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WEEKEND EDITION HEPPNER, STANFIELD BOTH IN SEMIFINALS HHS MARCHES ON SAN DIEGO A HISTORY OF REFUGEES FOOTBALL/1B LIFESTYLE/1C NATION/10A NOVEMBER 21-22, 2015 140th Year, No. 27 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD PENDLETON STANFIELD Two cops under investigation Chief and lieutenant placed on administrative leave after accusations Department of Justice. The four-person department ZDV DOUHDG\ PLVVLQJ RQH RI¿FHU after the Oct. 26 termination of 7KH 6WDQ¿HOG 3ROLFH 'HSDUW 5\DQ 0F%ULGH ZKR ¿OHG QRWLFH PHQWLVGRZQWRRQHRI¿FHUDIWHU Nov. 17 of his intent to sue the both the chief and lieutenant department and the city regarding were placed on administrative his termination. leave Thursday while they are City Manager Blair Larsen said being investigated by the Oregon 0F%ULGHZDV¿UHGDIWHUDQLQYHV By SEAN HART and JADE McDOWELL East Oregonian tigation into an August incident in which McBride was involved, but he would not comment further. Larsen said he placed Chief Bryon Zumwalt and Lt. Monty Toombs on paid administrative leave Thursday afternoon after speaking to Oregon Department See STANFIELD/14A Zumwalt Toombs Staff photo by Kathy Aney Warren Gerald Browning looks over his shoulder at his family before his sentencing Friday at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Pendleton. PENDLETON Core member of Aryan gang goes to prison By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Warren Gerald Browning of Pendleton choked back tears Friday as he admitted his actions as a white supremacist gang member hurt his family and community. Those actions will cost him just shy of eight years in state prison, but he said he could have lost much more. Browning, 36, faced sentencing in Umatilla County Circuit Court, Pendleton, after pleading guilty earlier this month to racketeering, second-degree attempted assault and felon LQ SRVVHVVLRQ RI D ¿UHDUP ,Q exchange for the pleas, the state dismissed other charges, including conspiracy to murder. Circuit Judge Christopher Brauer noted the district attor- QH\¶V RI¿FH DQG %URZQLQJ DQG his defense lawyer, Robert Klahn of Pendleton, held “intense negotiations” to reach the plea deal not long before the case would have went to trial. Browning is the last core member of the United Aryan Staff photo by E.J. Harris Sunridge Middle School eighth-graders Collin Taber and Sami Spriet, top left, talk with a group of kindergartners at the Pend- leton Early Learning Center during the fi rst Friendsgiving Feast on Friday in Pendleton. The first Friendsgiving District’s kindergartners share snacktime feast See BROWNING/14A “I am sorry for the things I did. ... I made some mistakes.” — Warren Browning Staff photo by E.J. Harris Kindergartner Dylan Star jumps up to chase Sunridge Middle School eighth-grader Brooklynn Been while playing duck, duck, goose on Friday at the Pendleton Early Learning Center. cooked drumsticks. After reciting several Thanks- giving-themed poems, the kinder- gartners were then allowed to enjoy By ANTONIO SIERRA the fruits of their labor — fruit East Oregonian VDODG EOXHEHUU\ PXI¿QV KRPH made butter and pumpkin pudding. The main attraction of Pendleton Child development specialist Early Learning Center’s Friends- Anne Sokoloski helped coordinate giving Feast is the kids table. the event with the rest of the early ,QLWV¿UVW\HDURIH[LVWHQFHWKH learning center staff. converted Hawthorne school threw Sokoloski said kindergarten the inaugural feast, a Thanksgiv- teachers have been throwing ing-themed meal for the school’s pre-Thanksgiving feasts for their 240 kindergartners. students for years, but the tradition The district’s kindergarten QHHGHG WR EH PRGL¿HG ZKHQ WKH FODVV¿OHGLQWRWKHFDIHWHULD)ULGD\ district transitioned this year to afternoon, sporting self-made hats full-day kindergarten. depicting turkeys in various states, Half-day kindergarten allowed from the colorful plumage of a live turkey to the dark brown hues of See FEAST/14A Group cOears ¿ rst step for abortion funding baOOot measure Jimerson has sought to send the initiative to voters. He failed to secure enough signatures in 2012 SALEM — An initiative to and 2014. “Each time we are getting closer ban state funding of abortions has SDVVHG WKH ¿UVW KXUGOH WRZDUG D and closer,” said Alicia Marks, Oregon Life United spokeswoman. place on the 2016 ballot. Chief sponsor Jeff Jimerson of “We really do think we have a Corvallis announced Friday that strong enough volunteer base this his group, Oregon Life United, time to get it on the ballot for 2016. Oregon Life United must obtain has gathered the 1,000 signatures needed to obtain a ballot title for 117,578 valid signatures to place the initiative on the ballot. the initiative. About 40 percent of the nearly The group had garnered about 1,500 signatures as of early Friday. 5,000 abortions performed between This marks the third time January and October were paid for By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau with state funding, according to Oregon Health Authority. The state paid about $1.8 million for a total of 3,556 abortions in WKH PRVW UHFHQW ¿JXUHV available Friday. Each procedure cost about $500. Oregon Right to Life supports WKHLQLWLDWLYHEXWKDVPDGHQR¿QDQ cial commitment to the effort, said spokeswoman Liberty Pike. The organization has chosen to spend its resources on supporting pro-life candidates in the upcoming election and lobbying lawmakers, Pike said. “What we have found is the system is set up so that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a measure on the ballot,” she said. “We have decided to use our resources in areas where we think we can get the best return on our investment.” A Planned Parenthood spokes- woman did not immediately have a comment on how it plans to respond to the initiative effort. ——— The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group.
