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Vol. 43 • No. 16
FEBRUARY 04, 2022
Second person dies in aftermath of Keizer crash
A memorial began to form at the end of Moira Hughes and George Heitz's driveway on Jan. 25.
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Of the Keizertimes
George Heitz of Keizer, who was in bed
on the morning of Jan. 22 when a truck
drove through his bedroom wall, passed
away Friday evening after six days in the
hospital.
Keizer police reports said that the
truck's driver had a blood alcohol content
of .24, three times the legal limit. Moira
Hughes, Heitz's wife, was pronounced
dead at the scene.
An initial police press release on Jan.
22 had said that the 63-year-old Heitz had
been “transported to the Salem Hospital
Emergency Department with serious inju-
ries” but was in stable condition.
It is unclear at this point what inju-
ries caused Heitz’s death. According to a
Keizer police offi cer’s statement, Heitz had
been paralyzed from the waist down from
injuries sustained from the crash.
Hughes, who was 67 years old when
she passed, worked as a nursing instruc-
tor at Chemeketa Community College
until she retired in 2019. Dozens of former
students expressed sorrow at the news of
Hughes’ passing in a Chemeketa Nursing
See AFTERMATH, page A6
Constellations features
a unique love story through
the eyes of the multiverse
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BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Two lives. One love. Limitless
possibilities.
With the popularity of stories about
the multiverse increasing in pop culture
(such as Spider-Man: No Way Home), the
latest off ering from Keizer Homegrown
Theater (KHT) explores a romantic story
that spans diff erent realities in the show
Constellations.
“All of us at times in our life have
thought 'if I had only done this, I won-
der how my life would have turned out.'
Constellations plays with that idea of
choice and chance, and how it aff ects our
life,” said Leigh Matthews Bock, director
of the show. “We get to peek into what
those diff erent choices look like via
the string theory of multiple universes.
See CONSTELLATIONS, page A3
Laura Blackwell and Michael Winder star in Keizer Homegrown Theater's production of
Constellations.
Photo by MATT RAWLINGS of Keizertimes