Levi Black. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, West Salem High School French teacher Christy Beckstrom had hosted a French Language and Culture camp every summer at the school for more than a decade. After going through a hiatus last year, Beckstrom brought her camp to…
Matt and Nicole Rawlings recently took their Keizertimes on a trip to Hawaii. If you’re heading out on vacation (it doesn’t need to be thousands of miles away), take the paper with you. Snap a picture with you and your group holding it, then send…
Across the nation, on the first Tuesday of August, communities will come together to celebrate positive connections between the community and local law enforcement. Residents are encouraged to turn on their lights, lock their doors, and spend the evening outside with their neighbors from 6…
As a stand-up comedian, Jared Richard dreads some of the venues he’s had to perform in. “There’s never any parking. All the venues seem to be right off a busy street and it’s always super inconvenient for the performers and the audience to find a…
The elephants were always your favorites. You’d practically grown up with pictures of them, but seeing them in person…? They were bigger than you thought they’d be. Enormous. Gigantic, and yet, so quietly distinguished. Your first circus experience was memorable because of them, and in “Battle for the…
Oregon’s Capitol Building is opening to the public after a year of restricted access as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided tours of the Capitol resume Monday, July 19, with daily 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. offerings. In August, four tours will be offered…
Colleen Busch served as Keizer’s voice on the Salem Area Mass Transit District Board of Directors from 2015 until last month. Colleen Busch embarked on a six-year detour en route to becoming a member of the Keizer Fire Board this month. “When I decided to…
Mason Fjeldheim and Rueben Gershin holding their paper airplanes. Oobleck slime, elephant toothpaste (“exploding” foam), constructing siege weapons and building spaghetti bridges were but a few of the activities at the Science-Magic Design Camp the first week of July. The program was led by Reuben…
Staff members at Keizer’s Uptown Music is host to a traveling tuba raising money for the Salem Symphonic Winds and Marion Polk Food Share. The Salem Symphonic Winds (formerly the Salem Concert Band) is making plans to reignite its concert season and joining with the…