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Today in History
President John Adams approves legislation establishing the
Library of Congress.
— April 24, 1800
Food 4 Thought
“All modern American literature comes from one book by
Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
— Ernest Hemingway
The Month Ahead
Through 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.
Through Saturday, May 9
All My Sons by Arthur Miller, at Pentacle Theatre through
Saturday, May 9. For tickets and schedule visit pentacletheatre.
org.
Friday, April 24
Mid-Valley Literacy Center’s Spotlight on Literacy fundraiser at
the Kroc Center, 1865 Bill Frey Drive. Tickets $40. Call 503-463-
1488. 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci starts at 9:55 a.m. at Regal
Santiam Stadium 11, 365 Lancaster Drive SE. Directed by Sir
David McVicar. Tickets are available at the door, $22 for seniors
and $26 for general. (503) 983-6030.
Saturday, April 25 – Sunday, April 26
28th annual Oregon Ag Fest, Oregon State Fairgrounds. Large
variety of activities and displays. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on
Saturday, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $9. Free parking.
For complete schedule visit oragfest.com.
Monday, April 27
Keizer Young Life Taste of Keizer fundraiser. Dinner and oral
auction. Tickets: $25 or $200 to host a table. Purchase at www.
keizer.younglife.org.
Tuesday, April 28
Keizer Public Arts Commission, 6 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center.
Free admission day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State
Street.
Candidates spar for a sparse crowd
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
No matter audience size,
candidates take advantage of
candidate forums.
Such was the case April 16
as eight candidates for various
races came to the Greater Gub-
ser Neighborhood Association
meeting. The number of candi-
dates dwarfed the audience size.
Richard Stevenson and Col-
leen Busch are competing for
the Salem-Keizer Transit Board
subdistrict No. 2 seat currently
held by Brad Coy.
Incumbent Chuck Lee and
challenger Tim Moles, running
for the Salem-Keizer School
Board Zone 6 seat, met. Betty
Hart and Jim Taylor, running
for Keizer Fire District Position
5, were both present as were
Chet Patterson and James Mul-
hern, who are competing for
Position 3 on the KFD board.
Mulhern has been with the
Marion County Fire District
for 21 years.
“I’m running because I saw
the disconnect with the MCFD
and the KFD,” Mulhern said. “I
was there when we shared per-
sonnel, co-existed and worked
together to keep the com-
munity safe. Since then prob-
lems have arose and lines were
drawn. This year we have a new
(MCFD) chief, a couple of new
board members and an oppor-
tunity to come together for the
citizens and save money.”
Patterson has been involved
with the KFD since retiring as
an accountant.
“I have 25 years of strategic
planning and fi nancial plan-
ning,” Patterson said. “Getting
involved goes back to my fi rst
time in the city council and
then again in the 1990s. I was
on the citizens advisory com-
mittee (for the KFD). I helped
put together plans for the levy
election that passed last year.
“The most critical thing
is what to do with fi re equip-
ment,” he added. “They are an
aging fl eet that needs a lot of
attention. There’s a tremendous
amount of work for the next
board members to take care of
the needs. My fi nancial back-
ground brings a lot to the board.
We have mutual aid agreements
with MCFD. I think the rela-
tionship is working, but maybe
there is work to be done.”
Betty Hart’s husband was on
the KFD board for years until
health issues led him to retire.
“I helped hire the fi re chief,”
Hart said of KFD chief Jeff
Cowan. “I have a background
in management. I have good
background and experience in
listening to people and getting
collaborative efforts.”
Taylor pointed to his 12 years
on the Keizer City Council and
would like to see a change.
“We work better with the
Marion County Fire District
now, but it was a root canal,”
Taylor said of the battle be-
tween the two districts several
years ago. “We got MCFD more
involved in the city. I would like
to see the Keizer Fire District
get along better with Marion
County. There’s still some stuff
on our end that needs to stop.”
Lee is running for a third
school board term.
“I love to represent Keizer,”
Lee said. “For eight years we’ve
done some great things. Gradu-
ation rates have improved, test
scores have improved yet we
still cut $140 million out of the
budget. We laid off 500 teach-
ers, yet we have more kids now.
We have the second largest
school district in the state, with
60 percent of our kids in pov-
erty. This is the year we’re being
mandated to start full-day kin-
dergarten.”
Moles gave kudos to Lee for
the work he’s doing to start the
new Career and Technical Edu-
cation Center (CTEC) this fall.
“I believe that the commu-
nity provides their treasure and
their blood to the schools, to re-
turn them tenfold,” Moles said.
“That has not been met. That
gap can be fi lled by teaching
basic principles of how to get a
job. When I taught high school
auto shop, I taught them how to
get jobs. Kids today can’t walk
and chew gum at the same time.
Our state’s last in education.
There’s nothing to be proud of
for any of us.”
Busch noted her husband,
Bob, has been a volunteer with
the KFD for 25 years.
“I bring listening and prob-
lem solving skills,” Busch said.
“I see transit in our area as be-
ing important to bring people
to businesses and events and
schools. The transit district is
working on Moving Forward
phase 2 with weekend and eve-
ning service coming back and
asking how we want to pay for
it, property tax or payroll tax.
I’m in favor of a property tax.”
Stevenson previously did
public service in New Jersey.
“I got involved after the cut-
ting of the Saturday service,”
Stevenson said. “That piqued
my interest, plus the Court-
house Square mess. It’s my busi-
ness to study. I was appointed to
an advisory committee in 2012
with the sole purpose of bring-
ing back Saturday service. I
think it’s doable. The payroll tax
is the way to go. It’s more eq-
uitable and a lower tax rate per
person. If you do the property
levy, fi ve years from now you’ll
have to ask again. A payroll tax
is permanent, so you’ll never
have to worry about it not be-
ing there again.”
Hart noted following an
ambulance one day and seeing
smoke come out of it.
“All of the equipment is
aging,” she said. “Some of the
newest equipment is 10 years
old. There is a plan for bring-
ing new equipment online. You
have to replace the most critical
pieces fi rst. They have done a
good job with that.”
Patterson noted there’s a 20-
year plan to replace equipment.
“You can’t do it all on Day
1,” he said. “At least one aid car
will start at the KFD offi ce, but
can’t get started again on the
site (of an incident). There’s a
great plan in place.”
Taylor disagrees with fi re-
fi ghters going to medical calls.
“Why take the expensive
equipment?” he asked. “Get
an SUV so you leave someone
at the station. The trucks are
$500,000; there’s no reason to
put the extra miles on them.”
Mulhern said now is a great
time to get new equipment.
“It’s good to have a plan with
scheduled apparatus replace-
ment,” he said. “Now is a good
time to do the bond levy. Keizer
has a good format with what
they have.”
Regulations for vet clinics clarifi ed
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Veterinarian regulations in
Keizer have been clarifi ed.
Members of the Keizer Plan-
ning Commission approved
the revised regulations dur-
ing their April 8 meeting. The
regulations are being sent to the
Keizer City Council for fi nal
approval.
After an hour of discussion –
in addition to time spent on the
issue in February – commission-
ers unanimously adopted the
following wording for veteri-
narians: “All operations shall be
conducted within completely
enclosed and soundproof build-
ings and any overnight stays be
limited to short-term care that
is incidental to the practice of
veterinary medicine.”
Commissioners also decid-
ed a subsection B to city code
2.414 (Veterinary Services) be
left alone, while a proposed new
subsection C was cut, with most
of that wording being added
to the fi rst subsection. Outside
runs can only be operated from
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The decision came in re-
sponse to a request from Dr.
Leanne West Eggert, owner of
Creekside Veterinary Clinic and
husband Jonathan Eggert, the
practice manager. The Eggerts
purchased the clinic at 5456
River Road North in 2011 and
have seen the business grow.
Due to the growth, the Eg-
gerts are looking for a bigger fa-
cility. They found four potential
sites, all located in the Mixed
Use (MU) zone, which as
written now doesn’t allow the
boarding of animals. As such,
the Eggerts requested an update
to regulations to allow their ser-
vice to be in a MU setting.
Sam Litke, senior planner for
Keizer, noted it was a “pretty
straightforward” request.
“The applicants want to
keep boarding of animals for
care,” Litke said. “These amend-
ments would allow the use.”
Nate Brown, director of
Community Development for
Keizer, emphasized a restriction.
“The only way we are sug-
gesting to you that overnight
boarding can occur is in con-
junction with vet use,” Brown
said.
Leanne Eggert liked the pro-
posed amendments.
“We are very much in sup-
port of this text amendment,”
she said. “It looks good to us.
On our part, we will not be
having any outdoor kennel at
all. For us it won’t be an issue.”
One of the key points of dis-
cussion was what “short-term
care” meant exactly, as in what
time limit should be specifi ed.
“I don’t know how you want
to phrase short-term stay,” Egg-
ert said. “We rarely have animals
for more than a week, usually
two or three days. Sometimes
we’ll have an ill animal whose
owner is going out of town. So
far that has only been for geckos
and rabbits. They are very qui-
et.”
Commissioner Jim Jacks
noted the ambiguity with the
term.
“There was some question
about short-term, if that meant
a week or if it was two to three
months,” Jacks said.
Commissioner Hersch Sang-
ster suggested staying away from
a limit on the number of days.
“I’m for limited short-term
care,” Sangster said. “I’m fear-
ful of limiting it to a number of
days, since then we’re jumping
into animal science.”
Brown emphasized board-
ing for non-veterinary purposes
would be a different discussion.
“That is a separate use,” he
said. “That would have to be
in a zone that allows veterinary
and boarding. MU only allows
for veterinarian use. If you want
to board dogs and also do vet-
erinarian service, it would have
to be in a zone that allows for
both boarding and veterinarian,
which is not MU.”
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Saturday, May 2
Fabric Fair, Salem Scottish Rite Center, 4090 Commercial St.
S.E. Noon to 4 p.m. Large variety of fabric and notions for sale to
benefi t charities. 503-409-2543. facebook.com/fabricfair.
Artists’ reception, Keizer Art Association, in connection with
May exhibit, Celebration of Flowers, 2-4 p.m. Keizer Heritage
Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Show at Enid Joy Mount Gallery
runs through May 30. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m, Thursdays and
Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. keizerarts.com.
Free Comic Book Day at Tony’s Kingdom of Comics, 5420 River
Road N, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 3.
Sunday, May 3
Lemonade Day in Keizer and Salem. Hundreds of stands created
by kids throughout the region will sell lemonade made from
their own recipes. Teaches children about entrepreneurship.
Monday, May 4
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, May 5
Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center.
Community Build Task Force meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer Civic
Center.
Thursday, May 7
Keizer Budget Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer Civic
Center.
Saturday, May 9
Moonlight Masquerade, St. Edward Catholic Church’s 10th
annual auction/dinner. 6 p.m. $25 tickets include dinner and
one drink. Masks are encouraged. For tickets visit sainteds.
weshareonline.org.
Keizer Art Association presents its annual fundraiser, The
Mad Hatter Tea Party, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Keizer Heritage
Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. Tea, light luncheon, tea hat
contest and more. Tickets are $20, $200 for table of eight,
available from any KAA board member. For more information
visit keizerarts.com.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
City park gets
community garden
Mike Whittam Park, near the
Little League fi elds, is being
transformed into a community
garden this summer, the fi rst
garden within a Keizer city
park.
Enter digits
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
Proposed meeting
for Keizer Rapids
Park draws crowd
Crowd reaction ranged from
totally opposed to just curious
at a meeting this week to
discuss plans for the Keizer
Rapids Park project.
15 YEARS AGO
Developer plans
huge Keizer project
A Medford development
company wants to put in a
blend of retail stores, business
complexes and industry in
Keizer along Interstate 5.
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