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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Conversations about the
future management of Keizer
Little League Park were wide
ranging at the second meeting
of a task force charged with
developing plans for its sus-
tainability.
The group, dubbed the
Keizer Little League Park Task
Force, met Tuesday, Nov. 20, at
the Keizer Civic Center. May-
or Cathy Clark led the discus-
sions that focused on devel-
oping policies and procedures
to ensure as little disruption as
possible if or when the con-
tract for park management is
handed off to a new group.
To date, the city has con-
tracted with one of two youth
sports leagues – either Keiz-
er Little League or McNary
Youth Baseball (formerly
KYSA). However, since the
2007 schism that created two
different leagues, contracting
with one organization over
the other has created friction
between the two. Both have
run afoul of the agreement at
various points in time and that
history resulted in the creation
of the task force.
During the meeting, the
members of the task force
which includes representatives
of the city council, both sports
leagues, city volunteers and
others, wrestled with two fun-
damental questions: (1) should
the park remain focused on
Keizer-centric youth leagues
or evolve into a major tour-
nament site, and (2) how does
its future change the manage-
ment?
“We don’t know where
we want to be yet,” said Ryan
Walsh, president of MYB.
The group didn’t come up
with a defi nitive answer to that
question during the meeting,
but conceded that some of the
hoped-for improvements, such
as adding lights for night play
and turf to the fi elds are in-
tended to draw outside groups
to the complex.
City Manager Chris Eppley
said the original intended use
for the fi eld was as a home
for youth baseball and softball,
but it did not have to stay that
way. More importantly, Eppley
said, the city did not want to
be involved in the day-to-day
aspects of management.
“Some of the big projects
might be simply out of [the
managing group’s] reach. The
city might be able to supply
some match funding for those
and we can make the really big
things more attainable,” Eppley
of the two organizations.
said.
“We talked about taking
Evolving into a destination
for tournaments would also members of each board and
likely require a paid position spinning them off as the com-
for scheduling and oversight plex board,” Walsh said.
“The biggest problem has
of the operations, something
not addressed in the current been the communication, and
not reaching out,” said Lisa
management contract.
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garding a new
ensure the safe
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maintenance
ing the com-
and future of
plex was the potential that
the facility?” she said.
On that question, Matt volunteerism for the com-
Lawyer, a member of the Keiz- plex, not necessarily the sports
er Parks Advisory Board, felt leagues, would atrophy.
Keizer Public Works Di-
there was room to evolve.
“Can [KLL and MYB] rector Bill Lawyer said that as
continue to live as indepen- long as there was representa-
dent organizations, and come tion on a new complex over-
together where the sole focus sight board from both leagues,
maintenance of the park?” enlisting volunteers from both
would become the responsi-
Lawyer asked.
Walsh and Brad Arnsmeier, bility of the respective board
president of KLL, said that was members.
The task force will contin-
something talked about previ-
ously, but no action was taken ue the discussion at its next
because of the differing goals meeting Jan. 2, 2019.
Krampus visits Keizer Mart
Visits with Santa are nice
and all, but one Keizer business
is hosting a visitor for the mis-
behaving kids next week.
Keizer Mart owner Ryan
Alonzo is bringing Krampus
to Keizer at his store the Dec.
1 through Dec. 5. Krampus will
be available for visits each day
from 7 to 10 p.m.
“I’ve invested a lot of time
and money into an elaborate
costume and throne for Kram-
pus to be able to make an ap-
pearance at the store this year,”
Alonzo said.
Dec. 5 is Krampusnacht
in Germany. According to
lore, Krampus, a horned-and-
hooved beast described as “half-
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Despite his fearsome face,
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