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Who said I wanted this?
We want what we want—I get that—but if someone takes the effort to give us a gift, we should accept it with gratitude. It doesn’t matter if it something you don’t want. That’s not a license to casually rid yourself of another’s gift., Suck it up, buttercup.
The promise of a new year
Opinion The turn to a new year is as much psychological as it is temporal. The calendar flipping to a new year has always been cause for celebration. The new year means making resolutions, plus it is the start of a new tax period. Not everything is new: for many[Read More…]
The importance of the local newspaper
Reading the newspaper every day was an instrumental part of my childhood. As early as the age of five, I was wrestling my dad for the sports section every morning. I wasn’t allowed to stay up late and watch SportsCenter and we didn’t have internet access when I was young,[Read More…]
America: A work in progress
The American experiment is 244 years old this year. The nation, created by uniting 13 very different colonies, was developed our Founding Fathers who borrowed from other governing systems in history—the Magna Carta, the Romans and the Greeks, to cite a few. After two and a half centuries, America is[Read More…]
The legacy of Kobe
When I was younger, I hated Kobe Bryant. I didn’t actually hate him as a human, I just hated that he would continuously torch my favorite team. As a Portland Trail Blazers fan, Kobe and the Los Angeles Lakers ripped my heart out of my chest more times than I[Read More…]
Holiday shopping, meet small business
The day after Black Friday is Small Business Saturday. Some may consider it a frivolous event, but that is not true for the many small brick and mortar retailers, not just in Keizer but across the nation. Small Business Saturday was established in 2010 as a counter to Black Friday[Read More…]
Arboretum honors one man
One day in the future, visitors to Keizer Rapids Park will see a stand of trees in the southwest part of the park. The visitors won’t have to wonder why they are there; there is a sign to mark the Keizer Rotary Arboretum in honor of Wilbur Bluhm. A long-time[Read More…]
Greg Frank, 1957-2019
There are two things one got right away when they met Charles “Greg” Frank: no one laughed louder or more heartily at his own jokes than Greg himself; and, his smile was as wide as an ocean and that smile put everyone at ease. Frank, a former chief of the Keizer[Read More…]
Slaying beasts and finding yourself
Elise Myers plays Agnes, the protagonist of She Kills Monsters in the McNary production debuting next week (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Mythical creatures and action-adventure will be on display as the McNary High School theater department will be putting on their rendition on She Kills Monsters — a tribute to fans of[Read More…]