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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, October 22, 2015 BRIEFLY Brent Drinkut/Statesman-Journal via AP Hello gov’nor A papiermâché Kate Brown attends a tea party with the Eugene Raging Grannies inside the Governors ceremonial office during a protest to speak out against the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas export facility and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline at the Oregon Capitol, Monday in Salem. CenturyLink penalized for 2013 San Juan outage Court revives prison worker’s wrongIul¿ring lawsuit OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state utility regulators have announced a penalty for CenturyLink related to a 10-day service outage in November 2013 in the San Juan Islands. The utility will have to give customer credits totaling 21,000, pay a ¿ne of at least $50,000 and do nearly $3 million in infra- structure repairs and improvements. The Washington Utilities and Transporta- tion Commission announced the settlement agreement on Tuesday. A 2014 state investigation found the 10-day service outage resulted from a severed under- water ¿ber cable that separated the Friday Harbor switch from the CenturyLink network. The investigation also found that the company violated state laws and rules related to major outages and requirements for communicating outage information to the public. The company could face a higher ¿ne if he does not ful¿ll other requirements of the agreement, including rules about communi- cating with customers about outages. In a statement, CenturyLink said tech- nicians worked “day and night” to restore service to the islands and that it was reviewing the commission’s order because it contained things that were “over and above” the settle- ment agreement. PORTLAND (AP) — The state Court of Appeals has kept alive a lawsuit ¿led by a former MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility employee who was ¿red after telling Oregon State Police he thought he had been poisoned on the job. The Oregon Youth Authority ¿red Tim Hall in 2011, at least in part for ¿ling a false report. Hall and his attorney, Kevin Lafky, said the dismissal was in retaliation for Hall’s complaints about assaults at the youth prison in Woodburn. Oregon Youth Authority spokeswoman Ann Snyder said the agency does not comment on issues involving human resources. In court documents, the Youth Authority said Hall also violated its drug-free workplace policy and provided false or misleading information to management during an investigation and pre-dismissal meeting. Hall was hired in 2000 and supervised young offenders. He brought a sealed bottle of sweet- ened water to the visiting center during a shift on Dec. 22, 2010, and noticed nothing strange after taking a few sips. He left the bottle when his job took him to another part of the building. When he returned, he took another drink and felt a hard substance, which he believed to be a dissolving pill. Hall showed the bottle to three other employees who thought there might be something in the liquid. Hall said he later felt dizzy and went to Salem Hospital, where a urine sample tested positive for barbiturates. He ¿led the police report shortly after. Surveillance video proved that no one tampered with the bottle and Hall later acknowledged that a prescription medication he took for migraine headaches contained barbiturates. A trial judge dismissed Hall’s claim of wrongful termination, agreeing with the Oregon Youth Authority that the report of criminal activity was unreasonable. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Areas of fog late tonight. Eastern Washington: Sunny across the south, the Idaho border and in the mountains today; sun in north and central parts and toward the Cascades. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Times of clouds and sun tomorrow. Northern California: Partly sunny today; pleasant in central parts. Mainly clear tonight. Today Friday WSW 3-6 W 4-8 VAR 3-6 NNW 3-6 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 1 2 CORVALLIS (AP) — An Oregon city is considering adding additional portable toilets to stop public defecation. The Corvallis Gazette- Times reports that a Corvallis City Council Committee is recommending that the city add more portable toilets along the Willamette River to stop the problem. One would be placed at the entrance to Riverfront Commemorative Park and the second would be just south of downtown. The full council will consider the recommendation on Nov. 2. A homeless shelter also installed a portable toilet behind its men’s shelter on Wednesday. Corvallis Housing First built a wooden structure around the toilet to make it more aesthetically pleasing. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson MSHUNLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Today Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Corvallis considers additional portable toilets The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. REGIONAL CITIES MONDAY SUNDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 68° 34° MADRAS (AP) — A hospital in Madras will continue to send mothers to Redmond or Bend for delivery until early 2016 due to a continued shortage of nurses trained in obstetrics. The Bulletin reports that St. Charles Madras CEO Jeanie Gentry says the temporary moratorium was supposed to last one month and end in August, but had to be extended. She says four nurses are scheduled to complete their OB training in December, with the hospital expecting to resume deliveries in January. The hospital needs to have 10 nurses trained in obstetrics on its roster and two working at all times to ensure safe deliveries. Gentry says when deliveries stopped July 10, it was because two OB nurses left the hospital. Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook MVQRRN#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP SATURDAY Mostly cloudy PORTLAND (AP) — The city of Troutdale has paid nearly ,000 for the riÀe used in last year’s deadly school shooting, rather than return the weapon to the shooter’s brother. Freshman Jared Padgett killed Reynolds High classmate Emilio Hoffman, then himself, with an AR-15 riÀe he stole from his older brother. The brother, Lucas Padgett, went to court this summer, asking a judge to order the city to return his property. The city argued that the weapon and other items must be held as evidence in case a charge is ever ¿led. However, the district attorney’s of¿ce said almost a year ago that Lucas Padgett couldn’t be prosecuted for allowing his brother to access the riÀe, because he kept it in a locked container. The City Council, on Oct. 13, agreed to pay the brother 3,50 for the riÀe, ammunition and other items recovered at the scene. “Understanding the emotional trauma that both the Hoffman and Padgett families have been through, the city of Troutdale reached out to Lucas Padgett to seek a compromise that would be acceptable to all involved and help continue the healing process of this terrible tragedy,” Mayor Doug Daoust said in a statement Tuesday. The release said the city, at the appropriate time, will reTuest an order for “¿nal disposition of the property.” Padgett’s attorney, Shawn Kollie, told The Oregonian that the city contacted him shortly after the judge ruled last month. “People have wildly varying opinions on guns,” Kollie said. “The thing that made the difference in this case is that it was undisputed that items were stolen. If you steal my car and get a DUII, (the police) don’t get to keep my car.” Legal Advertising:$PDQGD-DFREV DMDFREV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ Forecast FRIDAY Madras hospital to send births to other hospitals until 2016 ClassiÀed Advertising: FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group TODAY Troutdale buys gun used in 2014 school shooting 2 1 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Rain will precede cool air in the Northeast today. Rough surf will continue in eastern Florida. Rain will affect the Plains with flooding possible in the south. 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