Submitted photoSam and Terri La Masa took the Princess Regal to the Caribbean and brought their Keizertimes with them.
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KT on vacation
Jerry and Lisa Walker took their Keizertimes on a recent trip to Israel. They are pictured here at the Jordan River.
Traffic court
NO LICENSE Hailey Morton, $100; Jose Raul Rodriguez, $260; Melissa Leigh Booth, $50; Noemy Hernandez, $245; Jose Luis Jimenez Chavez, $235; Marisol Ramos Ramirez, $265; Jesus Rios Martinez, $265. NO INSURANCE Juan Carlos Navarro Flores Jr, $600; Deseray Patrick Ben Comeaux, $600; Stephanie Marie Thrasher, $265; Jessica Lauren Savage, $265.[Read More…]
The danger in fewer regulations
The understanding part eludes me; I simply do not get itj. We, the American people, have now experienced three years of consequential efforts to rollback environmental oversight in all construction projects that will now, directly, and into the immediate future impact our health, safety and survival. The new year is merely[Read More…]
MLK’s passion for justice was not synonymous with defeating an enemy
Usually our civic holidays inspire us. But sometimes—as in the case of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020—the spirit of a holiday is so at odds with our current practice that it judges and indicts us. That spirit is impossible to summarize in one King quote from a lifetime of[Read More…]
Future not so rosy
At a work session this week, the Keizer city councilors received grim news from City Manager Chris Eppley and Tim Wood, the city’s finance director: there is no money now or in the forseeable future to add desired positions. Revenues from taxes and franchise fees are estimated to be more[Read More…]
A year later, St. Monica’s is home to 11 families, 16 kids
The St. Monica Apartments, a project of Catholic Community Services, fill a gap in the low-income housing needs and supports residents with other services. In 2018, Catholic Community Services (CCS) opened the St. Monica Apartments on Appleblossom Avenue, a complex that serves single mothers in the community. Since then, it’s[Read More…]
Keizer author at community library
Keizerite Christel Jonge Vos was born and raised in Berlin, Germany, where she experienced the effects of World War II, the Berlin Air Lift and the Berlin Wall first-hand. On Friday, Jan. 17, Jonge Vos will share her experiences while reading from her poems and book, Scenes from a Life,[Read More…]
Traffic troubles: Police do what they can, ‘problems’ are frequently in the eye of beholder
“Racetrack” is a word that Lt. Trevor Wenning and Officer Martin Powell are used to hearing when residents describe the traffic flow on Keizer’s streets. More often than not, data collected by Keizer Police Department doesn’t back up the perception of citizens. Martin cited a recent example where the[Read More…]
Traffic troubles: Residents see speed, enforcement as the problem
A resounding theme from meetings of the Keizer Traffic Safety, Bikeways and Pedestrian Committee in 2019 was that Keizer residents were concerned about traffic speeds in neighborhoods throughout Keizer. In southwest Keizer, complaints arose about speeds and pedestrians on 5th Avenue North between Hollyhock and Dennis Lane. In southeast Keizer,[Read More…]