MAY 22, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A5
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Seniors get iris delivery
despite lack of festival
Scott Mills wanted to fi nd
a way to keep the spirit of the
postponed KeizerFEST alive.
“I live in Keizer and un-
fortunately our annual Keiz-
erFEST (once known as the
Keizer Iris Festival) has been
postponed,” said Scott Mills,
originally from England.
“The KeizerFEST is some-
thing our seniors always look
forward to especially because
it is during the iris blooming
season and there is a parade.
So, we decided to bring part
of the festival to them.”
Mills went to Schrein-
ers Iris Gardens and spoke
with Liz Schreiner, one of
the owners. After hearing
the story, Liz wanted to chip
in and help. On Friday, May
15, which would have been
the start of KeizerFEST, they
were able to give 700 Keizer
senior residents an iris.
Mills, who works for Sig-
nature Healthcare at Home,
decided to band together
with the senior communi-
ties in Keizer that included;
Emerald Pointe Retirement
Community, The Village at
Keizer Ridge, Willamette
Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Robbie Amell, left, and Owen Daniels in Upload, a new comedy
set in a digital afterlife.
Pitched as comedy,
Upload has bigger ideas
Submitted
things.”
“Although we weren’t able
to see the end result because
of restrictions and social dis-
tancing, we were still aware of
how many smiles we put on
their faces.,”said Mills
“A simple act makes such
a difference.” Leah, the ac-
tivities director at Emerald
Pointe added, “After our se-
niors have been stuck inside
for the last two months, I
was one of the privileged to
see their reaction. It brought
enough on paper: In the
futuristic world of Upload,
when people die their minds
are uploaded into manmade
digital heavens. Like all things
in America, however, the pro-
cess of uploading conscious-
nesses is ruled by the hand
of capitalism. If people aren’t
rich enough to upload them-
selves to the mostly idyllic
(and advertisement-saturat-
ed) Lakeview, where do they
go? Can we really value life if
it can essentially
be extended into
all of eternity?
Where does real
heaven fi t into
this
equation?
Questions
like
these keep the show from
becoming a clone of anoth-
er afterlife comedy, The Good
Place (which is also excellent,
by the way, and was also, co-
incidently, created by Michael
Schur, another alum of The
Offi ce), which is something I
worried about a bit when I
started watching.
In a way, Upload is a cynical
antithesis to The Good Place;
it is not laugh-out-loud fun-
ny—I can probably count the
number of times I laughed
out loud on one hand—and
it can be a bit depressing at
times (there is also no hu-
morous censoring involved,
as the show does not skimp
on f-bombs and also has oc-
casional nudity). But there is
no doubt that it is very well
made and offers plenty of
“oh, that’s pretty clever” mo-
ments in its biting satire.
The thing that drew me
to Upload the most, however,
was the romance. I can’t be-
lieve I just typed those words,
but it is true. At the heart of
the story is a budding rela-
tionship between deceased
Lakeview occupant Nathan
(Robbie Amell) and his cus-
tomer service representa-
tive/”angel” Nora (Andy
Allo). The two have real
chemistry, and I found myself
moving from episode to epi-
sode with the primary goal of
simply seeing what happens
between them. There is also
a good old-fashioned mys-
tery involved, if that is more
your speed, and it is one that
will keep you invested until
the end.
Upload season 1 is now
available on Amazon Prime.
review
Scott Mills gets help unloading a delivery of irises at a Keizer
retirement community. RIGHT: Residents show off their deliv-
eries.
Lutheran Retirement, The
Arbor at Avamere Court,
Avamere Court at Keizer and
The Oaks at Sherwood Park
to make a difference.
Mills, who understands
the traditions of American
culture,
continued, “Sad-
ly, our world has changed,
hopefully on the temporary
side. Events are getting can-
celled right, left and center
due to COVID-19. If we
look positively, sometimes we
must change the way we do
By TJ REID
For the Keizertimes
For me, Wednesday means
a couple of different things-
-one, that new comic books
have hit the shelves, and two,
that a new episode of Offi ce
Ladies has been released on
the internet. This exception-
al podcast, hosted by Jenna
Fischer and Angela Kinsey,
lets me revisit episodes of one
of my favorite TV shows of
all time, The Offi ce, in a fun
new way that
gives me a bit
of a break from
simply
watch-
ing through the
entire series on
Netfl ix for the
umpteenth time.
So, when Greg Daniels,
creator and former showrun-
ner of this wonderfully hilar-
ious program, was a special
guest and mentioned a new
project he had been work-
ing on to Jenna and Angela,
I was ecstatic. More uproari-
ous comedy from one of the
greatest minds in television?
Count me in! While I did
enjoy it, Upload was not at all
what I was expecting, how-
ever. In this Amazon Prime
exclusive, uproarious comedy
is replaced with a more subtle
type of humor that is really
secondary to a unique mix-
ture of romance, mystery, and
philosophical musings.
The premise is simple
tears to my eyes.”
crossword
maze
Kevin Oliver
McNary High School Graduate
CLASS OF 2020
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
sudoku
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.
Congratulations
on your graduation!
I am so proud of you and
your accomplishments.
Love You,
Grandma Delores Oliver