This year marks the 40th anniversary of the City of Keizer and the Keizer City Council invites you to drop in to the Open House to celebrate. When: November 2, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Where: Keizer Community Center Lobby (Living Room) There will be refreshments and entertainment! Come share your[Read More…]
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Boys, Girls State sponsors to be honored
A dinner honoring Boys State, Girls State delegates and sponsors will be held at The View Restaurant at McNary Golf Club on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. To be recognized at the dinner are: Girls State delegate sponsor: Tim Davis, Valor Mentoring; McNary High School sponsor: Ms. Kim Connolly,[Read More…]
Salem Symphonic Winds opens 48th season
Over the centuries, tribal elders, parents, and grandparents have passed on cultural heritage and wisdom through storytelling around the bonfire or late at night to send their children to sleep and dreamland. In the first concert of their 48th season, Salem Symphonic Winds celebrates the aural tradition of storytelling with[Read More…]
Neighborhood associations will host candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct. 19
Five Keizer neighborhood associations are joining to host a candidate and issue forum on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Keizer Civic Center, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Candidates for Keizer city council, mayor, Oregon legislature, Congressional district 6, Marion County Commissioners and Yes for Keizer Public Library will be available[Read More…]
Great Willamette Clean -up calls for volunteers for Saturday, Oct. 15
Willamette Riverkeeper, the City of Keizer, City of Salem, Marion SWCD and Oregon State Parks are hosting a famil- friendly trash clean up event at Keizer Rapids Park as a part of Willamette Riverkeeper’s 14th Annual Great Willamette Cleanup. The clean-up is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15 from 9 a.m.[Read More…]
Haunted Factory open through Oct. 31
It’s the oldest haunted attraction in Oregon…and the largest. The Oregon School for the Deaf’s Nightmare Factory is back until Halloween night, on Oct. 31. The COVID pandemic kept it closed for two years. It first opened in 1979 and has grown to 11,000 square foot, housed in the basement[Read More…]
McNary’s Band Day set for Saturday, Sept. 17
Members of the McNary High School band and color guard will spread throughout Keizer neighborhoods on Saturday, Sept. 17, to collect redeemable cans and bottles as a fundraiser to the benefit the band program, including updating the marching uniforms for the first time in 17 years. Teams of band members[Read More…]
Final performances of “The Music Man” this weekend
The final three performances of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man are scheduled for Friday, Sept. 9 through Sunday, Sept. 11. Keizer Homegrown Theatre’s production is being staged in the Ken Collins Theatre at McNary High School. The community-wide musical features many Keizer residents including Mayor Cathy Clark. The final shows[Read More…]
Kennedy Neighbor Family Council holds first event
The Kennedy Neighborhood Council held its first event on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Church on the Hill, near Kennedy School. The Council was formed in July with the mission of informing Kennedy School parents, families and neighbors that a dedicated group care about them and want to see them[Read More…]
Keizer woman celebrates 104th
Irene Jone’s earliest memory is attending an Indian school near Porterville, Calif., sometime before the age of four. A hundred years later, she celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends. She was born in Atwell, Texas on Aug. 16, 1918. The family moved to California when she 1 year[Read More…]