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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY SUNDAY Mild with plenty of sun Some sun, a shower in the p.m. 72° 47° 71° 46° MONDAY Partly sunny and mild Cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 69° 46° 59° 39° 59° 40° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 76° 44° 76° 46° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 67° 58° 82° (1923) 39° 37° 21° (1936) 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" 1.49" 1.45" 3.86" 2.74" 4.00" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 71° 61° 77° (1964) 0.00" 1.21" 0.87" 2.70" 1.52" 3.14" SUN AND MOON Apr 13 Bend 69/39 6:35 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 2:59 a.m. 12:54 p.m. Full Last Apr 21 Apr 29 Caldwell 68/38 Burns 66/35 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 61 66 69 59 66 65 72 71 76 70 69 69 65 77 58 60 69 76 72 73 72 73 66 67 73 72 79 Lo 42 33 39 46 35 36 44 45 46 47 37 41 39 48 43 44 40 44 47 48 37 44 45 38 47 49 46 W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 58 69 68 59 70 67 70 70 76 73 67 70 67 75 56 61 73 77 71 69 70 69 67 68 68 72 78 Lo 42 36 36 46 37 38 42 42 44 46 40 43 38 48 44 44 45 41 46 47 35 42 43 38 43 48 42 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc s pc pc s pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 75 76 68 56 83 43 55 75 73 80 62 Lo 49 67 51 42 51 35 40 52 44 65 50 W s c s pc s c pc pc pc s c Sat. Hi 69 76 71 58 81 42 59 75 67 86 57 Lo 39 67 53 47 47 35 49 54 43 68 53 W c c s pc s c c pc pc s c WINDS Medford 77/48 PRECIPITATION Apr 7 John Day 70/47 Ontario 69/40 33° 37° 24° (1930) 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 New First Albany 72/42 Eugene 72/44 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 65° 40° Spokane Wenatchee 66/45 75/49 Tacoma Moses 70/44 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 74/43 66/44 62/43 70/42 79/46 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 72/43 72/49 Lewiston 77/46 Astoria 71/46 61/42 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 73/48 Pendleton 65/36 The Dalles 76/46 72/47 78/49 La Grande Salem 69/41 73/44 Corvallis 73/43 HIGH 62° 43° Seattle 69/48 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 73° 50° Today TUESDAY Cooler with a couple of showers Friday, April 1, 2016 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 69/37 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny today; pleasant in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Mostly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight, but increasing cloudi- ness at the coast. Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Sunny to partly cloudy tomorrow. Cascades: Sunshine and warm today; pleas- ant. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Northern California: Mostly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Saturday WSW 7-14 WSW 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today; pleas- ant across the north. Partly cloudy tonight. Today SSW 3-6 WSW 3-6 0 3 5 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 52 ZeeNs 26 ZeeNs 13 ZeeNs E= Pay 0 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. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Didn’t receive your paper? &all 1--522-255 EeIore noon 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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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 100° in McAllen, Texas Low 9° in Bodie State Park, 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 55 75 66 77 60 74 67 64 81 71 50 54 59 46 52 64 37 41 84 68 60 84 53 75 66 73 Lo 32 53 52 52 39 49 44 46 65 44 31 36 43 28 33 38 20 22 69 46 35 69 35 56 42 55 W pc t t t pc c s sh t pc sh sh sh pc c pc pc pc pc t c t pc s pc pc Sat. 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ClassiÀed Advertising: 1--62-21 Flassi¿eds#eastoreJonian.Fom Legal Advertising: Amanda JaFoEs 541-27-263 aMaFoEs#eastoreJonian.Fom Real Estate Advertising: Jodi Snook 541-27-267 Msnook#eastoreJonian.Fom Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group 20s To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstrXtKers#eastoreJonian.Fom or visit ZZZ.eastoreJonian. FomFommXnityannoXnFements 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. To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-66-3 sSorts#eastoreJonian.Fom COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-24 mMensen#eastoreJonian.Fom Group drops bid to repeal fuel standard State recruiting By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — An oil industry group announced Thursday it ZLOO DEDQGRQ D ELG WR JHW YRWHUV to weaken or repeal Oregon’s low-carbon fuel standard. The Oregon Fuels Association KDG¿OHGWKUHHLQLWLDWLYHVWDUJHWLQJ WKHODZIRUWKH1RYHPEHUEDOORW EXWWKHJURXS¶VH[HFXWLYHGLUHFWRU 3DXO5RPDLQVDLGLWZRXOGKDYH EHHQGLI¿FXOWWRVXFFHHGZLWKWKDW strategy. “The problem with any initia- WLYH LV \RX¶UH DVNLQJ SHRSOH WR YRWH\HVWRYRWHQR´5RPDLQ VDLG RQ 7KXUVGD\ ³,W¶V D YHU\ FRQIXVLQJPHVVDJH´7KH2UHJRQ Fuels Association represents gas stations and other fuel distribu- tors. Instead, Romain said the fuel industry will push lawmakers to make a 2017 transportation funding plan contingent upon changes or a repeal of the fuel standard. That’s what Republi- cans did in 2015, and they could do so again next year because the Legislature can only raise the VWDWH JDV WD[ ZLWK D WKUHH¿IWKV supermajority. “We just felt the stronger posi- WLRQZHKDGZDVVD\LQJµ2.\RX want money for a transportation SDFNDJH WKHQ ZRUN ZLWK XV¶´ Romain said. A repeal of the low-carbon fuel standard was part of a transportation funding plan QHJRWLDWHGLQE\*RY.DWH Brown and a bi-partisan group of state lawmakers. That deal GLHG KRZHYHU DIWHU WKH 2UHJRQ Department of Transportation UHYHDOHG WKH SODQ ZRXOG QRW DFKLHYH WKH SURPLVHG UHGXFWLRQV in greenhouse gas emissions, which was a sticking point for HQYLURQPHQWDOLVWV The fuel standard is supposed to reduce carbon emissions from WUDQVSRUWDWLRQE\SHUFHQWRYHU a decade through a combination of cleaner biofuels blended into gas and diesel and a carbon credit exchange to reward owners of electric charging stations and RWKHU DOWHUQDWLYH IXHO LQIUDVWUXF- ture. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2015 to make the system perma- nent, and it took effect in January. (YHQ EHIRUH WKH ODZ 2UHJRQ already required a 10 percent ethanol blend in gasoline and a 5 percent biodiesel blend in diesel. “So far dozens of businesses, from a truck stop in Eugene to folks making fuel from land- ¿OO IXPHV KDYH VLJQHG XS WR generate credits from the sale of FOHDQ UHQHZDEOH IXHOV´ -HVVLFD 0RVNRYLW] FRPPXQLFDWLRQV GLUHFWRUIRUWKH2UHJRQ(QYLURQ- mental Council, wrote in an email Thursday. “Oregonians don’t need to choose between clean air DQGJRRGURDGVZHQHHGERWK´ (YHQZLWKRXWWKHEDOORWLQLWLD- WLYHV WKH ORZFDUERQ IXHO VWDQ- GDUGIDFHVVLJQL¿FDQWFKDOOHQJHV Although the standard took effect LQ -DQXDU\ WKH 2UHJRQ (QYLURQ- PHQWDO &RPPLVVLRQ YRWHG LQ December to delay enforcement of the law until 2018. Commis- sioners said they wanted frequent updates on the supply and cost RI DOWHUQDWLYH IXHOV DQG FDUERQ credits. 7KH 'HSDUWPHQW RI (QYLURQ- mental Quality, which adminis- ters the program, also changed one of its carbon emissions measurements last year to a YDOXHIDYRUHGE\WKHFRUQHWKDQRO industry. The industry had threatened to join oil companies in attacking the law, if the state did not abandon a calculation that attributed a greater carbon impact to corn ethanol. Romain said the Department RI(QYLURQPHQWDO4XDOLW\LVRQFH again changing aspects of the fuel standard, after the petroleum LQGXVWU\QRWL¿HGWKHDJHQF\VRPH of the numbers were incorrect. Agency staff could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon. “The bottom line, the program LVQ¶W ZRUNLQJ´ 5RPDLQ VDLG “And you know, it may collapse RILWVRZQZHLJKW´ 0RVNRYLW]GLVPLVVHGWKHLGHD that the program might be in trouble. “The program is working as it should by being updated as QHHGHG´0RVNRYLW]ZURWH Meanwhile, the state is offering PLOOLRQV RI GROODUV LQ LQFHQWLYHV WR JRYHUQPHQWV DQG EXVLQHVVHV that install fueling infrastructure RUSXUFKDVHÀHHWVRIYHKLFOHVWKDW run on compressed natural gas, SURSDQH RU RWKHU ³DOWHUQDWLYH´ fuels. Thursday was the deadline IRU EXVLQHVVHV DQG JRYHUQPHQWV to apply for $3 million in state WD[FUHGLWVIRUDOWHUQDWLYHYHKLFOH ÀHHWV DQG WKH 'HSDUWPHQW of Energy is also offering $8 million in tax credits for charging stations, fuel compression and storage facilities and other trans- portation projects through Sept. 30, according to agency press releases. Brown signs marijuana edibles, extracts legislation look forward to working with the Oregon Health Authority to come XSZLWKUXOHV´VDLG'DYLG0F1L- SALEM — Oregonians will coll of the Oregon Responsible soon be able to buy medical and Edibles Council. Voters in 2015 made Oregon recreational marijuana from the same retailer and purchase the third state to legalize recre- low-dose edibles and extracts for ational marijuana. Starting Oct. 1, recreational use, under legislation the early sales program, under the *RY.DWH%URZQVLJQHGLQWRODZ Oregon Health Authority, autho- rized already existing medical Thursday. The Oregon Health Authority marijuana dispensaries to sell up quickly issued a bulletin Thursday to 1½ ounces of dried marijuana warning the marijuana industry to to recreational customers. Edibles hold off on sales of recreational and extracts were restricted to edibles and extracts until the medical marijuana patients. The Oregon Responsible agency has adopted temporary UXOHVRQVHUYLQJVL]HDQGSRWHQF\ Edibles Council and Oregon The rules are scheduled for Retailers of Cannabis Association completion in early April, Andre lobbied lawmakers to change the Ourso, manager of the medical GH¿QLWLRQ RI ³OLPLWHG PDULMXDQD marijuana program, wrote in the UHWDLOSURGXFW´WRLQFOXGHORZGRVH edibles and extracts in early sales. bulletin. Senate Bill 1511, passed by the “We appreciate the opportunity WRKDYHHGLEOHVDQGH[WUDFWVXQGHU Legislature in February, opened the early sales program, and we the way for edible and extract By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau sales this spring and allowed retailers to continue to sell both medical and recreational cannabis out of one location. The recreational marijuana ODZZRXOGKDYHUHTXLUHGUHWDLOHUV to choose between a medical or recreational registration at the close of early sales, which end Dec. 31. A majority of dispensary owners had indicated to marijuana regulators that they would defect to the recreational market at that time, fueling fears that medical patients might face a shortage of medical cannabis products. Retailers may sell marijuana to both medical patients and recre- ational users and are prohibited from collecting a tax on medical marijuana sales. The law limits the sale of one VHUYLQJ RI D ORZGRVH HGLEOH SHU GD\DQGRQH³SUH¿OOHGUHFHSWDFOH RIDQH[WUDFW´SHUGD\DQGGLUHFWV the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules on THC-concentration DQGVHUYLQJVL]HOLPLWVRQHGLEOHV and extracts. Tetrahydrocan- QDELQRO RU 7+& LV WKH DFWLYH ingredient in marijuana. 7KH ODZ JLYHV QR GH¿QLWLRQ IRUDORZGRVHRUDVLQJOHVHUYLQJ McNicoll said. Oregon Health Authority has been considering a 5-milligram OLPLWRQUHFUHDWLRQDOVHUYLQJVL]HV of marijuana-infused foods, about half of what’s legal in Washington and Colorado — Oregon’s predecessors in recreational legalization. The agency has said it would set higher limits for medical edibles. 0DULMXDQD LQGXVWU\ DGYRFDWHV like McNicoll say that low of a dose would make the edible products less marketable because many recreational users need more potency to get high. A PLOOLJUDPVHUYLQJLV³DNLQWRD SODFHERHIIHFW´KHVDLG teachers to score Smarter Balanced test BEND (AP) — Oregon’s new standard- ized test is a harder test for students and it’s DOVRPRUHGLI¿FXOWIRUHYDOXDWRUVWRVFRUH The Smarter Balanced test measures how students are performing under the Common Core standards and includes more open-ended questions that can’t be scored by a computer. With that need for humans, the state Department of Education is accepting appli- cations from teachers for a pilot program to train them to score Smarter Balanced tests outside their regular teaching duties. The department will host a training session in Salem next month. Teachers will score tests from students across the country, not just in Oregon, for $20 an hour, The Bend Bulletin newspaper reported. 0RUH WKDQ VWDWHV KDYH DGRSWHG Common Core, and 14 states are using the Smarter Balanced test. When the state introduced Smarter Balanced, the question of whether teachers ZRXOGEHLQYROYHGLQWKHVFRULQJFDPHXS often, said Bryan Toller, a math assessment specialist with ODE. It was something other states in the Smarter Balanced consortium asked about, too, he said. “The idea is Smarter Balanced is the consortium, the whole group of states. In my opinion, it’s important to keep the states HQJDJHGDQGLQYROYHGDQGNHHSWKHWHDFKHUV HQJDJHGDQGLQYROYHG´7ROOHUVDLG The department wants to recruit 40 teachers for the pilot program. Last year, Oregon used a company called Data Recognition Corp. to score Smarter Balanced. This year it switched to Measurement Incorporated. In the pilot SURJUDP WHDFKHUV ZLOO EH VXSHUYLVHG E\ Measurement Incorporated to ensure their scoring is accurate. On its website, Measurement Incorpo- rated lists openings for temporary workers to score tests, working remotely or at its scoring centers across the country. Job requirements include a bachelor’s degree and, for those working remotely, access to a computer with high-speed Internet. The jobs are not limited to teachers. “I think it’s good to get teachers’ eyes on WKLVWHVWDQGWKHUHVXOWVKDYHWKHPLQYROYHG ZLWKWKHWHVW´VDLG'RQ6WHDUQVSUHVLGHQW of the Bend Education Association, the local teachers union. “Sometimes the lens of the teacher might be different than someone whose job is to write and score WKHWHVW´ 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. APRIL FOOLS!