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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017 Robotics team qualifies for international event Clatsop the only college team from Oregon Lazarus “This robot was built from the ashes of Maggie,” Oates Larsen, a team member since 2013, said of the new robot. “Lazarus is meant to have everything we thought other teams did well” last year. Original charges included claim of kidnapping By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community Col- lege’s underwater robotics team, the only collegiate qualifier in Oregon for the finals of an global competition, needs help getting to Long Beach, California. Lazarus Industries, the eight-member team of students competing in Marine Advanced Technology Education’s remotely operated vehicle com- petition, recently qualified for the international finals at Long Beach City College in late June. Their self-built robot, Lazarus, is tasked with mock missions helping the Port of Long Beach install a hyperloop for transporting cargo; repair a fountain in a water and light show; assess and cap contami- nated sediment; and identify and map cargo that fell off of a cargo ship into the harbor. Last year, the team was the only collegiate Oregon qualifier for the finals at NASA’s John- son Space Center. The team per- formed well last year with its submersible, Magnificus “Mag- gie” Praesegmen, but stumbled in marketing and product demon- strations, placing last among 31 competitors from North Amer- ica, Europe and Asia. This year, the team expanded to include CEO Haley Werst, Chief of Business Opera- tions Jennifer Jordan, Head of Research and Development Georges Oates Larsen, Chief of Manufacturing Sam Daire and multiple engineers in hopes of a more rounded performance. The team is advised by college phys- ics instructor Pat Keefe. Washington state man gets 30 days for fleeing police Submitted Photo Lazarus Industries includes, from left, Head of Research and Development Georges Oates Larsen, CEO Haley Werst, Chief of Business Operations Jennifer Jordan, Chief of Manufacturing Sam Daire and team adviser Pat Keefe, a physics instructor at Clatsop Community College. A Washington state man who led police on a 20-minute car chase from Seaside to Astoria in April was sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday after reaching a plea deal. Christopher Rogich, 24, of Roy, Washington, was arrested originally on mul- tiple charges — includ- ing kidnapping — after driving away from a traf- fic stop with his girlfriend and 4-year-old daughter in the car. As part of the deal reached with the Clatsop County District Attorney’s Office earlier this month, Rogich pleaded no con- test to coercion, attempt- ing to elude a police officer and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. Seaside Police responded to a disturbance call at a residence on the order with his girlfriend 1300 block of Second and daughter. Any super- Avenue just after 8 p.m. vised visitation must be on April 19. Rogich’s car approved by a probation was spotted driving away officer. from the area when police Rogich repeatedly arrived. referred to his religious When police stopped beliefs and thanked public the vehicle, Rog- officials in an apol- ich did not com- ogy to the court. ply with officers’ “I hope that requests first to I am reconciled lower the driv- before the court er’s side window and before him,” and then exit the he said. “I accept car. He instructed Christopher this rebuke.” his girlfriend to Rogich, who Rogich do the same. He originally faced drove away from the scene up to 22 years in prison, moments later. previously had no crim- His girlfriend allegedly inal convictions. James called 911 and asked him von Boeckmann, Rog- to pull over during the pur- ich’s court-appointed law- suit, which led to the orig- yer, said it is difficult to inal kidnapping charge, understand how a young Seaside Police Chief Dave man with no criminal his- Ham said. The chase ended tory would make such a on the Youngs Bay Bridge, decision. where Rogich was taken “He has very strong into custody. ideas about what is right His sentence includes and wrong,” von Boeck- credit for time served in mann said. “If he had fol- jail since the arrest and lowed instructions and three years of probation lowered his window, we that includes a no-contact wouldn’t be here today.” Join us for a Celebration of Life for Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Jennifer Jordan holds a tether while the team practices with its submersible, Lazarus, at the Astoria Aquatic Center. Named after the biblical narrative of the raising Lazarus from the dead, the robot is built around an octagonal metal frame with six thrust- ers to completely control nav- igation underwater, cameras facing every direction, buoy- ancy chambers on top and a fiber-optic tether running to the controls on land. The college’s upstart team operates each year on a shoe- string budget compared to its opponents, cannibalizing last year’s robot for the next gener- ation. Jordan, a physics student R obeRt H aRRis “b ob ” e ngblom in her first year with the team, said it receives only $500 in dedicated funding through the college, with the rest coming from fundraising. The team needs to raise money for housing, transpor- tation, motor upgrades and a manipulator to grab objects in the competition, and has formed a GoFundMe page at http://tinyurl.com/mzoky55. 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