Author: Keizertimes

St. Louis ponds now open

Photo courtesy Marion County GERVAIS – Marion County Parks announces that St. Louis Fish Ponds Park will open for the season on March 1, 2019. The popular warm-water fishing and dog training destination is located 13 miles north of Keizer off St. Louis Road. The park has a concrete pathway[Read More…]

Traffic signal coming to transit center

Prep work is being done for a new signalized intersection where the Keizer Transit Center meets Keizer Station Boulevard. (KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald) After operating the Keizer Transit Center (KTC) for more than five years with only right-in /right-out access only, the KTC is about to get a new traffic signal[Read More…]

KT ON VACATION

Submitted photo Walt and Doris Jackson recently took their Keizertimes on a month long Australian cruise. One of the stops shown here was at Ulun Danu, a Hindu temple in Bali, Indonesia. You too can have your photo in the Keizertimes. Simply take the paper to your destination, snap a[Read More…]

Why we celebrate our presidents

Most of us didn’t have school on Monday, and while I’m always up for a three-day weekend, I never knew why Presidents Day was important when I was a kid. I figured it had something to do with presidents but I couldn’t tell you much more than that. Presidents Day[Read More…]

Keizer City Council Agenda

CITY OF KEIZER MISSION STATEMENT: KEEP CITY GOVERNMENT COSTS AND SERVICES TO A MINIMUM BY PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY IN A COORDINATED, EFFICIENT AND LEAST COST FASHION  A G E N D A  KEIZER CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION Monday, February 25, 2019 5:45 p.m.  Robert L. Simon Council[Read More…]

Fun facts

• William Henry Harrison was the ninth president of the United States, his grandson Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd. • The youngest president was Teddy Roosevelt. He was 42 when he was first elected president. • James Madison and George Washington were the only two presidents to sign the Constitution.[Read More…]

Ruby Brock

Ruby Brock Ruby Brock was born on February 15, 1924 in Forest City, Iowa to Bertha and Rudolph Strand. Her family immigrated to the United States from Norway. She grew up in Iowa and Minnesota during the Depression and enjoyed the closeness she felt in those small, rural communities. Ruby[Read More…]

CTE Showcase slated at McNary

McNary High School will be hosting their first ever Career and Technical Education (CTE) Showcase on Tuesday, Feb. 26 starting at 7:30 a.m. The showcase will be geared towards members of Keizer Rotary as well as the Keizer Chamber of Commerce with the goal of showing some of the high-quality[Read More…]

Athlete of the Week

BOSTON SMITH: Senior at McNary High School The 6’7’ post had 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting and led McNary to a 60-46 victory over Sprague on Friday, Feb. 15. WHAT HIS COACH SAYS: “He’s just such a presence on the inside. He did a really good job of sealing off[Read More…]