After working 43 of the last 44 Keizer Fire District breakfasts, Dale Slater won’t be there on Mother’s Day this year, greeting guests at the door.
But do not be alarmed. He’ll be back.
Slater, a volunteer at KFD since December of 1994, retired last month to spend time with his new grandchild, born March 30 in New York.
“I think we’re going to be in New York for the Mother’s Day breakfast but I will be coming back for those,” Slater confirmed. “Just because I’m not an active volunteer, there are many former volunteers that come back to work those. If I can come and flip pancakes or work the desk or the door, they’re happy to have the extra set of hands.”