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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3 Gallery display becoming more popular at city hall KT on vacation Submitted photo KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Keizer Public Arts Commission members and others look at possible places to display a quilt at the Keizer Civic Center on Aug. 25. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The gallery at Keizer Civic Center is becoming more popular. When members of the Keizer Public Arts Commis- sion (KPAC) started schedul- ing displays in the gallery last year, fi nding four shows a year wasn’t easy. Because of that, shows are currently on display for three months at a time. The Col- ored Pencil Art show went up in July and runs through the end of September, with a dis- play from photographer Mike Hare to be up from the start of October through the end of December. The Mid Valley Quilt Guild will have its third annual dis- play from January through March, followed by an April through June youth show fea- turing work from McNary High School, the Salem- Keizer Education Foundation, Boys and Girls club as well as homeschoolers. After that, displays will be for only two months instead of three, starting with work from the Red Raven Gallery Co-op next July and August. “We are booked through August of next year,” said Lore Christopher, KPAC chair. “Our next available time is next September.” Christopher noted it doesn’t matter to her where the group is from. “The idea is to get art in front of Keizer residents,” she said. “They don’t need to be from Keizer. The quilters group is predominantly from Dallas. There are 100,000 people that come through this building annually. The only provision is for hangable art currently.” For the most part, work on display at city hall can be sold. However, the question has been brought up a couple of times how much commission the city should get for that. “The policy says the rate shall be determined by the city council,” said Nate Brown, director of Commu- nity Development for Keizer. “We have yet to decide on a specifi c rate.” Christopher had previ- ously suggested a 25 percent commission, while Rick Day made a motion for a 20 per- cent commission. Fellow KPAC members agreed with that suggestion. “That’s the recommen- dation we’re making, Nate,” Christopher said. “All art will be 20 percent (commission), any public art through KPAC.” Brown pointed out current contracts with committed groups don’t have a clause for commission. “This would be going for- ward,” Christopher responded. In other recent KPAC news: • There had been some discussion in recent months about a large ring art display going up in front of Boucher’s Jewelers. The ring was con- structed for May’s Iris Festi- val Parade, but city attorney Shannon Johnson had raised concerns about such a display being interpreted as advertis- ing, with his fear being other businesses would follow suit and start getting around city sign code rules by using art displays as advertising. Brown said a compromise had been reached: the ring will be on display in front of Sonic Drive-In, located at 3775 River Road N. Bouch- er’s is located at 4965 River Road N. “It will be happening soon,” Brown said. • Time is running out to enter the city’s inaugural holiday greeting card contest. KPAC members are inviting Keizer residents of all ages to submit art work that expresses the holiday season in Keizer. The winner will get a $100 gift card to Michael’s Art and Craft, while the design will be used for a holiday card sent out by the city. The deadline to enter the contest is next Friday, Sept. 18 at 5 p.m. All submitted entries become property of the city and are expected to be shown in the display case at city hall during the holidays. Contest rules and an appli- cation can be downloaded at keizer.org; they are also avail- able at city hall. • A large quilt from the old Keizer Merchants Association will soon be on display in the lobby at city hall, above the city hall portion where city employees work. The Keizer Chamber of Commerce gave the quilt to the city after a recent move to its current location. Maynard and Sharon Probst took their Keizertimes with them earlier this year on a trip to the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, watching the lava erupting from the Halema’uma’u Crater of Kilauea Volcano. You too can have your photo in the Keizertimes . Simply take the paper to your destination, snap a picture with you and your group holding it, and send the photo along with everyone’s fi rst and last names to kt@keizertimes.com. He has seen the light KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Bob Zielinski, president of the Keizer Chamber of Commerce, carries in one of the new Christmas lights to display during Tuesday’s Keizer City Council meeting. CenturyLink food drive raises more than $500K Two weeks in June packed a tremendous punch in the fi ght against hunger. From June 1 to 12, during the CenturyLink Backpack Buddies Food Drive, local community members donated $341,076 and 242,977 pounds of food for Marion-Polk Food Share, which was matched with $175,496 by Century- Link. The result is $516,573 that will help put food on the tables of families in need across Marion and Polk Counties. “We know that the Mid- Valley is an exceptionally gen- erous community,” said Rick Gaupo, president of the Food Share. “But this outpouring of support for hunger relief has blown us away. We are grate- ful to each person who par- ticipated and to CenturyLink for giving us the opportunity to maximize every donation.” CenturyLink, a global com- munications company which serves the greater Salem area, offers the annual nationwide We’ll transform your kitchen or bath into what you’ve always dreamed of 503.393.2875 remodelkeizer.com CCB#155626 food drive as a way to help support the communities it serves and raise awareness of the issue of childhood hunger. Nationally, 2.23 million pounds of food and $1.8 mil- lion was raised in the Back- pack Buddies Food Drive. CenturyLink contributed a $1 million match to local food bank benefi ciaries allocated across its markets. 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