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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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