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 [...]

McCowan retiring from KPD

McNary stages Our Town

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Wine, food, live music and door prizes, with parks in Keizer benefitting. The Keizer Parks Foundation (KPF) is hosting the first Pinot in the Parks fundraiser Friday, March 15 at the Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets (limited to [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Leaders with the Gubser Neighborhood Association are looking to expand the boundaries of the association. The question is whether that should be done, or if surrounding areas should form their own neighborhood associations. The issue was discussed during the Feb. 21 GNA meeting, held in the media center [...]

  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

Sluggish ticket sales have resulted in a postponement of McNary High School’s annual Knight of Song and Madrigal Dinner. The event had been planned for Saturday, March 9, at the Keizer Civic Center and is now slated for May 18 as a featured event during the Keizer Iris Festival. “Unfortunately, the ticket sales were so [...]

Rhonda Rich gives neighbors a say as president of WKNA

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Spending a Sunday summer afternoon in a park has an appealing sound to it. Starting June 2 and continuing every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Labor Day, the new Keizer Sunday Market will be held at Chalmers Jones Park, located just behind Keizer Civic Center at [...]