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Today in History
At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat
the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35-10 in the fi rst-ever
world championship game of American football.
— January 15, 1967
Food 4 Thought
“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart
were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-
nigh useless.”
— Moliere (born January 15, 1622)
The Month Ahead
Monday, January 18
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Government offi ces and
schools are closed.
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.
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.
Monday, February 1
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, February 2
Keizer Economic Development Commission, noon in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Wednesday, February 3
Claggett Creek Watershed Council meeting, 5:30 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
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.
Sunday, February 7
Afternoon Tea at the Library, fundraising event for the
Keizer Community Library, 1:30 p.m. at Keizer Heritage
Center. Tea, light refreshments, raffl e. Tickets, $25,
are limited and available at the library or by emailing
bachik@comcast.net. No tickets available at the door.
Monday, February 8
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, February 9
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting,
6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
Wednesday, February 10
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council
chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Thursday, February 11
Keizer 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.
Saturday, February 13
Salem Audubon Society hosts a walking tour around
Staats Lake beginning at 10 a.m. to view waterfowl that
winter in our area. Dress warmly. The tour, about 1.25
miles, will last about 90 minutes. Contact Rich Ford at
503-510-9583.
Improvements for Palma Ciea Park
sought by neighbors during meeting
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
At this time a year ago, the
idea of Palma Ciea Park be-
ing sold and being turned into
new housing was a distinct
possibility.
That changed when it was
discovered the city doesn’t
technically own the park land
and thus couldn’t sell it.
Now the park is getting a
proverbial second lease on life.
Several neighbors spoke
at Tuesday’s Keizer Parks and
Recreation Board meeting at
Keizer Civic Center, seeking
improvements for the park
and talking about future plans.
That would be a contrast to
the current overrun condi-
tion of the park overlooking
the Willamette River, which
prompted last year’s discus-
sions.
Martin Doerfl er noted he
and several neighbors went
to the park a number of years
ago and “made it look pretty
decent for a while” and noted
the same could happen now,
especially if neighbors stopped
throwing yard debris into the
park.
“It can look nice,” Doerfl er
said. “It could be a viable park.
To sit and look at the river,
it would be a great place. We
would just need a couple of
benches. I would go sit, look
at the river and read. If you
can go, sit and relax for a bit, it
would be a worthwhile space.”
In response to a question
from newly re-elected Parks
Board chair David Louden,
Doerfl er said he imagined
neighbors would be willing to
help clean out the park.
Robert Johnson, parks su-
pervisor for Keizer, said some
of the work shouldn’t be too
hard.
“We could limb some
trees,” Johnson said. “If we
keep the benches up high by
the wall, you can get views of
the river.”
Johnson noted there used
to be more problems with
debris in the park than what’s
been seen recently. He esti-
mated the park would have
space for at least one or pos-
sibly two benches overlooking
the river. Johnson will look
at the park and report back
at next month’s Parks Board
meeting.
Rhonda Rich, president of
the West Keizer Neighbor-
hood Association, emphasized
the view at the park.
“All that park has to offer
is a view,” Rich said. “The ac-
cess to the river is treacherous.
Benches or a bench is a good
start.”
Gary Blake noted he’s
talked with neighbors about
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
West Keizer resident Gary Blake (right) addresses members of
the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Tuesday night
during a discussion of possible improvements at Palma Ciea
Park.
sprucing up Palma Ciea Park.
“As a neighborhood group,
there has been a heightened
interest in what’s happening
in park,” Blake said. “Every-
body I’ve talked to is willing
and anxious to help, to give
the park identity, a reason to
go there, better security. The
more people that go there, the
better it will be treated. That’s
what the neighborhood would
like to see. We’d like to work
hand in hand with city main-
tenance people. We’re glad to
take assignments to help. We’re
hoping we can make this a
place people would be glad to
go to.”
Blake said some people
have been talking about do-
ing community gardens at the
park.
“The main interest is to
have something happening
in the park so nothing bad is
happening,” he said.
Parks
Board
member
Richard Walsh suggested the
WKNA could put together a
committee to come up with a
vision for the park.
“We don’t want it to be a
magnet for trouble, we want
it to be something for the
neighborhood to be proud
of,” Walsh said.
Johnson said commu-
nity gardens would be good,
though getting water would
have to be fi gured out.
“Community gardens are
really neat and are going in
other places with great suc-
cess,” Johnson said. “It does
draw people to a park. Having
ing money is like sending cash; people there constantly versus
there are no protections for nobody ever there is a big dif-
ference and keeps the riff-raff
the sender (victim).
The KPD warns anyone out of there.”
who is requested by a third
party to provide bail money
for a relative or friend to be
very cautious. Most correc-
tional facilities, sheriff ’s of-
fi ces, police departments and
courts do not accept money
wired to them or take credit
or debit card information over
the telephone.
Anyone receiving this type
of phone call should try to
make personal contact with
the individual who they be-
lieve may be in need of help
by calling them at the tele-
phone number which they
would normally reach him or
her.
If they are unable to make
personal contact with the
person who is supposedly in
need of help, they should con-
tact other family members or
friends to confi rm whether or
not what they are being told
about the person they want to
help is true before taking any
further steps.
Keizer Police warn of
telephone bail scam
The Keizer Police Depart-
ment is warning residents of a
telephone bail scam in which
a victim was tricked into
sending money to a stranger
who claimed they were seek-
ing payment on behalf of the
victim’s granddaughter.
The KPD recently investi-
gated the incident. The victim
was scammed out of $3,000
after he was tricked into be-
lieving his granddaughter
needed to pay this amount of
money before she would be
released by the Seattle Police
Department.
Telephone bail scams typi-
cally target older people who
are called at random by the
suspect. In the most recent
case involving a Keizer resi-
dent, the victim was called
by the suspect who identifi ed
himself as offi cer Harrison
with the Seattle Police De-
partment.
Through conversation with
the victim, the suspect was
able to glean the name of the
victim’s granddaughter and
then went on to tell the vic-
tim his granddaughter was in
legal trouble in Seattle and she
needed to pay $3,000 before
she would be released.
The suspect directed the
victim to go to a local store
to purchase $3,000 of iTunes
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Cell phone fee
spiked for now
Councilors repealed on Tuesday,
Jan. 18, the telecom ordinance
that would have taxed cell
phones to the tune of about 3
percent.
gift cards. The victim, who
believed he was helping his
granddaughter, followed the
directions that were given by
the suspect, not knowing he
was becoming the victim of a
telephone bail scam.
After the victim purchased
$3,000 of iTunes gift cards he
called the suspect back and
provided him with the unique
identifying numbers that were
associated with each of the
iTunes gift cards he had pur-
chased. Providing this infor-
mation to the suspect allowed
the suspect access to each of
the valuable iTunes gift cards
and the $3,000.
There are many different
variations of the telephone bail
scam and ways suspects seek
payment from victims. Some-
times victims will be asked to
provide credit or debit card in-
formation over the telephone
while other times they will be
asked to wire money through
Western Union or Money-
Gram directly to the suspect
whom they believe is a law en-
forcement offi cer, correctional
offi cer or bail bondsman. Wir-
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THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
10 YEARS AGO
Strap on the tool belt…
Lowe’s is open
for business
Mayor Lore Christopher cuts a
board signifying Lowe’s opening
at a ceremony Jan. 11.
15 YEARS AGO
New council mulls
monthly ‘paycheck’
Some Keizer City Councilors
think the city should pay them a
small monthly stipend to cover
expenses related to community
business.
20 YEARS AGO
Panel yields to owners
on freeway plan
It was a marathon, six-hour
meeting of the Keizer Planning
Commission and before it was
over, owners of property near
the Chemawa Road interchange
pretty much got their way.
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