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
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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
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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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