A camping site found in a Keizer park several years ago. In 2018, members of the Keizer Police Department Community Response Unit launched a plan to be more proactive in connecting with the city’s homeless population. “Members of CRU made more specific efforts to check the parks during the[Read More…]
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Public testimony favored alternatives to outright ban
Conestoga huts, like the ones seen above, were the preferred solutions of two former Keizer elected officials. By the end of the Keizer City Council meeting Monday, Jan. 6, councilors had heard from those on both sides regarding a ban on camping by homeless people – and they were unswayed[Read More…]
Homeless camping ban approved
The Keizer City Council voted unanimously to ban camping on sidewalks, public property and public rights-of-way with the adoption of an ordinance at its meeting Monday, Jan. 6. The move follows similar action taken by the City of Salem in December and is directed at the city’s homeless residents. Keizer[Read More…]
Chess exhibit at Ford Museum
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is opening a new chess exhibition on Jan. 7 and will be there until April 26. The exhibition features approximately two dozen chess sets from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas that date from the 18th through the 20th centuries. While operating within a[Read More…]
Council to consider ban on camping in public areas
A camping site found in a Keizer park several years ago. The Keizer City Council will consider a resolution to ban camping on sidewalks, public property and public rights-of-way at its meeting Monday, Jan. 6. “Providing a balance of compassion to homeless persons and the negative effects of public camping[Read More…]
1 man, 3 teen victims, 14 months in prison
Joseph Myers On Dec. 23, Joseph Myers, a former Keizer resident, was sentenced to 14 months for raping three teens at a home he lived in on Gary Street Northeast, but the events that led to his guilty pleas began with a phone call in February 2018. A concerned father[Read More…]
Volunteer to advise city officials
The City of Keizer is soliciting applications for volunteers to be considered to serve on the following committees: Budget Committee – Responsibilities include assisting the city council in the examination and analyzing of proposed budgets for the City of Keizer. Volunteers serving on the committee must be a registered voter in Keizer. (One[Read More…]
And the Crystal Apple goes to…
Jason Erickson after accepting a Crystal Apple at a ceremony sponsored by the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation. Jason Erickson says that there isn’t a spot he has spent more time in his life than the music room at Clear Lake Elementary — where he has been a teacher for nearly two[Read More…]
The top 9 stories of 2019
The year 2019 was anything but dull in Keizer. Between big conversations about how the city will grow to resolutions in court battles involving a gun range and an eminent domain dispute, news in Keizer impacted every corner of the city. Keizertimes looked back over the past 360-ish days for[Read More…]
Long-time Keizer resident gears up for mission trip
Keizerite Doug Hoffman works a water pump during a past trip abroad. Long-time Keizer resident Doug Hoffman is getting ready to leave for Bangladesh and Vietnam in January. As the executive director of Mercy Inc., a Christian, non-profit organization that focuses on gospel presentation and humanitarian acts, Hoffman is going[Read More…]