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Today in History
Four Los Angeles police offi cers are acquitted of any
wrongdoing in the beating and arrest of Rodney King,
sparking the worst riots in California history. The three
days of disorder killed 55 people, injured almost 2,000, led
to 7,000 arrests, and caused nearly $1 billion in property
damage, including the burnings of nearly 4,000 buildings.
— April 29, 1992
Food 4 Thought
“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.”
– Dale Earnhardt, born April 29, 1951
The Month Ahead
Continuing Through Wednesday, May 4
Colored Pencil Show at Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy
Mount Gallery at Keizer Heritage Center. Gallery hours are
1-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays.
keizerarts.com.
Continuing Through Saturday, May 7
Pentacle Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning
musical Urinetown. For show times and tickets visit
pentacletheatre.org.
Friday, April 29
Spring concert and food drive at Willamette Lutheran
Retirement Community, 3 p.m. Featuring music by
Beth and the Castaways. Refreshments and door prizes.
Admission is canned food items to benefi t Marion-Polk
Food Share. 503-393-1491.
Arbor Day celebration at The Arbor at Avamere Court, 2-4
p.m. Tree planting in honor of those living with Alzheimer’s
disease. avamere.com. 503-383-6084.
McNary High School presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet. 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 at the door.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Colm Willis would like
to take Rep. Kurt Schrader’s
place in Washington, D.C.
So would Ben West, Seth
Allan and Earl Rainey.
The four Republicans took
part in a debate April 21 at
Keizer Civic Center in front
of about 100 people. Each is
hoping to win the May 17 pri-
mary for the chance to knock
Schrader from his Congressio-
nal District 5 seat in the No-
vember general election.
Jeff Heyen, vice chair of the
Marion County Republicans,
said the race is a critical one in
terms of protecting freedoms
in Oregon.
“They need to be our
guardians,” Heyen said.
Talk radio host Gator
Gaynor of Gator’s Radio Expe-
rience on KYKN served as de-
bate moderator and asked 14
questions of each candidate,
following opening statements
for each.
“I grew up understand-
ing and knowing America is
the most exceptional country
ever,” West said. “I wonder if it
will continue to be exception-
al or to be in decline. What
will my son inherit?”
Allan emphasized the need
for a change.
“We are at a turning point,”
he said. “We are losing our
First Amendment, religious
and Second Amendment free-
doms. I don’t want to pass off
a nation that’s worse off than
it is now.”
Rainey, who apologized
for not being a good speaker,
noted he’s a conservative Re-
publican.
“I’m tired of our tyranni-
cal government,” Rainey said.
“We can do what’s right for
Oregon. I would like to take
back the state lands and return
them to the state and to the
Native Americans.”
Willis, a small business law-
yer from Stayton, echoed Al-
lan’s thoughts.
“I believe this is a critical
moment,” Willis said. “If we
get this wrong, our children
will be in a country that has
become socialist. I raise my
family in a 100-year-old farm.
My wife works as a nurse and
I recently opened my own
business. The people in Con-
gress have left people like us
behind.”
For the most part, the can-
didates expressed similar views
on the questions. For example,
each view the Constitu-
tion as a dead document that
shouldn’t be reinterpreted.
Each got going on a question
about immigration.
“We need to secure our
borders,” Willis said. “We have
a system, which we need to
enforce. It allows us to know
who’s coming into our coun-
try. Illegal immigration is not
safe for our country.”
West pointed to last year’s
fatal shooting in San Ber-
nardino, Calif.
“This is a big deal, a ma-
jor concern,” said West, a Wil-
sonville resident. “With San
Bernardino, authorities were
afraid to check their Facebook
accounts because of being po-
litically correct. It’s going to
take something that’s not PC
to fi x it.”
Allan took things a step
further.
“It’s outrageous that Barack
Obama allows in radical Mus-
lims, yet holds back Chris-
tians,” Allan said. “It’s outra-
Sunday, May 1
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and St. Paul’s Evensong
Concert Series presents Leslie Katter, Bridget Goodwin
and Brooke Brooks singing sacred music for solo soprano
and soprano trio. 4 p.m. at 1444 Liberty St. SE, Salem.
www.stpaulsoregon.org 503-362-3661
Monday, May 2
Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative meeting, 4 to 6 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, May 3
Keizer Economic Development Commission meeting,
noon in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
Keizer Budget Committee budget meeting, 6 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
geous and it needs to stop.
Our president is unwilling to
put our country in front of
political correctness. We have
people that mean us harm. We
saw that in San Bernardino.”
Rainey said people trying
to sneak into other countries
are shot or put into jail.
“Are we going to have an-
other 9/11 10 times over?”
Rainey asked rhetorically.
“We need to vet these people
coming in or don’t let them in
at all.”
All agreed a balanced bud-
get is required, with West call-
ing the current debt level a
“moral issue.” Rainey said
there’s a simple place to start.
“We need to start eliminat-
ing federal jobs and get rid
of big government,” he said.
“That right there will help.”
Allan said the IRS (Inter-
nal Revenue Service) needs to
be abolished and there should
be a fl at 15 percent tax, while
Willis called tax levels too
high and unfair.
“The amount you pay de-
pends more on your lobbyist
than how much you make,”
Willis said. “It’s ridiculous that
you can hire someone and
that determines the rate.”
No farmers market for Keizer
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The weather has been
beautiful (sometimes) and
there’s been record crowds at
the Salem Saturday Market.
But don’t expect such a
market to return to Keizer
anytime soon.
Salem Saturday Market had
a Sunday market in Keizer
behind the Keizer Civic Cen-
ter on Chemawa Road back
in 2013, but the number of
vendors and customers were
lower than anticipated. A key
issue pointed to at the time
was the lack of visibility, since
the market could not be seen
by people passing along Che-
mawa.
“As we learned back in
2013, location is the key,” said
Lisa Sherman, executive di-
rector of the Salem Saturday
Market. “Because we have
been unable to fi nd a location
that is suitable, the Salem Sat-
urday Market is not currently
considering the addition of a
Keizer market.”
After the 2013 season, plans
were being looked at to move
the Keizer market to White-
aker Middle School, a much
more visible location along
public hearings
Saturday, April 30
McNary High School presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and
Juliet. 7 p.m. Tickets: $5 at the door.
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
TOP: Republican candidates for the 5th District Congress seat
(from left) Ben West, Seth Allan, Earl Rainey and Colm Willis
prepare for a debate April 21 at the Keizer Civic Center.
ABOVE: Seth Allan (left) listens as Earl Rainey (right) gives a
response.
Keizer City Council will
hold a supplemental budget
hearing on Monday, May 2
at 7 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE. The
proposed
supplemental
budget deals with Keizer
Station Local Improvement
District assessments.
Council will also hold
a hearing that night to
consider amendments to
the Keizer Development
Code, including a process
for an expedited land
division consistent with state
requirements.
Another council hearing
that night will deal with
a proposed fee change for
Community Development
administrative action fees and
land use fees.
The Keizer
Budget
Committee will hold a
series of meetings on the
2016-17 City of Keizer
budget. Meetings are set for
May 3, 5 and 10, all starting
at 6 p.m. in council chambers
at Keizer Civic Center, 930
Chemawa Road NE.
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Lockhaven Drive.
“Whiteaker Middle School
was being considered as a pos-
sible location at one time,”
Sherman said. “The Long
Range Planning commit-
tee reviewed all information
provided (location, visibil-
ity, parking for vendors and
guests, number of booths the
space would allow, cost to
the market and farmers, etc).
Following a full evaluation, it
was determined that the loca-
tion would not be viable for
all members, our producers/
growers and the organization
investment. Other locations
were considered. However,
none of them successfully met
the requirements outlined by
the committee.”
That backs up what Tina
Schneider, who ran the Keizer
market, told the Keizertimes
in 2014 in regards to a survey
sent to vendors about having a
market at Whiteaker.
“Only 14 (vendors) were
willing to participate,” Schnei-
der said at the time. “With the
number at 14, it was not a vi-
able option for sustainability.
It was not surprising based on
last year’s results. It was a re-
ally nice market. The park was
a nice spot, it was just not as
visible. It needs to be in a vis-
ible spot.”
Sherman said when new
ideas are brought up they are
looked at, but that’s not cur-
rently being looked at in re-
gards to a Keizer location.
“The Long Range Plan-
ning Committee reviews sug-
gestions and proposals that are
submitted,” she said. “How-
ever, the committee is not ac-
tively looking at expanding.”
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Thursday, May 5
Keizer Budget Committee budget meeting, 6 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Saturday, May 7
Sheep to Shawl at Willamette Heritage Center, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. willametteheritage.org/
sheeptoshawl.
Silverton Health Fun Run, 7:30 a.m., hospital parking
lot (342 Fairview St.). 5K and one mile kid’s race.
silvertonhealth.org/funrun.
Sunday, May 8
Mother’s Day Breakfast at Keizer Fire District, 661
Chemawa Road N.E., 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The menu includes
all of the pancakes, eggs, and sausage you can eat. $6 for
adults, $3 for children 12 and under.
Tuesday, May 10
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