The Keizer City council approved its list of short- and long-term goals at a meeting Monday, April 1. Short-term goals include: • Establishing a charter review committee to update the city’s charter and revise sections that include anti-LGBTQIA language. Voters will have to approve the changes and the current goal[Read More…]
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Blazing a trail
McNary High School and Career Technical Education Center student Emely Medina (right) talked about her recent accomplishing in the CTEC law enforcement program at the Keizer City Council meeting Monday, April 1. Teacher Josh Barnett (left) said Medina has excelled in the program despite entering into it late in the[Read More…]
Soggy Day in the Park set for April 20 a KRP
Matthew Curtis drives headlong through an inflatable obstacle course at the first Soggy Day in the Park in 2018. The Claggett Creek Watershed Council, a group dedicated to promoting water quality and wildlife habitat in the Claggett Creek watershed, will host its Soggy Day in the Park 2.0 event starting[Read More…]
Junk Hunt planned in Salem
The Great Junk Hunt will be at the Oregon State Fair Grounds on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13. With over 45,000 square feet filled with the best vendors in the Northwest, participants will be able to find hand-picked vendors selling farmhouse, industrial, vintage, vintage-inspired, re-purposed, and handmade goods. Early[Read More…]
Hearing on shooting range begins Tuesday
A lawsuit spawned from a stray bullet that penetrated a Keizer home heads to court for the first time next week. Judge J. Channing Bennett, a Marion County circuit court judge, will begin hearing arguments regarding a preliminary injunction at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 9. If the testimony cannot[Read More…]
Policy options run the gamut for dealing with growth
In its most recent meeting, the task force looking at housing needs in Keizer ran out of time to discuss the last part of its agenda: policies that might alleviate rent burdens and ensure that housing of all types are available in city limits. While the task force has yet[Read More…]
Heads of the class: Two McNary grads chart new paths in college
McNary grads Crystal Llanos and Samuel Hernandez recently reunited at a leadership conference at Harvard University. It seemed that both Samuel Hernandez and Crystal Llanos had the cards stacked against them while growing up in Keizer, but that didn’t stop them from achieving their goals. Despite coming from low-income households,[Read More…]
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Continuing through Saturday, April 20 Romance is the theme of the 9th annual Heritage Invitation Exhibit at Willamette Heritage Center at Mission Mill. Nine museums from around the region each have displays including Keizer Heritage Museum’s unique Keizur family wedding socks (on loan from the Oregon Historical Society). To learn[Read More…]
HB 2797: The definition of insanity
One of the many bills under consideration in the Oregon Legislature this year would erect a giant barrier to seeking help when a drug overdose occurs, and more dishearteningly, it is a backslide into anti-drug policy proven not to work. Oregon House Bill 2797 would establish a mandatory minimum prison[Read More…]