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Today in History
A massive truck bomb explodes outside the U.S. embassy
in Nairobi, Kenya. Minutes later, another truck bomb
detonated outside the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. The dual terrorist attacks killed 224 people,
including 12 Americans, and wounded more than
4,500. The United States accused Saudi exile Osama
bin Laden, a proponent of international terrorism
against America, of masterminding the bombings.
— August 7, 1988
Food 4 Thought
“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem
not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they
seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never
wasted.”
— Garrison Keillor, born Aug. 7, 1942
The Month Ahead
Saturday, August 8
RIVERfair at Keizer Rapids Park, 10 a.m-6 p.m. Vendors,
entertainment, activities. The Brady Goss Band headlines
with free concert at 6 p.m., at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater.
Free. riverfairkeizer.com.
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10:30
a.m. on the fi rst fl oor of the Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE, Salem). Aaron Auer will speak on the topic
of Jason Lee. For more information, call (503) 363-0880.
Monday, August 10
Keizer City Council work session. The council will tour the
new Career and Technical Education Center. 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, August 11
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6
p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Free admission on Tuesdays at Hallie Ford Museum of
Art, 900 State Street. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Matt Paxton from the Lifetime TV show Hoarders: Family
Secrets will be giving a free seminar about hoarding from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the ServiceMaster of Salem Facility,
2275 Judson Street SE. For more information, call 503-
585-4017 or e-mail Mindy at mthalman@smsalem.com.
Wednesday, August 12
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, August 13
Keizer Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian Committee
meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic
Center.
Heritage Thursday Wine Tasting at Keizer Heritage
Center, 6-8 p.m. Tastings, pairings, live music, art
demonstrations. $5 per glass, $3 for refi lls. Explore
the Center, enjoy local wine. keizerheritage.org.
503.393.9660.
Friday, August 14
The Brian Odell Band at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at
Keizer Rapids Park, 6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com.
Saturday, August 15
The North Santiam Band at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater
at Keizer Rapids Park, 6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com.
Monday, August 17
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, August 18
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Free admission on Tuesdays at Hallie Ford Museum of
Art, 900 State Street. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday, August 25
Keizer Public Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Wednesday, August 26
End of Summer Luau at The Arbor of Avamere Court,
5:30-7 p.m., 450 Claggett St. N.E. (behind St. Edward
Catholic Church). Public invited.
Thursday, August 27
Education and support group for those living with loved
ones facing dementia hosted by The Arbor at Avamere
Court, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 450 Claggett St. N.E. (behind St.
Edward Catholic Church). Public invited.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
The eighth annual RIVER-
fair will be held on Saturday,
Aug. 8 at Keizer Rapids Park.
The one-day festival will
run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The
event’s musical headliner, The
Brady Goss Band, will play from
6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free for
all the events.
Staged by the Making Keizer
Better Foundation, RIVERfair
2015 will be a celebration of
Keizer as a place to live, work
and play. Many Keizer charity
organizations and other com-
munity groups will be promi-
nently featured. The day will
include vendor booths, live en-
tertainment, a pet parade, a beer
and wine garden and other ac-
tivities for all ages.
An off-site element of the
festival is the RIVERfair Cruz-
In, a car show that will be held
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Schoolhouse Square parking lot
at the corner of River and Che-
mawa Roads. Awards will be
presented. Contact Paul Pfi nis-
ter at 503-949-8751 or e-mail
info@makingkeizerbetter.org.
Things will kick off with
presentation of the colors by ca-
dets from the Salem Composite
Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol
at 9: 45 a.m.
At 11 a.m. the Copper
Creek Mercantile Pet Parade
and Golden Bones Awards
will begin at the park kiosk at
the dog park parking lot. The
Golden Bones will be awarded
at the concourse stage above
the Keizer Rotary Ampitheatre.
Award categories will include
the Mayor’s Award, President’s
Award, funniest, most unusual
and best look-a-likes.
The popular pie eating con-
test will return at 2 p.m. There
will be four categories: boys 13
and under, girls 13 and under,
men 14 and older and women
14 and older. There will be a
rematch between the Keizer
Fire District and the Keizer Po-
lice Department, which was a
crowd-pleaser last year. Winners
will receive a RIVERfair blue
ribbon.
Shari’s Cafe and Pies is spon-
soring the adult categories; the
Willamette Valley Fruit Pie
Company is providing mini-
pies for the kids contest. The
UPS Store in Keizer is sponsor-
ing the kid’s categories.
There will be demonstra-
tions by the Keizer Police K-9
unit. Local horticulturist Wilbur
Bluhm will lead a nature walk
through Keizer Rapids Park at
12:30 p.m. A second walk will
be scheduled as necessary.
Vendors will range from or-
ganizations to arts/crafts, food
and more.
The Junior Archaeology Dig,
sponsored by the Keizer Com-
munity Library and the Keizer
Heritage Center, returns. Chil-
dren will be loaned a trowel and
a brush to dig for ‘relics’ at the
dig. Each successful digger will
receive a Junior Archaeologist
Certifi cate.
The RIVERfair promises a
varied entertainment schedule
this year. The Brady Goss Band
is the headliner, on the amphi-
theater stage.
The Willamette Wander-
ers, a member of the Ameri-
can Volkssport Association, will
present a 5K and 10K guided
walk at RIVERfair this year.
This activity is open to the
public; children must be ac-
companied by an adult. Leashed
dogs are welcomed, too. The
walk will begin at 10 a.m. at the
Keizer Rapids Park boat ramp.
Walkers can register after 9:30
a.m. at the club’s RIVERfair
booth near the amphitheater.
There is no fee, but participants
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Led by Dennis Bierman, members of the Keizer Jazz Band also
play in the Keizer Community Band and Grand Jazz Band.
who want to receive AVA credit
need to pay a $3 fee.
The Brady Goss Band will
close the festival with a rous-
ing rock and roll and blues set
on the Keizer Rotary Amphi-
theatre stage. Known as one
of Oregon’s hardest working
performers, his mix of genres
was met with ecstatic applause
when Brady appeared at RIV-
ERfair in 2014.
RIVERfair is staged on the
upper fi eld of Keizer Rapids
Park and on the Keizer Rotary
Amphitheatre stage. The event is
becoming well known in Keizer
as a family-friendly community
festival. The activities and enter-
tainment are planned to appeal
to all ages.
KRP is at the end of Che-
mawa Road North, about two
miles west of River Road.
RIVERfair is the main fund
raising event for the foundation
which is committed to grant-
ing vocational scholarships to
Keizer students, including the
Making Keizer Better, Jan Cline
Memorial and Jerry Bigler Me-
morial Scholarships.
Admission is free. Parking
is free and available at the park
as well as along the west side
of the dog park. Members of
Keizer Community Emergency
Response Team will be on hand
to direct attendees and vendors.
The RIVERfair Cruz-In
car show will be held at the
Schoolhouse Square parking lot
on Aug. 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Proceeds from the car show will
fund the Jerry Bigler Memorial
Scholarship for students who’ll
continue education in the auto
mechanics fi eld. Jerry Bigler
was a long-time employee of
Skyline Ford in Keizer.
Entertainment at RIV-
ERfair 2015 will include:
• The Keizer Jazz Band,
Concourse Stage, 10 a.m.
• The Cherry City Clog-
gers, Concourse Stage, 11:30
a.m.
• Vaihere Te Ora presented
by Pacifi c Northwest Acad-
emy of Polynesian Art, Con-
course Stage, 1 p.m.
• Vocal duo Sheba Dawn
and Therese Fratto, Con-
course Stage, 2:45 p.m.
• El Ballet Folklorico de
Los Ninos de Gervais, Con-
course Stage, 4 p.m.
• Exhibit by Keizer
Homegrown Theatre, Con-
course Stage, 5 p.m.
McNary Estates sale still strong
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Others may have wilted, but
Dave Parker said the McNary
Estates Garage Sale last Saturday
had a strong showing.
The 17th annual garage sale
at houses around the McNary
Estates neighborhood was
one of three scheduled for
Aug. 1, with others planned
for The Meadows and the
Greater Gubser Neighborhood
Association.
“It went great,” Parker said
of his event. “We had 121
homes, the most we’ve had in a
number of years.”
Parker noted the increased
public
hearings
The Keizer City Coun-
cil will hold a public hearing
to receive comments and to
discuss proposed changes to
usage rates of rooms in the
Keizer Civic Center at its
regular meeting on Monday,
Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. The meet-
ing takes place in council
chambers at Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road
NE.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Sales bring all the
deals to the yard
Neighborhoods
around
Keizer are holding dozens of
garage sales in the next two
weekends.
participation led to some
parking woes.
“We had a bunch of people,
I tell you,” he said. “There were
some complaints by some of our
home owners. It got all bunched
up so it appeared like there was
more traffi c. It was plenty busy.
There was a lot of traffi c. This
year we had cars parked on
both sides of McNary Estates
Drive, whereas we usually have
cones out to block one side. It
really tied up traffi c. If we’d had
an emergency vehicle coming
through, it would have been
trouble.”
Parker said barrels were
out for food and monetary
donations to Marion-Polk
Food Share like usual, but
that didn’t go as smoothly as
planned.
“We had six barrels out,”
said Parker, who noted $484
was collected in monetary
donations. “We had a bit of
a hiccup. We put the barrels
in the wrong place. People
couldn’t see them well, so it was
less than before. The monetary
was more this year but we had
less food.”
Parker said he went through
the Gubser neighborhood at
one point during the day but
only saw a handful of sales
going on. Within his own
neighborhood, he opined the
triple digit weather could have
had an impact on afternoon
sales.
“It may have, I’m not really
sure,” Parker said. “It kind of
waned later in the afternoon. I
think it was because of the heat.
It certainly got pretty warm.”
Deborah Jeffries helped
put on the sale in The
Meadows, but had to work
last Saturday and thus didn’t
get to participate. She drove
around her neighborhood
the night before and knew of
three houses participating. Her
husband drove around the day
of the sale and didn’t see much.
“No one made big signs,”
Jeffries said. “I think the heat did
make a difference, and I know I
Home improvement retailer,
Lowe’s, will open a store at its
new location at Keizer Station
sometime in mid-January.
15 YEARS AGO
Thieves steal radios
from Keizer Fire Hall
Someone stole nine portable
two-way radios worth about
$14,000 from the Keizer Fire
District last Saturday.
20 YEARS AGO
Keizer apartments
draw neighbors’ ire
The apartments near the
intersection
of
north
Chemawa Road and Joan
Drive are an eyesore and
neighbors think the property
owner is to blame.
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who did not like doing it the
same weekend as McNary’s.”
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