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These are the stories that drew our attention and the at- tention of our readers. million. The property, which is west of St. Edward, is current- ly being used as a construction staging area, but will eventu- ally become new sports fi elds for the Celtics. H OUSING se ou s H state average = 51% GU FR n ee r t ize Ke es rch sea CRISIS COMES HOME TO ROOST in late 2018 and the Oregon Legislature mandated meet- ings and commissioned a study examining what city of- fi cials might do to alleviate the problem. Portions of the problem were addressed with the adop- tion of a new development Housing in Keizer was one of the two hottest topics at city hall all year long. Most of Oregon’s ouse l ro nt co for r he of $1.00 DECEMBER 27, 2019 ’s H lor ay t T a life council held its fi nal meeting on the topic in November its answer was: wait for the mar- ket to catch up. A SORT - OF ANSWER TO UGB QUESTION In addition to the housing crisis, how and whether Keiz- er should grow was the major ques- tion city of- fi cials wres- tled with throughout the year. THE end, both the task force and the Keizer Planning Commis- sion recommended increasing density rather than forging ahead with a UGB separation, a process that would result in vast expenditures of time and money with uncertain out- comes. However, planning com- missioners also directed city staff to begin the long process of planning for UGB expan- sion – someday. K EIZER ’ S READING PROBLEM In February, Keizertimes 2020 KY CU KZ WE w Jackson A N EMINENT DOMAIN BATTLE The year began with the Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict and St. Edward Catholic Church engaged in a court battle over a church-owned piece of land the school dis- trict wanted to make way for an expansion at McNary High School. The school district paid for two appraisals and St. Edward rejected an offer of $1.75 mil- lion. The church asserted that because it is a religious entity that it was harder to take their land than it would be for an- other owner. The battle in the courts ended in a settlement in Feb- ruary with a deal for $2.26 larger cit- ies are ex- per iencing a housing shortage of some sort and Keizer is no differ- ent. The city is about 500 acres short of what it would need to accommodate expected growth over the next 20 years and the minimal space avail- able for the short term is driv- ing up housing costs in every corner. The city was labeled as rent-burdened by the state code for the city’s commercial centers. Additional chang- es enacted by the Oregon Legislature will revamp sin- gle-family development zones throughout the state and might address another piece. However, when the city The city completed a few stud- ies that pro- vided paths forward. Keizer could petition the state to sep- arate its Ur- ban Growth Boundary (UGB) from Salem and absorb new spaces to the north. Another option was increasing density within the existing UGB. A special task force was as- sembled and stakeholders were invited to provide their input throughout the process. In the reported on the results of de- termined sleuthing on the part of some McNary High School administrators. An up- tick in requests for spaces in remedial English classes led Assistant Principal Susanne Stefani to dig deeper into the reading skills of the incoming freshman. What she found was that roughly 45 percent of the 542 freshmen could not read at grade level. The responsibility for help- ing students catch up was also falling on the entire staff at the school. At the same time requests for remedial literacy classes more than doubled, the Please see NINE, Page A7 Candy Cane Day PAGE A3 Long-time Keizer resident And the Crystal gears up for mission trip Apple goes to… By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes Jason Erickson says that there isn't a spot he has spent more time in his life than the music room at Clear Lake Elementary — where he has been a teacher for nearly two decades. It is evident, however, that all of Erickson's hard work over the years hasn't gone unnoticed. On Thursday, Nov. 14, at T EST D R I V E A N Y V E H I C L E A N D E N T E R TO W I N Submitted the Historic Elsinore The- ater in Salem, Erickson was one of 12 recipients of the Crystal Apple Award for ex- cellence in education and for his signifi cant impact on the lives of his students. Erickson was humbled just to be nominated by the teachers and personnel that he has worked with. “It's an honor, of course, Jingle dashers Please see APPLE, Page A6 PAGE A4 Jason Erickson with his Crystal Apple at a ceremony in November. Submitted Doug Hoffman assists at a Rohingya refugee camp on a mission ∆ with Mercy, Inc. meeting the current needs of By LAUREN MURPHY the communities they connect Of the Keizertimes Long-time Keizer resident with, but making a lasting Doug Hoffman is getting ready change. “We're scouting out differ- to leave for Bangladesh and ent businesses Vietnam in we can invest January. As the in,” Hoffman executive di- said. This trip rector of Mercy is focusing on Inc., a Chris- Business As tian, non-profi t Missions, or organization BAM, which that focuses trains local on gospel pre- sentation and — Doug Hoffman people on how to run a busi- humanitar ian ness and how acts, Hoffman is going on what he calls a vision to present the gospel. Gospel presentation and trip – a trip to talk about and scout out future opportunities compassion are two of the core values Mercy operates on. within the countries. “We generally try to do the Mercy focuses not only on “ We’re scouting out different businesses” Mavericks spoil Celts on court two together,” Hoffman said. “Every so often we go in and do just humanitarian, generally to build relationship,” he said. He cited an example of a tsunami in Indonesia where Mercy provided humanitarian aid and left the gospel presentation to the local missionaries who were trying to connect with a certain village. PAGE A14 Please see MISSION, Page A7 No need to travel all the way across town. Our Keizer location has now been expanded into a FULL SERVICE CLINIC. to better serve the Keizer community ® We’re here for you — now closer to home. 5825 Shoreview Ln, Keizer • 503-540-6471 1600 State St, Salem • 503-540-6300