Category COMMUNITY

Cascade Farm and Outdoor headed to old Roth’s locale

Over the past month, there has been much construction in the old Roth’s building located in Keizer’s Schoolhouse Square.  A Cascade Farm and Outdoor store will make a new home in the building. The business’s goal is to offer farmers, ranchers and homeowners a large…

School BSUs grow out of single desire to give back

Dwight Roberson (left), who started the Black Student Union at McNary High School, is pictured with club president Katelynn Byrd (middle) and club member Remy Olson (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Last June, Dwight Roberson was hired as the Community Resource Specialist in the office of Student Equity,…

Latino scholars honored

Eighteen McNary High School seniors received $200 each in scholarship money from the Latino Action Committee. The second annual Latino Graduation Scholarship Celebration took place on Thursday, May 9 at Keizer City Hall with 18 students from McNary High School receiving scholarship recognition. The recipients…

France Dance to perform at NSHS, support Keizer food bank

The mother-daughter owned and operated France School of Dance will stage its spring performance at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28 at the North Salem High School Auditorium.  Attendees will witness all of the dance studio’s students perform various dances including ballet, tap and modern…

A new Hope

Lorissa Addabo cuts a ribbon celebrating the expansion of Hope Orthopedics of Oregon in Keizer Tuesday, May 14. The newly-renovated office will allow physicians to work in tandem with therapeutic services on the site at 5325 Shoreview Lane. Since 2006, Hope Orthopedics has grown from one…

Liberty house earns Rotary support

Katelynn Kniffen, prevention coordinator for Liberty House accepts a donation from the Rotary Club of Keizer represented by Marc Adams and AJ Nash.   The Keizer Rotary Club Foundation recently awarded $2,250 to the Liberty House Child Abuse Assessment Center. Liberty House offers a safe, comfortable, child-friendly…

Blood drive at St. Ed May 29

St. Edward Catholic Church will host an American Red Cross blood drive on Wednesday, May 29, from 1 to 6:30 p.m. There is an acute need for Type O blood throughout the country. Blood donors can schedule a time via RedCrossBlood.org and use the code…

eSports tourney at CCMS

Satellite Gaming will host their Middle School eSports Tournament at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31 at Claggett Creek Middle School.  Students can register to participate in tournaments, and the victors will be rewarded with gaming-oriented gift cards. Players will also be able to engage…

Here we go again – KeizerFEST is this weekend

David Quinton and Kristie Sears dance to The Flextones at the kickoff party of KeizerFEST on May 11. The Valley Credit Service KeizerFEST Parade hits the street Saturday, May 18.  The parade, one of the perennial highlights of the long-running festival, starts at 10:30 a.m.…

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