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FIRE DESTROYS BARN REGION/3A COP SOUGHT HIT-MAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PREVIEW NATION/6A SPORTS/1B FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 140 Year, No. 16 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend • • • Betty Feves Gallery 25 th anniversary celebration Man Up Yoga Fundraiser in Hermiston Saturday Josh Gracin concert at Pendleton Arts Center For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in,“Spectre.” For showtime, Page 5A For review, Weekend EO Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 57/39 62/46 54/38 PILOT ROCK Officer placed on leave Relying on help from other departments By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Pilot Rock has no police RI¿FHU WR SDWURO VWUHHWV DIWHU placing Gary Thompson on administrative leave. The Pendleton Police Department and Umatilla County Sher- LII¶V2I¿FHDUHSLFNLQJXSWKH slack in the small city. The city placed Thompson on leave Oct. 30. Mayor Virginia Carnes said she could not discuss what led to that action because it is a personnel issue and also was the topic of the city council’s closed-door session Tuesday night. Thompson graduated from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Basic Police Class in November 2014 and went to work for the Umatilla Tribal Police Department. He then took the job in 2015 with Pilot Rock. See OFFICER/10A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pedestrians walk down the Pendleton River Walk on a crisp Wednesday afternoon in Pendleton. The parkway has offered Pendleton residents access to the scenic beauty of the Umatilla River for 30 years. $P\%HGIRUGGRJJHGFLW\RI¿FLDOV in her sweet, persuasive way in 1985 By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Reconnect to the River Early champions of the Pend- leton River Parkway had a daunting task in the 1980s — persuading property owners along the proposed two-and-a-half-mile walking path to sign easements. Pendleton River Parkway Foundation members went in pairs. Eventually, every property owner signed. The parkway, now known as the Pendleton River Walk, turned 30 this year. Planning started more than a decade earlier. The original vision Saturday, 10 a.m. Roy Raley Park Free BBQ and music at noon Activity stations along trail Look for the weekend EO for more on the River Walk included a walking path, pedestrian bridge, plaza, wildlife preserve with nature trails, picnic area and boat basin and a series of low dams with ÀRRGJDWHV Amy Aldrich Bedford, a demure See RIVER/8A Staff photo by E.J. Harris A beavers sits in the reeds along the Umatilla River on Wednesday in Pendleton. Pedestrians walking the Pendleton River Walk can see all sorts of wildlife while strolling along the river. Schimmel keeps Obama on track Native youth grill the president By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Jude Schimmel sat at Pres. Barack Obama’s right shoulder Thursday afternoon and guided a discussion between the president and a panel of Native youth. Near the end of the hour- long session, Obama leaned over and said in a low voice to Schimmel, “What’s next?” “Closing remarks,” Schimmel said, leaning close and putting a hand on his shoulder. “It’s all you.” He laughed and started talking. The session, part of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, focused on helping tribal youth reach their full potential. Schimmel, 21, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Mission, has emerged as something of a spokeswoman for Native youth. Schimmel participates in :KRTXDOL¿HVIRU Oregon Promise college grant? New program covers tuition costs for many students By SEAN HART East Oregonian White House in July. On Thursday, after self-in- troductions by Schimmel and the four youth panel members, Obama spoke directly to Schimmel, noting her success as a point guard for the Univer- sity of Louisville. Jude, who Students graduating from high school this year have a promising opportunity to obtain an associate’s degree for only $300. Passed in July, Senate Bill 81 dedicated $10 million to the new Oregon Promise program that will essentially cover the entire cost of tuition at any of Oregon’s 17 commu- nity colleges for students who meet certain requirements, according to information from the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Students who receive an Oregon high VFKRRO GLSORPD RU *(' FHUWL¿FDWH LQ WKH spring or summer of 2016 with a cumulative high school GPA of 2.5 or better who enroll at an Oregon community college in the fall of 2016 qualify for the grant program as long as they will have resided in Oregon for at least 12 months before enrolling for the 2016 fall term. Blue Mountain Community College Vice President of Public Relations Casey White- See OBAMA/10A See COLLEGE/10A AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Barack Obama talks with Native Youth Delegates during the 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference, on Thursday in Washington. From left, Jude Schimmel, Obama, Tatiana Ticknor, of the Yup’ik/Tlingit/Dena’ina, Brayden White, of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Blossom Johnson, of the Navajo Nation, and Philip Douglas, of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Generation Indigenous, an organization Obama launched last year after he and the First Lady visited Standing Rock Sioux Indian Nation in North Dakota. Gen-I seeks to engage with Native youth and improve their lives. Schimmel was featured at the White House Tribal Youth Gathering at the