Dean Ables is hoping his Deanies Wienies location on Hyacinth Street becomes a hangout spot for all ages (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Dean Ables is used to having a lot on his plate. Along with being a construction manager up in Portland and the offensive line coach for the McNary High football[Read More…]

Community members are invited to have their paper documents securely destroyed and recycled by a mobile shredding truck at Willamette Valley Bank in Keizer, 5130 River Road N., on Friday, Oct. 25 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. To celebrate Oregon Community Bank Week, an annual observance proclaimed by Oregon’s[Read More…]

Andrew Jackson The Keizertimes won 14 awards, including six first place honors, from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Best Ad Ideas contest held last week. Andrew Jackson, production manager and graphic designer, was credited for all 14 winning entries.  Each year the association’s members from around Oregon submit their best[Read More…]

Allison Boxall Allison Boxall, owner of Summit Design Interiors in Keizer, won the 2019 Structure+Style Award for interior design from Oregon Home Magazine. Up against some of the largest design firms in Oregon, Boxall won for her design renovation of a home in West Salem.  “People don’t often realize that[Read More…]

Keizer resident G.I. Wilson, a veteran fisherman and writer, has collected a number of his columns into a self-published book, Bear Crushes Dad.  Wilson won first place in the humor category of the Excellence in Craft competition at the annual Northwest Outdoor Writers Association conference earlier this year. Wilson is a[Read More…]

Jared Jordan with wife, Megan, and son, Malachi. On Oct. 1, Countryside Christian Church welcomed a new worship pastor, Jared Jordan.  For the past 10 years Jordan has been leading music in different capacities at different churches; he has been playing music for 13 years. Jordan moved to Oregon from[Read More…]

Braeden Olheiser (right) chats with actor Jonathan Echavarria on set (Submitted). Braeden Olheiser has only been interested in filmmaking for a couple of years, but despite his inexperience, the 16-year-old McNary High student is already getting recognized for his skills.  Olheiser’s short film, Tandem Thoughts, has been nominated for an[Read More…]

Dakota Saunders rehearses for KHT’s dramatic reading of The Hitchhiker (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). For most of the 2019 season, Keizer Homegrown Theater (KHT) has put together lighthearted shows for their audiences, often featuring tales of comedy and romance. But in honor of Halloween, director Jeff Minden has put together a pair[Read More…]

Live To Tell President Eric Marz speaks at Salem Keizer School Board Meeting about the importance of student advocacy in suicide prevention work. On Monday, Oct. 7, South Salem High School held a student-led presentation for the public launch of Live To Tell. The event had many speakers from the[Read More…]