By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Keizer Fire Board pondered an almost twofold increase in its local option levy at its meeting Tuesday, May 21. If the board acts on the recommendation from its Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), it would mean that a homeowner with a $250,000 house would pay $147.50 per annum [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A new member of the Keizer City Council should be in place next month. On Monday evening, councilors formally approved the process that will be used to replace Ken LeDuc, who announced his resignation on May 10. Councilors met in a special meeting May 15 to accept the resignation [...]

Daymon Wachtler won’t be here to celebrate his 22nd birthday on Saturday, May 25. But his spirit will be. Saturday has been proclaimed by Keizer Mayor Lore Christopher as 3DAD: Daymon’s Drowsy Driving Awareness Day. The event will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at River Road N. and Chemawa Road N., kitty-corner from [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Ron Christopher was elected again Tuesday night. Only this time, it was for a different board. Christopher, who has held the Salem-Keizer Transit subdistrict No. 2 seat since May 2009, ran against John Rizzo for the Keizer Rural Fire Protection District Position 1 seat and won handily. Results from [...]

By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes Sale of the Middle Grove School property was taken off the agenda of Tuesday’s Salem-Keizer School Board meeting. At its April meeting, the board learned from Paul Dakopolos, the district’s legal counsel, that although a quiet-title action would be needed to sell the land, there was a 98 percent [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The Men’s Wearhouse in Keizer Station was open again May 10. It just wasn’t in the same location. An April 14 fire caused $2 million in damage – mainly in clothing – to the Men’s Wearhouse location at 6065 Keizer Station Boulevard NE. Last Friday, store employees were scrambling [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Earlier, there had been calls to not rush the budget process, using an extra meeting if necessary to get through everything. In the end, the Keizer Budget Committee approved an amended fiscal year 2013-14 budget at its May 9 meeting, going just a few minutes past the scheduled end [...]

An alert bystander helped save two Salem teenagers near the Keizer Rapids Boat Ramp last weekend. At approximately 6 p.m. last Saturday, May 11, two swimmers were rescued from the banks of the Willamette River in Keizer after they were stranded following a near-tragic river crossing. Sherwin Schnell of Independence was sitting at the water’s [...]

  By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes It’s not uncommon for the contestants in the Distinguished Young Women of Keizer scholarship program to be labeled as “pageant girls,” but the stereotypes associated with such a label couldn’t be further from the truth, said Michelle Nelson. “For the past few weeks everyone has been calling [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The goat is screaming once again. The Woodry family of Keizer has owned a 1967 Pontiac GTO since new. Following a couple of long periods of inactivity, the car – nicknamed “Screamer” – was recently restored and modernized. Jim and son Eddy expect to be showing off the silver [...]