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World Beat is June 27, 28
KT on vacation
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz
Brad Keizer and his fi ance, Deanna Balster, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, visited Keizer recently and had their picture taken in
front of the Keizertimes offi ce. The trip was on Mr. Keizer’s bucket list due to his last name. As far as he knows he is not related
to city namesake Thomas Dove Keizur.
KPIC fl ood project continues
By CRAIG MURPHY
20th century was the 39 feet
Of the Keizertimes
recorded in 1923, followed by
Floods often rise quickly.
38 feet, 6 inches in 1943. Since
A project to mark historic 37 feet was recorded in 1964,
fl oods in Keizer isn’t moving the only high fl ood of note
quite as quickly.
came in late 1996, when the
Members of the Keizer water hit 35 feet, 1 inch.
Points of Interest Commit-
Jill Bonney-Hill, KPIC
tee (KPIC) are
chair, is look-
continuing to
ing up infor-
move forward
mation about
with plans to
the 1861 fl ood.
have markings
Erica Hedberg
on a sign at
is looking up
Keizer Rap-
the 1890 fl oods
ids Park along
while
Sher-
the Willamette
rie Gottfried
River, denot-
and Charlotte
— Jill Bonney-Hill Clark
ing some of the
have
highest fl oods
tagged team to
over the years.
get informa-
The river’s fl ood stage is 23 tion from 1943. Kris Adams is
feet, 8 inches. That mark has gathering details from the 1964
been surpassed several times, fl oods and Bev Ecklund is get-
with the highest recorded level ting information about the
being 47 feet in 1861. Other 1996 fl oods.
highwater marks from the 19th
At their meeting last month,
century include 45 feet, 3 inch- KPIC members watched video
es in 1890 and 44 feet, 5 inches of the 1996 fl oods, which made
in 1881.
national news.
The highest mark from the
Bonney-Hill shared her up-
“The fl oods
wiped out
the town of
Champoeg.”
date about the 1861 fl oods.
“Everything I read said
there are no pictures of the
1861 fl oods,” she said. “The
fl oods wiped out the town of
Champoeg, which was nev-
er rebuilt. One person went
around on horse and buggy to
rescue people.”
Gottfried found pictures of
the 1943 fl oods while Anita
Zahniser found information
about that year. Adams, who
moved to town shortly after
the 1964 fl oods, is whittling
down the pictures and infor-
mation she gathered about
those fl oods.
Not surprisingly, Ecklund is
having a different problem than
most others.
“There’s a lot more infor-
mation for 1996 out there,” she
said.
Ecklund is not only looking
up the most modern fl oods,
she’s also using modern tech-
nology to get the word out
about KPIC.
“I started a Facebook page
for this group,” she said. “Type
in Keizer Points of Interest on
Facebook. Feel free to post or
give me things to post.”
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The Salem World Beat Festival is slated for June 27 and 28 at
Riverfront Park in Salem.
The World Beat Festival offers the opportunity to explore
more than 70 cultures with 125 performances scheduled.
Featured events include:
• Discover the Drum - Maraval Road Steel Drummers, Am
Hough Samba and Maracutopdx (Brazil) Okropong and Ekome
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main stage drum jams and steel drum jams with drummers from
every continent.
• Taste the Culture - Filipino lumpia, French crepes, Nepali
momos (potstickers), Dutch poffertjes (sweet cakes), Somali
chicken in beri-beri sauce, lamb gyros with tzadziki and feta,
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