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Today in History
Six years after Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon
church, issued his Manifesto reforming political, religious,
and economic life in Utah, the territory is admitted into the
Union as the 45th state.
— January 4, 1896
Food 4 Thought
“Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to
get the public educated and mobilized to take action on
behalf of our ancient ideals.”
— Doris Kearns Goodwin,
author of Team of Rivals,
born January 4, 1943
The Month Ahead
Friday, January 4 – Sunday, January 6
Pentacle Theatre Production, Disney’s The Little Mermaid
will be performed at the Elsinore, 170 High Street SE, Salem,
OR 97301. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 for adults and $30 for children
17 and under. Suitable for all audiences.
Saturday, January 5
TEDx VI Salem, Tickets range from $45-$55 and can be
purchased at tedxsalem.us. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the
Salem Convention Center, 200 Commercial Street S.E. in
Salem.
Artists’ reception for January’s exhibition, Fins, Feather
and Fur, 2-4 p.m., at Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy
Mount Gallery at the Keizer Cultural Center (980 Chemawa
Rd. NE). Show continues through Jan. 29. keizerarts.com.
Sunday, January 6
Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Feast of the
Epiphany. St. Paul’s Trinity Choir, accompanied by an
orchestra will perform classic pieces by Bach. Starts at 4
p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty Street SE
in Salem.
Enrique Chagoya: Reverse Anthropology Exhibition The
exhibition features Chagoya’s deceptively subversive
prints that explore issues of immigration, colonialism, the
economy, the government, the commodifi cation of art, and
the recurring subject of cultural clash that continues to
riddle contemporary life at The Hallie Ford Museum of Art,
700 State Street Salem, OR 97301.
Monday, January 7
Keizer City Council Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E. The city’s newest city
councilors, Elizabeth Smith and Dan Kohler, will be sworn
in as outgoing councilors Amy Ryan and Bruce Anderson
depart.
Tuesday, January 8
Keizer Parks Advisory Board Meeting at 6 p.m. at the Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E. The board will be
making priority recommendations for the fi ve-year parks
plan. Public input is welcome and encouraged.
Wednesday, January 9
Keizer Planning Commission Meeting at 6 p.m. at the Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E. The commission will
be discussing its workload for the coming year.
Thursday, January 10 - Saturday, January 12
The McNary High School Drama Department presents
Grease, chronicling the Rydell High school senior class of
1959, 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with 2 p.m.
Saturday. Ken Collins Theatre, 595 Chemawa Road N.
Keizer $8 to $10. www.mcnarytheatre.ticketleap.com/
grease.
Thursday, January 10
Keizer Traffi c Safety, Bikeways and Pedestrian Committee
Meeting at 6 p.m. at the Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road N.E. The committee will be reviewing and fi nalizing its
plans for the 2019 year.
West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m.,
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Lewis Black The Joke’s on US Tour at the Elsinore, 170 High
St SE, Salem, OR 97301. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show
will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $52.50.
Monday, January 14
Keizer City Council work session at 6 p.m. at the Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Buildable Land Supply/Housing Needs Analysis Project
Advisory Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at the Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Tuesday, January 15
Keizer Fire Board of Directors meeting, 7 p.m., 661
Chemawa Road N.E. The board will hold a public hearing on
potentially adding new fees to construction permits within
its coverage area.
Thursday, January 17 - Saturday, January 19
The McNary High School Drama Department presents
Grease, chronicling the Rydell High school senior class of
1959, 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with 2 p.m.
Saturday. Ken Collins Theatre, 595 Chemawa Road N.
Keizer $8 to $10. www.mcnarytheatre.ticketleap.com/
grease.
Saturday, January 19
The Keizer Chamber of Commerce First Citizen & Awards
Banquet, 6 to 9 p.m. Join the chamber and its members for
dinner and celebration as the city names its next fi rst citizen
and honors business and education leaders. Tickets are $55
for individuals and $400 for a sponsored table.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
Committee will examine city’s
available land, potential uses
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keiz-
er embarks on yet another
growth-related
discussion
when the Buildable Lands
Supply and Housing Needs
Analysis Advisory Commit-
tee meets for the fi rst time on
Monday, Jan. 14.
Input from all residents is
encouraged during the ad-
visory committee meetings.
The Jan. 14 meeting begins
at 6 p.m.
What Keizer can actually
expect in terms of growth is
currently a topic of some de-
bate. Because Keizer shares
its Urban Growth Boundary
(UGB), past growth forecasts
were issued for the entire area
contained within the shared
UGB.
Keizer is receiving addi-
tional funding from the state
to look at the issues because
Keizer is now labeled as a
severely rent-burdened city.
The designation means that
more than a quarter of renter
households are paying more
than 50 percent of the house-
hold gross income on rent.
In the overall picture, Keiz-
er is just over the line that
triggered the designation, but
the city is required to address
the issue. City offi cials must
convene a public meeting to
discuss the causes and conse-
quences of the of rent bur-
dens, the barriers to reducing
rent and possible solutions.
The issues the advisory
committee will examine hit
a nerve for Keizer residents.
Finding volunteers to serve in
these types of advisory capac-
ities is typically akin to pull-
ing teeth, but more than 30
applications were received to
serve.
It led to the formation of
an 11-person committee, up
from the originally needed
seven people. James Hutches,
Danielle Bethell, Ron Ber-
sin, Blaze Itzaina, Carol Do-
erfl er, Felicia Squires, Nick
Stephenson, Stefani Iverson,
Rick Kuehn, David Demp-
ster, and Mike Kerr are all
expected to be part of the
committee.
Committee members will
forward recommendations to
the city council even though
they will not have any direct
authority to enact them.
Mattress sale
will support
MHS band
The McNary High School
band is planning a mattress
fundraiser at the school Satur-
day, Jan. 12.
The sale includes mattress-
es of all sizes and types and
a portion of every purchase
helps cover the participa-
tion costs of a McNary band
member in need. Flyers for
the event suggest savings of up
to 50 percent off retail prices.
Cash, credit cards and
checks will be accepted with
fi nancing and layaway options
available.
The school is converting
the commons area into a mat-
tress showroom for the event.
KEIZERTIMES/File photo
Housing needs
The current population for
the combined cities is rough-
ly 204,000 people. In 2032,
the population is expected
to swell to approximately
308,000. Until recently, there
was no agreement as to how
much of that growth Keizer
would be expected to absorb.
Now, Keizer and Salem
have determined an amena-
ble split, but it will still need
approval from state offi cials.
Given that Keizer comprises
just 15.6 percent of the UGB,
Keizer’s revised 2032 growth
estimate is about 48,000 peo-
ple. That is still about 10,000
more than residents than are
currently in the city, and it
will likely require a seismic
shift in current approaches to
housing.
The state requires that ev-
ery city have enough hous-
ing to absorb the residential
growth, and Keizer is coming
up short on almost every lev-
el.
Buildable lands
The advisory committee
will be reviewing Keizer’s
housing lands as well as hous-
ing needs. That component
includes vacant land, lands
that are likely to be redevel-
oped during the planning pe-
riod, land ready for construc-
tion within a year of receiving
a building permit, and lands
with other constraints such as
wetlands and environmental
sensitivity.
According to a 2011 report
provided by the Mid-Willa-
mette Valley Council of Gov-
ernments, Keizer’s current
boundaries included only
about 60 acres of vacant land,
most of which is zoned for
commercial or industrial use.
Slightly less than 12 acres is
zoned for mixed use. Some of
those spaces have since been
turned into low- or medi-
um-density developments.
CTEC,
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her teachers.
Byrd, a senior at McNary,
is in her second year as a
CTEC student and spent
the morning in the Law
Enforcement class giving the
visiting students instructions
on how to properly attain a
fi ngerprint.
“Most of us are plan-
ning on going into law en-
forcement for our careers, so
(CTEC) is really giving us a
leg up before we go into the
academy,” Byrd said. “I get to
use the skills I learn here in
the real world.”
Rhodes knows what an
asset CTEC can be for kids
and, if it’s in their best inter-
est, hopes that McNary stu-
dents will strongly consider
making it apart of their class
schedule.
“We have really seen kids
elevate their skills here,”
Rhodes said. “(The students’)
success is our success and that
is really what we fi ght for
here.”
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
looking
back in
the KT
TOP: Second-year CTEC student Katelynn Byrd teaches a pair
of kids on how to properly attain a fi ngerprint. ABOVE: McNary
sophomore Alex Flores fl ashes a grin as he fl ies a drone in the
Drone Technology and Robotics Department at CTEC.
sudoku
5 YEARS AGO
Ground to be broken
soon on Kaiser site
Sometime soon, ground will
be broken in Keizer Station
for a new Kaiser Permanente
medical offi ce.
10 YEARS AGO
City weighs options in
wake of snow
While defending their response
to the snowstorms that turned
Keizer’s streets into ice sheets,
city offi cials are considering
several ways to improve
response the next time Mother
Nature drops substantial snow
here.
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
the blank spac-
es. Every row
must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
maze
15 YEARS AGO
Let it snow!
It was no white Christmas, but
Keizer gets an uncharacteristic
load of snow for the new
year. This week’s unexpected
snowstorm and icy conditions
downed
tree
branches,
challenge commuters and kept
road and emergency crews
busy.
20 YEARS AGO
Ex-teacher now
a freshmen
Vic Bucklund knocked on
thousands of doors during
his campaign for state
representative, but his work
really just started after her won
his November election.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer