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In the fi nal game of a six-game match, world chess
champion Garry Kasparov triumphs over Deep Blue,
IBM’s chess-playing computer, and wins the match, 4-2.
However, Deep Blue goes on to defeat Kasparov in a
heavily publicized rematch the following year.
— February 17, 1996
Food 4 Thought
“Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is fl owing
water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make
will have any effect on the outcome.”
— Jerry Seinfeld
The Month Ahead
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.
Friday, February 17 – Sunday, March 5
Brush Creek presents the play The Further
MISadventures of the Seven Dwarfs. Performances at
7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. matinees on
Saturdays and Sundays, and two 7 p.m. performances
on Thursday, Feb. 23 and Thursday, March 2. Tickets
are $8-$10. For more info, contact Michael Wood at
503-508-3682.
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.
Salem First Responders Appreciation Dinner, 3-8 p.m.,
Salem Elks Lodge, 2336 Turner Rd. S.E. Free to all fi rst
responders ad their families. salemelks.org, 503-364-
6839.
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
Tuesday, February 21
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 22
Keizer Community Dinner hosted by the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Located at St. Edward
Catholic Church Parish Hall, 5303 River Road N. From
5 p.m. to 7 p.m on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
Admission is free. Contact Bonnie Henny at 503-393-
5323 or bonnie.henny@sainteds.com.
Thursday, February 23 – Friday, February 24
Whiteaker Middle School Choir Cabaret fundraiser, 7
p.m. at Salem Alliance Church, 555 Gaines St. NE.
Friday, February 24
The Arbor at Avamere Court will host a Happy Hour
Meet-and-Greet with new administrator Tammy
Perez and new nurse Jamayca Nelson from 4 to 6 p.m.
Cocktails and hor d’oeuvres will be served.
Saturday, February 25
Clay Ball: Masterpieces, annual dinner-auctions to
benefi t Salem Art Association, 5:30-10 p.m., Salem
Convention Center. Tickets are $80 ($95 after Feb. 15).
Guests are encouraged to transform themselves into an
iconic work of art. salemart.org/clay-ball.
Eating Disorder Awareness Week kick off event, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Located at the Oasis Center, 4575 River Road
N. For more information, contact 971-304-7245.
Wednesday, March 1
The Historic Elsinore Theatre presents The Sound of
Music Sing-a-long, 7 p.m. Tickets are $6.
Saturday, March 4
Artists’ reception for The Color Show/Green exhibit,
2-4 p.m. at Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount
Gallery, Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E.
Exhibition runs March 2-March 25. Visit keizerarts.com
for gallery hours and art class information.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer’s rules regulating
food truck permits are getting
a second look now that the
rubber has met the road.
After spending several long
hours in 2016 establishing
rules that would permit mo-
bile food vendors, the same
rules were back for revision
at the Keizer Planning Com-
mission meeting Wednesday,
Feb. 8.
“We feel the need to
clarify some design standards
and make more clear what is
expected of (vendors),” said
Shane Witham, a senior plan-
ner with the city.
Witham said that the per-
mit-issuing process revealed
some oversights in the origi-
nal rules prompting the need
to reexamine them.
The Planning Commission
approved all the proposed
changes, which cover aspects
ranging from parking to stor-
age and signage, but the big-
gest impact is expanding the
areas where food trucks are
permitted.
Under the current rules,
food trucks are only permit-
ted in mixed use commercial
zones, but the new rules al-
low mobile food vendors in
all zones where eating and
drinking establishments are an
allowed use as well as public
zones.
The new rules include:
• Requiring two marked
parking spots for food trucks
on vacant parcels.
• Clarifi cations that fi xed
or painted signs on the food
trucks are exempt from sig-
nage code.
• Prohibitions on outdoor
storage, meaning that any-
thing that is required for the
operation of the food truck
Eatinc disorder awareness
event scheduled Feb. 25
The Oasis Center for
Counseling and Wellness in-
vites the community to attend
its Eating Disorder Awareness
week kick off event on Feb. 25
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event will be located at
The Oasis Center, 4575 River
Road N. Individuals will have
opportunities to meet the
treatment team, tour the facili-
ty, chat with local vendors, fi nd
resources and educational ma-
terial, take part in activities and
refreshments, and learn more
about prevention and recovery.
For more information, call
971-304-7245.
Salem-Keizer kindergarten
registration opens Feb. 21
Registration for Salem-Keizer Public Schools fall 2017 kinder-
garten programs opens Feb. 21.
All elementary schools in Salem-Keizer offer free, full-day kin-
dergarten. Students who turn fi ve on or before Sept. 10 are eligible
to register.
To register, visit the school and pick up a registration packet. If
an individual is unsure what school is assigned to serve their resi-
dence address, visit the district’s school fi nder page. Parents must
complete and sign the forms in the registration packet and provide:
• Proof of residence. Examples of documents accepted include
a copy of a utility bill, driver’s license with current address, copy of
rental agreement or any other such documents.
• Original birth certifi cate for the child. The school will make a
copy and return the original to the parent.
Additional information about registration requirements can be
found at www.salemkeizer.org.
Bikeways input wanted
The fi rst open house for
the Winter/Maple Family
Friendly Bikeway planning
project will take place on
Tuesday, Mar. 7, from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m. The open house will
be located at Broadway Com-
correction
A story titled Code change
could lead to Safeway gas sta-
tion in the Feb. 10 edition of
the paper incorrectly stated
that the Keizer City Council
approved a text amendment
lifting an overlay zone on the
properties near the intersec-
tion of River Road North and
Chemawa Road North. The
council voted only to hear a
discussion regarding lifting the
prohibition.
mons, 1300 Broadway Street
N.E. Admission is free.
The public is encouraged
to come give their feedback
for bike-able and walkable
neighborhood streets.
Food and drinks will be
provided by the North Salem
High School culinary arts pro-
gram. Salem-Keizer Educa-
tion Foundation will provide
children’s activities.
must be on the truck. Tem-
porary dining areas to shelter
from the elements would still
be allowed.
• New requirements for
permanent outdoors eating
areas when three or more
food trucks are in close prox-
imity.
• Prohibitions on drive-
thru windows.
The approved rules also in-
clude requirements that any
mobile food vendor parked
on an approved site must be
moved after three days out of
operation.
“We had a scenario where
the truck was being stored on
the site. Essentially, someone
could get the permit and store
it on the site for up to a year
for less than a month’s rent at
a storage facility. If you’re go-
ing to be located in the com-
mercial corridor, you need to
be open,” Witham said.
GRASSROOTS
GOVERNMENT
The Keizer Traffi c Safety, Bikeways and Pedestrian (TBP) Com-
mittee held its latest meeting Thursday, Feb. 9. Here’s what members
discussed:
• The issue of a potential
Safeway gas station was raised
and members of the commit-
tee wanted to know what, if
any, impacts it might have on
the ingress and egress along
River Road North and
Chemawa Road Northeast.
Those details have yet to be
discussed at the city level, but
members of the TBP com-
mittee may take part in fu-
ture public hearings on the
issue.
• Committee member Pat
Fisher reported back on ef-
forts to have wayfi nding signs
placed along the bike and
pedestrian paths that runs
parallel to the Salem-Keizer
Parkway. Fisher and com-
mittee chair Hersch Sang-
ster have suggested signage
to city staff and received an
estimated cost of $640. The
project may qualify for funds
through the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation.
• Committee member
John Maurice moved to con-
tinue the work of a subgroup,
including Sangster and Fish-
er, exploring ways to improve
Keizer’s standing with the
League of American Bicy-
clists (LAB). LAB bestowed
an honorable mention as a
Bike Friendly City in 2016
and provided feedback on
sudoku
Doctor Strange (PG-13)
Fri 6:30, 8:35, Sat 7:20, 8:45,
Sun 5:35, 7:15
Patriots Day (R)
Fri 6:50, 9:20, Sun 8:10
Why Him? (R) Fri 8:50, Sat 9:30
Hacksaw Ridge (R)
Sun 7:50
Monster Trucks (PG)
Fri 2:00, 4:00, Sat 1:10, 4:05,
Sun 1:00, 6:30
Trolls (PG)
Fri 3:15
Moana (PG)
Fri 1:30, 3:45, Sat 12:20, 1:50,
5:05, Sun 12:00, 2:20
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back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
The planned transit center, to
open in 2013 in Keizer will
include numerous features
aimed at reducing energy
consumption and water runoff.
About $9.6 million in various
funds, almost all state and
federal grants, are paying for
the project.
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.
10 YEARS AGO
McNary students
aim to cook up
championship
Four
McNary
students
will join several hundred
other chefs when the
state high school culinary
championships
convenes
at the Oregon Convention
Center in Portland. Students
will represent the Celts in this
prestigious event.
THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
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Sun 7:55
ways to improve. Maurice
wants to explore ways to act
on the recommendations.
• Sgt. Trevor Wenning, the
Keizer Police Department
liaison to the committee re-
ported on several recent ef-
forts, including: the success of
Keizer’s Click It or Ticket ef-
forts (the city has a 98 percent
usage rate, higher than both
state and national averages);
the roundabout at Chemawa
Road Northeast and Verda
Lane Northeast continues
to function well without a
single crash reported since its
opening in September 2016;
and a Whiteaker Middle
School permit request for a
run/walk fundraiser in the
Gubser and Country Glen
neighborhoods to coincide
with the total solar eclipse
happening in August.
Transit center will be
creen all over
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Sat 11:20, 2:40, 6:15,
Sun 12:30, 3:00, 4:40
The annual permit fee for a
mobile food vendor in Keizer
is $75.
The recommended chang-
es will now go to the Keizer
City Council for fi nal ap-
proval.
In other business:
• The March meeting of
the Planning Commission
was moved to March 15 to
accommodate a hearing on a
potential gas station at Safe-
way on River Road North.
• The commission received
an update on the potential
lease of city-owned land at
Keizer Station for a movie
theater. City Attorney Shan-
non Johnson said talks are still
underway with a draft lease
still in the formative stages.
The lease would require a
master plan amendment that
would need planning com-
mission approval before going
to the city council.
KEIZERTIMES.COM
Web Poll
Results
Are you opposed
to a cas station at
the center of town?
15 YEARS AGO
From Orecon to
cround zero: jackets
for the crews
A Keizer company, T-Shirt
World, joined Salem’s Water-
shed in the project, which is
sending 110 rain proof jack-
ets to New York. Emergency
volunteers in New York City
should keep warm and dry
while working at ground zero.
The jackets are being donated.
20 YEARS AGO
75% – No
25% – Yes
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Council clamps down
police overtime
The Keizer City Council
moved to tighten overtime pay
at the city police department.
The council wants to cut down
on the number of police as-
signed to attend community
meetings and other disclosures.