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SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 8 SECTION A NOVEMBER 24, 2017 $1.00 LOCKDOWN follows day of threats at MHS Submitted by Keith Fajer Numerous threats promising violence at McKay High School and elsewhere were spray painted on garage doors. Graffi ti threats hit Keizer homes Graffi ti threatening violence at McKay High School and “everywhere” was discovered at multiple homes in Keizer Wednesday, Nov. 15. While nothing came of the threats, Salem-Keizer School District had extra security in place at McKay and McNary high schools in response to the vandalism. The Keizer Police Department continues to investigate the incident and is looking for leads. Anyone with information can contact 503-390-3713 or email tips@ keizer.org, reference Keizer Police Department Incident #17-4776 The fi rst graffi ti, with the message “school shooting today @McKay,” was discovered by Keizer patrol offi cers about 3:40 a.m. on Horizon Ridge Drive Northeast. While the patrol offi cers were in the neighborhood investigating the initial report of graffi ti, offi cers discovered at least By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes Miscommunication in the front of- fi ce at McNary High School resulted in a Condition 2 lockdown on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 16. The incident started when a person went into the offi ce and said they were just in the parking lot and heard gunshots. “The way it was translated was there are gunshots in the parking lot,” said McNary principal Erik Jespersen, who was in an administration meeting at the time. “There was something lost in translation.” Given the miscommunication, the threatening graffi ti in several Keizer neighborhoods the day before, and “chatter” on the radio between campus monitors, Jespersen said McNary went under a brief lockdown “in an abundance of caution.” The lockdown lasted 15 minutes, but Jespersen and school resource offi cer David Zavala knew there was no threat much sooner. “Within just a few minutes we realized Celtics flying under radar PAGE A10 Please see LOCKDOWN, Page A8 three additional residences had been vandalized with similar threatening graffi ti. Two of the residences were also in the 1400 block of Horizon Ridge Drive NE, while the other residence is located in the 6800 block of Jakewood Court NE. Garage doors were targeted at the homes on Horizon Ridge, while a fence was targeted at the home on Jakewood Court. Additional messages included: “29+ dead today bombs everywhere;” “school shooting today;” and “Sandyhook2” among others. In addition to those Officer retires after 27 years PAGE A2 Please see THREATS, Page A8 MHS math teacher takes home Apple By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary math teacher Louis Tiller knows that AP Calculus is one of the hardest classes at the high school so it's important to make it interac- tive and fun. Louis Tiller accepts a Crystal Apple for excellence in teaching at a ceremony earlier this month. Submitted “I like to do things where it's more student centered than lecturing,” Tiller said. “I do a lot of going group to group and trying to help. I have these really neat desks that have a white board on them so I write stuff right on the desk. It's certainly differ- ent than the way I was taught where the instructor just, sometimes you wouldn't see his face, he was writing on the board until the period ended.” Tiller's teaching methods are working. “It is blatantly obvious that Mr. Tiller loves his job, and when a teacher loves his job, the students love that class,” wrote McNary senior Megan Schneider in a letter nominat- ing Tiller for a Crystal Apple Award. “It is a miracle when kids are anxious to get started on their math, but Mr. Tiller pulls it off daily. Not only does he get us engaged, but he is always walking around watch- ing and listening to us. He al- lows us to struggle enough so that we lean how to problem solve, but knows exactly when to come over and help us fi g- ure it out. I would almost call Shakespeare Fest visits McNary Please see APPLE, Page A8 Democrat, Republican to co-sponsor fi x for reporters STUFF THE BUS Students in the Whiteaker Middle School leadership class managed to stuff a bus full of nearly 1,500 pounds of donated food Saturday, Nov. 18. Each year, Wolverine stu- dents collect food through- out the month of November with the goal of providing Thankgsgiving meals to lo- cal families. The annual food drive is conducted in partnership with Dayspring Fellowship. TOP & LEFT: Students piled food inside a school bus and hit the street to drum up more donations. KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A change to mandatory reporting guidelines in the Salem-Keizer School District to include instances of consen- sual sex be- tween teens has ended up uniting a Democratic state senator and Republi- can state rep- Gelser resentative. Sen. Sara Gelser, a Democrat represent- ing Sen- ate District 8, and Rep. Bill Post, Post represent- ing House District 25, are co- sponsoring a bill they plan to introduce during the legislative session in February. Please see FIX, Page A7 Swim team growing PAGE A10
