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Today in History
Two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south of
Denver. Dylan Klebold, 18, and Eric Harris, 17, dressed in
trench coats, began shooting students outside the school
before moving inside to continue their rampage. By 11:35
a.m., Klebold and Harris had killed 12 fellow students and
a teacher and wounded another 23 people. Shortly after
noon, the two teens turned their guns on themselves and
committed suicide.
— April 20, 1999
Food 4 Thought
“Journalism is not a precise science, it’s a crude art.”
— Dan Rather
The Month Ahead
Saturday, April 21
A Soggy Day in the Park. Join the Claggett Creek Watershed
Council at Keizer Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N.
Guided nature walks, boat tours, hotdogs, and more,
including a preview of the new Keizer Rotary Arboretum
and water-safety education. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more
information call 503-930-7481.
The Oregon Garden Resort celebrates Earth Day with
workshops, crafts, live music and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance and
Potluck. Featuring music by The Country Gents. 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. Admission is $5. 930 Plymouth Drive NE.
Saturday, April 21 – Sunday, April 22
Cherry City Comic Con, Columbia Hall at Oregon Fairgrounds
and Expo. Tickets are $25 for Saturday, $20 for Sunday, $35
for 2-day pass, $60 for VIP and $5 for kids up to 12. For
show times and more information visit cherrycitycomiccon.
com.
Tuesday, April 24
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, April 27
Word Slam at McNary High School. 7 p.m. in the choir room.
Come and listen as student writers take the spotlight to share
poetry, short stories, essays and more. Hosted by the MHS
Write Club. Free.
Mid-Valley Literacy Center presents its annual Spotlight on
Literacy Award Dinner, Creekside Golf Club 5-9 p.m.. Guest
speaker is former governor Barbara Roberts. Tickets are
$50 per person or $500 for a table. To purchase tickets visit
idvalleyliteracycenter.org.
Saturday, April 28
Diabuddies Dash. Assemble of team of walkers and runners
to support the Chris Dudley Foundation and raise diabetes
awareness. Prices vary; visit https://bit.ly/2GRosBi for
register information. Children under 12 and groups of over
10 individuals are subject to discounts. Takes place at Keizer
Rapids Park, 1900 Chemawa Road N. Registration ends on
April 21. For more information, contact kelsey@chrisdudley.
org or call 503-830-0780.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Nick Dhote purchased the
building that was recently
Classic Tap, at 390 Chemawa
Road N., three years ago.
With Classic Tap moving
across the street recently, he’s
now in the process of retrofi t-
ting the old dance studio into
a new convenience store.
“We’re working on getting
set up and looking at opening
in about a month,” Dhote said.
Dhote, a native of Punjab,
India, owns fi ve other conve-
nience stores with locations in
Salem, Monmouth and Eu-
gene-Springfi eld. He moved
to the United States 22 years
ago.
The new store will have an
18-door cooler with a sepa-
rate beer cave and offer the
usual fare like beer, milk, chips,
fountain drinks and hot deli
items. Lunch specials will be a
regular thing. Dhote hasn’t set
hours yet, but expects to open
at either 5 or 6 a.m. and close
DRIVE 4 UR School. For every test drive of a new Ford
vehicle, Ford will donate $20 to McNary High school. One
test drive is allowed per household. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Takes
place at McNary, 595 Chemawa Road N. (Rescheduled from
April 7th due to weather)
Saturday, May 5
Champoeg State Heritage Area will be hosting Founders’ Day
to honor the 175th anniversary of the creation of Oregon’s
fi rst provisional government. The event will feature living-
history actors, speakers, and activities in a replica historic
townsite. Runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Champoeg State
Heritage Area. Parking is free, for more information, visit:
oregonstateparks.org
Sunday, May 6
59th Semi-Annual BBQ Chicken Dinner hosted by the
Sacred Heart Parish. Dinner includes barbecue chicken,
baked potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, pie or cake, and a
beverage. Dine in and take out options available. A Spring
Plant & Flower Sale will be there as well to benefi t the Youth
Faith Formation Program. Adults eat for $11, children under
12 for $7. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Louis Parish, 485 Seventh
Street in Gervais.
Monday, May 14
Keizer Fire District 70 Years of Service, 6 to 8 p.m. Reception
featuring old and new equipment and former volunteer and
career staff.
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at 11 p.m. or midnight. Hours
may fl ex with the season.
“It will depend on busi-
ness,” he said. “I think we’ll
do okay because there’s a lot
of neighborhoods in this area.”
District talks bond at McNary
By HERB SWETT
Of the Keizertimes
“This is an exciting time
for this community.”
That was the opening state-
ment of Erik Jespersen, prin-
cipal of McNary High School,
to a crowd that assembled in
the school library for a pre-
sentation on the $619.7 mil-
lion bond proposal to improve
and expand buildings in the
Salem-Keizer School District.
Improvements in the build-
ings would include making
them seismically fi t to be used
after the anticipated 9.0 mag-
nitude Cascadia Zone earth-
quake, which geologists say
has a 30 percent chance of oc-
curring in the next 50 years.
The district is holding ses-
sions on the bond proposal in
its high schools, and district
personnel said the one at Mc-
Nary was better attended than
the previous two.
If passed in the May 15
election, the bond measure
would increase property tax-
es by an estimated $1.24 per
$1,000 of assessed property
tax value.
Mike Wolfe, chief operating
offi cer for the district, said 70
percent of the bond, or $442.2
million, would address crowd-
ing. Incremental growth, he
noted, is addressed by portable
buildings, and some of the
current buildings have been
used longer than the time for
which they were intended.
Toward the end of the
meeting, Wolfe held a ques-
tion-and-answer session.
Q: How do we keep up
with numbers of teachers?
A: Staffi ng is an annual
process handled separately
from a bond issue.
Q: Will the district apply
for the seismic grant pro-
gram?
A: There are several possi-
bilities we can look into.
Q: What happens if the
bond proposal is voted down?
A: Larger classes are com-
ing in any case. If the measure
is rejected in May, the district
will go to work for the No-
vember election.
Other issues addressed by
the budget proposal are secu-
rity future maintenance, tech-
nology, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, and expanded
wireless capacity.
Here are some of the
projects that bond passage
is anticipated to provide for
schools in the McNary atten-
dance area.
McNary High School:
Fourteen new general class-
rooms, a new science labora-
tory, more fl exible learning
space, two career technical
education program spaces,
replacement of demolished
classrooms, expanded admin-
istrative and support areas,
parking expansion, and relo-
cated softball fi elds and tennis
courts.
Claggett Creek Middle
School: Cafeteria expansion,
repurposing existing general
classrooms into two science
labs, library improvements.
Whiteaker
Middle
School: Exterior seal, gym-
nasium fl ooring and curtain
replacement, repurposing a
general classroom space into a
science lab.
Clear Lake Elementary
School: Heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning (HVAC);
music room improvements;
security improvements; re-
moval or replacement of end-
of-life portable classrooms.
Cummings Elementary
School: Cafeteria expansion,
removal or replacement of
portable classrooms, sidewalk
Celebration of words,
writers at McNary HS
McNary High School’s
Write Club will be hosting its
third annual word slam Friday,
April 27.
The public is invited to
come and listen and Keizer
students are encouraged to
come and read their original
works in front of a friendly
audience in the Celtic choir
room at 7 p.m.
Poetry, short stories, essays
as well as songs and rap are all
fair game in this celebration of
words and their authors.
The event is run open mic-
Tabletop gaming night at Keizer Christian Church, 6945
Wheatland Road N. 7 to 9 p.m. Play your favorite board
games or learn a new one. Ages 0-100. Free. Every person
who attends will have the chance to win a free board game.
Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance and
Potluck. Featuring music from Crossfi re. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission is $5, 930 Plymouth Drive NE.
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
A new convenience store will open in the space formerly occupied by Classic Tap dance studio.
style with a sign-up sheet at
the door.
The club will also be an-
nouncing the winners of the
second annual McNary Area
Writing Contest at the slam.
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Shape of Water (R)
Fri 6:55; Sat 6:25; Sun 12:20
Fifty Shades Freed (R)
Sat 9:00; Sun 7:00
Red Sparrow (R)
Fri 8:00; Sat 9:10; Sun 7:30
Three Billbaords… (R)
Sun 4:45
Peter Rabbit (PG)
Fri 1:00, 4:00 & 5:00; Sat 12:00,
3:15 & 5:10; Sun 12:00 & 4:00
Ferdinand (PG)
Sat 2:35; Sun 2:40
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Tina
Karo-Grunberg,
a
nurse at Salem Hospital, was
competing in the Boston
marathon on the day of the
bombing. “While waiting
for my gear is when I
heard the explosion. I saw
plumes of smoke… People
were panicked and crying,”
Karo-Grunberg said. “We
didn’t know really what was
happening.” She has decided
not to return to the marathon
in future years.
Approximately 65 Canadian
cackling geese have been found
dead near the lake. A similar
outbreak last fall affected about
two dozen geese and seagulls,
with the cause attributed
to a fungal disease called
aspergillosis.
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MOVIE TIMES
Jumanji (PG-13)
Fri 2:00 & 6:30; Sat 1:50 & 4:05;
Sun 12:40, 3:00 & 8:00
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Dead geese at Staats
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Greatest Showman (PG)
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Sat 12:30 & 7:10;
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additions, increased visibility
of main entry from offi ce.
Forest Ridge Elemen-
tary School: HVAC, music
room improvements, card ac-
cess system upgrades.
Gubser
Elementary
School: New cafeteria and
kitchen, three new classrooms,
relocated covered play area,
removal of portable classroom,
HVAC.
Keizer
Elementary
School: New cafeteria and
kitchen, four new classrooms,
multipurpose fi tness room,
additional parking, increased
visibility of main entry from
offi ce.
Kennedy
Elementary
School: Heating and venti-
lation, music room improve-
ments, roofi ng replacement,
security improvements to in-
crease visibility of main entry
from offi ce.
Weddle
Elementary
School: Roofi ng replace-
ment, music room improve-
ments, card access system up-
grades.
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Brother, sister
serve country
Keizer siblings Aleah and
Brandon MacDonald, both
McNary
graduates, have
entered the Navy to fi ght in
the war against Iraq. No’el
MacDonald, their mother, said
“I know it’s the Lord’s leading
that both are in the Navy and
serving our country.”
20 YEARS AGO
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Keizerite wants more
to walk for MS
Rain or shine, Audrey Butler
is going for a walk this
Saturday -- and she’s hoping
lots of her Keizer neighbors
will, too. Butler is one of
the organizers of the Salem
area’s MS Walk & Roll, a
10-kilometer walk to benefi t
the
National
Multiple
Sclerosis Society.