By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes Halloween at Powerland Heritage Park, north of Keizer, has transformed its Oregon Electric Railway Museum into Neverland. Event coordinator Joe Tracy said the display, Saving Neverland, is not scary and plays on the theme of Peter Pan’s Neverland and is designed with young children[Read More…]
COMMUNITY
Cop’s Faith and Blue set for Sunday, Oct. 13
The Keizer Police Department and Crossroads Fellowship of Keizer are hosting a Faith and Blue Weekend, part of a national observation, with an event on Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Keizer Community Center. The community event, open to the public, will include games, face painting and hot dogs and hamburgers.[Read More…]
Keizer city candidate’s debate set for Oct. 22
The Keizertimes, with the city’s neighborhood associations, will hold a debate for the four Keizer city candidates who are running against each other in the general election on Nov. 5. Mayor Cathy Clark faces former mayor Lore Christopher for the volunteer, two-year term position. For City Council former councilor Marlene[Read More…]
REVIEW: Salem’s Lot can’t get out of its own way
By JT REID for the Keizertimes I have never found vampires particularly frightening. Perhaps it is because I have always been a religious person and religious stuff is kryptonite to the bloodsucking undead. Perhaps it’s because vampires are subject to a bunch of comfortably convenient rules, like not being able[Read More…]
Band Day nets more than $10K plus a truckload of bottles/cans
The McNary band and color guard held Band Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, netting more than $10,000 in donations. As of press time, the number of cans and bottles donated had not been finalized. Director of Bands Elizabeth Herring said the semi-truck was about three fourths filled at the end[Read More…]
Sam Goesch figured it out
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes Sam Goesch remembers how his father, George, replied when he asked him for advice about opening his own insurance agency. “Figure it out,” said his father himself a State Farm Insurance agent in Keizer. Goesch hadn’t planned to follow his father’s career path. “I[Read More…]
Wood in spotlight at KAA Oct. show
The October show at the Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery is Art Found in Wood. The hosted show will feature art carved or burned into wood by the members of the Capitol Woodcarvers. The show runs from Oct. 3 to Nov. 5 at the gallery on the second[Read More…]
Women open home care franchise in Keizer
By LYNDON ZAITZ of the Keizertimes As society continues to age, health care is vitally important. Home care is a fast growing segment of the health industry in the country. Answering that need are Jennifer Giese and Viki Fort, who have opened a local franchise of Synergy HomeCare in Keizer.[Read More…]
BOOK REVIEW: “Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator” by Kevin Grange
You never went anywhere without him. Your teddy bear was both cuddler and comforter, he dried your tears, slept with you, had his own place at the table and through the years, he put up with being dragged, thrown, slobbered on, and scapegoated. He was your constant companion and you[Read More…]
REVIEW: The Uglies filled with missed opportunities
By J.T. REID for the Keizertimes There is no shortage of excuses that people come up with to justify hating one another. Political affiliation, race, class, gender, religion; all can lead to artificial divisions that make the world a worse place to live in. Uglies, a new Netflix original based[Read More…]