SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 12
LIGHTS OUT!
SECTION A
MARCH 4, 2016
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No more Christmas parade
By CRAIG MURPHY
we started with this wonderful event. Now we
Of the Keizertimes
are in our late 50s and early 60s. It's time for
Last December marked the 25th year for the Bob and I to start enjoying our retirement. Our
Festival of Lights Holiday Parade.
awesome Board of Directors and operations
Turns out, it also
team have decided
marked the last parade.
to pursue other
Cheryl and Bob “We looked for someone passions of business
Mitchell, who have
and personal interests
and no one took it…
volunteered
with
as well.”
the parade for 23 We met with big and
Mitchell thanked
years and been in
all
who
have
charge since 1999, small companies.”
sponsored, viewed
announced Monday
and participated in
— Cheryl Mitchell the parade.
they are retiring and
CEO, Festival of Lights Holiday Parade
thus concluding the
“The parade has
parade, which started
been a very special,
in Salem in 1990 and moved to Keizer in 2011. magical and exciting event that has been
“We are very excited for our retirement,” said bringing families, businesses and our non-profi t
Cheryl Mitchell, the CEO of the parade. “Bob community together for the past 25 years,” she
and I were in our late 30s and early 40s when
Please see PARADE, Page A16
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File photo
The Festival of Lights Holiday Parade celebrated its 25th
anniversary last year, but is now being disbanded.
New Starbucks coming soon Big Town Hero
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
A new Starbucks is coming
to River Road in Keizer.
Yes, there is already a
Starbucks at the corner of
River and Chemawa Roads,
in Schoolhouse Square.
This will take the place of
that location.
The new location will be at
4943 River Road N, a small
strip mall currently home
to Keizer Computer Annex,
Pronto Signs, Now & Then
Mercantile, New Age Psychic
Center and Oscar's Salon.
It's not known yet when
the change will happen, but
Keizer Computer Annex
opened at its new location of
4120 River Road NE No. B
last week.
BFit is
coming soon
Former
councilor
Miller passes
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closing Keizer
retail location
“We’re in the very early
stages of relocating our
store at 5001 River
Road to 4943
River
Road,”
a
Starbucks
spokeswoman
told the Keiz-
ertimes recently.
Keizer City
Manager Chris
Eppley
con-
fi rmed the move
in a recent e-mail
update.
“New
Starbucks
building at 4943 River
Road,” Eppley wrote. “This
will be a new location for
the Starbucks currently in
Schoolhouse Square as (they)
are moving their location.”
Two permits associated
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
It's been a big year so far for Scott White and his family.
In January, White won the Merchant of the Year award at
the annual Keizer Chamber of Commerce First Citizens Award
banquet for his family-run Big Town Hero Keizer location.
On Tues-
day, White
announced
he is closing
his School-
house Square retail location at 5099 River Road N.
with the change were
White's family has helped out at the restaurant he bought
submitted in January. On
fi ve years ago. Daughter Kalynn White has served as manager
Jan. 8, a permit calling for
while also running K's Catering.
demolition
of
existing
Big Town Hero and K's Catering will now combine their
Please see STARBUCKS, Page A8
menus to offer an expanded
catering service. The family is
building a commercial kitchen
at their home and will run the
operations from there.
“We sat down as a family
and reviewed our business
plan, goals and upcoming
challenges,” White said. “To
include increases to minimum
wage compensation and
employee sick leave will have
a signifi cant impact on our
bottom line. We feel like it
will compromise our ability
to provide the same level of
service and quality products at
the retail location.”
The River Road location
will close on Friday, March
25 at 2 p.m. The family will
be hosting a community day
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that
day, serving free sandwiches.
Big Town Hero will
continue to deliver individual
lunches to businesses and
schools from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday, with
24 hours notice required for
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
six or more lunches, sandwich
Keizer Public Arts Commission member Jessi Long watches as son Dylan, 4, studies the new Iron Glory sculpture in front
platters or six-foot long subs.
Iron Glory
Lady Celts
advance
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of Copper Creek Mercantile Feb. 29. For more photos, please see page A3.
Please see HERO, Page A8
Seven Celtic scribes pen One Act Festival
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
McNary High School
senior Morgan Hoag gives the
perfect reason why anyone
should make sure they're in
the seats for the annual One
Act Festival.
“It's the one time you can
come to a McNary play and
the playwright is going to be
in the audience with you,”
Hoag said.
Hoag is one of seven Celtic
writers who produced a
microplay for the festival that
takes the stage March 10, 11
and 12. Curtain time is 7 p.m.
and tickets are $5.
In addition to being
completely
written
by
students for the fi rst time,
each one act is directed by
another McNary student
and features freshmen and
sophomore actors. Each of the
plays also ties into the drama
department's theme for the
year: the many faces of love.
Seniors Alex deMeurers
and Krystin Morrell opted
to take on two roles in the
production. Each wrote one
of the one acts and each is
directing the play written by
the other.
deMeurers' play is titled
The Little Things.
“It's a play about a couple
at a coffee shop and the light
fades up on them at different
times in their relationship. It's
basically about watching them
fall apart,” he said.
deMeurers enrolled in
McNary's playwriting class
the past two years and said he
found it easier to get words on
the page this time around.
Defense
wins awards
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Please see SCRIBES, Page A8
RIGHT: Playwrights Alex deMeurers, Raina Hickman, Jaida
Watson, David Henderson, Krystin Morrell, Abrianna Feinauer and
Morgan Hoag all wrote one acts for McNary's upcoming festival.
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