INSIDE: Canby High’s track team swept David Douglas in the season opener and Canbyprepares to host annual Spring Break all-comersHerald Wednesday. PAGES 6 THE CANBY LEADER IN LOCAL NEWS FOR 108 YEARS l MARCH 26, 2014 l WWW.CANBYHERALD.COM l VOLUME 108, NO. 13 l $1 ON THE STAND, 50 CENTS HOME DELIVERY Library LADIES OF THE DANCE director slot will The Canby High stay School dance team competed at the state dance and vacant drill competition Decision will wait over the weekend. until after May vote The Cougars took an early lead in BY JOHN BAKER the 6A Show [email protected] Category, but even- Canby’s Public Library’s tually settled for manager position will stay third behind vacant for a while. That’s the decision of the Parkrose and city of Canby as it awaits the Clackamas. The results of the May advisory 2013-14 season vote on a new library-civic facility building project and was a successful after finding the applicants one for the CHS for the job less than hoped dance team. for. “We conducted a recruit- ment but did not receive a See more photos, sufficient response,” said results, page 2 Amanda Zeiber, interim city administrator. “Since the con- struction of a new facility was still an unknown, we elected to postpone the recruitment until after the May advisory vote. Once we know whether or not a con- struction project will move forward, we will re-evaluate the position and make any decisions about further recruitment.” Currently, Melissa Kelly is serving as the city’s interim library manager and will con- tinue in that role through the Zeiber pulls name from consideration end of this fiscal year. Kelly joined the library BY RAY HUGHEY interested in the job permanently. successor. But over the next two weeks, she staff in October as library [email protected] Zeiber, assistant city administrator This is her second stint at interim said she received no word or follow supervisor but has also been and the city’s human resources direc- city administrator. She did that job up from council other than a com- handling director duties with Interim City Administrator tor, felt she would be an appropriate for eight months nearly five years ment from Councilor Clint Coleman. the help of Zeiber. Amanda Zeiber has withdrawn her choice given the city’s succession ago after Mark Adcock left. And she felt an article in last Former director Penny name from consideration as the per- planning and efforts to develop inter- In her March 13 email, Zeiber said week’s Canby Herald indicated the Hummel resigned her posi- manent city administrator. nal candidates. she made herself available to discuss City Council was leaning toward an tion in early October after The Canby City Council appointed Previous City Administrator Greg her thoughts on the position, her abil- open recruitment. four years at the post. her to the interim post March 5 and Ellis left March 3 to accept a state ities and implementing some cost- she later told the councilors she was job and recommended Zeiber as his saving ideas, she said. READ: CITY, Page 5 READ: LIBRARY, Page 5 Final concert hits Canby on April 22 BY JOHN BAKER and also the American Tenors, and has [email protected] See what the 2014-15 toured internationally in New Zealand. schedule looks like, page 19 Projects include collaboration with Grammy award winner, Charlie Neville, The final 2013-14 Canby Community TriBeca music-theater-dance project called Concert Series offering is coming up of musical styles. From Beethoven to bop "Water in the Desert," music directing and Tuesday, April 22, at the Richard R. Brown to free jazz and contemporary composition, piano for the upcoming radio show "Club Fine Arts Center. Lynch straddles the spectrum of musical The Jesse Lynch Trio will hit the stage at innovation and tradition. With a home base 86," playing in Hollywood for an Oscars 7:30 p.m. Open seating tickets are available in Manhattan, he currently tours with the party, and playing in the 2010 New Zealand for $25 at the door. The drawing for the Jesse Lynch Trio. Winter festival in Queenstown. 2014-15 pre-series sales Oregon Garden A 2004 alumnus of Oberlin From 2005 to 2010, he made regular Resort prize will take place just before this Conservatory, he studied both jazz and appearances at the beautiful and historic concert begins. classical modalities and has an extensive Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Jesse Lynch is a performer, composer, professional history as a vocal and instru- Park. arranger, improviser and educator — a New mental accompanist. There he played solo and with his trio. Jesse Lynch will play Canby with the Jesse Lynch York City pianist with international touring He has toured the United Sates with mul- Lynch also toured Europe and America, Trio on Tuesday, April 22. experience, regularly performing a number tiple artists, notably with Daniel Rodriguez playing funk music with artist Sonnyboy. 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