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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 27, 2015 presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 194 Aldo vs. McGregor Saturday, November 28, at 11:00 am MOVIE: P AN [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $3 Special showing for kids and adults with Autism or other sensory sensitivities. UPCOMING EVENTS SATURDAY, DEC 12TH —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $12 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Every week on the Big Screen! CLOSED CAPTION MOVIE Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 6 pm. “Maze Ruuner” THANKSGIVING BREAK MATINEES - All Week XMAS BREAK MATINEES - All Break Long Today in History Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most infl uential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” — November 27, 1095 Food 4 Thought “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” — Gail Sheehy, author, born Nov. 27, 1937 The Month Ahead Through Tuesday, December 1 Christmas Stockings for Soldiers at Golden Funeral Service, 605 Commercial Street SE in Salem. Pick up a free stocking, decorate, stuff it and return to Golden Funeral Service to be shipped to soldiers. Through Thursday, December 31 Christmas in the Kitchen display at the Keizer Heritage Center Museum, 980 Chemawa Road NE. Display is the personal collection of Keizer’s Yvonne Knoll. Friday, November 27 Santa arrives aboard the Carousel Express at Salem’s Riverfront Carousel at noon, 101 Front Street NE in Salem. Free event. Sip complimentary hot cocoa while waiting in anticipation for Santa. Additional activities for a charge (photos, face painting, food services). More information www.salemcarousel.org Friday, November 27 – Sunday, December 13 The 1940s Radio Hour at the Historic Grand Theatre, downtown Salem. Presented by Enlightened Theatrics. Performances 7:30 p.m. Wed-Sat. and 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. Tickets range from $15-$20. enlightenedtheatrics. org. 503-585-3427. Friday, November 27 – Sunday, January 3 Christmas in the Garden at The Oregon Garden, 879 W. Main Street, Silverton. Enjoy ice skating, traditional German Christmas Market with 18 artisan vendors, festive music, taste holiday foods, live reindeer, photos with Santa and walk through 400,000+ Christmas lights in the forest. Admission: $11 adults, $5 children, free for children 4 and under. Open 10 a.m. daily. More information at www. oregongarden.org. Saturday, November 28 Santa Claus arrives by helicopter to Volcanoes Stadium. Noon to 3 p.m. Free photos with Santa. Sunday, November 29 Rally in support of U.N. climate talks in Paris next month at High and Court Streets, Salem, walk to Riverfront Park. 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 1 Holiday Tree Lighting at Walery Plaza on River Road N, 6 p.m. Two kids’ names will be drawn to help Santa fl ip the tree lights on at 7 p.m. at this free event. Wednesday, December 2 Artists in Action’s annual Something Red Art Walk, Exhibit & Sale, downtown Salem. Art walk held 5-7 p.m. Awards reception at Elsinore Framing and Fine Art Gallery, 444 Ferry St. SE, 7-8 p.m. Something Red exhibition runs through Dec. 31. Visit somethingred.org for more information. Thursday, December 3 The Village at Keizer Ridge staff is holding a holiday dinner at Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road NE, from 6 to 8 p.m. Called 503-390-1300 to RSVP. Thursday, December 3 – Friday, December 4 Christmas in Hudson Hall, 7:30 p.m., Willamette University campus. Tickets are $10. 503-370-6255. Thursday, December 3 – Saturday, December 5 Dayspring Fellowship Church presents Big Band Christmas: Because a Babe was Born Free. Free, 7 p.m. each night, 1755 Lockhaven Drive NE. Friday, December 4 The Trail Band performs traditional music at their annual Salem Holiday performance, 7:30 p.m. at the Elsinore Theatre. Tickets range from $25.50 - $40. www elsinoretheatre.com. Friday, December 4 – Saturday, December 26 Miracle of Christmas Lights Display in Keizer’s Gubser neighborhood. Runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. nightly. Donation drop off site, benefi ting Marion Polk Food Share, is partway through route on Mistwood Drive. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. Lacey Court project costs go up By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Well, that cost more than expected. Keizer City Councilors ap- proved a request for a supple- mental budget addition last week, covering four items: reimbursement for Keizer Po- lice Department training, li- ability insurance, a new water fi ltration system and a budget transfer for the community center fund. The KPD amount was $12,900 for travel and training expenses to send offi cers to two training conferences. The liability was for the city set- tling two liability cases total- ing $10,500 while the transfer was to take $7,400 from the community center fund and to increase Municipal Court expenditures to provide a one-tenth full-time equivalent position to help with staffi ng while court is in session. The big number, however, came with the water fi ltration system for the Lacey Court well. The original project cost estimate and the revised cost estimate differed by $125,000. “The initial project was estimated to cost $175,000 and was included in the Water Facility Fund appropriations,” said Bill Lawyer, Public Works director for Keizer. “However, the revised estimate is approx- imately $300,000 and includes installation, engineering and design. The project will go through the city’s competitive bidding process for the pur- chase of the fi ltration system and separately for the installa- tion.” public hearings The Keizer City Coun- cil will hold a public hearing Monday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. to consider a petition to vacate 688 feet of Ridge Drive NE. The council meetings take place in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Council will also hold a hearing to consider revisions to Section 2.313 (accessory structures and uses) of the Keizer Development Code on that evening. The Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. to consider amendments to the master plans for Keizer Rapids Park and Chalmers Jones Park. The meeting takes place in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Lawyer said pilot testing was done after the current fi s- cal year’s budget was put to- gether. “The results indicated we need to do a different pro- cess to do the work,” Lawyer said. “A fi ltration system costs more and the installation costs more. It is unusual to have such a (cost) difference. It’s not a higher level project, just a different, more expensive process.” Tim Wood, acting Fi- nance Manager for the city, said the Water Facility fund has $47,500 in appropriations available plus an additional $84,000 in unanticipated re- sources from working capital and reimbursement proceeds that could be used for the project. After minimum question- ing, councilors unanimously approved the supplemental budget requests. In other recent council business: • Councilors approved revisions to the Keizer De- velopment Code allowing marijuana retailer as a special permitted use in the same zones as medical marijuana facilities. The Keizer Planning Commission had previously agreed with such a staff sug- gestion and recommended the changes to councilors. No one spoke during a KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Members of Boy Scouts Troop 157 lead the pledge of allegiance at the Nov. 16 Keizer City Council meeting. public hearing on the topic and councilors unanimously approved the motion without any comments. • A public hearing will be held at the Dec. 7 council meeting to amend the master plans for both Keizer Rap- ids Park and Chalmers-Jones Park. • Mayor Cathy Clark an- nounced she would not be able to attend the annual Christmas Tree lighting at Walery Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Traditionally the mayor helps two children fl ip the switch to turn on the lights, but this is the second year in a row the sitting mayor hasn’t been available for the duty. 25th anniversary for parade By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Silver bells, silver bells. It’s (almost) Christmas time in the city of Keizer, which since 2011 has been the home of the Festival of Lights Holiday Parade. The parade is now in its 25th year, having started in Sa- lem. Hence this year’s theme: Silver Bells. “It makes total sense,” said parade CEO Cheryl Mitchell, who is running the Saturday, Dec. 12 event along with hus- band Bob. Per usual, the parade starts at the corner of River Road and Lockhaven Drive at 7 p.m. and heads south along River Road. The parade disbands at Glyn- brook Street, with some entries heading to the Skyline Ford lot further south for the After Glow party. “Isn’t it amazing?” Mitch- ell said of 25 years. “At times it feels like forever, at times it feels like the blink of an eye. It’s been amazing. Can you imag- ine how many lights, glue and duct tape have been used in the last 25 years? That’s been a lot of supplies.” To mark the silver anniver- sary, Mitchell is trying to bring in some special groups to pro- vide entertainment. She has a grand marshal selected – the looking back in the KT announcement is expected to be made the day after Thanks- giving – and has plans for past grand marshals. “We’re trying to focus on gathering all the grand mar- shals from the past,” Mitchell said. “We do have quite a few past grand marshals and will put them on the Cherriots bus. We have a parade timeline on our website, which we will do as a banner on both sides of the bus.” The day’s events aren’t just limited to the parade. A Glow- On party, a new addition last year, returns this year at 3 p.m. in the parking lot of Colum- bia Bank at 4260 River Road, where River Road and Man- brin Street meet. Also at 3 p.m., runners can start signing up for the Glow Run, a 5K race that starts at the bank at 6 p.m. and goes until 7. Because of those events, ve- hicles will only be allowed to cross River Road at Chemawa Road, as Manbrin and Dear- born Avenue will be closed to vehicles. “We focused on doing the runs a bit differently this year,” Mitchell said. “We wanted to have more of a glow effect, so we changed the glow logo and the run name. All of the pre-parade activities will be at the bank. Those in the run sudoku 5 YEARS AGO Group may seek ballot measure on cell phone fee Americans for Prosperity will ask city councilors to refer the issue of a cell phone fee to vot- ers. Last week the council gave itself the authority to institute a tax on wireless telecommunica- tions companies. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. local weather 10 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO Council gives nod to freeway mall pact The Keizer City Council decid- ed to enter a pre-development agreement with Northwest National LLC, the group of de- velopers that wants to build a retail and industrial mall on the freeway-area land known as the Chemawa Activity Center. 20 YEARS AGO Keizer police track persistent burglar A busy burglar has been leaving his fi ngerprints in Keizer homes in recent months. Police believe one person is responsible for 26 burglaries in west Keizer. will have special seating in the bank parking lot to watch the parade.” Everyone who signs up for the run will get a fl ashing Santa hat and a clip-on safety light. Two other new additions from last year are being carried over this year. The $500 cash prize for the Grand Sweep- stakes award winner – which went to May Trucking a year ago – is back, as is the After Glow Celebration in the Sky- line Ford parking lot at 3555 River Road N. “They both went really well last year,” Mitchell said. “For the After Glow party we’ve hired the Party Doctor. He will do fun stuff with the kids. We’re going to have 20 vendors there, with entertainment and music. All of the award winners from the parade will be coming into Skyline. The bigger entires will be in the back of the lot and the smaller ones will be in the front. It will be a nice setup. It will be nice to bring the kids so they can see the entries up close.” With the parade starting at 7 p.m., the After Glow Celebra- tion should get going around 8:30. Keeping with the glowing theme, Mitchell is encouraging parade goers to dress in glow- in-the-dark attire. In case you need any, a vendor will be on hand selling such items. There were some complaints after last year’s parade from those at the end of the route, saying the parade ended early. Mitchell said that wasn’t the case, but steps have been taken anyway to clarify the issue. “We’ll let people know where we disband in different areas,” Mitchell said. “It’s always been that way. We will have new signs up. We have to have room Please see PARADE, Page A3 Urban renewal district lives on In a unanimous vote, the Keiz- er City Council approved an amendment to extend the max- imum indebtedness of the ur- ban renewal district. The change could fund a new civic center. Last year, mayor-elect Clark fi lled in for then-mayor Lore Christopher. • Councilors agreed to cancel the December work session, which had been scheduled for Dec. 14. The November work session was a Saturday tour of the Covanta plant in Brooks, though only mayor Clark and councilor Kim Freeman attended. • Field usage rates at Keizer Little League Park were ap- proved unanimously without any comments. Depending on which of the 12 fi elds are used, rates range from $30 for a two-hour period to $135 to use Field 6 with lights for 135 minutes. KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Are you fearful of allowing Syrian refugees to enter the country even when they are subject to rigorous background checks? 50% – No 50% – Yes Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM
