Through Saturday, February 8 Pentacle Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Visit pentacletheatre.org for show dates and tickets. Friday, January 31 – Tuesday, February 25 Keizer Art Association presents its annual McNary High School Art Show at the Enid Joy Mount Gallery. Artists’ reception 2-4 p.m. on[Read More…]
COMMUNITY
Paper adds new sales rep
Stephanie Moss-Wittman Stephanie Moss-Wittman joined the Keizertimes staff as the advertising account representative on Monday, Feb. 10. Prior to coming on board she worked in sales with State Farm for a year. Moss-Wittman has been in sales and marketing for 15 years. She has lived in Keizer for 18 years.[Read More…]
Officer honored
Whiteaker Middle School student lined Lockhaven Drive Northeast on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to honor the funeral procession.Brady Stauffer and Josslynn Wiltse, neighbors of Officer Dan Carroll with drawings they made for the Carroll family, they were displayed at his memorial service Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Salt River: A Doc Ford Novel by Randy Wayne White
You just spit in a tube. That’s what you do when you have your DNA sequenced: spit, cap it tight, ship it off, and wait. A few weeks later, you’ll know where your ancestors lived. You’ll have an explanation for your red hair or long fingers. You’ll see the world[Read More…]
Jazzed
The McNary Jazz 1 Band took third place in the High School Heavy Division at the West Salem Jazz Festival on Saturday, Feb. 8. Over 35 jazz bands from Oregon and Washington competed at the festival. The McNary Jazz 1 Band also qualified for the Oregon Music Education Association State[Read More…]
Police calls: Sunday, Feb. 2 – Sunday, Feb. 9.
Sunday, Feb. 2 2:12 a.m. – Arrest for assault, coercion and strangulation in the 100 block of Dearborn Avenue N. 10:03 a.m. – Motor vehicle theft in the 5000 block of River Road N. 2:45 p.m. – Criminal damage and criminal trespassing in the 3000 block of Shady Court NE.[Read More…]
Traffic Court
NO INSURANCE Timothy Layne Blankenship, $600; Malina Denise Newell, $642; Karla Pamela Gomez Alavez, $317; Elizabeth Osio Herrera, $235. NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Enrique Santana Medina Ortega, $600 DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED Timothy Layne Blankenship, $1,258; Enrique Santana Medina Ortega, $1,258; Leo Ortel Cornwall, $492; Karla Pamela Gomez Alavez, $440; Javier Salvador[Read More…]
Schools unveil plan to reach underserved students
Since September, the 44 educators, parents, students and community members on the Salem-Keizer School District’s Student Investment Account Task Force have been working to develop a strategy targeting traditionally underserved segments of the student body. At the Feb. 11 Board of Directors meeting, the task force presented its recommendation to[Read More…]
Photo lesson at Keizer library
Join the Keizer Community Library, 980 Chemawa Rd NE, on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 6 – 7 p.m. for a free workshop covering digital photography from basic to advance camera settings, techniques and post processing with Adobe’s Photoshop and Camera Raw. Participants should bring their camera and, if available, the[Read More…]
Keizer kid’s hot cocoa stand pays off in pajamas for others
Jude Bauer prepares signs for his stand. Money is hard to come by when you’re in the third grade; luckily for Crosshill Christian Student Jude Bauer inspiration is not. When his school announced that they were going to collect pajamas to donate to foster kids, he came up with a[Read More…]