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JULY 15, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3 Offi cer cleared in 7-Eleven shooting By ERIC A. HOWALD charges of robbery, unlawful use Of the Keizertimes of a weapon and attempted ag- A Keizer police offi cer who gravated murder. He was sched- shot an armed robbery suspect uled for arraignment Friday, was found justifi ed in his ac- July 15, and has been provided tions by a grand jury last week. a court-appointed attorney. Offi cer Esteban Perez was The Oregon State Police led cleared in an the investigation officer-involved at the direction of shooting stemming the Marion Coun- from a report of ty District Attor- an armed robber ney’s Offi ce. The at 7-Eleven, 5550 grand jury took River Road N., testimony from June 26. 13 witnesses, in- Perez arrived at cluding detectives the scene following from OSP, civil- a 911 call reporting ian witnesses, and an armed robbery family members of with a knife. He Andy Lamar Gibson Gibson. Evidence located the suspect reviewed includ- still on the prem- ed photographs ises and a confrontation arose and video, scene diagrams and that ended with Perez shoot- weapon evidence. ing Andy Lamar Gibson once. For Perez to be cleared, he Perez was not harmed. had to reasonably believe that Gibson was transported to (1) the suspect was commit- Salem Health for life-threaten- ting or attempting to commit ing injuries, but survived. He a felony involving use of physi- was discharged Thursday, July 7, and taken to the Marion Coun- ty Correctional Facility where he is being held without bail. The grand jury that cleared Perez also indicted Gibson on cal force; (2) that use of deadly force was necessary to defend himself or another person; (3) that under the totality of the circumstances existing at the time and place, the use of such force was necessary; and (4) that his life or personal safety was endangered under the circum- stances. Perez, 26, joined KPD in May 2015. Before that he was employed with the Gervais Po- lice Department since 2010. According to court records, Gibson was found guilty of stabbing his 19-year-old daugh- ter in 2004. The Psychiatric Se- curity Review Board oversaw his treatment and care for fi ve years following the incident. It was only the second Keiz- er offi cer involved shooting to occur in Keizer in the 32-year history of the department. The last occurred in September of 1989. The suspect who was shot in that incident also sur- vived. Passing the gavel We are Everything Except Overpriced Simple Cremation $795 Inexpensive Burial and Funeral Options KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz Shelly Egli passes the Rotary Club of Keizer President’s gavel to her successor Nathan Bauer. Bauer, the third generation of the family to serve in the position, was installed at the club’s annual banquet on Wednesday, June 29 at Log House Gardens at Willow Lake. Pre-Planning Available On-Site Crematory 4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER 503.393.7037 Se habla español KEIZER MAYOR CATHY CLARK JOINS GATOR AND DENISE City needs squad of volunteers The City of Keizer needs volunteers to serve on the fol- lowing committees: • Festival Advisory Board (one vacancy) – serves in an advisory role to the City of Keizer by research- ing the feasibility for devel- oping venues for events and festivals, streamlining policies and ordinances for potential events, developing an all-in- clusive community calendar, and developing a market- ing plan to enhance the use of Keizer-area facilities for events, festivals, and confer- ences. The Committee meets on the fourth Monday of Feb- ruary, April, July, Septem- ber and November at 6 p.m. • Keizer Economic De- velopment Commission (three vacancies) – serves in an advisory capacity to the City Council and provides strategic planning recommen- dations regarding economic development. Meets quarter- ly at noon on the fi rst Tuesday of February, May, August and November. • Keizer Points of Inter- est Committee (two vacan- cies) – identify, authenticate, and memorialize sites of inter- est located in the Keizer area. Sites to be identifi ed may be historical, geographical, bo- tanical, or unusual. Meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. • Planning Commis- sion (two vacancies) – assists the city council in land use decisions and recommenda- tions regarding Keizer’s fu- ture growth, development, and beautifi cation. Meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. The planning commission has guidelines for composition and organization. The guidelines prohibit more than two members to be en- gaged principally in the buy- ing, selling, or developing of real estate. In addition, plan- ning commission members are required to fi le a statement of economic interest disclosure form with the Oregon Gov- ernment Ethics Commission. • Public Art Commis- sion (one vacancy) – reviews, evaluates, selects, maintains, and documents all artwork, public art, and public mu- rals within the city. Meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. • Youth liaison/page – opportunities are currently available to youth for service on various city committees for 2016-17. Nominations are also being accepted for Volunteer of the Quarter. Volunteer applications and Volunteer of the Quar- ter nominations are available at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road N.E., on the city website, www.keizer. org, or an application can be mailed to you by calling City Hall at 503-390-3700. Applications/nominations must be received by Wednes- day, Aug. 10, to be considered at the August 18 Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting. For additional information on volunteer positions, con- tact Deputy City Recorder Debbie Lockhart at 503-856- 3418. New chairs elected on SKSB By HERB SWETT For the Keizertimes The Salem-Keizer School Board elected Nancy Mac- Morris-Adix chairperson and Paul Kyllo vice chairperson for 2016-17 Tuesday. Casting one negative vote for each was Chris Brantley, who said that as long as the board did not restore policies requiring directors to consult experts in certain areas regu- larly and to have regular strat- egies for communication with members of the community, he would not vote for any direc- tor who did not support those former policies. The board also renewed the legal counsel status of Garrett, Hemann, Robertson, one of whose partners, Paul Dakopou- los, represents the fi rm in that capacity. One grant came before the board and, as usual, was ap- proved. It was $415,787 from the Oregon Department of Education for career technical education. Personnel actions approved by the board included contracts for the following in the Mc- Nary High School attendance area. • Less than half-time teach- ers: Tessa Welterlen, band, Mc- Nary, and Sara Nickel, French, McNary. • Temporary part-time teacher: Connie Schroeder, basic skills, Keizer Elementary School. • First-year probation part-time teachers: Stepha- nie Foreman, physical educa- tion, Cummings Elementary School; Sarah Collins, learn- ing resources center, Claggett Creek Middle School; Jonathan Willis, physical education and basic skills, Weddle Elementary School. • First-year probation full- time teachers: Jennifer Buckle, fi fth grade English for speakers of other languages, Kennedy Elementary School; Joshua Rist, choir, McNary; Jenna Williams, second grade ESOL, Cum- mings; Kristen Dysinger, sec- ond grade, Cummings; Heather Woodward, English, McNary; Colleen Silva, student servic- es and LRC, Kennedy; Mary Barfknecht, Spanish, McNary. • Contract full-time teacher: Jenny Maguire, behavior spe- cialist, Keizer. The board approved the re- tirement of Kerry Burtis, choir, McNary and North Salem High School; and the resigna- tions of: Justin Lieuallen, assis- tant principal, McNary; Brando Bennett, LSC, Claggett Creek; Kevin Arndt, mathematics, Mc- Nary; Marya Kalugin, princi- pal, Forest Ridge Elementary School; Megan Menzia, fourth and fi fth grades, Weddle; Kris- ten Balch, physical science, Mc- Nary. S E I V M EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 5:30 PM PRESENTED BY Every Th ursday Evening July 7 – August 25 TUNE IN AS WE TALK ALL THINGS KEIZER! 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