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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, JULY 19, 2019 Change in Keizer Station Entries sought for 45th Parallel plans seen as wheel-greaser fi lm festival Capital Community Television (CCTV) has announced a call for entries for the second annual 45th Parallel Film Fest (formerly Community Media Film Fest). Entries will be accepted July 1 through Sept. 1 at www.fi lmfreeway. com/45thparallelfi lmfest. The 45th Parallel Film Fest is an annual celebration of cinema that brings awareness to the importance of local and accessible media for all individuals to have their voic- es heard. This festival is open to all Oregon residents and non-profi t organizations who have produced non-com- mercial programs. CCTV will grant awards in 12 categories, judged by a panel of Oregon residents with experience in video pro- duction. Other awards will be granted in overall excellence and people’s choice. Screenings of all entries will be held at CCTV, 575 Trade Street SE, on Saturdays at 5 p.m., from Sept. 21 through Oct. 12. Winners will be presented with a trophy for their outstanding video, awarded on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at Salem Cinema in downtown Salem, 1127 Broadway Street, #170. CCTV is also currently seeking partners and support for the 45th Parallel Film Fest and is welcoming various levels of sponsorship. For more information, visit www.45thpar- allelfi lmfest.org. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Given how slow Keiz- er Station has been to fully develop, it would be easy to think that it is mostly com- plete at this point. However, there are plans in place for the approximately 16 acres of land south of Chemawa Road Northeast and west of Inter- state 5 – roughly all the green spaces between the paved roads and the water tower. One of the reasons the area has been even slower to de- velop is that any development requires agreement between its owners, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. At a Keizer Planning Com- mission meeting Wednesday, July 10, the fi rst hints that something might be in the works were revealed. The tribes, represented by Alan Roodhouse, approached the city to ask for an amendment stores, like convenience stores, to the master plan that ex- and gas stations. pands the type of businesses While the change might permitted in the “jug handle” not seem grandiose, said Keiz- drivers use to er Develop- travel under ment Director Chemawa Nate Brown, Road and then “the ques- head east when tion before exiting Keizer you is wheth- Station. er broadening The chang- the intent of es, which were the Keizer Sta- approved in a tion Plan to 5-1 vote, allow include more auto and home auto-oriented supply stores uses in Area D and some au- is appropriate.” tomotive ser- Area D is the vices (other designation than repair) to for the space — Nate Brown be developed owned by the Keizer Community tribes. in the area. The tribes appear Development Director Commis- to be eyeing a sioner Garry deal for a tire Whalen ex- store or quick lube business. pressed concerns about traffi c, The space is already zoned to saying, “Traffi c can get backed include general merchandise up there for quite a distance and it’s going to increase, es- pecially with In-N-Out com- ing.” Brown said any business expected to dramatically af- the Oregon Bacon Champi- onship, which is sanctioned by the Pacifi c Northwest Barbecue Association, and the oregon Steak Champi- onship sanctioned by the Steak Cook-off Association. Tickets are $8 for one day entree, and $14 for two day entree. VIP all weekend entry is $125. For more informa- tion and for tickets, visit ba- conchampionship.com. “If it takes giving them a little more fl exibility here, then perhaps we’ll see more activity in Area D” NW BBQ fest at Willow Lake this weekend The fi rst ever NW BBQ Bacon, Beer & Steak Festi- val will be hosted at Keizer’s Willow Lake Golf Center on Saturday, July 20, and Sunday July 21. The festival will open at 11 a.m. on Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Attendees will have op- portunities to enjoy music, a car show, food trucks, beer stations, food tastings and more. Visitors will also be able to watch two sanctioned events: fect traffi c in the space would require an additional analysis. Whalen supported the change in the end. Most questions revolved around specifi cs that could not be answered without a defi nite proposal on the table, but Brown said leaning into the request could pay out in other ways. “This is the fi rst time we’ve had a development pathway presented to us [by the tribes]. If it takes giving them a lit- tle more fl exibility here, then perhaps we’ll see more activity in Area D,” he said. The only commissioner to oppose the change was Mike DeBlasi, who said, “There are two tire stores, two car wash- es, and three auto parts stores on River Road. I feel like this would be undercutting busi- nesses on our main road.” Commissioner Jeffrey Wat- son said the potential to see additional development might outweigh the potential nega- tives of expanding the permit- ted uses, but DeBlasi coun- tered that there were “a lot of ifs” in that line of thinking. 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