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PAGE A14, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 ATA offers karate experience for all ages LIFE Carson Clews, owner of ATA Martial Arts in Keizer, has been teaching classes at the facility for more than five years. Photo by BEE FLINTof Keizertimes By BEE FLINT Of the Keizertimes Despite popular belief, martial arts is a lot more than just punching wood boards and learning to do cool kicks. For some it provides discipline, patience and self defense. ATA Martial Arts provides all of that, while also allowing students to punch boards and learn to do cool kicks like a ninja. Carson Clews, one of the instructors and owner of ATA Martial Arts, has been working there for fi ve-and-half years after he bought the studio from a friend. Before then, he worked for another instructor at a diff erent studio. “The opportunity came up and I knew I wanted to have my own school. There’s a big diff erence between teach- ing in someone else’s school and having your own school to decide what direc- tion your program takes people,” Clews said. One thing Clews believes sets ATA apart from other martial art studios is their focus on goal setting. “Instead of telling the students what direction they need to go, as far as goals, we want the students to discover what goals get them pumped,” he said. Although Clews and his team want students to succeed, they also encour- age the idea of treating failure as a good thing and a way for students to chal- lenge themselves. “We want them to push themselves to a level until they experience failure. And when they experience failure, we want it to be guided,” Clews said. Guided means providing a safe envi- ronment with padded equipment and instructors there to help students. Clews wants his students to view failure as a positive learning opportunity instead of a negative experience, he said. ATA Martial Arts off ers classes for all ages and even classes for families to take as well. The programs will focus on the basics of Taekwondo and some of the fundamentals of self defense as well. Those interested can sign up for classes at https://keizerata.com/ Feel -Good STORY Saluting the people that make us proud of our community presented by A look ahead in city events KHT show debuts this month The Keizer Community Library Book Sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6. The book sale will be located at the Keizer Community Center and will feature dis- counted books, CDs, games, movies and more. City Council will meet on Monday, Nov. 8 to discuss possible funding options for the operation of their public broadcast on SUBSCRIBE Keizer news in your mailbox only $35 a year* Call 503 . 390.1051 keizertimes.com/store *Rate for inside Marion County KeizerTV. The work session will take place at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The Parks Advisory Board will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The meeting’s agenda will be posted on the city website beforehand. A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new 7-Eleven at Keizer Station will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9. It will be the third 7-Eleven in Keizer. The location of the new store is known as “the jug han- dle” between Ulali Drive Northeast and Chemawa. A Greater Gubser Neighborhood Association meeting will take place Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in the McNary Room C of Keizer City Hall. West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting will take place Thursday, Nov. 11 in the lobby of City Hall at 7 p.m. Keizer Homegrown Theatre’s last live show of the 2021 season will be performed live Nov. 19 and 20 at the theater at the Keizer Cultural Center. Together, Alone is an evening of three monologues performed by three of the region’s best known actors. Pamela Abernethy will perform Miss Havisham’s Wedding Cake, by Don Nigro. The gothic character from Dickens’ Great Expectations, Miss Havisham, steps outside herself to examine her motives and the conse- quences of devoting her life to getting revenge upon men after being left at the altar. A sad and funny meditation on the nature of love and the satisfac- tions of revenge. In Palimpsest, Tom Hewitt plays Ben, a writer in his sixties, driving through a blizzard in the middle of the night on New Year’s Eve, trying to come to terms with his life, the women he has lost and the nature of love. A moving and intricate little labyrinth. The show is also written by Nigro. The fi nal monologue of the evening will be performed by Robynn Hayek in Woman Caught Unaware by Annie Fox. Hayek plays an art history profes- sor who must decide what action to take when an unfl attering naked pho- tograph of her appears online. Performances of Together, Alone are on Friday, Nov. 19 and on Saturday, Nov. 20 with a 2 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. evening performance. Tickets are $15 (free with an Oregon Trail Card) and can be purchased at keizerhome- growntheatre.org. Masks and proof of COVID vaccina- tion is required for admittance to the theater.
