A scene from Theatre 33’s December 2021 production “The Christmas Gift” featuring actors Jeff Sanders, left, Ed Schoaps, right, and Allison Saucy and Erica Towe, back. (Courtesy/Theatre 33) When the actors at Theatre 33 took to the stage in mid-December for their holiday production of “The Christmas Gift,” it marked[Read More…]
Tag: SALEM ORGANIZATIONS
East Salem Rotary Club sends lifesaving gear to Mexico for local firefighters
Organizers gather at the send-off last month of a heavy rescue truck filled with firefighting gear. The equipment was gathered by the East Salem Rotary Club for donation to volunteer firefighters in Mexico. (Submitted photo) A fire rescue truck loaded with medical and firefighting supplies recently shipped out a volunteer[Read More…]
Rotary Club of Salem celebrates 100th birthday with ambitious park project
Gerry Frank, 96, acknowledges a standing ovation at the Rotary Club of Salem’s 100th birthday celebration on Feb. 5, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Gerry Frank proudly sports his button labeled #1, marking him the longest-standing current member of the Rotary Club of Salem. Now 96, Frank joined the club in[Read More…]
Years of planning for new YMCA take shape as downtown Salem building demolished
Demolition in progress at the Salem YMCA on Nov. 15, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Customers at Salem’s IKE Box now have courtside seats to the historic YMCA building’s demolition over the coming weeks. By the end of the year, the nearly century-old fitness center downtown and neighboring apartment building will[Read More…]
Willamette hospice program cares for four-legged family members
Wilson greets Willamette Valley Hospice volunteer Sharon Miller as vet assistant Rebecca Armstrong goes over the dog’s medication at an appointment Sept. 25 at VCA Keizer Veterinary Hospital. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) As Sharon Miller escorted Wilson to his medical appointment, it was hard to tell the pair had just met.[Read More…]
Willamette hospice program cares for four-legged family members
Wilson greets Willamette Valley Hospice volunteer Sharon Miller as vet assistant Rebecca Armstrong goes over the dog’s medication at an appointment Sept. 25 at VCA Keizer Veterinary Hospital. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) As Sharon Miller escorted Wilson to his medical appointment, it was hard to tell the pair had just met.[Read More…]
Gilbert House Museum unveils new video production exhibit with help from Salem students
Sierra Langford, exhibit and facilities coordinator at the Gilbert House Children’s Museum, steps onto the stage in the new “Lights! Camera! Action!” exhibit, which opened this week. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Kids at the Gilbert House Children’s Museum can now step into a castle’s throne room or take a ride into[Read More…]
Gilbert House Museum unveils new video production exhibit with help from Salem students
Sierra Langford, exhibit and facilities coordinator at the Gilbert House Children’s Museum, steps onto the stage in the new “Lights! Camera! Action!” exhibit, which opened this week. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Kids at the Gilbert House Children’s Museum can now step into a castle’s throne room or take a ride into[Read More…]