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The Month Ahead
Monday, February 1
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. 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.
Saturday, February 6
Reception for the February Keizer Art Association show,
the McNary High School Art Show, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Enid
Joy Mount Gallery, 980 Chemawa Road NE. Show runs
Feb. 5 to 28.
Mural meeting for Keizer’s next public mural, 3 to 5 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
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.
Saturday, February 20 – Sunday, February 21
Willamette Master Chorus joins with the Willamette
University Chamber Choir to present Handel’s Messiah in
Hudson Hall on the campus. Performances are 7:30 p.m.
on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets range from $15
to $30. willamettemasterchorus.org.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
Council supports bike helmet grant
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
They might not be the best
business people, but they’re
pretty good at community
support.
Hersch Sangster and Da-
vid Dempster, members of
the Keizer Traffi c/Bikeways/
Pedestrian Safety Committee,
asked Keizer City Councilors
for support on Jan. 19 and got
it as councilors unanimously
agreed.
The approval means the
city will be applying to the Sa-
lem Bicycle Club – of which
Sangster is the new president
– for a $500 grant to buy bi-
cycle helmets.
The SBC sponsors the
Monster Cookie Ride, taking
place for the 40 th time this year
on April 24, going from the
Salem Capitol Mall to Cham-
poeg State Park and back. The
event, started by Sangster and
others in the 1970s, provides
the SBC its funding.
Dempster and Sangster
are looking to purchase 120
helmets plus some bicycle
lights. The total costs would
be $1,271. The project budget
shows donations and grants
worth $771 within the city,
plus the $500 from SBC.
“We get the money, buy
helmets, give them away and
ask for donations,” Dempster
said. “We’ve been doing it for
nine years. It works very well.
I don’t know how many hun-
dreds of kids and adults we’ve
fi tted with helmets. We’ve
never cost the city any cash.
We’re horrible business peo-
ple. We buy the helmets for $8
and ask for a $5 donation.”
Sangster noted that makes
Keizer a bit unique.
“We’re the only city that
has a helmet program in Or-
egon,” he said, adding that
other sources of previous
funding such as Salem-Keizer
Transit and Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation have
been tapped out.
Mayor Cathy Clark gave
kudos to Sangster and Demp-
ster for their efforts.
“We’ve been wanting to
see kids wear helmets,” Clark
said. “With your leadership,
we’ve done it. The return on
this investment is the preven-
tion that allows us to enjoy
our kids, even if they do take a
trip over the handlebars.”
Councilor Kim Freeman
referred to the helmets them-
selves.
“It’s very rewarding to see
a young adult receive a really
cool helmet,” Freeman said.
“They are the helmets of to-
day, not just run of the mill
helmets. It’s really good be-
cause then they want to wear
the helmets.”
Sangster said a subcommit-
tee has been started to see if
Keizer could become a Bicy-
cle Friendly Community. Ac-
cording to the bikeleague.org
website, nine cities in Oregon
currently have such designa-
Water issue gets
resolved at WMS
It took nearly two weeks,
but an issue with the water at
Whiteaker Middle School was
fi nally resolved last week.
Julia DeWitt, principal of the
middle school located at 1605
Lockhaven Drive NE, said sedi-
ment was fi nally cleared and
the water service interruption
ended on Jan. 18.
“The origin of the issue
stemmed from a maintenance
service over the winter break,”
DeWitt said. “Our fi re suppres-
sion system was fl ushed by an
outside contractor. Through the
process of pushing a large vol-
ume of water and high amount
of pressure, manganese from
Keizer’s main lines broke loose
and entered Whiteaker’s do-
mestic water supply/lines.”
DeWitt said school lead-
ers consulted with the Marion
County Environmental Health
Department and Keizer City
Water Department.
“We fl ushed our lines over a
series of days until it ran clear
everywhere,” she said. “Then,
we followed with tests for bac-
teria, metals (pipe degradation)
and pH levels – all of which
have come back clear – before
going back online.”
DeWitt said the process took
about two weeks.
“Our service interruption
lasted from the morning we re-
turned from the winter break,
Jan. 5 through Jan. 18,” she said.
“It took a solid eight days of
fl ushing Whiteaker’s water lines
for our water to run clear of
sediment. The additional days
were due to waiting on fi nal lab
results.”
During the water service
interruption, the Salem Keizer
School District provided bot-
tled drinking water and hand-
washing stations for staff and
students to use.
DeWitt had high praise for
all involved.
“Whiteaker’s staff and stu-
dents were amazing through
this time,” she said. “Everyone
stayed focused on learning. It
was business as usual. I attri-
bute this to our strong school
community, as well as to the
outstanding support from sev-
eral Salem-Keizer departments.
They ensured that our daily
water needs were provided for
and partnered for a plan to re-
solve the issue.”
As far as DeWitt could tell,
the issue was isolated to WMS.
“During this time, the Keiz-
er Water Department said they
have not had any other com-
plaints in the area and they have
not been doing any fl ushing of
lines,” DeWitt said.
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Whiteaker Middle School students Sion Springer (left) and
Paytonn Wirt and Sion Springer lead the reciting of the pledge
of allegiance during the Jan. 19 Keizer City Council meeting.
tion. Clark was intrigued by
the idea.
“This is a positive for our
community,” the mayor said.
“This is something that would
be a benefi t for the commu-
nity. I want to see us move for-
ward on this.”
The same goes for Sangster.
“Being designated bike
friendly will bring us busi-
ness,” he said. “We have a sce-
nic bikeway path going right
through the city. Cycling
brought in $4.1 million a year
in Oregon last year.”
In other business Jan. 19:
• Lyndon Zaitz and Tammy
Wild gave an update on ac-
tivities at the Keizer Heritage
Center, which is celebrating
its centennial year with several
events. That includes having
an entry in May’s Keizer Iris
Festival Parade, a special back
to school night on Aug. 18 and
a reunion on Nov. 12 for any
students who attended school
at the old Keizer School, the
current home to KHC.
“We will also be highlight-
ing with an exhibit of events
that happened in 1916,” said
Wild, who noted the KHC
is selling centennial calendars
for $10. “We are trying to so-
licit the community to be in-
volved.”
Zaitz stressed the impor-
tance of the heritage center,
which houses the city muse-
um, library and is home to the
Keizer Art Association.
“Most view the Keizer
Heritage Center as the focal
part of the community, with
the various things in there,”
Zaitz said. “We as the Keizer
Heritage Foundation support
our tenants and their missions
to take care of history and art
in the community. We hope
to be doing it for many, many
more years.”
• The marijuana retailer
permit process was adopted,
but once again the vote was
not unanimous. When the
measure was voted on Jan. 4,
the vote was 5-2 in favor, with
Clark and councilor Amy
Ryan opposed. The lack of a
unanimous vote meant a sec-
ond vote was needed.
With no discussion, another
vote was taken, resulting in an
identical 5-2 tally with Clark
and Ryan again opposed.
• Pat Curran and Renee
Helvie, along with several stu-
dents, talked about the Great
Kindness Challenge Week at
Whiteaker Middle School (see
pg. A5 for related story).
“It started as a school
campaign, but we want it to
grow each year,” said Cur-
ran, a counselor at the school.
This year we are expanding it
to Forrest Ridge, Gubser and
Clear Lake. We hope as this
continues to grow over time
we can include community
leaders, businesses and Mc-
Nary High School.”
Curran, Helvie and the stu-
dents led councilors and audi-
ence members in the reciting
of their pledge.
“I am so impressed,” Clark
said. “We are working togeth-
er. Young or old, that’s how we
roll.”
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looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Power plant
concept still in play
A gas-fi red power plant near
Keizer Station could result
from a partnership with the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians.
local
weather
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.
10 YEARS AGO
Police seize 1.5
pounds of meth
Offi cers from the Keizer Police
Department’s
Community
Response Unit made one of
the biggest methamphetamine
busts in the history of the city
in a raid of an apartment on
Plymouth Ave.
15 YEARS AGO
Detectives recover
another stolen car
Keizer police recovered another
stolen car Jan. 16, bringing the
total number of stolen vehicles
recovered in the past two weeks
to fi ve.
20 YEARS AGO
High water
Willamette River overfl ow
surges past the park signs at the
Wheatland Ferry, which was
shut down due to high water last
weekend. Parks offi cials closed
the park access and boat ramp,
too.
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