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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian STANDOFF: -XGJHVFUDSSHG$SULOWULDOGDWH Continued from 1A “I know I have no rights, so thank you,” Bundy said. He and eight others, including his brother Ryan, were charged with carrying a ¿UHDUPLQUHODWLRQWRDFULPH of violence, which has a PD[LPXP SHQDOW\ RI OLIH LQ SULVRQ Sean Anderson and a GHIHQGDQW ZKRVH QDPH ZDV UHGDFWHG IURP WKH LQGLFW- PHQW ZHUH FKDUJHG ZLWK GDPDJLQJWKHWULEDOVLWH³E\ PHDQVRIH[FDYDWLRQDQGWKH XVH RI KHDY\ HTXLSPHQW´ Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight said. 7KUHH RWKHU RFFXSLHUV were charged with theft RI JRYHUQPHQW SURSHUW\ Kenneth Medenbach took D )RUG SLFNXS ZKLOH 5\DQ %XQG\ DQG -RQ 5LW]KHLPHU VWROHFDPHUDVYDOXHGDWPRUH WKDQ WKH LQGLFWPHQW says. 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However, FBI agents are under investigation for failing to disclose they ¿UHG WZR VKRWV GXULQJ WKH FRQIURQWDWLRQ ZLWK )LQLFXP DVKHH[LWHGKLVWUXFN2UHJRQ authorities say one of those rounds hit the roof of the truck. CUSTODIAN: 1RVSULQJEUHDNIRUFXVWRGLDOVWDII Continued from 1A DSSO\ DW WKH VFKRRO GLVWULFW and she did. Hired as a FXVWRGLDQDW+HUPLVWRQ+LJK 6FKRRO 6WHSKHQV VDLG VKH RQO\SODQQHGRQNHHSLQJWKH MREIRUWZR\HDUV “I wasn’t going to stay. I was going to leave, but I GLVFRYHUHGLWZDVP\QLFKH´ she said. “I discovered I liked children, I liked this SODFH(YHU\GD\LVDOLWWOHELW different.” With no children of her RZQ 6WHSKHQV EHFDPH D PRWKHU¿JXUHWRKXQGUHGVRI FKLOGUHQ DW RQFH 6KH SLFNV WKHP XS ZKHQ WKH\ IDOO DQG SLFNV XS DIWHU WKHP ZKHQ they leave. She answers questions and ties shoes. 6WHSKHQV ZRUNV EHIRUH and during school hours. Steve Brown works the night shift. Between the two of WKHP WKH\ NHHS :HVW 3DUN (OHPHQWDU\UXQQLQJQRWMXVW IRUVFKRROEXWIRUFRPPXQLW\ HYHQWV VSRUWV JDPHV DQG VFKRRODVVHPEOLHV As of Wednesday, the +HUPLVWRQ 6FKRRO 'LVWULFW HPSOR\HG FXVWRGLDQV :KLOH PXFK RI WKH VWDII SUHSDUHV IRU VSULQJ EUHDN WKLVPRQWKWKHUHLVQRVSULQJ EUHDN²RUVXPPHUEUHDNRU winter break — for the custo- dial staff. While school is out, WKH FXVWRGLDQV ZRUN GHHS FOHDQLQJ FDUSHWV ZDVKLQJ ZDOOV DQG SROLVKLQJ ÀRRUV 'XULQJ WKH VXPPHU EUHDN WKH HOHPHQWDU\ FXVWRGLDO WHDP ZRUNV WRJHWKHU GHHS cleaning each school for 10 GD\VDWDWLPH Photo by E.J. Harris Lead custodian Debbie Stephens watches as students throw away garbage from their lunch on Wednesday at West Hills Elementary School in Hermiston. ³,W¶V TXLWH H[WHQVLYH´ 6WHSKHQV VD\V ³7KHUH¶V DOZD\V PRUH WR GR DQG there’s still only eight hours in a day.” $V D FXVWRGLDQ 6WHSKHQV KDV ZRUNHG ZLWK SULQFL- SDOV WKRXVDQGV RI VWXGHQWV and two new schools. $OWKRXJK 6WHSKHQV KDV worked at every school in the district, 17 years of her career KDYHEHHQVSHQWDW:HVW3DUN Over the years, she has curated a collection of PHPRULHV ² OLNH ZKHQ D IRUPHUSULQFLSDOZRUHSXUSOH hair all day or when the staff DOO GUHVVHG XS DV 'U 6HXVV FKDUDFWHUV DQG SDUDGHG around the old school. 2QHWLPHWKHFDQDORYHU- ÀRZHGDQGWXUQHGLQWRZKDW 6WHSKHQVGXEEHG³/DNH:HVW Park.” ³,W ÀRRGHG WKH SOD\- JURXQGDOOWKHZD\XSWRWKH doors. That was a fun day. , FDOOHG P\ ERVV DQG VDLG ‘I think we have a water issue,’” she said with a laugh. 6WHSKHQV KDV PRYHG HTXLSPHQW DQG FOHDQHG VSLOOHG DQG VWLFN\ *DWRUDGH IURP LQVLGH WKH DXWRPDWLF EOHDFKHUV6KHKHOSHGVXSHU- YLVH WKH PRYH IURP WKH ROG West Park building to the new one, and has cleaned a ORWRIYRPLW6KHRQFHVWDUHG in consternation at a light EXOEVRPHRQHKDGDWWHPSWHG WRÀXVKGRZQDWRLOHW 6WHSKHQV KDV ZRUNHG DW West Park long enough that FKLOGUHQ ZKR UHPHPEHU ³0LVV 'HEELH´ IURP WKHLU school days are now enrolling their kindergartners for school. She has watched the VFKRROV DGDSW WR WHFKQRORJ\ and new instruction. But GHVSLWH DOO WKH FKDQJHV WKH EHVW SDUW RI KHU MRE UHPDLQV WKH VDPH DV LW ZDV \HDUV ago: the students. ³7KHEHVWSDUWRIWKHGD\LV NQRZLQJ ,¶P JRLQJ WR FRPH in and get a hug,” she said. “When I decide to retire, ,¶OOKDYHWR¿JXUHRXWZKDW, ZDQWWREHZKHQ,JURZXS´ ——— Contact Jennifer Colton at jcolton@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4534 HIGHWAY: &RQWUDFWRUVFRXOGGRSURMHFWIRU.LIKDQGOHGSULYDWHO\ Continued from 1A WD[ FUHGLW 7KH GRZQVLGH Watkinds said, is that the SURMHFWZRXOGKDYHWRIROORZ JRYHUQPHQW VWDQGDUGV IRU FRQWUDFWV²LQFOXGLQJSD\LQJ SUHYDLOLQJ ZDJHV ² DQG ZRXOG FRVW DQ HVWLPDWHG PLOOLRQWRSDYHDORRSWKDWLV OHVVWKDQDPLOHORQJ Watkinds said he and Bill Kik have been talking to contractors who have WROG WKHP WKH\ FRXOG GR WKH SURMHFW IRU LI WKH SURSHUW\ RZQHUV KDQGOHG LW SULYDWHO\ %XW WKDW PRQH\ wouldn’t be credited to their SURSHUW\ WD[HV DQG LW OHDYHV a question of what to do with neighbors who can’t or won’t FRQWULEXWHWRWKHSURMHFWHYHQ though their business will EHQH¿W ³7KHUH ZDV D VPDOO consensus that we should try to handle this ourselves,” Watkinds said. He said about two-thirds RI SURSHUW\ RZQHUV DEXWWLQJ those roads had already H[SUHVVHG VRPH LQWHUHVW DQG KH SODQQHG RQ PHHWLQJ one-on-one with the rest. ,IWKHSURSHUW\RZQHUVWDNH WKHLQLWLDWLYHWRSDYHWKHORRS of road starting where vehicles turn west onto Baggett Lane IURP+LJKZD\:DWNLQGV said trucks would gravitate there when accessing the network of businesses west of that stretch of highway. 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Since then, Pyongyang has launched a long-range rocket; Seoul has VKXWGRZQWKHODVWUHPDLQLQJ FRRSHUDWLYH SURMHFW EHWZHHQ WKHULYDOVDMRLQWO\UXQIDFWRU\ SDUN LQ WKH 1RUWK .RUHDQ border town of Kaesong, DQGVODSSHGVDQFWLRQVRQWKH North over its recent nuclear test and rocket launch; the 81 KDV LPSRVHG VDQFWLRQV and the North has threatened nuclear strikes on Seoul and WKH86PDLQODQG 7KH PLVVLOH ¿ULQJ 7KXUVGD\ FRPHV D GD\ DIWHU WKH 1RUWK UHOHDVHG SKRWRV RI OHDGHU.LP-RQJ8QVWDQGLQJ EHVLGH ZKDW DSSHDUV WR EH D QXFOHDUZDUKHDGPRFNXS 7KH 1RUWK¶V &RPPLWWHH IRUWKH3HDFHIXO5HXQL¿FDWLRQ of Korea said Thursday that Pyongyang will “liquidate” South Korean assets at the FORVHG .DHVRQJ IDFWRU\ SDUN DQGWKHVFUDSSHGWRXULVPUHVRUW DW 'LDPRQG 0RXQWDLQ ERWK of which are in North Korea. In a continuation of bellicose UKHWRULF WKDW KDV VSLNHG LQ UHFHQW ZHHNV WKH VWDWHPHQW said North Korea will also take D VHULHV RI XQVSHFL¿HG VWHSV WR LPSRVH ³OHWKDO´ PLOLWDU\ SROLWLFDO DQG HFRQRPLF blows on the South Korean JRYHUQPHQW WR DFFHOHUDWH LWV ³SLWLDEOHGHPLVH´ 7KHVWDWHPHQWFDOOHG6RXWK Korea’s unilateral sanctions “laughable, unsightly” behavior, and referred WR 6RXWK .RUHD¶V IHPDOH SUHVLGHQW 3DUN *HXQK\H DV DQ ³$PHULFDQ SURVWLWXWH´ the latest in a series of crude VH[LVWDWWDFNVRQKHU FRPH XS ZLWK VRPH GHVLJQ standards and drawings for ODQGVFDSLQJDQGIDFDGHV6KH said the standards wouldn’t EHPDQGDWRU\EXWWKH\ZRXOG SURYLGH KHOSIXO LQIRUPDWLRQ WRGHYHORSHUVQHZWRWKHDUHD about things like which trees JURZEHVWLQWKHFOLPDWH ³, WKLQN ZH QHHG VRPH- WKLQJ LQ SODFH WKDW ZKHQ ZH KDYHSRWHQWLDOODQGRZQHUVRU SRWHQWLDO GHYHORSHUV FRPLQJ LQWRWKHFRXQW\ZHKDYHVRPH VRUW RI SDFNHW ZH FDQ KDQG WRWKHPDQGVD\µ7KLVLVRXU goal,’” she said. 7KH FRPPLWWHH¶V QH[W PHHWLQJLVVFKHGXOHGIRU-XQH 7. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4536. Thursday, March 10, 2016 RECORDS: Police get WKHPRVWSXEOLFUHFRUG UHTXHVWVLQ+HUPLVWRQ Continued from 1A PLQXWHVWR¿OO 'XULQJ WKDW PHHWLQJ DVVLVWDQW FLW\ PDQDJHU Mark Morgan said large SXEOLF UHFRUGV UHTXHVWV WRRNDORWRIVWDIIWLPHWR IXO¿OO+HFLWHGRQH case in which the city IXO¿OOHG D SXEOLF UHFRUGV UHTXHVW IURP DQ DWWRUQH\ IRU DOO HPDLOV FRQWDLQLQJ certain key words. 0RUJDQ HVWLPDWHG WKH request cost the city about LQFOXGLQJWKHWLPH it took the city attorney to UHYLHZ HDFK HPDLO EHIRUH it was released. 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LENT March 11 from 5 to 7:00 p.m. @ the St. Anthony Hospital Blue Mountain Cafe Cedar Plank Salmon - $7.50/Adults - $7.00/Children & Seniors with Rice Pilaf & Buttered Green Beans Baked Potato Bar - $4.00/with toppings All you can eat. Salmon/Potato Bar Combo - $11.50 Clam Chowder Bread Bowl - $4.25 Single Cup $1.25 2801 St. Anthony Way, Pendleton, OR 97801
