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Today in History
The Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion by handing
down their decision in the case of Roe v. Wade.
— January 22, 1973
Food 4 Thought
“I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for
someone else.”
— Barbara Bush
The Month Ahead
Friday, January 22 – Saturday, January 24
Keizer Homegrown Theater’s Always...Patsy Cline wraps up
at Kroc Center Auditorium, 1865 Bill Frey Drive in Salem. 7
p.m., tickets are $18 each.
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.
Town hall meeting on grocery stores at Keizer fi re station, 661
Chemawa Road NE at 7 p.m.
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.
Tuesday, February 16
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center.
Keizer City Council meeting (a day late due to the President’s
Day holiday), 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Thursday, February 18
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.
Chamber awards banquet Saturday
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Christine Dieker wants the
attention to go to the right
place.
On Saturday evening at
the Keizer Quality Suites, the
Keizer Chamber of Com-
merce is putting on the 55th
annual Keizer First Citizen
and Awards Banquet. The
event starts with a 6 p.m. so-
cial hour and dinner at 7, fol-
lowed by the awards. Individ-
ual tickets are $45 while tables
of eight are available for $360.
Dieker, the executive di-
rector of the chamber since
1998, has announced her res-
ignation. Her replacement is
expected to be named in early
February.
As such, it might be natu-
ral to assume Dieker will be
the center of attention on the
state come Saturday night.
Not if she has her way.
“This is not about me,”
Dieker said this week. “This is
our community night.”
There are some changes
this year, including the list
of nominees not being an-
nounced in advanced. The
four awards are Keizer First
Citizen, Merchant of the Year,
President’s Award and Service
to Education Award.
“It’s going to be a total
surprise this year,” Dieker said.
“It will be kind of neat. This
selection committee said let’s
make it a big surprise.”
Former Mayor Lore Chris-
topher, now chair of the Keiz-
er Public Arts Commission,
won the First Citizen award
last year. Joe Egli, a former
Keizer City Councilor who
works for R. Bauer Insurance,
was Merchant of the Year. Dan
Clem, who worked for the
Keizer Chamber at the time
and is now with the Salem
Chamber, won the President’s
KEIZERTIMES fi le/Craig Murphy
Former Keizer Mayor Lore Christopher was giddy to accept the First Citizen Award at last year’s
awards banquet. This year’s event takes place Saturday evening at Keizer Quality Suites.
Award. Power couple Chuck
and Krina Lee won the Ser-
vice to Education Award.
Chuck is a longtime Salem-
Keizer School Board member
while Krina runs the Salem-
Keizer Education Foundation.
Another new addition is
the $60 Night Stay Addition
Package, which includes a
night of lodging at the Keizer
Quality Suites.
“This is brand new,” Diek-
er said. “We were able to offer
attendees something if they
want to have a night stay. Mc-
Nary Restaurant and Lounge
is doing the transportation
from the hotel to their place,
where the after hours party
will be. It’s just to keep the
partygoers safe. They can en-
joy the night and have a night
in Keizer.”
A new addition last year
was the Rising to the Occa-
sion, which has morphed into
Pairings of Excellence tables
this year. Special couples,
friends, cooperating organi-
zations or partners that are
stewards of the community
will be honored and recog-
nized at these tables.
“It’s being well received,”
Dieker said. “We are reaching
out to identify couples and
partnerships doing excellent
work in the community. It’s
a nice place and nice time to
Rep. Post grocery store
town hall slated Tuesday
A local hot topic has caught
the attention of an elected
state offi cial.
As such, Rep. Bill Post
(R-Keizer) is holding a town
hall meeting next week about
grocery stores – or the lack
thereof in Keizer.
As
has
been
well
documented
in
the
Keizertimes, Keizer had three
grocery stores as recently as
the spring of 2012 before
Roth’s closed its store in
Schoolhouse Square at River
and Chemawa Roads.
Last fall, the Haggen –
formerly an Albertsons for 30
years – in the Keizer Creekside
Shopping Center closed,
leaving only the Safeway to
serve the Keizer population of
37,000-plus residents.
Since then, potential new
grocery stores have been a
KEIZERTIMES fi le/Craig Murphy
The inside of Haggen shortly
before closing last year.
non-stop topic of discussion
in the city. The most desired
chain has been WinCo, with
a “Keizer Wants WinCo”
group on Facebook currently
standing at more than 750
members.
Post’s town hall will be
held Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.
at the Keizer fi re station, 661
Chemawa Road NE. Post
does not intend to present
a solution, but will listen to
residents about the lack of
grocery stores in Keizer.
“I have had so many
constituents reach out to
me about this issue,” Post
said. “I don’t claim to have
the answers, but I want to
make sure that my neighbors
here in Keizer are heard and
that hopefully other elected
offi cials will take the time
to attend. If we all put our
heads together, I would like to
think we can come up with a
solution.”
give recognition because it is
a community gathering.”
Dieker said the event won’t
feel like a goodbye for her.
“It will just be different
next year,” she said. “I remem-
ber 18 years ago I attended
the banquet as a community
volunteer. I have full inten-
tions to go next year and the
years beyond.”
Nathan Bauer is returning
as event emcee, while Grand
Jazz and Swing Band will
provide the live music. Ticket
information is available by
calling the chamber offi ce at
503-393-9111.
“We are looking forward
to it,” Dieker said of the eve-
ning. “It should be another
fantastic banquet.”
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10 YEARS AGO
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by man with gun
Walgreens Drug Store on River
Road N. was robbed for the
second time in two months last
Sunday, Jan. 15.
15 YEARS AGO
City to skaters: Clean
up act or lose park
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in the corner of the concrete
structure and irritates city staff-
ers who don’t have time to
monitor the situation fully. Kids
are on their own at the park for
hours with no adult supervision
to keep the park clean.
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behind the citizen militia
takeover of the Malheur Wildlife
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20 YEARS AGO
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31% – Yes
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in the library wars, but at least
one city councilor thinks Keizer
instead may be getting a Trojan
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