Salem-Keizer Public Schools is slated to receive more than $35 million from the Student Success Act. Annually, this student investment account can only be used to meet students’ mental or behavioral health needs and increase academic achievement for students while reducing academic disparities. The district convened a student investment account[Read More…]
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Deals for Veterans
We are thankful for our Veterans and our Active Duty Military– and we’re not the only ones. These are some local deals for Veterans. KEIZERTIMES. 50% discount for Marion County Veterans. Already subscribe? Come in or call before for 5 to renew for half off. Willow Lake Golf Center and[Read More…]
Louise Irene Boucher
Louise Irene Boucher passed away October 21, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Louise was born in Boulder, Colorado to Lee and Eleanor Smith on Oct. 29, 1933. She acquired her tremendous work ethic from her father who worked seven days a week. She inherited a strong love for[Read More…]
Alice Abshire Jeffers
KEIZER – Alice A. Jeffers, 88, passed away at home peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Alice was born September 21, 1931, in Three Rivers, Mich. She attended Three Rivers High School (class of 1949) where she was an active participant in many clubs and activities, including performing in a singing[Read More…]
Poetry in spotlight at Chemeketa
The final event in its 2019 Poetry in Performance series, hosted by the Mid-Valley Poetry Society, is Sunday, Nov. 17. A program titled Because a Poem Breathes will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the TV Studio in Building 9, Chemeketa Community College. Between sets by the[Read More…]
Bethell gets early endorsement for county commissioner bid
Daniele Bethell The director of Keizer’s Chamber of Commerce successfully unseated a member of the Salem-Keizer School District Board of Directors earlier this year. Next year, she will vie to replace an outgoing Marion County commissioner. Commissioner Sam Brentano announced that he would not seek re-election to his seat in[Read More…]
Second Keizer woman joins race for Congress
Angela Roman Keizerite Angela Roman never had any intention of getting involved with politics, but an invitation to a 9/11 memorial convoy led to her run for the Republican nomination in the race for the 5th District congressional seat. “After the convoy, we were standing around talking wearing our 3-percenter[Read More…]
Dr. Vernon Casterline April 13, 1917 – Oct. 16, 2019
Dr. Vernon Dale Casterline, born April 13, 1917, passed away Oct. 16, 2019, in his Keizer residence. He was 102. Casterline was born in Vida, Montana. His mother passed away when he was 1-and-a-half years old. He and his older sister Lois went to live with their grandmother in Minnesota. He[Read More…]
City will add new employee to cover community center
Keizer is adding a new employee to help cover the staffing required by the community center operations of the Keizer Civic Center. The Keizer City Council approved the addition of a new full-time employee in a unanimous vote. “While we have been successful in staffing events using temporary on-call employees[Read More…]
Cause of McNary Oaks home fire still unknown
A fire decimated the home of the property manager in McNary Oaks Mobile Villa on the afternoon of Oct. 30. The cause of a fire that destroyed the property manager’s home at McNary Oaks Mobile Villa Oct. 30 is not yet known, but the fire had rippling effects throughout the[Read More…]