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Today in History
Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government
troops. For 30 years the Native American warrior had
battled to protect his tribe’s homeland; however, by 1886
the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered.
Geronimo became the last Indian warrior to formally give
in to U.S. forces, signaling the end of the Indian Wars in
the Southwest.
— Sept. 4, 1886
Food 4 Thought
“I don’t have to participate in another culture’s
ceremonies in order to respect that culture.”
— Sherman Alexie, author
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.
Through Monday, Sept. 7
The 150th Oregon State Fair runs through Labor Day,
Sept. 7. Visit oregonstatefair.org for complete schedule of
events and other information.
Saturday, September 5
Artist’s reception for Keizer Art Association’s September
show: Water, Water Everywhere, 2-4 p.m., Enid Joy
Mount Gallery, Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa
Road NE. keizerarts.com.
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.
Willamette Valley Women’s Military League’s fall meeting,
11 a.m., Newport Bay Seafood Grill in Salem. Julie Starr
Hook will discuss down-sizing and cleaning clutter at this
no-host lunch. For information call Anne Rose at 503-585-
5810.
Thursday, September 10
Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrians Committee meeting,
6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
Saturday, September 12
Briana Renea at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer
Rapids Park, 6:30 p.m. Free. kraorg.com
Oregon State Credit Union will hold a shred day from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Safeway parking lot. This free event
allows residents to have their outdated documents to be
shredded on site. oregonstatecu.com.
Monday, September 14
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting,
5:30 p.m. at Keizer Rapids Park.
Keizer Parks Tour, 5:45 p.m. at four parks in Keizer.
Best-selling author J.A. Jance will appear at a fundraiser
for the Salem Public Library. Loucks Auditorium, 7 p.m.
General admission tickets are $10. salemlibrary.org.
Wednesday, September 16
Salem Audubon Society fi eld trip to Keizer Rapids Park,
7:30 a.m. Contact Mike Unger (503-930-8998) or Carolyn
Homan (503-463-8652). salemaudubon.org.
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, September 17 – Saturday, October 3
Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl at The Veronia
Studio theatre at Reed Opera House. Performances after
today will be at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets
are $15. theveronastudio.com.
Thursday, September 17
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Greater Gubser Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m.
at Gubser Elementary School.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
“In order to convince Hag-
gen to purchase 146 stores, Al-
bertsons made false represen-
tations to both Haggen and
the FTC about Albertsons’
commitment to a seamless
transformation of the stores
into viable competitors un-
der the Haggen banner,” the
complaint reads. “Haggen was
induced by Albertsons’ false
statements to seek the FTC’s
approval to purchase 146
stores in fi ve states and those
false statements impacted the
strategies Haggen developed
for the success of all stores…
Through false statements to
Haggen, Albertsons secured
the cooperation and commit-
ment it needed from Haggen
in order to meet the condi-
tions that the FTC imposed
on the merger.”
The complaint noted Hag-
gen was trying to get a foot-
hold in new markets but faced
diffi culties since Albertsons
acted contrary to FTC orders.
“Recognizing that its
competitor’s success or fail-
ure hinged on its initial fair
pricing of an appropriate in-
ventory of products, Albert-
sons embarked on an unlaw-
ful scheme to undermine the
very competition that the
FTC sought to preserve,” the
complaint states. “As the stores
were nearing the dates on
which they would be transi-
tioned to Haggen stores and
thereafter, Albertsons used
Haggen’s confi dential, pro-
prietary business information
to unfairly compete with, and
ultimately destroy the profi t-
ability of, Haggen’s newly ac-
quired stores.”
The complaint lists several
ways Albertsons did that: forc-
ing Haggen to acquire the
stores under an aggressive time
frame and making false repre-
sentations about data systems;
misusing confi dential infor-
mation; providing inaccurate
data about inventory on store
shelves; providing inaccurate,
incomplete and misleading
price information, causing
Haggen to tag products with
infl ated prices and leading
customer to view Haggen
as price gouging; sabotaging
the quantity, assortment and
quality of inventory to make
sure some items were out of
stock during grand openings;
removing store fi xtures and
inventory Haggen had already
paid for; cutting off store ad-
vertising for Haggen-acquired
stores in order to decrease
customer traffi c and failing to
perform routine maintenance
on stores.
Haggen’s complaint places
the blame squarely at Albert-
sons’ feet for the announced
closures.
“(Haggen was) forced to
close 26 of the stores that it
newly acquired as a part of
the Albertsons’ divestiture,
and faces the potential clo-
sure of additional stores,” the
complaint stated. “Albertsons’
anti-competitive actions criti-
cally damaged the operations,
customer service, brand good-
will and profi tability of the di-
vested stores from the outset...
and have caused signifi cant
harm to competition, local
communities, employees and
consumers.”
According to the com-
plaint, Haggen couldn’t focus
on the business of running its
new stores.
“Haggen has had to focus
on strategies to recover from
Albertsons’ wrongful acts,
which include, sadly, Haggen’s
efforts to fi nd new jobs for
displaced employees who too
are victims of Albertsons’ ac-
tions,” the complaint read.
The complaint further al-
leges that Albertsons did a
number of “malicious and
unfair actions” to strain Hag-
gen’s resources and “created
substantial distraction.”
A common concern about
Haggen stores, both in Keizer
and elsewhere, has been prices
that seem to be higher than the
competition. The complaint
alleges Albertsons intention-
ally created that perception by
not providing accurate pricing
information as required.
“In many instances, Alb-
ertsons represented that it was
providing the active or current
retail prices, but Haggen later
discovered that these prices
were not the prices that Al-
bertsons had charged in the
ordinary course of business
at the stores prior to conver-
sion,” according to the com-
plaint. “The practical result of
this deception was a consumer
walking into a brand new
Haggen store and fi nding the
same item on the same shelf,
but now priced higher than
it was immediately prior to
store conversion. Albertsons
achieved its goal of driving
away Haggen shoppers by cre-
ating an inaccurate fi rst im-
pression that Haggen was far
more expensive than Albert-
sons’ own nearby stores.”
Recent stories about the
impending Haggen closure
in Keizer were highly viewed
on the Keizertimes Facebook
page, attracting nearly 100
comments.
A poll asking which gro-
cery chain would be desired
garnered more than 300 re-
sponses, with Winco getting
58 percent of the votes to
far outdistance Roth’s. Once
Haggen closes, Safeway will
be the only grocery store left
in Keizer.
The Planning Commission had
testimony from representatives
of the Salem-Keizer Home
Builders Association and the
West Keizer Neighborhood As-
sociation.”
Brown acknowledged the
infi ll process can be confusing.
“One problem with our de-
velopment code is two distinct
types of development require-
ments, those which govern
infi ll and regulations which
govern all other new devel-
opments,” Brown said. “It was
depending on the size of the
parcel. This dual code provision
created confusion as to which
set of regulations applied. It’s al-
ways been confusing and odd,
with the same lot sizes, streets
that look the same and yet dif-
ferent standards. It’s confusing
to people. We’ve long tried to
pursue a goal to reach common
standards.”
Brown noted a delicate bal-
ance was needed with standards.
“We made sure we found a
balance to raise the standards
for a single family home, while
at the same time not over-
burdening the home builders
themselves. The fact we don’t
have a full room here shows
we’ve found a good balance,”
he said.
For standards on single fam-
ily dwellings, Brown’s sugges-
tion was to increase from two
to fi ve the number of design
elements, with an expanded list
of 11 design options to choose
from including recessed entries,
covered porches, cupolas, pillars
or posts, bay or bow windows
or window shutters, eaves, off-
sets on the building face or roof
and gables.
To improve the aesthetic of
garage forward homes, another
set of design options was drawn
up, including trellis in front of
the garage, projections such as
pillars, post, stone work or brick
work over the garage doors,
windows in the garage door
and decorative garage doors in-
corporating architectural design
elements such as stable doors.
Brown said the higher cost
for garage door decoration is
offset by lower costs elsewhere.
“We didn’t fi nd anything
here that would be a show
stopper,” he said. “A decorative
garage door would add $400 to
the entire project. But we have
the lowest system development
charges in the state, so that low-
ers my sensitivity for adding the
cost.”
Brown said the hope is to
protect livability and to ensure
builders pay attention to neigh-
borhood compatibility and
character.
“Say you live in a neighbor-
hood of 1950s 1,300 square
foot homes and someone wants
to put in 6,000 square foot
homes,” city manager Chris Ep-
pley said. “That could change
the character in the neighbor-
hood. We have to strike a bal-
ance and be cautious.”
With a few minor changes,
the revised infi ll standards were
unanimously approved.
In other recent council busi-
ness:
• Why did the chicken cross
the road? Because it was al-
lowed in Salem.
An anonymous letter was
submitted to the city and read
by Mayor Clark asking for the
number of allowed hens in the
city to be increased. There was
no name on the letter, instead
being signed “A tax-paying
long-term Keizer resident.”
The letter, dated Aug. 14,
asked for the number of hens
allowed in Keizer to be raised
to six. The letter noted Salem
Councilors approve infi ll changes
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Infi ll standards in Keizer
have been revised.
Revisions were approved at
the most recent Keizer City
Council meeting on Aug. 17.
Prior to that, members of the
Keizer Planning Commission
had looked at the issue in Feb-
ruary, May, June and July before
making recommendations to
council.
“Infi ll standards have been
ongoing for some time,” said
Nate Brown, director of Com-
munity Development for Keiz-
er. “It’s been a lot of effort. One
of the council’s goals for this
year was compatibility with ex-
isting neighbors. We met with
various people to solicit input.
public
hearings
The Keizer City Council
will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, Sept. 8 for vacation
of a portion of the northerly
right-of-way at Manbrin Drive
NE near the intersection with
Cherry Avenue NE. The meet-
ing starts at 7 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Cen-
ter, at 930 Chemawa Road NE.
The Keizer
Planning
Commission will hold a pub-
lic hearing on Wednesday, Sept.
9 to consider proposed revisions
to Section 2.203 of the Keizer
Development Code, dealing
with permitted uses. The meet-
ing starts at 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Cen-
ter, at 930 Chemawa Road NE.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Mixed use, big box in
early Area C proposal
Neighbors of a proposed big-
box store in Area C of Keizer
Station got their fi rst look at
what developers have in mind.
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10 YEARS AGO
15 YEARS AGO
Flood project sends
houses on the road
Neighbors set up lawn chairs
and lined sidewalks to watch
crews move a big two-story
house from its site near Labish
Ditch to an empty lot 200 feet
up the road.
20 YEARS AGO
Study sees limit to
downtown dreaming
Market specialists say Keizer
planners need to tone down
expectations of a full-blown
commercial
downtown,
saying there is limited amount
of commercial that can be
developed in any one area.
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weather
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Volcanoes creep
closer to playoff berth
The Volcanoes’ sweep of the
Eugene Emeralds at home
buoyed hopes for a shot at the
Northwest League title. They
are at 40-28, one game behind
Vancouver.
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MOVIE TIMES
Avengers: Age of Ultron (PG-13)
Fri 12:15, 3:20, 5:50, 8:45,
Sat 12:15, 2:10, 5:30, 8:20,
Sun 2:40, 5:30, 8:15
Paper Towns (PG-13)
Fri 12:00, 4:25, Sat 2:30,
Sun 2:10, 4:15
San Andreas (PG-13)
Fri 3:05, Sun 1:00, 6:25
Terminator Genysis (PG-13)
Sat 4:40, Sun 8:40
Spy (R)
Fri 6:15, 8:30m Sat 7:00, 9:10,
Sun 6:00, 8:25
Southpaw (R) Fri 6:40
57% - No
43% - Yes
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Magic Mike XXL (PG-13)
Fri 9:00
Max (PG) Fri 2:10
Cinderella (PG)
Sat 12:00, Sun 11:55
Tomorrowland (PG) Fri 12:45,
3:05, Sat 11:40, Sun 12:10, 3:20
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