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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY THURSDAY Mostly sunny Mostly cloudy with a shower 46° 35° 46° 33° FRIDAY Intervals of clouds and sunshine Mostly cloudy and mild PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 43° 28° 45° 39° 50° 40° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 51° 35° 51° 36° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 48° 40° 43° 30° 71° (1892) -13° (1896) 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 0.04" 0.87" 1.36" 11.26" 7.81" 11.39" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 51° 44° 67° (2014) 0.02" 0.54" 1.10" 7.87" 5.39" 8.41" SUN AND MOON Dec 7 Bend 43/31 Burns 39/18 Full Dec 13 7:13 a.m. 4:13 p.m. 7:05 a.m. 4:55 p.m. Last Dec 20 Caldwell 43/26 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 54 40 43 53 39 37 53 45 51 42 41 41 40 49 53 56 44 48 46 51 45 53 36 38 50 46 48 Lo 45 22 31 43 18 25 42 34 36 31 24 30 29 38 44 46 24 34 35 43 29 42 31 27 44 35 32 Hi 53 38 41 53 37 36 51 44 51 40 42 41 38 51 51 53 40 50 46 51 44 52 38 39 50 46 50 Lo 42 21 23 40 17 25 36 31 35 30 22 31 30 34 40 40 22 30 33 41 24 38 28 28 41 33 30 W sh sf sf sh sf sf sh pc pc sf sn sn sn c sh sh pc pc c sh pc sh c sf sh c pc WORLD CITIES Today Hi 42 74 63 42 74 14 40 52 44 76 56 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 27 63 49 26 45 10 24 34 31 64 43 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 41/24 W pc pc sh s s i s s s pc pc Wed. Hi 50 71 61 42 76 15 40 54 46 77 52 Lo 28 60 50 34 43 13 28 35 38 66 46 W pc c t s pc pc s s c s pc REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Sunshine today; fog near the Idaho border and in central sections. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Snow at times tonight, accumulating 1-3 inches. Northern California: Mostly sunny today; not as cold in the interior mountains. Wednesday WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Periods of clouds and sun today; a little afternoon rain across the north. Eastern and Central Oregon: Partial sunshine today; a snow shower in spots in central parts. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today; a little rain at the coast during the afternoon. Today SW 4-8 SW 6-12 0 1 1 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group Giant ponderosa pine in the Pacific Northwest has died The Columbian/File In this 2000 photo, Dennis Seidman of the U.S. For- est Service measures the Big Tree on Mount Adams in Washington. The 213-foot-tall ponderosa near Trout Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in south- west Washington died last year but its demise was not made public. The tree was estimated to be between 370 and 500 years old. was well within its twilight years. The tree was already in rough shape from old age, a regional drought, insect damage and perhaps years of visitors’ footsteps crushing the soil around its roots. A Western Pine beetle attack that began about three years ago finally killed it last year, Nakae said. -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: Rain and thunderstorms will extend from the Gulf coast to south New England today. Snow and/or a wintry mix will fall in north New England with snow over the northern Plains. Flurries will dust the Rockies. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 99° in McAllen, Texas Low -4° in Monte Vista, 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 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 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 “Champion Trees of Wash- ington,” published in 1996, the Big Tree was 22 feet around and 213 feet tall, though Nakae said it was 202 feet tall in 2015. It wasn’t the biggest known ponderosa alive on Earth, but it might have been the tallest. A ponderosa on the Yakama Indian Reservation, which also recently died, was shorter but considerably stouter and thus the biggest ponderosa in Washington state. The world’s largest known living ponderosa named Big Red sits in Oregon’s La Pine State Park. It is more than 500 years old, nearly 29 feet around and 162 feet tall. Its girth made it bigger, but the Big Tree towered over it by about 40 feet. Ponderosas typically live between 300 and 600 years, Zobrist said, so the Big Tree 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme 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 — 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — One of the oldest and tallest ponderosa pines in the Pacific Northwest has died with little fanfare after hundreds of years. The so-called “Big Tree” was a well-known attraction for tourists driving through the Columbia River Gorge and was for decades the centerpiece of an interpretive site for travelers headed to Mount Adams, The Colum- bian reported. The massive specimen near Trout Lake in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington state was declared dead last year but it was left standing and the news of its demise is not widely known, the paper reported. The Big Tree contained about 22,000 board feet of lumber — enough wood to frame almost one and a half 2,400-square-foot homes. No one from the U.S. Forest Service is quite sure of the tree’s age. The web page devoted to the Big Tree pegged it at about 370 years old, but Jon Nakae, a scientist with the Mount Adams Ranger District, thinks it’s likely more than 500 years old. Nakae can’t count the rings of the giant tree to determine its age because he doesn’t have a sampling tool long enough to get all the way through the Big Tree’s trunk. The Forest Service could cut it down to know exactly how old it was, but agency officials say it’s worth more standing. It survived an untold number of forest fires and the estimated magnitude 9 Cascadia earthquake of 1700. According to the book W r pc pc pc pc pc pc pc s sf pc sf pc pc r pc pc s s c pc pc s pc c s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. WINDS Medford 49/38 PRECIPITATION Nov 29 John Day 42/31 Ontario 44/24 42° 30° 0° (1931) 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 New First Albany 51/44 Eugene 53/42 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 53° 39° Spokane Wenatchee 36/31 45/34 Tacoma Moses 52/40 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 43/33 39/32 50/44 51/40 48/32 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 51/44 46/35 Lewiston 49/35 Astoria 43/31 54/45 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 51/43 Pendleton 37/25 The Dalles 51/36 46/35 52/37 La Grande Salem 41/30 53/42 Corvallis 52/44 HIGH 47° 40° Seattle 51/44 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 48° 28° Today SATURDAY Cloudy, a shower in the p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Hi 40 75 62 64 38 76 41 51 79 68 57 62 72 42 59 54 -13 42 81 80 59 83 55 58 67 69 Lo 23 65 58 52 22 64 26 46 64 52 36 49 44 16 43 28 -21 32 71 52 43 60 33 37 41 49 W c t r r pc pc pc r c r s pc s c pc pc c sn s t pc pc s s pc s Wed. 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David Shamloo, attorney for Luis Garcia, said Monday that instead of being locked up in a federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington, Garcia could have have been allowed to return home and put on electronic monitoring pending his 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. FREE FRIDAY MEDICARE MADNESS Medicare Open Enrollment Through Dec. 3rd Join us for this FREE event! FREE Medicare Counseling & Information from trained SHIBA volunteers. December 2 9:00am - 1:00pm *Bring a list of all the medications you take. For information call (541) 667-3507 or email cherrera@gshealth.org hearing before a federal immigration court. Shamloo says Garcia has a job and is a legal permanent resident of the United States. Salem dumps raw sewage into Willamette River during storm SALEM (AP) — The city of Salem says it dumped nearly 20 million gallons of raw sewage into the Willamette River last week after heavy rains overwhelmed its sewer system. The Statesman Journal reported Monday that the release was legal under state law because 24-hour rain levels exceeded a predetermined threshold. City spokesman Mike Gotterba says the release late Thursday and early Friday prevented raw sewage from backing up into people’s homes. City workers posted signs at both the Willamette River and Pringle Creek throughout the weekend warning the public to avoid the water. The signs were removed Monday when tests showed normal bacteria levels. Fewer suppliers means Christmas trees may cost more SALEM (AP) — Christmas trees in Oregon may cost a bit more this year as the supply of holiday firs in the state has dropped. The Statesman Journal reports that an oversupply of trees in 2015 has led some growers to leave the market, meaning there are fewer trees to go around this year, which could push prices slightly up. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, harvest and sales of trees dropped 26 percent in 2015 compared to 2010. USDA statistician Dave Losh says growers planted an overabundance of trees compared to the demand for them. Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association Executive Director Bryan Ostlund says while supplies have tightened, there is no shortage of Christmas trees in Oregon.
