Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America Show and Shine Car Show will be hosted at the Salem Home Depot, Hagers Grove Road SE, on Saturday, July 27. The show begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Admission is free. Attendees will have a chance to view various cars, trucks[Read More…]
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We went to the moon
Human beings once trod the moon. The first time man stepped foot on the lunar surface was 50 years tomorrow (July 20, 1969). Apollo 11, a marvel of mankind’s scientific reach, was followed by six successful moon landings. Man last walked on the moon in 1972. Our gaze turned elsewhere[Read More…]
NW BBQ fest at Willow Lake this weekend
The first ever NW BBQ Bacon, Beer & Steak Festival will be hosted at Keizer’s Willow Lake Golf Center on Saturday, July 20, and Sunday July 21. The festival will open at 11 a.m. on Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Attendees will have opportunities to enjoy music, a[Read More…]
Art Assoc. art contest deadline approaching
The show at the Keizer Art Association (KAA) for August is the annual KAA Member Showcase. Any art of any medium depicting the artist’s choice of subject may be entered. Intake for the art will be Wednesday, July 31 from 3 to 6 p.m. All media will be accepted including[Read More…]
KLL squad makes state tourney run
Mason Marsden sprints down the line after hitting a ground ball to the left side in Keizer’s first matchup with Wilsonville on Sunday, July 7. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The Keizer Little League Intermediate 50/70 13-U team fell just short of a trip to regionals as they took second place at the state[Read More…]
Here’s your sign
9 a.m., Saturday. You’re inside your living room when a black pickup cruises past your home slowly. The couple inside the truck is eyeballing your home, scoping out the scene. Good thing you’ve installed a surveillance cam on the front porch. Are they porch pirates? Too bad you don’t have[Read More…]
Will Demos fight Trump or each other?
The media love conflict, and the current fights among Democrats —in the House of Representatives and on the presidential campaign trail—are irresistible for us journalists. And so many of Trump’s outrages are treated not as the moral disgraces they are but as campaign strategy. As in: Boy, all that cruelty[Read More…]
When do we start seeing the ‘best people’?
“We have to get the best people,” said Donald Trump when asked before he got to the Oval Office how he’d go about staffing his administration. “We need to get the best and the finest, and, if we don’t, we’ll be in trouble for a long period of time and maybe[Read More…]
Calendar for July 19, 2019
Continuing through Saturday, July 20 Shakespeare in the Park—As You Like It, presented by Keizer Homegrown Theatre, 7 p.m. performances at Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park. Free admission. No outside food or beverages, no animals. keizerhomegrownt Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21 Salem Art Fair and Festival,[Read More…]
Holiday easily outswims Cambridge in dual meet
Michael Hudgins won three events on the day for Holiday Swim Club in the 9-10 division, including the backstroke. (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). In one of their final tuneups before the All-City meet, the Holiday Swim Club defeated Cambridge 405-186 in a dual meet on Thursday, July 11. Kassy Winters and Audrea Guevara[Read More…]