COMMUNITY

Good weather for Civic Center clean up

An army of volunteers swarmed over the campus of the Keizer Civic Center and the Keizer Cultural Center for the annual clean up project, on Saturday, March 16. Organized by the Rotary Club of Keizer and the Claggett Creek Watershed Council, volunteers from local organizations, Rotarians and city leaders raked[Read More…]

What are the benefits that I get from being civically engaged and informed?

While the effort required to be informed about what goes on in your community can be strenuous, especially after a long day at work, the importance of remaining informed cannot be understated. 

One of the most obvious boons to civic engagement and remaining up-to-date on what’s happening is the awareness one inculcates about not only their city and its issues, but how those issues could be solved.

Learning to be leaders 

After a COVID pandemic pause, the Keizer Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Keizer program is starting anew with the first session scheduled for Tuesday, March 19.

A win-win for McNary’s student-athletes 

With another school year coming to a close in the next few months, the McNary Athletic Booster Club is ramping up efforts to gather more funding for students and needs the community’s help. 

This coming summer, the athletic club will host a workout camp, its second year in a row doing so, for McNary student-athletes.

Digging for gold and other valuables

By LYNDON ZAITZ Of the Keizertimes Fourteen people attended the latest monthly meeting of the Millennium Diggers Association on a recent rainy evening in Keizer. The Millennium Diggers Association is for people who share an interest in searching for things of value via the hobbies of metal detecting, prospecting, rock[Read More…]