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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 145TH YEAR, NO. 190 ONE DOLLAR Rape suspect was deported twice before alleged crime Fabian was detained by ICE outside court By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Hundreds of people gath- ered at an intersection in downtown Astoria for a gun control rally Saturday. GATHERING AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE Hundreds in Astoria rally for gun control A Seaside man detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside Clatsop County Circuit Court earlier this month was deported twice before allegedly raping a teenage girl, according to the federal agency. Anastacio Eugenio Lopez Fabian, 24, allegedly had sex with the girl several times beginning in 2016, when she was under 14 years old. Seaside police arrested him in February after he allegedly assaulted her. He was released the same day after posting $25,000 bail. He has been charged with two counts of second-degree rape, three counts of third-degree rape, fourth-degree assault and harass- ment. A mandatory minimum Anastacio sentence of more than six years Eugenio in prison applies to second-de- Lopez Fabian gree rape convictions. ICE detained him in the courthouse parking lot as he arrived for a hear- ing. He is in custody at the private Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, accord- ing to the federal agency’s records. Fabian was deported to Guatemala in 2013 and 2014, accord- ing to a statement from ICE spokeswoman Carissa See ICE, Page 4A By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian A red Toyota Prius was stopped at a street signal Saturday after- noon at an intersection facing east on Commercial Street by Eighth Street. During the wait, a passenger held a card- board sign out the window that read “Vote them Out” — an apparent refer- ence to lawmakers who don’t support gun control. Seconds later, hundreds of pro- testers at the four corners of the inter- section chanted the sign’s message in unison. Demonstrators shared simi- lar messages for more than an hour in chilly, damp weather. The rally, one of several in Oregon, was organized in support of the national March for Our Lives that took place Saturday in Wash- ington, D.C., and across the nation and world. In lieu of a march, Indivisible North Coast Oregon — the progressive activist group that organized the event — encour- aged participants to bring signs and yell chants as some of the drivers passing by honked their horns. “We’re doing kind of a reverse march,” said Laurie Caplan, one of the group’s leaders. “We stand still and they drive past us.” In response to a February shooting that killed 17 people at a Florida high school, local students have been attend- ing Indivisible meetings as the group pre- pared for the rally. “They thought having a main kid here would be awesome to show it’s not just parents and adults setting this up,” said Azaria Damghani, 14, an Astoria High School student who helped lead a Clatsop Community College Firefighter cadets at Clatsop Community Col- lege train for emergencies. Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Protesters braved inclement weather for over an hour to voice support for gun control. GUN RETAILERS REACT TO POTENTIAL ASSAULT WEAPONS SALES BAN PAGE 2A College fire center needs a new brain Investment planned in a fire simulator for training By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian walkout at the school earlier this month against gun violence. “We hope people are finally realizing that these adults have kind of screwed us over. It’s intriguing that these adults are so surprised that we want to speak up.” Conversations about guns have reached students at other schools through- out Clatsop County as well. Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian See RALLY, Page 7A People used signs and bullhorns to voice their opinions on gun control. ‘I don’t like the impending doom feeling like I could walk into school one day and watch my friends die.’ Leo Van Steenberg, 14 Astoria High School student. Several hundred professional firefighters, mari- ners and students go through Clatsop Community College’s Fire Response and Research Center each year to practice fighting propane-fueled, simulated blazes in a series of rooms resembling parts of a ship. The flames are controlled by central comput- ers and sensors that respond to the students’ tech- niques, extinguishing in the face of proper firefight- ing and flaring back up after missteps. The college is preparing to spend nearly $70,000 to replace the aging brains of the fire simulator. Kurt Donaldson, the college’s fire science instructor, said that while the building is only through about one-third of its expected 50-year lifespan, the computers that run the simulator are outdated and in need of replacement. If one part of the computer goes down, the entire building can stop working, a safety feature to prevent accidents, he said. See FIRE, Page 7A Nature photographer finds a home in Cannon Beach New gallery showcases a career’s worth of images By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian andall Hodges has always loved hiking. A Eugene native, many of his childhood memories involve fishing and walking the trails with his mom throughout the Pacific Northwest. “The first time I hiked above treeline, man – I was totally addicted,” he said. But what he loved equally R as much was taking photos of the beautiful sights. After cresting a timberlined ridge or hiking to a lighthouse at sun- rise, he would try to explain to people how much more beauti- ful these scenes were in person than the photos could show. “Then I realized I needed to learn how to take a bet- ter photo that would explain itself,” Hodges said. So what if, he thought, he could make his two favorite things his life’s work? Randall Hodges taking shots of Mount Rainier. This leap of faith blos- somed into a long career that has led Hodges to the North Coast. After decades of dreaming, earlier this month he finally realized one of his biggest career goals: to open his photo gallery, “Images of the West” in Cannon Beach. It was a long and winding road to get here — quite liter- ally. Since beginning his pho- tography career, Hodges has hiked more than 27,000 miles all over the West Coast to get the dramatic nature shots that hang on his wall. In many ways, hiking was a refuge. It’s where he found peace after quitting his band, which inspired his move to northwestern Wash- ington more than 30 years ago. It’s where he went after he decided to quit his 12-year ten- ure as a high-end chef in Seat- tle, a career with which he was growing disillusioned. See HODGES, Page 3A
