Keizerite Doug Hoffman works a water pump during a past trip abroad. Long-time Keizer resident Doug Hoffman is getting ready to leave for Bangladesh and Vietnam in January. As the executive director of Mercy Inc., a Christian, non-profit organization that focuses on gospel presentation and humanitarian acts, Hoffman is going[Read More…]
Author: Lauren Murphy
Getting to know our neighbors
Marlene Brown. Marlene Brown was married to her husband, Richard, for a year before he received orders to go to England where they lived for two years. They also traveled to Germany and Austria later in life. The two settled in Keizer and lived here for 38 years. When her[Read More…]
Santa choppers into stadium
Brennan Gerber poses for a photo with the man himself. Santa made his first of many visits to Keizer Saturday, Nov. 30, at Volcanoes Stadium. He left the reindeer behind to rest and rode in on a helicopter.
KFD welcomes new assistant to station
LUCAS, is a chest compression machine system that can perform CPR (KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy). Last month, Keizer Fire District (KFD) introduced the newest member of its team, LUCAS; a chest compression system to assist in calls involving CPR. LUCAS, which stands for Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System, is a piece of equipment[Read More…]
Getting to know our neighbors
Allen Freebury Allen Freebury retired to Oregon in 2007 with his wife. He worked a total of 21 jobs after two years of college. He decided not to finish his four year degree because after two years he decided he was ready to join the workforce. He spoke proudly of his[Read More…]
Getting to know our neighbors
Ken & Nadine Telschow Before retirement, Ken Telschow served in the Navy for four years and then was a millwright for a sawmill. In his retirement he enjoys being a member of the Farifield Grange and cooking chicken fried steak at the Keizer /Salem Area Senior Center the third Friday[Read More…]
Notes from a holy land
An outside view of the Petra Treasury, a temple built in the 1st Century AD. I recently traveled to Israel on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. While there, among other things, I learned what the word pilgrimage meant. We saw many “holy sites” or places where things took place[Read More…]
Countryside welcomes new pastor
Jared Jordan with wife, Megan, and son, Malachi. On Oct. 1, Countryside Christian Church welcomed a new worship pastor, Jared Jordan. For the past 10 years Jordan has been leading music in different capacities at different churches; he has been playing music for 13 years. Jordan moved to Oregon from[Read More…]
No stranger to change: Young woman seeks stability after tumultuous home life
Editor’s note: the name of the individual in this story has been changed to protect their identity. There are many reasons teens become homeless: unhealthy family dynamics, illness that makes it difficult or impossible to work, and inability to access resources are just a few. All three directly impacted Grace[Read More…]
Saturday concert gets cancelled
Gabriel Cox plays guitar in the studio. Cox had scheduled a Keizer concert this weekend, but it has been canceled over weather concerns. Local singer/songwriter, Gabriel Cox, was getting ready to release his third self-produced album, Junior, during a live performance at Keizer Rapids Park on Sept. 14. Unfortunately, concerns[Read More…]