Category COMMUNITY

Artists: Design the city’s 2020 holiday card

The Keizer Public Arts Commission is holding a contest for the 2020 city holiday card and the deadline is the end of January 2020.  Each year, the arts commission requests artistic submissions to be featured on the Keizer holiday card, but the group did not…

KT on vacation

Pastor Tom Fox (Lakepoint Community Church), Pastor Rachel Taylor (Lakepoint Community Church), Dr. Carley Kendrick (Tour Leader – Encountering the Bible) took their Keizertimes to Jerusalem in early November. Kendrick led a group from Lakepoint Community Church on a 15-day tour of Israel. The Church…

Mr. Walker goes to Washington

Rep. Kurt Schrader and Jerry Walker, owner of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Submitted). Due to a new proposal from Major League Baseball (MLB), the future of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes could be in jeopardy.  However, it’s clear that the organization, and team owner Jerry Walker, aren’t going…

Getting to know our neighbors

Marlene Brown. Marlene Brown was married to her husband, Richard, for a year before he received orders to go to England where they lived for two years. They also traveled to Germany and Austria later in life. The two settled in Keizer and lived here…

‘The Snowman’s Dance’ takes the stage

City Dance Theater staged its annual The Snowman’s Dance – twice – to a packed house at McNary High School Saturday, Dec. 7. The production is a showcase for students of all ages at the school.  Alisah and Iesha Brown take flight as part of…

Swapping old and new-ish

Xandros Huddleston discovers a toy he donated among the hundreds of other donations at the Marion County Recycling Toy Swap. On Saturday, Dec. 7, Faith Lutheran Church on River Road North hosted the area’s first-ever Toy Swap. In the weeks leading up to the event,…

Keizer Fire District brings Santa to town Sunday

The Keizer Fire District will host its annual Santa Breakfast on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. All-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, eggs, milk and coffee will be served. The cost of the breakfast, which supports the Keizer Volunteer Firefighters Association, is $6 for adults,…

Parade hits River Road Saturday

Grand Marshal Lyndon Zaitz with Dave Walery and Danielle Bethell representing the Keizer Chamber of Commerce. Zaitz was surprised with the offer to be grand marshal in November.  The Keizer Chamber of Commerce’s Toys and Tinsel Parade hits River Road North Saturday, Dec. 14, at…

Breaking ground at Chemawa Station

Tribal leaders from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark, came together at their Chemawa Station property Monday, Dec. 9, for the blessing, and ground-breaking, that will lead to the site’s first phase…

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