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OCTOBER 4, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3 FACTORY: OSD students embrace scares for a cause (Continued from Page A1) said Ed Robertson, founder and co-director of the annu- al fundraiser for the Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD) in Salem. The Nightmare Factory opens Friday Oct. 4. The fac- tory’s other dates this year are Oct. 5, 11-12, 25-26 and 29- 30. Tickets are only $10 the fi rst weekend and go up to $15 after that. Group rates are available. Hours are 7 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 7 to 10 p.m. on weekdays. Planning for this year’s scares began almost immedi- ately after Halloween passed last year, but Robertson and LeFerve, Nightmare Facto- ry co-director, have created a well-oiled machine. Robert- son noticed a opportunity to bring a haunted house experi- ence to Salem when he moved to the area 32 years ago. “We started in nine bed- rooms and now we have a space with more than 60 indi- vidual rooms all created by the students and volunteers in the community,” Robertson said. Jenna Odeay, an OSD stu- dent, fi rst experienced the haunt as a visitor nine years ago. She’s been an actor in it ever since. “I started out as a clown character, but it evolved into Meaoud,” Odeay said. If you fi nd yourself being menaced by a croquet mallet-wielding clown wearing the skin of someone else, that’s Meaoud. Student Jamila Walker’s Sal- ly the Screamer character is a result of her vocal ability. LeFerve’s Mr. Booger start- ed out as a character confi ned to a wheelchair eating all the weird things he could fi nd and emitting a memorable laugh. LeFerve later rebirthed the character as a clown, but the laugh remains the same and it’s become a hallmark of the whole experience. “I went down to the court- house after work last week and went through security. After I was on the other side I started Kim May KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Kivo LeFerve’s Mr. Booger is waiting for you this month at the Nightmare Factory, an annual production and fundraiser for the Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem. laughing about something and the security guard said, ‘You’re Mr. Booger?’ They recognized me from the laugh,” LeFerve said. For $40, guests can take Mr. Booger’s Wild Ride, in which the victim is handcuffed to a wheelchair and pushed through the house while the actors are allowed to lightly touch them. Those wanting to up the fright factor in a differ- ent way can visit on Nov. 1 or 2. “Those are Pitch Black nights,” Robertson said. “We turn out all the lights and it’s you, a crappy glowstick and good luck.” About 1-in-7 visitors during Pitch Black nights bail before fi nishing the experi- ence. The Nightmare Factory is We Didn’t Set The Bar WE ARE THE BAR! the largest annual fundraiser for OSD and proceeds have paid for new laptops, new books, a new gym fl oor, new playgrounds and trips for stu- dents ranging from athletics to haunted house conventions. Beyond that, Robertson and Leferve use the behind- the-scenes aspects of the ex- perience as career training for students. “There’s marketing, make- up, design, construction, tech- nical theater and acting that goes into this,” Robertson said. Izzy Zachary said fi nding ways to scare helped her over- come her natural shyness. “I kind of feel bad about the little kids whose parents drag them through, but the best is scaring the dad or boyfriend who thinks they are tough,” Zachary said. “I’m usually a shy person and it’s helped me get out of that.” Student Jolinda Mathis said her art skills have soared in the few years she’s been part of the effort. Robertson strives to create new rooms, new animatronics or other elements every year and people return to Night- mare Factory year after year to see what he and the students have cooked up. “I think what surprises people most when they come is that a school is putting this on, and they know they can come back because there will be something, somewhere that is different,” Robertson said. The Nightmare Factory is located on the OSD campus at 999 Locust Street N.E., in Sa- lem. Use the bathroom before you go. Salem author at KCC Kim May, author of The Moonfl ower, will visit the Keiz- er Cultural Center for a pre- sentation on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m. May will talk about her path to becoming a published author, read from her recent novel and answer audience questions. Admission is free. The Keiz- er Cultural Center is located at 980 Chemawa Road N.E. May said she collects genres like a crazy cat lady collects strays. She has written in fan- tasy, sci-fi , thriller, young adult fi ction, historical fi ction, ste- ampunk and poetry. Copies of her books will be available for purchase at the event. 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