Kenzie Proctor goes up for a shot in traffic. Proctor had nine points in McNary’s 66-35 victory on Friday, Feb. 21. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). With the regular season winding down, the McNary girls basketball team put together their best offensive performance of the year. Leah Doutt lead the way with 18[Read More…]
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McNary proves to be too much for McKay
McNary’s Nate Meithof cocks the ball back with his left hand as he attacks the glass in the Celtics 70-51 win over McKay (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). After a lackluster performance in the first period, the McNary boys basketball team turned it up a few notches in the following quarter. The Celtics[Read More…]
Brouse taking over Celts girls soccer program
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, McNary High announced the hiring of Lauren Brouse as the new head coach of the girls soccer program. She will be taking over for A.J. Nash, who was the head coach for the past six seasons. Brouse has served as an assistant coach for the Celtics[Read More…]
Soaring market raises school bond investment
The school bond approved by voters in the Salem-Keizer School District in 2018 has grown from $619.7 million to $677.7 million, the Community Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) told the Salem-Keizer School Board on Tuesday, Feb. 11 Market premiums, earnings on bond proceeds, grants and reimbursements have made the difference, CBOC[Read More…]
Keizer kids come first
After more than a year of meetings the Keizer Little League Park Long Range Planning Task Force presented its report to the Keizer City Council. The task force, including a lot of input from city staff, suggested the council choose one of three options for the future use of the[Read More…]
Radioactive waste in Oregon
Radon gas has become a concern since its presence in quantity was first detected and that’s because it can—and often does—result in cancers, sometimes fatal. Radon’s origin is the decay of radioactive elements found in soil and rock. Radon gas presents itself in human areas through the air we breathe as[Read More…]
KLL Park management to be outsourced
More than a year of talk about the future of Keizer Little League Park culminated at a meeting of the Keizer City Council Tuesday, Feb. 18. Keizer City councilors voted unanimously to outsource the operations, management and maintenance of the park through a long-term lease during the meeting. The decision[Read More…]
Bill ‘Papa’ Gray
Bill ‘Papa’ Gray Bill “Papa” Gray, 91, of Keizer, went to be with Jesus, Feb. 6, 2020 peacefully in his home with family by his side. He was born Nov. 22, 1928 in Clarita, Okla. to John Walter Gray and Buela Gray. He left a wonderful, large family who remembers[Read More…]
Giving back
Members of the West Keizer Neighborhood Association have partnered with Copper Creek Mercantile to host a new food barrel for the Keizer Community Food Bank. Donations can be dropped off during regular store hours.
Keizer bullish on Bernie
Giving to presidential campaigns fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2019, but Keizer residents threw the most financial support to Sen. Bernie Sanders. Businessman Andrew Yang, who dropped out of the race last week, topped Sanders’ total contributions, but the support came from only two donors. Sanders had eight[Read More…]