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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY TODAY SATURDAY Mostly sunny and nice Mostly sunny; warm in the p.m. 80° 49° 83° 56° SUNDAY A shower in the afternoon Mostly sunny and pleasant PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 80° 57° 74° 55° 75° 46° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 84° 46° 87° 52° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 75° 79° 94° (2013) 43° 50° 31° (1916) 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" 0.35" 0.21" 7.74" 5.66" 8.63" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 80° 80° 96° (1937) 0.00" 0.41" 0.17" 5.40" 3.43" 6.32" SUN AND MOON Sep 23 Bend 77/42 New 6:34 a.m. 7:06 p.m. 6:41 p.m. 5:06 a.m. First Sep 30 Oct 8 Caldwell 75/39 Burns 74/30 Hi 70 76 77 65 74 74 83 79 84 79 76 78 75 88 62 65 78 84 80 79 80 82 78 75 79 81 85 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 Lo 51 29 42 49 30 40 47 40 46 48 36 37 38 51 48 48 40 45 49 53 37 49 49 35 49 54 46 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. W pc s s pc s s s s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s s s s s s s Hi 69 79 80 68 78 77 86 83 87 83 80 81 79 92 62 65 81 87 83 82 84 86 80 79 82 84 87 Lo 55 34 48 50 34 44 50 44 52 51 38 43 42 52 50 50 44 51 56 56 43 53 54 39 54 60 52 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s s pc 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 Hi 90 91 82 85 76 54 70 81 84 69 80 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 65 82 65 62 54 46 55 67 65 54 72 Fri. W s c s s t c t t pc pc sh Hi 90 90 80 68 74 54 72 80 82 70 78 Lo 65 80 64 53 57 41 54 64 66 53 73 W t pc s t t c t t pc pc c WINDS Medford 88/51 PRECIPITATION Sep 16 John Day 79/48 Ontario 78/40 36° 49° 30° (1970) 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 82/47 Eugene 83/47 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 77° 50° Spokane Wenatchee 78/49 83/54 Tacoma Moses 75/47 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 82/44 77/41 67/50 76/47 85/46 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 76/49 81/54 Lewiston 84/45 Astoria 82/49 70/51 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 79/53 Pendleton 74/40 The Dalles 84/46 80/49 87/51 La Grande Salem 78/37 82/49 Corvallis 84/47 HIGH 78° 54° Seattle 74/53 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 81° 58° Today MONDAY A couple of afternoon showers Thursday, September 15, 2016 Klamath Falls 76/36 (in mph) Today Friday Boardman Pendleton SW 3-6 W 4-8 SW 4-8 W 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Areas of low clouds and fog, then sunshine today; pleasant. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny and nice today. Clear and moonlit tonight. Western Washington: Mostly sunny today. Areas of low clouds early; otherwise, mostly sunny at the coast. Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny today. A moonlit sky tonight. Sunny to partly cloudy tomorrow. Cascades: Mostly sunny and nice today. A moonlit sky tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Northern California: Sun and some clouds today; pleasant. 0 3 5 211 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 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. 3 0 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 Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper? 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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 80 91 74 79 68 94 75 68 83 87 77 76 92 75 74 91 55 72 86 91 80 89 80 91 93 78 Lo 57 71 63 62 47 73 47 56 73 65 62 56 75 45 56 67 37 58 76 75 63 72 66 68 74 60 W pc pc s pc pc pc s s t s pc s t pc s pc sh t sh t s t t s t pc Fri. 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Advertising Director: 541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com Advertising Services: Laura Jensen 541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • Terri Briggs 541-278-2678 • tbriggs@eastoregonian.com • Amanda Jacobs 541-278-2683 • ajacobs@eastoregonian.com • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Chris McClellan 541-966-0827 • cmcclellan@eastoregonian.com • Stephanie Newsom 541-278-2687 • snewsom@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com 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 Harney County Sheriff says occupiers warned of armed invasion PORTLAND (AP) — The occupiers who took over a national wildlife refuge warned an Oregon sheriff that his county would be “invaded” by armed citizens if he didn’t protect his constituents from the federal government, the law oficer testiied Wednesday. Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward said that before the 41-day standoff, group leader Ammon Bundy and another man urged him to protect two local ranchers who faced additional prison time for setting ires on federal lands. That protest grew into demands for the U.S. govern- ment to turn public range over to local control. Bundy and six others are on trial in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year. All are charged with conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs at the remote bird sanctuary. Five of them are also charged with possession of a irearm in a federal facility. Ward said Bundy and defendant Ryan Payne, who pleaded guilty in July, visited him on Nov. 5, nearly two months before occupiers seized the refuge. The sheriff testiied that Bundy was polite and “an easy guy to have a conversation with,” but the pair warned of civil unrest unless he told the federal government that the ranchers would not go back to prison. “I was told my responsi- bility was to prevent them from going to prison, and if I didn’t do those things, they would bring hundreds of people to town to do my job for me,” Ward said. The father-and-son ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, distanced them- selves from the occupiers and reported to prison two days after the standoff began Jan. 2. Ward said the sheriff’s ofice soon was looded with phone calls and emails from supporters. An email from defendant Neil Wampler said the sheriff needed to protect residents from an abusive government or “see your county invaded by the most determined and organized — and armed — citizens alive in this country.” A second message from Wampler warned: “We ain’t playin!” The sheriff said he’s no cheerleader for the federal government, but he examined the Hammond case and deter- mined that he had no right to defy the U.S. court system. The defendants say the takeover was a legitimate protest of federal land management. Bundy’s attorney, Marcus Mumford, noted that the occupiers never aimed a gun at anyone. Ward said it was “absolutely not a peaceful occupation,” describing gunmen clearing rooms using military-style tactics. Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked the sheriff about a cordial meeting he had with Bundy a few days into the occupation. In a clip of the meeting, Ward offered Bundy safe passage out of Oregon and praised him for getting out his message about government overreach. “I didn’t go there to pick a ight,” Ward said. “I wanted them to go home.” Ward said he arranged the visit after determining at a town hall meeting that most residents wanted the occu- piers to leave. Under cross examination from Ryan Bundy, who is acting as his own attorney, the sheriff acknowledged that the occupation received greater favorability as the weeks went on. “To a degree, yes,” Ward said. Judge invalidates Public Forecast: U.S. slowdown would drag Oregon down joint meeting of the Senate Lehner said. General fund revenue is Forest Commission But the national on track to reach $18.334 Committee on Finance and Revenue and the House economic picture is not as billion, down $2.2 million By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau By SEAN HART EO Media Group Grant County voters will not see Public Forest Commission candidates on the November ballot after a judge nulliied the measure that created it. Grant County Circuit Court Judge William D. Cramer Jr. ruled Wednsday that the measure creating the commission that was approved by county voters in 2002 “conlicts with para- mount law in both the State of Oregon and federally” in a brief opinion letter to the county, which defended the measure, and Mark Webb, who challenged it. Cramer stated the measure was improper and granted a summary judgment nulli- fying it. He said he intends to prepare a more detailed opinion explaining the deci- sion but offered the abbrevi- ated opinion to advise Grant County Clerk Brenda Percy, who is preparing the ballots for the upcoming election. Measure 12-39, which was adopted by a majority of county voters through the initiative process, established Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accu- rate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. a seven-person commission “with the responsibility of managing all public lands and natural resources within Grant County.” The measure authorized the commission to divide public land into ranger districts and to purchase, sell and trade public land with voter approval. Webb argued in his peti- tion for judicial review that the measure conlicted with state law by authorizing the commission to manage land currently managed by state agencies, such as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild- life and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. He argued it conlicted with federal law by authorizing the commission to manage Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land. SALEM — Oregon’s economy remains “healthy across the board,” outper- forming other states in job growth and other indicators, state economists told lawmakers in Salem Wednesday. But the economists also warned that a slowdown in the U.S. economy would likely drag down the state’s economic boom. “Given that Oregon has traditionally very much synchronized with the U.S. business cycle and our revenues are very much tied to personal income, this is something we are watching very closely,” said state economist Mark McMullen. Lawmakers heard the forecast Wednesday at a Revenue Committee. The state’s quarterly economic forecast showed employers in the state continue to add nearly 5,000 jobs per month, double the rate of U.S. jobs growth, McMullen said. “It is really unsustain- able right now how fast we’re growing,” said state economist Mark McMullen. “We’re adding about twice as many jobs as we are workers so at some point this has to balance out.” The brisk job growth has created a tight labor market, which is driving up wages, said state economist Josh Lehner. Retiring baby boomers are expected to make that labor market even tighter, Come for the FO O D & D R IN K S Stay for the PART Y Prime Rib Dinner $20 AUCTION 11 NW 9th St Pendleton from the June forecast of $18.336.5 billion, according to the revenue forecast. The economic and revenue forecasts didn’t address what the state’s revenue would look like if Measure 97 passes in November. The corporate sales tax measure would add an estimate $3 billion more per year to state coffers. If the tax measure passes, the Ofice of Economic Analysis will adjust state revenue numbers for the December forecast. ROUND UP SPECIAL: Real Estate No Reserve bright, McMullen said. U.S. personal income growth is slowing from 6 percent at the beginning of 2015 to half of that now, he said. Weakness in manufac- turing has spread beyond energy production to more industries, and investment spending continues to stay lat. Other states are starting to see their sales and income tax revenues stagger at amounts below economist’s projections, McMullen said. Com e and enjoy M ain St. w ith us! RODEO FAN JAM Book Signing with Rick Steber Non-Stop Party Nightly Friday September 16th from 5pm-7pm INSIDE MAC’S: Extended Round-up hours: SEATTLE’S HOTTEST COUNTRY BAND Preview Sunday Noon–2:30pm M-F 9:30 am - 7:00 pm; Sat. 9:30 pm - 6:00 pm; Sun: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 125 S. 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