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ROCK CAMP AWARDED $10K 85/54 GROGAN NAMED EOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR REGION/3A SPORTS/1B WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 140th Year, No. 168 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD “Everyone in education talks about being kid-fi rst. Offi cer Hamby is truly a person who comes to school every day with kids fi rst on his mind.” — Troy Jerome, Pendleton High School Athletic Director Clinton claims historic victory By JULIE PACE and LISA LERER Associated Press Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton Police Offi cer Glenn Hamby talks with passing high school students on Tuesday in the halls of Pendleton High School. Hamby has been the school resource offi cer for 17 years and is retiring this year. Goodbye, Offi cer Hamby Pendleton school resource offi cer connected with thousands of kids By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian At age 60, Pendleton Police Offi cer Glenn Hamby holds a Guinness Book-worthy distinc- tion. “I am the oldest fi fth-grader in Pendleton, Oregon,” he says. This, of course, isn’t techni- cally true, though Hamby has gotten to know just about every fi fth-grader to come through the Pendleton school system in the past 17 years. As the depart- ment’s school resource offi cer, he taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) classes to thousands of them. Tuesday was Hamby’s last day of school. He will trade his uniform, bulletproof vest and gun for shorts, sandals and a Hawaiian shirt. The job he is leaving involved an eclectic mix of duties. Besides teaching DARE to Pendleton, Helix and Echo fi fth- graders, he rotated between the high school and middle school. For many students, a relation- ship with Hamby was their fi rst personal connection with a police offi cer. He counseled them after fi ghts or bullying incidents. He shot the breeze with them NEW YORK — Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the fi rst woman to lead a major American polit- ical party and casting herself as the benefi ciary of generations who fought for equality. “This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us,” Clinton said during an emotional rally in Brooklyn, eight years to the day after she ended her fi rst failed White House run. As she took the stage to raucous cheers, she paused to Clinton relish the moment, fl inging her arms wide and beaming broadly. Clinton had already secured the delegates needed for the nomination, according to an Associated Press tally. She added to her totals with victories in New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, three of the six states voting Tuesday. Clinton faces a two-front challenge in the coming days. She must appeal to the enthu- siastic supporters of her rival Bernie Sanders — who insists he still has a narrow path to the nomination — and sharpen her contrasts with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. She sought to make progress on both, using her own loss in 2008 to connect with Sanders’ backers. “It never feels good to put our heart into See CLINTON/7A PENDLETON City agrees to 100-unit State tests its readiness for the Big One apartment Four-day simulation includes complex 20,000 participants in three states Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton Police Offi cer Glenn Hamby jokes with freshman Amanda Harrington on Tuesday at Pendleton High School. By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Federal and state emergency management offi - cials kicked off a four-day exer- cise Monday to test Oregon’s preparedness for the Big One. Seismologists have long said a 9.0 or greater magnitude earth- quake is overdue in the state’s Cascadia Subduction Zone, a fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino, Calif. The quake is expected to cause thousands of casualties, collapsed buildings and bridges and billions of dollars in economic damage. About 15 million people live in the subduction zone. The four-day simulation of the earthquake and tsunami started Monday with Gov. Kate Brown declaring a catastrophic disaster and notifying federal and out-of-state authorities of the need for assistance. “This might seem so over- whelming that preparation by individual Oregonians or state government is too big of a task, but I want you all to know that we can do this,” Brown said. “We can do this together. Preparedness is readiness. We will do it together, building a better prepared and more resil- ient Oregon, one step at a time and one brick at a time. Today See HAMBY/10A By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Janae Sergeant/EO Media Group Maj. Gen. Michael Stencel, standing next to Gov. Kate Brown, addresses a question about the Cascadia Rising earthquake readiness drills. we take a major step toward resiliency.” Brown then joined emer- gency management offi cials on a helicopter to mimic surveying the damage in the wake of a disaster and to watch Portland Fire and Rescue and the Air Force Reserve perform joint See EARTHQUAKE/10A Pendleton City Council agreed to contribute $176,651 for infrastructure to a planned 100-unit apartment complex at the Pendleton Heights development — but they needed some convincing. The apartment complex was a change of plans for the subdivision, which was origi- nally going to build 32 more townhouses in its third phase to complement the 40 units already built. Developer Saj Jinvanjee said he is struggled to recoup his investment from the fi rst two phases because of the high cost of developing the rocky, inclined land and the property taxes on the individual lots. Jivanjee said building an apartment complex would be easier to build while still adding more inventory to Pendleton’s tight housing market. The council was hesitant to meet Jivan- jee’s request. Councilor Chuck Wood said he and Councilor Neil Brown were on the plan- ning commission when Pendleton Heights was fi rst proposed and recalled the strong resistance it received from residents and landlords. He said he was uncomfortable making changes to the plans when some members of the public opposed the development when it was only 72 townhouses. Several councilors See PENDLETON/10A
