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Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe
depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor.
Today, Van Gogh is regarded as an artistic genius and his
masterpieces sell for record-breaking prices; however, during
his lifetime, he was a poster boy for tortured starving artists
and sold only one painting.
— December 23, 1888
Food 4 Thought
“Conscience is a man’s compass.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
The Month Ahead
Through Monday, December 26
Keizer Miracle of Christmas Lights Display, 6 to 10 p.m.
Gubser neighborhood. Free admission but cash and food
donations for the Marion-Polk Food Share are welcome.
Through Saturday, December 31
14th Something Red Art Walk, Exhibit and Sale
presented by Artists in Action. More than 20 businesses
in downtown Salem will participate. artists inaction.org.
Through Sunday, January 1
Christmas in the Garden, located at The Oregon Garden,
879 West Main Street. Features ice skating, a traditional
German Christmas Market, and a light display in the
Rediscovery Forest. Ice skating is available daily (Garden
closed Dec. 24 and 25.) Visit www.oregongarden.org/
christmas-schedule-of-activities/.
Friday, December 23
The Nutcracker will be performed at the Historic
Elsinore Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $24 to
$39. Youth (high school and younger) cost between $22
and $35. Group (15 or more) cost between $22 and $35.
Buy tickets at elsinoretheatre.com.
Pajama Party with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Salem’s
Riverfront Carousel. Starts at 6 p.m. $20 per person,
children under three free. By reservation only. Call 503-
540-0374.
Saturday, December 24
Salem Tuba Holiday presented by Historic Elsinore Theatre
and Salem Concert Band, noon. 170 High Street SE. Open
seating, $15, reserved seating $20. Students $5. 503-375-
3574 or 1-800-992-8499. salemconcertband.org.
Sunday, December 25
Christmas Day. Government offi ces closed.
Tuesday, December 27
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, December 27 – Saturday, December 31
Keep your eyes open for Whale Watch Week at the
Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay. Don’t pass up the
opportunity to catch a glimpse of a whale.
Sunday, January 1
New Year’s Day. Government offi ces closed.
Tuesday, January 3
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, January 10
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of
Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, January 14
Millstream Knitting Guild meets at Arrowhead Mobile
Park Community Center, 5422 Portland Road N.E. in
Salem,10 a.m. to noon. New members welcome, $24
membership per year. For more information, visit
millstreamknitting.wordpress.com.
Friday, January 20
Menopause the Musical at the Elsinore Theatre. Starts at
7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets are between $29
and $55. Buy tickets online.
Sunday, January 29
Fellini at the Circus. Hudson Hall Willamette University,
3 p.m.
Saturday, February 11
Millstream Knitting Guild meets at Arrowhead Mobile
Park Community Center, 5422 Portland Road N.E. in
Salem,10 a.m. to noon. New members welcome, $24
membership per year. For more information, visit
millstreamknitting.wordpress.com.
Saturday, March 11
Millstream Knitting Guild meets at Arrowhead Mobile
Park Community Center, 5422 Portland Road N.E. in
Salem,10 a.m. to noon. New members welcome, $24
membership per year. For more information, visit
millstreamknitting.wordpress.com.
Add your event by e-mailinc news@keizertimes.com.
Mayor Cathy Clark contended that
waiving the fees for the eclipse event
differed from recent requests by the
Keizer Chamber of Commerce to
waive some costs for the Holiday Lights
Parade two weeks ago.
“One of the reasons I am considering
this is because this event will come back
to the city in the form of a donation to
general fund for Keizer Parks. It’s a wash
and we have the potential to receive far
more than the $1,000 we are waiving,”
Clark said.
Organizers hope to raise as much
as $26,000 for city parks through the
event.
“I look at this event as a big deal in
promoting Keizer and I think it’s a great
investment for the city,” said Councilor
Roland Herrera.
In other business:
• The council approved changes to
the city’s marijuana sales regulations in-
cluding allowing recreational sales shops
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
At its meeting Monday, Dec. 19, the
Keizer City Council approved fee waiv-
ers totaling a little more than $1,000
for the upcoming Keizer Eclipse 2017.
Totally! event.
The Keizer Parks Foundation (KPF)
is planning an event at Keizer Rapids
Park to mark the passage of a total solar
eclipse over Keizer in August 2017 and
intends to donate any proceeds back to
the city as dedicated parks funds.
Permits for the event were recently
approved and led to the request for fee
waivers, which to a large extent repre-
sent foregone revenue.
KPF requested waivers totaling
$1,021 including $55 for an amphithe-
ater permit, a $150 refundable deposit,
$776 for four days worth of use fees and
$40 for four days of electricity costs.
The council agreed to waive the
costs with a unanimous vote.
to also make medicinal sales. Keizer’s
three pot shops currently operate under
“early sales” models, but are classifi ed as
dispensaries. All three shops are expect-
ed to convert to recreational sales as the
early sales window closes Dec. 31. An
additional change will mean the own-
ers will not have to redo background
checks on current employees.
• The council approved plans for the
parks survey to be sent out to the fi rst
half of city residents with the December
water billed that will be issued Dec. 29.
The city general fund will absorb
the $1,000 cost of sending out the sur-
veys with the bills. It will also be avail-
able online. City offi cials are asking
residents about their priorities regard-
ing Keizer’s 19 parks and to what ex-
tent they would be willing to support
a fee to create a dedicated parks fund.
Additional volunteer outreach is
planned with details being hammered
out in the coming weeks.
Local nonprofi t has near-perfect
record in reshelterinc families
– including St. Edward Catho-
By ERIC A. HOWALD
lic Church in Keizer – opens
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer City Council up its doors to homeless fami-
got a glimpse into one of the lies who receive a meal and
more successful organizations spend the evening there be-
tackling the problem of fore returning to the IHN day
homelessness in the mid- site in west Salem to prepare
for school and work. Keizer’s
Willamette Valley.
Recently-arrived
Keiz- Salem Mennonite Church
and
Church
er
resident
of Jesus Christ
TJ
Putman
of Latter Day
briefl y spoke
Saints are sup-
to the coun-
porting con-
cil about his
gregations, but
work as execu-
do not host.
tive director
“Volunteers
of the Inter-
from
the
faith Hospital-
churches and
ity Network
the community
(IHN), a non-
prepare meals
profi t collec-
for families and
tive of 19 lo-
there is always
cal churches
an overnight
transition-
— TJ Butman volunteer
to
ing homeless
IHN exec. director help in case of
families into
emergencies,”
homes of their
said Putman.
own.
As
families
progress
“We’re
having
great
outcomes. You guys are making through IHN’s continuum
a difference in homelessness of care, they can eventually
and you probably didn’t even qualify for housing assistance
that covers security deposits
know it,” Putman said.
Salem and Keizer partner and assists with rent payment.
families
themselves
as a joint jurisdiction to tap The
into the HOME Investment contribute a minimum of $50
Partnership Program offered and as much as a third of their
by the federal Department income depending on their
of Housing and Urban resources.
It costs about $3,500 per
Development.
IHN
receives
about family to make the leap from
$200,000 annually to help homelessness to their own
rehouse families with children, living space.
The goal is for every family
but services it has developed
around that core need have to enter their own home after
led to a 96 percent success leaving the church sheltering
rate once families move out of program, but Putman attributes
its high success rate to the
temporary shelter.
Each week, an IHN church supplemental services IHN
wraps around each family.
“We know that parents
want a better life for their
“They will
choose to
sleep outside
rather than
be separated
from their
pets”
lookinc
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Missinc: One cym
Platinum
Sports
closed
suddenly, members wonder
where their membership
dues went. Platinum Sports
and Fitness owner Corey
Ahrens said memberships
will be transferred to another
gym.
kids, so we have case managers
that work with families on
everything from parenting
to budgeting and confl ict
resolution,” Putman said.
Last year, IHN added an
on-site pet facility that has
served more than a dozen cats,
dogs and one snake in the past
year.
“The reality is that for
someone facing the most
diffi cult time of their life, they
will choose to sleep outside
rather than be separated from
their pets so we added that to
our services,” Putman said.
Even after graduating to
a space of their own, families
continue to work with IHN
case managers, which helps
bolster the effort to remain
independent.
IHN started in 1999 with
eight churches and has more
than doubled since then.
Unfortunately, need is also on
the rise. Putman said IHN has
seen a 31 percent increase in
requests for services in the past
year and has had to turn away
40 to 50 families each month.
The squeeze is partly the
result of the lack of affordable
housing in the area, he said.
“On average there is
somewhere between a .5 and
4 percent vacancy rate in
the available housing stock
each month. Only about a
quarter of that is available to
people who struggle,” he said.
“Currently, there are 3,400
people on the waiting list for
Section 8 housing in Salem
and Keizer and the list is
closed. Housing everyone on
the list right now might take
three years or more.”
To make a contribution or
view the IHN “wish list,” visit
salemihn.org.
sudoku
Tensions build over
bic box stores at I-5
Battle lines are forming over
a proposed shopping mall at
Keizer’s freeway interchange,
and so-called “big box”stores
emerged last week as the
fl ashpoint.
20 YEARS AGO
Whiteaker students
pick colors in
uniform vote
The school is moving closer
to requiring student uniforms
next year. Parents will vote
in February on the issue.
Whiteaker Middle School
students want earth tones.
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Sat 6:45
Sully (PG-13)
Fri 7:15, Sat 4:45
The Magnifi cent Seven (PG-13)
Fri 9:15, Sat 3:45
Allied (R)
Fri 4:20, 6:45, Sat 6:20
The Accountant (R)
Fri 6:00, 8:30, Sat 6:00
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
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Fri 11:50, 4:45, Sat 2:15
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Sat 12:10, 1:45, 4:05
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spaces. Every
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contain one
of each dicit.
So must every
column, as
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Fri 12:35, 2:20, Sat 11:45, 2:00
The Secret Life of Pets (PG)
Fri 2:40, Sat 12:25
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10 YEARS AGO
15 YEARS AGO
Keizer Boy Scout
Troop 121 will be of-
fering Christmas tree re-
cycling Dec. 30, 31 and
Jan. 1, 7, 8.
Trees can be dropped
off at Keizer U.S. Bank,
5110 River Road N.
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pick-up in Keizer
and North Salem can
also be arranged on Dec.
31, Jan. 1, 7, 8 by calling
or texting
503-877-
HAUL or visiting www.
keizertroop121.com.
The suggested dona-
tion is $10 for pick-up
or $5 for drop-off.
The Girl on the Train (R)
Fri 9:05
City, police civinc
procrams raise $3K
The employees of both the
city and police department
raised nearly $3,000 this past
year, which was donated to
local families in a variety of
ways.
Recycle
that tree
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