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 [...]

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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 [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Last year, the McNary High School varsity baseball team had a troubled run through the Central Valley Conference, but turned on the afterburners in the post season to make it into the second round of the state title tournament. This year, the team returns with a boatful of [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Building a press box for the McNary High School baseball team seemed like a relatively easy chore as Randy Jackson sat down to sketch out a basic design at his kitchen table. “We’d had a parent meeting for the team last spring and the press box was on [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes When Willevaldo Guzman sought to name his family’s restaurant in north Salem, he looked to his family, specifically his youngest son, Yonic. The restaurant became known as Yonic’s restaurant and Willevaldo told his son, “Amigo, one day, that’s going to be yours.” Yonic was enthused, “He was like, [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes McNary High School senior Grant Gerstner re-injured his back in a semifinals match with Crater High School’s Chase Mackey at the state tournament and it left him with a choice: forfeit his next two matches and place sixth or continue wrestling through the pain and see if he [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The McNary High School boys junior varsity basketball team’s last game of the season came down to the final seconds and the Celtics were trailing by two points. The team’s opponent, Sprague High School, had taken an early lead in the game and rode it through to halftime. [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes At its lowest point this season, the McNary High School girls junior varsity basketball team wasn’t victim to another team or poor play on their part, but inferior refereeing. “We ended up losing to Beaverton by one point and even the other coach apologized for the officiating. We [...]