Dec. 31, 1945 – April 8, 2013

To the Editor: We attended the part of the Keizer City Council meeting where they passed the resolution to name the new little park at Keizer Station after our friend Shawna Fenison’s son PFC Ryan J. Hill, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2007. We were not only moved to tears by Shawna’s [...]

By LAWRENCE KUDLOW The really good news from April’s employment report is that all the pessimistic, end-of-the-world, spring-swoon forecasters were wrong. It wasn’t a fabulous report. But it handily beat Wall Street expectations. Stock markets soared on the news. The bad news, however, is that the U.S. continues to fall further behind its own long-term [...]

America’s TV situation comedies used to get the biggest laughs out of me.  I think of classics like Seinfeld, Everyone Loves Raymond, Soap, and so many others.  That was then.  Now, most of them are nauseatingly silly to the point of abject stupidity. Instead, my “fancy,” when extreme boredom drives me to try to find relief [...]

John P. Rizzo has announced his candidacy for the Keizer Fire District Board Position No. 1 in the May 21 election. “My interest in this is to support and pay back for all the assistance I received during my law enforcement career from fire rescue professionals,” said Rizzo, who first became a state trooper in [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes In the Salem-Keizer School District, and across the nation, incoming freshmen are struggling when making the transition to high school, but a program in its second year at McNary High School is hoping to make it easier for the students who take part. “We offer high school credit [...]

Whiteaker and Claggett Creek middle schools met on the McNary High School field for their annual track meet alongside Crossler Middle School Thursday, April 25. Crossler won the boys side of the meet with 300 points to Whiteaker’s 121.5 and Claggett’s 55.5. Whiteaker girls won the meet with 308.25 points to Crossler’s 105 points and [...]

To the Editor: What a wonderful sight it is to see the sign at McGee-Newton Plaza in the center of town back up. The letters that spell out the foundation of our city were vandalized years ago, and are now replaced and they look great. Councilor Joe Egli championed the project, and enlisted the help [...]

To the Editor: The abortion issue is one of the most polarizing of today. It seems no one wants to try for a common ground. If someone wants to write a letter like Ms. Lois Anderson (Keizertimes, April 19) they need to check their facts rather than make off-the-cuff remarks such as she did. I [...]

By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS The Pecksniffs of America had nothing but scorn for Congress’ vote last week to stop furloughs of air traffic controllers, which were ostensibly mandated under the 2011 Budget Control Act. Congress failed to act to stop cuts to Head Start and Meals On Wheels, critics sneered, but did stop the Federal [...]