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KELLY JO KEITHLEY OF HEPPNER Enjoy a free double scoop of Tillamook ice cream at the SAGE Center POLICE ARREST OVER 100 CLIPPERS TAKE ON BLAZERS DAPL PROTEST/8A NBA/1B FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016 141st Year, No. 9 Your Weekend • • • Halloween happenings and Fall Festival Raley bronze statue dedication ceremony Domestic Violence Services soup supper For times and places see Coming Events, 6A Sat MALHEUR WILDLIFE REFUGE STANDOFF TRIAL NOT GUILTY Jury acquits leaders of Malheur standoff of federal charges Weekend Weather Fri Sun By STEVEN DUBOIS and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press 59/43 56/42 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2016 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 54/44 PORTLAND — A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the govern- ment Thursday in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon. Tumult erupted in the courtroom after the verdicts were read when an attorney for group leader Ammon Bundy demanded his client be immediately released, repeatedly yelling at the judge. U.S. marshals tackled attorney Marcus Mumford to the ground, used a stun gun on him several times and arrested him. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said she could not release Bundy because he still faces charges in Nevada stemming from an armed standoff at his father Cliven Bundy’s ranch two years ago. The Portland jury acquitted Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and fi ve others of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns. See TRIAL/8A Former sheriff endorses challenger By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Ryan Lehnert received a key endorsement in his race for Umatilla County sheriff with less than two weeks before the election. John Trumbo, the retired county sheriff, said he supports Lehnert for the job over incumbent Terry Rowan, who for six years was Trumbo’s undersheriff. Lehnert has garnered several other endorsements from the law enforcement community, including his own boss Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts, Trumbo’s predecessor James Carey, and William Caldera and Tim Addleman, police chiefs from nearby Pilot Rock and The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Rowan is backed by Oregon Sen. Bill Hansell, Rep. Greg Smith and Rep. Greg Barreto, county commissioners Bill Elfering, George Murdock and Larry Givens, and the union representing sheriff’s offi ce employees and the offi ce’s administrative staff. Trumbo retired at the start of 2013 after building a career in Umatilla County law enforcement, including 16 years as sheriff. He said he once told Rowan what a Staff photos by E.J. Harris Ready for the rivalry Pendleton and Hermiston will play the fi nal game of the regular season Friday, 7 p.m. at Kennison Field. LEFT: Pendleton quarterback Nick Bower looks downfi eld for a receiver in the Bucks’ 33-23 win against Hood River Oct. 14 in Pendleton. RIGHT: Hermiston’s Jonathan Hinkle runs the ball on his way to a touchdown in the Bulldogs’ 54-0 win against Ridgeview Oct. 7 in Hermiston. For more on the game, see Sports/1B. vs. Pendleton vs. Hermiston Friday, 7 p.m., Kennison Field, Hermiston See SHERIFF/3A PENDLETON Graphic design in cowboy country Portland students try hand on storefronts By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Richard Stapleman talks about his business with a group of Portland design stu- dents on Wednesday at his shop, Stapleman’s Custom Boot Shop, in Pendleton. Pat Beard could have been a tour guide from anywhere – except for his boots, cowboy hat and unrestrained western fl air. The tall, burly cowboy led a group of six students from Portland’s Pacifi c North- west College of Art down Main Street on Wednesday afternoon like a mama duck with her chicks. Beard, of Travel Pendleton, let the commentary rip, describing the Pendleton Round-Up as “Mardi Gras meets John Wayne” and pointing out local watering holes, archi- tecture and bronze statues. This wasn’t your typical tour group, though. As they walked, the graphic design and illustration students strained to catch their fi rst glimpses of two businesses – Stapleman’s Custom Boot Shop and Zimmerman & Co. hardware store. As the fi nale for a senior- See DESIGN/3A