Keizer school staff has been well-represented for this year’s Crystal Apple Awards, held by Salem-Keizer Public School, with nine nominees in total.
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Keizer kid fiddles way to state title
Bradley Guptill, age five, of Keizer, won first place in the Oregon Old Time Fiddle Contest held in Lebanon on Saturday, March 16. He is the son of Scott and Celeste Guptill. Guptill won in the Small Fry division and will represent Oregon at the national contest in Weiser, Idaho[Read More…]
Grassroots Government March
Check out what happened in some of Keizer’s city meetings
A contemporary ’80s tough guy movie
Like a lot of millennials, I was first introduced to a lot of ’80’s movies via Family Guy. From that context, I gathered that the film Road House involved Patrick Swayze in mom jeans and violence, but other than that, I couldn’t tell you anything else.
I can tell you a bit about the 2024 re-imagining with Jake Gyllenhaal, though.
It’s fine.
Almost lost to history
In her presentation, Rocker gave an in-depth review of Letitia’s life, noting multiple interesting facts about her life such as traveling the Oregon Trail while pregnant, managing and improving hundreds of acres of land in the Polk County area and winning two legal cases in racially exclusive Oregon over a decade before slavery was abolished.
Heritage Grove helps replant Oregon forests
On March 15, 2024, Heritage Grove Credit Union staff joined Oregon Department of Forestry employees and Career Technology Education Center students to plant trees, and continue the restoration of areas affected by the 2020 wildfires.
The Great Junk Hunt Returns
The Great Junk Hunt will be held at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in April. The popular event will feature vintage items and home décor displayed in over 100,000 square feet in the Jackman-Long and Columbia Hall buildings. The Great Junk Hunt will include cocktails, live music and aisles of junkin’[Read More…]
Dancing at Lughnasa opens April 12
Willamette University’s theater department will present Brian Friel’s award-winning play, Dancing at Lughnasa, opening Friday, April 12 at the campus’ M. Lee Pelton Theatre. The play will run through Saturday, April 27.
Sandler gets serious, again
Adam Sandler has admitted that often he picks roles depending on whether or not they let him travel to exotic locations so he can essentially have a studio-paid vacation while only occasionally doing work in front of the camera.
Salem-Keizer, Chemeketa College and others announce partnership for career event
Salem-Keizer Public Schools (SKPS), Chemeketa Community College (CCC) and Willamette Workforce Partnership are partnering to bring the annual Salem- Keizer Career Connections event to the Chemeketa Salem campus.