Nine Oregon teens will duke it out in poetry performance on the stage of Salem Public Library’s Loucks Auditorium Saturday, March 9. Students perform classic and new poetry written by others in an effort to become the new state champion. Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford will be a special presenter[Read More…]
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Avenue Q headed to Salem
Enlightened Theatrics’ 2019 Season opens with the multi-Tony award winning musical, Avenue Q at Salem’s Historic Grand Theatre on Friday, March 22. The bold and upbeat musical tackles tough subjects like racism, unemployment, homosexuality, homelessness, and love through catchy tunes and larger than life characters. The production also has adult[Read More…]
‘No Drama Lllama’ is spirit guide for WMS kindness
Whiteaker Middle School eighth grader Knowledge McKenzie-Jackson gets a nuzzling from Caesar the No Drama Llama after an all-school assembly Friday, March 1. Whiteaker Middle School students spent recent weeks focused on acts of kindness and they found the perfect spirit guide showed up in the Wolverine’s gymnasium as part[Read More…]
No Adults Allowed: Fun (and weird) facts about Oregon
• Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States (Klamath County). • Mill End Park is the world’s smallest park (Portland). • Oregon residents own a 25% of the United States ‘ total llama population. • The official state nut is a hazelnut. Oregon is the only state[Read More…]
It’s on the books: Oregon’s Crazy Laws
• It is against the rules to empty a can of corn as bait into the water while fishing. • In Salem, it is illegal to fly a kite with wire or tinsel strings or tails. It is also illegal to fly a kite within 50 feet of a power[Read More…]
Vortex is Oregon at its strangest
A historical photo of the House of Mystery at the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, Ore. Balls don’t roll up hill, it’s a basic law of gravity, but there’s a tiny place in southern Oregon that’s breaking the rules. While it’s widely debated whether or not the Oregon Vortex is[Read More…]
City Hall clean-up March 16
At least 100 volunteers are needed to help clean up around the Keizer Civic Center Saturday, March 16. Each year, the Rotary Club of Keizer and Claggett Creek Watershed Council host a morning of work ranging from picking up trimmings from trees, shrubs and grasses to removing weeds and more.[Read More…]
Classic Homes’ next playhouse will benefit Satellite Gaming
Kyle Juran’s next big community project will look familiar in a couple of ways. First, it will be another playhouse constructed by Remodeling by Classic Homes to be raffled off during the Keizer Iris Festival. Second, it’s probably going to look a lot like an iconic home familiar to moviegoers[Read More…]
Leagues, city could spin off park mgmt.
Representatives of the city and the two leagues that make the most use of Keizer Little League Park appear to be moving toward establishing a separate, but collaborative foundation to manage and schedule events at the park. For the past few months, city officials have been encouraging Keizer Little League[Read More…]
Merchant’s quiet voice belies his large heart
Kyle Juran, Keizer’s 2019 Merchant of the Year, was honored by the Keizer Chamber of Commerce in January for his efforts throughout the community. Kyle Juran is rarely the loudest voice in a room but, when he does speak or act, it comes from the heart. For evidence, look no[Read More…]