To the Editor: I cannot recall being more surprised at a newspaper’s headline than I was in reaction to the Statesman Journal’s March 9 edition.  There, covering an entire half-page, was a photo of an African-American woman who works for Salem Hospital as its human resources manager, along with a caption in capital letters, “A MATTER OF HATE.” Among my surprises [...]

To the Editor: As a concerned Keizer citizen and KYSA parent, I am appalled at how the city of Keizer and the Keizertimes has portrayed the proposal of repairs and updating needed at the Keizer Little League Park. This should not be a battle between the city and the youth organizations, nor is this a [...]

To the Editor: I found myself more than a little upset after reading the article in the March 1st edition of the Keizer times, titled KPD leads Silverton Investigation. In the article, Mr. Jimmie Eugene Hickey was described as a victim. This man was anything other than a victim. He was an attempted murderer, a [...]

To the Editor: Anyone who’s happened upon an edition of The Oregonian of late knows that that journal has embraced a one-track calling to bring financial grief to any and all Oregonians who’ve retired by PERS (Oregon’s Public Employees Retirement System).  To read The Oregonian is to learn that PERS and its retirees are to blame for everything that keeps public education [...]

To the Editor: I live on 13th Avenue N. in west Keizer. A farmer across the Willamette River in Polk County has been using loud propane cannons to scare away geese. This blasting has continued daily every several minutes since early fall. It has my service dog terrified. Another neighbor’s brother could not visit her [...]

To the Editor: Covanta Marion, the owner/operator of your local energy-from-waste facility, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of our Clean World Initiative—a program developed to bring sustainability to every facet of our company’s business, including facility operations, research and development, the advancement of solid waste management and community partnerships and programs. Covanta Marion has maintained [...]

To the Editor: The gentle chiding in the February 8 Keizertimes editorial may have given readers the mistaken impression that Keizer Parks Foundation’s Pinot in the Parks fundraiser on March 15 is on a Saturday night. But no! Wine will flow, music will play, food will tempt, and community warmth and conviviality will fill the [...]

To the Editor: Everybody in the Northwest should be interested in the proposed coal terminal projects.  At Port Westward, for example, Kinder Morgan will construct a $150 million terminal facility.  In order to ship the coal from Wyoming, the project will require that the rail lines be modernized to accommodate the weight and speed of [...]

To the Editor: There’s been very little fuss about it, which has surprised me. Yet, maybe it’s that the American public is so used to politicians these days doing this and that that would have outraged voters just a few years ago, that a permanent jaded outlook has cured like concrete. I reference the decision [...]

To the Editor: While the prospect of a major soccer field complex northeast of Keizer is indeed exciting, residents of McNary Estates, Country Glen, Hidden Creek and the north edge of the Gubser/14th St. neighborhoods need to take special interest and concern. Any change to the lay of the land in the area, currently used [...]