PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, OCTOBER 30, 2015
RING,
continued from Page A1
KPAC member Rick Day
noted it would be a big un-
dertaking to move the ring to
Boucher, a sentiment echoed
by Brown.
“I don’t think it should be
moved,” Brown said. “It took
the better part of a day, getting
Public Works to shut down a
lane and getting a volunteer to
do the welding on the spot.”
Christopher argued the
Blind Date statue in front of
Copper Creek Mercantile is
too small for the space, while
the ring is too large for its spot
in front of Sonic. She pro-
posed talking to the Bouchers
about taking down their cur-
rent sign and replacing it with
the ring.
“But they don’t want to
remove any signage,” Brown
said.
Christopher noted she had
an ally in Keizertimes publisher
Lyndon Zaitz and, like she did
vigorously this summer, ques-
tioned what the big deal was
with businesses having art as
advertising.
“I want the opportunity to
talk with them, as an outside
person looking in,” she said.
“Anyone who is willing to
invest in art, I welcome it. It’s
something we should look at
as a community. It’s not unlike
what Salem has done with
bike racks. All I want to do is
talk.”
Brown reminded the for-
mer mayor of the city’s stance.
“We got to where we are
through a lengthy process,”
he said. “We decided the
ring could not go in front of
Boucher. The city attorney is
pretty strongly set that is not
appropriate. We did address
the issue and that’s why it got
where it is. I want to under-
score that it is not a minor un-
dertaking to get things placed.
You can’t just say we’re going
to change our mind.”
Amy Ryan, the Keizer City
Council liaison to KPAC, not-
ed code enforcement issues
are a touchy subject currently.
“There are some businesses
on River Road that are very
unhappy with us right now,”
Ryan said. “There are a lot
of signage issues right now.
There’s a lot of uneasiness
right now to make changes.”
Day said if he was the
Bouchers he would “pay a
huge amount” to the city in
order to have the ring in front
of the store and wondered if
it would be such a bad thing
to have “a monopoly piece in
front of every business” along
River Road. Beth Melendy
pointed out that could lead
to a huge bong in front of the
medical marijuana place.
“True, that opens up a gi-
gantic can of worms if you do
that,” Day acknowledged.
“...but that’s
different
than having
a washing
machine or
a ginormous
diamond in
front of your
business.”
— Nate Brown,
City of Keizer
When Christopher asked
fellow KPAC members if
anyone would have a prob-
lem with her contacting the
Bouchers, she got mixed re-
sponses.
“They did not say no,”
Christopher said of the
Bouchers.
Brown, however, said the
Bouchers didn’t want to take
their sign down and replace it
with the large ring.
“I’m telling you, that un-
derstanding is from the horse’s
mouth,” Brown said. “They
squashed it among them-
selves.”
“That’s different than I
understood,” Christopher re-
plied.
KPAC member Jill Ha-
gen said it wouldn’t hurt for
Christopher to talk with the
Bouchers.
“Just try not to convince
them one way or another,”
Hagen said as chuckles could
be heard.
Brown said the planters
in front of Town & Country
were mostly standard and are
a far cry from an overt adver-
tisement for the business.
“We did customize them
a little bit, but that’s different
than having a washing ma-
chine or a ginormous dia-
mond in front of your busi-
ness,” he said.
Despite the warnings
from others, Christopher an-
nounced her intentions.
“So I’ll have a conversation
with the Bouchers,” she said.
WALK: ‘We can talk about
what’s going on...’
(Continued from pg. A1)
Storms walked the route
recently to make sure there
was good visibility.
Just Walk Salem is a net-
work of weekly neighbor-
hood walking groups started
in 2012 by Salem’s Jennifer
Carley with volunteers from
the South Salem Neighbor-
hood Association. The idea is
to give people regular oppor-
tunities to walk and talk with
their neighbors, promoting
physical activity and commu-
nity ties.
In collaboration with Or-
egon State University Exten-
sion Service, Just Walk Salem
received a grant from Salem
Health this year to foster new
walking groups in the Salem-
Keizer high school feeder ar-
eas.
“Not only can Keizer resi-
dents take advantage of a free
opportunity to improve their
health through walking, but
they can also learn more about
the work of Keizer’s career
and volunteer fi refi ghters,”
Hibbard-Swanson said.
Storms sees a multitude
of potential benefi ts with the
new program.
“We can talk about what’s
going on at the fi re district
and in the city,” she said. “It
also gets people out there to
walk. It’s the best thing we can
do for physical fi tness. It’s the
best activity on the knees and
it’s free.”
Storms is anticipating plen-
ty of interest.
“I think we’ll have a good
turnout,” she said. “I’ve talked
to a lot of mom groups. People
can come and drop in. If they
can’t do the full two miles,
they can head back. I think
we’ll have a good turnout the
fi rst week. The question will
be when it’s raining. But if we
can build some relationships,
who cares if it’s raining?”
Just Walk Salem is also plan-
ning a winter walk through
the Gubser neighborhood to
see the Miracle of Christmas
lights display which runs Dec.
4 to 27.
For more information on
the organization, visit www.
justwalksalem.com or call
503-373-3760.
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