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Getting to know our neighbors
Reporter Lauren Murphy has been visiting Keizer’s retirement
communities with the purpose of getting to know some of our
seniors, the lives they’ve lived and what they are up to now.
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Lights, Comedy, Laughs!
Saturday, Jan. 18
TODD JOHNSON & BO JOHNSON 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.
OPEN CAPTION SHOWING
Downton Abby (PG)
Saturday, Dec. 14
STARTS BETWEEN 5 & 6:15 PM,
TICKETS ARE $4/EACH.
Special showing with captioning shown
on screen with the movie.
Today in History
After spending nine months on the run, former Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein is captured. U.S. soldiers found
Hussein hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine
miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. Saddam’s downfall
began on March 20, 2003, when the United States led an
invasion force into Iraq to topple his government, which
had controlled the country for more than 20 years.
— December 13, 2003
Marlene Brown
Marlene
Brown
was married to her
husband, Richard, for
a year before he re-
ceived orders to go to
England where they
lived for two years.
They also traveled to
Germany and Austria
later in life. The
two settled in Keiz-
er and lived here for
38 years. When her
husband of 55 years
passed away in 2016
she moved to Ava-
mere Court at Keiz-
er. She quilts with
St. Edward Catholic
Church on Tuesdays; over her lifetime she’s made 20 full quilts,
one of which was donated to a Veteran Affairs fundraiser.
Fran Bunch
Food 4 Thought
“Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe
for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an
eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.”
— Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins,
born Dec. 13, 1925
Through Thursday, December 26
Miracle of Christmas light display, three mile route through
the Gubser neighborhood. Bring along a food donation or cash
to benefi t Marion Polk Food Share.
Friday, December 13
Outsiders Dinner at the Keizer Elks Lodge,4250 Cherry Avenue
N.E. $20 per person, cocktails at 5 p.m., dinner starts at 6 p.m.
Keizer Homegrown Theatre presents The Santaland Diaries,
based on a essay by David Sedaris. Performances are 7 p.m.
Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are
$15. Free admission for those with Oregon Trail cards.
keizerhomegrowntheatre.org.
Saturday, December 14
Keizer Network of Women’s annual giving basket program
concludes with the delivery of baskets of food and gifts to local
familiers in need. Volunteers are asked to bring their delivery
vehicles to the former Willamette Valley Appliance store at
the corner of River Road and Sunset Drive. Delivery pick-ups
begin at 9 a.m.
Chamber Jingle Dash – run, walk or stroll down River Road,
while spectators for the Keizer Holiday Lights Parade prepare
for the light show to begin. Dress up for the best costume
awards by wearing your best Santa suit, reindeer horns, or
twinkle lights. Kicks off at 6 p.m. Visit www.keizerchamber.
com to register.
Keizer Holiday Lights Parade, 7 p.m. River Road from
Lockhaven to Glynbrook. Bring your chairs and some hot
cocoa as the Keizer Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday
parade lights up the night.
Heritage Christmas at Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa
Rd. NE, 1-5 p.m. Santa Claus will be there.
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society meets for their annual
Christmas potluck and surplus book sale from 12 to 1 p.m. at
the VFW building, 630 Hood St NE, Salem.
Donald Hernandez was born in England. Early on in life, he
and his mother came to America through Ellis Island on the
Queen Mary and settled in Chicago. He worked for the Chica-
go Police Department after he graduated from high school, but
left when he got drafted. After getting out of the service he went
to school and got a degree in fi nance. He got hired in Medford
as a state trooper and moved to Oregon. He transferred to the
Salem Police Department, and then retired in 2000. He worked
as a bodygaurd for Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber after retiring
from the Salem Police. He said he’d been married twice and
currently has a girlfriend.
Charlotte Bradshaw
The Weeks Ahead
Friday, December 13 – Sunday, December 15
Salem Holiday Market at Oregon State Fairgrounds and
Expo. Hours: Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-
6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For ticket information visit
salemcommunitymarkets.com.
Donald Hernandez
Fran Bunch started off as the owner of a beauty shop. An
unfortunate car accident lead to a change in careers, she went
to college and got a degree in human resources. After graduat-
ing she worked for a middle school in special education. Upon
moving to Avamere she found out that both her husband and
Charlotte Bradshaw’s husband worked together. She also re-
membered meeting Hernandez before they lived at Avemere.
She and her husband enjoyed square dancing and were part of a
national square dance convention in Portland.
Robert Graf
Robert Graf was raised on
a farm “seven miles northwest
of Beaverton,” an area he said
is now suburban housing. He
spent three years at Oregon
State and then joined the Re-
serve Corps, which was acti-
vated. He was a combat engi-
neer, his fi rst deployment was
for two and a half years in the
Philippines. After he got out
of the service he got a degree
from Caltech. He married his
wife, who was from Salem,
which lead to their eventu-
al relocation to south Salem,
where they lived for 30 years.
After his fi rst retirement he
worked in the Department of
Revenue for the state of Ore-
Sunday, December 15
Annual Santa Pancake Breakfast at Keizer Fire District
(661 Chemawa Rd. NE) sponsored by the Keizer Volunteer
Firefi ghters Association, 7:30-11:30 a.m. All you can eat
pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and orange juice.
gon. He retired from that and
he and his wife moved to what
is now known as Avamere.
maze
Charlotte Brad-
shaw stayed home
with her children un-
til her youngest was
in the sixth grade. Af-
ter that she went back
to work as a fi le clerk
for the State of Ore-
gon at the age of 62.
She said that she end-
ed up going up and
down the stairs to the
basement to get older
fi les about fi ve times
a day, “I think the fi rst
month I thought I
was gonna die,” she
said with a laugh. By
the time she retired
she was supervising 17 people, one of whom she ran into in the
elevator while touring Avamere. After retiring she and her late
husband spent their time just having fun.
Paula Davis
Paula Davis is a retired reg-
istered nurse. She worked at
Salem Hospital for 23 years.
She got her degree at age 47
when she became a single
parent of six children, two of
which were in college at the
time, and the other four were
looking
back
Festival Chorale Oregon: Sing We Now of Christmas.
Traditional Christmas carols by Victorian carolers in
costume. Selfi es with St. Nick before and after the show.
Kids under 12 are free and everyone else is $10. 4 p.m. at the
Historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem. For more information, go
to elsinoretheatre.com.
3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE
Monday, December 16
Gubser Elementary School choir at Capitol Rotunda, 10:30
a.m., 900 Court Street N.E.
THIS WEEK’S
MOVIE TIMES
Tuesday, December 17
Clear Lake Elementary School choir at Capitol Rotunda, 1:30
p.m., 900 Court Street N.E.
Abominable (PG)
Fri 2:00, 5:50, Sat 12:30, 2:25, 4:20,
Sun 12:00, 1:55, 3:50
Forest Ridge Elementary 4th and 5th Grade Choir Concert, 6
p.m., 7905 June Reid Place.
Addams Family (PG)
Fri 4:00, Sat 1:50, Sun 12:40
Arctic Dogs (PG)
Fri 2:00, Sat 12:00
Wednesday, December 18
Whiteaker Jazz Band at Gubser, 6 p.m., 6610 14th Ave. N.E.
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
Claggett Creek Middle School Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m., 1810
Alder Dr N.E.
sudoku
Thursday, December 19
Forest Ridge Elementary – Kindergarten music program, 6
p.m., 7905 June Reid Place.
Friday, December 20
Whiteaker choir at Capitol Rotunda, 11:30 a.m., 900 Court
Street N.E.
McNary High school choir at the Capitol Rotunda, noon, 900
Court Street N.E.
Saturday, December 21
Keizer Fire District Candy Cane Day, the Bearded One hitches
a ride with the crews of the Keizer Fire District to deliver candy
canes to every street in Keizer. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
5 YEARS AGO
Out of the shadows
A for mer Keizer youth
councilor, whose undocumented
status caused a stir in the city, has
enrolled in the DACA program.
10 YEARS AGO
Cookies for troops
Claggett Creek Middle School Winter Choir Concert, 7 p.m.,
1810 Alder Dr N.E.
Claggett Creek Middle School Winter Band Concert, 7 p.m.,
1810 Alder Dr N.E.
living at home. She has been
to London three times, once
for her 60th birthday. On one
of her trips she and her tour
group got to see the queen
and the royal family on their
way to church.
15 YEARS AGO
Charlie’s Angels (PG-13)
Fri 9:00, Sun 2:25, 8:35
Dora & The Lost City of Gold (PG)
Sat 12:45, Sun 2:20
Downton Abbey (PG) Fri 2:00,
Sat 12:15, 9:00, Sun 3:40, 8:35
Gemini Man (PG-13)
Sat 2:35, Sun 4:30
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.
The Cookie Crew will ship
about 9,000 cookies thousands
of miles to U.S. troops.
Harriet (PG-13) Fri 4:10, 6:35,
Sat 3:35, 5:55, Sun 12:20, 4:45
Motherless Brooklyn (R)
Fri 6:20, Sat 8:15, Sun 7:10
Peanut Butter Falcon (PG-13)
Fri 4:20, Sat 7:10, Sun 2:40, 6:45
Terminator: Dark Fate (R)
Fri 7:45, 8:55, Sat 6:20, 8:45,
Sun 5:45, 8:10
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Keizer man turns
Thailand trip into
business
Michael
McDaniel
was
challenged by a friend to
travel to Chang Mai, Thailand.
He met a man buying wares
from the indigenous people to
sell in the United States, and
decided to give up working
in construction and turn
entrepreneur himself.
20 YEARS AGO
YoungLife spins off
Keizer chapter
The youth group has not
only grown out of its meeting
place, but is taking its fi rst
steps toward independence
from the greater Salem Young
Life organization.