Governor Kate Brown, House Speaker Tina Kotek, Senate President Peter Courtney and I agree on at least one thing: the 2020 legislative session was a failure. Regarding how and why the session failed; we have extremely differing views. Just three bills made it to the governor’s desk before adjournment. Dozens[Read More…]
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Dutch Bros. gives back
On Friday, Feb. 14, Dutch Bros Coffee and its customers raised $483,346 for local nonprofits fighting hunger, which translates to a record 1,450,038 meals served across the seven states where Dutch Bros operates. “This issue touches all of us and we are so thankful to our employees, customers and local[Read More…]
Book sale March 27-28
The Keizer Community Library has added a book sale to the spring schedule. The sale is scheduled for Friday, March 27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Rd. NE. Prices are 50¢ for paperback books,[Read More…]
‘Friendly and casual’ at Dayspring
Dayspring Fellowship was established in the early 1990’s. They have a history of being active in the community and partnering with schools and churches to show Christ’s love for others. Chris Voigt, the lead pastor at Dayspring Fellowship, summed up their beliefs as “Jesus plus nothing.” Meaning that belief in[Read More…]
Retirement crimp hiring abilities
Possible increases to the police fee became one of the most discussed aspects of the coming city budget cycle, but it was far from the only news out of a meeting of the Keizer Long-Range Planning Committee on Monday, March 9. Overall, it was a mixed bag of status quo[Read More…]
Salem-Keizer preparing to distribute thousands of bagged meals as schools close
Veronica Diaz squirts mayonnaise on her son Victor’s sandwich during a free summer lunch at Washington Elementary School on June 18, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Thousands of local school children will get bagged lunches starting Monday to keep them fed while their schools remain dark under a statewide closure order[Read More…]
Quarantine lifted for four KFD members
On Wednesday, March 11, six Keizer Fire District personnel (five paramedics and one volunteer) were self-quarantining at their homes after caring for and transporting a patient that later tested positive for COVID-19. The plan was to originally have to have the group remain at home for 14 days on the[Read More…]
Charter review group sets public forum
The Keizer Charter Review Committee set a public forum on potential revisions to the Keizer city charter for Tuesday, April 21. During the forum, the committee will ask for input on four questions the group did not want to change in the charter without input from the public. What the[Read More…]
State of the city
Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark delivered her annual State of the City address during a Keizer Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday, March 10. Her theme this time around was demonstrating the many ways Keizer has risen to meet challenges during the past year. She started with a project that is reaching[Read More…]
Grange history on display
Susan Noah, master of the Oregon State Grange visited the Keizer Heritage Museum to view its exhibit on the Grange, especially the Keizer Grange, which is currently inactive.