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VOLUME 41, NO. 11
se
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’s H
lor
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Ta
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tu
en
SECTION A
ek
re
le
By ERIC
n c A. HOWALD
l o orab
l
o
Of the
Keizertimes
n t rest
is year 2019 was any-
ma The
t
u
bu but dull in Keizer.
: H thing
ial tive Between big conversations
c
fi ula
m
about how the city will grow
cu
to resolutions in court battles
involving a gun range and
an eminent domain dispute,
news in Keizer impacted ev-
ery corner of the city. Keizer-
times looked back over the past
360-ish days for what consti-
tuted the biggest news of the
year. 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.
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