JUNE 23, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Country Glen Park
finds a benefactor
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
If the Keizer City Coun-
cil gives its approval, Country
Glen Park might end up with
a pair of semi-permanent soc-
cer goals and regular striping
for its fi eld.
At a meeting Tuesday, June
13, Keizer resident Wayne
Frey asked the Keizer Parks
and Recreation Advisory
Committee to approve the in-
stallation of soccer goals at the
northeast Keizer park.
“It’s a nice fl at piece of grass
for one large or two smaller
fi elds,” Frey told the board.
The parks board forwarded
their recommendation to the
council after some lengthy
discussion.
Parks board members have
shown some reticence in ap-
proving new amenities with-
out additional funding to re-
pair and maintain them once
they are installed, but Frey’s
proposal included a commit-
ment to help out in those ar-
eas.
In addition to purchasing
the goal posts and installing
them, Frey is willing to stripe
the fi eld and mow the area
around the goals themselves.
Board Member Donna
Bradley questioned whether
a fi eld could mean increased
traffi c at the park and whether
there is enough space to ac-
commodate parking. The park
sits adjacent to a cul de sac
with the only available park-
ing on the street.
Frey estimated about 17
cars could park parallel to the
park, but that Gubser Elemen-
tary School is two-tenths of a
mile away across a footbridge
for larger events.
Frey thought Keizer Soccer
Club might be able to use the
fi eld for overfl ow during its
competition season, but Parks
Supervisor Robert Johnson
said a community practice
fi eld was more in-line with the
multipurpose fi eld designated
in the Keizer Parks Master
Plan.
“That would be perfect, and
there is less traffi c in that style
and fashion,” Johnson said.
Johnson also suggested us-
ing semi-permanent goals that
could be removed during win-
ter months to reduce use when
the turf is more vulnerable.
Frey said he hadn’t ap-
proached the park’s neighbors,
but one of them happened to
be in attendance during the
meeting, City Councilor Ro-
land Herrera. Herrera said he
was excited by the prospect of
having something other than
the current empty fi eld.
Johnson said the city would
not take reservations for the
fi eld and that it would oper-
ate on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served
basis.
At the Keizer City Coun-
cil meeting Monday, June 19,
Keizer Public Works Director
Bill Lawyer, echoed Johnson’s
stance on reserving the fi eld.
“I would think long and
hard about reserving a fi eld at
Country Glen. If it’s one game
that’s one thing, but if it’s back-
to-back-to-back it’s going to
be a parking problem,” Lawyer
said.
In other business:
• The board discussed po-
tential locations for fi tness trail
equipment and decided that
Keizer Rapids Park would be
the most appropriate space. It
was also the only park that has
one allocated in the Parks Mas-
ter Plan.
Board members are hoping
to apply for a Healthy Eating
Active Living (HEAL) grant to
purchase the equipment.
Johnson said he recently re-
ceived promotional materials
for an all-in-one fi tness station
that could be used in other
parks with less space, and de-
pending on available funding.
• Johnson reported the
Splash Fountain behind the
Keizer Civic Center is now
open. The schedule is Wednes-
day through Sunday only when
the temperature is predicted to
be above 75 degrees.
platinum anniversary
DELBERT AND BETTY KURTZ
Delbert C. and Betty J. Kurtz
celebrated their 70th wedding
anniversary with friends and
family at their home at 3887
Glenwood Loop in Salem,
Ore., on June 17, 2017.
They were married June 20,
1947 in the Leslie Methodist
Church in Salem by the
Minister Sherman Hawk.
Mrs. Kurtz is the daughter
of the late Clarence and Leona
Reeve. Mr. Kurtz is the son of
the late Fred Kurtz and Mary
Painter.
Mrs. Kurtz retired from the
Independence School District
after teaching fourth grade at
Henry Hill Elementary.
Mr. Kurtz served with
honor in the U.S. Navy in the
Pacifi c Theater during World
War II. He was a pharmacists
mate 3rd class petty offi cer. He
retired in 1971 after working
for Mercer Steel as a structural
iron worker and Oregon Pulp
and Paper Mill in Salem. He
is a descendent of Pioneers of
Oregon land grant recipients
Robert Godfrey (c 1845) and
the Lane family (c. 1853) who
arrived on Oregon Trail wagon
trains.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz have
enjoyed many years of
camping, hunting, building
homes and traveling. Their
early days of marriage were
spent playing baseball and
softball, running a hobby farm,
buying and selling real estate,
tent camping, hunting and
fi shing and building cabins
with their children, family
and friends.
During this
time, Mrs. Kurtz managed to
complete her bachelor of arts
degree from Oregon College
of Education and conduct
family genealogy research
while helping to run the farm
and raise a family. Later, it was
spending time at their cabins
and property in central Oregon,
hunting, traveling around the
United States with a trailer
or RV with grandchildren
and friends. Lately, Mr. Kurtz
was still actively hunting and
golfi ng. They practically raised
three generations of children
during their marriage and are
still active in their children,
grandchildren
and
great
grandchildren’s lives while
hosting many family-centered
events at their home in Salem.
They have four children
John Kurtz and his wife,
Marguerita, of Dillingham,
Alaska; Gerald Kurtz and
his wife, Cindi, of Prineville,
Ore.; Michael Kurtz and his
wife, Cynthia, of Keizer, Ore.;
and Lisa Atchley, of Salem; in
addition to 11 grandchildren
and 21 great grandchildren.
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