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reporting
a
male wearing
black
cloth-
a male dressed in black
ing pointed a
pointed a gun at her while
gun at two fe-
she was driving by the area
males walking
of 1030 S.W. 11th St., HPD
Sendlinger on Southwest
Capt. Darryl Johnson said
11th.
in an email. He said, as of-
Sendlinger was located
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a second call was received into custody after a short
Multiple people reported early Monday morning incidents
BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
A Hermiston man was
arrested Monday morning
after several people reported
he pointed a gun at them.
Hermiston Police Depart-
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ander Robert Sendlinger,
20, Hermiston, at about 1:10
a.m. near Southwest 11th
Street and West Highland
Avenue in Hermiston.
At about 1:08 a.m., a
female called 911 to report
foot pursuit and resisting
arrest, Johnson said. Of-
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a dagger on Sendlinger,
along with a small amount
of marijuana, he said.
Sendlinger was lodged
in the Umatilla County Jail
and will face three felony
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arm at another. He will also
face multiple misdemean-
or charges: three counts of
unlawful use of a weapon
and menacing, along with
single counts of unlawful
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carrying a concealed weap-
on, resisting arrest and
second-degree disorderly
conduct. Bail was set at
$68,000.
Merkley talks trade and education at town hall Area students place
in spelling contests
BY JADE MCDOWELL
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Sen. Jeff Merkley,
D-Ore., in Hermiston made
it clear Saturday at a town
hall forum in Hermiston
that he wasn’t happy with
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ship trade agreement.
Merkley said he has
“deep, deep reservations” and
a problem with the secrecy
surrounding the trade agree-
ment and was opposed to the
idea that Congress should
fast-track the agreement on a
simple up-or-down vote with
no amendments.
He said he has pushed
the Obama administration
to make sure controls on
currency
manipulation
were added to the agree-
ment in order to prevent
other countries from using
the strategy to get around
the reduction of tariffs. He
said lawmakers are being
told, however, that adding
such amendments would
cause other countries to
not sign the agreement.
Education was anoth-
er hot topic at Merkley’s
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Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley answers a question at a town hall forum at Hermiston High School Saturday.
Hermiston town hall,
where he was asked by
several students to address
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standardized testing and
college affordability.
Merkley said he sup-
ported a broad education
bill to replace No Child
Left Behind with some-
thing that focused less on
high-stakes testing.
“The shaming strategy
has not worked to make
schools great in any nation
in the world,” he said.
Merkley said math and
reading are important but
there comes a point when
preparation for state tests
crowds out hands-on learn-
ing in other subjects and
reduces career technical
education.
As for college afford-
ability, Merkley said Pres-
ident Barack Obama’s idea
of free community college
across the nation had little
chance of gaining the votes
to become a reality at the
federal level, but he had
seen some promising ideas
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islature that would greatly
reduce the cost of commu-
nity college.
He encouraged constit-
uents to continue to bring
forward new ideas and
give feedback.
“Keep telling me when
you think I’m on track and
when you think I’m off
track,” he said.
Hermiston’s Mabry elected OCF chair
Hermiston resident Tim
Mabry has been elected
to serve as the Oregon
Community Foundation
Board of Directors chair-
man. Mabry is president
and owner of Hermis-
ton-based Credits, Incor-
porated, a family-owned
business providing collec-
tions services to businesses
throughout the Northwest.
“OCF is grateful to have
such an engaged and pas-
sionate community leader
like Tim Mabry to lead our
board of directors,” OCF
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Williams said in a press
release. “As a statewide
community foundation, we
also value Tim’s connec-
tion to Eastern Oregon and
the communities we serve
in this region.”
The OCF board of direc-
tors provides effective gov-
ernance and leadership to
the foundation and has the
responsibility to assure the
endowment is managed in
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The mission of The Or-
egon Community Foun-
dation is to improve life
in Oregon and promote
effective
philanthropy.
OCF works with individ-
uals, families, businesses
and organizations to create
charitable funds to support
the community causes they
care about. Through these
funds, OCF has awarded a
total of $1 billion in grants
and scholarships, with $80
million awarded in 2014
alone.
Five local students from
Hermiston and Echo were
named winners in the annual
spelling contest that took place
in Pendleton May 11. The In-
terMountain Education Service
District sponsors the spelling
contests, in which students from
three counties participated.
The students who compet-
ed had already won a spelling
contest in their division at
their schools. There are three
divisions divided by grades:
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through eighth and Division 3
for high schoolers.
At the county contests,
students took a 35-word writ-
ten test. First through third
places were selected in each
of the three divisions. An
awards ceremony immedi-
ately followed, with winners
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place winner from each divi-
sion is invited to participate in
the state competition, which
occurs on the Saturday of La-
bor Day weekend in Salem at
the Oregon State Fair.
Local students who placed
in the competition are:
Division 1
Second Place: Bianca
Sutton, Sunset Elementary,
Hermiston.
Division 2
Second Place: Anthony
Duron, Armand Larive Mid-
dle School, Hermiston
Third Place: Harrison
Temple, Sandstone Middle
School, Hermiston
Division 3
First Place: Josiah Niederw-
erfer, Hermiston High School
Third Place: Henry Geh-
rke, Echo High School
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Hermiston’s 10th annual
camp
New Hope Community
Church is accepting reg-
istration for its vacation
Bible school, “Everest —
Conquering
Challenges
with God’s Mighty Power,”
which will take place from
9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. June
15 through June 18 at the
church, 1350 S. Highway
395, Hermiston. The school
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fall, and is free. People can
register at www.newhope-
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8441 for more information.
downtown Funfest event is
July 11 with loads of fun for
the whole family. Last year
more than 4,000 people at-
tended the one-day event.
Vendors are needed for this
year’s festival, including peo-
ple promoting businesses,
artwork, crafts, commercial
products and more. Spaces
are available on Main Street.
There are spaces available
on Main Street. Contact the
Hermiston Chamber of Com-
merce for more information at
541-567-6151 or visit www.
hermistonchamber.com for
Funfest vendor applications.
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Video helped defendant understand interaction with officer
more use out of them for
training purposes than I will
for evidence, but I will cer-
tainly, when necessary, use
it as a teaching moment for
defendants,” he said. “I cer-
tainly have had a lot of de-
fendants in the past say the
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not recorded by the cam- be recorded, he does not
era, Creasing said, and he believe it is feasible. Even
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anticipates most violations when the recordings do not
Hermiston
Municipal will not be caught on tape. present evidence, however,
Judge Thomas Creasing He said, although he un- he said the cameras are still
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involving Hermiston Po- believe entire shifts should
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Although the video did
not affect the outcome of the
trial, Creasing said it helped
the defendant understand
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cord of the interaction.
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didn’t actually make any
changes in the case. What it
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did, though, I think, was cre-
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the defendant.”
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Creasing said recorded
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transpired, rather than him
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encourage the best behavior
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the people with whom they
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“When people know they’re
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