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Start holidays with a tree lighting ceremony
ABBY LUSCHEI SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
It's the most wonderful time of the year to ring in the
holidays with a tree lighting ceremony.
Go to one, or three, or several of them.
Riverfront Tree Lighting Ceremony: Enjoy music
from the Grant Community School Choir, cookies and
hot cocoa, a visit with Santa brought in by the Salem
Fire Department to help light the holiday tree, 6:30
p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, Salem's Riverfront Park, 200 Water
St. NE, Salem, free.
Dallas Winterfest: Drink some cocoa or apple cider,
cookies, food trucks, musical performances and carol-
ing from the Dallas High Jazz Band and the LaCreole &
Dallas High Concert Choirs, and shop at vendors, Santa
will ride in with Dallas Fire and EMS, 5 to 8 p.m., Friday,
Dec. 1, Polk County Courthouse Lawn, 850 Main St., Dal-
las, free.
Silverton Tree Lighting Ceremony: Music, hot
chocolate, cookies, galleries, shops and restaurants,
join the Silverton Shop Hop and collect a stamp from 29
participating businesses and be entered to win $725 in
gift cards. A Silverton Fire truck will lift Santa above
the tree top to sprinkle "magic dust" to light the tree; 6 to
7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, Town Square Park, 111 W. Main
St., Silverton, free.
50th Annual Monmouth Holiday Tree Lighting:
Holiday parade, activities, local school choir concert in-
side the Werner University Center, pictures with Santa,
holiday cookie bake-off, tree decorating contest, arts
and crafts, Western Alumni Association will hand out
hot cocoa and cider; 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, Werner
University Center on the Western Oregon University
campus, Monmouth Ave N., Monmouth, free.
Downtown Twice Around Holiday Parade and
Tree Lighting: Parade, carols and lighting of the com-
munity Christmas tree; 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3, Albany,
Broadalbin Street SW at Second Avenue, free.
Keizer Holiday Tree Lighting: Keizer Community
Band will play Christmas carols, kids 12 years and
Shooting
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back into downtown Salem.
Police then elected to call off the pursuit.
At 4 a.m. the same morning, the Marion County Sher-
iff's Office responded to a 911 report of a carjacking at
the Safeway store at Silverton Road NE and Lancaster
Drive NE.
The victim reported that a man in a white Ford Ex-
plorer had forced him off the road, pulled him from his
vehicle and threatened him with what appeared to be a
weapon in his pocket.
The stolen vehicle was spotted heading back into
Polk County.
Three Polk County deputies, Sgt. Kevin Haynes,
Deputy Kelly Lorence and Deputy Mike Stevenson,
separately drove toward the vehicle in an effort to in-
tercept it.
They located the car near Baskett Slough National
Wildlife Refuge, activated their lights and a high speed
chase ensued.
During the pursuit, the stolen vehicle reached
speeds of between 80 and 100 mph and repeatedly drove
into oncoming traffic.
Radio traffic indicated that the deputies asked twice
whether the driver was armed. Dispatch told the depu-
ties that the victim believed the carjacker had been
armed when he stole the car.
The chase continued until Officer Ron Welborn of
the Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department laid spike
strips across the highway near the intersection of High-
way 22 and Highway 18.
The spike strips shredded the front left wheel of the
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Woodburn Tree Lighting Ceremony festivities include caroling and Santa’s parade. FILE PHOTO
younger can participate in a drawing where two names
will be selected to help Santa turning on the lights, San-
ta will be escorted in by the Keizer Fire District; 6 to 8
p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 5, Walery Plaza, corner of Cherry
Avenue and River Road, free.
Reach out to Abby Luschei at aluschei@statesman-
journal.com or call at 503-399-6747. Follow her on Twit-
ter @abbyluschei or Facebook at www.facebook.com/
luscheiabby.
stolen vehicle, causing it to slow down.
As it decelerated, Haynes maneuvered in front of
the car and blocked it.
Because of the possibility that Escalona-Baez was
armed and might flee the scene, deputies began con-
ducting a "high-risk" traffic stop and tried to arrest him
for second-degree robbery, vehicle theft and reckless
driving.
Each officer drew their sidearms and repeatedly or-
dered Escalona-Baez to the ground.
Witnesses said Eascalona-Baez quickly exited the
car, but refused to obey the deputies' verbal commands.
He walked directly toward Haynes and began physical-
ly struggling with Lorence as the deputy attempted to
get control of him.
When Haynes was about two-arms' length away
from Escalona-Baez, he saw that he was holding a 5- to
6-inch fixed blade knife.
Haynes called out: "He's got a knife!" and told Escalo-
na-Baez to drop the knife.
Escalona-Baez, still within arm's reach of Haynes,
spun around and lunged toward Haynes with the knife.
Haynes and Lorence both shot Escalona-Baez twice.
Deputies and first responders provided medical at-
tention, but Escalona-Baez died at the scene.
Polk County District Attorney Aaron Felton said the
jury found the shooting was justified because the use of
physical force was necessary to defend the police offi-
cers from the imminent, deadly harm. The jury also
concluded the officers' lives or personal safety were
endangered during the traffic stop.
In making their decision, the grand jury heard testi-
mony from the three involved deputies, Oregon State
Police detectives and two civilian witnesses.
The grand jury also reviewed scene photos, a report
of the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, the 911
recording and other audio evidence.
Felton said Haynes joined the department 18 years
ago and has 27 years law enforcement experience. Lo-
rence became a sheriff's deputy about 18 months ago
and Stevenson joined two years ago.
The three men were placed on paid administrative
leave, per state and sheriff's office protocol.
Escalona-Baez attended Silverton High School as a
junior during the 2016-2017 school year, according to
Andy Bellando, Silver Falls School District superinten-
dent. He did not register as a student for the current
school year.
The fatal shooting was the third officer-involved
shooting involving the Polk County Sheriff's Office in
the past 18 months. In October, a Marion County grand
jury ruled a Polk County deputy was justified in firing
his weapon during a traffic stop in Salem. No one was
injured during the shooting.
Joshua Bolster, 29, was shot and killed by Polk Coun-
ty Deputy Casey Gibson during a traffic stop along
Highway 22 in July 2016. A five-inch folding knife was
found at the scene. A Polk County grand jury unani-
mously found the fatal shooting was justified.
Lorence was also one of the deputies on the scene
when Bolster was shot. He and Gibson pulled over Bol-
ster and drew their side arms. According to court rec-
ords, Bolster refused to leave his car. He told the depu-
ties he would not go to jail and began rummaging
through his vehicle. Gibson fired two shots, striking
Bolster in the head.
Polk County, Salem and Monmouth police agencies
later agreed to pay Bolster's $700,000 and change their
use-of-force and mental-crisis policies as part of a set-
tlement with Bolster's family.
For questions, comments and news tips, email re-
porter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodwort@states-
manjournal.com, call 503-399-6884 or follow on Twitter
@wmwoodworth
Council
adopted. Three proposals have been set before the pan-
el: Walk Your Wheels perimeters, which include Water
and 1st streets between Park and Lewis streets along
with Town Square Park; Figure 8, which includes Water
and 1st streets from High to Main streets along with a
block of main south of Silver Creek; Park to Jersey,
which includes Water and 1st between those streets
along with Town Square Park.
One element that could determine which option the
council chooses is the price tag, which revolves around
posting the necessary signs alerting the public to the
ordinance.
The report noted that material and labor costs for
the installation of a sign are $382. Given that, the small-
est defined core, Figure 8, would cost $13,752 to post the
necessary signs; Walk Your Wheels option would cost
$22,156; Park to Jersey $30,560.
During the work session, Councilor Matt Plummer
emphasized a couple of factors within the considered
prohibition for clarification purposes. One was that the
bans only apply to public properties. He also stressed
that the $2,500 fine issued for violations is a cost that is
likely to be reduced in court.
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pear similar from a distance, and it would be more diffi-
cult to enforce if an officer or someone reporting the
action had to distinguish between the two.
The council has yet to determine which boundaries
would define the downtown core if the new ordinance is
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Top: Defining the downtown core will be part of the process
as Silverton City Council mulls smoking bans on its Dec. 4
agenda. Bottom: Silverton city parks and its downtown core
are targets of a proposed smoking ban to be addressed by its
city council on Dec. 4. PHOTOS BY JUSTIN MUCH/STAYTON MAIL