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Page 2A WEATHER East Oregonian TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Partly sunny and hot Sunny much of the time and hot Near-record temperatures 91° 62° 94° 62° SUNDAY Record-breaking temperatures Very hot PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 101° 64° 107° 68° 107° 70° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 93° 61° 97° 62° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records HIGH LOW 85° 81° 102° (1992) 57° 54° 40° (1920) 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 0.00" 0.05" 0.97" 4.99" 6.94" 7.48" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 103° 65° HIGH LOW 86° 82° 106° (1958) 58° 55° 40° (2009) 0.00" Trace 0.49" 3.14" 4.03" 5.60" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full June 24 July 1 5:06 a.m. 8:49 p.m. 1:23 p.m. 12:46 a.m. Last New July 8 110° 73° Spokane Wenatchee 87/60 92/67 Tacoma Moses 81/55 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 91/63 84/52 69/55 82/55 92/61 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 81/58 92/67 Lewiston 94/60 Astoria 92/63 70/56 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 86/62 Pendleton 84/53 The Dalles 93/61 91/62 91/63 La Grande Salem 84/53 86/57 Albany Corvallis 86/54 86/55 John Day 85/55 Ontario Eugene Bend 95/63 87/52 84/49 Caldwell Burns 93/60 90/52 Medford 94/60 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 109° 71° Seattle 81/59 ALMANAC July 15 REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY 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 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 89 92 78 73 73 79 74 79 85 68 81 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. E=Pay 2ne year 6 montKs 3 montKs 4 ZeeNs E= Pay Copyright © 2015, EO Media Group 2 SALEM (AP) — Oregon Senate lawmakers approved a measure making it a felony to secretly record someone while they’re nude and in a private area. The state Senate gave unanimous approval to the bill Tuesday. It increases penalties for someone who sneaks a camera into a private room and records the occupants without their knowledge. Supporters say prosecutors are often hamstrung by the current invasion-of-privacy laws, which classify nonconsensual recordings as misdemeanors and aren’t harsh enough for the crime. Oregon lawmakers previously approved two other bills aimed at strengthening the state’s privacy laws. One increases penalties for those who sneak photos up women’s dresses without their consent. The other outlaws so-called “revenge porn” and makes it a crime to share intimate images of someone without their approval. Brown signs testing opt-out bill SALEM (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill making it easier for parents to opt their children out of standardized tests. Brown’s signature on Tuesday followed warnings by federal of¿cials that Oregon could lose education funding if too many students opt out. The Democratic governor says in a statement that teachers should be sure parents understand the value of tests and the consequences of opting out. Oregon currently allows parents to opt their children out of standardized tests for religious reasons or a disability. The bill would permit opting out for any reason. Testing critics say the assessments waste class time and are stressful for some students. Education reform advocates oppose the bill. They say testing is an important way to measure progress and raise standards. Panel backs sales tax for marijuana SALEM (AP) — The state lawmakers preparing for Oregon’s legal marijuana program are supporting a sales tax for the drug. A joint House-Senate committee approved a sales tax of up to 20 percent on Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote in the full House. The sales tax would replace a tax on growers that was originally approved by voters as part of last year’s Measure 91. Lawmakers say they’re aiming for a tax rate and method that allows legal marijuana to compete with pot from the black market. Medical marijuana users would not have to pay the tax. Using and growing marijuana becomes legal in Oregon on July 1, but the state won’t be ready by then to set up retail sales. Lawmakers have not yet decided when sales should start. 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Incident commander Doug Johnson says crews along the southwest edge of the ¿re will spend Tuesday completing interior burnout operations. Helicopters will support the effort with bucket drops. Johnson says ¿re lines will be tested in the coming days by a heatwave expected to bring triple- digit temperatures to the region. The lightning-sparked blaze started June 11. It’s burning 10 miles from Cave Junction on the Rogue- River Siskiyou National Forest. Almost 500 people are working on the ¿re. AG says no more time to empty Hanford tanks RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy should not be given additional time to empty the next group of Hanford Nuclear Reservation waste storage tanks, according to state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. Earlier this month, the Energy Department proposed extending deadlines for retrieving radioactive waste from nine leak-prone tanks for one year, giving it until fall 2023 to complete the work. The agency said that was because a recent requirement that required air respirators for most tank farm workers as protection against chemical vapors reduced ef¿ciency by 30 to 70 percent. But Ferguson said Monday the Energy Department must meet agreed-upon timelines for Hanford cleanup. The Tri-City Herald reported that Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons and is now is engaged in cleaning up the nation’s largest collection of nuclear waste. 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. Lo 68 84 60 55 54 57 54 61 67 53 69 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. BRIEFLY Bill boosts penalty for invasion of privacy W pc s s pc s s s s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s s pc s s s s Today Didn’t receive your paper? &all 1--522-255 EeIore 5 S.m.7Xesday tKroXJK )riday or EeIore 1 a.m. SatXrday for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Lo 56 50 49 55 52 53 52 56 61 55 50 53 46 60 52 54 63 60 62 62 49 57 60 48 60 67 61 Today Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today; however, low clouds followed by sunshine in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunny to partly cloudy today; hot. Hi 70 85 84 68 90 84 87 87 93 85 88 84 80 94 62 65 95 93 91 86 87 86 87 84 85 92 92 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. WORLD CITIES (in mph) Klamath Falls 88/50 Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 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: Showers and thunderstorms will extend from the lower part of the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley and parts of the central and northern Plains today. Heat will build over the Southeast and much of the West. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 112° in Blythe, Calif. Low 29° in Boca Reservoir, Calif. 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 90 95 81 85 85 95 93 80 97 84 79 76 94 86 80 89 82 78 88 93 81 95 92 109 99 82 Lo 68 77 65 63 61 76 64 62 78 62 63 59 75 61 61 72 62 57 75 73 65 74 75 82 77 63 W t pc s s c t s s pc pc c pc s pc pc t pc t s pc c t c s pc s Hi 93 94 82 85 85 94 96 79 97 86 72 72 94 85 72 94 79 80 88 89 83 93 88 111 97 81 Thur. 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FomFommXnityannoXnFements ClassiÀed Advertising: 1--62-21 Flassi¿eds#eastoreJonian.Fom To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to ManaJinJ Editor 'aniel :attenEXrJer, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, 25 71 or email editor#eastoreJonian.Fom. Legal Advertising: Amanda JaFoEs 541-27-263 aMaFoEs#eastoreJonian.Fom To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-66-3 sSorts#eastoreJonian.Fom Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook 541-27-267 Msnook#eastoreJonian.Fom COMMERCIAL PRINTING Shane Weston sZeston#eastoreJonian.Fom Groups clash in court over Columbia Basin salmon plan P O RT L A N D ( A P ) — Federal authorities defended their latest plan for mitigating damage to salmon and steelhead imperiled by hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin. In oral arguments in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, the government argued its approach is resulting in more salmon surviving at dams, juvenile ¿sh migrating faster to the ocean and record numbers of ¿sh returning to restored habitat. But conservation and ¿shing groups, Oregon and the Nez Perce tribe, which challenged the plan in court, said it’s deeply Àawed. They said it won’t lead to the recovery of wild ¿sh populations, because many have not achieved the promised bene¿ts and are barely hanging on. Most of the returning ¿sh were arti¿cially bred in hatcheries. Thirteen species of salmon and steelhead are listed as endangered B O N N E V I L L E or threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the Columbia River Basin. The plan’s various iter- ations have been litigated in court for more than two decades. The most recent plan — known as the biological opinion — was issued in 2008 to cover a 10-year period through 2018, and a supplemental plan was added in 2010. It was struck down in court in 2011 for depending too much on habitat improve- ments whose bene¿ts are unknown. The plan’s latest version was issued in January 2014. The groups in court clashed over which stan- dard of recovery should be used to measure success. The federal government argued it can’t cause additional risks or harm to the ¿sh, and it has met that standard. The plan, said federal attorney Michael Eitel, isn’t a plan for recovery. Rather, it asks whether ¿sh will be “trending toward recovery.” This means one year’s P O W E R returns must outnumber the previous year’s, regardless of whether that eventually leads to recovery or when. But the plaintiffs argued the government has set the bar too low. They said because energy-producing dams are the main cause of ¿sh mortality, the plan must do more to protect and recover them. “A growing species is not the same as a recovered species,” said Todd True, an attorney with Earthjustice who represents environ- mental groups in the court case. What’s missing from the plan, said True, is a de¿- nition of what constitutes recovery and when approx- imately it will be achieved. True criticized the uncertainty of habitat resto- ration, which is the plan’s main tool to improve ¿sh survival; other plan compo- nents include reducing the effects of hatcheries on wild ¿sh and keeping predators at bay, as well as improving ¿sh passage at the dams. A D M I N I S T R A T I O N Southern Cross conservation S easement would protect fi sh and e wildlife habitat w The Bonneville Power Administration intends to fund the purchase of a conservation easement on approximately 542 acres of riparian habitat located along Catherine Creek in Union County, Ore. When the transaction is complete, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will own and manage the property for fi sh and wildlife conservation purposes and grant BPA a conservation easement over the property to ensure that the habitat values on the property are always protected. Funding for the purchase of the easement is part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s 2008 Accord agreement with BPA and its federal agency partners. These agreements established fi rm 10-year funding commitments to Accord partners for habitat and hatchery actions. Funding is being provided as part of BPA’s ongoing eff orts to protect, restore and enhance habitat for Snake River spring-summer chinook and steelhead as mitigation for the construction and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will develop a management plan to guide the protection and enhancement of habitat on the property. BPA will review the plan for consistency with the mitigation and conservation purposes of the acquisition. Letters describing the proposed purchase, a map and information describing environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act are available at www.efw.bpa.gov. For more information, contact BPA project manager Dorothy Welch at 503-230- 5479 or dwwelch@bpa.gov. You may also call toll free 800-622-4519.
