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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 4, 2016 Sports court at KRP explored presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 196 McGregor vs. Diaz Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 am FILM: A LVIN & THE C HIPMUNKS [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $3 Sensory Sensitive Showings are designed specifi cally for customers with autism and other special sensory needs. LIVE STAND UP COMEDY 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 Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, March 12th LANCE MONTALTO & JILL MARAGOS will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. Today in History The fi rst session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution takes effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called to represent the 11 states who had ratifi ed the document, only nine senators and 13 representatives showed up to begin negotiations for its amendment. The Constitution, creating a strong federal government with an intricate system of checks and balances, was signed on Sept. 17, 1787. — March 4, 1789 Food 4 Thought “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln The Month Ahead Friday, March 4 Pentacle Theatre presents The Diary of Anne Frank by France Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Through Saturday, March 26. For schedule and tickets visit pentacletheatre.org. Saturday, March 5 Artist’s reception for Keizer Art Association’s March show, The Color Blue. 2-4 p.m., Enid Joy Mount Gallery, Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. keizerarts.com. Saturday, March 6 Festival Chorale Oregon: Requiem (Mozart) and Solemn Vespers at 4 p.m. Performed by choir, orchestra and soloists at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For ticket information contact 503-375-3574. www. elsinoretheatre.com Monday, March 7 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. Community mural meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Claggett Room at Keizer Civic Center. Jessi Long will present about color mixing. Tuesday, March 8 Willamette Valley Women’s Military League will hold its winter luncheon meeting at Gustav’s Bargarten, 6045 Keizer Station Blvd., at 11 a.m. for social hour. No host buffet lunch to be served at noon. Cost is $19 which includes gratuity. Information and reservations to Nelda Allegar by March 2, 503-831-0294. Speaker will be Vernadeen Anderson of Salem Assistance League. Meeting adjourns about 1:30. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Care for a game of pickle- ball? While some may not have heard of the racquet sport – a combination of badminton, ta- ble tennis and tennis – others in Keizer have. Robert Johnson, Keizer parks supervisor, said a place for a pickleball court is a common request. “We get a lot of people who are interested in pickleball,” Johnson said at last month’s Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting. Johnson mentioned that during discussion of a possible future multi-use sports court at Keizer Rapids Park. Though no plans are fi rm yet, Parks Board members had asked Johnson to come up with cost estimates for a sports court in case funding materializes in the future. Johnson said a sports court could be used for pickleball, basketball and futsal. His cost estimates were based on a court size of 60 feet by 88 feet, for a total area of 5,280 square feet. According to Johnson’s es- timates, a concrete slab for the base would be $6 per square foot, for $31,680. A 10 foot tall black vinyl chain link fence would cost $19,800 while two long reach basketball standards would cost $8,000. The court would be fully fenced with fut- sal goals built into the fence. There would be one main entry gate and one larger vehicle ac- cess gate for maintenance. Miscellaneous equipment for futsal and pickleball would be another $4,000. Johnson presented two op- tions for a court surface: an acrylic surface costing $10,560 ($2 per square foot) or a poly sports surface for $26,400 ($5 per square foot). Depending on the surface chosen, the to- tal estimated project cost would range from $74,040 to $89,880. “It’s a pretty decent price jump,” Johnson acknowledged. “The poly sports court surface would be a half-inch thick, which you overlay in sheets. It’s more forgiving on your joints TheatreworksUSA presents Curious George: The Golden Meatball at 10 a.m. and noon at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For class group tickets call 800-497-5007. Recommended for grades pre K-3. www. elsinoretheatre.com Thursday, March 10 West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center. TheatreworksUSA presents The Lightening Thief at 10 a.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. For class group tickets call 800-497-5007. Recommended for grades 2-6. www.elsinoretheatre.com 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 11 MCO Productions presents The Test-A Life Redeemed @ 7 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. Suggested donation at the door. www. elsinoretheatre.com. Saturday, March 12 Straub Environmental Center presents the Mid-Valley Green Awards @ 7 p.m. at The Historic Elsinore Theatre at 170 High St. SE Salem. Tickets $17. For more information Sunday, March 13 Sacred Heart-St. Louis Parish in Gervais will hold its annual BBQ chicken dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner is $11, $7 for those 12 and under; menu incudes half a barbecued chicken and all the fi xings. 485 7th Street. 503-792-4231. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. courts at KRP. “I don’t know,” Johnson said. “I was just getting prices for you guys.” Richard Walsh suggested go- ing for a grant next year and us- ing the KRP land purchase as a match, similar to the process be- ing used currently for the next phase of work at the Big Toy. Walsh gave background on the project at the Feb. 16 Keizer City Council meeting. “We haven’t had the money to do it,” Walsh told councilors. “We want to do it when we have funding available. We have some opportunities with the Local Government Grant next year, which will be the last year with (the KRP) land money.” Walsh also asked for more fi nancial help for the parks. More is being spent on tempo- rary help this year, meaning less money for other park services. “Parks are taking a dispro- portionate hit,” Walsh said. “Al- ready the parks are bare bones. We don’t have money to irri- gate the fi elds at Keizer Rapids Park.” Palma Ciea Park discussion limited By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Members of the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board came to their meeting last month ready to move forward with plans for Palma Ciea Park. Only one small problem: the person they needed to talk to was a no-show. At the January West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, a survey was distribut- ed asking what residents wanted to see done at the park, which has seen limited use due to con- ditions. WKNA president Gary Blake was to compile the results from the survey and present the top amenities at the Parks Board meeting. When time came for the discussion, Blake was no- where to be found. Rhonda Rich, the former WKNA president who is now the vice president, explained the absence. “Gary called me an hour ago,” Rich said. “He had a fam- ily commitment so he asked me to come in his place. We passed around this survey and public hearings The Keizer City Council will hold a meeting on Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Cen- ter, 930 Chemawa Road NE. One of the items on the agenda is the consideration of a supple- mental budget for the 2015-16 fi scal year. asked people to circle their top amenities. From the Palma Ciea Park master plan, we wanted to see the direction people were going.” Rich said the hope is to start cleaning up the park and make it more useable. “We are making progress towards that,” she said. “Gary would like to get a committee of people going, like a Friends of Palma Ciea Park. We have talked about having a clean-up day. That might be a way to start getting people over there. Those would be the core people inter- ested in doing something at the park. I’m sorry we don’t have a plan yet. You were probably ex- pecting a proposal tonight.” Rich said Blake would be getting in touch with Robert Johnson, the parks supervisor for Keizer, to set up a day where neighbors can clean up the park. “April is a great month to do it,” Johnson said. “The storms are usually over and people are getting excited to clean up the parks.” Parks Board chair David Louden and J.T. Hager suggest- ed neighbors could apply for a matching grant. “If you get clean up done by your people, keep track of the hours,” Hager said. “That’s a good start to the matching grant. That starts adding up. The matching grant is an excellent way to help out.” Richard Walsh asked about a staircase on the west end of the park. “That was on a neighbor’s property,” Johnson said. “He de- cided two years ago to put up a fence so we no longer have that access. 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GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM 15 YEARS AGO Hold the troops: park shelter runs into confl ict The Oregon National Guard agreed to build a gazebo-style park shelter for Chalmers Jones Park. The National Guard of- fered to fund up to 70 percent of the project and committed troops to erect the building and do the site work. The project only needs fi nal approval by Keizer City Council. 20 YEARS AGO City adding lane to Lockhaven for safety Keizer will embark on its biggest street project in recent years when a portion of Northeast Lockhaven Drive is widened to three lanes. makeshift trail, but it’s falling apart and it zigzags. The river fl oods there. There’s also a log- jam there that is eight feet tall and about 30 feet long that’s a real challenge.” Walsh suggested installing a new staircase. “A staircase with railings could help get a lot of people down there,” he said. Johnson noted he had re- cently looked at the park. “I would be glad to meet with anyone down there,” John- son said. “I spent an hour down there looking around, getting some ideas.” Rich noted at least the park could be cleaned up and maybe a bench be put in, allowing a view of the Willamette River. THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES Wednesday, March 9 Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. (than acrylic). There would be a lot less maintenance required long term, but it costs more up front.” Johnson said vandalism on the poly surface is easier to fi x. “I recommend it personally,” he said. “It’s money well spent. You would be paying $16,000 more in maintenance with the other one over 10 years.” Parks Board member Jim Taylor liked the idea. “I agree it’s money well spent,” Taylor said. Johnson noted not all three sports could use the court at once, with items like nets and posts being needed to change sports. Taylor had a suggestion for how that would work. “We could have a box with a key, then have people come here (to city hall) and get the key,” Taylor said. Clint Holland asked if the city would be paying for the project or if it would re- quire someone stepping for- ward, much as Hans Schneider stepped up last year to pay for much of the sand volleyball KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results If the Oregon Democratic primary were held today, who would you support for President? 65% – Bernie Sanders 35% – Hillary Clinton Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) Fri 12:20, Sat 1:00, Sun 12:15, 1:50 The Good Dinosaur (PG) Fri 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, Sat 12:20, 2:20, 3:00, Sun 12:20, 1:45, 4:15 Norm of the North (PG) Fri 3:00, Sat 12:00, Sun 11:50, 2:10, 3:45 local weather
