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A7 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019 Fighting back part of school shooting guidance By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press BALTIMORE — The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. cam- puses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools around the country, they also refl ect guidance to students, at least in some situations, to do what they can to disrupt shootings. A majority of school districts have now embraced such an approach, with experts say- ing educators need to give staff and students as many options as possible in the worst-case scenario. “In all honesty, I don’t know of another strategy,” said teacher Kelly Chavis, whose Rock Hill, South Carolina, school endorses a strategy known as Avoid, Deny, Defend. “What else would you do if you did not try to get away in a situation?” Many schools have stuck with the traditional approach of locking down classrooms and let- ting law enforcement confront the shooter, especially in grade-school settings. Encourag- ing students or faculty to do otherwise, critics say, could make them more of a target. At the STEM School Highlands Ranch in suburban Denver, where student Kendrick Castillo was killed while confronting a gun- man on Tuesday, the school uses a “Locks, Lights, Out of Sight” protocol, according to spokesman Gil Rudawsky. He declined to say whether any of the school’s training for stu- dents addresses whether they should fi ght an AP Photo/David Zalubowski Mourners illuminate their mobile telephones during a community vigil to honor the victims and survivors of the fatal shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. intruder. But Brendan Bialy had thought about it on his own. He lunged with Castillo toward the gunman and wrestled the gun from his hand. “I don’t like the idea of running and hiding,” he told reporters Wednesday. “There’s certain situations if you got to get out of it, you got to get out of it, but like, I’m not going to say, like, cower or move out of the way for somebody who’s right in front of me. ... Somebody like that, I’m going to fi ght them there.” Riley Howell, 21, died thwarting a shooter last week at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Alert messages at that campus advised students to “Run, Hide, Fight.” There always have been students willing to take action, said Greg Crane, who founded the for-profi t ALICE Institute, which stands for happened to hear her as she went outside to check her mail. end his self-imposed moratorium on test- ing long-range missiles that could reach the United States mainland. They do indicate, however, that Kim is methodically expand- ing the battle readiness of his missile forces and that could have a major impact on the safety of American allies and U.S. forces in the region. The missiles bear a strong resemblance to the Russian-designed Iskander, a short- range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile that has been in the Russian arsenal for more than a decade. Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. He said he created it in 2001 based on what had already been done by students including Jake Ryker, who tackled a shooter at Thurston High School in Oregon in 1998 despite being shot in the chest. Many people have a “warrior mindset, a hero mindset,” Crane said. “It’s just, have we cultivated them with some information and with some training so that when they are the fi rst one to stand up and start moving to do something, maybe they’re not alone?” Educators from over 5,000 school districts have received the program’s training, often from certifi ed law enforcement offi cers, Crane said. He said the program does not teach fi ght- ing strategies. Rather, it encourages people to make noise, create distractions and confuse the attacker. Baltimore County Public Schools adopted ALICE this school year. If an assailant gets too close, students are told to grab anything and throw it and scream, with the idea being to create enough chaos to escape. No young students are told to tackle or otherwise try to make physical contact, but staff members and older students have that option, Superintendent George Roberts said. “The adults are trained how to grab the arms, grab the legs and subdue” until police arrive, said Roberts, who was principal at Maryland’s Perry Hall High School in 2012 when a student brought a shotgun into the caf- eteria and critically wounded another student. “This more active response provides a level of choice.” WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs WASHINGTON — Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Don- ald Trump more than doubled tariffs to 25% from 10% on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted on Twitter that there was “no need to rush” to get a deal between the world’s two biggest economies and later added that the tariffs “may or may not be removed depending on what happens with respect to future negotiations.” The tariff increase went ahead even after American and Chinese negotiators briefl y met in Washington on Thursday and again on Friday, seeking to end a dispute that has disrupted billions of dollars in trade and shaken global fi nancial markets. U.S. business groups appealed for a set- tlement that will resolve chronic complaints about Chinese market barriers, subsidies to state companies and a regulatory system they say is rigged against foreign companies. The latest U.S. increase might hit Ameri- can consumers harder, said Jake Parker, vice president of the U.S.-China Business Coun- cil, an industry group. He said the earlier 10% increase was absorbed by companies and offset by a weakening of the Chinese currency’s exchange rate. Kidnap claim unravels: Baby thrown down hill, mom charged A mother’s claim that her 7-week-old baby was kidnapped quickly unraveled after her infant was found at the bottom of a 75-foot ravine in the North Carolina moun- tains, law enforcement offi cials said Friday. Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Grif- fi n announced that the child’s mother, Krista Noelle Madden, 35, has been jailed on a count of attempted fi rst-degree murder. The child was found in “very good condi- tion” despite being thrown down the ravine, Griffi n said. The baby was in her car seat when it hit the ground, and somehow rolled out of it by the time local residents found her, he said. It was almost by chance that the baby was found: A woman living near the ravine House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition WASHINGTON — The House on Fri- day passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and fl oods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senate log- jam over aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico. The measure passed by a 257-150 vote over the opposition of most Repub- licans, who said it should also include the Trump administration’s $4.5 billion request for stepped-up humanitarian aid and law enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border, which is facing a wave of migrants fl eeing violence in Central America. The House had passed an earlier $14 bil- lion version of the measure in January, but the legislation has been held up in the Sen- ate amid a fi ght between President Donald Trump and Democrats over aid to Puerto Rico. Trump is feuding with Democratic offi cials on the island and falsely claims that Puerto Rico has already received $91 billion in aid. Thirty-four Republicans broke with Trump’s position and supported the disaster aid. Some of them are from areas hit by the disasters, like Texas and Florida, and oth- ers are more moderate Republicans from the Northeast. Experts see Russia fi ngerprints on North Korea’s new missile TOKYO — The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian mil- itary has deployed to Syria and has been actively trying to sell abroad for years. Ending a pause in ballistic missile launches that began in late 2017, and alarm- ing North Korea’s neighbors, Kim person- ally supervised the launch of the fi rst missile from the country’s east coast on Saturday and two more from the west on Thursday. All splashed down in the Pacifi c. The missiles were short-range and the launches do not mean Kim has decided to GRADUATION To honor and congratulate the Class of 2019 The Daily Astorian is creating a graduation publication for our local high schools that will publish on Saturday, June 1st. This full-color publication will include biographies and pictures of each valedictorian and salutatorian, The graduation schedule is as follows: name and photo of each 2019 graduate and JEWELL special congratulation ads from local businesses, Saturday, June 1 @ 2pm family and friends. WARRENTON Friday, June 7 @ 7pm ASTORIA To participate in this publication, contact your sales representative today Saturday, June 8 @ 4pm 503-325-3211 Saturday, June 8 @ 7pm DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MAY 17 KNAPPA SEASIDE Monday, June 10 @ 8pm US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations WASHINGTON — The U.S. said Thurs- day that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a fi rst-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries. The “Wise Honest,” North Korea’s sec- ond-largest cargo ship, was detained in April 2018 as it traveled toward Indonesia. It’s now in the process of being moved to American Samoa, Justice Department offi - cials said. Justice Department lawyers laid out the case for confi scating the ship in a complaint fi led in New York, arguing that payments for maintenance and operation of the ves- sel were channeled through unwitting U.S. fi nancial institutions in violation of Ameri- can law. The coal trade itself is also believed to fund the isolated country’s nuclear weap- ons and ballistic missile programs. The 581-foot Wise Honest was used for coal transports to ports abroad, according to the complaint, generating badly needed reve- nue to a country that is under U.N. sanctions because of its nuclear weapons program. The ship also delivered heavy machinery back to North Korea.
