“One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music” by Mike Ayers, foreword by Jim James of My Morning Jacket c.2020, Abrams Image $24.99 / $31.99 Canada 192 pages And you lifted up your voice. Whether that was in church or in a car, it…
he Keizertimes welcomed Carlos Cruz to its staff as a Spanish-language translator in September. Cruz graduated from McNary with the class of 2020 and is currently attending Corban University for Political Science. “Originally I was going for bio-med but I switched over to political science,”…
Dorothy Diehl A longtime Keizer volunteer, and former employee of both the city and Keizer Police Department, was honored as Keizer’s Volunteer of the Quarter Monday, Nov. 16. Dorothy Diehl started as a liaison to the Claggett Creek Watershed Committee until she resigned her position…
This year, amid a pandemic, FOX 12 will regularly go inside Keizer Elementary to share the stories of teachers, staff and students firsthand, in a new series called “Keizer Strong.” Lizi Aguilar-Nelson, who is in her first year as the principal of Keizer Elementary, shared…
Tate Andersen, a 13-year old from Keizer, plays the lead role of Daniel O’Malley in New Shepherd Films production of The 211 Home (Submitted). COVID-19 has caused the movie industry to nearly come to a standstill over the last nine months. However, small-budget studios have…
Tony’s Kingdom of Comics collected a small mountain of food donations for the Keizer Community Food Bank. Halloween might have felt different this year, but one Keizer business still managed to offer a family event and boost the Keizer Community Food Bank. Tony’s Kingdom of…
The Keizer Network of Women’s Giving Basket program takes on heightened importance this year due to COVID-19. The annual program provides boxes of food and toys for area families in need. The public is encouraged to take part in the Giving Tags part of the…
Opening a restaurant is always a risky endeavor, but opening during a pandemic with the ever looming threat of a lockdown is a real roll of the dice. Nevertheless three new restaurants have chosen to make Keizer their new home– and now they’re in need…
The season of giving back is slowly approaching and many toy drives need help this year more than ever because of COVID-19. The Salem Police Department is hosting the 34th Annual Salem Police Toy Drive and is encouraging everyone to help out in any way…