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Rosemary Justine Perkins
May 28, 1942 – March 8, 2016
Rosemary Justine Perkins
(“Rosie”) of Keizer, 73, passed
away with her husband and
family at her bedside at Cedar
Village Memory Care in Sa-
lem March 8 of complications
from dementia.
Rosie was born on May 28,
1942 in McMinnville to Jo-
seph and Victoria Papen. She
is survived by her husband of
almost 40 years, Ronald W.
Perkins, Sr.; daughters Raeann
Zuber Craig (Dean), Mary
Zuber Wheeler (Bill), Dena
Zuber Turner (Dennis) and
Kristina Zuber Wilson (Tra-
vis); stepsons
Ron Perkins,
Jr.
(Denise),
Kenneth Per-
kins (Vera); 12
grandchildren
and 13 great-
grandchildren.
She is also
Perkins
survived by
siblings Lo-
retta Kleinsmith, father Gerald
Papen, George Papen (Barba-
ra), Jan Milo (Bill), Ron Papen
(Rebecca), Vicky Linendoll,
Marlene Clohessy (John) and
preceded in death by siblings
Marie Vollman, John Papen,
Richard Papen, brother An-
thony Papen, David Papen
and Darlene Stout.
Rosie grew up in Sheridan
and graduated from Sheridan
High School in 1960. She
worked as a telephone opera-
tor right out of high school.
She was married and had four
daughters between 1962 and
1970 while living in Salem
and Portland. Rosie worked
many years for Montgomery
Ward and the Oregon State
Marine Board before retiring
in 2010.
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“Normal for WinCo is
80,000 square feet, some are
more than 100,000 and some
are down to 70,000,” Gra-
benhorst said. “That is their
model, where they like to be.
Roth's and Albertsons foot-
prints are 50,000 to 60,000 or
lower. Ones like Fred Meyer
or Safeway are a little above.”
Grabenhorst said one Win-
Co option is a smaller store
with the Waremart name, but
he feels the company would
still need a new space.
“They would rather build
a bigger store here, from what
we've heard,” Grabenhorst
said. “It comes down to dirt
and the size of the dirt. They
would prefer to have 10 to 12
acres. At the old Haggen site,
with the condition of those
buildings, they'd be better off
scraping it and starting over.
“It all comes down to eco-
nomics,” he added. “They
want to have something that
fi ts into their economic mod-
el, to help them build what
they want to build. If they
can't fi nd the dirt at the price
they need, they won't do it.”
In November, WinCo
spokesperson Michael Read
told the Keizertimes most
of his company's stores are
85,000 square feet and larger,
though the company has re-
cently opened smaller ones in
the 55,000 to 60,000 square
foot range. The company has
converted previous Costcos
and HomeBase locations.
“We have certainly done
plenty of that,” he said at the
time. “We mostly build our
own stores, but if it’s suffi cient
size, we have converted. We
look at both opportunities.”
As of last week, Read said
there still hadn’t been a de-
cision made about whether
WinCo would be coming to
Keizer or not. The company
has a location in south Salem
and a distribution center in
Woodburn.
“Sorry, but nothing new to
report,” Read said. “We con-
tinue to look at various loca-
tions for new stores in Oregon
and Keizer is a market we look
at occasionally.”
Another detriment to the
Haggen building is the ongo-
ing litigation between Hag-
gen and Albertsons. Marion
County records show Haggen
Property North as the owner
of the building.
Deborah Pleva from Wein-
stein PR, which handles pub-
lic relations for Haggen, said
the property has not been sold
yet and that Haggen Prop-
erty North is not part of the
Chapter 11 bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.
“It’s a separate part of Hag-
gen,” Pleva said. “I don’t know
any more than that.”
A receptionist answering
the phone at a number listed
for Haggen Property North
referred questions back to
Pleva.
Mayor Cathy Clark refer-
enced the legal woes with the
closed building.
“The one retrofi t is not
available due to litigation,”
Clark said. “A new place (for
a grocery store) would have
to be a new build. They don't
want to bring in a store and
then not be successful. That
would be expensive all around.
We've seen with Haggen what
that does to perceptions of the
brand.”
With the Albertsons/Hag-
gen lot likely being too small
anyway for a store the size of
WinCo, the next question
is usually about building in
Keizer Station Area C.
Jack Steinhauer, vice presi-
dent of Acquisitions and De-
velopment with Keizer Sta-
tion owner Donahue Schriber
Realty Group, said his phone
hasn’t exactly been ringing off
the hook with grocery inqui-
ries.
“We would gladly welcome
a grocery store into Keizer
Station, but at the moment
we do not have any interested
parties,” Steinhauer said last
week. “We have reached out
to every grocer in the market
multiple times. We continue
to stay on them but unfortu-
nately no interest at this time.”
Bloch Properties closed on
a deal to purchase School-
house Square in December.
Principal Darren Bloch noted
prospective tenants have been
talked to regarding the former
Roth's space.
“There have been an ongo-
ing number of tenants we've
been in talks with,” Bloch
said. “My understanding is the
community would prefer a
grocery store there. We would
like to have a grocer there,
but the Haggen/Albertsons
situation could have a poten-
tial impact on Schoolhouse
Square. As far as Roth's space,
there's nothing that is fi nal-
ized. There's only a handful of
operators that would operate a
market there in that location.
We're having discussions to
see if we can have one step up
to the plate.”
Bloch said a new 8,000
square foot building pad will
be going in at the corner of
Chemawa and River Roads,
likely breaking ground in July.
Once that is built, the current
Starbucks building would be
demolished. Starbucks recent-
ly announced plans to move
slightly south on River Road
in a new location.
“We're looking at doing
a drive through,” Bloch said.
“My intent was to retain Star-
bucks, but I just missed out on
it. The train had just left the
station when we took over
the property and we couldn't
retain them. I'm disappointed
they decided to leave.”
Michael Roth, president
of the Roth's Fresh Market
chain of stores, hasn't given a
solid yes or no on returning to
Keizer.
“We are still working on
our other project,” Roth said
on Tuesday. “No news to re-
port.”
Christine Dieker, executive
director of the Keizer Cham-
ber of Commerce, said there
are calls to the chamber from
time to time.
“Some chains do call for
information,” Dieker said.
“We tell them what we know
and offer to mobilize a visit.
With Silverton Health, we
were able to mobilize some
people so they could come
visit people. For grocery
stores, I haven't had Albertsons
or Safeway call. We talked to
a chain in Salem, but it's one
of those things where no one
wants their name out there
unless they're ready to sign on
the bottom line. It was just a
small inquiry, not that we're
going to for sure have another
grocery store.”
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