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Page 2A WEATHER East Oregonian REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Cloudy with a passing shower Cloudy with a couple of showers 64° 52° 60° 39° THURSDAY FRIDAY Partly sunny A little morning rain PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 52° 35° 55° 42° 63° 34° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 64° 40° 66° 50° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 60° 54° 74° (2015) 42° 35° 8° (1906) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Trace 0.76" 0.50" 4.68" 3.33" 3.01" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 56° 57° 75° (2003) Trace 0.35" 0.41" 3.81" 2.12" 2.65" SUN AND MOON Mar 27 Bend 64/46 Burns 62/38 First Apr 3 Caldwell 71/45 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 Hi 56 65 64 59 62 57 62 64 66 67 68 61 59 72 55 60 66 64 64 60 67 60 55 59 59 63 65 Lo 49 44 46 50 38 44 51 50 50 52 46 49 48 51 50 52 42 50 52 51 45 51 46 46 52 53 44 Hi 51 61 57 53 55 53 56 61 64 62 57 58 56 62 53 54 60 63 60 57 60 56 52 57 57 62 61 Lo 41 37 32 42 31 33 40 34 40 37 34 37 35 42 42 43 42 40 39 39 30 39 35 33 41 42 32 W r c r r c r r sh sh sh r r r r r r c sh sh r r r sh sh r sh c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 68/46 Hi 61 68 58 60 70 43 59 60 52 76 54 Lo 29 62 42 47 48 27 44 42 27 70 42 W s c pc c pc s pc pc s t r Wed. Hi 61 70 56 59 70 44 56 64 52 76 48 Lo 32 64 44 44 48 34 42 41 27 69 42 W pc pc pc c pc pc c s s sh r REGIONAL FORECAST 7:10 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:25 p.m. 8:22 a.m. Full Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today. Rain and drizzle across the north; a shower in central parts. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today with a shower in places; warm. Eastern Washington: Considerable cloudi- ness today with a couple of showers. Apr 10 Western Washington: Low clouds today; occasional rain and drizzle, but a couple of showers across the south. Northern California: Partly sunny today. Plenty of clouds tonight; rain and drizzle in central parts. Cascades: A thick cloud cover and mild today with a shower. Today Wednesday SW 6-12 SSW 6-12 SSW 6-12 SSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 1 2 2 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group Bills aim to prevent, mitigate oil-train disaster SALEM (AP) — Native Americans, environmentalists and a fishing guide spoke out Monday in support of two bills that aim to prevent, or at least mitigate, an ecological disaster like an oil spill into the Columbia River. One bill would require railroads that own or operate high-hazard train routes to adopt oil-spill prevention and emergen- cy-response planning, and ensure they carry adequate insurance to address a worst-case spill. The other bill would prohibit the Legislature from funding new bulk coal or oil terminals. Trains carrying oil travel through Oregon to destinations elsewhere, and among the ship- ments is the highly volatile crude from the Bakken Crude from North Dakota. It was that type of oil that was in a train that derailed and caused a fire near Mosier on June 3 along the pristine Columbia River, a key salmon habitat fished by Indian tribes. The crash released oil alongside tracks that parallel the Columbia River. “Our tiny town was nearly wiped off the map,” Mosier Mayor Arlene Burns told the House Committee On Energy and Environment. She said that if the winds that normally sweep through the Columbia River Gorge had not been calm that day, a conflagration would have ensued. Those testifying said Oregon cannot prohibit oil trains from transiting the state, but should prepare for future accidents that they said are sure to come. “These are two good bills that will honor the earth and protect generations to come,” Cathy Sampson-Kruse, a member of the Walla Walla tribe whose father is a tribal headman, said at a news conference in the state capitol. She said her father had just been released from an intensive-care unit for congestive heart failure, and his message was “keep up the good fight!” W r sh c c c r sh c c c pc c c c sh c c c c sh c sh sh c sh sh c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. WINDS Medford 72/51 PRECIPITATION Mar 20 John Day 67/52 Ontario 66/42 43° 34° 13° (1941) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Albany 60/52 Eugene 62/51 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 66° 36° Spokane Wenatchee 55/46 50/40 Tacoma Moses 58/48 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 61/48 56/49 53/49 57/48 65/44 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 58/53 63/53 Lewiston 65/51 Astoria 60/49 56/49 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 60/51 Pendleton 57/44 The Dalles 66/50 64/52 64/48 La Grande Salem 61/49 60/51 Corvallis 61/52 HIGH 55° 42° Seattle 56/48 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 56° 33° Today SATURDAY Some sun, then turning cloudy Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice AP Photo/Andrew Selsky Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Aaron Hunt said in submitted testimony that while the railroad wants to partner with the state to enhance rail safety, he said the bill that sets out a timeline for railroads to respond to an emergency is invalid under federal laws. The bill says that a railroad must, within one hour of confir- mation of a spill, provide a quali- fied company employee to advise the state on-scene coordinator. Within three hours, it should have monitoring equipment and a trained equipment operator to assist in protecting emergency responders and the public. Within eight hours, the railroad should NEW SPRING INDOOR be capable of delivering and deploying containment booms, boats, oil recovery equipment, trained staff and other materials. Rob Bignall, a fishing guide who managed part of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska that covered thousands of square miles of coastline and ocean, said responders would need to act fast if another oil train derails on the track that runs along the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington state. “The river flows at 2 to 5 miles an hour and this thing could get out of hand very fast,” he told the news conference. The state Senate also has a similar bill. HWY 395, HERMISTON 541-567-4305 Mon-Sat 8am-6pm • Sun 12pm-5am www.cottagefl owersonline.com cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 99° in Thermal, Calif. Low -17° in Glen Ullin, N.D. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 76 50 41 37 50 48 72 37 63 34 27 26 65 70 28 83 9 30 85 68 32 60 36 88 49 85 Lo 44 28 25 19 39 27 48 21 34 14 14 19 46 43 13 53 -16 14 71 46 18 35 17 63 28 59 W s pc r sn r pc pc sn pc sf sf sf s pc sf s s s pc s sf pc sf s pc s Wed. Hi 77 47 31 31 65 47 63 34 51 33 32 29 70 75 32 86 7 35 84 71 33 57 39 88 47 82 Lo 45 27 23 17 45 27 46 18 27 21 14 23 55 45 17 54 -13 25 69 56 18 29 30 63 34 57 Today W s s sf sf c s c sf pc sf s sf pc pc pc s pc c pc pc pc s pc s s pc Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tucson Washington, DC Wichita Hi 40 46 82 27 27 43 62 33 58 33 35 92 30 41 55 40 75 78 36 72 77 70 56 91 40 50 Lo 22 26 55 14 10 21 46 21 32 17 21 63 20 19 23 26 44 51 20 49 60 52 48 58 22 27 W sf c pc sf pc c s sn s sn sn s sn sn r c s s c pc s s r s sn pc Wed. Hi 41 46 73 33 31 43 61 30 62 38 30 92 34 31 44 63 70 72 41 75 75 65 54 92 32 55 Lo 21 32 52 16 18 22 48 20 45 30 19 63 15 17 21 37 44 50 27 49 58 53 40 60 21 39 W pc s s s pc s s sf pc pc sf s sf sf pc pc c c s s pc c r pc sf pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com BRIEFLY Feds file motion to dismiss charges against Bundy lawyer Alcohol industry jobs outpace software sector PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon’s software industry has been growing fast, but the state’s economic development agency says it has been outpaced by another sector — the alcohol industry — since the Great Recession. The Oregon Department of Economic Analysis says software employment was up by 6,900 jobs between January 2008 and September 2016. But the alcohol industry was up by 7,400 jobs during the same time span. Senior state economist Josh Lehner says people who brew beer, distill alcohol and make wine may have lower wages on average than those in the software industry, but the booze business brings other economic benefits. Lehner says alcohol production is a value-added industry with a geographic spread across the state, impacting agricultural production, equipment manufacturing and marketing services. He says software remains a high- wage and fast-growing sector that contributes to Oregon’s economic diversity. Man arrested after attack at Middle Eastern restaurant SALEM (AP) — Police arrested an Oregon man accused of attacking a restaurant employee with a pipe while calling the worker a terrorist and telling him to go back to his country. Court documents say Jason Kendall told an arresting officer he entered the Middle Eastern restaurant in Salem last week after seeing a woman who he thought was being held as a slave because of the style of blouse she was wearing. The affidavit says Kendall was asked to leave, but he returned minutes later yelling, “Get out of America!” He is accused of throwing a plastic object at the employee and hitting him with a pipe. The affidavit says the arresting officer felt a small bump on the worker’s head. Police say Kendall told them he acted in self-defense. He is expected to be arraigned Friday on charges of assault and intimidation. His court-appointed attorney, Julia Ann Hyde, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. Corrections 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. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Be safe! & OUTDOOR DECOR & FASHION ACCESSORIES! Put a smile on the heart with the power of flowers. 60s National Summary: A nor'easter will deliver heavy snow with strong wind for the Northeastern states today. Much of the Plains will be dry and cold. As heat builds in the Southwest, rain will cool the Northwest. PORTLAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors assigned to the criminal case against the lawyer for the leader of the armed occupation at an Oregon wildlife refuge have filed a motion to drop the remaining charges. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports prosecutors filed the motion Monday, more than three weeks after a judge dropped one of the three charges against Marcus Mumford. Special attorneys Timothy J. Ohms and George J.C. Jacobs of Washington state filed the motion in U.S. District Court in Portland, asking a judge to dismiss the criminal information without prejudice, meaning the government could file charges in the future. Mumford’s lawyer, Michael Levine, said he was thankful, but didn’t know what prompted the government’s decision. The incident in question occurred when Mumford’s client Ammon Bundy was acquitted last fall and Mumford was tackled by federal marshals for refusing to stop arguing with the judge. Native Americans Cathy Sampson-Cruse, left, and Raymond Es- trada appear at a news conference at the Oregon State Capitol, Monday in Salem, in support of two bills. 50s Photo, Left to right: Verna Taylor, HAS Ric Jones, BC-HIS Forrest Cahill, HAS 541-567-4063 • 405 N. 1st St., Suite #107, Hermiston 541-215-1888 • 246 SW Dorion, Pendleton