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Today in History
The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial
last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This
made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first
time in U.S. history.
— May 10, 1869
Food 4 Thought
“Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most
important things in life.”
— Shel Silverstein, author,
Where the Sidewalk Ends. Died May 10, 1999
The Month Ahead
bowls at Carlson are
“glorifi ed ditches.”
The
proposed
improvements would make
it possible to move from
bowl to bowl and then into
the larger park without ever
having to step of a skateboard,
scooter or bike.
“We will add new
concrete over the bowls
and steel coping. We want
to make a perfect shell with
more extensive grinding
with some new ledges,” said
Mark Scott.
Styler said learning to ride
in Carlson Skate Park, or even
Salem’s, is unlike riding in
parks designed by engineers
with an understanding of
how they are used.
“When you learn to ride
in Salem-Keizer and then go
to another park somewhere
else it’s like you have to
relearn everything,” Styler
said. “When you ride up a
bowl or half pipe, it should
feel natural to continue up
into the air or up and over
into the next space of the
park. It doesn’t happen in
this park because of the way
it was built. You have to fi ght
harder to go in the direction
you want.”
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Mark Scott, owner of Dreamland Skate Parks, discusses potential changes to the two bowls at
Carlson Skate Park.
Dreamland
was
the
company that smoothed out
some of the older surfaces
and made the ride smoother
and faster for users last
summer. The improvements
have rejuvenated interest
in the park, but the bowls
and
halfpipe
are
the
improvements riders want
the most, Styler said.
“The bowls are the worst
aspect of the park and they
are fi xing the worst things.
These are the places that
could make it feel like an
actual skate park,” Styler said.
Danyel Scott said she and
Mark would be back in the
Friday, May 10
It’s bloom season at Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, 3625 Quinaby
Road NE. Schreiner’s will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. The 10 acre display garden contains over 500 named
iris varieties and other companion plants. Admission is $5
per car, and Bloom Season Passes can be purchased for $10.
For more information about costs, events, and pass visit
schreinersgardens.com.
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at center of dispute
The Historic Elsinore Theatre present Colin Hay and his
band of LA-based musicians in concert at 7:30 p.m. The
show will feature songs from the Grammy-winning Men at
Work catalog as well as Hay’s solo work including Waiting
For My Real Life, Beautiful World, and more. Ticket prices
vary according to seating. To purchase tickets, or for more
information, visit elsinoretheatre.com.
reads.
Since the civic center
opened, Rotary members
have used a dedicated room
inside the facility to host
weekly meetings. Rotary
donated $100,000 toward
the initial investment in the
community center, money
that was used to purchase
furnishings like tables and
chairs.
The letter states that the
investment was never in-
tended as rent, but “pledged
and paid as an investment in
… [a] center that was built
FIRST (sic) for the benefi t
of every non-profi t group in
the city.”
The Rotarians point out
that the civic center now
caters more to government
agencies that reserve spac-
es at a discount, many with
only tangential connections
to Keizer.
Rotary has been allowed
to use a conference room
since the building opened
without further payment to-
ward rental.
Moving forward, the city
wants Rotary to pay $10,000
Keizer Homegrown Theatre will stage Who Am I This
Time? (& Other Conundrums Of Love) beginning at 7 p.m.
at the Keizer Cultural Center 980 Chemawa Road NE.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2
p.m. on Sundays through May 26. Tickets can be purchased
for $15 at the door or at brownpapertickets.com. For more
information visit keizerhomegrowntheatre.org.
Keizer Christian Church will host a pajama-themed parents
night out 6-9 p.m. at the church, 6945 Wheatland Road N so
parents can enjoy three hours of free time. Children will have
age appropriate activity stations and snacks. Kids from the
age two to twelve can be dropped off for $20 for the fi rst child
and $18 for each additional sibling. For more information or
to reserve a spot visit keizerchristian.org.
Saturday, May 11
Keizer’s 2019 Distinguished Young Women program at
Dayspring Fellowship Church. 7 p.m. Tickets, available at
the door, are $12.
KeizerFEST Kick Off Party (ages 21 and over only). Doors
open at 5 p.m. $5 cover. First 200 people through the door will
enjoy a free Adam’s Ribs Smokehouse BBQ chicken dinner.
Live entertainment includes The FlexTones at 5:30 p.m. and
Dancehall Days from 8 until 11:30 p.m. keizerchamber.com.
The Historic Elsinore Theatre presents comedian Tim
Hawkins, who has 300 million video views online will
take the stage at at 6 p.m. Ticket prices vary according to
seating. To purchase tickets and for more information visit
elsinoretheatre.com.
Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday night dance and potluck
featuring music by Crossfi re. 7 - 10 p.m. Tickets are $5. 930
Plymouth Drive N.E. Keizer.
Church on the Hill will hold its annual rummage sale
beginning at 8 a.m., 2106 Keizer Road NE. The sale will
include accessories, furniture, outdoor gear, tools, and more.
All proceeds will go towards a mission trip for the church’s
high school youth.
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looking
back in
the KT
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets from 12 Noon
to 1 p.m. in Anderson Room A of the Salem Public Library
(585 Liberty St SE.). Lindsay Fulton will speak about creating
a research plan.
Coaching turns into
career for MHS alum
Sunday, May 12
Mother’s Day breakfast prepared by the Keizer Volunteer
Firefi ghters Association. 7:30-11:30 a.m., Keizer Fire station,
611 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Proceeds fund volunteer fi refi ghter
community projects. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and
under.
Josh Erickson’s senior year
(2002-2003) as a McNary
High School basketball player
is a testament to the potency
of matching a good coach with
talented players.
Tuesday, May 14
Ticor Title will present its free-to-attend Lead Symposium
beginning at 1 p.m. at the Salem Convention Center.
Attendees will have the chance to learn from infl uencers in
real estate and social selling, including Chelsea Peitz and
Daniel Beer. Topics will include generating leads in todays
marketplace, the importance of social selling, and more. To
reserve a spot, type in lead symposium at eventbrite.com.
The Willamette Valley Women’s Military League hold its
monthly luncheon at Walery’s Premium Pizza beginning at
11:30 AM. The address is 1555 Edgewater St NW, Salem.
This month’s guest is Colonel Dwight Morse and his JROTC
representative who will share highlights from their current
school year activities. 503-362-6858.
Wednesday, May 15
Keizer/Salem Area Seniors bingo. You will have a chance to
win monetary prizes, free game cards and Daubers 12:30-
3:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.50 at 930 Plymouth Drive N.E.
Keizer.
Salem-Keizer Public Schools will host a job fair from 4 to 6
p.m. at the Lancaster Professional Center 2450 Lancaster
Drive NE. Featured jobs include full time, part time, and
summer positions. For more information on available jobs
visit salkeiz.k12.or.us.
The Bad Girls Comedy Tour is coming to Salem’s Capitol City
Theater 210 Liberty Street, and will feature many comedians
as well as local Salem comic Emma Jonas. The show will
begin at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased both online or
at the door for $10. For more information, or to purchase
tickets online, visit capitolcitytheater.com.
a year for continued weekly
use and the stipulation that
the group can be “bumped”
up to four times a year when
other groups pay for space.
The agreement would be
good for fi ve years.
Rotary’s counteroffer is a
10-year agreement to com-
mit no less than $10,000 a
year into Keizer communi-
ty projects of its choosing as
well as 700 “verifi able volun-
teer hours” in the city.
The letter claims represen-
tatives from the city signaled
that past Rotary projects fell
into the category of “wants”
more than “needs.” In the
letter, Nash and Adams con-
tend the same thing regard-
ing a community center that
serves purposes beyond of-
fi ces for city employees and
the police department.
“We do not believe we are
properly using the funds en-
trusted to us by paying rent
to the city for improvements
… which now primarily
benefi t other government
agencies,” the letter states.
The Keizer City Coun-
cil acknowledged receiving
of the letter at its meeting
Monday, May 6, and it will
discussion will return as an
agenda item at its meeting
on May 20.
in competition mode,” Hurst
said.
Hall, Smith, Hurst and
Mallery had been preparing
for the competition since
early January, coming in after
school multiple days a week to
hone their skills. But it wasn’t
until about three weeks be-
fore the competition where
the crew began to form their
menu.
“We kind
of went for
an Asian-in-
spired theme
because
it
was some-
thing
we
enjoyed to
eat and we
thought that
we could ex-
ecute it well,”
Hall said.
Hall was
in charge of
making the
appetizer, which was an Or-
egon inspired salad roll with
pickled beets and poached
shrimp.
For the entree, Mallery
cooked a sesame-crusted lo-
cal steelhead with couscous
and cilantro, while Smith pre-
pared a vegetable stir fry with
teriyaki orange sauce.
“There were some chal-
lenging parts, but it was also
really fun to prepare,” Mallery
said.
maze
5 YEARS AGO
10 YEARS AGO
Prayer breakfast
under fi re: Group
says city promotes
Christianity with
involvement in event.
A group promoting separation
of church and state is objecting
to the city of Keizer’s role in the
Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
15 YEARS AGO
sudoku
Party stirs further
furor
The noisy party that spurred
complaints last week was hosted
by a city employee. As furor
over the party continues, the
hostess said she feels that the
neighbors are harassing her and
her family.
20 YEARS AGO
Police seek money to
double patrol fl eet
Keizer Police Chief Marc Ad-
ams is proposing that the City
of Keizer pay $642,000 during
the next fi ve years to nearly
double the number of the de-
partments patrol cars.
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.
near future with improved
conceptual drawings that take
into account the feedback
offered at the meeting.
“Our goal is a safer,
smoother surface and make
the overall fl ow better. It’s
a big, beautiful park, it just
doesn’t function, Danyel said.
Hurst, on the other hand,
made a coconut sticky rice
dessert with fruit salad with a
bisque sauce.
By the time the cooking
was done and everything was
on the plate, the team still
had 45 seconds to spare and
had the chance to make their
dishes look clean and profes-
sional before putting them in
front of the judges.
“We still criticized our
own plates, but we did feel
good about how it turned out
and that we
got it done
on
time,”
Hall said.
H u r s t
added: “I was
proud
and
relieved that
e ve r y t h i n g
that I had
been work-
ing towards
was success-
ful.”
Bennett
took a lot of
pride in her
kids fi nishing so high, but she
is even more proud of the life
skills and teamwork that her
students have developed over
the last few months.
“We eat everyday, but we
aren’t doing things like ge-
ometry every day, so it is fun
to watch students attain those
life skills and have confi dence
in their abilities,” Bennett
said.
“No matter where you go
in life, you’re going to have to
work with or for other peo-
ple, so being able to commu-
nicate and problem solve and
overcome differences is in-
credibly important and these
kids work together so well.”
While learning how to
cook and prepare food is a vi-
tal life skill, it’s clear that some
of the kids want to take their
passion for food further.
“This has helped me
choose my career. I totally
want to follow through with
a career in the culinary fi eld,”
Smith said.