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President Woodrow Wilson outlines his “14 Points” for
achieving a lasting peace in Europe. The peace proposal
called for unselfi sh peace terms from the victorious Allies,
the restoration of territories conquered during the war, the
right to national self-determination, and the establishment
of a postwar world body to resolve future confl ict.
— January 8, 1918
Food 4 Thought
“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the
people.”
— Woodrow Wilson
The Month Ahead
Friday, January 8 – Sunday, January 10
Mary Poppins, the musical stage version of the movie
will have four shows as a benefi t for Pentacle Theatre.
Performances at 7:30 on January 8 and January 9 with
2 p.m. matinees on January 9 and 10 at Central High
School in Independence. Tickets are $20, $15 for those
under 18. pentacletheatre.org.
Saturday, January 9
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will meet at
10:30 a.m. in Anderson Room A of Salem Public Library
(585 Liberty St SE). On tap for this month’s program is
a member’s show and tell session. For more information,
call 503-363-0880.
Sunday, January 10
Mid-Valley Pro Wrestling including 12-man over-the-top
battle royal. 4-6 p.m., Keizer Lions Club, 4100 Cherry
Ave. N.E. Tickets range from $10 to $15.
Monday, January 11
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, January 12
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting,
6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
Wednesday, January 13
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Thursday, January 14
Keizer
Homegrown
Theatre
presents
encore
presentations of its 2015 hit, Always, Patsy Cline, at the
Kroc Center. 7 p.m., tickets are $18. Performances also
on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15 and 16 and again Jan. 21
through 23.
Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian Committee meeting,
6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m.
at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, January 19
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Meeting
is a day later than usual due to the MLK holiday.
Thursday, January 21
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6 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.
Saturday, January 23 – Sunday, January 24
Oregon Wedding Showcase, Oregon State Fairgrounds.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on
Sunday. Admission is $9, $8 with coupon and $7 online.
oregonweddingshowcase.com.
Tuesday, January 26
Keizer Public Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Friday, February 5
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes’ 9th Winter Sports Banquet and
Silent Auction, 6 p.m., Keizer Quality Suites. Keynote
speaker will be Kyle Haines, team manager. Also
appearing is Tony Torcato, former Volcano and Giant.
Tickets are $60 per couple, $35 per person or $225 for a
table of eight. Call 503-390-2225.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
There were some unre-
solved issues in Keizer in 2015.
As such, some of the top
stories from last year are ex-
pected to still be hot topics for
the new year.
Another grocery store?
Keizer being down to one
grocery store was one of the
hottest topics in 2015, as the
conversion from Albertsons
to Haggen didn’t quite go
as planned. When the store
closed in late September, it
meant River Road had two
vacant grocery store buildings.
Speculation has been ram-
pant about what grocery
store chain might be willing
to open in Keizer, which is
currently only being served
by the Safeway at River and
Chemawa Road. A subplot is
whether either of the two va-
cant store shells could be used,
or if a new store would have
to be built.
Could Area C of Keizer
Station end up having a store
after all?
Will Keizer’s
growth continue?
New homes are under con-
struction currently in Keizer,
with more in the works, such
as the Bowden Estates subdi-
vision. Work continues on the
Bonaventure and Mountain
West Investment Corpora-
tion senior living center and
apartments on the expanded
McLeod Lane, not to mention
more apartments and a new
senior living center on Mc-
Gee Court at the north end of
town at Hawks Pointe Apart-
ments and behind Emerald
Pointe Senior Living Com-
munity.
Looking ahead, the ques-
tion is will the pace of new
development continue in
2016? For example, will the
conversion of the Herber
Family property at Verda Lane
and Chemawa into apart-
ments, rejected by councilors
in 2014 but under appeal, be
back on the table again?
Roundabout coming
Speaking of Verda and Che-
mawa, another project at that
corner has been a lightning
public
hearings
The Keizer Planning
Commission will hold a
public hearing on Wednesday,
Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. to consider
proposed revisions to day care
standards in various sections
of city code. The hearing will
take place in council cham-
bers at Keizer Civic Center,
930 Chemawa Road NE.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
rod for controversy in recent
years: the planned roundabout.
The project has been de-
layed a couple of times, but
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation offi cials opened bids
in November and the project
is expected to be completed
this summer.
What’s next for parks?
In recent years, plenty of
attention has been paid to
Keizer Rapids Park. With the
Big Toy play structure mostly
complete, there are other proj-
ects that are planned for the
park at the end of Chemawa
Road. When will some of
those projects start happening?
There is also a bigger issue
for parks in Keizer: funding.
Members of the Keizer Parks
and Recreation Advisory
Board have restarted conver-
sations about how to bring in
more money for parks, with a
parks district (similar in con-
cept to the Keizer Fire Dis-
trict) currently being exam-
ined.
Who will lead
the chamber?
In December, Christine
Dieker announced she is re-
signing as executive director
of the Keizer Chamber of
Commerce. A new director is
expected to be named in early
February. Dieker has run the
chamber for more than 17
years.
In addition to the question
of who the new leader will be,
the related question is how
that will impact the relation-
ship between the chamber and
the city.
Here is a look back at how
some of the predicted top sto-
ries for 2015 turned out:
New mayor: Cathy Clark
made a seamless transition
from councilor to mayor.
Brandon Smith rejoined
council, former city employee
Roland Herrera joined coun-
cil as did Amy Ryan. For the
most part, meetings in 2015
were shorter than in the past.
Big Toy/other projects
at KRP: The Big Toy was
indeed a hot topic, with Keiz-
ertimes coverage of the topic
earning a fi rst-place award
from the Oregon Newspa-
pers Publishers Association.
The play structure was built in
June and opened to great fan-
fare. Other projects at KRP in
KEIZERTIMES fi le/Craig Murphy
From top: the ongoing grocery store saga, the upcoming
roundabout and the Herber family farm.
2015 included new sand vol-
leyball courts and additions to
the amphitheater.
Keizer Station develop-
ment: Several new businesses
opened at Keizer Station in
2015, including new restau-
rants such as Gustav’s Bargar-
ten and Chipotle Mexican
Grill. Area C is being devel-
oped, with the question being
if any retail or commercial ef-
forts will follow.
Needing more space:
There are still plenty of empty
buildings along River Road,
with the Albertsons/Haggen
building added to the list in
2015. Chamber leaders have
expressed a desire to move
back to River Road; will that
happen and will it lead to va-
cant buildings being fi lled?
Impact of marijuana:
There wasn’t much move-
ment in regards to recreational
marijuana in 2015, though
councilors have discussed
rules of dispensaries a number
of times.
local
weather
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Husband accused
of killing his wife
Keizer woman Lisa Zielinski,
38, was killed in her home and
her husband Peter Zielinski, 39,
went to the Keizer Civic Center
Wednesday morning and used
the phone, simply saying his
wife needed an ambulance. Peter
Zielinski has been arrested for
the murder.
10 YEARS AGO
KURB: Arch’s nemesis
Citizen board rejects use of
urban renewal money to pay for
arch that may span River Road
at the 45th parallel.
15 YEARS AGO
Woman’s van rams
into truck, home of
estranged husband
A woman drove her van at high
speed into her estranged hus-
band’s truck, shoving it into
his house, Keizer Police said.
Nobody in the house was hurt
but the crash knocked loose the
foundation.
20 YEARS AGO
Police foil burglary,
recover loot
The chilling midnight episode
resulted in the arrest of one
Keizer man and a police hunt
for a second suspect. Police said
they think they have cracked a
ring responsible for as many as
40 burglaries in Keizer in recent
weeks.
KEIZERTIMES.COM
Web Poll
Results
What do you think was the
biggest story in Keizer in 2015?
44% – Haggen grocery store opens and
closes within months
21% – Big Toy projected completed
8% – Austin Verboort recovers from coma
after auto accident
7% – Development in Keizer
7% – Keizer fi re levy and transit payroll tax
election in November
5% – Brett Pearson pleads guilty in killing
of his mother
4% – McNary High School gets new artifi cial
turf fi eld
1% – Christine Dieker steps down as
Keizer Chamber executive director
1% – New mayor, new councilors sworn in
1% – Heated campaigns for fi re district,
transit board and school board
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