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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 17, 2018 Club makes sure KPD is ready to go DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Lights, Comedy, Laughs! OPEN CAPTION SHOWING Tuesday, August 28 at 6:10 pm Solo: A Star Wars Story (PG -13) Special showing with captioning shown on screen with the movie. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY! SATURDAY, AUG 18 Auggie Smith & Benji Wright 7 pm & 9 pm (21 & Over) Admission only $10. Reserved Seating for this show. Saturday, SEPT 1, at 11:00 am MOVIE: T EEN T ITANS G O ! [ PG ] Sensory Sensitive Show ONLY $4 Special showing for kids and adults with Autism or other sensory sensitivities. Today in History The Woodstock Music Festival—conceived as “Three Days of Peace and Music” on a 600-acre dairy farm–draws to a close after three days of peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll in upstate New York. Close to half a million people attended, jamming the roads around the site with eight miles of traffi c. — August 17, 1969 Food 4 Thought “A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. ” — Albert Camus The Week Ahead REGISTER NOW — Sunday, September 23 Rotary Multi-Sport Riverfest. The event includes Olympic and Spring distance triathlon and duathlon as well as 5K, 10K, half marathon and kids’ room. Visit rotaryriverfestsalem. enmotive.com. Friday, August 17 – Saturday, September 8 Pentacle Theatre’s The Savannah Sipping Society. A light- hearted comedy that follows the lives and misadventures of four southern women. Pentacle Theatre 324 52nd Ave NW in Salem. Showtimes and tickets available at pentacletheatre.org Friday, August 17 Showcase at the Park presented by Uptown Music. Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park. Performing will be Laura and Emily (duo), Alexis (solo), Black & Blue, and Red Spectre will close the show. Gates open at 5 p.m., show is 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Food and beverages will be sold at the concession stand. Please no outside food or beverages. No pets allowed inside the amphitheater. Saturday, August 18 Rituals 2018 custom car and truck show, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Volcanoes Stadium, 6700 Field of Dreams Way NE. 50th Corn Festival at Porter-Boone Park in Aumsville. Parade at 11 a.m., festival grounds open at 11 am., festivities begin at noon. aumsville.us. 20th Annual McNary Estates Garage Sale, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will be accepting donations for Marion-Polk Food Share at each entrance. Every home participating in the sale will pay a $20 fee which will be donated to Keizer Police Department and Keizer Fire District. Last year, over $1,200 cash was raised and over a ton of food was donated. Keizertimes presents Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts as part of the Free 2018 Summer Concert Series located at Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park. Gates open at 5 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m. Beer, Wine, & Spirits available from Santiam Brewing Company. Please no outside food or beverages. No pets allowed inside the amphitheater. For complete concert schedule go to Facebook.com/KRAORG. Richard Gilewitz live performance. Fingerstyle guitarist Richard Gilewitz kicks off his West Coast tour with a performance at Uptown Music, 3827 River Road N. Starts at 7 p.m. Free, but reservations are suggested. Contact Paul Elliot at 503-393-4437 for more information. Saturday Night Dance and Potluck. Featuring music by Jefferson Parks. Admission is $5, 7 to 10 p.m. at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Sunday, August 19 – Monday, August 20 GillaCamp Guitar and Ukulele Workshop. Fingerstyle guitarist Richard Gilewitz hosts a two-day workshop for guitar and ukulele players. Takes place at Uptown Music, 3827 River Road N. Registration is $495 and limited to $15 students, includes both 50-minute workshops, individual instruction, lunch, and discounted lodging at the Quality Suites Inn in Keizer. Visit richardgilewitz.com/workshops/ gillacamp-weekend-or.html for more info. Members of the Willamette Valleg Victorg Riders handoff go-bags to members of the Keizer Police Department at the citg council meeting Aug. 6. The Willamette Valley Vic- tory Riders motorcycle club donated 10 go-bags to the Keizer Police Department for children removed from dif- fi cult situations at the Keizer City Council meeting Mon- day, Aug. 6. Delbert Kurtz 1925-2018 Delbert Chester Kurtz was born in Keizer, Ore., near where Bi-Mart now stands, on November 1, 1925 to Frederick Godfrey Kurtz and Mary Barker Kurtz. During his adventur- ous youth, he spent time with his fa- ther in the forests of the Siletz, Rock Creek and Rogue River where they lived in cabins and gathered cascara bark to sell and mined for gold. He attended school in Salem until serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943-46, in- cluding the South Pacifi c War Theatre. He married Betty Reeve on June 20, 1947, re- cently celebrating their 71rst wedding anniversary at home. Returning to Keizer in 1962, He worked at Oregon Pulp and Paper Mill and as an iron- worker for Mercer Steel Co. until an early retirement. Deb was a descendant of early Oregon settlers, specifi - cally Robert Godfrey, who TAGS, continued from Page A1 support the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Foundation. The store will provide the service, but Big Brothers and Big Sisters will be the receiving agency of the donation and The Thrift Store will purchase the items from the founda- tion. Kenney, a longtime Salem resident who owned and op- erated a delivery service for 15 years before joining The Thrift Store, said Keizer and the former Goodwill location were a natural fi t for the new venture. “We followed them into a spot that was doing well to begin with. Keizer has a nice demo and it’s a good place to start,” he said. Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. sudoku THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES Avengers Infi nity War (PG-13) Fri 7:55, Sat 3:00, Sun 3:10 Book Club (PG-13) Sun 12:15 Darkest Minds (PG-13) Fri 1:40, 3:45, Sat 12:50, 2:25, Sun 2:15, 4:15 Deadpool 2 (R) Fri 8:30, Sat 8:20, Sun 6:15, 8:35 Jumanji (PG) Fri 1:05, 4:50 Oceans 8 (PG-13) Fri 6:20, Sat 12:20, 4:40, 6:30, Sun 6:30, 8:45 Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Everg row must contain one of each digit. So must everg column, as must everg 3x3 square. came from England to Or- egon in 1845 and took out a donation land claim in what today is West Salem in Polk County. The extended family of Mordecai and Celia Lane came in an 1853 wagon train from Missouri and settled in Marion County near Sublim- ity. Francis Anne Lane and Rob- ert Godfrey were married October 11, 1855 in Salem. The Frederick- Kurtz family were early settlers in the Keizer area. Deb’s D. Kurtz grandfather, Fred- erick H. Godfrey, was adopted into the Kurtz family as a boy in 1916 at the age of 11. Deb enjoyed playing and watching his children play sports. Baseball, golfi ng, and hunting were his favorites. He spent many hours traveling, camping, and hunting with his family - often teaching them the fi ner points of each. Deb was an avid golfer and hunter until very recently. Deb is survived by his wife, Betty J. Kurtz and children John Richard Kurtz, Mar- guerita (Bub), Dillingham, AK; Gerald Reeve, Cindi, Prineville, Ore.; Michael Jeffrey, Cynthia, Keizer, Ore.; and Lisa Deb’ Anne Atchley, Salem, Ore.; and 11 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Private family services and interment were held at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Donations can be made to Union Gospel Mission, Salem, Oregon. up to us and handing us cash for the go-bags. One club from Washington passed a hat and gave us $137,” Smith said. Smith said the group is do- nating about 100 bags to local fi rst responders as a result of the success. Advantage Heating honored Advantage Heating and Air Conditioning was recently honored by Ruud, a water heater manufacturer, at Ru- ud’s Top Pro Partner awards dinner and reception in Wash- ington, D.C. The event recognized and rewarded an elite group of HVAC businesses that dem- onstrated excellence in Ruud sales, customer support, and overall service during 2017. Located in Salem, near the Salem-Keizer Parkway, Ad- vantage Heating and Air Con- ditioning has been providing HVAC sales and service for 25 years. UNITED: Org may get remaining funds later (Continued from Page A1) Mooney responded that she understood the concern, but that providing the meal was an important part of the organiza- tional goals of bringing as many people as possible to the table. “I believe that providing a meal and coming around a table over a meal adds to the collaboration happening. It's one less hurdle,” Mooney said. She added that she is working on getting the meals donated, but the program is still in its re- looking back in the KT building stages. Councilor Bruce Ander- son echoed some of Freeman's concerns. “I would like more informa- tion about the programs you are supporting. I would like to see you taking the dollars and directing them toward the pro- grams you are seeking to sup- port. I'd like some more meat on the bones,” Anderson said. The approval for the $1,000 disbursement came with the caveat that the money not be used for meals and a request for regular reports back to the council on progress. Mooney had lined up matching funds from the Salem Leadership Foundation and she was not certain how the limited disbursement would impact those plans. The haggling over $2,000 came three weeks after the council forgave more than $13,000 owed by Keizer Little League to the facility it man- ages in a Keizer park. maze 5 YEARS AGO Blind man has phone stolen Josh Bowen of Keizer had his phone taken right out of his hands while waiting for a Cherriots bus. The phone, which was modifi ed to help visually-impaired people, was estimated at $649. 10 YEARS AGO 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE Thursday, August 23 Twilight on the River, 7 p.m., Rotary Pavilion at Riverfront Park in Salem. The event will celebrate 40 years of service to the community by Willamette Valley Hospice. 503-588-3600. handheld games and coloring books. Coordinator Brandon Smith, a former Keizer city councilor, said the effort proved to be a big hit with participants. “We had people walking obituaries Monday, August 20 Keizer United meeting, 12:30 p.m. Keizer Civic Center. Connect with other organizations looking for support and develop new collaboration opportunities. Tuesday, August 21 Free admission all day at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. During their Iris Festival Poker Run, the Victory Rid- ers amassed $1,963 dollars in donations to the 4 Kids pro- gram, which coordinates dis- tribution of the bags to fi rst responders. The bags contain items like stuffed animals, Show Dogs (PG) Fri 3:00 Sicario 2 (R) Fri 8:45, Sat 8:45 Solo: Star Wars (R) Fri 3:35, Sat 12:00, 5:50, Sun 12:40, 2:00, 6:00 Tag (R) Fri 6:45, Sun 8:30 Uncle Drew (PG-13) Fri 1:30, 5:50, Sat 2:35, 4:25, Sun 12:00, 4:30 FOR ALL SHOWTIMES GO TO NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM In the books: Kazoo band record set Keizer is offi cially the Guinness World Record holder for the ‘largest kazoo band,’ after 2,788 people hummed “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at the Volcanoes Stadium in 2007. 15 YEARS AGO Wal-Mart donates Durangos to Keizer Chief Marc Adams contacted the company after learned that they donate fl eet cars to non-profi t organizations and agencies. Tena Hill, Wal-Mart’s administrative assistant said donating fl eet cars to struggling agencies is “the right thing to do.” Maze bg Jonathan Graf of Keizer KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Should the Citg of Keizer pag for the watering of sports fi elds at Claggett Creek Middle School? 20 YEARS AGO Dispatch error gives robber escape margin in bank heist Police were sent to the wrong bank last week, giving the rob- ber precious minutes to escape. The robber made off with an undisclosed sum after showing a teller a gun in his waistband and demanding money. 64% – No 36% – Yes Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM
