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PENDLETON ELIMINATED FROM STATE TOURNAMENT GIRLS BASKETBALL/1B ‘Classical’ education REGION/3A FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 139th Year, No. 106 Your Weekend WINNER OF THE 2013 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Judge sides with Oregon Sends Oracle case to state court • • • Wee Bit ‘O Ireland Celebration in Heppner Oregon East Symphony Saturday at the Vert Wildhorse Anniversary fi reworks show Saturday For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie One dollar By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SALEM — The state of Oregon has notched another victory in its high-stakes legal battle with Oracle Inc. over the failure of the Cover Oregon health insurance website. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown this week rejected Oracle’s attempt to try the case in federal court. The decision means dueling lawsuits workers. In its own federal lawsuit, Ora- cle accuses Oregon of copyright in- ¿OHGE\WKHVWDWHDQGWKHFRPSDQ\ fringement and breach of contract. A spokeswoman for Oracle, will proceed separately in state and Deborah Hellinger, declined to federal court. The state’s lawsuit accuses Or- comment on the judge’s decision. The judge’s ruling, dated Tues- acle and its executives of corrup- tion. State attorneys prefer to try day, says Oracle missed a deadline their case in Marion County Circuit WR ¿OH QRWLFH RI LWV SODQV WR ³UH Court in Salem, where legal experts move” the case from state court to say jurors in the state capital may federal court. The notice was Ora- be more sympathetic. Oracle’s de- cle’s second attempt to remove the fense blames the website’s failure, FDVH 7KH ¿UVW DWWHPSW ZKLFK ZDV in part, on incompetence by state ¿OHG EHIRUH WKH GHDGOLQH ZDV UH jected on other procedural grounds. Kristina Edmunson, a spokes- woman for Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, said the state is pleased with the ruling. “We have always believed this is a case about Ore- gon, and it is best suited in a state courtroom,” Edmunson said. The judge’s ruling is the latest victory for Oregon over Oracle in the multifront legal battle. Last month, a state judge in Salem also sided with Oregon in ordering Or- acle to continue hosting computer systems for Medicaid. Dawgs one win away AP Photo/Disney, Jonathan Olley Disney releases live-action feature inspired by classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.” For showtime, Page 5A For review, Weekend EO Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 69/47 67/51 62/42 Hermiston’s Tavin Headings gets a hug from team- mate Abi Drotz- mann after the Bulldogs’ beat Corvallis 56-49 on Thursday in the state semifi nals at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Head- ings scored 19 points and was named OSAA player of the game. For more on Girls state tournament games see Sports Page 1B. Police try to tamp down tensions in Ferguson FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — With measured remarks and a conciliatory tone, po- lice, political leaders and civ- il-rights activists on Thursday sought to tamp down tensions DIWHUWZRSROLFHRI¿FHUVZHUH shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest. 7KHRI¿FHUVZHUHTXLFNO\ released from the hospital, but St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said they could have easily been killed and called the attack “an am- bush.” Several people were WDNHQ LQ IRU TXHVWLRQLQJ DI ter a SWAT team converged on a Ferguson home near the shooting site, but they were later released, and no arrests were made. The shootings marked the ¿UVWWLPHLQPRUHWKDQVHYHQ months of tension in Fergu- VRQWKDWRI¿FHUVZHUHVKRWDW a protest, and the bloodshed WKUHDWHQHG WR LQÀDPH WKH DO See FERGUSON/12A Staff photo by E.J. Harris PENDLETON Pint-sized principals Sherwood fifth graders become administrators By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian /HVVWKDQDQKRXULQWRKLV¿UVWGD\ as assistant principal at Sherwood Heights Elementary School, Andrew Reyburn has already dealt with a dis- ciplinary problem. After a student was caught push- ing another child, Reyburn walked the misbehaving student through the school and talked to him about mak- ing good choices. The student eventually calms down, and it’s a good start to Rey- burn’s day. It will also most likely be his last day as assistant principal, which is all by design. Every Tuesday and Thursday, two 6KHUZRRG¿IWKJUDGHUVDUHUDQGRPO\ selected to act as “associate princi- pals” for the day. After they’re selected, the newly minted associate principals are ex- pected to dress professionally, facili- Staff photo by Kathy Aney Lexi Chandler talks to Principal Theresa Owens on the radio during her day as assistant principal at Sherwood Elementary School. tate recess and lunch, make observa- tions and deal some light discipline. In exchange for their duties, the kids get all the perks of being an ad- ministrator, like a scheduled coffee break, use of the staff lounge and bathroom and personal radios to com- municate with other staff members. See PRINCIPALS/12A Staff photo by Kathy Aney Andrew Reyburn visits a kindergarten classroom during his day as assistant principal at Sherwood Elementary School. One of his tasks was to observe classroom activity and make notes on an iPad about positive things he noticed. Canceled sexuality conference painted as ‘perverse’ Local health educators lament loss of informational seminar By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian The cancellation of a conference on adolescent sexuality has some people cheering and others shaking their heads in consternation. In the latter group are two Umatilla County public health educators. Umatilla County Public Health Ad- ministrator Meghan DeBolt and School-Based Health Centers Coordinator Alisha Southwick blame media spin and well-meaning but overzealous members of the public for unfairly painting the conference as perverse. Last April, protesters picketed the 2014 confer- ence in Seaside because of allegations that some of the material presented was inappropriate and possibly illegal. Though most who attended were adult, some younger than 18 came with chaperones. In the cross-hairs of crit- ics such as Parents’ Rights in Education was a 22- page pamphlet created by the Cascade AIDS Project WKDW DGGUHVVHG ÀLUWLQJ E\ text, sexting and other top- ics. At the bottom of one page is a warning: “Before you send anything, imag- ine your mom seeing it, or your principal, or your little brother. And one word ... DELETE!” Keynote speaker Cory 6LOYHUEHUJ GUHZ ¿UH ZKHQ he discussed what teens and tweens see when they visit various porn sites. The town of Seaside hosted the conference, which started 30 years ago, for the last two decades. The Seaside City Council discussed whether to de- cline this year’s conference because of the controversy, See CONFERENCE/12A
