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Page 10A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Saturday, April 18, 2015 Fish in suspected tsunami debris boat quarantined BROWN: Supports FUHDWLRQRIPLOOLRQ ZDWHUGHYHORSPHQWIXQG PORTLAND (AP) — The ZUHFNDJHRID¿VKLQJERDWWKDW DSSHDUVWREHGHEULVIURPWKH -DSDQHVH WVXQDPL ZDV FDUU\LQJ VRPH XQH[SHFWHG SDVVHQJHUV ² ¿VK IURP -DS- anese waters — when it was spotted off the Oregon coast. Scientists say 21 yellowtail jacks and one Asian striped knifejaw hitched a cross-Pa- FL¿F ULGH LQ WKH ERZ RI WKH ERDWIRXQGODVWZHHN )LVK ZDVKHG XS LQ GHEULV FDQEULQJSDUDVLWHVDQGGLVHDV- HVWRQDWLYHVSHFLHVEXWELROR- JLVWVVD\WKHODWHVW¿VKSRVHOLW- WOHWKUHDW6WLOOWKH\KDYHEHHQ quarantined at the Oregon &RDVW $TXDULXP DQG ZLOO EH DYDLODEOHIRUSXEOLFYLHZLQJ ,W¶V QRW WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKDW GLVORFDWHG¿VKZHUHIRXQGLQ Northwest waters. /DVW PRQWK D VWULSHG NQLIHMDZWXUQHGXSLQD¿VKHU- PDQ¶VFUDEWUDSRIIWKH2UHJRQ &RDVW$QGLQELRORJLVWV IRXQG ¿YH VWULSHG NQLIHMDZV DOLYHLQDZDWHU¿OOHGEDLWER[ on a 20-foot-long Japanese ERDWZDVKHGXSLQVRXWKZHVW Washington. 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WRGHEULV&KDSPDQVDLG BRIEFLY Donations needed to help make Pendleton bloom PENDLETON — The Pendleton Downtown Association is seeking donations as it again prepares to purchase and PDLQWDLQÀRZHUEDVNHWV in downtown Pendleton PLG0D\WKURXJKPLG 2FWREHU “This 2015 Downtown Showers of Flowers launch and success again GHSHQGVXSRQFRPPXQLW\ support with their gracious GRQDWLRQV´VDLG%LOO Dochnahl, spokesperson for the association, in a press release. 7D[GHGXFWLEOH FRQWULEXWLRQVFDQEHPDGHWR the City of Pendleton (sent to 500 S.W. Dorian Avenue, Pendleton, OR, 97801, c/o )LQDQFH'HSDUWPHQWZKLFK is working in partnership with the Association in WKLVEHDXWL¿FDWLRQHIIRUW According to Dochnahl, a GRQRUFKHFN¶VPHPRVHFWLRQ should read “Showers of )ORZHUV´7KH$VVRFLDWLRQ ZLOOWKDQNFRQWULEXWRUVLQDQ DGYHUWLVHPHQWIRUKHOSLQJWR PDNH³'RZQWRZQ6KRZHUV RI)ORZHUV´VXFFHVVIXODJDLQ this year. )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQ contact Bill Dochnahl at 509-521-7388 or Linda Bisnett at 541-377-0123. 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