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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 19 SECTION A APRIL 22, 2016 $1.00 Long ordeal ends in fatal stabbing By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The fact someone was killed at 3865 Brooks Avenue NE on April 15 didn’t surprise neighbors much. The surprise was in who was killed. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. April 15, a neighbor on the 3800 block of Brooks Avenue NE called 9-1- “ If (the 1 about a stab- bing that had teenager) just occurred. hadn't done Responding of- what he did, he fi cers from the Keizer Police would be dead.” Department lo- — Shauna Weiss, cated both the neighbor victim and the teenage subject involved in the stabbing. Paramedics from the Keizer Fire District were not able to revive 45-year-old Jeffrey Randall Holly. Though Holly was listed as a Monmouth res- ident, neighbors say he lived at the Keizer residence with his Keizer man arrested on rape charges PAGE A2 Volunteers honored at the KHC PAGE A3 KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Please see STABBING, Page A7 TOP RIGHT: Jeffrey Holly. ABOVE: Holly's truck was still in front of the house on Brooks Avenue on Monday, April 18. Liquor store relocating to Schoolhouse Square KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Oliver Coker stands in front of his current Keizer Liquor Store location. The store is moving to Schoolhouse Square this summer. Bi-Mart shooter pleads guilty, to serve 90 months By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes SALEM – Sometimes the wheels of justice move quickly. It’s not often the case, but it did happen last week. Kyle Erik Madrid, 31, pleaded guilty April 14 to two charges in relation to the March 21 shooting of Randall Lynn Anderson in the Keizer Bi-Mart parking lot. Madrid pleaded guilty to fi rst degree assault and unlaw- ful use of weapon charges in front of Marion County Cir- cuit Court judge Vance Day. Madrid received 90 months for the assault charge and 15 months for the weapon charge, to be served concur- rently. Anderson, a 59-year-old Salem resident who was in the hospital for about a week re- covering from his injuries, was not at the hearing. T r a - vis Kuhns, the Marion County dep- K. Madrid uty district at- torney present at last week's hearing, noted there will be no reduction or programs for Madrid, per Measure 11 guidelines. Gale Rieder, Madrid’s at- torney, said dismissing the at- tempted murder charge came from negotiations with the DA’s offi ce and looking at the investigation. “It is the correct resolu- tion based on all the facts and evidence in this case,” Rieder said. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes With the recent closing of Keizer Big Town Hero and the upcoming move of Starbucks slightly down River Road, there won’t be many places left to buy a beverage at Schoolhouse Square. Unless you’re looking for liquor, that is. Oliver Coker confi rmed last week he’s got- ten approval from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) to move Keizer Liquor Store from its current location at 3530 River Road N to 5021 River Road, taking over the former GISI Marketing Group space next to the former Roth’s. “I feel it’s pretty central in Keizer, which will make our store more convenient for customers,” said Coker, who took over the business two years ago. “There is a lot of interest and excitement.” Coker is hoping to have his new location ready this summer. “Aug. 1 is the goal date,” he said. “They will start the demo work on May 1 and take about a month for that. By June 15 they expect to be in there and build out. They’ll be gutting the inside, making it an open space.” Darren Bloch, principal at Bloch Properties which bought the shopping center in December, confi rmed the news as well. Please see LIQUOR, Page A7 Suiting up PAGE A6 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Cadet Staff Sergeant Toby Ramirez and Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Jesse McGrath sort through fatigues at McNary High School on Friday, April 15, in preparation for an AFJROTC trip to Camp Rilea in Warrenton this week. Please see PLEAD, Page A11 Total eclipse of the city coming in 2017 By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes It’s an event organizers feel will eclipse anything else in Keizer’s history. It’s an event that already has two “offi cial social media hashtags” associated with it. Oh, and the event is still 16 City traffi c counts months away. A total solar eclipse is hap- pening on Aug. 21, 2017 and will achieve totality along the 45th parallel. Guess what city in this area is located along the 45th par- allel? Yep, Keizer. Mayor Cathy Clark read a proclamation declaring the city as Total Eclipse City. Keizerites are encouraged to watch for and to use #to- taleclipsecity and #keizere- clipse2017 in social media conversations. Christine Dieker, who in- troduced Danielle Bethell as her successor as executive di- rector of the Keizer Chamber of Commerce, talked about the eclipse event along with Jerry Crane. “This will be the fi rst vis- ible eclipse in the continen- tal United States in 38 years,” Dieker said. “People in Port- land and Eugene will have to come here to see it. We’re expecting a lot of visitors to come here. This will be hap- pening at approximately 10:17 a.m. that Monday morning. It will go black for about two minutes.” Please see ECLIPSE, Page A11 She's one fast Celt PAGE A8
