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Page 2A WEATHER East Oregonian TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY A passing morning shower Fog in the a.m.; rather cloudy Fog in the a.m.; mostly cloudy 54° 35° 53° 36° SATURDAY Intervals of clouds and sun Partly sunny PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 36° 53° 39° 53° 37° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 57° 36° 54° 36° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 57° 48° 45° 29° 73° (1996) -20° (1929) 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 0.06" 0.52" 0.40" 1.24" 1.68" 1.78" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 54° 35° 46° 29° 70° (1996) -24° (1929) 0.06" 0.52" 0.31" 0.96" 1.15" 1.59" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Feb 11 Feb 18 7:05 a.m. 5:14 p.m. none 10:01 a.m. First Full Feb 25 56° 38° Medford 56/32 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 54° 39° Spokane Wenatchee 46/37 52/40 Tacoma Moses 54/37 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 53/39 47/37 54/42 54/38 58/36 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 55/39 54/36 Lewiston 60/36 Astoria 54/37 55/41 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 54/40 Pendleton 47/27 The Dalles 57/36 54/35 56/37 La Grande Salem 52/31 55/39 Albany Corvallis 55/38 54/39 John Day 50/31 Ontario Eugene Bend 56/32 54/38 50/29 Caldwell Burns 56/32 48/26 through 3 p.m. yesterday Yesterday Normals Records 54° 37° Seattle 54/41 ALMANAC Mar 5 REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY 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 Hi 53 65 58 46 72 19 44 58 44 81 50 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Eastern Washington: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today. Mostly cloudy tonight. Mostly cloudy tomorrow. Cascades: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight. Mostly cloudy tomorrow. Northern California: Mostly sunny today; warmer in central parts. Mainly clear tonight. www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East 2reJonian (USPS 164-980) is SXElisKed daily e[FeSt SXnday, Monday and 'eF. 25, Ey tKe E2 Media *roXS, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71. PeriodiFals SostaJe Said at Pendleton, 25. Postmaster: send address FKanJes to East 2reJonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71. Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group E=Pay 2ne year 6 montKs 3 montKs 4 ZeeNs E= Pay PENDLETON — Local organizations are invited to participate and help the community prepare for possible disasters during the second annual Pendleton Preparedness Fair. A planning meeting is Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at Pendleton City Hall, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave. For those unable to attend, another meeting is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, 601 N.W. 12th St., Pendleton. The fair is Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sunridge Middle School, Pendleton. The event’s focus is to better prepare the community for emergencies of all kinds, including natural disaster, domestic HPHUJHQF\RUSHUVRQDO¿QDQFLDOFULVLV For more information, contact pepfair2015@yahoo.com or 541-276- 9492. Blue Mountain Alliance meets Wednesday 0,/721)5((:$7(5²$QRQSUR¿W group that focuses on protecting natural resources in the Blue Mountains and surrounding areas invites the public to its annual meeting. The gathering of the Blue Mountain Alliance is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Milton-Freewater Public Library, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave. Membership fees are used towards education and promoting the protection of natural resources. The meeting includes a guest speaker who will talk about native avian species and their habitat. There also will be a brief analysis of the U.S Forest Plan and how it will impact area counties. For more information, call 541-215-9389. Discussion includes measles outbreak PENDLETON — Meghan DeBolt, administrator of the Umatilla County Health Department, will discuss the measles outbreak nationwide and how it affects Umatilla County during the Round-Up Republican Women’s meeting. DeBolt will be accompanied by the other department staff to answer questions about the health department and the services available. The public is invited to the no-host meeting Thursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Red Lion, 304 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton. To RSVP, call May Ann Low at 541-443- 6481 or text 541-379-4972. Chamber executives share about China trip HERMISTON — Debbie Pedro and Karen Hutchinson-Talaski will share about a trip of a lifetime. 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Hi 55 50 50 57 48 47 54 55 57 50 50 52 46 56 55 57 56 58 54 54 53 55 46 49 53 54 58 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. WORLD CITIES (in mph) Klamath Falls 50/25 Tuesday, February 10, 2015 about an opportunity for an all-inclusive trip to Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, China. The meeting is Thursday from 5:30- 7:30 p.m. at the Oxford Suites, 1050 N. First St., Hermiston. The trip includes a chance to walk the Great Wall, experience the hustle and bustle of Shanghai market square, visit gardens and see how China is turning itself into a modern country. For more information, call Pedro at 541- 567-6151 or Hutchinson-Talaski at 541-922- 4825. Wellness center opens at BMCC PENDLETON — Former Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith and his wife, Sharon, will speak at the re-dedication of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Library. Previously housed at the old St. Anthony Hospital, the library includes mental health resources for the community, as well as suicide prevention awareness. The Smiths’ son, Garrett Lee Smith, committed suicide Sept. 8, 2003, while in college in Utah. The library was originally dedicated February 2005. The re-dedication coincides with the opening of the new student Health & Wellness Resource Center. The public is invited to attend Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the college’s Morrow Hall, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. The new center serves to provide educational workshops, counseling, disability services, suicide prevention and intervention skills training to BMCC students. The center offers a proactive approach to well-being to help students learn to cope during challenging or stressful times. In addition to remarks by the Smiths, the event will include a welcome from BMCC President Cam Preus, and comments from Cindy Womack, the center’s director, Ed Tabor, BMCC board chair, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Board of Trustees, St. Anthony Hospital and Kim Puzey, a BMCC board member, will read a poem. For more information, contact Shannon Franklin at 541-278-5951 or sfranklin@ bluecc.edu. Elks dinner includes HHS band fundraiser HERMISTON — A sweetheart of an evening is offered by the Hermiston Elks. A Valentine’s dinner of roast pork or baked salmon will be served Saturday beginning with a social time at 5 p.m. at the lodge, 480 E. Main St., Hermiston. The dinner, which costs $14.50, will be served from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The event also includes a Wine Silent Auction, with proceeds going to the Hermiston High School band. The marching band is raising money for a trip to the Holiday Bowl in December in San Diego. The group will perform in the parade as well as at halftime during the game. For more information, call Dick Hensley at 541-571-2688 or the lodge at 541-567- 6923. 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 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Rain will diminish along the mid-Atlantic coast today as the snow- storm exits New England. An area of snow will sweep across parts of the North Central states. Patchy rain will diminish in the Northwest. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 90° in Yuma, Ariz. Low -27° in Presque Isle, Maine 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 69 55 38 43 48 53 53 29 55 41 28 25 73 59 26 78 -9 33 81 72 35 61 54 74 54 79 Lo 38 36 28 25 24 29 34 18 36 25 24 19 49 30 16 44 -20 8 66 44 26 39 33 52 35 56 W s s pc pc sh s sh pc s pc pc c s pc pc s pc sn pc s pc s s s s s Hi 57 63 36 42 44 63 54 25 58 50 37 38 71 50 36 69 3 9 80 72 43 63 40 73 59 86 Wed. 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