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Herald and News Cooler 47/21 Page C8 T UESDAY March 31, 2015 $3 for a Merchandise Advertisement Placed on 3 Ad Platforms. heraldandnews.com/superly Herald and News empowering the community heraldandnews.com empowering the community ❘ www.heraldandnews.com — Klamath Falls, Oregon — $1 Virginia Gentry, 62 — See page A4 Annie’s Mailbox..........................C8 City/Region................................A2 Classified................................C2-6 Comics, crossword.........................C7 Forum.........................................A6 Law enforcement.......................A4 Lotteries.....................................B3 Sports.....................................B1-4 DAILY BRIEFING ONLINE INDEX OBITUARIES Like our Facebook page and leave us a comment at facebook.com/HandN. Follow us on Twitter for breaking news updates at twitter.com/HandN_news. Fort Meade shooting leaves one dead Two men dressed as women smashed a stolen car into a police vehicle after they disobeyed com- mands at the National Security Agency on Monday, prompting police to open fire. See page A5. Boston prosecutors rest case against Tsarnaev When a series of autopsy photos was shown Monday during the first phase of the trial for Dzhork- har Tsarnaev in the Boston Mara- thon bombing, all the jurors looked shaken. See page A7. Vol. No. 23,894 On heraldandnews.com: For breaking news updates, go to www.heraldandnews.com Haroon Aswat followed radical cleric in 1999 Man pleads guilty in plot to set up Bly terror camp By TRISTAN HIEGLER H&N Staff Reporter The Klamath Falls Police Department’s new chief official- ly took the reins of the depart- ment after a short ceremony Monday morning. David Henslee, 43, was sworn in by city mayor Todd Kellstrom after several speakers welcomed the new chief and his family to Klamath Falls. “From our families to yours, welcome,” Kellstrom told Henslee, his wife and two of the chief’s daughters during the mayor’s remarks. Henslee has 22 years of experience working with in the Corvallis Police Department. He started there as an officer and held the ranks of detective, ser- geant and most recently captain, before accepting the Klamath Falls appointment. New Klamath Falls chief of police sworn in David Henslee, family, welcomed by several speakers at Monday ceremony See CHIEF, page A2 See STORE, page A3 See BLY, page A3 NEW YORK (AP) — A mentally ill British man pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. charges he plot- ted to set up an al-Qaida training camp on a ranch in a remote part of Oregon that was likened to Afghanistan. Haroon Aswat admitted he traveled to Bly, in 1999 at the direction of Mustafa Kamel Mus- tafa, a double-amputee and radical cleric based in London. His orders were to help train recruits “who wanted to participate in jihad on behalf of a terrorist organization,” he said in a barely audible voice at the sentencing in federal court in Manhattan. Before pleading guilty to con- spiracy and supporting terror- ism, the Sheffield, England-born Aswat told U.S. District Judge Katherin Forrest that he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia at 20. The judge ruled that sentenc- ing could go forward because the defendant was under medical care and showing no symptoms. Aswat, 40, was charged in 2005 in the plot to establish the camp for military training at a site known as Dog Cry Ranch. Pros- ecutors accused the defendant of arriving in Oregon with instruc- tions on how to make bombs and poisons. According to court papers, one communication between the con- spirators said that the property was located in a “pro-militia and firearms state” that “looks just like Afghanistan” and that the group was “stockpiling weapons and ammunition.” But the camp never materialized beyond a dozen people taking target practice, authorities said. SPORTS NCAA FINAL FOUR PAIRINGS SET FOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TOURNEYS Blazers win; clinch playoff berth Portland takes Phoenix Suns in 109-86 victory SPORTS, Page B1 START NOW: Parents who read frequently are six times more likely to have high frequency reading children. The performance gain among students whose parents read to them in their early school years is apparent regardless of the family’s socio-economic background. Go to healthyklamath.org to learn more. READERS CRAMP? According to Scholastic.com students who don’t read proiciently by third grade are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma when compared to proicient readers. This number climbs when those kids also come from lower income families. By HOLLY DILLEMUTH H&N Staff Reporter The Sportsman’s Warehouse sign was installed on its storefront over the weekend, heralding the imminent opening of the sporting goods and out- doors outlet for Klamath Falls in mid-April. The store, located at 1863 Avalon St., next to Bealls, will have a “soft opening” Friday, April 17, and a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony planned for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 25, according to store manager Jeff Gitzen. “This is the first time we’ve ever done a store like this,” Gitzen said of the 17,000- to 18,000-square- foot store, one of the smallest company-wide. The Klamath Falls location will be somewhat of a “guinea pig” location, Gitzen said, to test out build- ing smaller stores versus stores the size of Medford’s location, which measures about 55,000-square-feet. “It’s a way for us to get into smaller communi- ties,” Gitzen said. Gitzen said about 40 employees have been hired to staff the store, mostly at a part-time status. “We interviewed 160 people in two days,” Gitzen said. “It was exciting, humbling — I wish I could have hired them all.” New to Klamath Falls, Gitzen isn’t new to those who call the community home. As a previous employee at the Medford store, Gitzen said he often served customers from Klamath Falls who made the drive “over the hill” to shop there. Now Gitzen is excited to help bring more outdoor products to them, minus the longer drive. Sportsman’s Warehouse: Gearing up to open H&N photos by Holly Dillemuth Sportsman’s Warehouse store manager Jeff Gitzen comes to Klamath Falls from the Medford location. 40 staffers hired for Klamath store; opening mid-April
