SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 19
SECTION A
APRIL 22, 2016
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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
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Volunteers
honored at
the KHC
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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
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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
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