DECEMBER 4, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
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“I’m an Oregonian now,”
Pierce said with a laugh.
“Twenty years ago when I
came up from California,
maybe it would have been a
problem. Now I’ve got the
gear and the experience. I’ll
be ready to rumble.”
Pierce declined an offer to
remain at UCLA and moved
with wife Selma to Salem to
begin a career in private prac-
tice oncology. He practices at
Hematology Oncology of Sa-
lem and has also volunteered
at Oregon Health and Sci-
ences University for the past
20 years as a clinical assistant
professor. He is board certifi ed
in internal medicine, medical
oncology and hematology.
Over the years, Pierce has
been part of a number of or-
ganizations, professional and
community alike. In 2009 he
received the American Cancer
Society’s Community Leader-
ship Award.
Cheryl Mitchell, CEO
of the parade, noted Pierce
was one of fi ve nominees for
grand marshal.
“We’re thrilled to have
him,” Mitchell said. “Bud and
his wife have done so much
for the community.”
Pierce expressed surprise at
being named grand marshal.
“It’s a great honor,” he said.
“It’s a once in a lifetime hon-
or. It’s a surprise. I’m happy
to have the chance to do it.
I don’t know why I got the
honor. I was very surprised
to get the call. They asked if
I wanted to do it, I said that
would be great. You try to
work hard and be a good citi-
zen. This was completely un-
expected.”
Pierce said helping out the
community comes naturally.
“I’ve been blessed with
some talent, a lot of energy
and great health,” he said. “Life
broke my way. I’ve had mate-
rial success, but it’s just tem-
porary. It really feels good and
makes your life more rich to
contribute to not just other
people, but to other people’s
causes. I like to get involved
with charitable causes. It’s neat
to support other people and
their dreams. If life breaks your
way and you have resources,
you need to get them out of
your hands and help others.”
Pierce, married to Selma
for 34 years, has been car-
ing for patients in the Salem/
Keizer area for more than 20
years. The couple has contrib-
uted to projects such as the
Salvation Army Kroc Center,
Cancer Awareness Weekend
at Volcanoes Stadium and the
OHSU Knight Cancer Chal-
lenge, among others.
Pierce has been to the Fes-
tival of Lights Holiday Parade
exactly once before, but is
looking forward to cruising
down River Road in a con-
vertible.
“I’m looking forward to
just going through it,” he said.
“A night parade sounds really
cool and interesting. It will be
exciting to be a participant. I
went to the Rose Parade once
in Southern California. It was
such a cool experience. It will
be exciting. I just hope it’s not
pouring rain.”
Before the parade, the 5K
Glow Run celebration kicks
off at 3 p.m. at Columbia
Bank, located at River and
Manbrin Drive. The 5K Glow
Run starts at 6 p.m., followed
by the parade. After 3, traf-
fi c will only be able to cross
River Road along the parade
route at Chemawa Road.
Following the parade, win-
ning entries will be at Sky-
line Ford for the After Glow
awards celebration.
For more information on
the parade, visit www.folholi-
dayparade.org or see the Keiz-
ertimes’ holiday guide, which
has information about all of
the holiday events taking place
in town and around the entire
area.
Extra copies of the guide,
which went to all Keizer
households, are available at the
Keizertimes offi ce, located at
142 Chemawa Road N.
puzzle answers
Tribes to be on mural?
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Could two area Native
American tribes be honored
on Keizer’s next public mural?
The idea was brought up
during the Nov. 24 Keizer
Public Arts Commission meet-
ing.
The mural, on the north
wall of Town & Country Lanes
at 3500 River Road North, was
originally going to be done this
fall. However, that timeline has
been pushed back to the sum-
mer of 2016. The wall has been
prepped and refers people to
the city website (www.keizer.
org) for more information.
As it turns out, that extra
time could be a good thing
since some details still have to
be fi nalized.
Jill Hagen, the KPAC mem-
ber leading the mural project,
noted a meeting of interested
artists set for Nov. 24, past the
Keizertimes press time. The plan
is for artists to be willing to
teach and supervise volunteers
who want to help out but have
limited or no experience paint-
ing murals.
There will be 10 main im-
ages depicting Keizer Iris Fes-
tival Parade entries on the wall
of the bowling alley, which is
estimated to be 120 feet. In ad-
dition to those main images,
there will also be smaller imag-
es of former Keizer businesses.
Hagen said there will sil-
houettes of people watching
the parade, but there will be
some specifi c faces.
“They all will be just fl esh
colored, except the 20 faces
we’re talking about,” Hagen
said. “You don’t need to be
an artist. We will have people
there to show you. The only
images showing emotion are
parade images. The rest are
pretty static: buildings, trees,
people in audience. We’ll show
you how to do it.”
Among the 20 faces will be
Keizer’s six mayors since the
city was incorporated in 1982.
Some of the faces will be auc-
tioned off, with the money
raised from that helping to pay
for this and future art projects.
Other specifi c faces to paint
will be selected via a raffl e.
Hagen suggested a couple of
other specifi c faces.
“I wonder if this commis-
sion would consider contact
with the (Confederated Tribes
of) Grand Ronde since this was
their land initially,” Hagen said.
“It would be a good social and
political thing, since we are do-
ing the story poles (in front of
city hall in 2017).”
Lore Christopher, KPAC
chair, liked the idea.
“There will be six mayor
faces, plus Jill wants a seventh
free space to be a Grand Ronde
person,” Christopher said. “It
could be a chief or whoever
they select to be a face.”
Hagen wanted some feed-
back from the commission.
“Would anybody object to
that?” she asked.
Christopher said some peo-
ple might have a problem with
the Grand Ronde being repre-
sented and not the Confeder-
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
“We invited the Siletz for
the story poles, but they were
not interested,” Christopher
said. “The 17 acres by the free-
way (Keizer Station) is not
more developed since it’s partly
owned by the Siletz. These are
the obstacles we need to over-
come. We need to talk with
(city attorney) Shannon John-
son, since that is a separate sov-
ereign nation. We’ll have the
problem of why Grand Ronde
and not Siletz.”
Hagen said she wouldn’t
have an issue having both tribes
represented on Keizer’s second
public mural.
“If others have more po-
litical sensitivity, I’m fi ne with
that,” Hagen said.
The Keizer Miracle of
Christmas Lights Display will
begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4.
Cars will be roaming the
neighborhood from 6 to 10
p.m. through Dec. 26. The
route is 3.5 miles long, and can
take several hours to complete
on busy weekends. Sno Cop
barricades will lead drivers
through the neighborhood.
The tradition, which rais-
es money and food for the
Marion-Polk Food Share,
draws eyes from around the
region. It’s expected that near-
ly 20,000 vehicles will pass
through the neighborhood.
There’s no admission fee,
but the event is a fundraiser
for hungry families in the
mid-Willamette Valley, and
donations are always welcome.
Last year, volunteers col-
lected $21,877 and 24,899
pounds of food.
Cans and non-perishable
food donations along with
cash are welcomed. A do-
nation site will be set up on
Mistwood Drive NE.
Organizers remind attend-
ees that there are no public re-
strooms available, and visitors
should keep their headlights
on at all times while driv-
ing through. It is a residential
neighborhood, so please be
aware and courteous to pe-
destrians and residents trying
to get in and out of driveways.
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