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BAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, OCTOBER 27, 2017 Man who plead guilty to mother’s murder wants sentence declared unconstitutional presented by DRIVE A LITTLE – SAVE A BUNCH! 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE • SALEM MORE INFO AT NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM UFC217 - Sat, Nov 4 St. Pierre v. Bisping MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SATURDAY, NOV 4 LEAP! (PG) 11:00 AM TICKETS ARE JUST $4 SPECIAL SHOWING FOR KIDS AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM OR OTHER SENSORY SENSITIVITIES. 9 FIGHTS IN ALL ON THE HUGE SCREEN Live Fights at 5:00 (21 & Over) - Tickets $13 Reserved Seating Available Now Online. LIVE STAND UP COMEDY Lights, Comedy, Laughs! Saturday, Nov 18 MIKE MASOLOTTI & RICHARD CHASSLER will perform at 7pm and 9pm. Admission is only $10. Ages 21 & over only. Reserved seating for this show. Purchase tickets at box offi ce or at our website. Today in History Complicated and tension-fi lled negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union fi nally result in a plan to end the two-week-old Cuban Missile Crisis, a frightening period in which nuclear holocaust seemed imminent began to come to an end. — October 27, 1962 Food 4 Thought “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. ” — Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President, born Oct. 27, 1958 The Month Ahead Friday, October 27 The Simon and Garfunkel Story at the Elsinore Theatre, 170 High Street SE. Performance at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets $30 to $55. elsinoretheatre.com/event- details-simon-garfunkel.html. Oregon Symphony Association’s “Hauntcert.” OSAS celebrates the fall season with a halloween-themed concert. Features Mozart’s “Jupiter” symphony, nicknamed as such for its granduer and exuberance. Patrons are encouraged to dress up and enter a costume contest during intermission. Performance at 8 p.m. at Willamette University’s Smith Auditorium. Saturday, October 28 Cherry City Roller Derby Season 9, Bout 4: Dolls of Anarchy vs Panty Raiders, 7 p.m. at The Mad House, 1335 Madison Street NE. Night Dance and Potluck. Features music by The Country Gents. Admission is $5. 7 to 10 p.m. Keizer/Salem Area Senior Center, 930 Plymouth Drive NE. Bowser’s Boo Bash. Visit the wonderful Wizard of Oz in this evening of food, drink, entertainment, and more; raises funds to support animals in the community. Keizer Civic Center, 980 Chemawa Road N.E. Tickets available at whs4pets.org/save-date-bowsers-boo-bash-2017 Sunday, October 29 A Night at the Opera. Salem Concert Band brings fresh new arrangements of the most beautiful music from the stages of Grand Opera. Elsinore Theatre, Salem. Elsinore Theatre, 3 p.m. Single tickets: premium seating is $30; main fl oor/balcony seating is $20; Students K-12 (main fl oor/balcony) are seated for $10. Season tickets are available from Elsinore Theatre. salemconcertband.org Saturday, November 4 Public reception and artist awards for the Black, White and Gray Show, presented by the Keizer Art Association, 6-8 p.m. Keizer Heritage Center. keizerarts.com. Sunday, November 5 St. Paul’s Evensong Concert Series presents Music of Felix Mendelssohn, 4 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty St. SE, Salem. stpaulsoregon.org. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A man who plead guilty to the murder of his mother and attempted murder of his fa- ther in Keizer in 2015 is now seeking to have his life sen- tence ruled unconstitutional. Brett Angus Pearson plead guilty to the crimes in 2015 and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 40 years. He is now seeking post- conviction relief in a civil pe- tition fi led with the Marion County Circuit Court. In the petition, Pearson, 21, claims that his imprisonment at MacLaren Youth Correc- tional Facility is illegal be- cause his attorney “failed to argue [his] sentence was un- constitutional.” If the argument had been made, Pearson suggests, his sentence could potentially be shorter. Pearson also contends that his life sentence is cruel and unusual because juveniles cannot receive life sentences, and claims that Oregon de- fi nes a life sentence as 25 years in prison. Keizer Police Depart- ment personnel responded to the Pearson house on Ven- tura Loop around 11:30 p.m. Pearson was allowed to be sentenced to life in prison un- der Oregon law, but could not receive the death penalty. In May, Pearson appealed his sentence based on a Unit- ed States Supreme Court de- cision that life without parole sentences were unconstitu- tional, but the court did not address the non-life sentences in the ruling. The Oregon ap- peals court affi rmed the deci- sion of the lower court. and capsules, unneeded prescriptions, over-the- counter medications, and veterinary medica- tions. Needles, vitamins, or medical waste of any sort will not be accepted; medication from assisted living facilities and clinics will also not be accepted. For more information, visit dea.gov or con- tact Susan McLauchlin, Marion County Health Department’s Prevention Program Coordina- tor at 503-981-5851. The Keizer Police Department will be host- ing an event for the Drug Enforcement Agen- cy’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The turn-in station will be in the School- house Square parking lot at 5013 River Road N. Citizens are encouraged to bring unwanted or expired medications to designated collec- tion sites. This can include unknown tablets School bond info sessions slated The Salem-Keizer Board of Education has approved a bond measure to be placed on the May 2018 ballot. The $620 million pro- posal for the bond would be spent alleviating the increas- ing overcapacity of schools, facility improvements, and expansions of career techni- cal and vocational education programs, as well as struc- tural and safety renovations. Members of the community are encouraged to attend the Bond Measure Listening and Learning Forum that will be held at McNary on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. If the bond is successful, it will allow McNary High to move forward with plans to renovate their parking layout—a move to address traffi c and safety problems voiced by the residents of the area surrounding the school. The bond would ac- company a land deal with St. Edward Catholic Church to expand McNary’s boundar- ies. The bond would also en- able McNary to increase the space for Career & Technical Education programs, general classrooms, and science areas. The dollar amount for the bond is not yet fi nal- ized. Forums will also be held at North Salem on Oct. 25; South Salem on Nov. 1; Sprague on Nov. 8; Straub Middle (for West Salem schools) on Nov. 15; and McKay on Nov. 16. Keizer Rotarians plan arboretum The Rotary Club of Keizer will join Rotary International to improve environmental sus- tainability by planting enough trees to create an arboretum at Keizer Rapids Park. Members of the Keizer club, along with volunteers from lo- cal organizations, will plant 76 trees on Saturday, Nov. 4. The type of trees planted will be suggested by the city of Keizer. Planting will begin at 9 a.m. and should be completed by noon. Pre-dug holes will be prepared by local volunteer Randy Miller with the aid of HERC Rentals. Cherry City Roller Derby Panty Raiders vs Rose City’s High Rollers, 7 p.m. at The Hangar at Oaks Amusement Park Oaks Park Way, 7805 SE. in Portland 3893 COMMERCIAL ST SE Cherry City Roller Derby Season 9, Bout 5: Dolls of Anarchy vs Thrill Kill Kittens, 7 p.m. at The Mad House, 1335 Madison Street NE. File Brett Angus Bears at his sentencing hearing in 2015. Bearson was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 40 years. Drug Take Back Day is Oct. 28 Friday, November 10 Saturday, November 11 on March 5, 2014 after an alarm at the house was acti- vated. The body of Michelle Pearson was found inside the house, while Bill Pearson was transported to Salem Hospi- tal with “serious gunshot in- juries.” He was released from the hospital about two weeks later. Brett Pearson, who was 17 at the time, and a friend, Robert Daniel Miller were arrested later that night and charged with aggravated mur- der and attempted aggravated murder. Both are Measure 11 offenses that allowed the state to try them as adults. According to court records, the state contended Pearson and Miller had been using methamphetamine and plan- ning the deaths of Pearson’s parents for weeks and Pearson had intended to pay Miller for his involvement. Pearson plead guilty to the crimes in March 2015 and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 30 years in the death of his mother. Judge Dale Penn im- posed a consecutive sentence of 10 years for the attempted murder of his father. He was also ordered to pay more than $120,000 in restitution. THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES The public is invited to help. Volunteers should bring a shovel and dress for November weather. The site chosen will have the dual purpose of being an additional sound barrier be- tween the Keizer Rotary Am- phitheater and homes on the east side of the park. The project is expected to cost about $12,000, including out of pocket and in-kind ex- penses. sudoku Dunkirk (PG-13) Fri 2:30, Sat 12:00, 7:00, Sun 4:00 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (PG-13) Sat 4:15, 9:05, Sun 1:50 Logan Lucky (PG-13) Fri 9:00, Sun 6:05 The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) Fri 7:55, Sat 8:20, Sun 8:40 Mother (R) Fri 6:45, Sat 6:50, 9:10, Sun 6:20 Wind River (R) Fri 6:25, Sat 4:50, Sun 12:10, 8:25 Despicable Me 3 (PG) Fri 2:10, 4:00, 6:00, Sat 12:15, 2:30, 3:50, Sun 11:45, 1:30, 3:15, 4:25 The Emoji Movie (PG) Fri 4:35, Sat 2:00, Sun 2:15 Leap (PG) Fri 2:20, Sat 12:40, Sun 12:00 FOR ALL SHOWTIMES GO TO NORTHERNLIGHTSTHEATREPUB.COM looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO Naked man takes dip at Keizer Station A naked man bathing in wa- ter at Keizer Station got police attention Monday morning. Keizer Police we’re called on a report the man was swimming in the water near the footbridge across Keizer Station Boulevard. 10 YEARS AGO Hashing out medical pot law Activists cry foul on grower’s arrest for hash oil, cops believe otherwise. Keizer Police recently arrested Anthony W. Beasley, a medical marijuana grower and patient for manufacturing a controlled substance -- hashish oil. 15 YEARS AGO Women’s shelter opens on River Road Women and children seeking a safe place to stay will be able to fi nd one in Keizer when Simonka Place opens its doors next week on River Road. Connie Lain, development director for the shelter, said the Union Gospel Mission organization purchased the building from the tribes for $1.6 million. 20 YEARS AGO Treasure trove visits Keizer school Over $2.5 million in sunken treasure found its way to Clear Lake Elementary School last week for an assembly. Fifth graders from Clear Lake and Gubser got to see old coins, a $117,000 bar of gold, and a $2.4 million gold chain recovered from a sunken 17th century Spanish ship. Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Spiderman: Homecoming (PG-13) Fri 4:10, 8:30, Sat 2:15, 5:45, Sun 7:25 Add your event by e-mailing news@keizertimes.com. While Pearson claims a life sentence in Oregon is con- sidered 25 years, Keizertimes could fi nd no defi nition for a life sentence in the Oregon Revised Statutes. The only mention of a time period in regard to a life sentence is that the convicted must serve at least 30 years before becom- ing eligible for parole. No hearing on Pearson’s latest petition had been set at press time. KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Is your manager/ supervisor a good leader? 56% – No 44% – Yes Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM