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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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fi nd out who we want. Let’s
identify the ones we’d like to
recruit. 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.
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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
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