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Today in History
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation
admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The
president also issued an order for an American fl ag
featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: fi ve six-star
rows and four fi ve-star rows. The new fl ag became offi cial
July 4, 1960.
— August 21, 1959
Food 4 Thought
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Month Ahead
Now Playing
Lost in Yonkers, award-winning play by Neil Simon, at
Pentacle Theatre. Runs through Sept. 12. For tickets visit
pentacletheatre.org.
Saturday, August 22
Blue Day at McNary High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. New
turf fi eld will be unveiled. Exhibitions by teams and band.
Staged by the Athletic Booster Club.
Sugar Sauce Band at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer
Rapids Park,6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com.
Annual community BBQ at John Knox Presbyterian
Church, 452 Cummings Lane N. Free, 4 to 6 p.m.
Hamburgers, hot dogs and children’s activities.
Sunday, August 23
Keizer Big Band performs at the fi rst annual Peace Plaza
Sunday Jazz Series at Loucks Auditorium, Salem Library,
2 p.m. Kerceyk@msn.com
Tuesday, August 25
Keizer Public Arts Commission 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.
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.
Friday, August 28
The 150th Oregon State Fair opens today and runs through
Labor Day, Sept. 7. Visit oregonstatefair.org for a complete
schedule of events and ticket prices.
Saturday, August 29
Grand opening ceremony for the Big Toy playground at
Keizer Rapids Park. Free event from 2 to 5 p.m. with food
for the fi rst 200 people.
Oregon Valley Boys at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at
Keizer Rapids Park, 6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com.
Sunday, August 30
Pinots of the Caribbean 5th annual summer concert at
Youngberg Hill Vineyard from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tickets $20
at 503.362.0485 or www.salemconcertband.org.
Tuesday, September 1
Community Build Task Force meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Wednesday, September 2
Claggett Creek Watershed Council meeting, 5:30 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
Saturday, September 5
Paradise of Samoa Luau at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at
Keizer Rapids Park, 6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com.
Monday, September 7
Labor Day. All government offi ces are closed; no postal
service.
Tuesday, September 8
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center. Meeting is a day later than usual due
to Labor Day.
Wednesday, September 9
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
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By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
One company is building
two new subdivisions in the
northern part of Keizer.
MC Northwest Inc. is
building 11 homes in North-
fi eld Estates, on a stretch of
Bair Road behind current
homes in The Vineyards off of
Wheatland Road.
A little bit south on Wheat-
land, MC Northwest is build-
ing six homes for the new
Farmland Meadows on Farm-
land Lane and Shannon Court
NE.
“For Northfi eld, we turned
in permits for the fi rst house
and will have 11 total lots,”
said Matt Holstege, the CEO
of MC Northwest. “We are
anticipating construction to
start by the end of this month,
for the foundations to get laid.
We will probably fi nish the
fi rst batch of houses by the
end of the year.”
According to Holstege, the
homes have been popular.
“We have nine out of the
11 homes pre-sold,” he said.
“They all sold pretty quick.”
The website for the subdi-
vision (http://www.mcnorth-
west.com/Pages/Northfi eld-
Estates.aspx) shows the houses
range in price from $345,950
to $399,950 and range in size
from 2,372 to 2,818 square
feet.
Standard features for the
homes include granite coun-
tertops, stainless steel appli-
ances, laminate fl oors, fi replac-
es, landscaping with sprinklers
and air conditioning.
The expansion of Bair
Road has already been done,
while a new road, Alta Lane,
has also been constructed.
There are technically seven
lots for Farmland Meadows,
but the fi rst lot already has
an existing home which will
be staying put. The other lots
range in size from 5,000 to
6,016 square feet in size, with
two sample layouts on the
website being between 2,625
and 2,818 square feet in size
and ranging from $379,950 to
$399,950 in price.
“We just started pushing
the dirt around,” Holstege
said of the Farmland Mead-
ows subdivision. “We’re going
to start pushing hard on that
shortly so that we’ll have some
lots to show. We will be wrap-
ping up Northfi eld when we
start on Farmland. We have six
buildable lots, plus one with a
home already there. That will
remain.”
The Keizer Hearings Of-
fi cer issued a report on the
Northfi eld project a year
ago, as well as a report on the
Farmland project in April.
Both projects were approved,
with a Northfi eld Estates
Street Lighting Local Im-
provement District approved
by Keizer City Councilors last
month.
In addition to the 17
homes, Holstege is looking
to another new project that
would be nearly twice as big.
Holstege points to the
proximity to Interstate 5 ac-
cess as a big selling point for
the new homes.
“It’s mostly been we get a
lot of people that commute,
so a lot of I-5 traffi c,” he said.
“They like the north Keizer
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Construction is expected to start this month on 11 lots for the
Northfi eld Estates subdivision (above), on a stretch of Bair
Road behind current homes in The Vineyards. Meanwhile, land
has been moved recently for the new Farmland Meadows
subdivision (below) off Wheatland Road between Farmland
Lane and Shannon Court.
area, where they can get on
and off I-5 real easy without
a lot of hassle. And a lot of
people that live in Keizer and
grew up in Keizer, want to up-
grade and update their homes.
Our goal has been to be the
go-to builder in Keizer.”
KFD board putting emergency
equipment bond on fall ballot
In November, Keizer Fire
District will have a Gen-
eral Obligation Emergency
Equipment Bond Measure on
the ballot.
On Tuesday evening at the
Keizer Fire District Board
meeting, the motion was
passed to ask the citizens of
Keizer for a small increase
in their taxes to better serve
them.
public
hearings
The Keizer City Council
will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, Sept. 8 for vacation
of a portion of the north-
erly right-of-way at Manbrin
Drive NE near the intersec-
tion with Cherry Avenue NE.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer
Civic Center, at 930 Chema-
wa Road NE.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Despite heat,
RIVERfair was a hit
“We do the best to main-
tain our equipment and keep
it in good working order, but
time and wear are against us,”
fi re chief Jeff Cowan said. “We
knew our fl eet of engines and
ambulances would have to be
replaced, but we made the
choice to pay off our station
bond fi rst and be fi nancially
responsible. Our priority is
service and staffi ng, now we
need to replace our equip-
ment.”
The proposed equipment
bond has an estimated tax rate
of $.14 per $1,000 of assessed
value and will bring in ap-
proximately $6.2 million.
This bond will be at a low-
er starting rate than the station
bond which began at $.20 per
$1,000 of assessed value. The
amount decreased over time
as local growth and new con-
struction added to our assessed
valuation on properties in
Keizer. The station bond will
be paid off in February 2016.
If passed, the Emergency
Equipment Bond would pro-
vide the funding to replace
three engines, fi ve medic units,
one command vehicle, one
rescue, one brush rig and have
the 23-year-old ladder refur-
bished. The equipment would
be purchased over the course
of the bond. Most of the pur-
chases would occur within the
fi rst two years of the bond to
replace the aging fl eet.
Currently two of the en-
gines are more than 20 years
old and lack modern safety
features to keep fi refi ghters
safe. All three of the ambu-
lances need to be replaced due
to age, wear, mileage and reli-
ability. The rescue vehicle was
taken out of service due to
unreliability.
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The event raised funds for
the Making Keizer Better
Foundation.
10 YEARS AGO
Court orders
restitution in
Gubser case
Two of the four boys charged
with the December 2004
burglary of Gubser Elementary
have entered into a formal
accountability agreement with
the Marion County Juvenile
Department.
15 YEARS AGO
Councilors back to
drawing board on
sale of prime lot
The fate of a prime piece of
River Road land nearly sold
off by the city in a quiet deal
this summer is on the agenda
for next Monday’s Keizer City
Council meeting.
20 YEARS AGO
New curfew law
gets council OK
Proposed local curfew and
truancy laws cleared their
fi rst hurdles at a Keizer City
Council work session Monday
night, when the council passed
fi rst readings of both laws.
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