APRIL 22, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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Student art at City Hall
Bull market saves KFD, taxpayer money
Primed markets and a top
rating helped the Keizer Fire
District soar past its goals for
the initial release of emergency
equipment bonds approved by
voters last November.
Bond money is being used
to purchase new fi re trucks and
ambulances in addition to re-
freshing other equipment past
its prime.
The district released its
fi rst series of general obliga-
tion bonds on April 5 with an
A1 rating by Moody’s Investor
Service. The bonds entered the
market with a $4 million bond
issue and the demand for the
bonds was in excess of $9.8
million. With such strong de-
mand for the district’s bonds,
district offi cials were able to
obtain an all-in interest cost
of 2.7 percent for 20 years vs.
what was originally estimated
at 3.9 percent.
Additionally, with such mar-
ket demand investors were pay-
ing a premium to purchase the
bonds, resulting in the district
The Salem-Keizer Student
Art Show is now on display
in at Keizer Civic Center
through May 31.
The show features the work
of local K-12 students and
their homeschooled counter-
parts in a variety of mediums.
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A new ambulance, ordered before the bonds were issued to re-
place an aging vehicle, is about ready for duty, said Deputy Chief
Brian Butler at a Keizer Fire Board meeting Tuesday, April 19.
reducing the size of the bond
offering to $3,770,000 and still
obtaining nearly $4 million in
proceeds preserving the dis-
trict’s bond authorization ap-
proved by the voters.
“There was a lot of excite-
ment as things unfolded, but
the bottom line is we were able
to save taxpayer money,” said
Chief Jeff Cowan, of the Keizer
Fire District, as he detailed the
exchange for the Keizer Fire
Board at a meeting Tuesday,
April 19.
KFD is working with a
team comprised of Piper Jaf-
fray, the bond underwriter for
Special District Association of
Oregon Advisory Services, and
the KFD’s municipal advisor
Hawkins Delafi eld & Wood.
Operation: Otter Pop
ABOVE: Artwork by McNary
High School students.
RIGHT: Pieces by students
from Claggett Creek Middle
School.
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Keizer musicians join Youth Symphony
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The Salem Youth Symphony
spring concert is scheduled
for Sunday, April 24, at North
Salem High School, 765 14th
Street N.E.
The concert begins at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5
for seniors and free for students
18 and under.
Keizer students perfroming
with the symphony this
weekend are: McNary High
School’s
Hyrum
Kohler,
Maddie Weathers, Marissa
Lane-Massee, Gaby Monroy,
Michael Araiza, Abby Johnson,
Noe Aguilar Lopez, Sara
Arnsmeier, Madison Smith,
Sydney Snapp, Rose Lelack and
Cassidy Steckmann; Whiteaker
Middle School’s Nicholas
Weathers,
Dante
Olivo,
Emerson Woomer, Kylie Dean,
Eliana Dean and Benjamin
Standley; and Claggett Creek
Middle School’s Amanda Hayes
and Genevieve O’Connor.
Employees and volunteers with the Keizer Fire District were spotted at Keizer Rapids Park’s Big
Toy over the weekend handing out popsicles and generally helping the hard-playing kids keep
cool in the warm spring weather.
France School of Dance plans Keizer
Community Food Bank benefi t
The Keizer/Salem France
School of Dance semi-annu-
al dance performance/food
drive will be held Wednesday,
May 25, at 7 p.m. at North
High School Auditorium, 765
14th Street Salem. Admission
to the show is three cans of
food or a $3 cash donation
per person and per dancer.
All proceeds from the perfor-
mance benefi t Keizer Com-
munity Food Bank.
Students from ages 4
though adult will perform
tap/ballet/pointe/lyrical/jazz
and hip-hop. France School
of Dance has collected more
than 55.000 pounds of food
and thousands of dollars for
Marion-Polk Food Share.
New classes begin Monday,
June 6. For more informa-
tion, call Carole France Janes
503-390-1210, Linda France
Martin 503-390-3481 or visit
www.fsodance.com.
puzzle answers
WorshipDirectory
These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit.
Call to list your church in our Worship Directory: (503) 390-1051
John Knox Presbyterian Church
JOIN US FOR
SUNDAY WORSHIP
452 Cummings Lane North • 393-0404
8:30 am • 10 am • 11:30 am • 6 pm
PEOPLESCHURCH
4500 LANCASTER DR NE | SALEM
503.304.4000 • www.peopleschurch.com
Celebration
Services
Saturday Evening
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer
503-390-3900
www.dayspringfellowship.com
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour - 9:15 a.m.
Nursery Care Available
www.keizerjkpres.org
Jason Lee UMC
820 Jeff erson St. NE
Salem OR 97301
9:00 am
Dr. Jon F. Langenwalter, Pastor
The church with the purple doors
10:45 am
Worship at 9:30 am • Child Care Available
6:00 pm
Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries
Father Gary L. Zerr, Pastor
Saturday Vigil Liturgy: 5:30 p.m.
Sundays: 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
La Misa en Español: 12:30 p.m.
Sunday Morning
and
503-364-2844
Faith Lutheran Church
4505 River Rd N • 393-4507
Sunday Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Children’s Church
9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Children’s Activities
Pastor
Virginia Eggert 10:30 a.m. Worship with Communion