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PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 2, 2019 CASCADE, continued from Page 1A DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM LIVE STAND UP COMEDY Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, August 10 SAT, AUG 10 Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 11:00 AM TICKETS ARE JUST $4 SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES. ANDREW SLEIGHTER & JR BERARD 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. Student Night EVERY THURSDAY! All Ages Movies in Theatre #3. Today in History Members of Congress affi x their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document, including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. — August 2, 1776 Food 4 Thought It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James Baldwin, novelist, born Aug. 2, 1924 The Weeks Ahead Through Saturday, August 17 Jest a Second! at the Pentacle Theatre. This comedy is suitable for teenage and older audiences who can handle its adult themes. The show is at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Visit pentacletheatre. org for more details. Friday, August 2 Free Summer Concert Series presents saxophonist Patrick Lamb. Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverage. No pets allowed in amphitheater. Ribbon cutting, 11 a.m., to re-open the historic lower terrace and arbor at Deepwood Museum and Gardens, 849 12th Street SE, Salem. Home and garden tours available. Usual garden tour and home prices apply. Friday, August 2 - Sunday, August 4 56th annual Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana, Legion Park, 1385 Park Ave. Food, entertainment, carnival, car show, soccer tournament and parade. woodburn-or.gov. Homer Davenport Community Festival, a celebration of illustration and cartooning. Visit HomerDavenport.com for more details. Saturday, August 3 Artists’ reception for August exhibit, Celebrate America, Keizer Art Association’s Enid Joy Mount Gallery, 2-4 p.m. Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa Rd NE. Show continues throughout August. See keizerarts.com for more details. Free Summer Concert Series presents blues artist, Ty Curtis. Keizer Rotary Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverage. No pets allowed in amphitheater. Cash at the Grand. Audience participation Johnny Cash tribute band, 7 p.m. $20. theonlycashtributeband.com. Salem’s 2019 Pride in the Park, Salem Riverfront Park Amphitheater, 11 a.m, free admission, additional information found at salemcapitolpride.org. Family Building Blocks Riverfront Family Fest, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free to attend, family friendly activities and events, visit familybuildingblocks.org. Keizer/Salem Area Seniors Saturday Night Dance & Potluck from 7 - 10 p.m. 930 Plymouth Drive N.E., Keizer. Admission is $5. Featuring music by Charles and the Angels. Saturday, August 3 - Sunday, August 4 Final weekend for The Great Oregon Steam-up at Powerland Heritage Park on Brooklake Road NE. 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. Admission is $15. Visit antiquepowerland.com. “Our success with Cascade Farm and Outdoor in Coos Bay set our sights on other op- portunities– we’ll be a great fi t for Keizer and the greater Sa- lem area,” said Bi-Mart Presi- dent Rich Truett. The new store, located in the old Roth’s building at 5013 River Road N., will focus on ranch and farm supplies, feed, equine supplies, lawn and gar- den equipment, sporting goods, pet supplies and outdoor ap- parel. Departments include: automotive, sporting goods, hardware, lawn and garden, pet food and supplies, clothing, farm and ranch, equine and livestock care, footwear, out- door power equipment, home, and grocery. “We have name brands that customers won’t necessarily fi nd in a discount store like Bi-Mart,” Leber said. “There’s Monday, August 5 - Friday, August 9 Enlightened Theatrics presents its 2019 Youth Summer Camp, featuring scenes and musical numbers from Honk Jr! Camp runs from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. every day with a recital at 6 p.m. on Friday night. enlightenedtheatrics.org. Keizer Christian Church Bible Adventure Week (VBS) ‘To Mars and Beyond.” 6945 Wheatland Rd. N. 503-393- 6843. Tuesday, August 6 National Night Out. Block parties throughout Keizer to foster neighborhood security. 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 7 Bingo at Keizer/Salem Area Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Admission is $5.50. Chance to win monetary prizes, free game cards, and daubers. Friday, August 9 Jesus Our Jubilee Church presents Friday Night Flicks on the 2nd and the last Friday each month. The family- friendly movies are open to the community. Popcorn (free refi lls) and drinks are for sale. 7 - 9 p.m. at Jesus Our Jubilee Church, Baker Plaza, 128 Chemawa Road N. Saturday, August 10 Free Summer Concert Series presents rock band JFK. Keizer Rotary Amphitheatre at Keizer Rapids Park. Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. No outside food or beverage. No pets allowed in amphitheatre. Community BBQ at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 452 Cummings Lane N, Keizer, at 5 p.m. Add your event by e-mailing reporter@keizertimes.com also a larger selection. We have a sporting goods section in Bi- Mart locations, but the one customers fi nd at Cascade is much more extensive.” On the whole, the compa- ny tries to avoid overlap in the items the two stores offer. “About 85 percent of the products we have in Cascade YOUTH: ‘I had 48 hours to fi gure out my entire life’ (Continued from Page A1) Thornton said they barely saw their dad, so, in addition to contributing to the household income, she also played mom for her younger brothers, “I’d have to wake up at six in the morning to make sure the house was clean and my brothers went to school.” Things weren’t much bet- ter the other weeks either. For the past fi ve years, Thornton’s mom struggled with addiction to opioids and alcohol. “Me and my older sister basical- ly had to raise our siblings,” Thornton said. In the eighth grade, her mom moved the family. “We moved to Texas be- cause my mom got a divorce and she met a new guy and his family lived in Texas,” Thorn- ton said. Shortly after the move, Thornton dropped out of school, “I dropped out my freshman year to raise my siblings. Before that we had to stay at a friend’s house to another friend’s house to an- other friend’s house,” she said. Teen homelessness typical- ly takes on the form of couch surfi ng at friend’s houses since the streets are not safe. Because of her mom’s struggles with addiction, Thornton learned to not get too comfortable. “Nothing really worked out,” she said. The summer between her freshmen and sophomore year her mom moved the fami- ly to Oregon. Her mom had another baby, a girl, who lived in Texas with her dad after her mother and siblings moved. “We moved out here with my grandparents while she went to rehab,” Thornton said. Her mom began to do bet- ter and decided to move the family to Oregon permanent- Hoopla XXI 3x3 Basketball Tournament, State Capitol State Park. Hoopla is the premier 3x3 basketball event in Oregon. For information visit oregonhoopla.com. Sunday, August 4 – Thursday, August 8 Countryside Christian Church, 5775 McLeod Lane NE, Vacation Bible School, singing, Bible education, interactive learning, recreational activities, free to register (countrysidechristianchurch.org). KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Cascade employees apply price tags to a selection of boots inside the new store. Only one person in her “Things were good for family has graduated high a while, she was saving up a school, Thornton wants to bunch of money, she was go- be the second – a goal that ing to get a house, everything proved to be harder than she was good,” Thornton said. For expected when her grandpar- about a year they lived here ents moved to Colorado. “Basical- peacefully, slow- ly, I had 48 ly building their hours to fi g- lives back up. ure out my After the entire life. I death of Thorn- was only 17, ton’s uncle, the I had no idea family found what to do,” themselves in an she said. all too familiar She had to spot, motherless. fi nd a place “She would to live, a job, come home and a plan for for maybe two school or fi n- days and then ish her senior disappear for year in Colo- weeks at a time,” Thornton said. — Kristél Thornton rado. “I was “We would get lucky to fi nd calls randomly ‘oh she’s in jail,’ so we’d have my friend whose family is let- ting me stay there,” she said. to come pick her up.” “We were only supposed The family agreed to let her to be here for two months but live with them until gradua- I’ve almost been here for three tion. “Even though I’m not their years,” she added with a laugh. When her mom fell off actual child they’ve treated me the wagon, Thornton and her a lot better than my mom has, siblings moved in with her ever,” she said. Still, uncertainty is one of grandparents. “That wasn’t the best ei- the few constants in her life. “After [graduation], I’m ther,” she said. Though she quickly added, “Things not sure where to go,” she ad- mitted, even though that ob- could’ve been a lot worse.” At the end of this past stacle is still too far off to re- school year, Thornton’s quire her immediate attention. For now, her focus is on grandparents insisted that her mom take responsibility for grades and scholarships. Be- her children despite her con- cause of her lack of familial tinued drinking. She moved support and fi nancial means, Thornton doesn’t think col- the family back to Texas. lege is in her future. Most of the family that is. “College, I don’t real- “I decided to stay out here because I knew if I went I wouldn’t be able to graduate,” she said. ly “Even though I’m not their actual child they’ve treated me a lot better than my mom has, ever.” are unique to these stores,” Leber said. Store hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Satur- day and Sunday 9 to 6 p.m. ly think is an option for me anymore because I don’t have money to go,” she said. “School is the only thing I’m relying on, to get good grades and get scholarships.” She didn’t sound hopeful. That said, if she could go to college, she would want to be social worker or a nurse. She’s determined to use her experi- ence for good. “Even when the school found out about my situation, I know people who are in a similar situation, they don’t care,” she said. Repeatedly she said she doesn’t think the community cares enough about people in her situation. “I feel like no one really cares, I feel like it should be a bigger deal, even though my situation isn’t as bad as other peoples, there’s other people who’s situation is a lot worse and no one seems to acknowl- edge it.” I know I’m lucky because I have a family who took me in, there’s so many people, es- pecially at our school, who go through this all the time,” she said. Several times she men- tioned her situation isn’t as bad as some others. “There are people that live literally under bridges so I feel like it’s not that bad,” she joked while reiterating her gratitude for the family that took her in. Though Thornton is grate- ful for the people who sup- ported her, she strongly feels that there should be more support for people in similar, or worse, situations. “It should be a bigger deal, there should be more help, and I’m not talking about just me,” she said. “You have to fi gure out everything on your own and I feel like it shouldn’t be that way.” maze looking back in the KT 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES Late Night (R) Fri 9:00, Sat 8:15, Sun 4:30 Avengers: End Game (PG-13) Fri 12:45, 5:45, 8:15 Sat 2:00, 5:45, 8:05 Sun 1:40, 5:10 John Wick: Chapter 3 (R) Fri 5:50, 9:15 Sat 9:10 Sun 6:30, 8:35 5 YEARS AGO Oregon native ready to rock RIVERfair Brady Goss knows a thing or two about preforming outdoors dur ing the summer. The 24-year-old Oregon native will do so again form 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 as headline musical act during the seventh annual RiverFAIR at Keizer Rapids Park. 10 YEARS AGO Godzilla (PG-13) Fri 4:10, Sat 11:50, 5:30 Local fi rms fi nd it pays to be EarthWISE Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) Fri 12:30, 2:15, 4:00 Sat 12:20, 2:10, 4:00 Sun 12:00, 2:30 A handful of area businesses are wising up to sustainability and environmental stewardship. Men in Black: Intn’l (PG-13) Fri 6:45 Sat 2:15, 6:00 Sun 5:20, 8:55 X-Men: Dark Phoenix (PG-13) Sun 7:45 Detective Pikachu (PG) Fri 1:20, Sat 12:00, Sun 12:40 Shazam (PG-13) Fri 3:20, Sun 2:45 Breakthrough (PG) Sun 12:15 FOR ALL SHOWTIMES GO TO NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer sudoku 15 YEARS AGO Probes study conditions in two city wells A Tualatin company began monitoring two city wells this week for potential sources of contaminants. 20 YEARS AGO Blockbuster coming to town Blockbuster Video the nation’s largest video chain, is coming to Keizer with plans to open in November. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square.
