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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 12, 2016 Koho in ICU after heart attack presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 197 Dos Anjos vs. McGregor Sensory Sensitive Show Saturday, Feb 20 at 11:00 am FILM: T HE G OOD ONLY $3 D INOSAUR [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Showings are designed specifi cally for customers with autism and other special sensory needs. UPCOMING EVENTS SATURDAY, MARCH 5TH —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $12 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online • Full Schedule Mon, Feb 15th (No School) • Closed Caption Show - Mockingjay P2 (PG-13) Tues, Feb 23rd at 6:00pm • Another Sensory Sensitive Show: Sat, Mar 5th at 11:00am. Movie: Alvin & Chipmunks • UFC 196 - Sat, Mar 5th at 5:00pm • Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Mar 12th at 7 and 9 pm Today in History The release of U.S. POWs begins in Hanoi as part of the Paris peace settlement. The return of U.S. POWs began when North Vietnam released 142 of 591 U.S. prisoners at Hanoi’s Gia Lam Airport. The fi rst 20 POWs arrived to a hero’s welcome at Travis Air Force Base in California on February 14. — February 12, 1973 Food 4 Thought “War does not determine who is right — only who is left.” – Bertrand Russell The Month Ahead Continuing through Saturday, February 27 McNary High School Art Show at Enid Joy Mount Gallery presented by the Keizer Art Association. Hours are 1-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road NE. keizerarts.com. Continuing through Sunday, February 14 Salem Spring RV Show, Oregon State Fairgrounds. For show times and admission visit salemspringrvshow.com. 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. Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10:30 a.m. in Anderson Room A of the Salem Public Library (585 Liberty St SE). Charlien Tice will speak about “Genealogy and Health History.” For more information, call 503-363-0880. Sunday, February 14 Valentine’s Day Monday, February 15 President’s Day By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Former Keizer Mayor and current Keizer City Council president Dennis Koho suf- fered a heart attack last Sat- urday, Feb. 6 and was taken to Salem Hospital. As of press time Wednes- day, Koho remained in criti- cal condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hos- pital. Koho was Keizer’s third mayor, serving in that capacity from 1993 to 1999. He served on the council from 1991 to 1993 and returned to offi ce in the fall of 2012. He told the Keizertimes last week he would not be running for another term this fall. Koho operates the Koho & Beatty law fi rm in Keizer with 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. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes An iconic movie line was questioned at a recent Keizer Economic Development Commission (KEDC) meeting. In the movie Field of Dreams, a famous line is “If you build it, they will come.” What’s that have to do with a commission in Keizer? As it turns out, plenty. Mayor Cathy Clark, chair of the KEDC, noted the area along River Road from Dietz Avenue to Sunset Avenue and extending out to Cherry Avenue has been identifi ed as a top priority for small business cluster in Keizer. Rick Day said developers will be needed. “We need someone willing to do big mixed use, someone willing to take a big chance with mixed use, multi-level, condos, etc. We need to invite developers in the area plus bankers and real estate people,” Day said. “It’s going to take that investment that most small business owners don’t have in their back pocket.” Clark and Day agreed there is information in the River Road Renaissance plan, but that information is now several years old. “I want someone or someones to update it, create a one pager, make sure the survey has questions we need to ask, and get teams to go out and get the information,” Clark said. The survey, modeled after one done in Salem, would ask business owners questions 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. Saturday, February 20 The Willamette Valley Wedding Professionals hold a Wedding Planning Workshop at the Keizer Civic Center from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. Vendors for all aspects of weddings will be on hand. Admission is $5; register at wvw.pro.com/planning- workshop. Experts: Measure may not stop planned big box store 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. Tuesday, February 23 Keizer Public Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Thursday, March 10 – Sunday, March 13 The Hotel Casablanca, a comedic opera by Willamette University Theare program at Smith Auditoriium on the Willamette University campus. For schedule and tickets visit willamette.edu/cla/music/performance/events. Friday, March 18 Oregon Symphony at Willamette University-Smith Auditorium 8 pm. Variations on a Theme by Joseph Hayden. Tickets range $50 to $5. For more information contact dtrevett@willamette.edu Tickets are available online orsymphonysalem.org Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. visit and I’ll try to periodically update his status here. It’s com- forting to know Dennis is in your thoughts and prayers.” Lori also posted a short message on Wednesday morn- ing. “Dennis had a peaceful eve- such as what the likes and concerns are, if renovation is planned and if the business owner also owns the building. Sam Goesch volunteered to deliver surveys to the businesses in that area, in part because that’s where his State Farm agency is located. Lyndon Zaitz, publisher of the Keizertimes, spoke as a private citizen to KEDC members. “It’s going to take that in- vestment that most small business owners don’t have in their back pocket.” — Rick Day “What goes through my mind is we can talk about building this and that,” Zaitz said. “Should we not be talking to the types of businesses we want and ask what would it take for them to move here? Build it and they will come? We’ve seen it, but we still have a lot of open buildings here in Keizer. A survey is all nice and fi ne, but like Rick said, we need to meet with the developers. We need to know what they need.” Mardi Smith agreed. “That’s what we’ve been trying to do,” she said. Clark also agreed. “That’s right on a number of fronts,” the mayor said. “We’re wanting to get more information about where we are. But it is about the developers. Speculation building is not happening. We need to see what they want.” Day said there have been discussions about getting developers to the table. “We want to put out the word we are entrepreneurial and start-up friendly,” Day said. “What will it take for property owners to do a deal to make that? What can we do to make it friendly for the start-ups?” Zaitz noted the freeway access and land at Keizer Station, where Area A is the main shopping center and new apartments and senior housing are going in at Area C, but the rest of Area C is yet to be developed and Areas B and D are vacant. “How come there’s not a rush to our roar?” Zaitz asked. “Area B was looked at for medical and offi ce space,” Clark said. “We’ve been waiting on the market. That is starting to warm up. We already sold one of the properties, but it never turned to anything. How do we make that happen?” Zaitz suggested identifying who to target to bring in. “Talk to those people and see what it would take to get them to sign on the dotted line, as opposed to building something fi rst and see what happens,” Zaitz said. “Let’s 5 YEARS AGO It’s likely the big box retail restriction measure wouldn’t stop a planned discount grocer in Keizer Station’s Area C, multiple land use experts told the Keizertimes. Also on that night, the city council will hold a hearing on 2016 Keizer liquor license re- newals. Councilors will make A man with a gun robbed Blockbuster Video Feb. 5, and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. a recommendation to the Or- egon Liquor Control Com- mission after the hearing is concluded. A man wearing a Halloween mask robbed the Cherry Avenue Market at gunpoint, telling the store clerk, “This is nothing per- sonal, just business.” 20 YEARS AGO Renewal panels reshaping Keizer’s core Plans are falling into place for the future of River Road, and those plans call for a more people- friendly, attractive strip along what is now a state highway. 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What will it take for you to locate 200 jobs here in Keizer?” Day suggested the vacant Roth’s and Albertsons/ Haggen buildings could be turned into small mall settings with different tenants, as opposed to trying to fi ll the space with one tenant. “Our community is quite divided about whether the city’s efforts should be focused on the River Road empty properties or on new development,” Troy Young said. “A lot of people in our community want the preservation of what we’ve got before we build more. They are very leery.” Day said a three-tier idea could be new buildings at Keizer Station, rehabilitation of River Road properties and converting previous grocery store buildings to small mall settings. Point Break (PG-13) Sat 2:50 public hearings looking back in the KT Saturday, February 20 – Sunday, February 21 Dennis Koho ning. Still in critical condition but at least stable,” she wrote. Current Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark attended the Sa- lem Keizer Volcanoes Win- ter Sports Banquet on Feb. 5 along with Koho and others. “He seemed fi ne,” Clark said. “I was pretty much blind- sided when I heard the news. We will be keeping him in our prayers.” Clark noted Koho had helped her greatly in the past year during her transition from council to the mayor’s seat. “He’s been a good sound- ing board, while recognizing things have changed signifi - cantly since he was mayor,” Clark said. “He has great knowledge of the history of Keizer and a great sense of humor.” Build and they will come, or vice versa? Community day at A.C. Gilbert House and Gilbert House Children’s Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free. acgilbert.org. Tuesday, February 16 Eleanor Beatty. Keizer City Manager Chris Eppley confi rmed Tuesday morning he’d heard Koho had been in the ICU after a cardiac event over the weekend. Mark Glyzewski, a spokesperson for the hospital, confi rmed Tues- day morning Koho was still in critical condition. Koho’s wife, Lori, called the Keizertimes Tuesday afternoon and asked that no visitors try to see her husband at the hos- pital. She also noted there was no room for fl owers and asked for privacy. On Tuesday evening, Lori posted on her husband’s Face- book page. “Dennis had a heart attack on Saturday and is in critical condition,” Lori wrote. “We have asked that only family Do you consider yourself a tolerant person? 77% – Yes 23% – No Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM
