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CALENDAR for May 17, 2019

Continuing through May 26 Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Who Am I This Time? (& Other Conundrums Of Love) at the Keizer Cultural Center 980 Chemawa Road NE. Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays through May 26. Tickets can be purchased for $15 at[Read More…]

Celts crowned conference champs

The McNary softball team flashes the #1 sign after defeating Bend 12-2 on Saturday, May 11. The Celtics clinched the Mountain Valley Conference title with a 13-1 record in league play (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary softball team knew they had already clinched the Mountain Valley Conference title in their previous[Read More…]

Volcanoes host first FanFest

Tony Torcato, a veteran of the San Francisco Giants, autographs a baseball for visitors at FanFest (Submitted). Nearly 600 fans of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes got a preview of the 2019 season by visiting the team’s first ever FanFest event on Saturday, May 11 at Volcanoes Stadium.  Mitche Graf, the new[Read More…]

Sandy spoils McNary’s senior night

McNary pitcher Nigel Harris unleashes a fastball towards the plate in the Celtics 13-2 loss to Sandy (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). After dropping their final four games in Mountain Valley Conference play, McNary was hoping to get back on the right foot before postseason play begins next week. But in the final[Read More…]

McNary tennis battles at district tournament

McNary’s Grant Goesch competes at the Mountain Valley Conference District Meet on Monday, May 6 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The McNary girls and boys tennis teams closed out their respective seasons last week at the Mountain Valley Conference District Tournament May 6-7. The boys team competed at the Salem Tennis and Swim[Read More…]

Second in the state: McNary band soars

The wind ensemble of the McNary High School Band with their second place trophy from the state competition (Submitted). When you walk into the McNary band room, it’s easy to see the numerous trophies and awards placed prominently on the top shelf in the far side of the room.  After[Read More…]

Distinguished Young Women named

Grace Trammell and Maya Luscomb were named the 2019 Distinguished Young Women of Keizer on May 11 (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Eight of Keizer’s smartest and most talented young women battled it out at the 45th annual Distinguished Young Women of Keizer event last weekend. But only two would stand out among[Read More…]

Swashbuckling, thirilling heroics take stage at MHS

 Hannah Condello (blue dress) leads a charge (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). For the last 22 years, the McNary theatre department has staged a Shakespeare show in the spring, including last year’s Much Ado About Nothing. This year, and after much discussion, the students were ready for a change. Coming this month, attendees[Read More…]