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SKIT Theatre to stage Annie

SKIT Theatre will stage the award-winning musical, Annie in May at the Salem First Free Methodist Church, 4455 Silverton Road NE. Based on the comic, Little Orphan Annie, the show tells the story of Annie’s search for her parents, her life in an orphanage run by the evil Miss Hannigan[Read More…]

Enlightened Theatrics to stage the odd couple

Enlightened Theatrics will stage The Odd Couple, Female Version by Neil Simon starting on Friday, April 26 at Salem’s Historic Grand Theatre. This comedic play features two polar opposite roommates having to coexist and argue over cleanliness and organization. In this version the characters Oscar and Felix are replaced with[Read More…]

Oregon Garden hosts digging in the dirt event

File Photo The Oregon Garden Foundation will present their Digging in the Dirt event on Mother’s Day, Saturday, May 11, starting at 10 a.m. The event will be held in the Discovery Pavilion by the Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton. Guests can enjoy coffee and pastries before they begin assisting[Read More…]

Chicks Connect embrace the journey event

K-Town Chicks and Dream Chicks, two chapters of the networking organization Chicks Connect, will host their two and a half day Embrace the Journey retreat from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday, April 27 at Aldersgate Retreat Center 7790 Marion Rd SE, Turner, OR. Chicks Connect is made up of women[Read More…]

Assistance League spring forum

Sy Montgomery posing with a Cheetah in Namibia, photo by Vicki Stiefel The Assistance League of Salem-Keizer, will host its Spring Forum on Thursday, May 2. The event will begin at 7 p.m at the Auditorium Building Six at Chemeketa Community College. Participants will hear feature speaker Sy Montgomery, a[Read More…]

McNary golf teams host first tournament

Jackson Garro chips out of the rough and on to the green (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). Both boys and girls golf teams at McNary High School hosted Mountain Valley Conference tournaments earlier this week at McNary Golf Club. The Celtics boys’ teams placed fourth out of eight teams on Monday while the[Read More…]

The choice in Zone 6: Danielle Bethell

When asked what she sees as the top priorities for the Salem-Keizer School District, Danielle Bethell is quick to dole out anecdotes about interactions with parents and potential constituents along with her answers.  In part, it’s a reflection of how she would seek to do business differently if voters elect[Read More…]

The choice in Zone 6: Chuck Lee

For Chuck Lee, Keizer’s representative on the Salem-Keizer School District Board of directors for the past 12 years, funding is the primary source of the district’s woes.  “All of the issues we have from low graduation rates to lack of support for teachers with students coming from toxic environments, class[Read More…]