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SPECIAL VISIT PREP BASEBALL HANSELL TALKS LEGISLATION HERMISTON SHUT OUT BY WEST LINN PAGE A3 SPORTS PAGE A7 Save mo n Over ey! 150 Coupons inside WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 HPD to meet with DA after vehicle investigation BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD +HUPLVWRQ SROLFH RI¿ FHUVUHWXUQHGIURP&DOLIRU QLD ODVW ZHHN DIWHU LQYHVWL gating a vehicle implicated in the March 4 homicide of Alonso Madrigal and plan WRPHHWZLWK'LVWULFW$WWRU ney Dan Primus this week to discuss the progress made. After the vehicle was VHL]HG0DUFKD+HUPLV WRQ3ROLFH'HSDUWPHQWFDS WDLQ DQG GHWHFWLYH ÀHZ WR Los Angeles March 18 and UHWXUQHG 6XQGD\ +HUPLV WRQ3ROLFH&KLHI-DVRQ(G miston said. ³, NQRZ WRGD\ 0RQ day), the detective that went to California is stuck in his RI¿FHGRLQJQRWKLQJEXWSD perwork and making sure that we’re up to date on the things we have done,” he VDLG³7KHQH[WVWHSZLOOEH to sit down with the DA’s RI¿FH DQG KDYH HYHU\ ERG\ H[SODLQ ZKHUH ZH¶UH at. 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I just YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER HERMISTONHERALD.COM Hermiston cops to wear new cameras FDPHUDVPDQXIDFWXUHGE\7DVHUDQG a representative from the company LVWUDLQLQJRI¿FHUVRQKRZWRXVHWKH devices today. )RU+3'VLJQHGD¿YH year contract to receive 12 Axon Flex FDPHUD XQLWV DQG RQH EDFNXS DV well as replacement of the units after BY SEAN HART WZRDQGDKDOI\HDUVDQGDJDLQDW¿YH HERMISTON HERALD years. +HUPLVWRQ SDWURO RI¿FHUV KDYH “Cops are typically pretty rough EHHQYROXQWDULO\XVLQJERG\FDPHUDV RQHTXLSPHQWVRWKHUHZLOOEHQHZ IRU WKH ODVW WZR \HDUV EXW E\ PLG cameras,” Edmiston said. “We’ve $SULO FDPHUDV ZLOO EH D PDQGDWRU\ had cameras in use for the last two part of the uniform. \HDUV 7KH\ MXVW ZHUHQ¶W GXUDEOH Hermiston Police Chief Jason 7KH\ZHUHQ¶WFRSSURRI´ Edmiston said he signed a contract (GPLVWRQVDLGRI¿FHUVZLOOOLNHO\ to purchase data storage and new wear the cameras on their epaulets Offi cers being trained today for mid-April implementation RQWKHLUVKRXOGHUVDQGDEDWWHU\DQG VWRUDJHER[RQWKHEHOWV+HVDLGKH FRQVLGHUHGSXUFKDVLQJDOHVVH[SHQ sive model, with the camera in the EDWWHU\ ER[ WKDW WKH RI¿FHUV ZRXOG ZHDU RQ WKHLU FKHVWV EXW D FDSWDLQ IURP 0RGHVWR &DOLIRUQLD UHFRP mended the systems with the camera KLJKHURQWKHERG\+HVDLGWKH&DOL fornia department conducted product WHVWVRQERWKW\SHVRIXQLWVDQGWKH FKHVWPRXQWHG XQLWV RQO\ FDSWXUHG video of the steering wheel while the RI¿FHUZDVLQWKHYHKLFOH ³,ILW¶VXSKLJKHUWKHQLW¶VQRGLI ferent than paying $4,000 or $5,000 DQG KDYLQJ DQ LQVLGHWKHFDU YLGHR system,” Edmiston said. :KHQWKHRI¿FHUVFRPSOHWHWKHLU shifts, he said, they plug the camera EDWWHU\ ER[ LQWR D GRFNLQJ ED\ WKDW charges the devices and uploads the recorded video onto a server. 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OUTLOOK • THURSDAY Sunny High: 61º Low: 36º • FRIDAY Mix of sun and clouds High: 63º Low: 38º EHHQ VXEVWLWXWLQJ GXULQJ WKH recession are now pursuing IXOOWLPH SRVLWLRQV 'RQQD Thomas, Hermiston School District human resources manager, said this week. ³,¶YH EHHQ KHUH VLQFH DQGWKHUHKDVEHHQDQ RQJRLQJ SUREOHP IRU PDQ\ \HDUV LQ QRUWKHDVWHUQ 2UH BY MAEGAN MURRAY gon,” she said. HERMISTON HERALD While Hermiston has 94 -XVWOLNHRWKHUVFKRROGLV WHDFKHUV LQ LWV SRRO RI VXE tricts across the nation, the VWLWXWH WHDFKHUV D VLJQL¿FDQW Hermiston School District SRUWLRQ RI WKRVH VXEVWLWXWHV LV H[SHULHQFLQJ D VXEVWLWXWH GRQ¶W ZRUN UHJXODUO\ ² WHDFKHUVKRUWDJHDQGKDVEHHQ many are retired or only for the last several years. ZRUNSDUWRIWKH\HDU7KRP :LWK WKH HFRQRP\ LP DV VDLG DSSUR[LPDWHO\ RQH proving, teachers who had third of the teachers in the As economy improves, number of substitutes declines A complete weather forecast is featured on page A2. Find the Hermiston Herald on Facebook and Twitter and join the conversation. FOR LOCAL BREAKING NEWS www.HermistonHerald.com VXEVWLWXWLQJ SRRO PLJKW QRW FKRRVHWRZRUNRQDSDUWLFX lar day. As a result, there are days when the district does QRW KDYH HQRXJK VXEVWLWXWHV WR¿OOWKHQHHG Thomas said, to make matters worse, while each GLVWULFWHPSOR\VLWVRZQVXE stitute pool, many of those teachers choose to work for other districts in the region as ZHOODQGZKHQFROGDQGÀX VHDVRQFRPHVDURXQGHYHU\ RQH QHHGV VXEVWLWXWHV DOO DW once. She said the same thing McKenzie Warden, a Hermiston School District substitute KDSSHQVRQ)ULGD\VRURQDF teacher, asks students in an Armand Larive Middle School WLYLW\¿OOHGGD\VZKHQWHDFK class a question pertaining to power plants Tuesday after- noon. Warden subs nearly every day at the high school and middle schools in Hermiston and Pendelton. SEE TEACHERS/A6 Local pastor impacted E\6WDWLRQVRIWKH&URVV This year’s event takes place Friday BY MAEGAN MURRAY HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston Herald $1.00 © 2015 EO Media Group In the more than 10 years that Vincent Trevino has organized the Stations of the Cross presentation for Our Lady of Angels Catholic Parish, KH VDLG WKHUH KDVQ¶W EHHQ RQH \HDU where he hasn’t learned something DERXW KLPVHOI RU KLV UHODWLRQVKLS with Jesus. Every year on Good Friday, the )ULGD\ EHIRUH (DVWHU WKH FKXUFK¶V \RXWKFRQJUHJDWLRQSXWVRQDUHDOLV WLFSRUWUD\DORIWKHFUXFL¿[LRQRI-H sus Christ, which also details how he rose again on the third day, or Easter Sunday. If you go The Stations of the Cross presentation will begin at noon Friday in the parking lot across from the Our Lady of Angels Catho- lic Parish church, 565 Hermiston Ave., and wind its way up to the top of the Butte. 7KLV\HDU¶VSUHVHQWDWLRQEHJLQVDW noon Friday in the parking lot across from the church, 565 Hermiston Ave. in Hermiston, and winds its way up to the top of the Butte. 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He said +HUPLVWRQUHVRXUFHVDOORZLQJSHR the idea was presented to church SOHWRERWKSRVWDQGVHDUFKIRUYRO leaders at a regional meeting, and unteer opportunities for community +HQGULFNVRQWKRXJKWLWZRXOGEHD VHUYLFHSURMHFWVKDYHEHHQVFDUFH² JRRG¿WIRUWKH+HUPLVWRQFRPPX nity. until now. “It meets the need of people who For the last year, the Church of -HVXV &KULVW RI /DWWHUGD\ 6DLQWV need volunteers and those who want KDV SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ D SURMHFW RUJD to serve,” he said. 3RVWLQJ SURMHFWV RU JHWWLQJ LQ nizers hope will encourage people of all ages and walks of life to post volved is simple, Hendrickson said. community service projects, while All people need to do is log onto DOORZLQJ WKHP WR VLJQ XS IRU FRP SEE WEBSITE/A12 munity service suiting their interests. New program allows users to post, choose volunteer opportunities