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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, JUNE 10, 2016 Citations strain city court budget presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Lights, Comedy, Laughs! UFC200 - Sat, July 9 Cormier vs Jones 2 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT 9 FIGHTS IN ALL ON THE HUGE SCREEN Live Fights at 5pm (21 & Over) - Tickets $13 Reserved Seating Available Now Online. Get your tickets early. This will sell out! LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY! SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Larry Omaha & David Conolly 7 pm & 9 pm (21 & Over) Admission only $10. Info and tickets at our website. Coming Soon! OUR SUMMER MOVIE PROGRAMS KID’S SUMMER MOVIE SERIES THROWBACK SUMMER MOVIE SERIES Each Series of 8 movies starting June 21st Just $5. Details Coming Soon. Today in History Benjamin Franklin fl ies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a Leyden jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. He coined a number of terms used today, including battery, conductor and electrician. He also invented the lightning rod, used to protect buildings and ships. — June 10, 1752 Food 4 Thought “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin The Month Ahead By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes For the most part, Keizer’s municipal court fl ies under the radar, but recent strains – some indicative of changes in other departments – made it one of the larger issues on the Keizer City Council’s agenda Monday, June 6. Council members unanimously ap- proved a $10,000 transfer from the gen- eral fund to the municipal court to cover rising costs. “The biggest reason for the transfer was that during 2015-16, the police de- partment reinstated one half of their traf- fi c safety unit. It increased citations by more than 50 percent,” said Tim Wood, city fi nance director. The increased number of citations added to time needed for the judge as well as interpreters for the various area residents who appear before the court. “We’ve had to rely a lot on our Span- ish interpreter, but we also began to use Russian and American Sign Language interpreters more,” Wood said. The increased revenues from traffi c ci- tations mean the city also has to pay more to the county and state, about 19 percent of the revenue it takes in. Credit card fees and others also played a part in the bud- get shortage related to citations. Another factor in the shortfall was the court’s role in taking on truancy cases re- lated to Keizer schools. “We’ve also been working truancy court with the Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict. Our idea is helping familes get their kids back into school, and that uses more of the judge’s time and can mean we need to use interpreters as well,” Wood said. City offi cials knew that the budget would be tight when forecasting needs last year, but Wood said they hoped to be able to close any gaps by scrimping in other places. “We tightened our belt as much as we could, but it just wasn’t enough to get over the last month (of the fi scal year),” Wood said. Chemawa Future leaders closes Jun 16 The intersection at Chema- wa Road Northeast and Verda Lane Northeast will be clos- ing for the summer beginning Thursday, June 16. The closure paves the way for the construction of a roundabout to replace the four-way stop that produces long lines at the intersection for several minutes a day dur- ing peak commutes. Detour signs directing traf- fi c to alternate routes – pri- marily taking Lockhaven Drive Northeast to River Road North – are expected to be in place before the closure. Flag- gers will also be present during construction to direct traffi c. The intersection will remain closed until Sept. 2. The project is a partnership effort between the city and the Oregon Department of Trans- portation. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Jimena Paniagua, a member of the Kennedy Academy of Leadership Club, talks about her expe- riences in the group in front of the Keizer City Council Monday, June 6. She is fl anked by fellow KAL members Saul Espinoza-Diaz, to the left, and Jesus Silva, to the right. Continuing to Saturday, June 18 The Rainmaker by N.Richard Nash at Pentacle Theatre. Visit pentacletheatre.org for show times and tickets. Through Saturday, July 30 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. 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. Friday, June 10 – Saturday, June 11 Warbirds Over the West, Alliance Museum and Restoration Hangar at Salem McNary Airfi eld, 25th St. S.E.. Aircraft, classic cars, military vehicles. BBQ and burgers. 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $10, $15 for Friday dinner. B17alliancegroup.com. Saturday, June 11 Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10:30 a.m. in the Anderson Room A of Salem Public library (585 Liberty St SE). Pam Vestal will speak about using voting records to obtain genealogical information. For more information, call 503-363-0880. Sunday, June 12 Luau fundraiser at Keizer/Salem Area Senior Center at corner of Cherry Avenue and Plymouth Drive, 1 p.m. Kaluha pork lunch. Entertaiment by Polynesian dance troupe and the “Cheers” ukulele band. Tickets are $12, $15 at the door. Monday, June 14 Keizer City Council Work Session, 5:45 p.m. 930 Chemawa Road N.E. Tuesday, June 14 Keizer Parks Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m., 930 Chemawa Road N.E. Friday, June 17 Oregon State Capitol Tower Tours, weather permitting. Tours to observation deck start in the Rotunda at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Waiver required. oregoncapitol. com. Tuesday, June 21 Keizer Fire Board meeting, 7 p.m., 661 Chemawa Road N.E. Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25 Deepwood Estate Wine and Jazz Fest, 4-9 p.m. Local wine and food. Entertainment by Gail Gage Jazz and Island Jaz Quartet. Admission is $15, $12 for members. deepwoodmuseum.org. Saturday, June 25 – Sunday, June 26 Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., D River State Recreation Area. Free. oregoncoast.org. 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 28 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. SKSD water to be tested for lead Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict parents and staff received a letter from Superintendent Christy Perry last week inform- ing them that all schools will be tested for lead in the water. Since nearly all of the Sa- lem-Keizer schools are exempt from mandatory water testing because they are served by city water systems which test the water before it is distributed to the community, including the schools, the testing by the dis- trict is voluntarily. “In light of events in other states as well as other com- munities in Oregon, we have decided to voluntarily test all of our schools for lead in the water,” Perry wrote. “This will be a major project and will take some time to complete.” After tests in March showed unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water, Portland is pro- viding their 49,000 students at 78 schools with bottled water and shut down drinking foun- tains. The fi rst round of testing in Salem-Keizer is hoped to be completed this summer. The order of testing may be based on the schools that would take the most time and effort to fi x in case unsafe levels of lead are found. As results come in, they will be shared with the schools and posted to the district’s web- site, www.salemkeizer.org. The district has 65 schools, including one high school, two middle and seven elementary schools in Keizer. “The rights of all students to safe drinking water are equal,” Perry wrote. “Our commit- ment is that all schools will be tested this summer and no person will be allowed to drink from fi xtures that are found to contain unsafe lead levels.” local weather public hearings looking back in the KT • The Keizer City Council will hold a public hearing on proposed uses for the city’s State Revenue Sharing Funds at its meeting Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m. Funds available are estimated to total approximately $300,000. The public is invited to pro- pose ideas for using the money. 5 YEARS AGO Lost woman found in park A Keizer woman fell into the Willamette River at Keizer Rapids Park May 26, 2011. The 29-year-old woman texted friends she fell in the water and they contacted police. The police found the woman lying near the river and she was treated for hypothermia and released. 10 YEARS AGO Man Tasered on River Road after stealing canister ashtray sudoku Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE Daniel Settles was tasered in the 3500 block of River Road after he resisted arrest while trying to walk home with a large canister-style ashtray. 15 YEARS AGO Police arrest teens in school vandalism Keizer police accused four boys of causing about $50,000 in damages to the new middle and elementary schools under construction in SE Keizer. Two are 14-year-old Whiteaker students, the others are 15-year-old McNary students. Two boys are accused of breaking into Weddle and pouring blue paint on the newly fi nished gymnasium fl oor. 20 YEARS AGO Tax bill surprise coming this fall Property tax bills in Keizer will be going up for the fi rst time in fi ve years this fall, pushed up by generous voters and increased property values. THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES The Hunstman: Winter’s War (PG-13) Fri 6:15, 8:40, Sat 5:45, Sun 2:25, 4:15, 8:20 KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Should presidential candidates be required to release their tax forms? My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (PG-13) Fri 6:40, Sat 8:00, 9:45, Sun 12:25, 6:30, 8:55 Mother’s Day (PG-13) Fri 4:20, Sat 12:40, 4:20, Sun 6:45 Batman vs. Superman: The Dawn of Justice (PG-13) Fri 8:25, Sat 2:55, 6:40, Sun 5:20 The Divergent Series: Allegiant (PG-13) Sun 3:00 The Darkness (PG-13) Fri 8:05, Sat 9:25, Sun 8:10 Miracles from Heaven (PG) Sat 12:00 54% – Yes 46% – No Vote in a new poll every Thursday! 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