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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.
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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
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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.