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San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nev.
tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants
reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of
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“In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in
what they affi rm, and wrong in what they deny.”
– John Stuart Mill (philosopher, economist)
Born May 20,1806
The Month Ahead
Through Sunday, May 22
Keizer Iris Festival. Various events throughout the
four days, highlighted by the parade down River Road
starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21. For complete
information about the festival, see the Keizer Iris
Festival guide published by the Keizertimes.
Through Wednesday, June 15
Legos, from the private collection of Darren and JoDene
Summers, on display at the Keizer Heritage Museum
and at the Keizer Community Library. Museum hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thrursday, 2-4 p.m., Saturday 10
a.m.-4 p.m. keizerheritage.org.
Sunday, May 22
Bark for Life presented by the American Cancer Society,
11:30 a.m., Keizer Rapids Park. Activities will include
dog costume contest, Keizer Police K-9 demo and more.
Tuesday, May 24
Keizer Public Arts Commission meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Firearm Training Northwest is offering a concealed
carry permit class from 6 to 9 p.m. at Keizer Civic Center
(930 Chemawa Rd NE). An optional pre-class movie
“NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home” starts a
half hour prior to class. For more information or to sign
up, go to www.fi rearmtrainingnw.com or call (360) 921-
2071.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 26
American Red Cross blood drive, 12:30-5:30 p.m. at St.
Edward Catholic Church. Call Gaye McDougall at 503-
390-1876 to make an appointment. Blood draw takes
about an hour.
Keizer’s biggest weekend of
the year is here.
While the Keizer Iris Fes-
tival weekend started with
a kickoff dinner and party
Thursday evening, plenty
more is still on tap. Activities
conclude with several events
on Sunday, May 22 includ-
ing runs, performers and the
Poker Run.
The centerpiece, of course,
is the Valley Credit Services
Iris Festival Parade starting at
10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21.
The parade starts at River
Road North and Lockhaven
Drive North before proceed-
ing south along River Road
before ending at Glynbrook
Drive. Parade offi cials are ex-
pecting about 120 entries in
the parade, which is the only
such event for Keizer this year
with the ending of the Festival
of Lights Holiday Parade.
However, numbers appear
to be lower than expected. As
of Monday, the number of en-
tries was at 77.
The grand marshal for the
parade is Christine Dieker, the
recently retired longtime ex-
ecutive director of the Keiz-
er Chamber of Commerce.
Dieker is hoping to have her
family ride with her as she
waves to the crowd, estimat-
ed to be about 25,000 strong
each year.
It’s a double-honor day for
Dieker, as she celebrates her
59th birthday on Saturday.
The parade means traffi c
impacts for that day. Lock-
haven will close to all traf-
fi c between River Road and
McClure Street North at
6:30 a.m., while River Road
will close from Plymouth
Drive to Lockhaven at 9. Af-
ter that, River Road can only
be crossed periodically along
the parade route at Chemawa
Road, but vehicles will not be
able to turn onto River Road.
Those in the parade need-
ing to get to the staging area
must take Chemawa to Wind-
sor Island Road North, then
go east on Lockhaven.
Northbound River Road
traffi c from Salem will be di-
verted to Cherry Avenue NE
via Plymouth Drive NE.
River Road will begin to
reopen around 12:30 p.m. as
the end of the parade contin-
ues southbound.
There will be other traf-
fi c impacts and road closures
throughout the weekend as
well.
For folks placing chairs on
the sidewalk for parade view-
ing, parade organizers are ask-
ing to leave an adequate travel
path of at least three feet for
use by wheelchair-bound citi-
zens.
Longtime
community
volunteers Dave Walery –
Christine Dieker
may be retired,
but she’s not
slowing down
yet. On Tuesday,
the grand
marshal of this
weekend’s Iris
Festival Parade
was spotted
getting things
ready for the
various runs
taking place.
KEIZERTIMES/
Craig Murphy
Keizer’s Mr. Christmas – and
Scott White have taken over as
co-chairs for the Iris Festival.
Most events will be centered
in or around the Keizerfest
Tent, located in the fi eld in
front of the Keizer Lions Club
at 4100 Cherry Avenue NE.
Walery and White have
implemented several changes,
including a new tent with no
outside strings.
Handicapped parking will
be in the Lions Club parking
lot, while there will be park-
ing on Manbrin Avenue and
Cherry, with hopes for about
100 parking spaces in that area.
New entertainment has
been brought in, to go with a
renewed emphasis on musical
acts.
“We will have entertain-
ment from noon to midnight
in the tent on Friday and Sat-
urday,” White said. “We’re try-
ing to get more of a crowd for
the entertainment down there.
There will be something go-
ing on in the tent from the
start to the end.”
For much more about the
Iris Festival, be sure to check
out the offi cial 60-page 2016
Iris Festival Guide, produced
annually by the staff of the
Keizertimes. This year’s guide
was once again sent out to all
Keizer households. For addi-
tional copies, stop by our of-
fi ce at 142 Chemawa Road
NE.
Pierce, Willis among winners
Voting trends in Marion
County tended to refl ect over-
all Oregon election trends in
Tuesday’s primary.
For example, in the Demo-
cratic presidential race, Bernie
Sanders won the state with
52.3 percent, according to
initial numbers released Tues-
day night. Hillary Clinton had
45.88 percent of the vote.
In Marion County, Sanders
got 51.77 percent of the vote,
compared to 45.97 percent for
Clinton.
Donald Trump easily won
the Republican presidential
primary, with 65.48 percent of
the statewide vote and 60.12
percent in Marion County.
Colm Willis won the four-
way Republican primary for
the U.S. Representative 5th
District candidacy, getting
56.46 percent of the vote over-
all and 60.36 percent of the
vote in Marion County. Willis
will take on incumbent Kurt
Schrader in the fall, who easily
won his Democratic primary
battle with Dave McTeague.
There was a difference be-
tween state and county results
in the race for governor. Bud
Pierce won the Republican
primary with 46.53 percent of
the vote and will face incum-
bent Kate Brown in the fall. In
Marion County, Pierce won
looking back
in the KT
with 63.54 percent of the vote.
A big battle in the state-
wide picture was the contest-
ed primaries for Republicans
and Democrats alike for sec-
retary of state. The Repub-
lican race was no contest, as
Dennis Richardson bounced
back from his 2014 governor
race loss to handily defeat Sid
Leiken. Richardson got 77.5
percent of the vote in the state,
81 percent in Marion County.
The Democratic side was
tighter. Brad Avakian won with
38.96 percent of the vote as of
Tuesday night, followed by Val
Hoyle at 33.84 percent and
Richard Devlin at 26.42 per-
cent. In Marion County Ava-
kian won with 39.32 percent
of the vote, followed by Devlin
at 31.07 percent and Hoyle at
28.69 percent.
State Rep. Bill Post was
unchallenged in his Republi-
can District 25 race. He’ll face
Democrat Sharon Freeman in
the fall, who was similarly un-
challenged in her Democrat
primary.
Overall in the state, there
was 40 percent voter turnout
for the primary. That includes
48 percent turnout for Demo-
crats and 46 percent for Re-
public hearings
The Keizer City Coun-
cil will hold a public hear-
ing on the proposed 2016-
17 fi scal year budget on
Monday, June 6 at 7 p.m.
The hearing takes place in
council chambers at Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Council will also hold a
hearing that night on mu-
nicipal lighting districts and
special assessments.
sudoku
publicans.
In Marion County, the vot-
er turnout was 48.8 percent as
of late Tuesday night.
One close local race was the
Marion County Fire District
local option tax. As of Tuesday
evening, the tax was passing
with 4,760 (52.4 percent) in
favor and 4,324 (47.6 percent)
opposed.
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Thursday, May 26 – Saturday, May 28
American Truck Historical Society National Convention
and Truck Show, Oregon State Fair and Expo Center.
Hundreds of antique and vintage trucks to view.
Concessions, crafts, food, raffl es. Fun for the family.
Hours: Thursday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.,
Saturday: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission is $10, free for
children 15 and under. oregonstatefair.org.
Friday, May 27
Pentacle Theatre presents The Rainmaker by Richard
Nash. Opens tonight and runs through June 18. Visit
pentacletheatre.org for show times and tickets.
Sunday, June 5
St. Paul’s Evensong Concert Series presents Vocal Jazz
Quintet—sacred jazz and gospel music combo. 4 p.m.
Free admission though donations are accepted. 1444
Liberty St. SE. stpaulsoregon.org.
Tuesday, June 7
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, June 10
McNary High School graduation of the class of 2016.
The Pavilion at Oregon State Fair and Expo, 5-6:30 p.m.
503-399-3233.
Sunday, June 26
McMinnville Garden Club presents its 16th Garden Tour
and Faire. Includes fi ve private gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Garden Faire will be held on 3rd and Cowls Streets in
downtown. Garden tour is $10 per person. Garden Faire
is free. mcminnvillegardenclub.org.
Tuesday, June 14
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
5 YEARS AGO
local
weather
Holiday parade
coming in 2011
The Festival of Lights Holiday
Parade will call Keizer home
in 2011 -- and maybe a lot
longer.
10 YEARS AGO
Budgeters add 2
cops for meth, traffi c
The Keizer police department
will gain two police offi cers
– one for traffi c enforcement
and another to fi ght meth
crimes – if the Keizer budget
committee has its way.
15 YEARS AGO
Keizer kids could be
West Salem-bound
Three of four proposals
recommended by a boundary
committee
would
send
students
from
Southeast
Keizer across the Willamette
River to the new West Salem
High School.
20 YEARS AGO
School district eyes cuts
to pay class size tab
Keizer schools will get more
teachers and smaller classes
under a budget proposed for
the Salem-Keizer School
District. Finding the millions
to pay for those teachers,
though will require cuts in
just about every other part of
school operations.
KEIZERTIMES.COM
Web Poll
Results
To add an offi cer to KPD
and fund improvements/
maintenance at city parks,
the city should…
46% – Not add any new taxes or fees at all,
and live with the budget the city has.
17% – Add another offi cer or two at all costs.
17% – Add $1 per month to the Keizer water
bill for extra funding for parks.
12% – Add more to the water bill to pay for
both an offi cer and parks.
8% – Create a parks district to pay for
parks and their operation
Vote in a new poll every Thursday!
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