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Rep. Gilliam, diagnosed with
Survivor of WWII secret escape
ALS in 2015, resigns from House from Nazis dies in Oregon
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon State
Rep. Vic Gilliam, R-Sil-
verton, is stepping down
effective Feb. 1, the first
day of the 2017 legislative
session.
Gilliam, who publicly
acknowledged his “likely
diagnosis” of ALS in late
2015, said in a letter to
constituents Jan. 30 that
“several changes in life
show it’s time to announce
my resignation as your state
representative.
“After prayer, consulting
family and friends, I was led
to this decision for reasons
including fairness to you
my constituents,” Gilliam
wrote.
In an email, his legislative
office declined to comment
further, saying Gilliam “is
asking for privacy.”
Gilliam
was
first
appointed to the seat
in 2007, and was most
recently reelected to the
Democrats, meaning the
majority party is just shy of a
3/5 majority in the chamber.
In a statement, House
Minority Leader Mike
McLane, R-Powell Butte,
praised Gilliam as a
“wonderful colleague and
an even better friend.”
“As a freshman legis-
lator, I remember looking up
to Vic as a statesman, who
handled the people’s busi-
ness with dignity and class,
but without taking himself
too seriously,” McLane said.
“As the Republican Leader,
I came to rely on him for his
counsel, his moral clarity
and his unfailing wit.”
It’s
the
second
post-election vacancy in
the Oregon Legislative
Assembly. Former state
Sen.
Chris
Edwards,
D-Eugene, stepped down
in late November to take a
position at the University
of Oregon’s new Knight
Campus. Edwards has
been replaced by James
Manning, Jr.
position in November.
According to his biog-
raphy on the Oregon Legis-
lature’s website, Gilliam
graduated from Franklin
High School in Portland
and was a legislative aide
to former U.S. Sen. Mark
Hatfield and served on
the state’s Educational
Coordinating Council as an
appointee of former Oregon
Gov. Tom McCall.
His departure leaves
a vacancy that the local
Republican Party needs to
fill within 30 days; otherwise
the governor must appoint a
replacement.
According
to
state
statute, the local Republican
party will choose three to
five nominees in accordance
with party rules, and Marion
County
commissioners
will vote on which of those
nominees should take the
position.
The spot is one of 25
occupied by Republicans in
the Oregon House — the
other 35 slots are held by
MEDFORD (AP) —
Harold Hayes, an Army
medic and the last survivor
of a group of medics and
nurses who spent nine weeks
evading capture in Nazi-oc-
cupied Albania during World
War II, has died. He was 94.
All 30 men and women in
the group eventually made it
out, but it was kept secret to
protect partisan fighters who
helped them.
Hayes’ daughter, Margaret
Bleakley, told The New York
Times that he died Jan. 22 in a
hospital in Medford, Oregon,
following an operation to
remove a blood clot from his
leg.
Hayes was among 13
medics, 13 nurses and four
crew members to board a
twin-engine cargo plane
in Nov. 8, 1943, in Sicily
expecting a two-hour flight
to help wounded troops in
Italy.
“It sure wasn’t something
any of us expected,” said
Hayes in a 2013 interview
with the Medford Mail
Tribune. “We thought we
would be in Italy for a very
short time, then return.”
Bad weather caused the
plane to go off course, and
it was attacked by German
fighters before ducking
back into the clouds, finally
running low on fuel and
landing 25 miles inland.
Brutal winter halts construction in Bend
BEND (AP) — Central
Oregon’s historic cold
temperatures and record
snowfalls this winter are
hurting Bend’s booming
construction sector.
The Bulletin newspaper
reported Sunday that many
building projects — from
single-family homes to large
commercial projects — are
running up to three months
behind schedule, are over
budget and prompting
concerns of possible layoffs.
“We haven’t run into this
in Bend before,” said Jay
Nees, project manager with
Walsh Construction Co., a
commercial builder based in
Portland.
Walsh
Construction
broke ground on a
six-building
apartment
project over the summer.
Nees said the apartments
would come onto the market
in phases. The first buildings
are still scheduled to open
in late spring. But Nees
said some of the buildings
that broke ground later in
the process are one to two
months behind schedule.
Between
finding
materials that work in low
temperatures and keeping
work sites safe and clear of
snow, ice and other winter
hazards, Nees estimated that
the cost of winter weather
on the apartment project has
exceeded $100,000.
“I think everyone’s over
budget at this point,” Nees
said.
Brian Fratzke, principal
broker at Fratzke Commer-
cial Real Estate, said one
adjustment for builders
who come from warmer
climates is dealing with
a more limited building
season. He said many local
asphalt plants close for the
winter, meaning driveways
and parking lots can be diffi-
cult to complete between
November and March.
“You don’t have a
12-month
construction
season; you just don’t,”
Fratzke said.
Tim Knopp, executive
vice president of Central
Oregon Builders Associa-
tion, said builders can often
work on commercial and
residential projects through
the heart of winter, taking
a day or two off as needed.
This winter, however, the
heavy snow and relentlessly
cold temperatures have
made it more of a challenge.
“It seems like every 10 to
15 years you get something
like this,” Knopp said. “I
guess this is our year.”
Following a heavy snow-
fall, Knopp said construction
crews have to shift gears,
using equipment intended
for heavy construction for
snow removal just to make
sites usable.
Nees added that Walsh
Construction has resorted
to
drastic
measures
— including renting a
120-by-50-foot wedding tent
— to keep the foundation of
an apartment building warm
and without snow.
Even more troublesome
in certain cases are consistent
hard freezes. Gary North,
vice president of Bend-based
R&H Construction, said
freezes make it a challenge
to lay and maintain concrete
foundations of buildings.
SALEM (AP) — A
federal judge has halted
cattle grazing in an Oregon
national forest until officials
can review its impact on
Oregon spotted frogs.
The Capital Press reports
that U.S. District Judge Ann
Aiken says annual grazing
authorizations issued by
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
Colder with a little
snow
Periods of snow;
total: 1-3"
29° 17°
22° 17°
THURSDAY
Very cold; a few
snow showers
FRIDAY
Cloudy, a bit of
snow; very cold
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
22° 18°
28° 24°
39° 32°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
24° 21°
34° 20°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
39°
31°
43°
28°
65° (1971) -15° (1950)
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"
1.35"
1.35"
1.35"
1.51"
1.35"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
33°
22°
44°
29°
64° (1967) -19° (1950)
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"
1.40"
1.24"
1.40"
1.10"
1.24"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Feb 3
Feb 10
Last
Feb 18
26° 22°
36° 32°
Seattle
45/29
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
26° 20°
7:18 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
9:18 a.m.
9:26 p.m.
New
Feb 26
Today
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy and
not as cold
Spokane
Wenatchee
31/12
33/18
Tacoma
Moses
45/24
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 34/14
31/13
45/29
45/24
39/22
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
46/27
32/18 Lewiston
34/18
Astoria
38/24
47/31
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
46/30
Pendleton 34/17
The Dalles 34/20
29/17
40/28
La Grande
Salem
32/23
48/33
Albany
Corvallis 48/33
47/36
John Day
38/22
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
26/22
46/36
41/19
Caldwell
Burns
31/25
31/22
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
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
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48
53
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Klamath Falls
44/25
Boardman
Pendleton
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today; a pass-
ing shower across the north during the
morning.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Cloudy today.
Snow, 1-3 inches in the north; rain or snow
shower near the Cascades and in the south..
Western Washington: A shower across
the south today; clouds breaking in central
parts. Mostly cloudy at the coast.
Eastern Washington: A little snow today,
accumulating up to an inch in the south;
clouds breaking in the north.
Cascades: A bit of snow and rain in central
parts today; snow showers elsewhere.
Northern California: Clouds and sun today.
Cloudy tonight. A little rain tomorrow
afternoon at the coast.
Today
Wednesday
NNE 4-8
NNW 6-12
NNE 6-12
NNW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
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the U.S. Forest Service did
not account for evidence
showing harm to the frogs’
habitat in the 68,000 acres of
Fremont-Winema National
Forest.
Plaintiffs argued that
frogs of the threatened
species gather in shallow
pools during dry periods and
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“The pilot made a skillful
landing,” Hayes said. “But it
came to an abrupt stop when
the wheels bogged down in
the mud. It turned up on its
nose and fell back again.”
A 23-year-old crew chief
was the only casualty, unable
to walk with a knee injury,
and the others carried him
for much of their 600-mile
trek out. Along the way they
suffered dysentery, lack of
food, lice, and the dangers of
German patrols and getting
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Hayes, an Army medic
and the last survivor of
a group of medics and
nurses who spent nine
weeks evading capture
in Nazi-occupied Albania
during World War II, has
died. He was 94.
Judge halts grazing in forest to protect spotted frog
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caught up in Albania’s civil
war.
“We were caught in the
middle of all that,” Hayes
said. “Some days we walked
24 hours without stopping.”
They were listed as
missing in action and letters
went out to their families.
In late November, British
intelligence in Albania
learned the American plane
had crashed and those aboard
were alive. American and
British rescue plans were
developed.
On Jan. 9, 1943, 10 nurses
and 17 medics and crew
members boarded a British
launch and crossed to Italy.
Three nurses who remained
behind in the German-oc-
cupied city of Berat made it
across in March 1944, riding
pack mules to the coast and
then a torpedo boat across the
Adriatic.
The escape was kept
classified for years because
some partisans who helped
the Americans were shot by
Germans and, after the war,
those suspected of helping
the Americans were executed
by Enver Hoxha, Albania’s
Communist dictator. He died
in 1985.
“For many years, I didn’t
say anything about what
happened in Albania,” Hayes
told The New York Times in a
2015 telephone interview.
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National Summary: Snow will make for slippery travel from the Upper Midwest to the inte-
rior Northeast today. Snow will also blanket part of the interior Northwest to the northern
Rockies. Most other areas will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 80° in Austin, Texas
Low -19° in Gunnison, 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
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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