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Halloween
invades
Keizer
Saturday
DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH!
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STUDENT NIGHT
EVERY THURSDAY!
NOVEMBER 1 ————————————
4:00 – The Meg (PG-13)
6:15 – Christopher Robin (PG)
8:25 – The Predator (R)
SATURDAY,
OCT 27
Incredibles 2
(PG)
11:00 AM
TICKETS ARE JUST $4
SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS
AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR
OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES.
A number of alternative
Halloween celebrations are
being held throughout Keiz-
er Saturday, Oct. 27.
Generally for the 16-20 year old crowd
OPEN CAPTION SHOWING
Crazy Rich Asians
(PG-13)
TUES, OCT 29
6PM, TICKETS ARE $4/EACH.
Special showing with captioning shown
on screen with the movie.
Today in History
The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming U.S.
victory as combined American and Australian forces cripple
the Imperial Japanese Navy. Fought over four days in waters
near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon, it is
the fi rst battle in which Japanese aircraft carry out organized
kamikaze attacks and will come to be regarded as the largest
naval battle of World War II.
— October 26, 1944
Food 4 Thought
“It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But
to be independent when you haven’t got a thing, that’s the
Lord’s test.”
— Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer, born Oct. 26, 1911
The Month Ahead
Saturday, October 27
Stayton Ghost Tour & Chocolate Walk. Victorian-themed
guided tour of historic Downtown Stayton with chocolate
treats after every stop. Participants are encouraged
to wear a costume. Starts at 5 p.m. with tours leaving
every 15 minutes at the Brown House Event Center, 425
North 1st Avenue in Stayton. Presale tickets are $15 until
October 18th, where they will be sold for $20.
Annual Scarousel Bash. Treats, activities, raffl es, and
unlimited carousel rides at the at the Salem Riverfront
Carousel, 101 Front Street NE. 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $5
for person and can be purchased at salemcarousel.org/
Entry is free for children under 3.
7th Annual Cherry City Bombers Trunk or Treat, 11 a.m.
t0 3 p.m., 3856 River Road N. 7th Annual Trunk of Treat
hosted by the Cherry City Bombers Car Club. This event
is open to all kids and special interest rides. Awards will
be given for the scariest ride.
Trunk-or-Treat at Keizer Elks Lodge, 1 to 3 p.m. at
Keizer Elks Lodge, 4250 Cherry Avenue NE. A safe
alternative to Trick-or-Treating door to door. Open to
the community.
Thursday, November 1 – Saturday, November 24
Black, White and Gray Show at Keizer Art Association’s
Enid Joy Mount Gallery. The most popular show of the
year. Visit keizerarts.com for hours.
Saturday, November 3 – Sunday, November 4
The Hemp & Cannabis Fair. Horticulture exhibits,
product & business showcases, and public speakers to
celebrate the legalization of marijuana. Starts 10 a.m.
on November 3rd at the Oregon State Fair Expo Center,
2330 17th Street NE in Salem.
Sunday, November 4
St. Paul’s Handbell Festival. Cathy Moklkebust leads
area handbell choirs for the second concert in the 2018-
19 Evensong Concert Series. Starts at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty Street SE in Salem.
Friday, November 9
Carousel Open House & Unveiling. Salem’s Riverfront
Carousel unveils plans for its new Artisans Studio,
including input from the community. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Riverfront Carousel, 101 Front Street NE in Salem.
Event is free for all.
Friday, November 9 – Saturday, December 1
Pentacle Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors. A horror-
rock-comedy musical based on the fi lm of the same
name. For showtimes and ticket information, visit
pentacletheatre.org
Saturday, November 10
Artists’ Reception and Awards for Black, White and Gray
Show, 6-8 p.m. Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount
Gallery, Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa Rd. NE.
Free admission.
Saturday, November 17 – Sunday, November 18
Old Fashion Christmas Show. Live entertainment,
candy-land mazes, and holiday movies; surrounded by
arts, crafts, food, and vendors all decorated with in an
old-timey holiday theme. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday
and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Oregon State Fair
Expo Center, 2330 17th Street NE in Salem. Admission
is $5 and a canned good per person. All canned goods
benefi t the Marion-Polk Food Share. Children 6 and
under enter for free.
Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com.
On the beat with a
crime lab technician
Ashley Chu loads evidence
into the Salem Police
Department’s mobile crime
lab. He will check it for
fingerprints that might help
locate criminals.
and other contaminates onto
that surface. The fumes from
superglue adhere to contam-
inations on the surface of the
can to make it visible. We use
photography techniques to
capture that fingerprint.”
That means knowing
how to operate cameras
well is a valuable skill in
his line of work.
If there is
enough of a fin-
gerprint to be
useful, it can be
put into a com-
puter database
that looks
for matches
with other fingerprints
that have been col-
lected.
“If we get
a
fingerprint
match, the crime
techs have to check each oth-
er’s to ensure there are no
mistakes and then we send
the information back to the
police,” Ashley said. “Some-
times we don’t find a match-
ing fingerprint in the database.
In those cases, we can register
the new fingerprint and
if the criminal gets ar-
rested later they might
be charged with the
older crime.”
Either way, he’s
helping making the
community
safer,
which is a why he likes his job.
“I like to help people. My
big thing is put yourself in the
victim’s shoes and remember
that they want to feel taken
care of and that they want
to feel like justice was done.
That’s how I try to view every
item we process,” Ashley said.
School was a big part of
preparing Ashley for his ca-
reer. After high school, he got
a bachelor’s degree in biology
with a minor in chemistry.
Then he got a master’s de-
gree in forensic science that
required him to study past
research and conduct his
own. His research fo-
cused on developing a
database to compare
the
markings
firearms make
on bullets.
He had three
big pieces of
advice for kids
thinking about
a career as a
crime tech.
“Pay attention in all your
classes. Forensic science is
such a broad field, a lot of
the classes you take can help
in this field such as mathe-
matics/physics, biology and
chemistry. You also want to
get experience, so try to vol-
unteer some place where they
are doing this type of work,”
he said.
The last lesson was one you
can start working on right
now: remember you are
part of a team in most
things that you do.
“With this type
of work, it’s not just
one person, it requires
teamwork. We play a
small part in the inves-
tigation. I’m lucky to get to
work with a lot of good po-
lice officers and detectives” he
said. “The cool thing about
this job is that every day can
be different, you might be do-
ing something in the lab or
writing reports and next thing
you know, you could be called
out to a crime scene.”
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of No Adults Allowed
Ashley Chu’s cool career
includes regular trips in the
Salem Police Department
Mobile Crime Lab, a van
equipped with most of the
necessary tools to collect ev-
idence from crime scenes all
around the area.
“In high school, I took a
forensic science class and I
volunteered for the Portland
Police Bureau in their crim-
inalists unit and armory. That’s
how I initially got
into the field
and
gained
some experi-
ence,” Ashley
said.
He’s been
a police labo-
ratory technician
for Salem Police Department
for almost two years, but he’s
done similar types of work
all along the West Coast and
even in Australia.
“Our duties include pick-
ing up evidence that officers
collected at scenes of crimes
and we will do a fingerprint
processing and comparison.
We also work major crime
scenes where we photograph
and process the scene, docu-
ment and collect evidence,”
Ashley said.
As part of the Salem Police
Department, most of what
Ashley does is look for fin-
gerprints, but even that can
involve a lot of science.
“We use physical and
chemical techniques to devel-
op latent prints. For example
if we have a soda can, we per-
form a visual inspection to see
if there are any fingerprints
that are visible, if not we can
use cyanoacrylate fuming
tank (superglue tank),” Ash-
ley said. “When we touch
something, we transfer oils
OCTOBER 31 events
• The residents of Avamere
Court at Keizer and the asso-
ciated Memory Care Center
across the street are opening
their doors to trick-or-treat-
ers between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Treats can be collected from
both sites 5210 River Road
N. and 450 Claggett Court
N., and residents love seeing
the kids in costume.
• Across the Salem-Keizer
Parkway, the Kroc Center is
hosting Kroctoberfest from 6
to 8 p.m. The event includes
fun for the whole family
in the form of food, treats,
games, prizes, rock painting
and more.
looking
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Vandals destroyed dugouts, tore
down a score box, uprooted
picnic tables, and tipped over
portable toilets. Kurt Barker,
president of KYSA, said it was
the most damage to the fields
he’d ever seen.
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THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
10 YEARS AGO
Cause of market fire
unknown
Ant-Man 2 (PG-13) Fri 4:10,
Sat 1:40, 5:45, Sun 2:15, 8:00
Christopher Robin (PG)
Fri 1:40, 4:00, 5:45,
Sat 12:00, 4:25, Sun 12:00, 2:00
maze
Investigators have been unable
to gain entry into the burned
remains of the River Road es-
tablishment EZ Market.
15 YEARS AGO
Woman gets jail for
contact with boy, 16
Hotel Transylvania 3 (PG)
Fri 3:45, Sat 11:45, 1:25,
Sun 4:40
A 33-year-old Keizer mother
who admitted to having a sex-
ual relationship with a 16-year-
old boy has been sentenced to
30 days in jail for three counts
of contributing to the sexual
delinquency of a minor.
Incredibles 2 (PG)
Fri 1:40, Sat 11:00, 2:00,
Sun 12:40, 4:00
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
the blank spac-
es. Every row
must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
• The Keizer Elks are host-
ing a Trunk-or-Treat event
in the parking lot of its lodge
located at 4250 Cherry Av-
enue N.E. The event is free
and open to everyone be-
tween 1 and 3 p.m.
Vandals hit KLL park
Crazy Rich Asians (PG-13)
Fri 1:40, 6:05, 8:20, Sat 6:30,
9:00, Sun 6:25, 8:40
sudoku
• Tony’s Kingdom of
Comics is hosting its 10th
Annual Horrorween cele-
bration from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. The event has grown
to incorporate many of the
businesses at Keizer Village
Shopping Center, 3856 Riv-
er Road N. Visitors to the
comic shop will receive two
free comics and can score ad-
ditional loot with a donation
to the Keizer Community
Food Bank. Artists AnneMare
and Shawn Cruz and Floyd-
man Sumner will be visiting.
Shawn Cruz and Sumner are
official artists for the Garbage
Pail Kids. The Cherry City
Bombers will set up in the
parking lot for their annual
Trunk-or-Treat. The rat rod
enthusiasts decorate their
vehicles for scares and offer
candy out of the trunks. The
first 200 kiddos will receive
a free Cherry City Bombers
Coloring Book and crayons.
El Patron Mexican Grill
will provide street tacos
while supplies last and Mr.
Video is hosting a charity
raffle and prize drawing for
Magic Wheelchair, a Keiz-
er-based organization that
provides elaborate costumes
for youth who depend on
wheelchairs of all shapes and
sizes. Mr. Video will also be
offering a special on horror
movie rentals.
Mamma Mia 2 (PG-13)
Fri 1:40, Sat 3:20, Sun 12:20
Mission Impossible:
Fallout (PG-13) Sun 3:05
20 YEARS AGO
Keizerites open
hearts, wallets
Peppermint (R)
Fri 7:50, Sat 8:00
The Meg (PG-13)
Fri 6:30, Sat 3:55, Sun 3:55
The Predator (R)
Fri 8:45, Sat 6:05, 8:15,
Sun 6:45, 8:45
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Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
Keizer businesses and residents
banded together last weekend
for a fundraiser to benefit the
family of Cathleen Short, who
passed away following a long
battle with a rare bone marrow
disease. The group raised $1,001.