Five thousand miles from Keizer, across the Pacific, officials of a Japanese city gathered before cameras.
The mayor and leaders of Iyo warmly greeted their counterparts gathered on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the Keizer City Council chambers.
And in the ensuing televised ceremony, Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark and Iyo Mayor Kuninori Takechi each made statements ahead of formally establishing a sister city partnership between the two cities.
The declaration was a first for the city…
