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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 5, 2016 presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 196 Werdum vs. Velazquez Valentine’s Romantic Dinner Movie Friday, Feb.12 Only! Seating at 6:00 PM. Movie at 6:30. 4-course meal & drinks by candlelight and a romantic movie, The Age of Adaline. A great way to enjoy time with the one you love! SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS & MAKE RESERVATIONS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! — $50/COUPLE THE BIG GAME! SATURDAY, FEB 6TH —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $12 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online Sunday, Feb 7th FREE ON THE BIG SCREEN! Come join us for the last NFL game of the year, Door Prizes, and More! Today in History Signaling the close of the nearly decade-long Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, the last Russian troops withdraw from the capital city of Kabul. Less than two weeks later, all Soviet troops departed Afghanistan entirely, ending what many observers referred to as Russia’s “Vietnam.” — February 5, 1989 Food 4 Thought “Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.” — William E. Gladstone, 19th century British Prime Minister The Month Ahead 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. Tuesday, February 9 Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Big Toy grant request sent to council By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Let’s run those numbers again. That was what city leaders working on a grant application for the Big Toy at Keizer Rap- ids Park had to do. At the January Commu- nity Build Task Force meet- ing, committee members ap- proved plans for how much local funding would be used and how much grant money would be asked for from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s Local Govern- ment Grant. Nate Brown, director of Community Development for Keizer, is completing the grant with assistance from Jackie Franke. Brown and Bill Law- yer, Public Works director for Keizer, went over the numbers at the January meeting. Af- ter CBTF members approved a motion, it was believed that was the last time the task force would have to meet. However, while reviewing the numbers with Brown after that meeting, a Keizertimes re- porter noticed numbers didn’t appear to be adding up. Brown realized there were indeed er- rors and encouraged another CBTF meeting. Such a meeting took place Tuesday night, with updated and correct numbers. Mostly. The purchase of land at KRP can be used as part of the local match for the grant application. In the paperwork CBTF members had in front of them, the entire 28 acres was listed, worth $1,355,600. That wasn’t the correct number. Brown read off numbers from the corrected sheet using 10.47 acres, worth $506,800. Once CBTF members had the updated information, a motion was made and unani- mously approved to apply for a $456,800 grant for the second phase of the Big Toy project, with work to include a new poured-in-place surface, a pathway to the play structure, permanent restrooms and grab bars for disabled users to hold onto. Total project costs are esti- mated to be $1,013,600. Brown and Franke have had multiple meetings with Wayne Rawl- ins, the former OPRD grant program director who said the requested grant amount should be less than 50 percent of the total project cost. The fi gures show the grant request is 45 percent of the total project cost. The city will be using the $506,800 in land acquisition costs to cover most of the match, plus $50,000 in new Systems Development Charges (SDC) funds for a total match of $556,800. The request now goes to the Keizer City Coun- 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. Monday, February 22 Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. cil for approval. CBTF chair Marlene Parsons and Brandon Smith are both on the council. Making the Big Toy more accessible for people – youth and seniors alike – has been an emphasis with the second phase of the project. Replacing the bark ground covering with a smoother poured-in-place surface is a key component to that. The pathway would be another part and would also make it easier for neighbors of all abilities to access the park. Installing new permanent re- strooms would make KRP the fi rst of Keizer’s 19 parks to have such facilities. Estimates show the restrooms would cost about $223,000 in- cluding the buildings, septic system and power. The new poured-in-place surface would cost about $200,000, with the bulk of that being $184,800 for 12,000 square feet of the surface at $15.40 a square foot. The pathway part of the proj- ect would be about $83,000. Another $1,200 is being allot- ted for grab bars. Franke and Brown said the hope is to have the grant appli- cation written by mid-March, allowing time for CBTF mem- bers Richard Walsh and Janet Carlson to review it before the April 1 deadline. Letters of sup- port are currently being sought. “We’re not meeting again as a task force unless something comes up,” Parsons said. “Once we get this past the council and when Janet and Richard ap- prove, I don’t think we need to approve it, do we?” Brown said that depended on what the council decides. “Our efforts are going to be focused on getting the letters in,” Brown said. Next mural workshop is on Saturday By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A rough sketch of a timeline for Keizer’s next public mural has emerged. The mural, which has been discussed a number of times during Keizer Public Arts As- sociation (KPAC) meetings, was originally going to be done last fall on the north wall of Town & Country Lanes at 3500 River Road N. The timeline has since been pushed back to this sum- mer. Jill Hagen, the KPAC and Keizer Art Association member heading up the mural project, gave a timing update during last week’s KPAC meeting in re- sponse to a question. “Do we have an idea when we will start on the wall?” KPAC member Beth Melendy asked. “We’re looking at May,” Ha- gen replied. “Once we start do- ing something, work parties will be out there. Right now we’re getting information to the pub- lic. If you give people things, they will see something good in it and they will return because they have a part.” Hagen said more priming on the wall – a fi rst level of primer was applied last fall – would be done before any images are painted. “Some of the painting will be done, then some images will be put up there,” Hagen said. “That whole process will probably be May to July. I would expect it to be done in August, when you’d just have the fi nal tweaking left. Putting up kid hands will be the last step.” In recent weeks, Hagen has had artists claim images they’d be willing to help paint. The mural, to go along a wide, short wall estimated by Lore Christo- pher to be 140 feet wide, will be various images from the Keizer Iris Festival Parade. There will be images depicting a parade going down River Road, smaller im- ages such as old businesses and dignitaries including Keizer’s six mayors and handprints of chil- dren representing irises. Before then, Hagen is sched- uling art classes during which artists will teach people how to paint a mural. The next such class takes place this Saturday, Feb. 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center. Shirlee Johnson will be teaching about coloring. A day-long workshop is also scheduled for April 9. During that, gridding will be done to get artwork ready to be put up. Nancy Erickson will be leading that workshop. Hagen said Kathy Hainey will be heading up a composi- tion group, in charge of scal- ing the artwork and helping to put the images on the Town & Country wall. Melendy suggested more will want to get involved with the project once they see things starting to go up on the wall. “People will be curious,” The Keizer City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 16 to consider proposed revisions to day care standards in Sections 2.102, 2.103, 2.104 and 2.105 of the Keizer Development Code. The hearing will take place at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Also that night, the council will hold a hearing on 2016 Keizer liquor license renewals. Councilors will make a recommendation to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Give chickens a chance, group pleads The plight of urban chickens in Keizer got a little brighter as the Keizer City Council opted to further study the issue. Currently, chickens are considered a farm animal - as opposed to a pet - and thus are only allowed in zones allowing agricultural uses. sudoku Parents fear new school bounds will split Keizer The issue surfaced when Salem- Keizer School District offi cials unveiled new elementary bound- aries and options for channel- ing those students into White- aker Middle School and the new Claggett Creek Middle School. 20 YEARS AGO Commercial project booming as developers ‘discover’ Keizer Throughout the city, construction is underway on both new businesses and expansions for existing businesses from one end of town to the other. In the center of town, construction crews are fi ghting mud and rain to put up a $7 million Safeway store. 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KPAC member Rick Day suggested selling limited edition of mural prints, an idea others liked. “I would love to take that on,” Day said. “One thing is a picture of the picture, which anyone could take. I envisioned something different, a painting of the painting. We could do both.” The Martian (PG-13) Fri 6:20, 9:00, Sat 3:45, 8:00, Sun 7:30 public hearings Wednesday, February 10 Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. The meeting will cover Urban Growth Boundary expansion and will be a joint work session with members of the Keizer City Council. KEIZERTIMES fi le/Craig Murphy Plenty of dirt and bark was laid for the surface of the Big Toy last June, but project leaders are hoping for a new surface. KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Do you feel that law enforcement’s response to the Malheur Occupation has been appropriate? 51% – Yes 49% – No Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM
