By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys varsity tennis team dominated Central High School in its opening match of the season last week and then fell to Lake Oswego and Canby high schools on the courts. “Their footwork is much better this season, which is key because the movement on [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School varsity baseball team won one and lost one in its first week of play, but the quality of the opponents they faced had them ranked third in the state headed into a three-game week. “We had some really clean defense,” said McNary senior Ty [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes For Don Whitehouse, riding his bike is like going to church. “I’m by myself and I’m talking to God and just amazed by the glory of things,” he said. He always enjoyed riding and racing bikes as a kid, but it wasn’t until he had a stroke last [...]

McNary junior Kalah McVay had a dream and stuck with it for three years to make it a reality

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys varsity tennis team has lots of new faces this season on the roster and  coaching staff. “It’s been a great turnout” said Aaron Wenning, a senior and captain of the team. “We’ve got like 10 more players and two more coaches.” Wenning won [...]

McNary stages Our Town

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Teachers have been slyly using their students’ names in word problems for years, but Melissa Juskowiak takes the experience to a whole other level. She cues up a video in which she reads a math fraction problem over slides of students’ photographs showing them with with books [...]

Keizer author hits NYT bestseller list

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes If you’ve never taken time to watch the McNary High School varsity softball team play, Celtic Head Coach Kevin Wise suggests starting this season. “We have a ton of speed and we’re going to use that. We’ll be able to hit in every position. We have girls that [...]

BY ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes When the Salem-Keizer Area Public Transit began looking for the right artist to install work at the new Keizer Station transit center, the search drew interested artists from as far away as the Philippines. In the end, Reno-based David Boyer’s kinetic wind sculptures won the hearts and minds [...]