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Valentine’s Romantic
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LIVE STAND UP COMEDY
Lights, Comedy, Laughs!
Saturday, Feb 4
AUGGIE SMITH & GARY JONES will
perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is
only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved
seating for this show. Purchase tickets at
box offi ce or at our website.
MON & TUE, FEB 13-14
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Enjoy a full service dinner by candle light, while
watching a romantic movie. Nominated for 3
Oscars in 2016. Admission$27.50 PER PERSON
includes movie, 4 course dinner and drinks.
Reservations available at web site.
UFC208 - Sat, Feb 11
Holm v. Randamie
WOMEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT
9 FIGHTS IN ALL ON THE HUGE SCREEN
Live Fights at 5:00 (21 & Over) - Tickets $13
Reserved Seating Available Now Online.
Today in History
U.S. Marine jet fl ying low over the town of Cavalese in the
Italian Alps severs a ski-lift cable, sending a tram crashing to
the ground and killing 20 people.
— Feb. 3, 1998
Food 4 Thought
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth
tries.”
— James A. Michener, author. Born Feb. 3, 1907
The Month Ahead
Continuing Through Saturday, February 11
Noises Off, a comedy by Michael Frayn, at Pentacle
Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Show continues through Feb. 11. Visit
pentacletheatre.org for dates and tickets.
Saturday, February 4
Keizer-Salem Area Senior Center pancake breakfast. 8
to 10 a.m. All-you-can-eat for $4. Children 5 years and
younger are free.
Monday, February 6
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., 930 Chemawa Road
N.E. 930 Plymouth Drive N.E. in Keizer.
Tuesday. February 7
Keizer Economic Development Commission meeting,
noon, 930 Chemawa Road N.E.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 8
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m., 930
Chemawa Road N.E.
Thursday, February 10
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by A.R.
Gurney starring Mary Bauer Opra and Joe Egli, 7 p.m. at
Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Tickets are
$15, available at the door or by visiting brownpapertickets.
com.
Saturday, February 11
Millstream Knitting Guild meets at Arrowhead Mobile Park
Community Center, 5422 Portland Road N.E. in Salem,10
a.m. to noon. New members welcome, $24 membership
per year. For more information, visit millstreamknitting.
wordpress.com.
Celebrate Oregon’s 158th birthday in the state capitol
Galleria. Enjoy birthday cake, historical characters and
entertainment. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, February 11 – Sunday, February 12
Pinot and Chocolate at Willamette Valley Vineyard, 8800
Enchanted Way S.E. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. both days. Tickets are
$15 ($10 for members). wvv.com, 503-588-9463.
Sunday, February 12
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by A.R.
Gurney starring JoAnne Beilke and Jerry McGee, 2 p.m. at
Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. N.E. Tickets are
$15, available at the door or by visiting brownpapertickets.
com.
Monday, February 13
Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m., 930 Chemawa
Road N.E.
Tuesday, February 14
Valentine’s Day
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer fi refi ghter Matt
Dryden pinches himself all the
time.
“I always wanted to work at
Keizer Fire District,” Dryden
said. “I’m ecstatic to be here. I
was tripping over myself to get
my application in. It is truly a
huge gift to me, just to work
here.”
That enthusiasm is just one
reason Dryden was voted both
Keizer Fire’s 2016 Rookie and
Employee of the Year by the
district’s captains and chief of-
fi cers.
“Matt is always very happy
and cheerful and smiling,”
KFD Public Education Spe-
cialist Anne-Marie Storms said.
Dryden also has a strong
work ethic.
“You ask him to do some-
thing, he’s going to see it to the
very end,” Captain Aaron Pittis
said. “You never have to worry
about any issues whatsoever.
Say it once and it’s done.”
Dryden, who grew up on
a farm between Monitor and
Woodburn, moved to Keizer
in 2001. He started at KFD as
a volunteer in 2005 as a way to
meet people and get involved
in the community.
“I had no envision of mak-
ing it a career,” Dryden said. “I
caught the bug and after a year
or so thought I would really
like to make this a career. It’s a
great way to make a difference
in people’s lives.”
Dryden remained a volun-
teer fi refi ghter for fi ve years
and began taking classes at
Chemeketa Community Col-
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lege, where he earned his as-
sociate’s degree.
Dryden was then hired as
a career fi refi ghter and main-
tenance offi cer at Stayton Fire
District. After fi ve years, a paid
position at KFD opened in
December, 2015.
Coming back to Keizer was
an easy decision.
“I always loved it here,”
Dryden said. “It’s where my
kids go to school. It’s central
for me, great people, great de-
partment.”
Dryden was surprised to
win even Rookie of the Year,
much less Employee of the
Year.
“I was pretty shocked,” he
said. “I was very humbled to
receive it. I just come to work
and do my job and work hard
and I always have and I always
will. And I love coming to
work and I love helping peo-
ple out. I just do my job and
there’s 32 paid guys here and
we’re all doing the same work
and we’re all doing our jobs
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Keizer
Homegrown
Theater will open its 2017
season with Love Letters on
Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.
The play, directed by Linda
Baker and written by A.R.
Gurney, will take place at
Keizer Heritage Center, 980
Chemawa Rd. N.
It features two friends,
Andrew Makepeace Ladd
III and Melissa Gardner,
both born to wealth and
position, whose lifelong
correspondence begins with
birthday party thank you
notes and summer camp
postcards.
The piece is comprised
of letters exchanged over a
lifetime between two people
who grew up together,
went their separate ways,
but continued to share
confi dences. As the actors
read the letters aloud, what
is created is an evocative,
touching, frequently funny
but always telling pair of
character studies in which
what is implied is as revealing
and meaningful as what is
actually written down.
Two
additional
performances are scheduled
for Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.
and Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
Different
well-known
Keizer citizens will share
readings: Mary Opra and Joe
Egli on Feb. 10, Jerry McGee
and JoAnne Beilke on Feb.
12 and Lore Christopher and
Lyndon Zaitz on Feb. 14.
Tickets are $15 and are
Seed Exchange
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available at the door or
online at http://www.
brownpapertickets.com/
event/2830743. KHT is
also offering season passes
again for the 2017 season
for $40, a savings of $20 off
the cost of individual show
tickets. Season tickets can
be purchased at the door of
Love Letters productions.
Doors will open an hour
before each performance for
a complimentary cupcake
happy hour with sparkling
cider and coffee.
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Friday, February 17 – Saturday, February 25
Lear’s Daughters presented by the Willamette University
Theatre Department at M. Lee Pelton Theatre on campus.
Performances at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on
Sunday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 25. Tickets are $12.
boxoffi cetickets.com.
Saturday, February 18
A night of music, art and wine as the Salem Symphony
presents Pictures at an Exhibition at the Historic Elsinore
Theatre. Art showcase and wine tasting at 6 p.m. Tickets
range from $30 to $70. elsinoretheatre.com.
Sunday, February 19
Afternoon Tea at the Library a fundraiser for the Keizer
Community Library, 3:30 p.m., upstairs in the Keizer
Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road, NE. Tickets $25.
Loving Hearts dinner-dance, Keizer/Salem Area Seniors.
Ham dinner, music by The Fantastics. Raffl e. Doors open
at noon, dinner starts at 12:30 p.m. 930 Plymouth Der.
N.E. ksacenter.com.
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Marion-Polk Food Share
will host the seventh annual
Seed Exchange on Saturday,
Mar. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon.
The exchange will be hosted
at the Marion-Polk Food
Share, 1660 Salem Industrial
Drive N.E.
The Seed Exchange is an
opportunity for home garden-
ers to bring seeds to share and
take home free seeds. The goal
of the event is to distribute
seeds so that local families can
grow their own healthy, nutri-
tious food.
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agencies
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potential
employees for their immigration
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Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents Love Letters by A.R.
Gurney starring Lore Christopher and Lyndon Zaitz, 7
p.m. matinee at Keizer Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Rd.
N.E. Tickets are $15, available at the door or by visiting
brownpapertickets.com.
Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700
State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
above the level.”
Other honorees at KFD’s
annual banquet were: Mike
Jensen was named EMT of the
Year, Victor Hess was voted
Volunteer Firefi ghter of the
Year and Jared Caruth re-
sponded to the most alarms.
Four service awards were
given: Amber Butler (20 years),
Greg Biben (15 years) and
Jeff Gallinger (10 years). Greg
Rands was honored for serving
on the KFD Budget Commit-
tee from 2004-16.
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Army Pfc. Ryan J. Hill of
Keizer was killed in Baghdad,
Iraq, when an improvised
explosive device detonated
near the Humvee he was
driving. During his high
school years, Hill spent time
working as a courtesy clerk
for the Keizer Albertsons. He
is remembered for his intense
love and dedication to his
mother, Shawna Hill who was
a tireless advocate for him.
15 YEARS AGO
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A fi refi ghter for the Keizer Fire
District, Frank Bracken, was
named volunteer fi refi ghter of
the year.
20 YEARS AGO
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Two middle schools — White-
aker and Stephens — are
overfl owing. The district wants
to build a new middle school
in the south end of Keizer.
That could cost $16 million.