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With Allies closing in on Germany, Nazi leader Adolph Hitler
orders a massive attack with three armies from the densely
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— December 16, 1944
Food 4 Thought
“The philosophy of a generation is common sense to the
next.”
— Gebhard Lebrecht Blücher,
defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Born Dec. 16, 1742
The Month Ahead
Through Friday, December 23
A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical
Celebration at Artists Repertory Theater, Alder Stage,
1516 SW Alder Street, Portland, 97205. Tickets are $50.
For showtimes or to buy tickets, call 503-241-1278 or visit
www.artistsrep.org
Through Monday, December 26
Keizer Miracle of Christmas Lights Display, 6 to 10 p.m.
Gubser neighborhood. Free admission but cash and food
donations for the Marion-Polk Food Share are welcome.
Through Saturday, December 31
14th Something Red Art Walk, Exhibit and Sale
presented by Artists in Action. More than 20 businesses
in downtown Salem will participate. artists inaction.org.
Through Sunday, January 1
Christmas in the Garden, located at The Oregon Garden,
879 West Main Street. Features ice skating, a traditional
German Christmas Market, and a light display in the
Rediscovery Forest. Ice skating is available daily (Garden
closed Dec. 24 and 25.) Visit www.oregongarden.org/
christmas-schedule-of-activities/.
Friday, December 16
Salem/Keizer December Dance Performance presented
by Keizer’s France School of Dance, 7 p.m, North Salem
High School Auditorium, 765 14th St. N.E. Admission is
$3 per person or three cans of food to be donated to local
food banks. fsodance.com. 503-390-1210.
Sunday, December 18
The Festival Chorale Oregon Festival Carolers present
Sing We Now of Christmas at the Historic Elsinore
Theatre. They will be performing traditional carols
dressed in Victorian costume. There will be audience
sing-alongs and a special story for children. Doors open
at 3 p.m., performance starts at 4 p.m. Buy tickets at
elsinoretheatre.com.
Candy Cane Day in Keizer. Santa Claus travels throughout
the city handing out canes with the help of the Keizer Fire
District volunteers.
Sunday, December 18-Monday, December 19
Holiday Craft and Bake Sale Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 1330 Summer Street NE, across from the Boys &
Girls Club. 10 to 6 p.m. both day. Nearly two dozen hand-
crafting vendors and assorted baked goods. Fundraiser
for the church and the church’s Pathfi nders group.
Monday, December 19-Friday, December 23
Magic at the Mill at Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill
Street S.E. From 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Adults and seniors
$6, children 6-12 $4. Children four and under, free. Free
admission to members. Go to willametteheritage.org for
more information.
Saturday, December 17
54th annual Salem Christmas bird count, organized by
the Salem Audubon Society. More than 100 species and
almost 50,000 birds were counted last year. 503-507-
8552, 971-338-8817.
Tuesday, December 20
Tea with Mrs. Claus at Salem’s Riverfront Carousel.
Sittings at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $20 per person, children
under three free if on adult’s lap. By reservation only. Call
503-540-0374.
Thursday, December 22- Friday, December 23
The Nutcracker will be performed at the Historic
Elsinore Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $24 to
$39. Youth (high school and younger) cost between $22
and $35. Group (15 or more) cost between $22 and $35.
Buy tickets at elsinoretheatre.com.
Pajama Party with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Salem’s
Riverfront Carousel. Starts at 6 p.m. $20 per person,
children under three free. By reservation only. Call 503-
540-0374.
Saturday, December 24
Salem Tuba Holiday presented by Historic Elsinore Theatre
and Salem Concert Band, noon. 170 High Street SE. Open
seating, $15, reserved seating $20. Students $5. 503-375-
3574 or 1-800-992-8499. salemconcertband.org.
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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
In nearly 35 years as fran-
chisees of the 7-Eleven at the
corner of Lockhaven Drive and
River Road, John and Jane Hy-
der have seen as many as four
generations of the same fami-
lies come through their store.
Until they retired on Tues-
day, Dec. 13, it wasn’t uncom-
mon for the children of regular
customers to drop in and ask if
they remembered them from
years, sometimes decades, be-
fore.
“It happens a lot around the
holidays when family is back
in town,” said Jane. “Most of
the time they have to give me
clues, but it really helps if they
bring in their kids because I
can look at them and see the
resemblances from when the
parents were their age.”
The Hyders said the regular
customers and their families
are the things they’ll miss most
about the work.
“We have one guy we call
‘Decaf John’ because he comes
in about the same time every
day and gets a large decaf cof-
fee. We always make sure to
have a fresh pot on when he
gets here,” John said.
The Hyders have seen a lot
of changes in the past three de-
cades, in their business and in
Keizer as a whole.
They have an aerial pho-
tograph of the 7-Eleven store
taken a few years after they pur-
chased the franchise. The place
that is now Creekside Shop-
ping Center is still a fi eld, there
is no Dairy Queen or apart-
ments hemmed in along the
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
NOW AND THEN: Jane and John Hyder in front of their 7-Eleven franchise the day before
retiring earlier this week and in February 1982 when they took over the store.
side and back of the building,
there isn’t even a stoplight at
the intersection. Keizer hadn’t
become its own city when they
bought the franchise.
“The Marion County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce provided police and
they kind of used our back
counter as a work substation
and the store as a place to use
the restroom,” John said.
In the early years, Jane
would work the day shift and
John would come in on eve-
nings and weekends. They ran
the entire business mostly by
themselves with the help of
their kids, Jill and Troy. Troy re-
turned to the shop after gradu-
ating from Oregon State Uni-
versity and has worked there
for 21 years himself, but he’s
also going to pursue other in-
terests as his parents depart.
“Everything was clerk-
served. If you wanted a Big
Gulp, you ordered it at the
counter and we served it. There
was no self-serve back in those
days,” Jane said.
The offerings have also
changed. When the Hyders
took the reins, 7-Elevens fo-
cused on basic convenience
store fare of bread, milk, soda,
beer and candy.
“Now it is more of a food
store with hot and cold food
in addition to all of that other
stuff,” Jane said.
When the opportunity
arose to take on the other
obituaries
Karen Sue (Leavitt) Choate
Jan. 30, 1943 – Dec. 7,2016
Karen Sue (Leavitt) Choate,
a resident of Avamere Court,
passed away Thursday, Dec. 7.
Karen was born to Jacob
Hamblin Leavitt and Anna Mi-
nerva Potter on Jan. 30, 1943,
in Las Vegas. She often recalled
the family sitting on the porch
and watching mushroom
clouds of atomic bombs tested
fi fty miles of her home north.
When she was 18, Karen
met an airman from Stayton,
Ore., stationed at Nellis Air
Force Base. She and Chuck
Choate were married July, 8,
1961. Upon his discharge they
moved to Oregon where lived
looking
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
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on MTV
in Salem, Corvallis, Hillsboro
and Keizer during the last 55
years. Together they raised their
son, Kevin.
In July 2006, she moved to
Avamere Court at Keizer and
there is no doubt that she lived
as long as she did because of
the quality, professionalism and
love of the Avamere staff.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Chuck Choate; son,
Kevin Choate; daughter in-law
Zoie Choate; grandchildren
Charleigh, Paul and Amber
Choate; and great granddaugh-
ter Audrey Choate.
Visitation will be on Friday,
Dec. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. and
Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m.
till service time at 2 p.m. at
Keizer Funeral Chapel.
March 18, 1980 – Dec. 6,2016
A GoFundMe campaign has
Salem comedian Will Wood-
ruff died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. been set up in his memory to
cover cremation and
Woodruff was a
funeral costs, it can be
poker dealer who
found at gofundme.
worked around the
com/cr98r38.
Any
country
including
amount received over
events like the World
the stated goal will be
Series of Poker. He was
put toward a memorial
co-founder of the Wil-
in his name.
lamette Valley’s Funni-
A memorial service
est Person Contest.
He is survived by his W. Woodruff will be held at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18, at
mother, Shelley Wood-
ruff of Keizer and two brothers Capitol City Theater, 210 Lib-
erty Street S.E.
Craig and Ronald.
Linda St. Pierre became
the principle of Keizer
Elementary School seven
years ago. She won the
Crystal Apple Award that
honor the best educators
from
the
Salem-Keizer
School district.
sudoku
Metal towers may
face city control
The
Keizer
Planning
Commission wants to move
quickly to control the cellular
telephone towers. Now, there
is little or no restriction in
Keizer on where the towers
can go. Keizer wants to
control where metal towers
sprout in the community.
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Keizerites turned out under
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School was picked.
7-Eleven down the street on
River Road North, they pur-
chased that one, too, and re-
tained ownership for 26 years.
The Hyders sold that stake in
2009.
John said technology has
had one of the biggest impacts.
“We’re saving a lot of trees
now. Everything used to be
done on paper, but now the
system 7-Eleven uses takes care
of most of it, including order-
ing product,” he said.
The Hyders have no agen-
da for what comes next. John
wants to get the garage cleaned
up, but after that he wants to
start volunteering as a way to
stay connected with the many
customer-friends he’s met over
the years.
“I’m going to miss all of our
regular friends and customers
and staff. They’ve all made our
lives easier over the past cou-
ple of years and I cannot thank
them enough,” John said.
Jane summed it up with a
tagline the convenience store
used many moons ago, “Oh
thank Heaven for 7-Eleven.”
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