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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Partly sunny Partly sunny 56° 29° 59° 37° SUNDAY MONDAY A morning shower, then showers Mostly cloudy with a shower PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 60° 42° 59° 39° 53° 36° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 59° 28° 61° 35° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 49° 55° 76° (1900) 31° 36° 10° (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 0.00" 0.90" 0.71" 3.27" 2.01" 3.26" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 54° 58° 76° (1972) 0.00" 0.63" 0.53" 2.12" 1.25" 2.80" SUN AND MOON Mar 31 Bend 55/28 Burns 50/28 New 7:02 a.m. 7:05 p.m. 2:41 p.m. 4:29 a.m. First Apr 7 Apr 13 Caldwell 55/32 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 60 48 55 59 50 50 61 53 59 56 65 52 49 72 59 61 54 59 56 60 55 61 49 52 60 56 58 Lo 45 24 28 49 28 25 44 29 28 33 35 30 29 45 48 49 30 31 29 44 26 43 28 24 44 36 33 W pc s pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc s s s pc pc pc s s pc pc pc pc s pc pc s pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 55 55 60 56 57 56 60 57 61 62 61 58 56 66 55 57 60 62 59 62 60 60 56 59 60 61 61 Lo 45 30 36 48 33 29 47 34 35 39 41 36 36 47 48 48 36 38 37 47 36 47 36 31 46 41 37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c pc pc c pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc c c c pc pc pc c pc c pc pc c pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 70 73 59 48 78 31 54 60 64 85 63 Lo 35 65 46 40 52 15 37 44 38 63 55 W s c s c pc sn s pc pc t pc Sat. Hi 62 73 68 47 78 26 49 62 59 72 64 Lo 33 65 49 39 50 15 36 43 36 64 50 W pc pc pc c pc sn pc s s s r WINDS Medford 72/45 PRECIPITATION Mar 23 John Day 56/33 Ontario 54/30 32° 35° 19° (2002) 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 Full Last Albany 62/44 Eugene 61/44 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 59° 37° Spokane Wenatchee 49/28 54/33 Tacoma Moses 59/37 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 57/30 49/32 59/45 59/37 58/33 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 61/41 56/36 Lewiston 59/27 Astoria 54/33 60/45 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 60/44 Pendleton 50/25 The Dalles 59/28 56/29 57/36 La Grande Salem 52/30 61/43 Corvallis 61/45 HIGH 61° 41° Seattle 59/43 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 60° 41° Today TUESDAY Cloudy with a couple of showers Friday, March 18, 2016 Klamath Falls 65/35 (in mph) Today Saturday Boardman Pendleton NE 6-12 ENE 4-8 NE 4-8 NE 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today. A shower in spots in the south; pleasant across the north. Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow. Western Washington: Times of clouds and sun today. Mostly cloudy tonight; a passing shower at the coast. Eastern Washington: Sunny in the north, near the Idaho border and in the mountains today; partly sunny in the south, central and Cascades. Cascades: Clouds and sun today. Patchy clouds tonight. A blend of sunshine and clouds tomorrow. Northern California: Partly sunny, a shower this afternoon. 0 2 4 4 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. 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Showers of rain, ice and snow will extend from the Northeast to the lower Great Lakes. Snow will blanket part of Colorado. Legal Advertising:$PDQGD-DFREV DMDFREV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP Single copy price: 7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\ 20s DOJ opens investigation of Mailers list primary options Grant County Sheriff Palmer for unaf¿liated Oregon voters By AMANDA PEACHER Oregon Public Broadcasting When Oregon State Police stopped Robert “LaVoy” Finicum along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the militant was desperate to reach one man. “I’m going over to meet with the sheriff in Grant County,” Finicum yelled to troopers during the Jan. 26 fatal traf¿c stop, moments before his death. “You can come along with us, and talk with us over there.” Finicum had reason to try and reach Sheriff Glenn Palmer. Over his four terms in of¿ce, Palmer has been outspoken about what he sees as government overreach. Palmer met with some of the key ¿gures of the occupation over lunch in John Day in January along with a small group of local residents, but said he didn’t know three of the occupiers would be there. “It was unbeknownst to me,” Palmer told the Blue Mountain Eagle. “I was asked to go to a meeting and when I got there realized who they were.” “He showed up just to ¿nd out what was going on,” said Jim Sproul, a friend and supporter of Palmer’s. “As a public servant, I really respect that, because the man goes to the source instead of taking things second hand.” But the fact that Palmer even met with some of the occu- piers has drawn criticism. “His law enforcement leadership is lacking,” said Gordon Larson, retired area commander for Oregon State Police. “You need to be careful of who you associate yourself with. You’re always going to be viewed with the company you keep,” Larson said. Larson believes that kind of association with a law enforcement of¿cial, e[plicit or not, can lend credence to a group. “When you lend credence to somebody, that emboldens them.” The state DOJ said Wednesday that the agency has opened an investigation into one of the complaints about Palmer, although the agency won’t describe the complaint while the investi- Glenn Palmer gation is ongoing. Evidence of wrongdoing could lead to criminal charges and revocation of Palmer’s law enforcement certi¿cation. Palmer’s approach to the occupiers was very different from other law enforcement, but his approach to his role as sheriff is, too. Most Oregon county sheriffs sent deputies to assist with law enforcement patrols during the occupation. Palmer did not, although he did house Harney County inmates at the Grant County jail for about a week to help free up space and staff in Burns. The Oregon State Sher- iff’s Association made a public statement opposing the actions of the “militia men and women” at the refuge, and called their behavior criminal. In contrast, in an interview with the Blue Mountain Eagle, Palmer referred to the occupiers as “Americans” and “Patriots.” Law enforcement of¿cials in charge of the fatal traf¿c stop were wary of Palmer’s approach to the occupiers. The report detailing the investigation into Finicum’s death revealed that the road- block was originally planned for Grant County, but was moved to avoid involving Palmer. Beyond the DOJ investi- gation, Palmer’s statements about the occupation have some Grant County residents worrying that the ne[t anti-government action might happen in their community. Palmer has become a focal point of the “what’s ne[t"” now that the refuge occupation is over. Some in Grant County see him as a rogue activist more interested in advancing an anti-federal government agenda than protecting public safety. “Sheriff Palmer’s blatant disregard for the potential consequences of pushing his personal agenda over the welfare and safety of the general public that he is sworn to protect is at the very least an ethical trans- gression,” Valerie Luttrell, John Day’s emergency dispatch manager, wrote in a complaint to state regulators. But to many in the growing “patriot” move- ment, Palmer is the lone elected hero standing up to federal agencies and ¿ghting to protect individual liberties. In addition to the complaints, state regulators have received three letters in support of Palmer. Facebook pages and groups in support of Palmer have more than 2,000 members and likes. Even Ammon Bundy, the leader of the refuge occupa- tion, has voiced his support of Palmer from jail. “He has been an e[em- plary sheriff,” Melvin and Harriet Crum wrote state regulators. “As an elected of¿cial he represents all of Grant County fairly and is not beholden to any other county of¿cer, which is how it should be.” EUGENE (AP) — Unaf- ¿liated voters in Oregon still have time to register with a political party and vote in the May primary election, and the state will be mailing reminders to those voters e[plaining their options. There are 540,000 unaf- ¿liated voters statewide, according to Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins. Her of¿ce announced Wednesday that it will send mailers to voters this year laying out their options, which is atypical, reported The Register-Guard. Atkins’ of¿ce says they are sending out the one-page sheets because the Indepen- Jacob Tyler Jones A RLINGTON H IGH S CHOOL Congratulations! We are so very proud of you. Love Mom & Dad 25 . $ 00 Private Party Only Your Name: Phone Number: Graduate's Name: Graduate's School: Message to Graduate: 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. dent Party has decided to open its primary voting to unaf¿liated voters during its ¿rst election as a major party in Oregon. The Oregon Democratic and Republican parties will still have closed primaries, meaning only people regis- tered as members of that party can participate. The mailer tells nonaf- ¿liated voters that they can do nothing and vote only in nonpartisan races in May, join a major party and vote in its primary or opt to partici- pate in the Independent Party primary by requesting a ballot by April 26. Unaf¿liated voters make up 24 percent of registered voters in Oregon, up from 22 percent in 2001, and fewer voters are registering as Democrats or Republicans. That trend is growing larger because of an automatic voter registration law known as “Motor Voter.” It has the state automatically register new voters as unaf¿liated unless they choose a party or opt out of registration. The law kicked in this year and so far, 86 percent of the new voters it regis- tered are unaf¿liated. Motor Voter is e[pected to cause Oregon’s voter rolls to swell by 400,000, an 18 percent increase. Tell your favorite graduate how proud you are in our Graduation 2016 special section in the East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald & share their "Then" & "Now" Photos! Publishes: May 28 th in the EO & June 1 st in the HH Send in your text and photos to cmcclellan@eastoregonian.com or bring to Chris at the East Oregonian office by May 18 th . Mailing address: Attn: Chris McClellan 211 SE Byers Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801
