After a COVID pandemic pause, the Keizer Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Keizer program is starting anew with the first session scheduled for Tuesday, March 19.
COMMUNITY
A win-win for McNary’s student-athletes
With another school year coming to a close in the next few months, the McNary Athletic Booster Club is ramping up efforts to gather more funding for students and needs the community’s help.
This coming summer, the athletic club will host a workout camp, its second year in a row doing so, for McNary student-athletes.
Second championship wrestling title for hard working McNary sports star
Keizer-born McNary senior Ali Martinez is many things: a student, an athlete, a sister and a daughter, although if there is one thing she is not, it’s lackadaisical.
Digging for gold and other valuables
By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes Fourteen people attended the latest monthly meeting of the Millennium Diggers Association on a recent rainy evening in Keizer. The Millennium Diggers Association is for people who share an interest in searching for things of value via the hobbies of metal detecting, prospecting, rock[Read More…]
Willamette’s Golden Spikes boys baseball need sponsors
With another season already underway and several wins under their belts, the Willamette Golden Spikes, a little league baseball team managed by nonprofit Willamette Valley Elite Baseball, are still needing some help.
Desert planet film provides deluge of stars, action, and plot
Dune: Part Two was a slightly different beast—sure, it may be a whole 18 minutes longer, but I found 2021’s Part One to be exceptional.
And even though Denis Villeneuve’s latest adaptation may have taken up a good chunk of my evening I have to say—I loved every minute of it.
McNary mock trial team ranks in top three for regionals, now off to state tourney
The McNary Mock Trial team placed in the top three in a regional tournament on Feb. 24, alongside South and West Salem High School, at the Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene, as a part of the Civics Learning Project, an organization that tries to get more kids involved in the democratic system.
Civics Today: What’s up with the City Recorder(s)
With nearly two decades of experience between them, Melissa Bisset and Dawn Wilson, Keizer’s city recorders, bring not only a wealth of knowledge to their positions, but a work ethic that can only come when one is passionate about their work.
Keizer elementary gets into character for Black History Month
Black History Month is a time when we as a nation come together to acknowledge and appreciate Black accomplishment but at Keizer Elementary, the students don’t just learn the history, they live it.
Miller to make mural for Heritage Museum
While an official date has not yet been set, Keizerites can be excited for an upcoming mural featuring the Oregon Trail at the Keizer Heritage Museum.