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Today in History
President Richard Nixon’s advisor, H.R. Haldeman, tells
the president to put pressure on the head of the FBI to
“stay the hell out of this [Watergate burglary investigation]
business.” In essence, Haldeman was telling Nixon to
obstruct justice, which is one of the articles Congress
threatened to impeach Nixon for in 1974.
— June 23, 1973
Food 4 Thought
“The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again
must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political
adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and
dictate the terms of a national election.”
— Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States
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.
Saturday, June 24 - Sunday, June 25
The 20th annual World Beat Festival at the Riverfront
Park. 503-581-2004. salemmulticultural.org.
Saturday, June 24
Free summer concert series at Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre
begins at 6:30 p.m. with Dina Y Los Rumberos playing
music of the Caribbean including salsa, merengue, mambo,
cha cha and more. Keizer Rapids Park. 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 in
McMinnville starting May 3 at: Kraemer’s Garden Center,
Incahoots, and Great Harvest Bread Company; June 15
and 22 at the Farmer’s Market; and June 25 day of tour
at the garden faire, Kraemer’s Garden Center, and Five
Tour Gardens. Tour: 541-784-5089. Faire: 503-831-3087.
macgardenclub@gmail.com. mcminnvillegardenclub.org.
Monday, June 26
Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Monday, June 26 – Thursday, June 29
McNary basketball camp, incoming third through fi fth
graders 9 a.m. to noon, sixth through ninth graders, 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. $55, includes T-shirt. Contact Ryan Kirch at 541-
908-1609 or rkirch@hotmail.com for more information.
Tuesday, June 27
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, June 30 – Tuesday, July 4
St. Paul Rodeo in St. Paul, Oregon. Tickets range from $16
to $26 and can be bought at the box offi ce, 20025 4th Street,
by phone, or online. stpaulrodeo.com. 1-800-237-5920.
Saturday, July 1
Advantage Heating and Air Conditioning’s anti-human
traffi cking event Colorfest will be from 2 p.m. to 6
p.m. at Salem’s Riverfront Park. Entry is free. 503-
393-5315.
advantagehvac.marketing@gmail.com.
AdvantageHeatingllc.com/colorfest.
Saturday, July 1 – Tuesday, July 4
Civil War Reenactment at Powerland Heritage Park,
Brooklake Rd.. Presented by the NW Civil War Council
reenactment. See battles, tour camps, visit with reenactors.
Two battles each day. Admission $12, free for children
under 12. For details and more information visit nwcwc.net.
Monday, July 3 – Thursday, July 6
McNary girls basketball camp, incoming second through
fi fth graders 9 a.m. to 11:30, sixth through ninth graders
noon to 3 p.m. $50, includes a T-shirt. Contact Elizabeth
Doran at coach.lizdoran@gmail.com for more information.
Tuesday, July 4
Independence Day. All government offi ces closed.
Saturday, July 8
American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at Chemawa
Indian School. Opening ceremony at 10 a.m., Luminaria
Ceremony at 9:30 p.m. Ending ceremony at 11:30 p.m.
main.acsevents.org.
Hawaii Luau at Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre. Presented by
Paradise of Samoa Polynesian Dance Troupe. Authentic
luau, colorful Polynesian show. paradiseofsamoa.com
Keizer Art Association presents its July exhibition: ”Water,
Water Everywhere” Artists’ Reception 2-4 p.m. at Enid Joy
Mount Gallery. keizerarts.com. 503-390-3020.
Monday, July 10
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
After almost a year of
talking about installing a
bike air pump/repair station
around the Keizer Civic
Center, the new amenity is
on the way.
Hersch Sangster, chair
of the Keizer Traffi c Safety,
Bikeways and Pedestrian
Committee, updated the
committee on rapid progress
in a meeting Thursday, June 8.
Sangster said he’d been
passing out fl iers hoping to
drum up fi nancial support
for the project whenever
he could and crossed
paths with Steve Dickey,
operations offi cer for Salem-
Keizer Transit. That led to
contacting Kiki Dohmman,
head of the Cherriots Trip
Choice program, which had
extra funds to spend before
the end of the fi scal year on
June 30.
“The station has been
ordered and we will be
reimbursed for the cost,”
Sangster said.
Keizer public works staff
will install the station near
the bike rack at the Keizer
Civic Center. Sangster hopes
it will be up and operational
by August.
In other business:
• Committee members
Pat Fisher and Kathy
Lincoln took a fi eld trip
to Cummings Elementary
School to observe traffi c
problems around the school
in hope of fi nding some way
to alleviate potential hazards.
“The problem is that there
is more than one problem,”
Fisher said.
The 450-student school
has only one bus route and
the rest of the student body
walks, bikes or gets dropped
off by parents and guardians.
Some of the issues
identifi ed included: drivers
making U-turns on Delight
because of poor connectivity
in the streets around the
school; parents and guardians
parking along most of the
neighborhood streets adding
to congestion and pedestrian
traffi c; and volunteer traffi c
coordinators are not always
in sync.
“Solving a problem in
one area could push it into
another area,” Fisher said.
The pair came to the
conclusion that the best
path forward would be
following the Safe Routes to
Schools action plan, which
would involve assembling a
committee of parents, faculty
and city staff to come up with
a holistic solution.
“You would at least have a
chance to hear about all the
issues and get a consensus
about things that could be
done and the inconveniences
associated with some of the
options,” Fisher said.
• Fisher also had an
update on the potential for
new wayfi nding signs along
the Salem-Keizer Parkway
bike path. Fisher spoke with
Dorothy Upton, an engineer
New parking fi nes
approved by council
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
An ordinance approved
by the Keizer City Council
Monday, June 19, sets new
fi nes for parking violations
in city limits in addition to
giving Keizer police the au-
thority to tow violators.
The ordinance covering
parking violations was re-
visited in April as city staff
searched for tools to curb
overfl ow parking from Mc-
Nary High School along
Newberg Drive North.
Residents of the neighbor-
hood have asked the council
to remedy the problems re-
peatedly during the past two
years. Parking in front of pri-
vate driveways during school
hours and during big events
like football games remains a
sore point.
The ordinance clears up
some ambiguity in state laws
regarding police authority to
tow violators, but also sets
new minimum, presumptive
and maximum fi nes of $20,
$35 and $500, respectively.
In the April draft, the pro-
posed presumptive fi ne was
$100. That did not sit well
with Keizer Police Chief
John Teague.
“I think $100 presumptive
is too much. If we are going
to scratch $100 tickets along
Ridge Drive during Little
League, there’s going to be
pitchforks,” Teague said.
City Attorney Shannon
Johnson said he worked with
Keizer police and the city’s
code offi cer to arrive at the
new numbers.
The administrative fi ne
for towing was set at $75.
Setting the fee does not
require a public hearing, but
there will likely be time set
aside for comment at a future
meeting when other fees are
discussed, Johnson said.
File
A new bike repair station, complete with tools and an air pump,
is expected to be installed at Keizer Civic Center by Aucust.
with the Oregon Department
of
Transportation,
and
determined that sign content
as well as locations would
need to be approved by
ODOT offi cials.
The next step in the
Recister for National Nicht Out
The Keizer Police Depart-
ment is registering groups for
the annual National Night
Out event in August.
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, neigh-
bors are encouraged to step
out and meet-up, share infor-
mation, and connect with lo-
cal public safety personnel.
In partnership with the
National
Association
of
Town Watch, the Keizer Po-
lice Department will be co-
sponsoring the 34th annual
National Night Out event
citywide from 6 to 9 p.m.
Over 38 million people in
more than 16,000 communi-
ties throughout the country
will join forces to promote
police-community partner-
ships, crime, drug and vio-
lence prevention, safety, and
neighborhood unity.
National Night Out is
lookinc
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Unboxinc a Dream
The McNary Write Club
releases The 2:30 Circle, a
collection of poetry, prose
and short stories. The 84-page
book becomes the fi rst of
six-and-counting volumes of
student writing.
process is sitting down
with city staff to determine
specifi cs and then running
those by ODOT. After that,
there will be a push to fi nd
funding. The projects is
estimated to cost about $650.
designed to: heighten crime
awareness; generate support
and participation in local
anti-crime efforts;strengthen
neighborhood spirit and po-
lice-community relations; and
send a message to criminals
letting them know neigh-
borhoods are organized and
fi ghting back.
Many neighborhoods will
host a variety of special events
such as block parties, cook-
outs, potlucks, dessert socials
and youth activities. Neigh-
borhood Watch block captains
are highly encouraged to or-
ganize an event as an oppor-
tunity to contact their par-
ticipants, meet new neighbors
and update their rosters. All
other neighborhoods are also
encouraged to participate. To
register your gathering, visit,
www.keizer.org/nno-2017.
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So must every
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10 YEARS AGO
Keizertimes wins
awards for news,
photocraphy
The Keizertimes was honored
with two fi rst place awards in
the annual Better Newspaper
Contest. The paper won fi rst
place in news photograph
and enterprise reporting for
a story on doctor shortages,
both by Eric A. Howald.
15 YEARS AGO
Music fans rally
acainst cuts
A crowd, estimated at over
250 attendees, went to the
Salem-Keizer School Board’s
public hearing to protest cuts
proposed by Superintendent
Kay Baker. Some drew applause
for speaking out against the
proposal
20 YEARS AGO
Halter honored
Keizer Exchange Club named
Emily Halter student of the
year. Halter is the McNary
student body president and
the 1997 Keizer Junior Miss.
She maintains a 3.97 grade
point average.
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