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The Month Ahead
Friday, February 10
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by
A.R. Gurney starring Mary Bauer Opra and Joe Egli,
7 p.m. at Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd.
N.E. Tickets are $15, available at the door or by visiting
brownpapertickets.com.
Saturday, February 11
U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla 66 is offering an 8-hour
class, “About Boating Safely,” beginning at 8 a.m. in the
Community Room of the Keizer Fire Station, 661 Chemawa
Road. The cost is $20 and includes the course book and
lunch. Contact Doug Kroll, 503-990-8835 by 10 p.m. by
Friday, Feb. 10, to make a reservation or with any questions.
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.
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets at 10:30 a.m.
in Anderson Room A and B of Salem Public Library (585
Liberty St SE). Margaret Parker will speak about The Crazy
Quilt of Life. For more information, call (503)363-0880.
Celebrate Oregon’s 158th birthday in the state capitol
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The possibility of placing
public art in the roundabout
at Chemawa Road North-
east and Verda Lane North-
east took a giant leap forward
at the Keizer City Council
meeting Monday, Feb. 6.
The city council approved
the placement of a public art
pad in the roundabout, at the
request of the Keizer Public
Art Commission (KPAC),
with a 6-0 vote. Councilor
Kim Freeman was absent.
While there were some
reservations on the council,
Mayor Cathy Clark was most
vocal.
“I have tremendous con-
cerns with the functionality
given that this roundabout is
on an angle. It relieved a tre-
mendous bottleneck and cre-
ated safety. I have reservations
about putting anything there
that could compromise the
function,” Clark said.
Earlier in the evening,
Lore Christopher, a former
mayor and current member
of KPAC, addressed the issue
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
The Keizer City Council approved the placement of a public art pad in the roundabout at Che-
mawa Road Northeast and Verda Lane Northeast.
with the council and sug-
gested that the council would
have fi nal say over what goes
on the site and the design, but
that turned out not to be true.
“One of the reasons we
created the commission was
so the council would not take
on the role of art critic,” said
City Attorney Shannon John-
son.
Current KPAC plans call
for a cow-themed art piece,
an homage to the nearby
cows that will likely be re-
placed by apartments, but
there is no funding for the
project yet.
“What we are asking is for
the council to approve the
site so we can begin looking
for grant money to fund it,”
Christopher said.
Community Development
Director Nate Brown said
that while he understood the
concerns about the round-
about functions, the addi-
Keizer cops
Patrols lookinc for 100
subdue
armed
man
percent compliance
with Click it or Ticket
Through Feb. 19, the
Keizer Police Department
will be participating in the
national “Click it or Tick-
et” campaign.
The focus of the opera-
tion is to educate the pub-
lic regarding safety belts,
child restraints, texting
and speeding. Education
through positive contact is
the focus however citations
can be issued. Drivers who
are issued citations for safe-
ty belt violations may qual-
ify for diversion wherein
the citation is dismissed.
According to a 2016
National Highway Traf-
fi c Safety Administration
report Oregon has a seat-
belt use rate of 96 percent,
which is higher than the
national average of 90 per-
cent.
By participating in this
national campaign the City
of Keizer hopes to main-
tain and or increase local
compliance with Oregon
safety restraint laws. Cur-
rently, local usage of safety
belts is 98 percent.
KPD has two certifi ed
child occupant safety tech-
nicians and are available by
appointment to help edu-
cate and install child safety
systems in vehicles. With
proper use, a child safety
seat can increase crash sur-
vivability by up to 71 per-
cent for infants, 59 percent
for toddlers and 45 per-
cent for booster seat oc-
cupants. For adults, safety
belt usage can reduce the
chances of a fatal crash by
up to 65 percent.
For more information
on whether your child is
ready for the adult belt
system in your car go to
www.carseat.org.
Saturday, February 11 – Sunday, February 12
Pinot and Chocolate at Willamette Valley Vineyard, 8800
Enchanted Way S.E. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. both days. Tickets are
$15 ($10 for members). wvv.com, 503-588-9463.
Keizer police offi cers suc- a handgun from his right coat
cessfully disarmed and took pocket, offi cers brought him to
into custody a man who was the ground while he contin-
allegedly suffering a mental ued to resist arrest.
After placing Es-
crisis Wednesday, Feb. 1.
pinoza in custody, the
About 4:30 p.m., a
fi rearm was found to
man fl agged down a
have been stolen and
passerby in the 5400
a methamphetamine
block of River Road
pipe was found in his
North saying his son
possession.
had a gun and was
While interviewing
“having
a
mental
breakdown.” The man A. Espinoza the father, detectives
learned that Espinoza
then fl ed the area as his
son approached. The caller re- displayed the gun to his father
ported the suspect was last seen and demanded to be driven to
entering an apartment com- an undisclosed location.
He allegedly told his father
plex in the 600 block of Lock-
that “there was a round cham-
haven Drive N.E.
Offi cer David Babcock ar- bered and maybe I should just
rived on the scene and found end it all.”
Espinoza has been charged
the suspect, later identifi ed as
Andrew Isaac Espinoza, 36, at with unlawful use of a weap-
the entrance to the apartment on, menacing, theft, resisting
arrest, possession of metham-
complex and confronted him.
The man began to back phetamine and being a felon in
away and refused to cooper- possession of a fi rearm by the
ate. He made motion toward Marion County District At-
his pocket and was told not torney’s Offi ce. Espinoza’s bail
to do so, wrote Babcock in a was set at $40,000.
probable cause statement. As
the man attempted to remove
lookinc
back in
the KT
sudoku
Sunday, February 12
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by
A.R. Gurney starring JoAnne Beilke and Jerry McGee,
2 p.m. at Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd.
N.E. Tickets are $15, available at the door or by visiting
brownpapertickets.com.
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Monday, February 13
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m., 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Tuesday, February 14
Valentine’s Day
5 YEARS AGO
City pays to settle
dispute with
fi red worker
A fi red public works employee,
Roland Herrera, who worked
in the department for 19 years
before his termination in
September, will receive a payout
of approximately $20,000. In
exchange Herrera agreed to
drop an arbitration appeal and
to not sue the city for race and
age discrimination.
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by A.R.
Gurney starring Lore Christopher and Lyndon Zaitz, 7
p.m. matinee at Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd.
N.E. Tickets are $15, available at the door or by visiting
brownpapertickets.com.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, February 17 – Saturday, February 25
Lear’s Daughters presented by the Willamette University
Theatre Department at M. Lee Pelton Theatre on campus.
Performances at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on
Sunday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 25. Tickets are $12.
boxoffi cetickets.com.
Saturday, February 18
A night of music, art and wine as the Salem Symphony
presents Pictures at an Exhibition at the Historic Elsinore
Theatre. Art showcase and wine tasting at 6 p.m. Tickets
range from $30 to $70. elsinoretheatre.com.
Saturday, February 18 – Sunday, February 19
Carmina Burana performed by Willamette Master
Chorus, Willamette University Dance and three soloists.
7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 3 p.m. on Sunday, Smith
Auditorium on the campus. Tickets range from $15 to $25.
willamettemasterchorus.org, 503-580-0406.
Sunday, February 19
Afternoon Tea at the Library a fundraiser for the Keizer
Community Library, 3:30 p.m., upstairs in the Keizer
Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road, NE. Tickets $25.
Loving Hearts dinner-dance, Keizer/Salem Area Seniors.
Ham dinner, music by The Fantastics. Raffl e. Doors open
at noon, dinner starts at 12:30 p.m. 930 Plymouth Der. N.E.
ksacenter.com.
Monday, February 20
President’s Day
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tion of public art might deter
some bad behavior.
“People can go through
at a rapid rate of speed and
if we re-channel that visibil-
ity it may provide a benefi t,”
Brown said.
Councilors stipulated in
their approval that KPAC
would work with city staff
to make sure any public art
doesn’t impede the function-
ing of the roundabout
10 YEARS AGO
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Dance team takes
third in state
The McNary Dance Team
qualifi ed for the state fi nals
with a third place fi nish at a
tournament held Feb. 4, at
Stayton High School.
15 YEARS AGO
Police cite own for
top honors
Three members of the Keizer
Police Department were recog-
nized for achievements during
the past year. Offi cer Rodney
Bamford was named offi cer
of the year. Donna Hill was
named employee of the year.
Offi cer Scott Bigler was named
reserve offi cer of the year.
20 YEARS AGO
City will battle to skip
Measure 47, keep tax
money
Keizer isn’t going to take a tax
cut without a good fi ght. The
Keizer City Council directed
the city go to court to see if a
judge will let the city collect
$1.95 million in property taxes
despite the limits of Measure 47.