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APRIL 7, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3 Colored pencul works honored at Police can now KAA gallery, dusplay ends May 3 tow illegally parked cars “If we scratch $100 tuckets ... durung Luttle League, there’s goung to be putchforks” PHOTOS Courtesy of John DeJarnatt Above: Furst place wunner Mardu Dog by Terru Neal. Rught: Best of Show wunner Great Horned Owl by Dana Ward. The Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery is hosting a show of colored pencil art through May 3. An awards ceremony and artist reception was held on Saturday, April 1, at the gallery inside the Keizer Heritage Center. The art is in the 26th annual exhibition presented by the Portland district chapter 201 of the Colored Pencil Society of America. Fifty works of art by 30 artists were submitted. Janet Parker, a former art director for national magazines, was the judge; she also presented the nine awards Saturday afternoon. The best of show award was presented to Great Horned Owl by Dana Ward of Portland. The fi rst place award was won by Mardi Dog by Terri Neal, also of Portland. Dare Ya!, a portrait of the artist’s fl uffy cat by Pat Averill of Oregon City won second place. Other award winners were: 3rd place: Orenco Hydrangea by Suzanne Jones, 4th place: A Grandpa Moment by CJ Worsen. Awards of merit were won by Forever Yours by Teresa Allen, obutuary Charlotte Marie Bail March 27, 1944 – March 30, 2017 Keizer Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. Positively Poinsettia by Carol Morrison, Nola Attitude by Nancy Rogge and Salad by Vicky Vickery. The Enid Joy Mount Gallery will continue the exhib- it through Wednesday, May 3. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat- urdays. KHF scholarship deadline April 7 The deadline to submit ap- plications for Keizer Heritage Center’s Pearl Langeland Me- morial Scholarship is Friday, April 7. The scholarship is awarded to a McNary High School graduating senior who has re- is sure-enough blocked, which By ERIC A. HOWALD happens sometimes during, for Of the Keizertimes The Keizer City Council example, football games, the approved a proposed amend- ordinance will now allow us to ment to a city ordinance gov- tow.” Teague cautioned that it erning parking and towing at its would not affect a car that meeting Monday, April 4. City staff, including City At- is parked fully in a driveway. torney Shannon Johnson revis- For police to have authority it ited the ordinance that covers must be in a right-of-way, but parking in front of driveways homeowners could have such a and other towable offenses as vehicle towed under state ordi- a result of ongoing issues with nance. While the amendment puts overfl ow McNary High School another tool in traffi c on New- the police tool- berg Drive box, the issues North. of fi nes levied Neighbors for violations along New- became the fo- berg, spear- cus of a broader headed by resi- conversation. dent Charles The mini- Anderson, have mum, pre- repeatedly spo- sumptive and ken to the city maximum council about fi nes – $50, how increased — Chuef John Teague $100 and $500, traffi c in the Keuzer Poluce respectively – mornings and suggested by after school is Johnson could impacting liv- ability. Parking in front of pri- create new problems, Teague vate driveways during school said during the meeting. The presumptive fi ne of hours and during big events like football games is also a sore $100, in particular, was a con- point for some residents. It was cern. “I think $100 presumptive also designed to clear up some is too much. If we are going ambiguity in state statutes. The revision allows police to scratch $100 tickets along to tow and impound vehicles Ridge Drive during Little parked illegally in the right of League, there’s going to be way, but a fi rst pass at setting pitchforks,” Teague said. As the discussion unfurled, new minimum fi nes was pulled after a somewhat lengthy dis- everything from effective pun- ishment to recovering costs was cussion. “It’s useful for those rare oc- laid on the table. Mayor Cathy Clark hoped to casions when someone blocks a private driveway,” said Chief at least recover the costs of the John Teague, of the Keizer Po- staff time and felt a $50 mini- lice Department. “If a driveway mum was too little. City Fi- nance Director Tim Wood said it would probably be a stretch. Councilor Amy Ryan thought a higher fi ne would be more appropriate. “Make it a higher fee to make a statement and get the word out that we are going to do it,” Ryan said. City Manager Chris Ep- pley said he understood the desire to “educate through a little bit of pain,” but added that when fi nes are set too high, the amount that gets sent to collec- tions also increases. “There’s a fi ne line between one that someone will pay and one they will try to skip out on,” Eppley said. “Maybe the goal shouldn’t be to recover the cost, it should be to correct the issue.” Both Teague and Communi- ty Development Director Nate Brown, who spoke on behalf of Keizer’s code enforcement of- fi cer Ben Crosby, wanted more fl exibility and suggested a $20 minimum fi ne. Johnson requested that the section of the amendment set- ting fi nes be deleted entirely with the intent to revisit the issue taking into consideration the issues brought up at the meeting. “I was trying to fi x that part of the ordinance too quickly, but we will bring it back with a look at the bigger picture and include all of the issues at once,” Johnson said. sided in Keizer for at least fi ve years. 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