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Friday night at the SE Keizer
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SUMMER FAMILY
MOVIE SERIES
$1 MOVIES MON-FRI
Free Willy (PG) June 25-29
Shrek (PG) July 2-6
Wonder (PG) July 9-13
The Karate Kid (PG) July 16-20
See 5 movies and get a
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Small Popcorn and Reg
Lights, Comedy, Laughs!
Saturday, July 14
Soda. Pick up a punch
card at the box offi ce.
See a movie, get a punch.
Collect 5 and Redeem.
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Neighbors in southeast Keizer joined
for a shared meal and a night of camara-
derie Friday, June 15.
The community night is held each
Friday at Salem Mennonite Church on
Candlewood Drive.
A-Samuel Landa with his
mother Bathsheba.
B-Angel Gonzalez (left)
and Emmanuel Esquivel.
C-Three young girls enjoy the fun.
D-Brittany entertains with her hoops.
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CLAUDE STUART & BO JOHNSON
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
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an
unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate
returning members of the armed services—known as G.I.s—
for their efforts in World War II. By giving veterans money
for tuition, living expenses, books, supplies and equipment,
the G.I. Bill effectively transformed higher education in
America. The American Legion successfully fought for many
of the provisions included in the bill, which gave returning
servicemen access to unemployment compensation,
low-interest home and business loans, and—most
importantly—funding for education.
— June 22, 1944
Food 4 Thought
“I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a
person’s right to know. I believe that in the absence of
the truth, all of us stand helpless to defend ourselves,
our families and our health, which is the greatest gift we
— Erin Brockovich, activist, born June 22, 1960
have.”
The Month Ahead
Saturday, June 23
Vanfest Northwest, 10 a.m to 10 p.m. at the Benton County
Fairgrounds, 110 Southwest 53rd Street is Corvallis. VanFest
Northwest is a music festival that celebrates vintage and
modern camper vans, their owners, and the great outdoors.
Pollinator Festival at Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., 1700 Priem Road in Monmouth. Local experts
from non-profi ts will answer questions about pollinators and
gardening for pollinators .
Tuesday, June 26
GREETERS hosted by the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Free
networking opportunity for members. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
6700 Field of Dreams Way NE.
Wednesday, June 27
Intake day for submission for Keizer Art Association’s
July exhibition, Water, Water Everywhere. For complete
information visit keizerarts.com.
Thursday, June 28
Keizer Points of interest Committee meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer
Civic Center.
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz
REVIEW: Suspect warned
fi ve times before fatal shot
(Continued from Page A1)
The suspect also announced
to pursuing offi cers that he
had a gun after taking a posi-
tion of cover between two ve-
hicles. (Note: After the suspect
was shot, the gun he possessed
was still in his hand. Another
non-lethal beanbag shot was
fi red several minutes later, by
another offi cer, to knock it
out of his grasp and be cer-
tain that he was not faking an
injury to lure offi cers closer
in.) Wampler told a grand jury
that he feared for his safety and
the safety of his fellow offi cers
on the scene, but the standoff
took place in a heavily popu-
lated area. Offi cers and the
suspect were in the middle of
a neighborhood with houses
on all sides with the potential
for additional traffi c passing
behind on Chemawa Road
Northeast or unaware drivers,
pedestrians or residents com-
ing around a corner from the
end of the cul de sac. All of
those circumstances added up
to imminent danger.
Was Wampler able to care-
fully consider every facet of
the situation in 35 seconds
and make a decision to pull
the trigger? That is a valid
question, but even a low level
of situational awareness would
have brought some of the cir-
cumstances to the forefront of
the average person’s mind.
• An active attempt to resist
arrest. By taking up a defen-
sive position, with a weapon,
when he had the opportuni-
ties to stop running and sur-
render, the suspect made clear
that he intended to resist arrest
for at least for as long as the
brief standoff lasted.
• An attempt to escape or
elude arrest. The suspect at-
tempted to elude police in
vehicle and then on foot.
Looking back to determine
where offi cers were when he
was fl eeing on foot – when
he might have kept running –
implies that he knew a pursuit
was happening and intended
to escape.
Wampler’s decision to use
an AR-15 was also questioned
during the course of the re-
view. The suspect was believed
to be armed, and as a result,
Wampler chose the AR-15.
That too, is part of training in
defensive tactics, said Trump.
“When the suspect has a
handgun we want a rifl e be-
cause it allows us to be more
accurate at a greater distance,”
he said.
Another major court case
that molded KPD’s use of
force policy is Tennessee v.
Garner, which established that
offi cers may not use deadly
force to prevent escape un-
less “the offi cer has probable
cause to believe that the sus-
pect poses a signifi cant threat
of death or serious physical
injury to the offi cer or others.”
Given the constellation of
factors leading up to the event
and the suspect’s decision to
confront offi cers rather than
continue fl eeing, Wampler had
cause to believe that a poten-
tially hazardous incident was
in the process of unfolding.
There are many “what ifs”
that will never be answered as
a result of Wampler choosing
to end the standoff before it
unspooled further, but fewer
of them conclude without in-
jury or death – possibly of a
bystander.
Picking up sticks
Monday, July 2
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center.
Thursday, July 5
Southeast Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 6 p.m.,
Keizer Civic Center.
Friday, July 6 —Saturday, July 28
Pentacle Theatre Presents 1984. A provocative look at the
dystopian future imagined by George Orwell. 7:30 p.m. at
Pentacle Theatre at 324 52nd Avenue NW in Salem.
Monday, July 9
Keizer City Council work session, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic Center.
Tuesday, July 10
Keizer Parks Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center.
Finally, since 1985, courts
have stated law enforcement
offi cers have a responsibility
to warn suspects even when
using force that is less than
deadly but may lead to serious
injury. There is no prescribed
vocabulary for offi cers to use
in any instance and the duty
to warn only applies in situa-
tions where time allows it.
It is this space where state-
ments provided to investiga-
tors and the testimony given
before grand jury are most
divergent from audio of the
incident. Wampler testifi ed
that he warned the suspect
that he would be shot; but
gave no indication of the ex-
act words he used or how of-
ten. (Note: It is possible Wampler
legitimately cannot recall fi ne
details of the events as they un-
folded.) Wampler had not been
allowed to review the video or
audio before the review board
completed its work and he
may choose to never relive the
moment. But, when consider-
ing all the questions before the
review board in relation to the
incident, the question of how
much time passed between a
warning and the shot being
fi red became the most urgent.
Had Wampler only warned
the suspect once and then
fi red on him half-a-minute
later, there would be some
question as to whether the
suspect understood the situa-
tion he had created for him-
self. However, the fi rst words
out of Wampler’s mouth were
a warning, as were the last be-
fore he pulled the trigger. In
less than 35 seconds, he re-
peated some variation of the
phrase “you will be shot” fi ve
times.
In an objective world, there
is no such thing as a “good”
or “clean” shooting but, in
this incident, the offi cer’s ac-
tions appear to have met or
exceeded every requirement
in Keizer Police Department
policy.
Wednesday, July 11
Keizer Planning Commission meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic
Center.
Thursday, July 12 – Sunday, July 15
Marion County Fair. Oregon State Fairgrounds. Tons of
fun for everybody including entertainment, rides, animals
and a rodeo. Visit marioncountyfair.net for fair times and
admission prices.
Thursday, July 12
Keizer Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian
meeting, 6 p.m., Keizer Civic Center.
Committee
Saturday, July 14
Race To Save The Harvest. The run benefi ts Salem Harvest
which connects farmers and backyard growers with volunteer
pickers to harvest fruits and vegetables that would otherwise
go to waste. The 5k begins at 10 a.m. and the 3k begins at
10:05 a.m. at Riverfront Park. Participants who register
before June 21 get reduced prices; visit salemharvest.org/
events.php for more info.
Monday, July 16
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Keizer Civic Center.
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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Members of the Rotary Club of Keizer, Oregon Paralyzed Veterans and employees of Comcast
banded together to pick up sticks in the area of Keizer Rapids Park that was once an orchard.
Volunteers are helping prepare the area for grass planting later this year. Those interested in
helping with the effort can show up Saturday, June 23, at 9 a.m.
looking
back in
the KT
5 YEARS AGO
STRAY,
continued from Page A1
about the plans. Lance has
since put up signage in the
area indicating that shoot-
ing needed to be in an east-
west direction instead of a
north-south direction. He
said he would be relocat-
ing the shooting range and
signage as soon as they relo-
cate more berms and fencing
to make it all safer. He said
they will install gates on the
property to better control
who comes and who goes as
they have had random people
drive down there and start
shooting. Shooting can hap-
pen safely over there, they
just need to do it in the right
place.”
Keizer Police Chief John
Teague said neither Keizer
police nor the Polk County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce have leverage
in terms of criminal activity
other than what’s already oc-
curred.
City Manager Chris Ep-
pley told residents who gath-
ered to request action that the
situation was frustrating “but
the best opportunity is for
civil action to occur and shut
down that usage.”
The homeowners are re-
portedly looking at what can
be accomplished through the
courts.
“(Davis) has not demon-
strated an ability to manage
this property responsibly,”
Clark added. “We need to
keep the pressure on as the
property owner moves for-
ward.”
Kaiser coming to Keizer
Kaiser Permanente and city
offi cials both confi rmed last
week that the health care
company will be building a
20,000-square-foot clinic in
Keizer Station.
10 YEARS AGO
maze
Inaugural RIVERfair
set for August 9
at park
RIVERfair, a community
festival, will make its debut in
August at Keizer Rapids Park.
15 YEARS AGO
Learning the
language of success
Bernardo Cortes, a Mexican
immigrant
who
entered
McNary High School still
grappling with the basics of
English, graduated as one
of seven valedictorians this
summer.
20 YEARS AGO
Man holds intruder
for police
Maze by Jonathan Graf of Keizer
A Keizer man who saw
someone trying to break into
a neighbor’s house confronted
the would-be intruder and
held him at gunpoint until
police arrived.