The Keizer Community Foundation, which oversees The Klosets that provides food, clothes and daily living items, is calling out for donations to be delivered to students where they live. The pandemic and current economic conditions have increased the need over last year.  The Klosets are stocked with donations from the[Read More…]

Patti Tischer In honor of their service to the Mid-Willamette Valley this year, 10 Maps Credit Union members have been selected to receive the first ever Maps Community Awards from the Maps Community Foundation.  Keizerite Patti Tischer was one of the lucky members selected and $1,000 will be donated to[Read More…]

Two lucky children will be chosen to assist Santa Claus as he flips the switch that lights up Keizer’s Christmas tree on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, the public will not be invited for the ceremony this time around.  Despite the inability to gather, the event[Read More…]

Blayne Elder with Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark. Elder completely rehabilitated a gazebo in Chalmers Jones Park as his Eagle Scout project (Submitted). Blayne Elder had wanted to be an Eagle Scout since he was eight years old. “It’s the final rank of scouting and the ultimate achievement. It looks great[Read More…]

Organizers of the Keizer Community Dinner are expecting up to 700 people to come for Thanksgiving dinner at St. Edward Catholic Church on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Volunteers have been working to prepare the take-away meals since early Thanksgiving week. They cooked 50 turkeys, prepared 600 pounds of potatoes, stuffing, about[Read More…]

To the Editor: The dust has settled and the votes have been counted. Keizer can be proud of the quality of the candidates who stepped up to serve on city council and as state representative.  The three progressive candidates made a good show against establishment candidates and an incumbent. Dylan Juran[Read More…]

he Keizertimes welcomed Carlos Cruz to its staff as a Spanish-language translator in September. Cruz graduated from McNary with the class of 2020 and is currently attending Corban University for Political Science. “Originally I was going for bio-med but I switched over to political science,” Cruz said. Though he was[Read More…]

Dorothy Diehl A longtime Keizer volunteer, and former employee of both the city and Keizer Police Department, was honored as Keizer’s Volunteer of the Quarter Monday, Nov. 16. Dorothy Diehl started as a liaison to the Claggett Creek Watershed Committee until she resigned her position at the city. However, she[Read More…]