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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.
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“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”
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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
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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.