Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (June 22, 2016)
NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, June 22, 2016 Gov. Brown wants annual school toxics reports announced Tuesday by Gov. Kate Brown, who said she directed the Oregon Department of Education to draft requirements for testing and monitoring the health safety of campus buildings that otherwise don’t exist for schools at the state or federal level. Brown’s directive comes after last month’s disclosure of high lead levels found By KRISTENA HANSEN Associated Press PORTLAND — Oregon’s 197 school districts could spend summer break crafting procedures for testing lead, radon and other chemicals at their campuses ahead of Oct. 1, when the plans would be handed over to the state. These “Healthy and Safe Facilities Plans” were in drinking water at two Portland schools, igniting community outcry at a time when the Flint, Michigan, water scandal has brought national attention to the issue. The Oregon Department of Education will discuss the draft rules during its next meeting Thursday, and is accepting the public’s input through Aug. 17. “Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable,” Brown said in a statement, adding that as state-level agencies respond to the crisis, “local school districts and public charter schools also have the obliga- tion to ensure transparency and accountability to parents and communities.” Under the preliminary rules, school districts would BRIEFLY West Coast states meet to share response efforts to oil spills One killed, two critically hurt in iery crash HAINES (AP) — State police say one person died and two were critically hurt when two cars collided in Eastern Oregon. A called alerted a Baker County dispatcher Monday night that a Buick sedan was being driven erratically. Minutes later, the vehicle was involved in the crash near Haines. Police say the Buick was traveling eastbound on Highway 30 when it crossed the centerline, struck a Toyota sedan and caught ire. First responders put out the blaze along with people who stopped to help using ire extinguishers and a bucket that was used to collect water from a ditch next to the road. The Buick driver — 39-year-old Christina Long of Haines — died at the scene. The occupants of the second vehicle — a 40-year-old woman and a 17-year-old passenger — were taken to a Baker City hospital and then lown to a regional trauma center. By PHUONG LE Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington and Oregon environmental regulators said Tuesday that regional coordination and planning exercises such as drills aided in their response to the iery train derailment along the Columbia River earlier this month. The Northwest oficials briefed their counterparts from other states on the June 3 train accident in Mosier, Oregon, at the annual meeting of the Paciic States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force in Seattle. The task force — consisting of members from British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii — collects and shares data on oil spills, works together on oil spill prevention projects and promotes regulatory safeguards. They were in Seattle to share knowledge and update each other on their spill response programs and other projects. Dale Jensen, Washing- ton’s Ecology spills program manager, says the Oregon derailment is a reminder of how vulnerable the region is to oil spills and under- scores the need for states and federal agencies to continue to work together to improve spill prevention and response. In British Columbia, AP Photo/Jae Hong, File David Ledig, a national monument manager from the Bureau of Land Management, walks past rocks covered in oil at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. regulators said they have effectively used drones to assess the extent of a tanker truck crash that spilled diesel fuel near Mount Robson National Park. Wes Shoe- maker, Deputy Minister of British Columbia Ministry of Environment, said drones can be an effective tool to assess downstream effects of a spill. Bruce Gilles, who manages the Oregon Department of Environ- mental Quality’s cleanup and emergency response program, told the meeting that “we couldn’t have been luckier” during the Oregon derailment. Strong winds typically blow through the Columbia River Gorge but not that day of oil. In 2011, no Bakken crude oil was shipped by rail compared with about 2.55 billion gallons in 2015. Washington lawmakers last year passed legislation requiring railroads to come up with oil spill contingency plans; it also require facilities that receive oil to provide the state with advance notice of oil shipments. New rules are expected later this year. California also has a similar oil spill contingency planning requirement for railroads. “What we get out of this is new knowledge,” Jensen said. “We’re always looking ahead. We’re always antici- pating what the potential is and working very, very hard to be as prepared as we can.” the trains derailed, with four cars catching ire. He also said that there are sections of the railroad that runs adjacent to the river, but the train crashed in an area that was farther away from the river. Just several months earlier, more than a dozen agencies participated in a national oil-spill response drill that was based on a scenario where a landslide had caused a 100-unit oil train to spill about 450,000 gallons of oil into the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. Jensen highlighted the dramatic changes in the way oil is shipped through Washington state, noting an uptick in rail transport Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Ofice hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group THURSDAY FRIDAY Sunny Sunny, breezy and pleasant 84° 56° 78° 52° SATURDAY Cooler; a shower in the morning SUNDAY Sunny, pleasant and warmer Mostly sunny PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 71° 49° 80° 49° 89° 59° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 89° 60° 82° 55° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 77° 80° 102° (1973) 57° 53° 34° (1893) 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" 0.91" 0.93" 6.50" 4.99" 7.48" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records HIGH LOW 80° 81° 100° (1970) 59° 54° 41° (2014) 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" 0.41" 0.46" 4.64" 3.14" 5.60" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New June 27 July 4 5:06 a.m. 8:48 p.m. 10:23 p.m. 7:30 a.m. First Full July 11 84° 54° 93° 56° Seattle 71/56 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 76° 50° July 19 Today Spokane Wenatchee 80/57 82/61 Tacoma Moses 71/54 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 84/60 78/50 63/55 70/53 86/57 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 71/56 84/59 Lewiston 89/61 Astoria 86/57 66/54 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 76/57 Pendleton 80/48 The Dalles 89/60 84/56 84/60 La Grande Salem 81/48 78/56 Albany Corvallis 78/53 79/53 John Day 87/51 Ontario Eugene Bend 92/58 80/53 78/46 Caldwell Burns 91/57 84/43 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 66 83 78 65 84 80 80 82 89 87 81 81 79 86 62 65 92 88 84 76 82 78 80 78 75 84 86 Lo 54 44 46 52 43 48 53 52 60 51 43 48 44 54 53 55 58 60 56 57 46 56 57 45 57 59 57 W pc s s pc s s pc s s s s s s s pc pc s s s pc s pc s s pc s pc Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 72 82 70 60 52 60 69 66 72 49 71 W t pc s t t pc t s pc s c Lo 51 43 39 52 42 44 49 47 55 45 41 49 46 53 50 52 58 54 52 55 41 53 51 45 53 54 48 W sh s pc r s s sh pc pc s s s s pc sh c s pc s sh pc sh pc s sh s pc Thu. Hi 98 93 90 74 72 76 85 86 89 65 77 Lo 70 82 72 57 52 60 64 67 69 54 70 W c pc s t t c s t pc s r WINDS Medford 86/54 (in mph) Klamath Falls 81/43 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun today, but low clouds followed by sunshine in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunny today; very warm in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Clouds and sun today. Mostly cloudy tonight with showers. Spotty showers tomorrow. Eastern Washington: Sunshine across the south, near the Idaho border and in the mountains today; sun in the north. Cascades: Times of clouds and sun today; mostly sunny and pleasant in the south. Northern California: Low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast today; sunny elsewhere. Clear tonight. Today Thursday WSW 6-12 WNW 6-12 WSW 10-20 WSW 10-20 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 5 7 7 5 PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a DUI conviction because the driver was pulled over by a Washington State Patrol trooper after he crossed into Oregon. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports that the court overturned the 2011 conviction of 40-year-old James Edward Keller of Beaverton. It found last week that the Washington trooper had no authority under Oregon law to stop Keller. The ruling could send a message that unruly drivers and low-level criminals in neighboring states could avoid punishment by crossing into Oregon. The Appeals Court says there is an exception for out-of-state police to stop people suspected of having committed a felony if the police are in “hot pursuit” of the suspects and chase them into Oregon. Corrections Classiied & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classiieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 • fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers in at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES Hi 98 92 89 73 72 76 82 84 89 67 77 Court limits authority of out- of-state police NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 63 76 68 64 79 73 66 75 82 77 72 76 72 77 61 65 91 82 78 66 72 66 74 71 63 80 79 has been identiied as 50-year-old Chester Newborn, and a woman injured by the gunire is 52-year-old Wendy Mustacci. Homicide detectives believe the Sunday night shooting was in connection with a drug transaction. 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. REGIONAL CITIES Forecast TODAY PORTLAND (AP) Portland police say a man fatally shot in the Old Town neighborhood Multimedia Consultants • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Terri Briggs 541-278-2678 • tbriggs@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-966-0806 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Stephanie Newsom 541-278-2687 • snewsom@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • Chris McClellan 541-966-0802 • cmcclellan@eastoregonian.com • Amanda Jacobs 541-278-2863 • ajacobs@eastoregonian.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge www.eastoregonian.com Police ID Portland shooting victim ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson 541-278-2683 • jperkinson@eastoregonian.com Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 will go by whatever testing frequency is recommended by a federal regulatory agency. “So if it’s an (Environ- mental Protection Agency) guideline, it’ll be whatever the EPA regulations are,” Wojcicki. Information on potential costs or funding sources for those costs was not immedi- ately available. submit plans for testing water, air quality and hazardous waste sites — paying attention to lead and radon speciically — with any results reported annually to the state and disclosed to the community online. The draft rules don’t say how often these tests should occur, but Amy Wojcicki, spokeswoman for the educa- tion department, said schools 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 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 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 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: Storms will dot northern New England and South Florida today. There is the potential for violent storms and flash flooding in part of the Midwest. The Southwest will be hot, but less extreme than late. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 116° in Needles, Calif. Low 32° 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 100 92 83 87 85 93 92 77 94 83 78 83 97 82 82 103 67 77 84 92 84 93 98 113 96 84 Lo 72 73 68 67 56 71 59 59 76 69 65 68 78 62 66 77 49 54 73 75 75 69 73 85 79 65 W t pc s s s pc s pc pc t t c s pc t pc pc t sh t t pc pc pc s pc Thur. Hi 98 92 81 89 95 92 89 71 96 85 73 77 96 89 78 105 76 80 84 94 86 96 92 110 96 82 Lo 70 75 64 63 61 73 57 56 78 65 57 62 76 62 57 77 55 60 73 75 64 72 68 83 78 64 W t s t t s s s r pc t pc r s pc pc pc pc pc sh s t s pc pc s pc Today Hi Louisville 89 Memphis 96 Miami 90 Milwaukee 72 Minneapolis 80 Nashville 96 New Orleans 90 New York City 85 Oklahoma City 97 Omaha 94 Philadelphia 87 Phoenix 113 Portland, ME 74 Providence 83 Raleigh 93 Rapid City 85 Reno 95 Sacramento 94 St. Louis 100 Salt Lake City 95 San Diego 76 San Francisco 71 Seattle 71 Tucson 108 Washington, DC 88 Wichita 101 Lo 79 79 79 60 59 76 75 67 74 64 68 88 54 58 73 51 58 58 83 71 66 55 56 80 70 76 W t pc t t t pc s s s pc s pc pc s pc s s s pc pc pc pc pc t s pc Thur. Hi 92 95 91 70 76 94 91 76 96 87 84 113 72 74 97 90 90 92 96 95 76 73 65 108 87 92 Lo 69 79 79 58 62 75 76 61 72 66 63 87 53 56 74 64 56 58 72 68 65 57 52 80 67 74 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. W t s t pc pc c s r s pc t pc sh r pc pc s s pc pc pc s sh pc t t