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Today in History
The “Gashouse Gang,” otherwise known as the 1934 St.
Louis Cardinals, defeat the Detroit Tigers to win the World
Series in seven games.
— October 9, 1934
Food 4 Thought
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other
lives.”
— Jackie Robinson
The Month Ahead
Saturday, October 10
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meet at 10:30 a.m.
in Anderson Room A of the Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE, Salem). Kerry Wymetalek will speak about
“Meek’s Cutoff & The Lost Blue Bucket Mine.”
Sons of Norway monthly potluck at Salem Masonic
Temple, 1625 Brush College Rd. N.W. This month historian
Scott W. Larsen talks about friendship between President
Franklin Roosevelt and Crown Princess Martha of Norway.
6:30 p.m. Free. Public welcome. 503-910-3302.
Monday, October 12
Columbus Day. Federal offi ces are closed and no postal
service.
Keizer City Council work session with the Salem-Keizer
Transit District, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, October 13
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting,
6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
Wednesday, October 14
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
There was some frustration
expressed last week at Keizer
Civic Center.
It wasn’t directed at the
city. After all, the Keizer City
Council didn’t meet last week.
Instead, Republicans ex-
pressed frustration with the
lack of transparency at the state
level.
The Oregon Republican
Party started a series of
listening tours early last month.
The stop in Keizer on Sept. 29
was the fourth one, with fi ve
more to follow including ones
this week in Baker City and
Pendleton.
State Rep. Bill Post of
Keizer was among the state
representatives attending last
week’s tour stop at city hall.
“We heard a lot of
frustration,” Post said. “The
overwhelming No. 1 topic
mentioned multiple times
was the emergency clause on
bills (in the state legislature).
I had never seen that many
emergency clauses. Democrats
and
Republicans
would
comment during the session
on how many there were. It
was not necessarily a one-party
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Greater Gubser Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m.
at Gubser Elementary School.
Friday, October 16
An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe, 7 p.m. at Deepwood
Estate. Tickets are $15 regular, $12 members. Seating is
very limited. historicdeepwoodestate.org
Sunday, October 18
Lunch/dance at Keizer/Salem Area Senior Center, corner
of Cherry Ave. and Plymouth Drive. Lasagna meal served
at 12:30 p.m, dancing to Crossfi re follows. Tickets are $13,
$11 in advance. 503-390-7441.
Monday, October 19
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, October 20
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, October 22
First Anniversary Soiree at The Arbor at Avamere Court,
450 Claggett Ct. N., 5-7 p.m. It will feature a glitz and
glamour theme of the 1920s and 30s to refl ect the lives
of the facilities residents. Spirits and appetizers will be
served. Come dressed in period costume. 503-383-6084.
Saturday, October 24
Bowser’s Boo Bash, the Willamette Humane Society’s
annual costume party, dinner and auction benefi ting
animals, will be held at Salem Convention Center from 5
to 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $60, $75 after Oct. 16. info@
whs4pets.org.
In My Life: a musical theatre tribute to The Beatles, 7:30
p.m. at the Elsinore Theatre. Tickets begin at $35. www.
elsinoretheatre.com
Saturday, October 24 – Sunday, October 25
Clackamette’s 51st Annual Gem & Mineral Show Saturday
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby. Free admission.
503-631-3128.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
“What’s next is we are
cataloging what is said, with
a scribe at every event taking
down all suggestions,” Currier
said. “Sometimes it’s people
sharing stories, sometimes
it’s ideas to correct problems.
We’ll take that in-the-fi eld
information to draft legislation
for the next session regarding
transparency.”
Transparency has been a
hot topic in the state in recent
years, due to high-profi le items
like former Governor John
Kitzhaber’s resignation, the
Cover Oregon debacle and
various events surrounding
athletics at the University of
Oregon.
“If we can’t get information
out of the government about
what’s happening, we will never
be able to solve the problems
Oregon has,” Currier said. “We
remind citizens they don’t yield
sovereignty to the government.
Government doesn’t get to
decide what information they
can access; the citizens decide
that. We’re taking the approach
that if we can raise awareness
of not giving up the demand
to know what the government
is doing in a timely fashion,
we will be able to turn the
government back around.”
Post noted he heard some
familiar complaints.
“They were generally the
same things I keep hearing over
and over,” he said.
Currier said there have been
some common frustrations at
the stops so far.
“People
talked
about
the diffi culty in obtaining
public records through record
requests,” he said. “They either
focused on the delay in getting
them fulfi lled or the exorbitant
cost associated. That was not
unique to Keizer by any
means. People also talked about
government effi ciencies. Much
of the lack of transparency
seems to relate to the cost of
government doing business.
There was a recommendation
to have a constitutional
amendment to require timely
public record access.”
Currier said a recent poll
showed the top concern for
Oregon voters is the state
government going off track.
“The people feel the
government is partisan and not
getting things done,” he said.
“Sometimes that gets expressed
as ‘We don’t know what’s going
on.’”
City to borrow money from itself
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Consider it a shell game of
sorts.
Keizer City Councilors
on Monday unanimously ap-
proved a request to move up to
$500,000 from the Transporta-
tion Improvement Fund to
the city’s general fund to meet
current operating obligations
for the month of October.
The current 2015-16 fi scal
year budget calls for $508,000
in payments to overlapping tax
jurisdictions to repay them for
revenue associated with the
now-closed Urban Renewal
District.
To minimize the amount of
interest, councilors approved
paying off the obligations in
July. As a result of that pay-
ment, there wasn’t enough in
the general fund to pay for
October obligations, hence
the need for a short-term in-
terfund borrowing.
How short-term is the bor-
rowing? Well, very.
The borrowing will be paid
back in November, when the
majority of the current prop-
erty tax revenue is expected to
be received.
“We were able to save a
tremendous amount of mon-
ey for the city by paying off
the jurisdictions early,” mayor
Cathy Clark said. “That’s one
of our fi scal policies.”
City Manager Chris Ep-
pley noted the funds coming
in November.
“It’s simply a timing issue,”
Eppley said.
The resolution calls for the
money to be repaid by the end
of the fi scal year (June 30). The
city’s TIF has approximately
$2,500,000 available.
In other business Oct. 5:
• There were a couple of
references to the Oct. 1 mass
shooting at Umpqua Com-
munity College in Rose-
burg, where President Barack
Obama is expected to meet
with families of the victims
today.
Council president Den-
nis Koho noted he met up
with some college friends in
Canyonville recently, some of
whom were directly impacted
by the shooting.
“I don’t know what the
answer is,” Koho said. “It’s not
taking away all the guns or
giving everyone guns. I hope
we fi gure it out before the vi-
olence comes to Keizer.”
Mayor Cathy Clark picked
up on that theme.
“We express deep sympa-
thy to everyone in the UCC
family and in Roseburg,”
Clark said. “Our thoughts and
prayers go out to you.”
• Councilors approved a
request for a change in the
liquor license at Dim Sum
House, located at 3843 River
Road. The former Blooming
Cuisine reopened as Dim Sum
last September.
The restaurant has changed
hands and is being renamed
Ocean Sushi & Teriyaki. The
new owners are Songying Li
and Lixiang Yan, neither of
whom was present Monday.
According to the application
from the new owners, the
restaurant will be open from
11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. every
day of the week.
The council recommenda-
tion is being forwarded to the
Oregon Liquor Control Com-
mission for fi nal approval.
• The public works shop
facility, located next to the
Keizer Fire District at 641
Chemawa Road NE, is get-
ting a new roof to the tune of
$26,413. The request was ap-
proved unanimously.
According to information
in the council packet, the fa-
cility was built in 1981 with a
metal roof.
“Repairs have been made
through the years to address
leaks that have occurred,” the
packet read in part. “The roof
is now to a point that the entire
roof needs to be addressed.”
Staff will continue to use
the facility while the roof is
being replaced, since a mem-
brane system is being placed
over the existing roof. Pfeifer
Roofi ng got the bid after sub-
mitting the lowest quote.
• The Oct. 12 work session
will be with members of the
Salem-Keizer Transit District.
The work session starts at 5:45
p.m. at Keizer Civic Center.
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Thursday, October 15
Keizer Heritage Center celebrates Halloween, 5:30-7:30
p.m., 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Pumpkin carving, face
painting, art making, Halloween stories, palm reading by
Madame Zelda, refreshments. Arrive in your best costume.
503-393-9660.
thing. People
didn’t get a
chance to read
the bills.”
Post
said
there were also
unhappy com-
ments about a
Post
Planned Par-
enthood meet-
ing originally scheduled for last
week being canceled, as well as
multiple budget bills all being
rolled into one bill.
“At the end of the session,
we had all of these budget bills
come to us,” Post said. “We had
something like 150 budgets,
all in one bill. It was very
frustrating. The easy solution
is we should address budget
questions earlier in the session.”
The frustration wasn’t just
directed at one party, Post
emphasized.
“People were upset at both
parties, feeling they were
not allowed to be involved
enough,” Post said. “We kept
telling people if you’re upset
about something or concerned,
call us.”
Bill Currier, chairman of
the ORP, said information
from the listening tours will be
utilized in legislation.
The Keizer City Council
will hold a public hearing on
Monday, Oct. 19 to consider a
liquor license application and
change of ownership for Salsa
Rica Restaurant, located at
3844 River Road N in Keizer.
The hearing will take place
at 7 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road N.
Pats 1 Cig, located at 4486
River Road N. The applica-
tion is for off-premises liquor
sales.
Council will also have a
hearing Oct. 19 to consider a
proposed text amendment to
Section 2.203 (permitted uses
generally) to the Keizer De-
velopment Code to prohibit
the storage or display of mer-
chandise or other material for
commercial use on a sidewalk,
street, median or other por-
tion of a right of way.
sudoku
Council will hold another
hearing on Oct. 19 for a new
liquor license application for
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10 YEARS AGO
False 9-1-1 calls divert
cops from break-ins
Two Keizer men made urgent
- but false - calls to 9-1-1 in
an apparent attempt to distract
police from a spree of break-ins
on River Road North.
15 YEARS AGO
Band tractor stolen,
left wrecked in park
Someone took the McNary
Band’s blue lawn tractor for
a joy ride and dumped it into
Willamette River earlier this
month.
20 YEARS AGO
Club drops fi rst site,
but not Keizer idea
The Boys and Girls Club
will not put a satellite club at
Cummings School - but won’t
abandon the idea of a Keizer
site.
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