Category COMMUNITY

Book review: “Healing”

Flip a coin and watch. No matter how it lands, it’s still the same coin but only half of it’s revealed. Front and back, in and out, there are always two sides to everything, though you may never see them both unless you look. You never experience both unless, as in “Healing” by Theresa…

Four-character play opens at KCC on April 15

The cast of Independence is, from left: Isabella Steele, Rebecca Rowland Hines (in chair), Abby Jones and Yelena King.   SUBMITTED PHOTO Independence, a four-character play, will be staged by Trill Performing Arts at Keizer Homegrown Theatre’s stage at the Keizer Cultural Center, opening Friday,…

Meet the Lambs Day

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Wolston Farms’s 17th Meet the Lambs Day is back. The event is on Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendees can expect to see and hold baby lambs, view a working sheep farm and…

Local farm offers free gardening classes

Bauman Farm and Garden is located on Howell Prairie Rd. in Gervais and is open to the public Monday-Saturday, 9-5. Long-time Keizer residents likely already know all about Bauman Farm and Garden in Gervais – their pumpkin patch has been an October favorite for decades…

Book review: “The Recovery Agent”

It was just here a minute ago. You had it in your hand, you put it down for a sec, and it’s not where you left it. This constant search for things you’ve misplaced is ridiculous; just having to admit it is embarrassing. At least, as…

Good dog—you are a graduate

Kristin Prentice, of Portland, with Bravo. ‘Thirty-two service dogs attended their graduation at an event on Saturday, March 19, at the Keizer Civic Center. Joys of Living Assistance Dogs (JLAD) held its first graduation in two years, handing diplomas to the recipients of the dogs.…

Rubicon: not just a river in Italy

Team Rubicon volunteers greet Afghan refugees at PDX. Team Rubicon is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing relief to communities affected by disasters. The organization, founded in 2010 by military veterans, helps with debris management, home repair, emergency medicine, primary care and much more…

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