Category COMMUNITY

Last chance to recycle your tree, support local scouts

Tyler Guptill, Hayden Wampler, Grant Schaffer and Liam Koenig along with other Boy Scouts from Troop 121 had already made a sizable haul a little more than an hour into their annual tree recycling drive. Keizer Troop 121 is recycling Christmas trees as a fundraiser…

KFD, Santa drop in with minty treats

Santa hitched a ride with crews from the Keizer Fire District to deliver candy canes throughout the city Saturday, Dec. 21. Marion County Fire District No. 1 helped Santa deliver peppermint to its part of the Keizer. One of Keizer’s newest residents takes a good…

Willamette Valley Hospice offers free volunteer training

Willamette Valley Hospice invites you to attend a free training session to explore the volunteer opportunities available with the non-profit agency. The free, one-day training will be held at their office, 1015 3rd St. NW, Salem, on Friday, Jan.17, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.…

Christmas at Willamette Lutheran

Jim Buckman (left), Steve Boden (center) and John Walling (right) of Jass Two Plus One. Residents at Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community celebrated the holidays with a concert performance by Jass Two Plus One on Friday, Dec. 19, followed by dinner and raffles. Linda Bishop (left)…

Boy Scouts will recycle your tree for a donation

Keizer Troop 121 will recycle Christmas trees as a fundraiser the last weekend of December and the first weekend January. Trees can be picked up or dropped off Dec. 28-29 and Jan. 4-5. Times are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., except for Jan 5 when times…

Spirit Mountain buoys local orgs

The Spirit Mountain Community Fund Awarded over $699,000 to 26 non-profit organizations in northwest Oregon, three of which were in Marion County. Advantage Smiles for Kids, an organization that works to provide dental care for at risk youth in Oregon and Idaho, received $44,000. CAUSA…

MOVIE REVIEW – The Irishman: A long, worthy journey

Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Ray Romano in The Irishman. “Nowadays, young people, they don’t know who Jimmy Hoffa was. They don’t have a clue. I mean, they know that he disappeared or something, but that’s about it. But back then, there wasn’t nobody who…

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