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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 LOCAL NEWS Pursuit ends in injury crash near Hermiston High School was picking her daughter up from the high school after An attempted trafic stop a sports workout and saw Thursday morning led to a the chase and crash. “I’m brief pursuit and crash near shocked he didn’t hit more Hermiston High School that people,” she said, especially left one person injured as kids were leaving and another in hand- the high school and cuffs. parents were picking David A Bjurlin, athletes up at that time. 31, of Kennewick, was The incident began lodged at the Umatilla when Hermiston police County Jail on charges tried to stop on an older of attempt to elude in model Buick Thursday both a vehicle and on Bjurlin morning. The male foot, felony failure to subject driving the ve- perform the duties of a driver, hicle did not yield to police, third-degree assault, reckless instead taking off at high driving and driving without a speeds east on West Highland license. Avenue. Sonia Lemus Cisneros, Witnesses say the Buick 18, of Umatilla was taken by was passing vehicles on the ambulance to Good Shepherd left and weaving though traf- Medical Center where she ic when it came to the High- was treated and released. land Avenue and South First Valerie Juul of Hermiston Street intersection, where it By ALEXA LOUGEE Staff Writer STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXA LOUGEE Emergency responders inspect a pickup truck hit by a leeing car on Highland Avenue in Hermiston. ran a stop sign and crashed into a pickup truck. The white Ford F150 had the right of way and was heading north on South First Street through the intersec- tion when the Buick struck the truck, sending it east down Highland Avenue and trapping the pickup driver in the vehicle. Hermiston resident Jerry Stanield Fourth of July parade winners announced By ALEXA LOUGEE Staff writer The Stanield 4th of July Committee an- nounced the winners from this year’s parade. Overall winner: Desert Shriners Classic Cars: 1st place - 1942 Ford Su- per Deluxe 2nd place - 1938 Chevy 3rd place - 1968 Shelby GT500 Horses: 1st - Glory Riders of Or- egon 2nd - Support our Troops 3rd - Lil’ Buckaroos Royalty: 1st - Umatilla County Fair Grand Marshal 2nd - Umatilla County Fair Court Farm Related: 1st - 1952 Allis Chalmers Tractor 2nd - 1935 John Deere, driven by Nathan Hurts 3rd - “Chief” ridden by Paige McKinley and Lib- by Carmack Floats/Youth/Fraternal: 1st - Stanield Public Li- brary STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST A member of Desert Shriners high ives Abigail Bohms, 4, during Stanield’s 2016 4th of July parade. 2nd - Eastern Oregon Taekwando 3rd - Grand Marshals of Stanield 4th of July Pa- rade & 2016 Stanield Baseball 3A State Champs Business/Political: 1st - Stanield Moose Lodge #920 2nd - Pendleton Shriners 3rd - Christian Motorcy- cles Miscellaneous: 1st - Echo Fire District 2nd - Crossroads Com- munity Church 3rd - Bob Kelly & Payton Andrews on bicycles Vaughn saw the collision and was one of the irst people to attend to the victim. He said the Buick looked like it was going 60 miles per hour be- fore it slammed into the driv- er’s side of the truck. Vaughn said they tried to open the door of the white truck to help the Cisneros, but it was stuck and all the other doors were locked. “The airbag didn’t go off,” he said, and her head was bleeding, but she was able to communicate through the small gap of the slightly rolled down window. After the collision, the Buick spun and hit a traf- ic sign pole. The driver of the Buick emerged from the plume of dust and took off on foot north on South First street toward the Hermiston Police Department, which was only blocks away from the scene. Domino’s employee Kay- la Farmer was standing at the cash register when she saw the car hit the truck, the driver of the car lee, and Hermiston motorcycle police oficer Vic- tor Gutierrez go through the pizza shop’s parking lot after Bjurlin. “It was all so quick,” she said. Police oficers were able to catch up to the driver Hermiston Police wear banded badges for Dallas oicers By ALEXA LOUGEE Staff Writer The Hermiston Police Department is among many across the country that will show support for their brothers and sisters in blue by wearing black bands on their badges, honoring the five officers killed Thursday night in Dallas, Texas. “Mourning badges have a long history,” said Capt. Darryl Johnson of the Hermiston Police De- partment. “Law enforce- ment oficers wear these bands out of respect and to honor the memory of a fallen oficer. “Each agency will have their own guidelines. Given the gravity of the situation in Dallas and the tragedy of oficers being ambushed and slain we chose to honor these ofi- cers and this tradition.” The Oregon State Sheriff’s Association in a statement requested all Oregon oficers wear the black band until after the STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS last funeral of the oficers. The OSSA also praised the work of the Dallas Police Department even as their lives were at risk. “In the face of an ambush and unknown assailants, po- lice oficers in Dallas contin- ued to protect citizens at great risk to their own lives,” the statement said. In Hermiston, community members also publicly ex- pressed support for law en- forcement oficials across the nation and at home. Patrick Temple is a ifth- grade teacher at Highland Hills Elementary in Hermis- ton and posted this message of support Friday on a local Facebook group: “I witnessed Hermiston police pursuing David Bjurlin down Highland STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST A member of Desert Shriners rolls along in the 2016 Stanield 4th of July parade. Deputies investigate exploding mailbox Hermiston Herald Law enforcement re- sponded to an exploding mailbox outside Hermiston on Wednesday, July 6, and a possible mailbox bomb hoax on July 5, but there was no immediate indica- tion the two incidents were related. On July 6 a man re- ported his mailbox on Mi- chaels Lane northeast of Hermiston had exploded, shaking the house. Uma- tilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan said a white ve- hicle was seen speeding from the scene around the time of the incident, suggesting the explosive device was placed in the mailbox instead of mailed there. He said evidence from the scene had been collected and was being analyzed. On July 5 a woman on NW 11th Street northwest of the Hermiston city limits called to report that she had removed a possible pipe bomb from her mailbox and had taken it into her house. Oregon State Police responded and discovered a piece of hose taped togeth- er. “Whether it was in- tended as a hoax, we’re not sure,” OSP Sgt. Seth Cooney said. He said the item was in a clear plastic bag, indicat- ing it had not gone through the postal service but had been placed in the mailbox Put a smile on the heart with the power of flowers. HWY 395, HERMISTON Avenue (Thursday) and later saw the crash site. I drove away breathing thanks to our law en- forcement oficers who inter- vene on behalf of public safety. Given events in Dallas, I want to express my appreciation to our Hermiston police and staff who do a great job of serving and protecting the public.” In response to this post, one commenter expressed his frustration with police, but the overwhelming majority of comments expressed support for local law enforcement. Teresa Best, wife of a re- tired Hermiston police oficer, said, “Thank you for showing support. They need it. Believe it or not even in Hermiston our oficers put their lives on the line every day.” High School Students Live in a Log home Residence & Attend Burnt River Charter School! Limited Space For Girls Available! directly. Rowan said there had not been any similar events reported recently and there did not seem to be anything tying the two incidents to- gether. 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