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LIVE STAND UP COMEDY
Lights, Comedy, Laughs!
Saturday, Dec. 7
SUSAN RICE & PHIL KOPCZYNSKI 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
The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas
were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote’s non-fi ction
book In Cold Blood.
— November 15, 1959
Food 4 Thought
“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act”
— Truman Capote, author
The Weeks Ahead
Saturday, November 16
Dance & potluck at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors center at
7 p.m. - 10 p.m. featuring music by Charles and The Angels.
Admission is $5.
Wednesday, November 20
Boy Scout Troop 105 is partnering with Papa’s Murphy’s in
Keizer on a fundraiser. Papa Murphy’s will donate 10% of the
day’s sales to fund a scout camp.
Saturday, November 23
Dance and potluck at the Keizer/Salem Area Seniors center
at 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. featuring music by The Country Gents.
Admission is $5.
McNary Holiday Bazaar, more than 100 vendors assemble to
help McNary students raise money for a variety of clubs and
activities. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, November 24
Annual BBQ chicken dinner at Sacred Heart-St. Louis Parish
in Gervais. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 485 7th Street. Adults $12, children
12 and under $7. Dine in or take out.
Elsinore Theatre, Chorale Oregon: Bach Christmas Oratorio,
4 p.m. Listening to Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christmas
Oratorio” is a holiday experience like no other. Festival
Chorale Oregon will perform the fi rst four parts of Bach’s
choral masterpiece, in English.
Thursday, November 28
Turkey Dash, presented by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce.
6th Annual 5K fun run-walk. Registration opens at 7 a.m.,
race starts at 8 a.m. Visit www.keizerchamber.com for more
information.
Thanksgiving Brunch, leave the cooking to the Oregon Garden
Resort as they provide all the traditional Thanksgiving dishes
and more, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Oregon Garden Resort, 895 W
Main St., Silverton. Adults $32.95, seniors $27.95, children
$19.95, age 5 and under free. Reservations are required at
www.oregongardenresort.com/dining.aspx or by calling 503-
871-2500.
Friday, November 29
Santa arrives aboard the Carousel Express at the Salem
Carousel. Begins at noon. Complimentary hot cocoa, face
painting, Santa visits and photos. 101 Front Street in Salem.
Friday, November 29 – Saturday, December 21
Pentacle Theatre’s Dashing Through the Snow by Jessie
Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten. Directed by Deborah
Johansen. It’s four days before Christmas in the tiny town
of Tinsel, Texas, at the Snowfl ake Inn. Trina, the harried yet
upbeat innkeeper of this B&B, has more than she can handle
coping with her eccentric, nuttier-than-a-fruitcake guests
who include Mrs. Claus and one of Santa’s elves, a troupe
of pompous B-level actors, a feuding family and a wacky
wedding party. A fun-fi lled way to ring in the Christmas
season. Suitability: This comedy is suitable for teenage
and older audiences who can handle references to alcohol
consumption and silly sexual innuendo.
Friday, November 29 – Sunday, December 22
Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas performed
by Enlightened Theatrics. Wednesdays through Saturdays at
7:30 p.m. The wild holiday adventures of a mouse, an elf, and
a spunky little girl who just won’t take no for an answer, on
their quest to fi nd out why Santa missed their house last year.
Matinees Sundays at 2:30 p.m. enlightenedtheatrics.org
Saturday, November 30
Dance and potluck at 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. featuring music by Lee
Nicholas and Diane. Admission is $5
Sunday, December 1
Holiday Open House at Deepwood Estates, 1116 Mission
Street S.E., Salem, from 1 - 4 p.m. The event is free.
Friday, December 6 – Saturday, December 7
Faith Lutheran Church is hosting a free toy swap in
partnership with Marion County Environmental Services. On
Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, the public can donate their gently
used, clean toys. Participants then come back on Saturday
from 9 to 11 a.m. to shop for free toys.
Friday, December 6 – Sunday, December 8
Keizer Homegrown Theater presents a staged reading of The
Santaland Diaries, an essay by David Sedaris about his stint
working as a Christmas elf in “Santaland” at Macy’s department
store. Visit www.keizerhomegrowntheatre.org for showtimes.
Saturday, December 7
Countryside Christian Church Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m.-
3 p.m. 50 or so vendors will feature handmade goods in
addition to a gourmet bake sale.
Saturday, December 7 – Sunday, December 8
Two-day holiday market at Deepwood Estates, 1116 Mission
Street S.E., Salem, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, December 8
Holiday Open Houses at Deepwood Estates, 1116 Mission
Street S.E., Salem, from 1 - 4 p.m. The event is free.
Add your event by e-mailing reporter@keizertimes.com
task force requested a host of
additional information: a look
at where all candidates for
council originated from in the
city, a look at voter turnout in
Keizer precincts and more.
“The National League of
Cities has a report on some of
the pros and cons of at-large
and district voting that we
could use as a primer,” said Pat
Fisher, a member of the task
force.
Some of considerations for
at-large elections found in the
report include:
• An at-large system can be
more impartial, rise above the
limited perspective of a single
district and concern them-
selves with the problems of
the whole community.
• Vote trading between
council members may be
minimized in at-large bodies.
• There tend to be more
candidates in at-large elec-
tions.
For district-based voting:
• District elections give all
legitimate groups, especially
those with a geographic base,
a better chance of being rep-
resented on the city council,
especially communities of
color.
• District council mem-
bers are more attuned to the
unique problems of their con-
stituents, such as crime levels,
small lot development, trash
pick-up, potholes, and recre-
ation programs.
• District elections may
improve citizen participation
overall.
There are also about 20
percent of municipalities that
use a mix of the two voting
systems. No decision on a
recommendation was made
during the meeting, but
some members of the task
force seemed open to a much
broader discussion.
Regarding how long may-
ors should have to sign ordi-
nances passed by the council,
the current charter requires a
signature within three days.
Task force member Zai-
ra Flores-Marin questioned
whether that was too short a
window.
“It’s good to have a time
limit so a mayor can’t get up-
pity and decline to sign some-
thing because they don’t agree
with it,” Johnson said.
The task force ended its
fi rst meeting with a discussion
of what constitutes a quorum.
The current charter states: “A
OSTA: Residents will need to join
before chapter is established
Prior residents had estab- home parks or marinas that are
lished an OSTA chapter at the governed by Oregon’s Chapter
park, but none of the former 90.
chapter’s members are current-
Another path the residents
ly residents of
might
take
McNary Oaks,
is forming a
which means
Committee of
starting
over
Seven. A Com-
from scratch.
mittee of Sev-
OSTA pro-
en would be
vides regular
elected by all
newsletters and
residents of the
a hotline that
park to act as
h o m e ow n e r s
the voice of the
living in manu-
resident home-
factured home
— Rita Loberger owners. They
parks can use to
could
meet
learn about the
with property
unique position they are in as managers at least once a year
homeowners living on rented and as often as twice annually
land.
to discuss maintenance issues or
“That is why we have an en- park rules and rule violations.
tire chapter of Oregon law that
Forming the committee
details how our rights differ would mean fi nding candidates
from those living in apartments willing to represent the park as
or condos,” Loberger said.
a whole and then sending out
More than 62,000 Oregon ballots to every resident, but
residents live in manufactured even that requires neighbors
getting to know – and trust –
each other, Loberger said.
“We would love to have 10
of you sign up to be members
tonight, but now you need to
go out and talk to your neigh-
bors about what we’ve talked
about. Some of them who are
homebound would probably
liked to have been here so go
spread the word,” Loberger said.
“The businesses that own man-
5 YEARS AGO
ufactured home parks are ex-
Eye on the big
panding. It’s a cash cow, and it’s
picture
Curriculums and academic all the more reason you should
goalposts at times seem to know your rights and responsi-
change with the wind, but bilities under the law.”
Gubser Elementary School
teacher Melissa Frank keeps her
sights set on a bigger picture.
“The biggest thing is the just
instilling confi dence in working
at a task.
“Our rights
are different
from those
living in
apartments.”
looking
back in
the KT
The Keizer Charter Review Task Force spent time on topics
other than the ones highlighted in the story. Here is some
of the other language in the charter that led to discussion.
Current charter
language
Task force discussion
At its fi rst meeting of
each odd-numbered
year, the council by
ballot shall elect a
president from its
membership. In the
mayor’s absence from
a council meeting,
the president shall
preside over it.
Whenever the mayor
is unable to perform
the functions of the
offi ce, the president
shall act as mayor.
This section sparked a discus-
sion regarding the uses of the
word “ballot.” As a policy, the
council presidency falls to the
most senior member of the
council who has not been pres-
ident previously. But the use of
the word ballot dictates using
paper to elect the council pres-
ident. The term “vote” could be
put in its place, but the change
is more than a minor distinc-
tion. “In a roll call vote, you can
look at the other person. A
ballot lets you vote your own
mind,” said City Attorney Shan-
non Johnson.
The mayor, upon his
or her own motion
may, or at the request
of three members of
the council shall, by
giving notice thereof
to all members of
the council, call a
special meeting of
the council for a time
after the notice is
given.
The verbiage that drew
attention of task force member
Shannon Flowers here was the
use of “his or her.” Flowers and
Zaira Flores-Marin, another
task force member, advocated
for gender neutral language,
such as “they/them” here and
throughout the document.
They cited both the desire to
be more inclusive and the ease
of reading as reasoning.
majority of the incumbent
members of the council shall
constitute a quorum for its
business, but a smaller number
may meet and compel the at-
tendance of absent members
in a manner provided by or-
dinance.”
It never led to a crisis, but
there was a month, a few years
ago, when one councilor re-
signed and another stepped
away for health reasons. Had
the two absences overlapped,
a quorum might have been
traffi c court
NO LICENSE
Abraham Romero Angeles, $642;
Damian Jerado Garcia, $245;
Cole David Ebright, $1242;
Dustin Robert Rinne, $265; Ev-
elyn Hernandez, $265; Adam M.
Arevalo, $265.
NO INSURANCE
Maria Angelica Diaz, $265; Nich-
ole Monique Teves, $600; Rich-
ard Carroll Vance, $300; William
Ford Coppock, $600; Corey L.
Grimes, $245; Maria D. Gomez
Sabastian, $600; Brianna Michelle
Baldie, $600; Gabrielle Angela
Foley, $245; Adam M. Arevalo,
$235.
NO PROOF OF
INSURANCE
Kokchy Mori, $600; Julie Kay
Buckman, $600; Dustin Robert
Rinne, $265; Lanora Michelle
Grendler, $75; Thomas Wayne
Corley, $265; Daisy Josefi na Es-
trada, $235.
DRIVING WHILE
SUSPENDED
Virginia Lee Real, $385; Ma-
ria Angelica Diaz, $440; Tanner
Blake Surratt, $385; Tyler Dean
Holder, $1,258; Kathleen Ann
maze
10 YEARS AGO
At ‘Living History,’
a dose of reality
At McNary’s annual Living
History Day – honor ing
American military veterans
– students in Heidi Tavares’
English class got a strong dose
of reality.
15 YEARS AGO
New strategy helps
Celts cage cats in
Redmond game
Tyler McCann – he’s our man
– if he can’t do it, no one can.
Just ask McNary Celt fans. For
the second straight week, the
McNary senior put up huge
yards for his team, as a little-
used offensive plan stymied
the Redmond Panthers in the
Celts’ 31-21 win.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
sudoku
20 YEARS AGO
At long last, old
school comes to life
Monday, Keizer will open a
new community center in
an old school house that was
once the heart of the town.
Now, it will be once again.
The Keizer Heritage Com-
munity Center will be home
to the Heritage Foundation,
the Keizer Chamber of Com-
merce and Visitors Center, the
Reading Connection library,
the Keizer Art Association gal-
lery, and the new Keizer Her-
itage Museum.
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.
as few as three members and
Johnson questioned whether
that was enough to represent
all city residents during a ma-
jor decision.
“It’s a question of how low
do you go,” said Fisher.
Johnson said he wanted to
take another run at the lan-
guage, but the task force could
recommend that a quorum
never be smaller than a group
of four councilors.
The task force meets again
at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Drake, $1,258; Jordan K. George,
$1,258; Richard Carroll Vance,
$1,258; Angelica Nicole Jackson,
$1,258; William Ford Coppo-
ck, $1,258; Julie Kay Buckman,
$1,258; Maria D .Gomez Sabas-
tian, $1,258; Andreana Mary St-
edwell, $1,258; Erick F. Deleon
Zavala, $1,258; Brianna Michelle
Baldie, $1,258; Patty Rang, $440;
Heather Brooke Wright, $1,258;
Steven Wayne Kizer, $1,258;
Thomas Wayne Corley, $492.
SPEEDING
Shana Lorel Sullivan, $342; Ca-
leb Jared Peterson, $75; Cynthia
Gysell Soto Garcia, $145; Bryan
Robert McClaskey, $145; Aaron
Craig Bjerkelund, $135.
OTHER
Ira Oliver Cuello-Martinez, $385,
failure to install ignition inter-
lock device; Virginia Lee Real,
$385, careless driving; Manuel
Raymond Lima, $245, careless
driving; Marinna R. Bayles, $192,
blocking sparking space reserved
for a disabled person; Miguel
Ibarra, $192, failure to use safety
belts; Angelica Nicole Jackson,
$150, failure to renew vehicle
registration; Chandra Rebecca
Meyers, $192, failure to renew ve-
hicle registration; Corey Grimes,
$115, failure to use safety belt;
Everardo Leon-Balcazar, $642,
violation of open container law.