamette.edu/cla/theater for
tickets information. For more information email tht-tix@
willamette.edu or (503)370-6221.
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By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer City Councilors
can see where they are going.
Councilors spent their
work session on Feb. 9 fi ne
tuning goals they hope to
accomplish in the next two
years, as well as long-term
goals.
The work session built
upon goals talked about in
a similar meeting back in
December. The goals are
expected to be formally
adopted during one of the
regular council meetings in
March, most likely the March
2 meeting.
One of the main new short-
term goals is Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) expansion,
which was previously listed as
a long-term goal.
“Is there a consensus to
move that to short-term?”
Mayor Cathy Clark asked
councilors.
City
Manager
Chris
Eppley noted progress being
made towards that.
“It’s almost impossible for
that goal not to occur,” Eppley
said. “There is additional work
to accomplish before that, like
we have to do transportation
planning outside the UGB
area in the area the UGB
will likely be added. We are
applying for grants to do that.
It’s expensive work. The state
keeps promising us grants to
do it, but we keep missing it
by one of two. We’ve applied
three or four times now.
We’re hoping fi fth time is the
charm.”
In regards to a timing
question from councilor
Brandon Smith, Eppley said
UGB is an expansion.
“We’re ready to start on it,”
Eppley said. “We’ll budget for
it regardless. We will be ready
to move forward regardless (of
grants).”
Once it’s time to actually
work on UGB expansion,
Eppley noted there will be
community discussion and
city leaders will seek direction.
“We will ultimately need
direction in terms of low,
medium or high growth
and things like the type of
industrial or commercial land
to develop a realistic land
supply need,” said Eppley,
who noted other entities such
as the city of Salem would
have to give their support.
Councilor Marlene Quinn
brought up the goal of adding
a full-time parks employee,
while Smith augmented
that with coming up with a
stable funding mechanism for
parks. Smith was chair of the
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board in 2013
when that board spent much
of the year going over ideas
for stable funding, only to
be told late in the year to
put plans on hold in order to
focus on the Big Toy at Keizer
Rapids Park.
looking
back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
City faces $220K
revenue shortfall
Spending cuts may occur in
order to balance the current
general fund budget. Revenues
from a variety of sources are
coming in less than expected.
“That’s
a
good discussion
for the Parks
Board and the
community to
have,” Clark said.
“I want to make
sure people don’t
think we will be
hiring someone
tomorrow.”
C l a r k
brought up the
idea of increased
community
engagement.
“The purpose is to better
understand what people
need and connect them with
volunteer opportunities,” she
said. “We have heard many
times we need a volunteer
coordinator and we need to
be more inclusive with all
sectors of the community. I
know there are areas we can
improve.”
Councilor Roland Herrera
agreed, especially in terms
of reaching the Latino
community.
“I think the process is
something overdue,” Herrera
said. “(Police) Chief John
Teague has been instrumental
in reaching out. Fire Chief
Jeff Cowan is a champion in
reaching out. I would like to
be able to help out with that.”
Clark suggested having
a communications person
and coordinator to help
identify needs. Eppley noted
government typically is not
good at such communications.
“We need to be getting out
to the community and getting
our message out,” Eppley said.
“We need a person taking on
an active role of using social
media to get us engaged with
the part of the community
that uses it. There are a lot of
uses for this kind of position
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
(Top) Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark (far left) speaks as Keizer
City Councilors Dennis Koho and Marlene Quinn listen during
a work session on Feb. 9. (Above) Councilor Brandon Smith
(left) listens as Amy Ripp speaks during the meeting.
for telling our story. I like the
idea, maybe as a long-range
goal because that helps us
make sure we have a stable
funding source. We’d want
to take a very deliberate
approach. Staff is expensive, so
we’d want to sustain what we
can do.”
Youth councilor Ryan
Edsall noted he’s been
working on a youth page
program.
“You would have a shadow
attend meetings,” Edsall said.
“The page would follow that
councilor, maybe take that
information and put it to use
on a youth council.”
Eppley noted a lead youth
could coordinate the efforts,
which would be a good thing
on a resume.
“It’s a great thing to have,”
Eppley said.
Clark is eager to see the
idea expanded upon.
“This is a concept we need
to fl ush out with logistics,”
she said. “We would want it
as open as possible for Keizer
youth to participate in the
program.”
Clark has been key in
sudoku
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from 1-9 into
the blank
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
10 YEARS AGO
Big screen
coming to Keizer
Developers
of
Keizer
Station said they are in fi nal
negotiations with Wallace
Theatres to bring a 14-screen
cinema to the city.
15 YEARS AGO
Woman found
unconscious, dies
A Keizer woman was found
unconscious
at
Keizer
Elementary School and died
before medics could get her to
the hospital.
20 YEARS AGO
Swimmers place
high in District 8
The McNary High School
boys swim team will probably
take third place at District 8
championships, according to
coach Kim Phillips.
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getting youth involved with
the council and has expressed
a desire to expand the
outreach.
“It’s something I’ve been
passionate about,” she said. “It
irritates the cookies out of me
to see the (youth council) seat
vacant. To have two people
this year, I’m thrilled. Not
only to have you learn from
us, but I’m learning from
you. There is a lot of support
to move forward with this. I
think it’s a brilliant idea.”
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