Southeast Keizer Community Center (SEKCC) in Keizer held a back-to-school event for more than two dozen Keizer elementary and high school students on Aug. 26. featuring backpacks filled with school supplies, activities for the kids, and free hot dogs. SEKCC is a non-profit umbrella organization…
To the delight of several hundred attendees, Lakepoint Community Church brought back their ServeFest event Sunday, Aug. 28 at Keizer Community Center. Professionals, volunteers and neighbors came from all over the region to donate their time and expertise in an effort to serve and interact…
Enlightened Theatrics will be presenting the Broadway Dreams 2022 musical at Salem’s Historic Grand Theater on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m. The show is the culmination of a seven-day intensive voice, acting and dance class sponsored jointly by the Salem-based Enlightened Theatrics non-profit and…
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…
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…
The Wells Fargo wagon is coming and it is bringing instruments to the kids in the town of River City, Iowa. The trombones, trumpets, clarinets and piccolos are part of conman Harold Hill’s plot to fleece the good people of 1912 Iowa and leave, but…
A 112-unit apartment complex is under construction on Verda Lane NE, between Dearborn Ave. NE and Chemawa Road NE, tentatively named Verda Crossing. Building permits are still pending, but the developer, Clutch Industries, has received approval from the city to begin excavating the site in…
In response to local requests for service, Cherriots will begin operating what’s being dubbed the Wilsonville-Keizer Express route, Sept. 6. Route 80X will be a weekday-only service that will begin at the Keizer Transit Center, stop at the Woodburn Memorial Transit Center, and then turn…
In an effort to become more inclusive, Salem’s Gilbert House Children’s Museum will begin constructing an updated and modernized Outdoor Discovery Play Area this year. The construction will close that section of the museum to the public until sometime in April, 2023. Other areas of…