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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 20 SECTION A FEBRUARY 17, 2017 $1.00 No field improvements for eclipse event Funding, manpower shortage to blame By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes As city offi cials and volunteers plan for an event to mark the passage of a total solar eclipse over Keizer in August, an emphasis has been placed on putting the city’s best foot forward. Plans included leveling and re-seeding a 7.5-acre fi eld in the southwest corner of eclipse watch 08. 21. 2017 11:25 AM Keizer Rapids Park to make it welcoming for visitors who pay to camp there in the days preceding the solar event. That won’t be happening. Keizer Parks Supervisor Robert Johnson told members of the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board that a combination of permitting and aftercare maintenance requirements were halting the plan. “We’re required to have a (Department of Environmental Quality) permit when disturbing more than an acre of soil near the river. The permitting process would cost $1,800 we don’t have, and take about fi ve weeks,” Johnson said. The fi ve-week wait would mean a start date past the prime time for seeding, Johnson added. “The other side of it is that if you develop that land, it’s going to create an expectation. Right now, we mow it once or KYBA teams clash PAGE A11 Please see DCLIPSD, Page A9 Homeless initiative group recommends new advocate By ERIC A. HOWALD The task force, at the Of the Keizertimes recommendation of Clark, If everything goes ac- also agreed to approach cording to plan, the area's the Mid-Willamette Valley homeless will have a new Council of Governments advocate in the near future. (MWVCOG) about hous- ing the posi- The Mid- tion. MWV- Willamette COG is an Homeless association of Initiative wrapped up a # of people experiencing more than 40 year of meet- homelessness each year local govern- ments includ- ings by rec- ing counties, ommending 1,660 cities, special the establish- People on any given day, districts and ment of a new in Marion and Polk counties, including the Confed- project man- erated Tribes ager position 116 of the Grande oversee the veterans Ronde that as- coordination sists in coordi- of public and 1,397 nating region- private efforts Students in Salem-Keizer al planning combatting School District during and develop- homelessness. 2015-16 school year ment activi- W h i l e ties, fostering some details interaction still need to 300 be hashed out, Reentering Marion County and educating both Marion communities from prison member orga- nization about County and major regional the City of Sa- 200-500 issues. Local lem were pre- pared to com- Domestic violence victims jur isdictions are assessed mit $40,000 each toward the cost of a dues and those are used to new position. Keizer Mayor pay for support services of- Cathy Clark also said Keiz- fered by MWVCOG. The project manager er would try to fi nancially support the new position, would presumably oversee the exact contribution was the efforts of local govern- left undefi ned at the meet- ments and non-profi ts to ing. Please see ADVOCATD, Page A8 BY THE NUMBERS PULP FUSION ROYALE Reclaimed KDIZDRTIMDS/Dric A. Howald Matt Tate, owner of Timbr and Moss, shows off some of his reclaimed-wood state boards. Artist upcycles materials into state pride reclaimed wood he brings By ERIC A. HOWALD back to life and transforms Of the Keizertimes Last summer, Matt Tate into the outlines of a given made a call that changed his state. Each section is cut indi- vidually and then pieced to- life. Tate had been trying to gether giving the whole proj- get his reclaimed furniture ect a rustic feel. Depending on and décor business, Timbr customer preferences, he can and Moss, off the ground for add any of a variety of embel- the better part of a year. He'd lishments ranging from door had some successes locally, but hinges to hearts to backlight- nothing sustainable enough to ing. The state boards are what begin throwing caution to the caught the eye of the people behind Street of Dreams, but wind. Then he made a cold call he's also made clocks, serv- ing trays, bat to organizer's houses, custom behind Port- business signs land's Street “ I knew I could and a variety of Dreams, an be successful, of other inte- annual show- rior decorating case of luxury but it was so items. homes in the much more The call to Portland area. show off his “I found than I expected. wares at Street their number of Dreams online, called Some of my turned into them and end- customers had a fl urry of ed up leaving activity for a voicemail. I to wait a few the following told them I was months, but month. a new upcom- “I built as ing company we only lost a much product specializing in as I could, with barn wood dé- few orders.” a lot of friends cor and designs and I thought I — Matt Tate helping, and went up had something for the fi rst they would want to check out,” said Tate, weekend exhibition with $40 whose workshop is on River in my wallet, but it was a hit from the get-go,” Tate said. Road North in Keizer. For the next four weeks, Within 24 hours, the Street of Dreams organizers called Tate spent almost every back to arrange a meeting. waking hour in his shop Five minutes into the meeting making products to take to they told him they wanted to the Street of Dreams events arrange a three-year deal to each weekend. Some friends showcase his work in Street of would show up after work to assist, others volunteered in his Dreams homes. Tate's trademark product booth on the weekends. “I kept challenging myself are what he calls “state boards,” each week to see how much I could build and, each time, I showed up with more. I would still sell out,” Tate said. By the time the fi nal weekend of the event rolled around, Tate had a goal and Please see ARTIST, Page A9 JACK RABBIT SLIM PULP FUSION 24 OZ 32 OZ HOME OF THE $5 SMOOTHIE KETCHUP ON DEMAND Food truck rules revised PAGE A2 WMS choir cabaret PAGE A5 RIVALRY RENEWED Swimmers at GVC meet PAGE A10 KDIZDRTIMDS/Derek Wiley McNary junior Chandler Cavell fi ghts for a rebound in the second half of a 81-71 Greater Valley Conference loss at South Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 14. See Page A10 for more sports news.
