Author: Lyndon Zaitz

These are some crafty students

Twice a week up to 30 Whiteaker Middle School students head to a classroom before regular classes begin. Sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys and girls gather for the Craft Club at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Craft Club is not a class, there are no credits offered. Teacher Sundey Turney and special program instruction assistant Shawna Dolph lead the club.

Teens to take stage in Frozen Jr.

Salem-Keizer Inspirational Teen Theatre (SKIT) will stage live theater again with Frozen Jr. in January.

Frozen Jr. is based on the 2018 Broadway musical and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production.

Finding Jo March world premiere 1/13

Keizer Homegrown Conservatory, an offshoot of Keizer Homegrown Theatre (KHT) will present the world premiere of Finding Jo March beginning Friday, Jan. 13, on KHT’s stage in the Keizer Cultural Center.

Finding Jo March is not a typical adaptation of Little Women.  The playwright, Laramie Dean, uses Little Women to help a young queer kid find themselves in the midst of modern day teenhood.

Who said I wanted this?

We want what we want—I get that—but if someone takes the effort to give us a gift, we should accept it with gratitude. It doesn’t matter if it something you don’t want. That’s not a license to casually rid yourself of another’s gift., Suck it up, buttercup.

Miracle of Lights complaint heard by City Council

A long-time holiday tradition in Keizer was front and center at the Keizer City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 5. The Gubser neighborhood’s Miracle of Christmas lighting display elicited comment from residents of the area concerning a route change.

Two men and a bottle of wine

Details of making Scenic Valley Hop Chardonnay are proprietary, though Zielinski said no other winery can do what they are doing. “They can make the same product,” he added, “but they won’t have the story.”

The man with the plans

Shane Witham has almost three decades of institutional knowledge and planning under his belt. A Keizer native, Witham is a cheerleader for the city.

Can we please get a library?

Do Keizer voters not like libraries, or, is it they don’t like paying fees? That will have to be addressed by the Keizer Community Library and the City of Keizer. Measure 24-468 was defeated in the Nov. 8 election by a 10-point margin. If approved, it would have added a[Read More…]