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Hood River News, Saturday, May 16, 2015
Marina shooting suspect to appear in court May 27
Memorial Day patrols
to focus on seat belts
The Hood River Coun-
ty Sheriff ’s Office will in-
crease traffic patrols for
the upcoming Memorial
holiday weekend.
The Sheriff ’s Office re-
ceives grant funds to in-
crease patrols for both
DUII and seatbelt en-
forcement through the
National Highway Traf-
fic Safety Administration
and the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation.
The goal is to reduce
traffic crashes and in-
crease safety through
high visibility enforce-
ment. The Sheriff ’s Of-
fice urges everyone to
drive with care, wear a
safety belt and to please
not drive when using sub-
stances that impair, in-
cluding prescription
medication, alcohol, mar-
ijuana or any other im-
pairing substance. Please
re por t suspected im-
paired drivers by calling
911.
Beginning May 18 until
May 31, the Hood River
City Police Department
By PATRICK MULVIHILL
News staff writer
will be conducting a two
week traffic safety Blitz
campaign. The focus will
be on seat belts, speed,
and cell phone use while
driving.
The purpose of this
traffic enforcement is to
promote safety, compli-
ance, and to reduce the
number of motor vehicle
related injuries or
deaths. This enforcement
campaign will take place
throughout the state.
Oregon law requires a
child weighing less than
40 pounds to be properly
restrained by a child safe-
ty seat. A child under one
year of age or weighing
less than 20 pounds must
be restrained in a rear-
facing child seat.
A child over 40 pounds
but under age eight or
less than 4 feet, 9 inches
tall must be restrained in
either a child seat with a
harness system or in a
booster seat that raises
the child up so that a lap
and shoulder belt system
fit correctly.
Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea
M AY S T. E NFORCEMENT
Hood River Police officer Juan Pulido gives tickets Thursday
in the restricted parking zone in front of May Street School.
Permanent signs note that unattended vehicles are prohibit-
ed at weekday drop-off and pick-up times, and portable
signs remind drivers it is a “Kiss and Go Only” zone. Pulido
said he noticed violations and ticketed drivers who had been
gone longer than five minutes. He added it had been a year
or so since similar action at the location.
N ICHOLS
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street clothes with no visible
restraints” in future court
appearances — a response to
a March 17 motion by Arnold
asking that Nichols appear
free of “restraints by any
means, including shackles
and a stun belt,” on the
grounds that appearing with
visible restraints would vio-
late Nichols’ right to a fair
trial.
Arnold indicated other
motions he had filed in court
over the last few months.
In March, Arnold moved
that the state give notice of
any evidence of “alleged
prior crimes, wrongs, or
acts” it intends to offer at
trial, and moved to suppress
all statements made by
Nichols during his interro-
gation by detectives at the
San Francisco airport in
February.
Arnold also motioned for
authorities to return some of
Nichols’ personal items
seized at the arrest, includ-
ing his luggage and “person-
al documents” which he
claimed had “no evidentiary
value in the cases currently
pending against him.”
No action was taken on the
motions, but Olson set
Nichols’ next pre-trial hear-
ing tentatively for August 3.
A Kamiah, Idaho man sus-
pected of shooting a Eugene
man at the Hood River mari-
na in April will appear be-
fore a judge in two weeks.
Tyson Sackett, 29, of
Kamiah, who was charged
with shooting Mark Wright,
60, of Eugene, at the marina
on April 25 will appear at the
Hood River County Court-
house on Tuesday, May 27.
Sackett is a former Parkdale
C GCC
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cess of a recent open house
at the college’s Fort Dalles
Readiness Center, and made
passing mention of “a recent
violent incident”” occurring
in the same location.
Late in the meeting, board
member Stu Watson brought
up the subject and asked for
more information.
“I talked to Mr. Pytel and
he was pretty vocal about his
concern over progress and
the administration’s re-
sponse to this,” Watson said.
Pytel said he had asked the
college Board of Education
to investigate and is demand-
ing information about past
incidents and the policy on
notifying others of such inci-
dents.
“A student could walk in
any time he chooses, and
nothing is being done to pre-
vent it,” said Hood River in-
structor Tim Schell.
According to re por ts,
Pytel was repeatedly pushed
by student Kelly B. Petteys,
50, of Parkdale, who was ap-
parently upset over a test.
Pytel, who has martial arts
training, got the man into a
hold with help of two stu-
dents, until police arrived.
Petteys was arrested on
charges of harassment, sec-
ond-degree disorderly con-
duct, second-degree criminal
trespass, fourth-degree as-
sault and resisting arrest,
said The Dalles police Chief
Jay Waterbury.
Van Valkenburgh told
Robb Van Cleave that he
wants to meet with academic
dean Laurie Ufford and facil-
ities director Jim Austin “be-
fore the next meeting” to
deal with Pytel’s concerns.
Watson said, “It’s a month
before (the next meeting) and
meanwhile (Petteys) is out
on bond. Have you added any
security personnel? Has any-
one got (Pytel’s) back?”
Van Valkenburgh initially
said that the issue “involves
a personnel matter, adding
“we do need to take quick ac-
tion,” a sentiment reiterated
by board members Dr. James
resident, who
was living in
Kamiah for
the last three
years.
Sackett
was
ar-
raigned Mon-
day, April 27 Tyson Sackett
on
three
charges: attempted murder,
assault first degree and tam-
pering with evidence. If con-
victed, Sackett faces up to
life in prison for attempted
murder, a minimum of 7.5
years for assault first degree
and $6,000 in fines for tam-
pering with evidence.
At the arraignment, Judge
John Olson set Sackett’s bail
at $50,000 and ordered that
Sackett have no contact with
the victim, as well as no pos-
session of intoxicants or
deadly weapons.
Sackett appeared again be-
fore Olson at the court Tues-
day via video feed from
Northern Oregon Regional
Corrections Facility in The
Dalles.
Sackett’s attorney, Brian
Starns, requested to enter
the defendant’s plea at a later
date in order to have more
time to receive evidence.
“There are numerous items
we have not yet received,”
said Starns. He listed med-
ical records and audio
recordings as items he still
had not secured.
Olson scheduled for Sack-
ett to appear again Wednes-
day May 27.
Wilcox and Ernie Keller.
Van Cleave said, “we are
working on it right now. Yes,
we have his back.” Van
Cleave initially told the
board Tuesday he was hesi-
tant to say much because
Pytel had infor med the
board he had contracted
legal counsel. “When some-
one is threatening litigation
you have to be careful,” he
said. Van Cleave largely de-
ferred to academic director
Lori Ufford, who is handling
the administrative response,
as it is governed by policy on
student-on-staff violence,
rather than general policy.
“We’re still working with
(Pytel) to meet his requests,”
Van Cleave said.
Van Cleave provided some
details on what the current
emergency response proce-
dures are in college facili-
ties, which include lockable
doors, phones in each room
and selected staff through-
out the campus who are
trained in texting proce-
dures in case of an active
shooter or other incident, to
alert others in the buildings.
“The best response is to
call 9-1-1,” he said.
In the April 29 incident,
“the cops were on their way
well before we even knew
about the incident,” Van
Cleave said.
In other business:
The college will need to al-
locate $300,000 in contin-
gency funds to cover excess
costs related to instruction
in the spring term, according
to financial officer Will Nor-
ris. The board approved Nor-
ris’ recommendation to
bring the matter to the board
for consideration at its June
meeting.
Norris said that faculty
wage data from the first
month of spring term sug-
gests that instruction is on
track to exceed $4 million in
expenses for the first time in
college history.
Norris said this “overage”
is due in part to the high
number of courses that are
under enrolled: 50 courses
with fewer than 12 students –
the class minimum, under
college policy – and 21 class-
es have fewer than eight stu-
dents.
“We’re spending a lot of
money to teach under en-
rolled classes,” Norris said.
Board member Er nie
Keller asked if “the ratio was
likely to repeat itself ” in fu-
ture terms.
Norris replied that accord-
ing to Ufford (who was not
present) minimum class
sizes will be enforced.
“The number of courses
will be brought in line with
enrollment,” Norris said.
He noted that classes cost
$3,500-$4,000 to operate, and
“you multiply the number of
under enrolled by the num-
ber of courses” to figure the
deficit.
Keller asked, “I presume
we are running these (under
enrolled) courses to serve the
students?”
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