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
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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.
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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.
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