For years the acreage at Chemawa Road and Interstate 5 was called the Chemawa Activity Center. We now know that area as Keizer Station Area A. Keizer Station is a more descriptive name that the orginal, although Area A is yet an inelegant moniker. The development in the southwest quadrant of Keizer Station is known [...]

The issue of citizenship status of potential Keizer City Councilors will not die.  The flames were fanned at a council work session this week. In August the council voted to require that youth councilors be electors in the city of Keizer. That means they have to be eligible to be elected to the council if [...]

Just like hunger, the need for school supplies for underprivileged students knows no season. Too many kids in Marion County go to school hungry. Too many kids attend school without the supplies needed to keep them competitive with their peers. Each August and September good people with the best intentions hold drives to gather backpacks, [...]

There are few times as promising as the first day of school. Children entering first grade are aglow with both apprehension and excitement; their parents are proud of their little ones who are growing up. Teens entering high school are staring their final four years of primary education in the face. Freshmen will have many [...]

There are many functions and events Keizer that would not happen in Keizer without non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations stage parades, festivals, and other community events. In most cases those organizations seek to cut costs by applying for waivers of fees charged by a governmental jurisdiction such as the city or a fire district. Those fees [...]

When he applied for a position as a junior city councilor on the Keizer City Council, Hugo Nicolas was not asked about his citizenship status in the United States. The question never came up as he progressed through the screenings in the Leadership Youth program sponsored by the Salem Chamber of Commerce that makes the [...]

We congratulate Lore Christopher who received the Mayor’s Leadership Award from the Oregon Mayors Association last month. Christopher was nominated for the award anonymously by a fellow mayor.  She was cited, in part, for her accomplishments including the planning and developing of Keizer Station and Keizer Civic Center. Since her election in 2000 the mayor [...]

Keizer is going to have some contested election races this fall.  Voters will decide contested elections for mayor (first time since 2002), and at least one city council position. After a decade of running unopposed, Mayor Lore Christopher will face Councilor David McKane in November’s election. Christopher has said, if elected, this would be her [...]

When the amphitheatre was built at Keizer Rapids Park there was a wish list of the type of events or shows that should trod the stage. The Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre has seen concerts, church services and weddings. Last week the stage was put to great use when Keizer Homegrown Theatre produced the first play on [...]

By LYNDON A. ZAITZ Ah, summer. The time to enjoy the bounty of our region.  The time to get away from the rigors of work and school. The time to hit the multiplexes to see the summer’s blockbuster movies. Laying in a hammock or on a deck, texting, Facebooking, e-mailing and playing video games. There [...]