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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Gone, not forgotten DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC 228 Woodley vs. Till LIVE STAND UP COMEDY Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, Sept 15 The Keizer Fire Distrist will host its annual 9/11 Memo- rial on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The ceremony will begin at 7 a.m. and be followed with a com- plementary breakfast. RICK D’ELIA & BEN HAUGE will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. SATURDAY, SEPT 8 —–———— 21 & OVER —————— Live Fights at 5 pm – Tickets $13 9 fi ghts in all on the HUGE screen! Reserved Seats Available Now Online CLOSED CAPTION SHOWINGS Photo KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley Won’t You Be My Neighbor (PG-13) 6PM, TICKETS ARE $4/EACH. Tickets AVAILABLE online and at box offi ce, Today in History The United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812 Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the grub as “Uncle Sam’s.” The local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government. — September 7, 1813 Food 4 Thought “You don’t tell people who disagree with you they’d be better off somewhere else. And you don’t reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.” — Peggy Noonan, speechwriter and columnist Born Sept. 7, 1950 The Week Ahead Saturday, September 8 Keizertimes presents JFK as part of the Free 2018 Summer Concert Series located at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. Beer, Wine, & Spirits available from Santiam Brewing Company. Please no outside food or beverages. No pets allowed inside the amphitheater. For complete concert schedule go to Facebook.com/KRAORG. For more information, call (503) 910-3232. Saturday Night Dance & Potluck. Featuring music by Charles and the Angels. Admission is $5. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Keizer/ Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets from 12 p.m. to 1 PM in Anderson Room A of Salem Public Library 5(85 Liberty St SE). Program: Discovering Geneanet. Speaker: Tom O’Brien. Call (503) 363-0880. Multicultural Day at the Capitol. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court NE in Salem. Thursday, September 13 Ned LeDoux @ Elsinore Theatre. Doors open 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $25-35 in advance and $30 to $40 day of show. 170 High Street SE in Salem. Thursday, September 13 – Sunday, September 16 Mount Angel Oktoberfest. Traditional German holiday celebrating the harvest. Music, food, family fun, and of course, beer. Day passes range from $5 to $15, all-festival pass is $30. 5 Garfi eld Street in Mount Angel. More information at oktoberfest.org Saturday, September 15 Shred And Share Day. Oregon State Credit Union hosts its annual community document-shred day. Anyone can bring outdated documents to be shred on-site. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the parking lot of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Baseball Stadium, 6700 Field Of Dreams Way NE. Cherry City Roller Derby’s Back-To-School Mashup Bout. The Jocks and Nerds will go head to head at The Madhouse, 1335 Madison Street NE in Salem. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Kids 6 and under get in for $5. Doors open at 6. Saturday Night Dance & Potluck. Featuring music by The Country Gents. Admission is $5. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Keizer/ Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Tuesday, September 18 Oregon Pioneer’s 80th Birthday Party. 2 to 5 p.m. at the Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court NE in Salem. Saturday, September 22 Saturday Night Dance & Potluck. Featuring music by Crossfi re. Admission is $5. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT The Keizer Parks Advisory Board held its most recent meeting Aug. 14, here’s what was discussed: • Keizer resident Jeff Davis discussed the possibility of helping organize efforts to install exercise equipment in Keizer parks. • The main topic of the evening was the possible resurrec- tion of a park steward/caretaker program. Board member Matt Lawyer said a network of such indi- viduals could assist in detection of problems earlier than they might otherwise be discovered. “They see [the parks] on a much more regular basis and might recognize what is happening if a part of the park be- gins deteriorating,” Lawyer said. Two board members, Jim Taylor and Donna Bradley, were hesitant, but wanted the conversation to continue. Bradley said she would prefer to put up signs encouraging park visitors to attend parks board meetings with concerns. “I would rather do that than add another layer,” Bradley said. “I love the idea, but our appointed jobs are being the care- takers.” Taylor felt asking residents to be the middle man was too large a request. “I like the idea, but we’ve talked about this before. Sooner or later the volunteers are going to say they don’t want to do it anymore. It’s also a challenge if a visitor sees something wrong and goes down and knocks on their door,” Taylor said. By the meeting’s end, the notion of the program was not dead, but evolving on separate tracks: the fi rst being a way to recognize individuals who already fi ll such roles and, the sec- ond, looking at ways to encourage volunteerism in the parks. “What’s really important is that we don’t lose our identity in terms of volunteerism. I don’t want to create an atmo- sphere of complacency,” Lawyer said. • The September meeting of the parks board has been canceled, but members of the parks board and city council will meet together for a tour of Keizer three parks Monday, Sept. 10. Parks on the visit list are Meadows Park, Keizer Rapids Park and Ryan J. Hill Park in Keizer Station. The Keizer Community Band and Jazz Band will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, Sept. 12. The Concert Band will practice from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Jazz Band practices from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Both prac- tices are held in the McNary High School band room. New and returning members are al- ways welcome. The Concert Band will be preparing music for the Salute to America and Our Vet- erans Concert in November. If The eight-person task force that includes Mayor Cathy Clark, City Councilor Marlene Parsons, city council candidate Dan Kohler, James Hutches representing the Keizer Cham- ber of Commerce and two rep- resentatives each from Keizer Little League (KLL) and Mc- Nary Youth Baseball, the or- ganization formerly known as Keizer Youth Sports Associa- tion (KYSA). “Ultimately, the objective is framework for how the volun- teer organizations that run and use the park can best be sup- ported by the city and com- munity for long term success. Success, in my mind, is the park is safe, consistently maintained, improved through a planned projects, and a welcoming place for people to play for years to come,” Clark said. Clark did not have a set date when the task force meetings will begin, but it is expected to convene in the near future. maze you play a band instrument, you are welcome to come.If you have been a member be- fore and would like to join us again, that would be great. More information is avail- able at kcband.org. looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO McNary grads battle wildfi res Bobby Wosley and Thomas Hendrix, 20-year-old McNary grads, originally got into fi refi ghting as a summer job. They saved 39 homes on a fi re in The Dalles alone. Sunday, September 23 Rotary Multi-Sport Riverfest. The event includes Olympic and Spring distance triathlon and duathlon as well as 5K, 10K, half marathon and kids’ room. Visit rotaryriverfestsalem.enmotive. com. One new school year, three new principals 10 YEARS AGO Keizer Elementary, Cummings Elementary, and Gubser Elementary all have new principals this year. 15 YEARS AGO DA won’t prosecute Keizer cop 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. The Keizer City Council unanimously approved the for- mation of a long range plan- ning task force to examine management issues surround- ing Keizer Little League Park. The decision was made at the council meeting Aug. 20. The role of the task force is to gather information on the history of the park and what’s been done to date, gain an understanding of the business of running the facility, and as- semble representatives of cur- rent youth sports participants and the community to help de- termine how the park will be managed in the future. The city owns Keizer Little League Park, but management and coordination of fi eld usage and concessions is contracted out. Both of Keizer’s youth baseball/softball organizations have held the contract at some point, but both have run afoul of the agreements in the con- tract in recent years. Community Band convenes Sept. 12 Saturday, September 22 – Sunday, September 23 28th Annual Grape Stomp Championship and Celebration. Music, games, wine tasting, grape-stomping, and more. Costs $15 to attend and $10-per-team to stomp. Willamette Valley Vineyards, 8800 Enchanted Way SE in Turner. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. sudoku Task force to reassess KLL Park mgmt The Marion County District Attorney’s offi ce has dropped the reckless endangerment charges against a Keizer police offi cer due to a lack of suffi cient evidence to convict him. 20 YEARS AGO Gunman holds up Keizer store Craft World was robbed for the second time in less than a year when a man wielding a hand- gun demanded money and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer