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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 11, 2017 Council grants chamber leeway on rental rates presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, AUGUST 12, at 11:00 am MOVIE: C APTAIN U NDERPANTS [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $4 Special showing for kids and adults with Autism or other sensory sensitivities. LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY! SATURDAY, AUG 19 Benji Wright & Andrew Sleighter 7 pm & 9 pm (21 & Over) Admission only $10. Reserved Seating for this show. AUGUST MOVIE SERIES Throw Back Before You Go Back! Ghostbusters (PG) Aug 15 - 17 Hook (PG) Aug 22 - 24 Ind. Jones & the L. Crusade (PG-13) Aug 29 - 31 Tickets only $2.00. See website for schedule. Today in History The fi rst civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. — August 11, 1934 Food 4 Thought “Train. Say your prayers. Eat your vitamins.” — Hulk Hogan, born August 11, 1953 The Month Ahead Through Sunday, August 13 Oregon State University Theatre’s Bard in the Quad presents a western-themed production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Quad, 2501 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis. $15 general admission, $10 students, and $5 OSU students. oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre/. 541-737- 2784. Box offi ce will be available in the MU quad at 6:30 p.m. on performance evenings. Through Sunday, August 27 Enlightened Theatrics presents You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown located on 187 High Street NE, Suite 300. Performances at 7:30 p.m. with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sunday. Reserved seating, admission $20 to $30. Youth under 18 $5 off. enlightenedtheatrics.org/charliebrown/. Friday, August 11 Salem Bowie Tribute concert at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com. 503-910-3232. No outside food or beverages and no pets allowed inside the amphitheater. Saturday, August 12 The Severin Sisters concert at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com. 503-910-3232. No outside food or beverages and no pets allowed inside the amphitheater. Dance with music by Jefferson Parks at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, Plymouth Drive Northeast. $5 per person. All are welcome to weekly Bingo, every Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is $5.50. Individuals will have a chance to win monetary prizes, free game cards and Daubers. Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets from 12 to 1 p.m. in Anderson Room A of Salem Public Library (585 Liberty Se SE, Salem). Keith and Dorothy Pyeatt ail give an introduction to U.S. military records. Monday, August 14 Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. American Red Cross Blood Drive, Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Rd. NE, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or sign up online at redcrossblood.org using sponsor code: KeizerCommunity. Tuesday, August 15 Keizer Public Art Commission meeting, 6 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. Wednesday, August 16 Uptown Music Showcase at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com. 503-910-3232. No outside food or beverages and no pets allowed inside the amphitheater. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Requests by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce to receive waivers and ad- ditional discounts on rental rates of the Keizer Civic Center yielded mixed results at a Keizer City Council meeting Monday, Aug. 7. The Chamber, which already receives a 25 percent discount on rental rates because of its nonprofi t status, requested additional discounts and waivers for three types of events: the annual First Citizen Banquet, a series of community conversations, and its monthly luncheons. The council addressed each type of event separately. The First Citizens Banquet drew out the most conversation from the council. Councilors Kim Freeman Marlene Parsons, Roland Herrera and Bruce An- derson, supported waiving all the fees for the event aside from $625 for staffi ng and security costs. “It’s not just a chamber event,” Parsons said. “There are a lot of people in that room who are not chamber members. I don’t equate this with other ticketed events be- cause they are supporting people who are not chamber members.” Parsons and Freeman also commended Danielle Bethell, executive director of the chamber, for submitting documentation on the fi nancial side of the First Citizen Banquet. “I am a member of the chamber and, in Keizer, I’ve seen a unique level of in- volvement in the community. I think this is a great way to support this organization,” said Anderson. The council approved the waiver in a 4-2 vote with Councilor Amy Ryan and Mayor Cathy Clark dissenting. Councilor Laura Reid was absent. Ryan took issue with putting one non- profi t ahead of others when it comes to dis- counted rates. “There are a lot of worthy organizations (that have requested discounts) and we have turned them down every time. I don’t want to be in the situation where we are choos- ing one over the other. I would like to be consistent,” Ryan said. Clark said that First Citizens Banquet was a tremendous event, but it is a ticketed event the sponsoring organizations should be recouping the costs through ticket sales. Councilors were more amenable to waiving fees for a series of planned com- munity conversations. While no exact dates or topics have been announced the idea is to engage the wider community of issues of local importance. The events will be offered in partnership with the city. “This is consistent with something like a town hall and the kind of thing the com- munity center is for,” Clark said. Councilors unanimously approved a reduced rate of $40 which covers staff- ing costs. The request for a reduced rate to hold Chamber of Commerce luncheons at the Keizer Civic Center was unanimously denied citing the members-only nature of the events. Council approves longer hours for weed shops By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Beginning in September, you’ll be able to buy mari- juana in Keizer earlier than you can pick up a prescription drug. The Keizer City Council approved two ordinances at its meeting Monday, Aug. 7, that will allow recreational and medical marijuana dispensa- ries to open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. Current rules re- strict hours of operation to between 10 a.m. a n d 7 p.m. Neigh- boring jurisdic- tions don’t have the same limits. D a v i d Gor, owner of Kush Dispen- sary on River Road North, requested that the council revisit the limits at a July meeting of the city council and swift ac- tion means that the change will take ef- fect in September. Gor spoke to the council at the meeting and thanked them for the quick ac- tion. One of his employees, Laura Vil- legas, also presented the NAACP to school board: More diversity in hiring needed By HERB SWETT Of the Keizertimes Diversity in hiring principals was discussed from the fl oor at Tuesday’s Salem-Keizer School Board meeting. Kristi Negri and Tom Cer- mak, representing the Salem- Keizer unit of the NAACP, noted that Salem is a minority- majority city and that only one principal in the school district is African American. They observed that the dropout rate for African Ameri- can students is much higher than that for the district as a whole, and they argued that if the district had several more black administrators, students would be more encouraged to stay in a system where several people of African heritage were in positions of authority. In other business, the board approved two grant budgets. One, $1,492,268 from the state Business Development Department, is for seismic strengthening of the exits and un-reinforced building sections constructed in 1949 and 1974. The other, $50,000 from the Oregon Community Founda- tion, is to continue support of the dental program clerical as- sistant and the school-based dental screeners. Personnel actions approved by the board included the fol- lowing in the McNary High School attendance area: • A less than half-time posi- tion for Kandace West at Mc- Nary. • A temporary part-time po- sition for Tessa Welterlen at Mc- Nary. • A temporary full-time po- sition for Cindy VanLeuven at Weddle and Swegle elementary schools. • A fi rst-year probation part- time position for Alana Wells at Gubser Elementary School. • First-year probation part- time positions for Shawna Haynes at Weddle, Trenton Tomlin at McNary, and Jennifer Tooley at Claggett Creek and JGEMS middle schools. • A second-year probation part-time position for Arlinda Dixon at Clear Lake Elemen- tary School. • A third-year probation full- Free well testing offered Marion County Environ- mental Health is offering free domestic well testing for prop- erty owners who get their drinking water from a private, domestic well. North and east Marion County communities where ar- senic and nitrate contaminants have been identifi ed have pri- ority, but testing is available in all areas of Marion County. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 15. Call 503-588-5346 to schedule a test. Drinking water with high levels of arsenic or nitrate can cause adverse health effects. For information about the county’s drinking water pro- gram, call 503-588-5346. sudoku Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Friday, August 18 – Saturday, September 2 Pentacle Theatre presents Monty Python’s Spamalot, located on 324 52nd Avenue NW. pentacletheatre.org/ plays-musicals/upcoming-shows/. 503-400-6582. Saturday, August 19 Ty Curtis concert at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com. 503-910-3232. No outside food or beverages and no pets inside the amphitheater. Dance with music by Charles and the Angels at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, Plymouth Drive Northeast. $5 per person. All are welcome to weekly Bingo, every Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is $5.50. Individuals will have a chance to win monetary prizes, free game cards and Daubers. Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. 5 YEARS AGO Eight pounds of pooch munches 16 feet of rope and lives to tell the tale 10 YEARS AGO Coyotes roaming McNary Golf Club had both golf employees and state wildlife offi cials on notice. The presence of the coyotes caused debates about whether or not their presence would be a danger. Friday, August 18 The Elsinore Theatre presents Little Shop of Horrors located on 170 High Street SE. Performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets $25 to $45. elsinoretheatre.com/event-details-little-shop-horrors.html. looking back in the KT Coyotes spotted at golf course Keizer Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6 p.m. Friday, August 18 – Sunday, August 20 time position for Samuel Wilk- erson at Claggett Creek. • Contract full-time posi- tions for Ashley De La Rosa and Erin Nichols at Claggett Creek. • A fi rst-year probation full- time position for Phillip Kelly at McNary. • Resignations of Christina Chapman from McNary, Beth Malmsten from Keizer Elemen- tary School, and Cindy Ziese- mer from Gubser and Cum- mings elementary schools. Mocha, an 8.5-pound dachshund, managed to eat 16.3-feet of rope during a 25-minute trip to Champoeg State Park. They didn’t fi nd out until a few weeks later when Mocha fi nally started showing signs of discomfort. They managed to successfully remove the rope during surgery. Thursday, August 17 Syco Billy concert at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. kraorg.com. 503-910-3232. No outside food or beverages and no pets inside the amphitheater. council with additional signa- tures on a petition requesting the change. “Thank you for taking the time to go through this because it helps our custom- ers,” Villegas said. “They won’t have to look for (marijuana) illegally after hours.” The council passed the changes unanimously, 6-0. Councilor Laura Reid was absent. 15 YEARS AGO KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Have you ever contacted a state or national legislature about a concern? BB injures Keizer boy, 11 An 11-year-old boy accidentally shot himself with a pump-action BB gun. The BB penetrated his skull and lodged in his brain. When Keizer medics arrived on the scene, the boy was conscious, and he remained conscious while being stabilized and taken to the hospital. 20 YEARS AGO 67% – Yes 33% – No Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM UPS strike hampers local business United Parcel Service employees who were Teamster union members went on strike. They said they wouldn’t return to work until the company created more full-time jobs and dropped a pension proposal. Because of the strike, usual customers suffered.
