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The fi rst race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
now the home of the world’s most famous motor racing
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— August 19, 1909
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“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform
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The Month Ahead
Friday, August 19
The musical 9 to 5 based on the Jane Fonda-Dolly Parton
and Lily Tomlin 1980 fi lm, opens at Pentacle Theatre.
Visit pentacletheatre.org for showtimes and tickets. Runs
through Sept. 10.
Free concert at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater, Patrick Lamb,
6:30 p.m., no outside food or beverages, no pets.
Friday, August 19 – Saturday, August 20
The 24th Annual Truck Show at Antique Powerland, noon
to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission
is $10, 12-and-under get in free.
Saturday, August 20
McNary Estates holds its annual garage sale day with
100 homes participating. Sale benefi ts Marion-Polk
Food Share, bring canned or packaged foods, or a small
donation.
Blue Day at McNary High School, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Great Salem Race, team up with your coworkers,
friends or family to fi nd all the clues in a fast-paced, fun-
fi lled scavenger hunt in downtown Salem. $39.00 for team
of 2-4 people. 9:15 to 1 p.m. greatsalemrace.com
Salem Bowie Tribute concert, Keizer Rotary Amphitheater,
6 p.m. Free. No outside food or beverages, no pets.
Sunday, August 21
Narrated tour with stops at three area attractions: E.Z.
Orchards Farm Market, The Oregon Garden and Silver
Falls State Park (no host lunch stop at Silver Falls). $49/
adult. Tours every Sunday through Oct. 16. 503-241-7373.
travelsalem.com.
Tuesday, August 23
Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m., 930
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.
Wednesday, August 24
Keizer Community Dinner at St. Edward Church, 5303
River Road N., hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. Free. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, August 26 – Monday, September 5
Oregon State Fair. Admission $8, for 12 years old and
up, $5 for kids 6-11 years old. For a full event and concert
schedule visits oregonstatefair.org.
Saturday, August 27
Keizer author Carolyn Bennett-Hunter signs her novel,
The Oceanview Matter, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Birdie’s Bistro.
Sunday, August 28
Narrated tour with stops at three area attractions: E.Z.
Orchards Farm Market, The Oregon Garden and Silver
Falls State Park (no host lunch stop at Silver Falls). $49/
adult. Tours every Sunday through Oct. 16. 503-241-7373.
travelsalem.com.
Tuesday, August 30
Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m., 930
Chemawa Road N.E.
Sunday, September 4
Narrated tour with stops at three area attractions: E.Z.
Orchards Farm Market, The Oregon Garden and Silver
Falls State Park (no host lunch stop at Silver Falls). $49/
adult. Tours every Sunday through Oct. 16. 503-241-7373.
travelsalem.com.
Sunday, October 2
Saint Paul’s Music Guild Evensong Concert Series at
1444 Liberty Street SE. Salem, presents Timbre 4 p.m.
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer City Coun-
cil outlined three options for
neighbors to the west of Mc-
Nary High School to consider
regarding mitigating traffi c
through their neighborhood
during the academic year.
In April, Charles Anderson,
a resident of Newberg Drive,
presented a petition to the city
council signed by 20 neigh-
bors calling for a gate at MHS
at the end of MacArthur
Street North to be locked.
Anderson and his neigh-
bors have lodged repeated
complaints with Keizer Police
Department and the Salem-
Keizer School District regard-
ing the high school’s overfl ow
parking ending up on New-
berg Drive North, MacArthur
Street North and Max Court
North. Noise from morning
traffi c as parents drop off stu-
dents at the gate, rather than
going into the school parking
lot, is also a source of friction.
Anderson has met with re-
sistance at most turns, but the
city council formally took up
the issue at its meeting Mon-
day, Aug. 15.
The council outlined three
steps for moving forward: 1)
painting a curb around a fi re
hydrant to prevent parking
that would block emergency
service access; 2) talking with
neighbors about improving
the streets with sidewalks and
curbs, possibly through the
creation of a local improve-
ment district with the city
picking up some of the tab;
and 3) continuing educa-
tion with students at McNary
about respect for the neigh-
borhood residents and where
they can and cannot park.
The possibility of improv-
ing the streets with sidewalks
and curbs elicited the most
discussion. The city currently
has several projects on its to-
do list and it would require
fi nancial incentive contrib-
uted by residents to jump the
queue.
There is also concern about
confl icts with residents mak-
ing use of existing city right-
of-ways.
“There are folks who live
on MacArthur who think
they have a larger yard than
they do, and will need to be
made aware of it before we
can really begin to talk seri-
ously about improvements,”
said Chris Eppley, Keizer city
manager.
Councilor Mark Caillier
said the school district might
also be willing to contribute
to an improvement project
and should be brought in on
the conversation.
One former complaint
about the area was regard-
ing trash that students left in
their wake, but Keizer Police
Chief John Teague said that
problems was largely solved
through education within the
school.
“The main issues we still
have are the noise and park-
ing,” Teague said.
The council considered
instituting a no parking zone
in the area and Eppley rec-
ommended a six-month pilot
project that would push the
cars farthest away from the
gates. However, restricting
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Overfl ow traffi c and parking by McNary High School students
and their families is disrupting the neighborhood off Newberg
Drive North.
parking between 8 a.m. and
5 p.m. would also mean resi-
dents and their visitors would
also be barred from parking in
the vicinity.
Councilors also discussed
the possibility of adding speed
humps along Newberg Drive
North, but Eppley said that
Mercury spill causes stir at
Manbrin Ave. apartments
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
An alert resident spotted
a liquid mercury spill near
Wyatt Lee Apartments Friday,
Aug. 15, and sparked response
that overwhelmed a small sec-
tion of Keizer.
“We had the Keizer Police
Department, Keizer Fire De-
partment, the Environmental
Protection Agency and the
Department of Environmen-
tal Quality all on the site,”
said Chris Eppley, Keizer city
manager at a meeting of the
Keizer City Council Monday,
Aug. 15. The apartments are
located at 609 Manbrin Av-
enue N.E.
Offi cials tracked the spill to
a container of the liquid being
kept in a locked garage at the
apartments.
looking back
in the KT
“It wasn’t a fi ve-gallon
bucket, but it was a lot for
mercury,” Eppley said. “The
jar it was in apparently broke
and it leaked down the drive-
way.”
Two catch basins were
tested near the site. One was
determined to be free of con-
tamination, while another had
a small amount.
“Basically the level of
background noise,” Eppley
said. “But nothing got into
city systems.”
Remediation of the spill
was completed Tuesday, Aug.
16.
Representatives of the EPA
spoke with residents of the
apartments, but did not dis-
cover any of the substance in-
side residences.
Mercury is a heavy, sil-
very metal commonly used
in thermometers. It is a
toxic substance and can be
absorbed through the skin
causing damage to the brain,
kidneys and lungs. Symptoms
include sensory impairment,
lack of coordination, loss of
hair, teeth and nails, or muscle
weakness.
correction
A story in the Aug. 12 edition of the Keizertimes, Verda farm-
house ‘unsalvageable,’ incorrectly stated the date by which resi-
dents can submit written testimony regarding the request to
rezone the property. Residents have until Monday, Aug. 29, by 5
p.m. The Keizertimes regrets the error.
sudoku
5 YEARS AGO
New tax headed for
Nov. election
Keizer voters will decide in
Nov. whether to pay a $4.86
monthly fee for public safety
communications.
10 YEARS AGO
Some builds too tall
for ladder rescue
A recent fi re district report
lists 24 apartment buildings
and one retirement residence
that are extremely diffi cult or
inaccessible for Ladder 358 of
Keizer Fire District.
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contain one
of each digit.
So must every
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15 YEARS AGO
Parks donations
rolling in
In the fi rst weeks of a new
parks donation program,
Keizerites
donated
$350
to help support city parks
and recreation programs by
checking off a box on their
water bill.
20 YEARS AGO
New clinic planned on
Keizer lake land
Salem Hospital and Salem
Clinic are joining hands to
open a major medical clinic in
Keizer that could dramatically
improve health care in the
community. The clinic, still
being planned, would open
sometime next year on a fi ve-
acre site at the east end of
Staats Lake.
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might cause more problems
than it solves.
“Studies show that speed
bumps actually eliminate vol-
ume, but increase speed be-
tween the bumps as drivers
slow down to go over them
and rev up as soon as they are
past them,” he said.
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