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Friday, February 15, 2019
East Oregonian
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PHS students walk out in smaller numbers
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
A year after a gunman
killed 17 students at a high
school in Parkland, Flor-
ida, the local response was
smaller.
The way Pendleton High
School students responded
on March 14, 2018, was done
in much the same way it was
done on Thursday — at
10:17 a.m., students filed out
of the school’s main entrance
and stood mostly in silence
in front of the flagpole for 17
minutes. Before returning to
class, some brief statements
condemning gun violence
were made, tears were shed,
and students embraced each
other in support.
But in 2018, the walkout
featured 50 students, who
were even approached by
some adults expressing soli-
darity. The turnout was high
enough that the principal
took to the public announce-
ment system to discour-
age students from walk-
ing out and suggesting an
alternative.
Tuesday’s demonstration
only included six students
and little outward attention
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton High School students Kimberly Peck, Lakiya Heagle, Jaeyden Ballou and Hanna Kennedy listen as Ellen Paulsen
reads the names of 17 people who lost their lives lost in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,
Florida, a year ago.
from staff. Midway through
the walkout, a student
returned to class and at one
point, another student told
them to, “Get back to class.”
After school ended,
sophomore Ellen Paulsen
said she felt compelled to
organize the commemora-
tive walkout because while
many states had tightened
gun laws, Congress had yet
to take action. Other schools
across the country were
doing the same.
She had participated in
last year’s walkout, but had
trouble attracting students
to join her when she tried
organizing a demonstration
this year despite spreading
the word through word-of-
mouth and social media.
Paulsen had several theo-
ries as to why not as many
students joined the walkout.
She thought some stu-
dents decided to skip once
they realized their friends
wouldn’t attend while oth-
ers might have been intim-
idated by how their parents
or teachers would respond.
Although there have been
several school shootings
since Parkland, none were
at the same scale, decreas-
ing the sense of urgency, she
said.
When the six girls
returned to school, Paulsen
said some were met with
disapproving
comments
from staff and notifications
that they were considered
tardy or absent.
And as with last year,
business at Pendleton High
School resumed as usual.
Pendleton officer nabs fleeing suspect
cle, such as ordering them
to show their hands. The
driver was “quasi-compli-
A Pendleton officer had ant” for a moment, Roberts
to go it alone early Thurs- said, then hit the gas pedal
day in catching a man on and took off west on Isaac.
the run. Police Chief Stuart
“He made it about a
Roberts said officer Chase block and crashed into a
Addleman did his job well parked car,” Roberts said,
in catching Martin Carrillo “and then made off on
Arizmendi.
foot.”
Addleman was on patrol
Addleman tracked him
at about 2:40 Thurs-
through the snow
day morning when
and slush and
he spotted a blue
found him a block
Honda
speeding
down the South
into town on South-
hill hiding behind
east Court Avenue.
a vehicle on South-
west Hailey Ave-
The officer turned
nue.
Arizmendi
on his police car’s
Arizmendi
appeared to be
overhead
lights
under the influence
and siren, but the
driver, the only occupant, of something, Roberts said,
turned left and headed up and told officer he was high
Southeast Third Street, on methamphetamine.
Addleman put the cuffs
more commonly known in
on Arizmendi and sub-
Pendleton as the viaduct.
Addleman watched the sequently searched the
driver make a lot of move- Honda. Roberts said the
ments in the car, Roberts officer found drugs and
said, and the fleeing vehi- drug paraphernalia, plus a
cle took a sharp left onto loaded handgun.
Southwest Isaac Avenue.
“Fortunately he didn’t
Roberts said Addleman have the firearm in his
used his car’s speaker sys- possession when he was
tem to direct the driver to taken into custody,” Rob-
stop into the nearly empty erts said.
Often during risky
parking lot behind the
offices of CAPECO, 721 stops, Roberts explained,
police wait until a second
SE 3rd St.
Addleman was suspi- or even third unit arrive.
cious the driver could be Agencies in the last decade
armed because of how he also developed procedures
moved in the car, Rob- to go after suspects on foot
erts explained, so he pro- because of the threat of
ceeded to conduct a “fel- ambush. But the totality
ony stop,” which entails of the circumstances dic-
taking extra precautions tate how police respond,
with people in a vehi- he said, and in this case the
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Contributed by Oregon Department of Transportation
Three semis crashes in the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 on Wednesday night between
La Grande and Pendleton.
Semi crash and fire shuts down
I-84 westbound for nine hours
East Oregonian
Oregon State Police
reported one man suffered
extensive injuries when the
semi he was driving crashed
into another and caught fire
Wednesday night between
La Grande and Pendleton.
According to state police,
one semitrailer at about
7:38 p.m. slid off the west-
bound lanes of Interstate 84
near milepost 234 and jack-
knifed into the median. A
second semitrailer tried to
stop from hitting the first
and slid into the guardrail.
The second driver got
out to see if anyone was hurt
in the first semi, according
to state police, but he left
his rig in the road. The first
driver told the second to
move his truck. Before he
could, the third semitrailer
slammed into the back of
the second.
The impact caused
extensive damage to the
trailer of the second semi
and set the third on fire.
State police reported the
driver of the third semi suf-
fered extensive injuries, and
an ambulance rushed him to
St. Anthony Hospital, Pend-
leton. Medical staff stabi-
lized the man, and a Life-
Flight ambulance flew him
to a hospital in Portland or
Seattle. State police did not
have that information at the
time.
The Umatilla Tribal Fire
Department and La Grande
Rural Fire Protection Dis-
trict responded to extin-
guish the burning rig. The
crash and emergency efforts
closed the westbound lanes
for up to nine hours to all
traffic in Baker City at Exit
302 and eventually to com-
mercial vehicles at Exit 374
in Ontario.
State police Thursday
had not released the iden-
tity of the victim. The crash
remains under investigation.
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officer watched the suspect
moving a lot in his vehi-
cle during a chase com-
plete with lights and siren,
the guy tried a ridiculous”
getaway that ended with a
crash and then took off on
foot.
Roberts said it doesn’t
take a lot of law enforce-
ment experience to realize
Arizmendi posed a threat
to the community and
Addleman made the right
decision to bring him in.
Arizmendi is virtual
unknown to local law
enforcement. Roberts said
this was the first time
Pendleton police encoun-
tered him, and information
shows the Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office contacted
him no more than three
times. State court records
show Arizmendi has a
2015 conviction in Uma-
tilla County for failure
to carry proof of driver’s
insurance. Court informa-
tion also shows Arizmendi
lives in Walla Walla, along
with Arizmendi’s Face-
book profile, but Roberts
said the jail is listing him
as a Milton-Freewater
resident.
For now he is staying
in the Umatilla County
Jail, Pendleton, and faces
misdemeanors for reck-
less driving, hit-and-run,
unlawful possession of a
firearm, resisting arrest,
interfering with a peace
officer, misdemeanor and
felony attempt to elude,
and a felony for felon in
possession of a weapon.
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