Lore Christopher, Keizer’s longest serving mayor, has announced this week she is running for her former office.
Author: Lyndon Zaitz
Groomer passes clippers as retirement calls
Kim Steen hung up her clippers after 224 dog years at D & J Dog Grooming. Those clippers were taken up by new owner and former employee Jessica Jackson.
Community outreach
There are times when a city wants to impart information to residents—a new service fee, an announcement of a community event or a solicitation for responses to a survey.
EDITORIAL: Owning the future
The future belongs to those who plan for it. The City of Keizer wants to own its future with the input of the community.
ON MY MIND: Carefully taught
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has ignited hate violence here in the United States. Incidents of anti-Semiticism have skyrocketed and some Palestinians and Muslims have also been targeted for violence by people with hatred in their hearts.
REVIEW: “The Play that Goes Wrong” goes very right
Pentacle Theatre’s current production of The Play That Goes Wrong is an excellent antidote for the whirl of holiday shopping and preparation and comedy fans owe it to themselves to see this show before it ends on Saturday, Dec. 9.
EDITORIAL: Oil, spices and powdered milk
There are items that are rarely asked for yet would make a visit to a food bank a whole new experience. Aside from the usual items we think that complimentary goods are as valuable, goods such as cooking oil, spices and powdered milk.
EDITORIAL: Empathy squad
When behavioral health, drug use, homelessness and budgetary constraints meet, the impact is unsettling. The public wants a solution to what some perceive as a threat to the quality of life Keizer has worked to develop over decades.
EDITORIAL: Air out hazing case
Boys will be boys is not a reasonable reaction to the recent hazing incident in a McNary High School locker room resulting in the arrest of five minors.
Michael Katz is his own kind of angel
Michael Katz relaxed in a recliner in the living room of his north Keizer home while Angels wrapped gifts. The Angels are the Music Box kind, a Keizer-based non-profit that gives away hundreds of music boxes to brighten lives of those who are facing personal struggles.