Councilor Laura Reid, City Manager Chris Eppley, Councilor Elizabeth Smith, Councilor Roland Herrera and Councilor Dan Kohler. Members of the Keizer city council as well as city staff served Thanksgiving dinner at the monthly Community Dinner at St. Edward Catholic Church Wednesday, Nov. 27. The monthly event provided 480 meals[Read More…]
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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.
Toy Swap at Faith Lutheran Saturday
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Faith Lutheran Church on River Road North will host the area’s first ever toy swap. Between now and then, area residents can drop off any clean and gently used toys to the Keizer Civic Center or any of several of area businesses. In addition to the[Read More…]
Former KAA director featured in Tualatin
Sharon George Diebel, a member of the Keizer Art Association and a past director of its board, will exhibit her artwork in the Living Room Gallery at the Tualatin Library. The show will continue until February. Using both watercolors and acrylics, George Diebel’s subjects are the flora and fauna of[Read More…]
Dramatic changes proposed at KLL Park
Youth baseball and softball in Keizer might look a lot different come 2021. Members of the Keizer Little League Park Long Term Planning Task Force met Thursday, Nov. 21, for the final time, and the potential changes discussed included moving all non-tournament Keizer Little League and McNary Youth Baseball (MYB)[Read More…]
City council to hold hearing on rent burdens
The Keizer City Council is hosting a public hearing on rent burdens in Keizer at its meeting Monday, Dec. 2. Residents can show up at the meeting, at 7 p.m. at the Keizer Civic Center, and sign up to talk about how rent burdens have affected them and what solutions[Read More…]
Growth benchmarks could come to fruition
Earlier this year, the Keizer Planning Commission recommended that the city absorb as much of its growth as possible within its existing boundaries. However, the commission also tasked city staff with bringing back benchmarks that could show the city is moving toward expanding its Urban Growth Boundary (UFB). At the[Read More…]
Dramatic changes proposed at KLL Park
Youth baseball and softball in Keizer might look a lot different come 2021. Members of the Keizer Little League Park Long Term Planning Task Force met Thursday, Nov. 21, for the final time, and the potential changes discussed included moving all non-tournament Keizer Little League and McNary Youth Baseball (MYB)[Read More…]
KNOW gift tags now hanging around town
Michelle Adame, co-owner of CopyCats, helps load up food and gifts for local families during the 2018 KNOW Giving Basket delivery. Gift tags for the Keizer Network of Women’s (KNOW) Giving Basket program are now out in the community. The fundraiser hopes to help about 250 local families this year. [Read More…]
KT on vacation
Submitted photo McNary High School graduate Brock Wyer, with fiancé Ivy Parker, show off their Keizertimes after Brock graduated from the US Navy Boot Camp in Great Lakes, Ill., on Aug. 23, 2019. Wyer was the No. 1 academic recruit out of 385 sailors. Brock is in the Navy’s nuclear program[Read More…]