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Fall sports season begins
The 2024 McNary fall sports season has started and so far it is a mixed bag. The varsity football team lost its first home game against the South Medford Black Tornado by a score of 0-28. The Celts will play the Cavemen at Grants Pass High School on Friday, Sept.[Read More…]
McNary Band Day
McNary Band Day is Saturday, September 28th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students will be cruising Keizer collecting your returnable cans and bottles as well as donations. If you would like, you can drop off returnable cans and bottles to McNary High School on Band Day. This year was[Read More…]
State attorneys general seek warnings on social media
By BEN BOTKIN Of Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is leading a bipartisan campaign with 41 state attorneys general who are prodding Congress to require a U.S. surgeon general warning for young people on social media platforms. Rosenblum, president of the National Association of Attorneys General, sent[Read More…]
Public Square, September 13, 2024
Constitution week By RUBY PANTALONE The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution urges Americans to reflect on the United States Constitution during this month’s annual observance in honor this foundational document of national governance. The DAR initiated the observance in 1955, when the service organization petitioned the U.S. Congress[Read More…]
Seven Keizerites named to city committees
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes The Keizer City Council on Monday appointed seven residents to city committees,approving the recommendations of the Volunteer Coordinating Committee. Two were appointed to the Keizer Public Arts Commission, two to the Budget Committee, two to the Planning Commission and one to Parks and Recreation[Read More…]
Parks tour takes in new fields, courts
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes On a tour of some of the city’s parks, Mayor Cathy Clark, city councilors and members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board were led by Parks Division Manager Robert Johnson for their first look at the turf fields at Keizer Rapids Park on[Read More…]
Public Square, Sept. 6, 2024
MANNIX MINUTES The dangers of ‘catch and release’ By KEVIN MANNIX In 2021, before I was elected to represent House District 21, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 48, which created a dangerous “catch and release” justice system for many criminals. I have consistently heard from constituents about the increasing[Read More…]
Keizer Elks raise $6K for eye clinic and food bank
The Keizer Elks Lodge held its annual charity golf tournament on Sunday, Aug. 25, raising $6,000, to be shared equally with the Oregon Elks Children’s Eye Clinic and the Keizer Community Food Bank. One hundred-sixteen Elks and guests participated. At a post-tournament luncheon awards and prizes were awarded. The winning[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes win league championship
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won the Mavericks Independent Baseball League championship against the Salem Senators on Saturday, Aug. 31. The Volcanoes finished the regular season wiht a 35-15 record; the Senators ended up with 33 wins and 15 loses.