Category Opinion

Enola Holmes provides fresh take to Sherlock story

Millie Bobby Brown play Sherlock Holmes’ sister in the Netflix film Enola Holmes. According to Guinness World Records, there is not a single literary character who has been portrayed as frequently as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s eminent detective Sherlock Holmes.  Greats such as Basil Rathbone, Peter…

Keizer values

Voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the Keizer city charter in Tueday’s election. The Charter Review Task Force, led by City Councilor Elizabeth Smith, worked for more than year, combing over every line of the original document, first approved by voters in 1983, to bring it…

Thank you for service

In the United States there are approximately 17.4 million veterans of all the armed forces. Next week, America marks Veterans Day, when we honor and celebrate those who served and sacrificed for their country. Regardless of their rank or position, every military veteran should be proud…

And then there were none

In the first months of President Donald Trump’s presidency, the briefing room was standing room only. Around the room’s 49 assigned seats for the press, with the front rows reserved for big media, reporters with smaller news outfits jostled for space and a chance to…

It is almost over

Hopefully we will know by next Wednesday morning, Nov. 4, who won the presidential election. For many the end of the campaign can’t come soon enough. We say ‘hopefully,’ because with the surge of mail-in and absentee ballots in states around the country, results may not…

LETTER: Support for Ross Day

To the Editor: Ross Day is absolutely the best choice for Keizer city council. He is a champion for small businesses and I have seen him fight first hand. Ross stepped in to help me when the governor tried to shut down my small business and he…

LETTER: Support for Bill Post

Election 2020 To the Editor: As the election draws near, I urge all voters in District 25 to vote for Rep. Bill Post, who not only works for the people in his district, he also works for all of Oregon as he continually reaches out…

LETTER: Support for Ross Day

To the Editor:  It is easy for me to vote for Ross Day for Keizer city council. I know he will handle his responsibilities professionally and he will truly listen to our voices. For as long as I have known Ross, I have appreciated his friendship. He…