SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 40, NO. 33
SECTION A
MAY 17, 2019
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HERE
WE
GO
AGAIN
KeiferFEST is this weekend
By ERIC A. HOWALD
and MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The Valley Credit Service
KeizerFEST Parade hits the
street Saturday, May 18.
The parade, one of the
perennial highlights of the
long-running festival, starts
at 10:30 a.m. at River Road
North and Lockhaven Drive
North, then rolls south two
miles along River Road
through Keizer before ending
at Glynbrook Drive.
There will be about 70
entries this time around and
last about two hours, said
Danielle Bethell, executive
director of the Keizer
Second in
the state:
McNary
band soars
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
When you walk into the
McNary band room, it's easy
to see the numerous trophies
and awards placed prominent-
ly on the top shelf in the far
side of the room.
After their performance on
Saturday, band director Chris
Nelson will be adding to that
collection.
The McNary band (wind
ensemble) took second place
with a fi nal score of 321 at the
OSAA State Band Compe-
tition on Saturday, May 11 at
the LaSells Stewart Center at
Oregon State University.
This event features 20 of
the best bands that the state
has to offer, so just getting into
the top fi ve is a huge honor.
“I can't emphasize how
hard it is to place at this event,”
Nelson said. “To be recog-
nized with a second place
fi nish is fantastic and we cel-
ebrate it. It means that we had
a high-quality performance.
There is no one that is placing
that isn't absolutely stellar.”
The Celtics band received
state qualifying scores at ev-
ery festival they have played
Please see BAND, Page A2
Chamber of Commerce, the
organization behind all things
KeizerFEST. Attendees might
also see more school-themed
entries this year. Chamber
leaders offered free entries to
every school in the Salem-
Keizer School District this
time around.
“This is the one and only
spring parade that happens
and we don’t want money
to be a barrier to student
participation,” Bethell said.
An
estimated
25,000
people turn out to watch the
parade each year.
Los Dos Hermanos owner
Teresa Munoz is grand
marshaling the 2019 parade.
Munoz has lived in Keizer for
almost 40 years and owned
the restaurant for 21 of them.
“When the committee
sat down to consider who
in Keizer would honor the
theme and what it embodies,
Theresa's name came to mind
instantly,” said Bethell. “Her
vibrant and positive attitude is
infectious. She fully embraces
Keizer and its residents as
family.”
Munoz is equally excited
to have the honor bestowed
upon her.
“It feels great to be
honored for the fi rst time in
20 years,” Munoz said. “I was
very excited when I found out
and I'm so happy that I get a
chance to do this.”
The festival will have major
impacts on traffi c throughout
the weekend and especially
during the staging of the
parade until it reaches its end.
Lockhaven Drive North
will be closed to all traffi c at
6 a.m. between River Road
North and McClure Street
North to establish the parade
staging area.
River Road North will be
closed to all north and south-
bound traffi c starting at 9 a.m.
between Lockhaven Drive
North to Plymouth Drive
Northeast. Prior to the parade
and other events beginning,
traffi c will be allowed to pe-
riodically cross River Road at
Chemawa Road.
Portions of Cherry Av-
enue Northeast around the
Keizer Lions Club and Keizer
Elks Club will be closed from
Thursday night to Sunday
night to accommodate the
main campus of the festival.
Bethell said the chamber is
seeking to make KeizerFEST
as a whole more inclusive this
Please see FEST, Page A8
Distinguished Young
Women named
Celts crowned
conference
champs
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Fan-favorite
burger chain
might open in
late November
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BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Eight of Keizer's smartest and most
talented young women battled it out
at the 45th annual Distinguished Young
Women of Keizer event last weekend.
But only two would stand out among
the rest.
McNary High juniors Maya
Luscomb and Grace Trammell were each
recognized as the 2020 Distinguished
Young Women of Keizer at Daysping
Fellowship Church program on Saturday,
May 11.
Last year's Distinguished Young
Women's winners Chloe Campbell and
Elizabeth Burleson were there to give
Luscomb and Trammell their awards.
“I'm so honored and amazed that I
got to be a part of this experience,”
Trammell said. “These people are all
so fantastic and so talented and I'm so
grateful that I got to work with all of
them.”
“Winning was a surprise to me
because of how wonderful everyone else
was.”
The eight participants spent six weeks
practicing their talent and worked on a
multitude of choreographed dances.
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
Grace Trammell and Maya Luscomb
were named the 2019 Distinguished
Young Women of Keifer on May 11.
Cascading
change
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“The last six weeks have been crazy.
It's very fast and frantic, but these girls
are a joy to be around,” said Danielle
Dial, who was the chairperson for this
year's event. “Watching them grow
throughout this has been fun to watch.”
Both Luscomb and Trammell
received $2,000 in scholarship money to
go towards their plans to pursue higher
Please see DYWK, Page A7
On growth:
Long, possibly
expensive road
lies ahead
Guess who’s
coming to breakfast
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitf
Members of the Zaitf, Grenf, Frafier and Brost clans got together for the annual Keifer Fire
District Mother’s Day Breakfast Sunday, May 12. For more photos of the event, see Page A4.
change will take time and –
By ERIC A. HOWALD
depending on the solution –
Of the Keizertimes
During the past year and may be costly.
“The city should be pre-
a half, the city of Keizer em-
barked on several studies pared to make investments
and
change
aimed at pro-
the way we
viding com-
do business. It
prehensive in- “ The city should be
may require
formation to
prepared to make
public invest-
inform a de-
investments and
ment in life-
cision on how
change the way
style chang-
and
where
es,” said Nate
Keizer should
we do business.”
Brown, Keizer
grow.
With many
— Nate Brown, c o m m u n i t y
development
of the reports
Keifer community
director.
in fi nal stag-
development director
Keizer
is
es and others
expected to
wrapping up,
city staff briefed the Keizer grow by about 10,000 new
City Council on where things residents in the next 20 years,
stand at a work session Mon- but it’s also out of room to
expand outward. That leaves
day, May 13.
The biggest takeaway was
that whatever Keizer decides, Please see GROWTH, Page A8
McNary
tennis battles
at district
tournament
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