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Today in History
Kern and Hammerstein’s musical play Show Boat,
considered to be the fi rst true American musical play,
opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
— December 27, 1927
Food 4 Thought
“A bell’s not a bell ‘til you ring it, A song’s not a song ‘til you
sing it, Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love isn’t
love ‘til you give it away!”
— Oscar Hammerstein II, co-writer of Show Boat
The Weeks Ahead
Through Monday, December 30
The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights is the largest
Christmas choral festival in the world. The festival features
nearly 160 indoor holiday concerts performed by many of
the region’s fi nest school, church and civic choirs. 5–9:30
p.m., cost adults: $11; kids: $6. 8840 N.E. Skidmore St. in
Portland. thegrotto.org.
Through Saturday, January 4
Portland International Raceway hosts the 26th annual
Winter Wonderland. It will grab your attention with
glimmers and glows around every corner. Cost starts at $20.
1940 N. Victory Blvd. in Portland. portlandreaceway.com
Through Sunday, January 5
Christmas in the Garden at The Oregon Garden in
Silverton. Features include ice skating, traditional German
Christmas market and light display. Closed Christmas
Day. For more information visit oregongarden.org.
Zoolights at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. As you walk
around the zoo, you’ll see a dazzling display of more than
1.5 million lights, and experience the zoo in a whole new
way. Photos with Santa will be available every evening
through Dec. 24. ZooLights hours are 5 p.m.-9 p.m. www.
oregonzoo.org
Portland’s Imago Theatre, 17 S.E. Eighth Ave., features
a show for all ages, ZooZoo, featuring glowing bug eyes,
insomniac hippos, arrogant anteaters, introverted frogs,
magical polar bears, acrobatic worms, self-touting
accordions and tricky penguins. Days and times vary.
www.imagotheatre.com.
Friday, December 27 — Sunday, December 29
A Christmas Story — The Musical, Historic Elsinore
Theatre. Performances at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and
Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets range
from $29 to $59. elsinoretheatre.com.
Tuesday, December 31 - Wednesday, January 1
Ringing in the New Year, Big Band Style The Grand Hall
at Oregon Gardens, 879 West Main St. Silverton. 7 p.m. - 1
a.m. Event is 21 and over. Tickets $75-$130 https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/ringing-in-the-new-year-big-band-
style-tickets-71609428729.
Friday, January 3 – Sunday, January 5
Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, a Broadway
adaptation of the classic musical. 7:30 p.m. on Friday and
2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Historic Elsinore Theatre
in Salem. elsinoretheatre.com
Saturday, January 4 – Sunday, January 5
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti.
Presented by St. Paul’s Music Guild, 1444 Liberty St. SE.
7 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. 503-490-8874.
Monday, January 6
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center,
930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Tuesday, January 7
Keizer City Charter Review meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Wednesday, January 8
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Thursday, January 9 – Saturday, January 18
S.K.I.T. Theater presents Newsies! at Salem First Free
Methodist Church, 4455 Silverton Rd N.E. Tickets are $6
for children (3-12) $8 for students/seniors.
school district announced it
was doing away with them.
What was clear from the
data was that the problems did
not arise from any one par-
ticular feeder school or any
particular subgroup of the
student body. When school
report cards were released
in December, the number
of Keizer schools that didn’t
meet language arts averages
in the state appeared to back
up the numbers Stefani un-
covered and provided further
proof that the problem was
widely dispersed.
R ESOLUTION
IN SHOOTING
RANGE DISPUTE
In September 2017, a stray
bullet from a quarry being
used as a shooting range across
the Willamette River pen-
etrated the home of a west
Keizer couple. It launched
confl ict that embroiled the
City of Keizer, a west Salem
quarry owner, Polk county
authorities and even the Or-
egon Legislature. When ef-
forts to address the problem of
shooting range-type activity
on the property died a quiet
death, resolution fell to a law-
suit between the Keizer resi-
dents, the property owner and
the City of Keizer.
The
parties
involved
reached a settlement in Au-
gust that restricted the type of
guns being used at the quarry
to shotguns. While shooting
activities will likely still cre-
ate noise for Keizer residents
living near the river, shotgun
shells do not travel as far as
those from other types of guns.
City Attorney Shannon
Johnson hailed the settlement
as “a tremendous victory.”
M ANUFACTURED MESS
In March, the Keizertimes
reported on rising monthly
rents at a manufactured home
park as a way to shine a light
on how growth was impact-
ing some of the city’s most
vulnerable residents. That fi rst
report led to months of cov-
ering issues at manufactured
home parks ranging from
pressures to sign long-term
leases to attempts to squash
communication among resi-
dents and deteriorating con-
ditions at another park owned
by the same California-based
investment group.
Less than a week after
Keizertimes brought safety is-
sues to light at McNary Oaks
Mobile Villa, the park owner
had maintenance crews of all
kinds at the site repairing side-
walks, walkways and removing
dangerous trees that had long
been unattended. In Novem-
ber, McNary Oaks residents
held a meeting with a goal of
reconnecting the community
within the park and, possibly,
establishing a tenant organiza-
tion to continue talking with
management as things move
forward.
I N -N-O UT ARRIVES
The lines began almost
48 hours before In-N-Out
opened its doors to dou-
ble-doubles and secret menu
options. By the time the
fan-favorite burger chain
opened on Thursday, Dec. 12,
waits for in the drive-thru and
walk-in ranged from two to
four hours.
Almost two weeks after
opening there was still a con-
siderable wait, but things were
kept moving by a team of traf-
fi c controllers.
The company brought in a
team of “all stars” to prep and
train the staff for the onslaught
of customers coming from an
hour or more away. In-N-Out
is expected to have a regular
staff of about 100 employees –
at least until the next location
opens farther north.
“It’s an amazing experi-
ence to see customers that are
so loyal to us. I really enjoy
the people of this area. Be-
ing a part of the local scene is
something special,” said John
Ford, store manager.
M AN
RE - CONVICTED IN
WIFE ’ S MURDER
Peter Zielinski murdered
his wife, Lisa, in January 2011
and stood trial in 2013. It re-
sulted in sentence of 25 years
to life. Zielinski appealed the
conviction and was ordered to
stand trial again after the Or-
egon Appeals Court, in 2017,
determined that evidence of
extreme emotional distress
had been wrongfully exclud-
ed during the fi rst trial.
In an eight-day trial held in
September, a new jury heard
Monday, January 13
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Monday, January 6
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center,
930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Sunday, February 2
The Play of Daniel, a medieval mystery play with the
Boston Camerata, an ensemble of vocalists and early
music instrumentalists Anne Azema, director. 2 p.m. St.
Paul Music Guild hosts,
Stories in the Stacks with Summer at the Keizer
Community Library, 980 Chemawa Road NE. An hour of
storytime, crafts, and music for pre-school kids, and their
grown-ups from 10 - 11 a.m.
Thursday, February 6 – Saturday, February 8
Portland Winter Light Festival transforms the City of
Roses into a city of lights. Designed to bring light to the
wintry darkness, the free festival returns every winter with
imaginative works that combine light and technology to
create interactive experiences.
V OLCANOES ’ MLB
FUTURE
IN IN DOUBT
The Salem-Keizer Vol-
canoes might lose their af-
fi liation with Major League
Baseball (MLB) if a plan to
revamp the minor league
structure is adopted. In late
October, MLB released a
proposal to shrink its minor
leagues by 42 teams and elim-
inate affi liations like the one
the Volcanoes share with the
San Francisco Giants. In the
Northwest League, the pro-
posal put the Volcanoes and
Tri-City Dust Devils on the
chopping block.
The changes would not
take place until the 2021
season, but it will leave team
owner Jerry Walker with a
tough decision: try to make
a go of it as an independent
organization or cease oper-
ations. Walker visited Wash-
ington, D.C., in November to
lobby members of Congress
along with other team own-
ers, but, for now, negotiations
are continuing.
MISSION,
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The compassion arm of
the company also provides
relief and aid to the families
of pastors who are killed for
their work.
Four other people will
accompany Hoffman on
his trip to Bangladesh and
Vietnam, two more from the
Keizer area and two from
Indiana.
Prior to taking his position
at Mercy, Hoffman was the
president of Wilco; in his
career he's managed four
different co-ops. He holds
a degree in accounting and
business.
“In 2006, I went on a
missions trip and very clearly
it was God's call for me to be
boots on the ground,” he said.
He continued to go on
shorter term missions trips,
mostly compassion-focused,
and found himself working
looking
back
5 YEARS AGO
Submitted
Keizerite Doug Hoffman works a water pump during a past trip abroad.
in communities near or at
where Mercy was working.
In 2018, he retired from
Wilco and took the position
at Mercy.
Bangladesh is one of the
countries that Mercy heavily
focuses on, along with the
Philippines, Columbia and
Kenya. Vietnam, on the other
hand, is new territory; the
team will travel the length of
the country while they are
there.
According to Hoffman
they have a connection with
an individual in Vietnam
who will introduce the team
to their network on the
ground.
“It's rare to go [into a
country] unsolicited,” he said.
“This is considered a vision
trip, we don't know what's
going to happen. [That] is
the fun part, by the way,” he
added with a laugh.
As they go into the trip
Progress in KYSA,
KLL talks
Keizer Youth Sports Association
and Keizer Little League are still
two entities. However, signs point
to a renewed effort to merge the
two youth sports groups.
maze
10 YEARS AGO
Lady Celts face
loaded fi eld
The Lady Celts varsity basketball
team hasn’t seen competition
like this since last year’s state
tournament. McNary, which
fi nished a school-best fi fth place
at state last year, is booked for
the Nike Interstate Shootout
next week.
15 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, January 9
Keizer Traffi c Safety Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
from a parade of witnesses
attesting to Zielinski’s prior
treatment of his wife and psy-
chiatrists who claimed emo-
tional stress had driven him to
the point of murder.
In the end, Zielinski was
convicted of murder a sec-
ond time and his sentence re-
mained the same.
“He shot her because she
was a possession and the pos-
session no longer wanted to
be possessed,” said Judge Su-
san Tripp.
Trained dogs make all
things ‘paws’ible
St. Peter next became a trainer
for Everything Pawsible in
Salem, where she discovered
several people wanted service
dogs and help with their
training. To accommodate their
needs, she spent six weeks with
Bonnie Bergen, whom she
calls the “ultimate trainer,” at
the Assistance Dog Institute in
Santa Rosa.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
sudoku
20 YEARS AGO
Keizer man gives
gift of lights
Several
years
ago
Dan
Cruickshank lost his sister
to a rare illness right before
Christmas. Almost a year to
the day later, he lost his step-
father. One would think that
Cruickshank would start feeling
down during the holiday season,
but that isn’t the case at all. Just
look at his house and its 23,000
Christmas lights.
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.
the team asks for prayerful
support.
“When we come out
of there with some sort of
plan we'll be looking for
investors,” he said.
They will need fi nancial
backing, but they will also
be looking for people to
invest their time and prayers.
Farther down the road they
will be looking for national
businessmen to mentor the
locals they train in all the
countries they work in.
For more information
about Mercy Inc. visit www.
mercycompassion.org.