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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast TODAY FRIDAY Partly sunny Clouds and sunshine 78° 49° 71° 48° SATURDAY SUNDAY Partial sunshine Mostly cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 66° 39° 66° 42° 65° 42° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 82° 51° 75° 49° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 75° 72° 92° (1918) 47° 46° 27° (1911) 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" 0.68" 0.51" 8.07" 5.82" 8.93" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 79° 74° 89° (1994) 48° 44° 31° (2015) 0.00" 0.45" 0.40" 5.44" 3.48" 6.55" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Sep 30 Oct 8 Full Oct 15 70° 45° Spokane Wenatchee 80/51 81/52 Tacoma Moses 66/40 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 81/48 80/48 64/45 66/39 83/46 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 66/45 80/54 Lewiston 83/53 Astoria 84/55 66/48 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 71/48 Pendleton 81/46 The Dalles 82/51 78/49 78/51 La Grande Salem 82/45 72/43 Albany Corvallis 72/42 74/42 John Day 85/53 Ontario Eugene Bend 88/51 73/43 78/41 Caldwell Burns 87/53 83/38 6:51 a.m. 6:39 p.m. 5:26 a.m. 6:17 p.m. Last Oct 22 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 63 83 81 73 78 82 85 78 82 79 82 61 64 88 83 78 71 81 72 80 78 69 80 83 Lo 48 39 41 49 38 46 43 45 51 53 36 45 43 48 46 49 51 50 49 48 39 43 51 42 44 54 46 W c t pc pc s pc pc pc pc s s pc pc s c c s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. Hi 64 80 67 61 76 76 67 72 75 78 67 78 74 73 59 64 87 77 71 68 71 67 73 73 66 74 77 Lo 50 41 35 49 35 42 46 41 49 47 29 43 41 44 50 50 50 48 48 51 33 48 46 37 51 51 41 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c pc pc c s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc c c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 71 81 79 66 71 48 75 77 74 70 80 Lo 48 73 61 50 54 46 52 56 62 56 67 W s r s r t c s s c r r Fri. Hi 76 82 80 63 73 57 62 76 74 66 73 Lo 54 76 62 50 54 50 48 60 61 56 68 W s pc s sh t r t pc c sh pc WINDS Medford 82/48 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 70° 42° Seattle 65/47 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 70° 38° Today MONDAY More clouds than sunshine Thursday, September 29, 2016 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 78/36 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. A shower in places tonight, except a shower near the Idaho border. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Cooler in the south tomorrow. Northern California: Low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast today; sunny elsewhere. Friday WSW 6-12 NW 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today. Partly cloudy tonight; a passing shower in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunshine and patchy clouds today; very warm in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Today SW 3-6 WNW 4-8 0 2 4 211 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. 2 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? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 4 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 -10s showers t-storms SALEM — Following recent reports of a public ofi- cial using his ofice to solicit a campaign contribution, Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, submitted legislation Monday seeking to make it explicitly clear that public ofices may not be used for campaign purposes under Oregon’s ethics statutes. Barreto’s legislative concept seeks to clarify and strengthen existing Oregon ethics laws and make clear that public oficials may not use state funds, employees, resources, time, computer systems or anything that might otherwise be consid- ered a public asset for any election campaign purpose, including fundraising. Barreto’s drafted bill request speciically cites using a state email account to solicit a campaign contribution as an action that should be prohibited under state ethics laws. “Recent events have made clear that Oregon’s ethics laws do not go for enough in preventing elected oficials from using their oficial ofices Barreto for campaign purposes,” Barreto said. “This legislation will help clarify the laws already on the books and make sure that our ethical standards relect the expec- tations of the Oregonians we were sworn to serve.” Coordinating fundraisers and soliciting campaign contributions through an oficial public ofice is widely considered an unethical practice. Recently, Rep. Paul Evans, D-Salem, was exposed for using his state email account to solicit a contribu- tion to his election campaign fund. Evans sent the solicitation in direct response to a basic request for a meeting related to legislative business. Emails related to the incident appear to show Evans suggesting that attending a campaign fundraiser may be a factor in whether or not an organization requesting a legislative meeting is granted that request. As currently interpreted, Oregon’s ethics statutes do not provide clear rules regarding this type of behavior. Barreto’s proposed legislation would address this ethical loophole and strengthen state laws to relect the expectations of Oregonians. According to a recent study by the Center for Public Integrity, Oregon ranks as one of the worst states in the nation for holding public 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 100° in Bakersfi eld, Calif. Low 25° in Dillon, Colo. 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 82 78 70 71 81 78 87 60 86 71 67 73 77 85 64 83 47 69 85 86 68 88 71 88 79 88 Lo 57 54 65 62 57 54 59 54 69 56 60 61 56 50 60 61 30 47 75 59 56 65 49 69 59 66 W pc s r r pc s s c t sh sh r s pc sh pc pc s pc s sh t s pc s s Fri. 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Hi 71 77 88 64 71 71 83 65 75 74 71 95 61 64 84 81 79 76 73 78 80 68 63 91 72 74 Lo 58 60 76 58 55 54 69 59 52 52 63 74 47 56 64 51 53 48 61 58 67 55 50 65 67 49 SALEM — A federal lawsuit iled Tuesday to stop the Oregon Department of Human Services from placing foster children temporarily in hotels and ofices alleges the practice inlicts emotional trauma on kids and violates their civil rights. The lawsuit, iled in U.S. District Court in Portland on behalf of two children represented by a temporary court guardian, alleges DHS denied them due process and violated both federal and state civil rights laws. The plaintiffs seek class action status for the lawsuit, which would extend the complaint to similarly placed foster children. The lawsuit also criticizes the evidently recent trend of DHS placing more of its charges in hotels, and what plaintiffs characterize as the department’s broader history of “placement instability” for many children in its care. “The state has removed these children from their homes despite not having any home to move them to,” the lawsuit states in an introduc- tion. “As experts in the ield agree, the state’s practice of rendering foster children func- tionally homeless is uncon- scionable. It is also unlawful.” A DHS spokeswoman, Andrea Cantu-Schomus, said in an email Tuesday that the department does not comment on pending litigation. Department oficials have previously said that the number of available beds for children and youth in the substitute care system has decreased in recent years. At least 63 children have been placed in hotels in 2016, with the vast majority of them — 60 — placed since June, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit claims the department failed to meet its obligation to the two children, who are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and Oregon’s anti-discrim- ination statute because of their respective mental health diagnoses. Both Ed Johnson, an attorney for the Oregon Law Center, and Angela Sherbo, an attorney for Youth Rights Justice Partnership, referred inquiries about the lawsuit to Richard Vangelisti, the plain- tiffs’ guardian ad litem. Vangelisti represents two children, ages 4 and 6, as a temporary guardian in the civil rights matters raised in the lawsuit. The 4-year-old, who has been diagnosed with adjust- ment disorder, was removed from a foster home after more than two years there, after she had “very severe meltdowns” or “rages.” The 6-year-old, who, according to the lawsuit, entered DHS care after repeated reports of abuse by her mother, suffers from several disorders, including post-traumatic stress, anxiety and adjustment disorders. She was placed in at least eight different locations and had at least 20 caregivers in her irst two months of DHS custody, according to the lawsuit. Reiterating the claims of the lawsuit, Vangelisti said Tuesday that the condition of the children was likely to be exacerbated by the impermanency of their living arrangements. “Obviously, children in W sh pc t r s c s r s s r s c r sh pc s pc c pc pc pc pc pc sh s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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 oficials accountable. The report, which was released last year, ranked Oregon 44th out of 50 states in terms of ethics and public records laws. It says state oficials and lawmakers have failed to address profound weaknesses revealed by the allegations that forced former Gov. John Kitzhaber from ofice in February 2015. The report, written by Lee van der Voo, a freelancer for The New York Times who covered Kitzhaber’s resignation, blasted the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for being slow to respond to media reports that Kitzhaber and his iancée, Cylvia Hayes, might have used their public roles to proit Hayes’ private environmental consulting business. Barreto’s legislation will be formally introduced at the beginning of the 2017 legisla- tive session. 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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 Corrections An article in Wednesday’s Fall Home Improvement Guide omitted the full title of Pendleton master gardener Jim Willis. Willis is a master gardener through the Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener Program. While in Pendleton, Port of Portland oficials told the East Oregonian that there was no possibility that Pendleton travelers would not have to go through airport security. But on Wednesday, oficials said that Boutique may be able to ly from the general aviation portion of the airport, which would not require passengers go through security. A member exchange story about Oregon’s public pension deicit, published Sept. 22 in the East Oregonian, reported erroneously the actions of Rukaiyah Adams, the vice chair of the Oregon Investment Council. She made an impas- sioned appeal for Oregon leaders to address the fund’s deicit, not pass it onto taxpayers, and she did not break down in tears. 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. DHS sued to block placement of children in hotels, ofices By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau low National Summary: A slow-moving storm will bring a broad area of soaking rain from the Midwest to part of the Northeast today. Thunderstorms will dot the Florida Peninsula and Rockies. Most other areas will be sunny. Rep. Barreto submits legislation to close campaign loophole in ethics law La Grande Observer -0s foster care are some of the most vulnerable children in our society, and it’s likely that perhaps as much as 75 percent of children who are not placed are suffering from some kind of emotional, behavioral or cognitive problem,” Vange- listi said. “And so when DHS chooses not to put them in placement with a family member, relative, caregiver or certiied foster home, and then, in turn, put them in a hotel or an ofice, it exacerbates those underlying problems that the children have.” Vangelisti said that it’s possible that the number of Oregon children in these short-term placements is underreported, based on information DHS has released publicly and on news reports this summer. The lawsuit states another child — not a plaintiff in the lawsuit — was placed in a juvenile detention facility in Deschutes County for almost a month, despite having no criminal charges, and that the Washington County DHS branch converted part of its visitation center in the district ofice so children could stay there overnight. 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