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Today in History
Ronald Reagan, former Western movie actor, host of
television’s popular Death Valley Days and former two-term
governor of California is sworn in as the 40th president of the
United States.
— January 20, 1981
Food 4 Thought
“Government’s fi rst duty is to protect the people, not run
their lives.”
— Ronald Reagan
The Month Ahead
Friday, January 20
Inauguration Day.
Keizer’s own Inaugural Ball, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center,
sponsored by Marion County and Polk County GOP. Tickets
are $10, $15 at door. Come as you are. For tickets visit
marioncountygop.org/events.
Salem Progressive Film Series screens We the People 2.0.
Grand Theatre, 191 High Street N.E. 7 p.m. Admission: $5.
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.
Noises Off, a comedy by Michael Frayn, opens at Pentacle
Theatre tonight at 7:30 p.m. Show continues through Feb. 11.
Visit pentacletheatre.org for dates and tickets.
Willamette University’s Paulus Lecture Hall hosts Prof. Roger
Hull on the art of Louis Bunce, kicking off the new exhibit at
the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. 5 p.m. 245 Winter Street S.E.
Saturday, January 21
Kroc Center 6th Annual Health Fair, fi tness demos, health
screenings and dozens of vendors showcasing health-related
products. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 865 Bill Frey Drive N.E. in Salem.
Keizer First Citizen and Awards Banquet, Keizer Civic Center,
930 Chemawa Rd. NE. Theme is Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Drinks and dancing begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $55 a person
or $400 for a table of eight. RSVP by Jan. 16.
Monday, January 23
Mid-Valley Homelessness Task Force meeting. 4 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Tuesday, January 24
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25
Community Dinner at St. Edward Catholic Church. Hosted
by Lakepoint Community Church. 5 to 7 p.m. Free, donations
gladly accepted.
Blood drive at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, corner of 14th and Lockhaven in Keizer. 1 p.m. Sign up
at www.redcrossblood.org.
Friday, January 27 – Friday, January 28
First Taste of Oregon, the premier wine, spirits, cider and brews
tasting event, 4 p.m. at Oregon State Fairgrounds. Admission
is $10, $40 for VIP, $8 for seniors. fi rsttasteoregon.com.
the motorists their intention
By ERIC A. HOWALD
to cross the street,” Frey said.
Of the Keizertimes
To alleviate the problem,
It would be hard to fi nd a
Keizer pedestrian or motorist Frey said the city could place
who hasn't been frustrated by pedestrian fl ags at any legal
the state of pedestrian crossings intersection on River Road
North – a legal intersection
on River Road North.
At its meeting Thursday, Jan. is any place where two roads
12, the Keizer Traffi c Safety, intersect regardless of whether
Bikeways and Pedestrian crosswalks are in place.
With pedestrian fl ags,
Committee (TBP) revisited
walkers could grab one
the issue.
In early 2016, the com- of the fl ags from a
mittee began investigating the self-serve repository
possibility of adding pedestrian on one side of the
fl ags at strategic points along street, use it
River Road. With plans to to get the
place such fl ags in downtown attention of
Newberg mak-
ing headlines
recently,
the “ It is an idea
possibility got
that has worked
another look.
“It is an idea in other cities
that has worked
in other cities includinc Seattle
i n c l u d i n g and Kirkland,
d r ive r s
S e a t t l e
and then
and Kirkland, Wash., and Salt
cross
when
Wash., and Salt Lake City.”
traffi c
stops.
Lake City,” said
the
Wayne
Frey,
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TBP Committe member
reaches
the
member who
opposite side
looked
into
what other cities had done to of the street the fl ags would
then be placed in a repository
improve pedestrian safety.
Frey said the issue as it there for someone going in
relates to Keizer is that the the opposite direction.
While the committee
spacing of crosswalks becomes
inconvenient for pedestrians. previously set aside the idea
Depending on where one citing the high traffi c volume
wants to cross, it may mean along River Road and not
walking past one's destination wanting to encourage unsafe
the
Newberg
to reach a crosswalk and then behavior,
a lengthy backtrack once they program is one the committee
reach the other side of the road. plans to watch as it unfolds.
In Newberg, a group of
“Many pedestrians are just
walking across the street in downtown business owners
an unsafe manner by crossing is proposing to put out fl ags
the street with no crosswalk, in the downtown core and
signal or method to signal to is seeking sponsorships from
local businesses.
TBP committee member
John Maurice said he wanted
to know what param-
eters would be used
to judge the suc-
cess of the pro-
gram before
looking
a t
t h e
possibil-
ity for pe-
destrian fl ags in
Keizer again.
“I
want
to
know if they sat down
and discussed what success
would look like? Also, how
many of the fl ags disappear?
Does jaywalking increase or
decrease?” Maurice said. “You
have to have pre-defi ned
criteria, not just people's
opinions.”
Committee member Pat
Fisher suggested that it might
work better for an area with
one-way streets rather than the
Monday, February 6
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
930 Plymouth Drive N.E. in Keizer.
Tuesday. February 7
Keizer Economic Development Commission meeting, noon,
930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Wednesday, February 8
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m., 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
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
Monday, February 13
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m., 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Tuesday, February 14
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T h e
lack of
a grant is
a setback, but
committee mem-
bers were not dis-
couraged in their pursuit
of the idea.
• Worked on improved
signage for the bike/pedestrian
path along the Salem-Keizer
Parkway.
• Agreed to begin pursuing
ways to improve Keizer's
designation as a League of
American Bicyclists (LAB)
Bike-Friendly City. Keizer
currently hold honorable
mention status, but received
feedback from LAB on what it
might do to improve that rating.
SKSB, Salem settle who owns what
By HERB SWETT
For the Keizertimes
Property
realignments
between the Salem-Keizer
School District and the city
of Salem were approved by
the School Board on Tuesday.
The district and the city
have been negotiating own-
ership transfers involving fa-
cilities such as athletic fi elds
and parks so that property
lines will eliminate owner-
ships by the district and the
city of only parts of the fa-
cilities.
Negotiations with the city
have been in progress for sev-
eral months. Objectives are
for the district to own and
operate properties it primar-
ily uses and for the city to do
the same with what it pri-
marily uses.
Also approved by the board
was a resolution for safe and
welcoming schools. Its aim is
a barrier-free educational ex-
perience, the undesirable bar-
riers involving “race, national
origin, disability, economic
circumstance, mobility, native
language, sexual orientation,
immigration status, gender
identity, or level of profi cien-
cy upon entering school.”
It calls for all district staff
to be diligent in recognizing
and addressing behaviors pro-
viding such barriers.
One more board action
renewed the charter of How-
ard Street Charter School,
set to expire June 30 after 20
years of operation. The one
dissenting vote was by Paul
Kyllo, who opposes charter
schools on principle.
Only one grant, which
was approved, came before
the board. It was a $10,000
from the Chalkboard Proj-
ect for the second phase of a
teacher preparation research
study.
Also, fewer personnel ac-
tions than usual came be-
fore the board. The only one
specifi cally involving the
McNary High School atten-
dance area was the hiring of
Vicki Scott as a temporary
full-time teacher at Clear
Lake Elementary School.
Two others involved John
Honey, a former McNary
principal. One hired him as
the temporary full time prin-
cipal of the Career Technical
Education Center; the other
approved his retirement ef-
fective March 31.
Reports to the board
included an update from
Dawne Huckaby of the Or-
egon Department of Educa-
tion on the Every Student
Succeeds Act. ESSA, the fed-
eral program that replaces No
Child Left Behind, transfers
many controls to states and
localities. It requires states to
sudoku
set standards, administer tests,
and develop accountability
standards.
In the Spotlight on Suc-
cess portion of the meet-
ing, Steve Sanchez, a retired
Claggett Creek Elementary
School counsel, was honored
for his variety of contribu-
tions to the school since re-
tirement.
During board members’
reports on activities, Chuck
Lee gave high praise to recent
performance by the McNary
choir before the Keizer Ro-
tary Club, presented after two
postponements due to snow.
lookinc
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Housinc starts
keep slidinc
Enter dicits
from 1-9 into
the blank
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each dicit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
Construction
in
Keizer
continued to slow down in
2011. New housing starts hit
the lowest point with just 30
residential units beginning
construction in 2011.
10 YEARS AGO
First Citizen
will be honored
for her continuinc
volunteer efforts
Sunday, January 29
Fellini at the Circus. Salem Concert Band concert. Hudson
Hall Willamette University, 3 p.m.
Saturday, February 4
Keizer-Salem Area Senior Center pancake breakfast. 8 to 10
a.m. All-you-can-eat for $4. Children 5 years and younger are
free.
two-way traffi c of River Road.
In other business, the
committee:
• Learned it did not qual-
ify for a Cycle Oregon
grant to purchase a
bike repair station
like the one cur-
rently at the
Keizer
Tr a n s i t
Cen-
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Charlene
Weathers
was
nominated by Ted Anagnos
for Citizen of the Year. The
Chamber of Commerce let
her know she will be honored
as First Citizen later this
January 2007.
15 YEARS AGO
Developer eyes
Safeway for new
city hall
A Keizer developer, Don
Jensen, hopes to lure Keizer’s
Safeway store off River Road
and into the proposed freeway
development, a shift he says
could free up downtown land
for a new city hall.
20 YEARS AGO
Beavers cet busted
for buildinc dams,
accravatinc fl oodinc
The city public works director
hired a trapper to catch three
beavers living in Claggett
Creek. The beavers were
building dams on the creek,
causing fl ooding problems.