APRIL 1, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
VIDEO: ‘I like Keizer.
Keizer’s been good to me.’
(Continued from pg. A1)
location but could go as low
as about 4,000 square feet and
still have room for both the
videos as well as the yogurt
machines.
“The plan was they were
tearing my building down,”
Ricker said. “So I would have
to move. They talked about
moving me to a back place
(in Schoolhouse Square),
but there's less space there.
I don't know what I will do.
I've looked at other places,
but they are not big enough
for LimeBerry and the video
store. There's not enough
room for all the stuff we'd
need to do.”
According to Ricker, the
rent amount per square foot
of the proposed new building
shell would be too much for
him to pay.
“I got a good deal with
this building,” he said. “It was
empty for a couple of years. I
put in a bathroom and then
the plumbing for LimeBerry.”
Ricker said the new
building shell plans were a
surprise.
“It was a shock,” he said.
“It was just a shock the place
was sold. They didn't inform
us. I did realize the landlord
had plans for a new building,
but that shocked us. I had
three more one-year options.
I had planned to do those
and hopefully more. I realize
(Bloch) has to cover costs, but
I'm being forced out.
“I'm not happy about it,”
Ricker added. “I'm extremely
worried. If we weren't here,
the nearest video store would
be in Woodburn.”
If possible, Ricker would
like to find a new location in
Keizer with room for videos
as well as LimeBerry.
“I don't know if we'd be
viable if we were just video,”
he said. “LimeBerry covers us
in the summer months when
video is down, and video
covers us in the winter when
LimeBerry is down.”
Ricker has been involved
with various community
events and wants to continue
supporting schools and others.
“I'm a little scared,” he said.
“I like Keizer. Keizer's been
good to me. I don't want to
move from here. Hopefully
we won't go.”
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
The five businesses located in the small strip mall next to Nancy’s Burgers and Fries along River
Road had to come up with alternative plans recently, as the current building is being torn down
and a new Starbucks is being put up. Business owners say they were told they had to be out by
Monday, April 4.
Keizer Rotary seeks host families DISPLACE,
After a four year hiatus, the
Rotary Club of Keizer is once
again starting up its Youth Ex-
change program.
There will be an informa-
tional meeting for interested
students and potential host
families on April 7 from 6:30
to 8 p.m. at the McNary High
School library.
Beginning fall 2016, the
Rotary Club of Keizer and the
community will host a foreign
exchange student during the
school year. Three host families
are needed. This provides the
student with a variety of home
experiences and requires less of
a commitment for each family.
You need not have children of
high school age or even chil-
dren at home to host.
All host families are inter-
viewed and everyone 18 and
older must pass a background
check. These are volunteer
positions, though a stipend is
provided by the club to cover a
student’s cell phone and lunch
expenses.
As former club president
Vickie Jackson noted, “I hosted
for six years when my kids were
in elementary school. It was a
great experience for my kids
and the exchange students.”
This spring Rotary mem-
bers are recruiting a Keizer
freshman student to live and
attend school abroad in 2017.
Outbound Keizer exchange
students apply in their fresh-
man year to travel abroad in
their junior year of high school.
Students attend three Rotary
training events over their soph-
omore year to prepare them
for the 10 months away from
home. Expenses for an out-
bound student’s family range
from $2,500 to $4,000 which
covers training, health insur-
ance and airfare.
More than 80 countries and
8,000 students each year par-
ticipate in the Rotary Inter-
national Youth Exchange Pro-
gram, which is administered
at the regional level by Rotary
districts and at the local level
by Rotary clubs. Participating
as a student or host family in
Rotary Youth Exchange could
be a once-in-a-lifetime expe-
rience. Come to the informa-
tional meeting, go to http://
www.youthexchange5100.
org/ or contact Chuck Fisher
at chuckfisher@comcast.net
or Pam Vorachek at Pam.vo-
rachek@antiquepowerland.
com.
continued from Page A1
“Eventually
we'll
be
reopening in the pretty near
future,” she said. “It would be
nice to still be on the main
road. I'm not sure if we will be
able to find a place in Keizer.”
Gonzalo Cervantes with
Pronto Signs of Oregon knows
he won't be staying in Keizer,
though he hopes to return
down the road. Cervantes has
signed a year-long lease to be
at 1665 Silverton Road NE in
Salem.
“We are hoping to be there
April 1,” Cervantes said last
week. “We will close here
March 31. We might finish the
week out here, but we have
until April 4 to be out of here.”
Cervantes said he got a call
about the changes in mid-
Keizer,” he said. “We hope to
build on a property in Keizer
within the year.”
An employee at Oscar's
Salon said the business would
be closing on April 4, with
hopes of reopening elsewhere
in the future.
Employees at New Age
Psychic Center could not
be reached, but the business
posted on Facebook March 14
the center will be relocating
to 329 State Street in Salem
on April 5.
“I just want to say thank
you to everyone and thank
you to the city of Keizer for
the love and support you
have all shown the business
over the years,” the post read
in part. “We look forward to
seeing you soon at our new
location in downtown Salem
and we will be returning to
Keizer very soon with a new
location!”
February and never saw the
letter he was supposedly sent
in early February. The Keizer
lease had started on April 1,
2004.
“This was a 12-year gift,”
Cervantes said. “Business was
good. We can't complain.”
Like others, Cervantes was
caught off-guard by the news
of the change.
“I was very surprised,” he
said. “It has affected my life.
I've lived here 30 years and
consider myself part of this
community. Being forced to
move like this...wow.”
Cervantes
originally
thought he had a new space
in the same business complex
as Keizer Computer Annex,
with a signed lease and a
signed check, only to be told
he couldn't have the space.
That led him to finding a
place in Salem.
“I hope to be back in
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