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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Opponents criticize Hoyle’s acceptance State to begin new
science standards
of $250K donation from Bloomberg
York billionaire is
shocking,” Devlin
said in a statement on
Monday. “Even more
disturbing is that this
$250,000 check is
an admitted direct
payback for a single
piece of legislation.”
Devlin was refer-
ring to statements Hoyle
by a spokesman for
Bloomberg in a recent article
in Willamette Week. According
to the Bloomberg spokesman,
the former New York City
mayor contributed to Hoyle’s
campaign out of appreciation
for her work to gain passage
of bill in 2015 that expanded
background checks to all
private irearm transfers, with
certain exceptions.
Brad Pyle, Avakian’s
campaign manager, also
criticized Hoyle for accepting
the Bloomberg contribution on
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The Demo-
cratic primary for Oregon
secretary of state is growing
more contentious, as the
May 17 election deadline
approaches.
Labor
Commissioner
Brad Avakian and state Sen.
Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin,
on Monday sharply criticized
state Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Eu-
gene, for accepting a $250,000
campaign contribution from
billionaire gun control advo-
cate Michael Bloomberg. All
three are running for secretary
of state.
“At a time when Repre-
sentative Hoyle is claiming
she will get big money out of
Oregon politics, her accepting
the largest contribution in
the history of a Secretary
of State’s race from a New
Monday.
“The hypocrisy
of Val Hoyle is
astounding,”
Pyle
wrote in an email.
“While
preaching
her commitment to
reduce the inluence
of money in politics
she was accepting
a
quarter-million
dollar check from
a Wall Street billionaire,
silencing the voices of
everyday Oregonians.”
Hoyle has raised the most
money in the Democratic
primary with nearly $855,000
since 2015, while Avakian has
raised $626,000 in that time
frame, according to an anal-
ysis of state campaign inance
reports. Devlin has raised more
than $294,000 since 2015.
Hoyle received the contri-
bution from Bloomberg nearly
a year after the Oregon House
test in 2018
passed the gun control bill.
Cody Chasteen, Hoyle’s
campaign manager, said the
campaign was honored to
receive the contribution.
“I think (Devlin) and
commissioner Avakian have
received signiicant donations
from organizations that have
business in front of both
of their respective ofices,
whether it’s the Ways and
Means committee or the
Bureau of Labor and Industries
ofice,” Chasteen said. “I think
those in our eyes are a little
concerning.”
Devlin is co-chair of the
budget writing Joint Ways
and Means Committee, and
campaign inance records
reveal Avakian and Devlin
have both received contribu-
tions from entities that can be
impacted by their decisions
such as the health care industry
and labor unions.
BEND (AP) —
Oregon schools will
begin teaching new
science standards and
plans to introduce new a
new science test in 2018.
Oregon has begun
phasing in the new Next
Generation Science Stan-
dards, which are used by
18 states and emphasize
hands-on learning and
concepts such as cause
and effect or stability and
change, The Bulletin of
Bend reported.
The new standards,
which replace Oregon
Assessment of Knowl-
edge and Skills, were
adopted in 2014. Oficials
say it’s too soon to tell
what the tests will look
like, but that the standards
move away from memo-
rization.
“Because there is
the expectation of high-
er-level thinking skills
and the opportunity for
students to demonstrate
what they know, we
would expect that the
test would be more than
a straight multiple-choice
test, which is what we
have now,” said Derek
Brown, director of
assessment at the Oregon
Department of Education,
of moving tot eh Smarter
Balanced tests.
Federal law requires
schools test students in
science at least once in
third through ifth grade,
once in sixth through
Corps: Coal terminal violates tribal rights, won’t permit
SEATTLE (AP) — The
U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers on Monday denied
a permit to a $700 million
project to build the nation’s
largest coal-export terminal in
northwest Washington state,
handing a striking victory
to the Lummi tribe which
argued the project would
violate its treaty-protected
ishing rights.
The decision ends the
federal environmental review
of a deep-water port that
would have handled up to 54
million metric tons of dry bulk
commodities, mostly coal,
at Cherry Point. The venture
between SSA Marine and
Cloud Peak Energy proposed
receiving coal by train from
Montana and Wyoming for
5,000 members and one of
the largest tribal ishing leets
in the country. “The record
established, and everybody
knew, this project would have
negative impacts to treaty
ishing rights.”
Like many tribes, the
Lummi signed a treaty with
the U.S. in 1855 in which it
ceded its land but reserved the
right to hunt and ish in “usual
and accustomed” areas.
Project developers said
Monday that they are consid-
ering all alternatives.
“This is an inconceivable
decision,” Bob Watters, pres-
ident of Paciic International
Terminal, LLC, said in a
statement. “Looking at the set
of facts in the administrative
summary, it’s quite obvious
export to Asia.
Col.
John
Buck,
commander of the corps’
Seattle district, said the
project can’t be permitted
because the impacts from the
trestle and three-vessel wharf
would interfere with the
tribe’s treaty rights to ish in
its traditional areas.
“The corps may not permit
a project that abrogates treaty
rights,” Buck said.
The Lummi Nation said
the Corps honored its treaty
with the U.S. and recognized
that the project would hurt the
tribe’s ishing rights.
“It’s great news for the
Lummi, a great win for treaty
rights and Indian country,”
said Tim Ballew, chairman
of the tribe with more than
this is a political decision and
not fact based.”
Project developers had
argued that the most produc-
tive ishing for the tribe does
not occur near the wharf and
that the tribe didn’t provide
real evidence that they ished
or crabbed a lot in the area,
about 100 miles north of
Seattle.
But the Corps said the
tribe
showed
evidence
that members ish near the
proposed dock and did so
regularly. The agency said the
pier itself would impact the
tribe’s ishing rights, and that
measures proposed by devel-
opers wouldn’t minimize
those effects. At a minimum,
122 acres of the tribe’s ishing
grounds would be impacted.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
TODAY
Pleasant and
warmer
Mostly sunny and
warm
71° 42°
78° 49°
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and
very warm
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and
remaining warm
Partly sunny
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
83° 49°
83° 53°
80° 53°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
76° 40°
83° 46°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
65°
69°
91° (1940)
44°
45°
28° (1922)
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
Trace
0.17"
0.33"
4.57"
3.14"
5.48"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
70°
71°
95° (1987)
47°
45°
31° (2010)
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"
0.59"
0.35"
3.57"
1.80"
4.37"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
May 13
May 21
88° 57°
85° 54°
Seattle
75/50
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
87° 49°
Last
5:30 a.m.
8:14 p.m.
9:20 a.m.
none
New
May 29
June 4
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
67/44
75/50
Tacoma
Moses
75/42
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 75/44
63/40
70/47
78/41
76/44
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
77/40
69/45 Lewiston
76/41
Astoria
68/43
69/47
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
79/50
Pendleton 59/33
The Dalles 76/40
71/42
80/45
La Grande
Salem
64/36
79/47
Albany
Corvallis 78/43
80/45
John Day
67/41
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
71/39
78/43
66/36
Caldwell
Burns
69/37
64/30
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
69
63
66
71
64
59
78
68
76
67
68
64
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82
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
65
70
76
67
71
67
83
78
83
76
75
72
71
87
65
69
74
82
78
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
82
86
77
66
80
73
67
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56
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87
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Lo
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78
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55
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WINDS
Medford
82/46
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
68/35
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Plenty of sun today; pleas-
ant. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
today; warmer across the north and in
central parts.
Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine
today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine
tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: A shower in the area
today, but a passing shower near the Idaho
border.
Cascades: Mostly sunny today; pleasant in
central parts. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun
tomorrow.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today;
pleasant at the coast. Mainly clear tonight.
Today
Wednesday
N 3-6
NNW 4-8
S 3-6
SSW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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ninth grade and once in
10th through 12th grade.
That will continue under
the new federal education
law.
The science standards
pair with the state’s
Smarter Balanced tests
for English language arts
and math, which debuted
last year. Previously,
schools used the old test
for science.
Oregon Department of
Education oficials said
the delay between the
new standards and intro-
ducing the test is typical.
Brown said the new
science standards have
not faced as much push-
back as Common Core,
but with Common Core
the conversation shifted
to the negative as schools
came closer to handing
out an assessment.
Though students are
still taking the Oregon
Assessment of Knowl-
edge tests, Paciic Crest
Middle School science
teacher Sara Trakselis,
of Bend, said she won’t
focus on the results.
Instead she has been
developing tests for the
new standards, where
students must interpret
data, investigate patterns,
create models and ind
explanations.
“They’re harder to
write and they’re harder
to grade, but they’re
better for the kids,” she
said.
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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National Summary: A few showers and thunderstorms will move into the mid-Atlantic
today. Steady rain and storms are expected across the northern Plains and Ohio Valley.
Spottier storms will fire across the Plains and South.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 94° in Cotulla, Texas
Low 19° in Spincich Lake, Mich.
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
78
84
54
58
43
85
67
66
85
80
65
62
94
64
57
87
66
64
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73
86
79
86
85
71
Lo
52
65
47
50
40
66
41
50
66
60
52
55
72
40
51
58
41
48
70
70
61
63
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65
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Wed.
Hi
77
87
58
67
57
88
71
63
89
79
68
70
88
59
69
90
73
69
81
86
80
88
77
88
88
75
Lo
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67
50
54
37
66
50
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67
61
57
55
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54
60
49
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70
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Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
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Lo
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46
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66
71
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68
42
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Wed.
Hi
83
88
86
59
64
86
86
71
85
64
69
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70
83
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76
87
84
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92
67
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Lo
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71
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58
48
54
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48
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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