By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A Keizer mom is asking for the community to help support her son. Misty Fragua has entered her 20-year-son Fernando – or Nando – Gallegos into a national competition for a minivan equipped to handle wheelchairs. The van is being given away by the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association, [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Marc Adams is going out on a high note. Earlier this year, Adams announced he is retiring as Keizer’s police chief at the end of the year. He’s going out on top. During an awards banquet at the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police (OACP) in Bend April 11, Adams [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Dennis Koho went 0-for-3 Monday night. But it wasn’t for a lack of trying. Three times during the April 15 Keizer City Council meeting, Koho tried to amend a motion. Each time, Koho’s amendment was rejected by a 5-2 vote. “I can see how effective I’ve been at persuading [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes A potential appeal earlier this year was settled by, of all things, sidewalks. Don’t expect concrete to solve lingering issues a second time. Last week Jack Yarbrough, owner of three pieces of land in Keizer Station, filed paperwork of his intent to appeal a land use decision in [...]

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By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Quick: what is the state bird of Oregon? How about the state crustacean? Better yet, what is the state soil of Oregon? You may not know the answers to all those questions (and more), but Keizer’s Julie Yamaka does. For the past 10 years, Yamaka has been managing editor [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Tina Karo-Grunberg had been looking forward to competing in the Boston Marathon for the first time on Monday. The 47-year-old runner from Keizer was still enjoying the day when she crossed the finish line in 3:51.19. “I had tried to get in a year ago, but didn’t get [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The search for new soccer fields in Keizer continues. While the non-profit organization 25 fields for Oregon is still working on plans for a 25-field complex east of city limits, the Keizer Soccer Club (KSC) is looking to build three fields at city parks. Jim Parent spoke to members [...]

By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes For the past two weeks, a group of German students has been visiting McNary High School, but the students’ preparation for the trip actually began long before they arrived in the U.S. “We got to choose classes we wanted to sit in on from a huge master schedule [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The need hasn’t stopped. As such, plans are moving forward to expand Simonka Place, the Union Gospel Mission (UGM) shelter at 5119 River Road N that serves homeless women and children. Simonka Place has a capacity of 50 beds. Since January 2012, the facility has been averaging more than [...]