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JUNE 14, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Student Night SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Dumbo (PG) 11:00 AM TICKETS ARE JUST $4 SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES. EVERY THURSDAY! All Ages Movies in Theatre #3. LIVE STAND UP COMEDY Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, June 15 DUANE GOAD & JEREMIAH COUGHLAN will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. Today in History A fl ash fl ood in Heppner, Oregon kills 324 people. The sudden onslaught of water caused millions of dollars in damage to the central Oregon town. Before the fl ood, extremely hard rain and hail came down in the Blue Mountains, which rise above Heppner. Reports say that the storm may have lasted only an hour, but it overwhelmed the small streams of the area and caused a 20-foot wave of water to thunder through the town with little warning. — June 14, 1903 Food 4 Thought “Honesty is something you can’t wear out.” — Waylon Jennings, country singer, born June 15, 1937 The Month Ahead Friday, June 14-Sunday, June 16 Wings of Freedom vintage aircraft tour. Visit, explore and learn about a variety of WWII-era plans including a B-17, B0-24 and more. McNary Field (Salem Airport). $5-15. collingsfoundation.org. Friday, June 14 Salem-Keizer Volcanoes season opener vs Boise Hawks. Volcanoes Stadium. Tickets range from $8 to $30. Purchase tickets at volcanoesbaseball.com. Straw Hat Dance at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. , starting at 9 a.m. and followed by a lunch at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, June 15 Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance and Potluck featuring music by Crossfi re, admission $5. 7-10 p.m. at 930 Plymouth Drive N.E., Keizer The Historic Elsinore Theatre will stage Paquita performed by ballet dancers at 4 p.m. in Salem. Tickets range from $18 to $33 and can be purchased at elsinoretheatre.com. All Comers Rendezvous Car Show at Powerland Heritage Park, 3995 Brooklake Rd. This free event features vintage cars and motorcycles. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, June 16 Father’s Day Volcanoes Stadium tickets are 50 percent off. Tuesday, June 18 Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free to attend job fair starting at 10 a.m. and running to 1:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Salem, 1865 Bill Frey Drive. There will be about 20 to 30 different employers at the fair. To register go to jobsnow.org. Wednesday, June 19 Keizer/Salem Area Seniors bingo, 12:30- 3:30 p.m., admission is $5.50. There will be a chance to win cash prizes, free game cards and Daubers. 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Friday, June 21 Three Dog Night will take the stage at the Historic Elsinore Theatre starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $34.50 to $99.50 and can be purchased at elsinoretheatre.com. Saturday, June 22 Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance and Potluck featuring music by The Jefferson Parks Band, admission $5. 7-10 p.m. 930 Plymouth Drive N.E., Keizer. New tools sought in battle to clear up city’s sidewalks By CASEY CHAFFIN Of the Keizertimes Sidewalk obstructions were the topic of a Keizer City Council work session on Monday, June 10. Over the years, com- plaints about sidewalk obstructions, spe- cifi cally basketball hoops, in residential neighborhoods are a regular complaint of many residents. Councilors debated the merits of up- dating city code with enforcement mech- anisms to remove obstructions, which don’t currently exist in the city code. “Putting a basketball standard on a sidewalk impedes mobility. We want to make sure they can use a sidewalk the way it is intended,” said Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark. The council began by discussing how Salem dealt with this issue in the past: passing a code that outlawed basketball hoops altogether. That policy wasn’t suc- cessful. “The city of Salem outlawed basket- ball standards and were completely over- whelmed with the number confi scated and had to lease a whole separate proper- ty for them,” Community Development Director Nate Brown told the council. Salem then softened the policy by choos- ing to remove offending hoops on a case- by-case complaint basis. Another problem with outright ban- ning basketball hoops, Brown said, is that they add something to a community. “It’s also a livability issue in that it cre- ates a sense of neighborhood,” he said. Because basketball hoops can be an outlet for family and neighborhood bonding, the council would like to in- clude a provision in the new policy they draft to allow for hoops to be on the side- walk as long as they are actively in use. However, while basketball hoops were KPD sergeants get another denial in quest for union membership By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The six sergeants of the Keizer Police Department (KPD) are supervisors and not eligible for inclusion in the Keizer Police Association, the group that represents non-su- pervisory offi cers in collective bargaining. Those are the fi nd- ing of the state’s Employment Relations Board (ERB) in re- sponse to an objection lodged by an attorney for the union after a hearing in January. Since last year, KPD’s ser- geants have been seeking ac- cess to the union, which would have resulted in smaller contri- butions to healthcare coverage and larger contributions to their retirement accounts on the part of the city. However, an administrative law judge denied the claim that sergeants were not supervisors in Octo- ber 2018 and that decision was upheld by the governing mem- bers of the ERB last week. “We conclude that the ser- geants are supervisory employ- ees because they responsibly direct others, use independent Tuesday, June 25 Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 Wealth Building and Risk Management, 6-8 p.m., presented by Rick Day and Focus Consulting, The Grand Theater, 187 High St. NE in Salem. Advance tickets required. 503-999- 1736 or email rick@focusconsultingllc.org. 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES Keizer/Salem Area Seniors bingo, 12:30- 3:30 p.m., admission is $5.50. There will be a chance to win monetary prizes, free game cards and Daubers at 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Long Shot (R) Fri 8:55, Sat 9:15, Sun 6:10 Friday, June 28 Timbers u23 vs Victoria Highlanders at McCulloch Stadium (Willamette University) starting at 7 p.m. Adult tickets are $9 and children ages four to twelve are $5. To purchase tickets visit timbersu23.com/tickets/ A Dog’s Journey (PG) Fri 1:50, 4:00, Sat 4:10, Sun 12:20, 4:15 Abbey Road Live at Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park. Benefi t for the Keizer Fire Foundation. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverage. No pets allowed in amphitheatre. Saturday, June 29 Keizer Salem Area Seniors closed for bridge tournament. The Fam Jam, a concert celebration of music of the 1960s and ‘70s. Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverage. No pets allowed in amphitheatre. the catalyst for this discussion, the council would like to address any kind of obstruction to sidewalks. Council- ors discussed ways of creating a city code that could tactfully address the issue of obstruction when it arises. They would like to implement a com- plaint-based system similar to Salem’s. “If they are violating the ordi- nance, we would give them oppor- tunity to comply. If it was a problem that obstructed somebody else’s use then we might ask that that it be put somewhere else when it’s not in use,” Brown said. In the event the obstruction is not cleared, the city would like to have a citation and fi ne mechanism to en- force the policy. If the obstruction re- mains after issuance of a citation and fi ne, the city would consider confi s- cating the obstruction. The city council said creating an enforcement mechanism to clear ob- structions would lift the burden off of KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald the city’s code enforcement offi cer, City offi cials are looking to make sidewalks Ben Crosby. throughout Keizer more accessible for their Senior City Planner Shane With- intended purpose and it might mean basket- am added that as of right now, when ball hoops will need to be removed when not someone makes a complaint about an in use. obstruction in a residential area, Cros- than another burden,” said City Council- by must rely on the goodwill of those or Laura Reid. who own the offending obstruction. The conversation ultimately looped “One of Ben’s least favorite things to do is try to bluff his way through some- back to a fairly basic point: do unto others thing without policy or rules to back him as you would have done unto you. Ideal- up. Having the ability to issue a citation ly, people would be considerate of their and then confi scate after non-compliance neighbors and not block the sidewalk. But since that’s not the case, the council is a tool,” Witham said. That aligned well with the council’s is stepping in to draft enforceable policy. “This should be a common-sense issue goals. “We already know our code enforce- and I feel like we are legislating common ment offi cer is overwhelmed. I want to sense. Part of this is just to urge citizens be able to give him another tool rather to be aware” of others’ needs, Reid said. judgment in doing so, and hold and directed other offi cers to that authority in the interests tackle duties in line with per- of city management,” ERB ceived strengths. Ultimately, sergeants are re- board members wrote. sponsible for Attor neys the actions for the union of the oth- contended ers on their that sergeants shifts even do not act as though none supervisors have been and that ad- d i s c i p l i ned ministrative — Employment for the poor personnel un- Review Board perfor mance dermine their or conduct of attempts to do those other so. “Although the units vary offi cers in recent times. “The standard is whether in the types of tasks directed by the sergeant running each there is a ’prospect of adverse particular team, the record as a consequences for the putative whole demonstrates that all the supervisor if the supervisor sergeants direct their teams,” does not take action to cor- board members wrote. They rect subordinates’ work perfor- added that multiple sergeants mance issues,” board members testifi ed during hearings that wrote. While administrators have they had assumed control of crime scenes and other events overridden some decisions or “Sergeants are supervisory employees” sudoku 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. 5 YEARS AGO A proposal has been submitted to the city for 120 new apartments. Not everyone is thrilled about the plans – in no small part because of where they would go. The apartments would go in the area affectionately long referred to as the cow park. 10 YEARS AGO maze Shazam (PG-13) Fri 6:10, 8:40, Sat 8:30, Sun 2:50, 7:30, 8:45 Dumbo (PG) Fri 1:50, 4:00, Sat 11:00, 11:45, 2:00 Sun 12:40, 5:20 Ugly Dolls (PG) Fri 4:00, 5:50 Sun 12:00, Sun 2:25 Jackson Wilde br istles at suggestions that terms such as “Cinderella” are apt description for the state champion McNary baseball team. 15 YEARS AGO A water rate hike trickled to a halt Monday after the Keizer City Council, facing protests from homeowners, opts to further review its proposed three-tiered rate system. Missing Link (PG) Fri 1:50, Sat 1:10, Sun 2:10 Tuesday, July 2 Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Champions: Unranked Celts beat No. 1 team Protests fl ow as council eyes water rate hike Captain Marvel (PG-13) Fri 6:30, Sat 1:45, 5:00, Sun 6:25 How to Train Dragon (PG) Sat 3:00 looking back in the KT Having a cow? Nah, saving them Curse of Lallyorna (R) Fri 8:05, Sat 7:25, Sun 8:30 Monday, July 1 Salem-Keizer Public Schools job fair will be hosted from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lancaster Professional Center, 2450 Lancaster Drive NE. Full time, part time and summer positions will be present. For more information visit salkeiz.k12.or.us. recommendations by sergeants, those incidents do not out- weigh the preponderance of the incidents when sergeants act as supervisors in other ar- eas. In regard to the fi nal ques- tion of whether sergeant’s act in interests of city manage- ment, the board found ample evidence that they do. “One sergeant’s reprimand of an offi cer describes the of- fi cer as ’disrespectful’ and ’in- subordinate’ — two terms that refl ect an awareness of a hierar- chical structure and a manage- ment expectation that offi cers respect the authority of the sergeants to responsibly direct them,” the board wrote. The dispute over the union inclusion has cost the city $53,606.44. Breakthrough (PG) Sat 6:15, Sun 12:00, 4:00 20 YEARS AGO Governor to speak at McNary graduation FOR ALL SHOWTIMES GO TO NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer It’s graduation time again. McNary High School will graduate 307 beginning at 7 p.m. Friday in Volcanoes Stadium, unless it rains.
