By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Sundays will soon be busy at the Keizer Civic Center. In addition to the Lakepoint Community Church meeting at the city hall each Sunday at 11 a.m., for a three month span from June 2 to Sept. 1 a new Keizer Sunday Farmers Market will take place from 10 [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes It’s been a bit of a maze trying to get everything into The Maze. Jody Beck, owner of the consignment shop located at 4710 River Road North in Keizer, is looking to expand the business, started by her mom Ruth Jacobs in 1969. “We’re looking at adding 1,000 square [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Sidewalks and new trees will be among the additions to Chemawa Road, thanks to an agreement approved by the Keizer City Council on March 18. The agreement also means Kevin Hohnbaum and the group Keep Keizer Livable (KKL) are withdrawing an appeal to the Keizer Land Use Board of [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Typically, an officer or lieutenant leaving a police department after 25 years isn’t noteworthy. In bigger departments, things continue on like usual. In older departments, 25 years is just a fraction of time. Things are a bit different with the Keizer Police Department. Last summer officer Brian Hunter [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Most times of the day, traffic isn’t too bad at the junction of Chemawa Road North and Verda Lane. “It flows freely 23 ½ hours a day,” said Nate Brown, director of Community Development for Keizer. In those other 30 minutes – the 5 to 5:30 p.m. timeframe on [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes So it is still the Keizer Rapids Boat Ramp. But if you want to call it Walsh’s Landing, that will be fine. To get there, simply take Walsh’s Way. Amid some confusion, Keizer City Councilors approved two motions regarding the ongoing question of what to call the boat [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes It all goes back to that tough chemistry class. Sgt. Lance Inman has been with the Keizer Police Department for 21 years. On April 1, he takes over the lieutenant position being vacated by the retiring Alan McCowan. But being a cop wasn’t the original career path for [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A past councilor objected, but current Keizer City Councilors unanimously agreed Monday to form a member complaint procedure task force. The idea for the task force was brought up by Mayor Lore Christopher last week following an interaction between council Ken LeDuc and Larry Barz, parent of an Eagle [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes SALEM – A Keizer man on Tuesday admitted to causing injuries to his 4-year-old stepson in November 2011, resulting in the death of Sebastian Iturbe. The trial for Gerardo Chavarria Pinzon was expected to start in several weeks, but he appeared in Marion County Circuit Court in front of [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes In the summer of 2010, Jill Bonney-Hill was on the way to a dedication at a park in Keizer Station. The only problem: the new member of the Keizer Points of Interest Committee (KPIC) couldn’t find what she was looking for. “I must have passed by it two or [...]