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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 10 SECTION A DECEMBER 7, 2018 $1.00 Parade hits River Road Saturday By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Keizer Holiday Lights Parade sponsored by Salem Electric arrives on River Road North Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. After two years of organiz- ing the annual Keizer Holiday Lights Parade, Danielle Bethell, executive direc- tor of the Keiz- er Chamber of Commerce, feels as though the Chamber mem- bers and volun- teers are finally getting a handle on the process. This time around, it started with a theme. “Each year, people ask us what the theme is going to be the next time. That helped us realize how important it is and it got us thinking about it ear- lier,” Bethell said. The theme for this year's parade is Christmas in Candyland and the response has been enthusiastic to say the least. “We had board members get excited about what it would look like, so I knew we had a winner. When we tell people, it seems to generate a spark of creativity quickly,” she said. Salem Elec- tric has opted to become a legacy sponsor of the parade into the future, but there is no set time for their engage- ment to expire. Parade awards will be given for most festive, best use of lights, best choreography and best theme. Last year's parade ended up with about 70 en- tries and Bethell expected it to be about the same this time around. One thing is certain, there's River Road closes at 6 p.m. until the end of the parade Please see PARADE, Page A10 McNary swimming previews PAGE B1 File A truck owned by BC Towing makes its way down River Road in the 2017 Festival of Lights Parade. A Very McNary Holiday, features potpourri of disciplines KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings (From right to left): Riky Galvin, Jacob Fritts, Noah Schnell, Abey Reid, Madelyn Hurst and Dylan Lopez rehearse a scene from one of the four plays that will featured in McNary’s holiday program, which will take place December 13-15 in the theatre room at the school. Garbage rates going up 20% By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Keizer City Council approved a rate increase for garbage haulers at its meeting Monday, Dec. 3. The new rates, which will take effect in February 2019, increase costs for a residen- tial customer by about 20 percent over- all. Councilors had three op- tions to choose from and se- lected the one that includes a base increase of $2.02 for all custom- ers using comin- gled blue recycling bins coupled with an 11.5 increase for residen- tial and multifamily custom- ers. It means the monthly bill for a residential family using a 35-gallon gray, solid waste container as well as a blue mixed recyclables, green yard debris and red glass bin will increase from $22.52 to $27.13. Commercial services will increase by 7.5 percent. Garbage services are billed on a bi-monthly cycle. Keizer haulers Loren's San- itation Services and Valley Re- cycling and Disposal present- ed the request for an increase in November, but the coun- cil asked for more time to digest the op- tions and seek additional in- put. Three Keiz- er residents turned out to speak on the issue during the meeting. Jim Parr said it was time for the industry to take a giant step backward in its efforts to reset consumers' recycling expecta- tions. “Let's focus on clean card- board in the blue bins and get that right. Then we can start adding more products one at Please see RATES, Page A9 By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes McNary High School the- atre teacher Tom Cavanaugh is used to organizing shows around the holidays. But he's never done one like this before. For the first time ever, Mc- Nary is bringing together all of the performing arts — band, choir, orchestra, theatre and jazz band — for a show called A Very McNary Holiday. There will be three shows from December 13th to De- cember 15th with each perfor- mance starting at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at McNary. Tickers will cost $5 apiece. Cavanaugh, who is the point person for putting this show together, is excited to show people how diverse and talented these kids are. “Our hope is to give the audience a little bit of a taste of Santa at Volcanoes PAGE A2 Pedestrian killed in crosswalk PAGE A3 Please see SHOW, Page A7 Deter ‘porch pirates’ this season with easy changes It's the busiest time of the year for the U.S. Postal Service, and package deliv- ery services throughout the country. The Keizer Police Department is urging resi- dents to plan carefully when placing orders that will be delivered to their door. It's not uncommon for packages and envelopes to pile up on doorsteps making for easy theft, but minimiz- ing exposure to so-called “porch pirates” is not as hard as it might seem. KPD suggests: • Having packages KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald As packages pile up on doorsteps in the run-up to Christ- mas and other holidays, they make easy targets for theft. delivered to where you are, not where you aren’t. Consid- er having packages delivered to your place of employment. • If you can’t have packages delivered to your place of em- ployment, schedule deliveries for times you will be home. • Teaming up with a trust- ed neighbor who can retrieve and secure packages from your porch soon after they are de- livered. • Sign up to receive text messages or email notifica- tions/alerts advising when packages are delivered to your residence. After receiving the notification, work with other family members, friends or neighbors to identify an in- dividual who can retrieve and secure the packages quickly. This keeps packages from sit- ting on your porch unattend- ed and vulnerable for theft for long periods of time. • Require a signature when packages are delivered. This ensures packages will not be delivered unless someone is at your residence who can sign for them. • Consider investing in technology or security de- vices. A variety of lockboxes, Please see PORCH, Page A9 Lady Celts fall to Roosevelt PAGE B4