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Today in History
Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and
dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had
come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs.
This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French
Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror in which
King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of
people, including the king and his wife Marie-Antoinette,
were executed.
— July 14, 1789
Food 4 Thought
“Let them eat cake.”
— Marie Antoinette
The Month Ahead
Friday, July 14
Annual Western BBQ at Avamere Court at Keizer, 11 a.m.-
2 p.m. Horse-drawn wagon rides, barbecue, live music,
ponies. Music by the Jefferson Parks Band. 503-393-3624.
Saturday, July 15
Free summer concert series continues at Keizer Rotary
Amphitheatre at 6:30 p.m. with Johnny Limbo and the
Lugnuts. kraorg.com.
12th annual Knights of Columbus Car Show from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at St. Edward Catholic Church, 5303 River Road
N. 503-390-0826. mikenginger@comcast.net.
Remodeling by Classic Homes ribbon cutting for new
location, 4195 River Rd. N. 11 a.m.
Monday, July 17
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, July 18
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic
Center.
Wednesday, July 19 – Saturday, July 22
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Romeo and Juliet
at its annual Shakespeare in the Park at Keizer Rotary
Amphitheatre at Kezier Rapids Park. All performances
at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverages allowed.
keizerhomegrowntheatre.org.
Wednesday, July 19
Dogs to the Rescue, a lively all-ages puppet show about
climate pollution, 6 p.m., Keizer Community Library.
Puppet dogs train their owners how to stop pollution with
humor and songs. Audience participation.
Thursday, July 20 – Sunday, July 23
Bite and Brew of Salem at Riverfront Park. Music, carnival,
games all days. Admission prices range from $5 to $20 on
thebiteandbrew.com.
Friday, July 21 – Sunday, July 23
Salem Air Fair and Festival, Bush’s Pasture Park.
Admission is $5; free for 12 and younger. salemart.org.
From previous reporting
The Keizer City Council
will have its hands full with
four public hearings at its
meeting Monday, July 17. Two
of them could impact every
resident in the city.
Topping the list are hearings
on ordinances to establish pub-
lic safety and parks services fees.
The council will take testi-
mony on a proposed $4 fee to
create a dedicated parks fund
and an additional $4 fee to cre-
ate a dedicated police fund.
In May, city councilors di-
rected staff to draft an ordi-
nance to include at least the
following: a $4 fee per month
assessed to both residential and
commercial customers with
no increases for one year; an
$8 cap on future increases; a
reporting requirement for the
Keizer parks and public works
staff; and available discounts for
seniors and low-income resi-
dents along with the stipula-
tion that no one will have their
water cut off due to not paying
the fee.
The idea met with some
consternation on the part
of council. Some councilors
would rather see the city put
the fee on a ballot or police
services placed ahead of parks
needs, others felt the need was
imperative and action needed
to be taken.
Councilors Kim Freeman,
Roland Herrera and Bruce
Anderson voted for drafting
the ordinance, but wavered on
support of the path the council
was taking.
“I will support moving for-
ward to draft an (ordinance),
but that doesn’t mean I am
supportive of the (ordinance),”
Anderson said.
Mayor Cathy Clark was the
most vocal supporter, while
Laura Reid hadn’t appeared to
have made a decision. Council-
or Marlene Parsons was absent
at the May meeting.
The fee would result in
about $600,000 in additional
funding for parks.
In June, councilors directed
city staff to draft the ordinance
regarding a public safety fee.
During the meeting, Keizer
cops got glowing reviews from
both residents and councilors
and many of the same issues
that appeared to cause anxiety
regarding the parks were not
even broached.
The $4 fee would be
charged to each commercial
and residential utility custom-
ers in Keizer. If the fee pro-
ceeds at that amount, the city
would collect about $630,000.
The fee would pay for the ad-
dition of fi ve new offi cers: two
offi cers would be added to the
night patrol shifts, and one offi -
cer each would be added to the
Community Response Unit,
the detective unit and the traf-
fi c unit.
The council will also hold a
public hearing on development
code changes that would al-
low a fueling center to be con-
structed in the Safeway parking
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Silverton. Period demonstrations, sword fi ghting lessons
and much more. Tickets $11 to $14, weekend passes
available. canterburyfaire.com.
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Keizer Festival Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Tuesday, July 25
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26
THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
Captain Underpants (PG)
Fri 1:30, 4:00,
Sat 2:25, 3:55,
Sun 1:55
Keizer Community Dinner, St Edward Catholic Church
Parish Hall, 5303 River Road N. 5 to 7 p.m. Free, goodwill
donations gladly accepted.
Baywatch (R)
Fri 9:15, Sat 9:15, Sun 8:25
Thursday, July 27
Boss Baby (PG)
Fri 1:40, Sat 12:25, 2:00,
Sun 12:00, 3:15
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer
Civic Center.
Saturday, July 29
Free Community Shred Day, Oregon State Credit Union,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring sensitive paperwork (bills, bank
statements and old checks) for shredding. 4952 River
Road N.
Monday, July 31 – Thursday, August 3
McNary Youth Soccer Camp, 6 to 7:30 p.m. The camp
is run by coaching staff from both the boys and girls
programs. Cost is $60 per participant and includes a
T-shirt. Register online at www.eventbrite.com/e/mcnary-
soccer-camp-2017-ages-5-18-tickets-35864286045. For
more information, contact McNary girls coach AJ Nash at
aj.nash@gmail.com or 503-559-9279.
Add yvur event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.cvm.
• Cvuncil will take
public testimvny vn
$4 parks and pvlice
fees, Safeway gas
stativn.
• Meeting begins at
7 p.m.
lot at the corner of Chemawa
Road and River Road.
Safeway approached the
city earlier this year with a re-
quest to amend city code to
allow for a fueling center. The
Keizer Planning Commission
approved a change in the code,
but did not include a site for
associated convenience sales
that Safeway reps advocated
said was “necessary part” of the
fueling center.
Keizer Fire District is op-
posing the change citing the
increase in traffi c to the shop-
ping center directly across from
the fi re station.
Lastly, the council will
take testimony on a proposed
amendment to the Keizer Sta-
tion Area B Master Plan. Ap-
proval would change the size
of the allowable buildings from
two roughly equally-sized
buildings to one larger build-
ing and one smaller building.
The change is being requested
to foster the development of a
movie theater in the area across
from the Salem-Keizer Transit
Center on Keizer Station Bou-
levard Northeast.
Anyone wishing to com-
ment may do so in person at
the meeting or submit writ-
ten response to City Recorder
Tracy Davis no later than 5
p.m. July 17. Responses can be
delivered to the Keizer Civic
Center or mailed to Tracy Da-
vis, City Recorder, P.O. Box
21000, Keizer, OR 97307.
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Once-in-a-lifetime event or
Apoc-eclipse?
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
About this time one year
ago, everyone was told to get
excited about the total so-
lar eclipse that will pass over
Keizer on Aug. 21 and travel
a path across the lower United
States.
As the celestial event looms,
messages from public offi cials
have started sounding like
residents should be preparing
for a doomsday event with en-
couragements to stock up on
gas and basic supplies.
The reality? It's probably
somewhere in between.
“There's nothing really de-
fi nitive because we don't have
locked down numbers yet,”
said Lt. Andrew Copeland of
the Keizer Police Department.
Regional public safety of-
fi cials are expected to meet in
a closed-door session on July
18, but estimates regarding the
number of visitors the Salem-
Keizer area can expect to see
have ranged from 100,000 to a
half million. Copeland said it's
likely to be on the lower end
of that spectrum, but nothing
is set.
State offi cials expect about
1 million people to travel to
Oregon to take part in the
planned and spontaneous ac-
tivities, but many will likely
peel away from Interstate 5 to
areas where ambient lights are
less likely to interfere with the
viewing.
Still, Copeland said Keizer
police are doing all they can to
prepare.
“We will try to have re-
serves and cadets at Keizer
Rapids Park during the con-
certs planned for that event
and we will have two overtime
offi cers on duty throughout
the weekend,” Copeland said.
On the day of the eclipse,
Copeland said the department
will have every offi cer they
can in uniform and on the
streets to deal with expected
traffi c.
“It might come down to
manning intersections to try
to get people to I-5, but we're
not sure how backed up the
highway will be either,” Co-
peland said.
The largest potential con-
cern from Copeland's per-
spective is that each local
agency is going to need to be
self-reliant in the run-up to
and aftermath of the eclipse.
Assisting other agencies might
be a logistic impossibility.
“I don't anticipate any
problems because we don't
expect disruptive behavior,”
Copeland said. “Otherwise, fi ll
up about a week before the
eclipse, get together with your
family and call it history.”
Oregon Department of
Transportations offi cials said to
expect crowding on highways
throughout the state. Drivers
should plan to arrive early and
stay late to help ease the traffi c
burden and the stress of travel.
Drivers should also be
aware that normal travel
paths may change, ODOT
construction zones and non-
emergency maintenance will
halt between Aug. 18 and 22;
truck scales will be closed and
hundreds of extra roadside
readerboards are expected
to be deployed on the state's
highways.
While many businesses are
planning their own activities,
other interruptions can be ex-
pected. Deliveries may be de-
layed due to traffi c and power
and utility complications may
arise.
Businesses and residents
have been encouraged to
stock up on necessities like
medications, water, toiletries
and a food in case visitors de-
plete local stocks.
Oregon's SAIF Corpora-
tion, which supplies workers'
compensation insurance and
other services, is encourag-
ing business owners talk with
employees about what plans
are for the day of the eclipse
and encourage telecommut-
ing. SAIF offi cials also sug-
gest purchasing eclipse glasses
for employees and customers
for safe viewing during the
eclipse.
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5 YEARS AGO
River Rvad pursuit
ends with crash
An early morning pursuit
ended in a crash that downed
a city light pole. Keizer
police pursued the vehicle at
a high rate of speed when it
approached the intersection
at River Road North and
Lockhaven Drive Northeast.
The driver lost control, struck
a city light pole, bounced
off, careening 75 feet off
the roadway. The light pole
blocked southbound traffi c on
River Road.
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Monday, July 24
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Fri 1:20, 3:40, 6:20, 8:00,
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Keizer woman Alicia D.
Stefanek died from injuries
sustained in the two-vehicle
crash. Oregon State Police said
Stefanek was driving a 1991
GMC Safari van southbound
in the left lane of Interstate 5
near mile marker 223 when
it drifted off the roadway and
crossed the median.
15 YEARS AGO
Keizer man accused
in cvnnectivn with
Wvvdburn stabbing
Keizer police arrested a
Keizer man in connection
with the stabbings of three
men in Woodburn. The man
was arrested during what
was described as a high-risk
traffi c stop. He was accused
of attempted murder and two
counts of assault.
20 YEARS AGO
Cvde may fvrce RVs
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If approved, a rule in the new
Keizer Development Plan
would make it illegal for most
residents to park RVs in their
driveways. And area storage
facilities are running out of
room and have trouble with
break-ins.
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