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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Mostly sunny Sunshine 94° 59° 94° 61° THURSDAY FRIDAY Hot with plenty of sunshine Sunny; breezy in the afternoon PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 96° 64° 100° 67° 95° 60° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 98° 61° 98° 61° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 96° 90° 114° (1928) 59° 60° 42° (1897) 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" 0.80" 0.26" 7.32" 5.00" 7.88" through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 97° 90° 109° (1928) 54° 60° 45° (1953) 0.00" 0.30" 0.18" 4.94" 3.25" 5.91" SUN AND MOON July 26 Aug 2 First Aug 10 5:32 a.m. 8:31 p.m. none 1:18 p.m. Full Aug 18 John Day 93/55 Ontario 101/66 Bend 88/50 Burns 94/49 Caldwell 100/63 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 70 90 88 74 94 89 88 91 98 93 92 91 88 96 67 70 101 98 94 82 92 86 90 87 80 96 98 Lo 59 48 50 57 49 54 54 57 61 55 52 52 49 62 52 56 66 62 59 61 48 57 62 50 59 67 63 W pc s s pc s s pc s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s pc pc s s s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 72 92 89 75 95 89 92 92 98 96 95 91 87 99 68 71 100 98 94 87 94 90 90 88 87 95 98 Lo 59 48 53 58 51 55 56 57 61 56 53 55 49 63 54 56 66 62 61 63 49 59 63 51 60 66 64 W pc s s s s s s s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 92 92 88 71 73 82 77 86 87 65 78 Lo 74 84 69 61 56 63 56 70 77 51 73 W pc t s pc t sh pc s c s r Wed. Hi 94 91 87 73 73 82 76 85 82 64 81 Lo 78 82 67 61 52 64 62 68 73 45 76 W pc sh s t t pc pc s t s c WINDS Medford 96/62 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 Albany 86/56 Eugene 88/54 TEMPERATURE Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New 98° 60° Spokane Wenatchee 90/62 93/67 Tacoma Moses 79/56 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 96/65 90/53 71/56 78/54 98/63 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 77/58 96/67 Lewiston 99/63 Astoria 98/65 70/59 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 82/61 Pendleton 89/54 The Dalles 98/61 94/59 90/61 La Grande Salem 91/52 86/57 Corvallis 87/56 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 103° 70° Seattle 79/60 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 100° 63° Today SATURDAY Very hot with plenty of sunshine Tuesday, July 26, 2016 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 92/52 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny today; very warm in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Some clouds, then sunshine today; however, areas of low clouds and fog at the coast. Eastern Washington: Sun and some clouds today, except sunnier toward the Cascades. Partly cloudy tonight. Cascades: Sunshine today; pleasant across the north. Clear tonight. Wednesday WSW 4-8 WNW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Areas of low clouds and fog giving way to sun today. Today WSW 6-12 WSW 7-14 2 5 7 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? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery www.eastoregonian.com 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. 2 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 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 5 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Northern California: Clouds, then sun at the coast today; hot in central parts. Sunshine elsewhere. — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 7 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 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -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: Heavy downpours could cause flooding in parts of Texas today. Severe thunderstorms may threaten the North Central states. Storms will dot parts of the Southeast and Southwest, while the West Coast stays dry. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 110° in Blythe, Calif. Low 31° 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 94 90 94 91 93 100 92 95 84 87 84 96 93 87 98 73 84 89 89 85 94 87 111 96 87 Lo 68 73 75 73 63 75 66 72 78 69 67 64 79 62 68 74 55 62 74 76 69 73 70 88 76 66 W t s pc pc t pc s s s t s s t t s t c t s t pc t pc s t pc Wed. 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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 Outdoor School initiative qualiies for ballot By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Scot Heisel/Chieftain Local, state and federal law enforcement oficials gathered on Friday to remove an explosive device from the water near the public beach area at the north end of Wallowa Lake. Authorities remove explosive device from Wallowa Lake Discovered pipe bomb weeks ago By SCOT HEISEL EO Media Group Federal, state and county law enforcement oficials converged at Wallowa Lake on Friday afternoon to retrieve and disable a small device that was discovered under water near a public beach. Wallowa County Sheriff Steve Rogers said a group of off-duty search and rescue members was diving near the area at the north end of the lake “about two weeks ago” and found the device during a recreational dive. The divers identiied their discovery as a possible explosive device and reported it to the sheriff’s ofice, which notiied state and federal authorities. An FBI dive team was then assembled and tasked with removing the device. Members of the Oregon State Police also were brought in to handle the device once it was removed from the water. OSP Explosives Specialist Dennis Wagner from the Hermiston ofice described the pipe bomb as a cylinder “about one inch in diameter and eight inches long and wrapped in black tape.” Wagner and another OSP trooper took the device to a safe location outside of Joseph and detonated it soon after it was removed from the lake. Wagner said it was dificult to estimate how powerful the pipe bomb was since other explosives were used to Scot Heisel/Chieftain The explosive device was discovered underwater in the small channel (background, right) that feeds into the Wallowa River. initiate detonation. However, he agreed that it certainly was more powerful than an M80 and closer to a stick of dynamite. “In my opinion, it probably was some teenagers who made this and left it there,” Sheriff Rogers said. “Our main concern was the safety of the public. There was concern that this thing would be dragged out onto the bank, dry out and then detonate.” The device was discovered just east of the public beach and boat launch area at the north end of the lake. It was in the small channel that feeds into the Wallowa River. 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. Flowers • Candles • Jewelry • Plants • Balloons & More! Put a smile on the heart with the power of flowers. HWY 395, HERMISTON 541-567-4305 Mon-Sat 8am-6pm • Sun 12pm-5am www.cottagefl owersonline.com SALEM — An initiative petition to fund a statewide outdoor education program with Oregon Lottery revenue has qualiied for the November general election ballot. The Secretary of State’s Ofice conirmed Friday that the campaign for IP 67 gathered 93,102 valid signatures, about 5 percent more than the 88,114 require- ment. The campaign turned in 135,538 signatures, but not all of those could be veriied. Campaign leaders said earlier this month they were conident the proposed measure would qualify. “We are very excited Oregonians are going to get a chance to support statewide funding for outdoor school,” said Paige Richardson, campaign director of the Outdoor School initiative. The ballot measure would dedicate 4 percent of lottery revenue — as much as $22 million per year — to pay for a week of outdoor school for 50,000 students and 3,000 high school counselors. State Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, has criticized the measure because it would siphon money from other lottery-supported programs. The measure also would reduce the lexibility of the lottery fund, which has allowed lawmakers to use lottery money during the recession to sustain services, Johnson said. “IP 67 sounds great on the surface, but it is fraught with unintended consequences,” Johnson said. “The bottom line is there is only so much money, and lottery money is the most lexible money we have, and if we are repurposing the money for speciic inancial obligations, we are taking it away from something else.” The Secretary of State’s Ofice has until Aug. 7 to verify signatures for initiative petitions, which were due July 8. The only initiative petition still awaiting veriication is a proposed measure to prohibit the sale of products made from 12 endangered species.