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The Month Ahead
Continuing through Tuesday, June 27
Pentacle Theater presents Leading Ladies. Located at 324
52nd Avenue NW. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $25 per person. pentacletheatre.org. 503-364-7200.
Friday, June 16
Keizer’s Awesome Burger Bash Car Show at Avamere
Court, 5210 River Road N. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 503-
393-3624.
Friday, June 16 – Sunday, June 18
Oregon Garden Brewfest. Sixty breweries pouring 120
beers from all over the state Hours are 3-11 p.m., Friday
(21 and older only), noon to 11 p.m., Saturday (minors
until 5 p.m. only) and noon to 6 p.m., Sunday. Admission
is $15 which includes tasting glass and fi ve tasting tickets.
oregongarden.org/events/brewfest
Saturday, June 17
Vans Warped Tour, Cascade Hall, Oregon State
Fairgrounds and Expo, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Tickets range
from $35 to $50. vanswarpedtour.com.
Ecofest Party for the Planet. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Salem’s
Riverfront Park. hands-on educational activities, earth-
friendly products and services, children’s activities,
nature walk, yoga, beer and wine.
Awesome 3000 Night at Volcanoes Stadium. Kids
wearing their Awesome 3000 T-shirts get in free. Game
time: 6:35 p.m.
Monday, June 19
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, June 20
Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Keizer Community Library presents Oregon Coast
Lighthouses by retired history professor Dr. Doug Kroll,
7-8 p.m., Event Room at the Keizer Heritage Center, 980
Chemawa Rd. N.E.. Free.
Wednesday, June 21
Salem Health volunteers will be beautifying Salem’s River
Front Park in preparation for events such as the World
Beat Festival from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 24 - Sunday, June 25
The 20th annual World Beat Festival at the Riverfront
Park. 503-581-2004. volunteers@salemmulticultural.
org.
Saturday, June 24
Keizer Rotary Amphitheater’s 2017 free summer concert
series kicks off with Dina Y Los Rumberos. Gates open at
5 p.m., show at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com.
Sunday, June 25
McMinnville Garden Club 17th Annual Garden Tour and
Faire. Garden tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10 admission.
Free garden faire from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets available
day of tour at the garden faire, Kraemer’s Garden Center,
and fi ve tour gardens. mcminnvillegardenclub.org.
Monday, June 26
Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Saturday, July 1 through Tuesday July 4
The Northwest Civil War Council performs historic re-
enactments and shares its history lessons at Powerland
Heritage Park in Brooks. Full schedule at www.nwcwc.
net.
Tuesday, July 4
Independence Day. All government offi ces closed.
By HERB SWETT
Forthe Keizertimes
A $683,020,682 2017-18 budget for the
Salem-Keizer School District was approved
by the School Board on Tuesday, June 13.
The fi gure drew negative comments
from board members, who commented
that the state was underfunding education
and particularly keeping the district from
hiring science and social studies coordina-
tors.
Several members of the audience urged
the district to fi nd a way to hire more as-
sistant teachers, especially in science.
The vote was 5-0, with Jim Green and
Chuck Lee abstaining. Both declared po-
tential confl icts of interest, Green because
of his employment by the Oregon School
Boards Association and Lee because of
his technical education involvement with
Mountain West Group.
Budget funds are:
• General, $468,980,091.
• Fee-based programs, $14,890.
• Food services, $19,097,500.
• Asset replacement, $6,138,000.
• Energy effi ciency, $2,668,262.
• Grants, $37,946,107.
• PERS pension debt service,
$28,066,002.
• General obligation debt service,
$26,696,373.
• Bond capital projects, $6,788,330.
• Special capital projects, $18,423,345.
• Preventive and deferred maintenance,
$3,322,000.
• External customers, $940,065.
• Charter schools services, $7,212,330.
• Small memorial trust, $248,000.
• Loretta Isom scholarship, $18.018.
• Unappropriated and reserve amounts,
all funds, $17,157,113.
Superintendent Christy Perry noted
that the Oregon Legislature is still in ses-
sion and said that school administrators
still hope $8.2 billion can be budgeted for
schools. She added that the staff can always
propose a supplemental budget.
Also approved were resolutions impos-
ing and categorizing a tax of $1,000 of as-
sessed value of $4.5210 for $28,500,000 for
debt service bonds. Green and Lee recused
themselves because of potential confl icts of
interest.
In other business, the board approved
a $619.2 million general obligation bond
proposal for the May 2018 ballot. This is
a reduction from $766 million following
a poll that showed strong results for the
lower fi gure. It breaks down into $443.5
million for capacity and core infrastruc-
ture, $66 million for seismic preparation,
$33 million for safety and security, $73.5
million for non-routine maintenance, $9.5
million for technology, and $3.7 million
for Americans with Disabilities Act com-
pliance.
Also approved were the elections of
Kathy Goss to the Zone 1 board seat,
Sheronne Blasi to the Zone 3 seat, Jes-
se Lippold to the Zone 5 seat, and Vice
Chairperson Paul Kyllo to the Zone 7 seat.
Goss, Blasi, and Lippold will succeed Chris
Brantley, Chairperson Nancy MacMorris-
Adix, and Rick Kimball respectively.
The newly elected members will take
offi ce in July after winning contested elec-
tions. Kyllo ran unopposed.
The board approved four grants, each
for $5,000, three from Century Link. The
Century Link grants were for digital re-
corders and related accessories for Leslie
Middle School, a laser cutter-engraver
and supporting equipment for West Salem
Theater inches closer to reality
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Plans for a movie theater at
Keizer Station took another
baby step forward at a meet-
ing of the Keizer City Coun-
cil Monday, June 5.
The city council agreed
to bypass the Keizer Plan-
ning Commission to make a
change to the Area B Master
Plan to accommodate a the-
ater across from the Salem-
Keizer Transit Station.
In October 2016, owner
Chuck Nakvasil announced
he hoped to build a medi-
um-sized, fi rst-run theater
across from the Salem-Keizer
Transit Center. The process is
moving slowly because, rather
than purchasing the property
outright, Nakvasil would like
to lease the city-owned land.
The change would al-
low for two buildings, a
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Timothy Calloway, one of
two men charged in connec-
tion with the homicide of Jer-
rid Goodpaster on Feb. 14,
2016, was found guilty of mur-
der, robbery and unlawful use
of a weapon in Marion County
Court last week.
On Thursday, June 6, Callo-
way waived his right to a jury
trial in front of Judge Courtland
Geyer and was found guilty on
all three of the original charges
stemming from the incident.
On Tuesday, June 13, Geyer is-
sued lifetime sentence with a
minimum of 25 years before
Calloway is eligible for parole.
A court document provides
details of the day of the mur-
der that began with arranging a
marijuana transaction.
Calloway and Diontay Wil-
son, drove to Keizer in the car
of Calloway’s girlfriend to make
the deal and decided en route
to steal Goodpaster’s marijuana
and cell phone.
The transaction was set to
take place in the Starbucks
parking lot at Keizer Station.
Once they arrived, Wilson was
driving and Calloway was in
the front passenger seat.
Goodpaster was told to get
in the back seat of the car when
he approached the pair and Cal-
loway told the court he pointed
a .40 caliber semi-automatic
handgun at him. Wilson told
Goodpaster of their intent to
rob him and Goodpaster pulled
a .22 caliber revolver from his
jacket.
lookinc
back in
the KT
Whiteaker Middle School
coach Scott Coburn was
named middle school coach
of the year.
10 YEARS AGO
Explosives found in
Keizer home
Grenades and some $50,000
in cash were found in a
townhouse on Pinehurst
Ave. One of its occupants,
Emiliano Vasquez, 29, is
implicated in a major cocaine,
methamphetamine
and
marijuana ring that expands to
several states. Fourteen other
individuals are charged as well.
15 YEARS AGO
Local miss heads for
prime time
Hometown girl Amy Kerr
headed off to the America’s
Junior Miss National Finals
in Mobile Ala. The 18-year
old graduated from McNary
High School, where she was
a member of the National
Honor Society, a National
Merit Commended Scholar,
and received a superrior rating
at the District Vocal Solo
Ensemble Festival.
20 YEARS AGO
Tuesday, July 11
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rector.
Brown said part of the rea-
soning behind the change was
the need for parking. Original
plans called for an 800-seat
theater, but the space Nakva-
sil is hoping to lease would
not have allowed for adequate
parking. To accommodate the
site, the overall seating inside
the theater has been reduced
to 500 seats to meet buffering
and spacing requirements.
Wilson turned in his seat
and began hitting Goodpaster
and Calloway fi red three shots:
one through the back of the car,
one into the car seat and one
into Goodpaster that hit him in
the left side and exited through
the right side of his body.
Goodpaster was later trans-
ported to Salem Hospital where
he was pronounced dead.
Using cell phone pings and
information from an infor-
mant, Keizer police offi cers
determined that Calloway and
Wilson drove the vehicle to
Clackamas and abandoned the
car with a shattered rear wind-
shield. Police also found a debit
card in Calloway’s name, a .40
caliber cartridge, marijuana,
a spent .40 caliber bullet and
Goodpaster’s glasses.
Calloway and Wilson were
arrested in Eugene the next
day. Wilson dropped a .40 cali-
ber handgun and its magazine
while running from police.
Goodpaster’s .22 was found in
the house where the men had
spent the night.
In November 2016, Wilson
was convicted of robbery in
connection with the incident.
sudoku
5 YEARS AGO
Coburn named Coach
of the Year
Baseball fever erupts
in Keizer; historic fi rst
came is Sunday
Keizer Parks Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center.
21,000-square-foot theater
and a smaller 3,000-square-
foot building on the opposite
side of the driveway.
City staff said Nakvasil
would still have to meet other
conditions of the master plan.
“There are a few condi-
tions that might be changed,
but nothing that would affect
the nearby neighborhood,”
said Nate Brown, Keizer
community development di-
Life sentence issued in Valentine’s Day murder
Monday, July 10
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center.
High School, and surveying equipment
and small electronic devices for Sprague
High School.
The Oregon Community Foundation
gave $5,000 to support community part-
ners and community projects.
Personnel actions approved by the
board included the following in the Mc-
Nary High School attendance area:
• Temporary full-time contracts for Julie
Jensen and Debbie McLiberty Martinez at
Weddle Elementary School and Shannon
Wellbaum at Keizer Elementary School.
• First-year full-time contracts for Ar-
thur Cavanaugh and Elizabeth Doran at
McNary, Alaina Goodwin and Samuel
Martin at Claggett Creek Middle School,
and Andrew Tennant at Whiteaker Middle
School.
• Second-year probation full-time con-
tracts for Annette Cridge at Keizer and
Corinne Thomas at McNary.
• Resignations of Carrie Dobrovolny,
Cummings Elementary School; Erin Hen-
ery, Weddle; and Joseph Zehr, Claggett
Creek.
Honors presented at the meeting in-
cluded recognition by Weddle of the
Southeast Keizer Neighborhood Associa-
tion as Community Partner of the Month.
Ken Gierloff, Colleen and Bob Busch,
Hersch and Mary Ann Sangster, Keizer
City Councilor Laura Reid, and Roger
Courser were specifi cally mentioned.
Colleen Weddle was recognized for
coordinating local businesses to provide
Weddle’s monthly reading incentive treats,
connecting McNary students with Weddle
students for tutoring, participating in the
school’s Pennies for Patients drive, and
posting pictures from Weddle’s Wolves par-
ties on SEKNA’s Facebook page.
Meet the Volcanoes! Keizer
history will be made Sunday
night when the city sees its
fi rst-ever professional sports
team play a home game.
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