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The largest land run in history begins with more than
100,000 people pouring into the Cherokee Strip of
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The Month Ahead
Through – Sunday, September 18
Mount Angel Oktoberfest. For a full list of activities and
schedule visit oktoberfest.org.
Saturday, September 17
Walk 4 Alzheimer’s, Riverfront Park Pavilion Area, 200
Water Street N.E. Two walk routes (2K & 5K), live music,
lunch, family wellness fair, and kids zone. Contact Stacy
Nelson at 503-364-8100 or snelson@alznet.org for more
info. Or visit their website at alznet.org.
Coffee with Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark, Birdie’s Bistro, 3860
River Road North. Starts at 10 a.m.
Rickman Community Garden will host a meeting from 10:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m at 4925 Rickman Rd NE, Keizer. Topics
will include information on fall and winter gardening and
over wintering perennials. Three master gardeners will be on
hand to give advice and answer questions. The community is
invited to attend.
Keizer-Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance, 930
Plymouth Drive N.E. Starts at 7 p.m. and potluck and snacks
are at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $5 per person.
All are invited for a free day of family activities at Antique
Powerland, 3995 Brooklake Rd. NE Salem, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, September 18
Who’s on Third Concert at Woodbury United Methodist
Church, 3 p.m., 700 N. Cascade Dr. Eleventh season of series
by vocal ensemble The Notables. This week’s program:
Sentimental Journey, featuring songs of the 1930s to present
day. Free admission, but freewill donations accepted.
Monday, September 19
Keizer City Council meets 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Tuesday, September 20
Keizer City Council meets 5:30 p.m. to 7 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.
Elsinore Theatre presents, America’s Test Kitchen
Christopher Kimball Live! 7:30p.m. Tickets from $45. 170
High Street SE. 503-375-3574.
Thursday, September 22
Elsinore Theatre presents, performance comedy act, Whose
Live Anyway? 7:30 p.m. Tickets $29.50-$45. 170 High
Street SE. 503-375-3574.
Friday, September 23
The Southeast Keizer Neighborhood Association meets at
Salem Mennonite Church, 1045 Candlewood Drive NE, at
6:30 p.m.
Mid-Valley Pro Wrestling, Keizer Lions Club, 4100 Cherry
Avenue NE, at 7 p.m., fundraiser for Cascade Cougars
volleyball team, call 503-779-7978 to reserve tickets, $8
general and $12 front row.
Saturday, September 24 – Sunday, September 25
Oregon Grape Stomp Championships and Harvest
Celebration, Willamette Valley Vineyards, 8800 Enchanted
Way SE, Turner. Teams of two will compete to advance to
the world championship. Event also features wine tasting
and live music. Cost is $15, $10 for wine club members. $10
fee for grape stomping teams. For information visit wvv.
com.
Friday, September 30 – October 22
Of Mice and Men, based on John Steinbeck’s novel, opens
at Pentacle Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for weekday
performances, $21 for weekend performances. Runs through
Oct. 22. Mature themes; discretion advised. For show times
and tickets visit pentacletheatre.org.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The fi nal draft of a survey
intended for Keizer residents
regarding the state of city
parks paints in stark relief the
need for additional funding.
The survey was the hot-
test topic of discussion for
the fourth consecutive month
at the Keizer Parks Advisory
Board meeting Tuesday, Sept.
13. With relatively few last-
minute changes, board mem-
bers unanimously approved
the fi nal draft. The survey
will now be presented to the
Keizer City Council for fi -
nal approval, and it will most
likely be hit with another
round of edits.
Even though the approval
was met with a round of ap-
plause, board member Dylan
Juran urged his colleagues to
temper their excitement.
“We can look at this and
get excited, but I want to rec-
ognize that this is a really big
ask and this is a conservative
town,” Juran said.
Board member JT Hager
viewed the coin from the
other side.
“We don’t expect 95 per-
cent of residents will check
the $8 option, but it’s not
improper to dream for that,”
Hager said. “One of the side
benefi ts of this study is that
when we are asked why
something isn’t being done,
this gives people a picture of
why it isn’t being done.”
Despite the handwringing,
board member Scott Klug
was enthusiastic about get-
ting input from the residents
of the city.
“When we get this back,
we will have hard data to look
at and be able to formulate an
attack plan for what comes
next,” Klug said.
The survey doesn’t mince
words in an explanatory state-
ment.
“We are now at a cross-
roads and have to choose
between allowing our park
system to continue to deteri-
orate and decline or fi nd new
funding,” it states.
In addition to asking resi-
dents to prioritize main-
tenance and improvement
tasks, the survey presents fi ve
options regarding additional
funding, which would be col-
lected through a fee attached
to utility bills.
With each option, resi-
dents are asked if they like the
option and if they would be
comfortable with it.
Option 1 would mean no
increase. While it is described
as “status quo” the reality is
that mowing and garbage re-
moval are likely to decrease
over time without additional
funding, and some parks ame-
nities may even be closed off
or removed as safety concerns
mount.
Option 2 is a $2 per month
($4 per bill) fee. The fee would
create a dedicated parks fund
of $343,000 per year. It would
allow the city to address the
safety issues deemed most
important and allow for lim-
ited increases in maintaining
and repairing existing parks.
Some play surfaces could be
replaced and there would be
some additional removal of
invasive species.
Option 3 is a $4 per
month/$8 per bill fee. At
that level, the dedicated fund
would increase to $686,000
per year. The additional fund-
ing would permit the main-
tenance, repair or replace-
ment of most play structures,
restrooms, picnic shelter,
paths, sports courts and park-
ing areas. Most safety issues
could be mitigated, and older
equipment could be replaced.
Perhaps most importantly,
a separate dedicated fund
would be established for the
sole purpose of unlocking
system development charges
(SDCs) collected when new
residential construction proj-
ects are started.
Currently, the city has
about $800,000 in collected
SDC fees. However, it is only
available for new projects and,
even then, SDC money can
only contribute 13 percent to
any project according to state
law. It’s akin to asking your
parents for the keys to the car
and getting the handlebars
to the Big Wheel you rode
around the driveway when
you were six.
Perry gets ‘competitive’
$17K raise in base pay
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
Christy Perry, Salem-Keiz-
er School District superinten-
dent, will receive compensa-
tion increases for the 2016-17
school year and the next two,
the School Board decided
Tuesday.
To keep her pay competi-
tive, the board approved add-
ing $17,000 to the current
base salary of $204,000 and
$14,000 to the current tax-
sheltered annuity.
For 2017-18, a cost-of-liv-
ing adjustment will be added
to the base salary, based on the
4 percent COLA for other
district administrators, and a
4 percent retention incentive
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River Road man
loses his mind
will be paid June 30, 2018.
For 2018-19, the amount
of the retention initiative will
be added to the base salary
along with COLA computed
the same way as for the pre-
vious year. A 4 percent reten-
tion incentive will be paid
June 30, 2019.
Before the board’s vote,
four members of the audi-
ence who teach in the district
urged that when the time
comes for their negotiations,
the board give the same con-
sideration to the Salem-Keiz-
er Education Association. The
four were Terry Tucker, Rob-
ert Glasgow, and Jay Reed, all
of Keizer; and Carrissa Texley
of Salem.
The vote was 6-1, with
Marty Heyen voting no. She
praised Perry but said the
2016-17 increase was too
much for one year. Jim Green,
who was on vacation, voted
by telephone.
Personnel actions approved
by the board included em-
ployment of the following for
the McNary attendance area:
A sculpture, called Sentry, that
stands on River Road in front
of the Sonic Drive-in is left
headless in an attack on public
art.
• First-year probation full-
time teachers: Sally Mann,
Whiteaker Middle School;
Linda Rodgers, Weddle El-
ementary School.
• Less than half-time teach-
er: Stephen Nelson, Keiz-
er and Weddle elementary
schools.
• Temporary part-time
teacher: Kelly Wadkins, Clear
Lake Elementary School.
• Temporary full-time
teacher: Christopher Gragg,
McNary.
The board accepted the
resignation of Julie Bryant
from Gubser and Cummings
Elementary schools and the
retirement of Ronald Rich-
ards, who will end his reign as
McNary’s athletic director at
the end of the school year.
Toward the end of the
meeting, several audience
members from Salem com-
plained of loss of park space
over the last few years and
urged that the district try to
obtain space from the pro-
posed Salem-Marion County
land swap for parks.
Option 4 would collect $6
per month/$12 per bill and
generate a dedicated fund just
north of $1 million per year.
All current amenities would
be maintained, repaired or re-
placed; all safety-related issues
would be addressed; the fee
would maintain all current
equipment and replace older
equipment as needed; allow
for removal of most invasive
species and develop many of
the amenities already planned
for Keizer parks.
The fi fth and fi nal op-
tion would collect $8 per
month/$16 per bill and bol-
ster the dedicated fund to
$1.3 million per year. In addi-
tion to all of the work made
possible with the smaller fees,
the fi nal option would: sup-
port completion of most
projects in the parks master
plan within the next 10 years;
allow for additional land pur-
chases and increased trail op-
tions; and be used to develop
environmental, nature and
wildlife programs.
While the survey is in the
bag, the road ahead is still
long.
Just after the survey was ap-
proved, board member Matt
Lawyer told his colleagues
that City Manager Chris Ep-
pley suggested looking ahead
to a possible sunsetting or a
reduction to any fee that is
established once all projects
in the parks master plan are
completed.
Eppley had also urged
Lawyer and the board to look
into the possibility of pursu-
ing a long-term bond mea-
sure, but board members said
they had taken the fee route
precisely because it wouldn’t
expire and reset the whole
process.
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10 YEARS AGO
Cigarette blamed for
siding, porch fi re
A discarded cigarette sparked a
fi re that burned the bark dust
and damaged the exterior of a
manufactured home in Keizer
at 5062 Briarwood Circle
owned and occupied by Mark
Plumb. He was awakened
by the smoke alarm and
redirected fi re crews to the fi re
site since fi refi ghters were fi rst
sent to Willow Lake Road.
The fi re was under control
in 13 minutes with damages
estimated at $2,000.
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