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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY MONDAY Variable clouds, a shower or two A little afternoon rain 54° 36° 50° 41° TUESDAY Clouds and sun, a few showers Overcast with a little rain PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 54° 38° 55° 44° 60° 43° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 43° 61° 36° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 52° 57° 76° (1939) 44° 37° 18° (1965) 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 0.49" 2.01" 1.07" 5.93" 3.89" 3.58" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 53° 60° 80° (1939) 0.38" 1.24" 0.71" 4.70" 2.70" 2.95" SUN AND MOON Apr 3 Bend 50/33 Full 6:49 a.m. 7:14 p.m. 5:43 a.m. 4:42 p.m. Last Apr 10 Apr 19 Caldwell 59/34 Burns 49/26 Hi 52 52 50 52 49 45 55 52 61 52 50 52 48 56 50 54 58 60 54 53 53 54 47 47 52 55 60 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 39 26 33 44 26 25 41 32 36 36 32 31 29 42 42 44 33 34 36 42 29 42 31 28 41 39 34 W pc c sh pc sh sh pc sh pc sh pc sh sh pc pc pc c pc sh pc pc pc c sh pc sh pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. Hi 51 50 49 51 45 46 53 49 53 51 47 51 49 54 51 55 54 54 50 52 51 53 48 48 51 53 51 Lo 44 34 33 44 31 35 43 38 43 38 31 38 37 42 44 46 40 41 41 43 31 44 39 35 44 43 36 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r pc sh r sh sh r sh r pc r pc pc r r r r r r r sh r r sh r r r WORLD CITIES Today Hi 57 71 62 58 80 38 63 68 52 76 52 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 38 57 45 43 53 25 43 48 35 67 44 W pc c s pc pc pc s pc c sh pc Sun. Hi 59 62 65 59 77 42 62 63 53 77 50 Lo 35 59 46 45 52 33 43 45 36 68 43 W pc r s pc pc s pc pc s sh r WINDS Medford 56/42 PRECIPITATION Mar 27 John Day 52/36 Ontario 58/33 44° 36° 13° (1965) 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 54/40 Eugene 55/41 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 62° 44° Spokane Wenatchee 47/31 53/31 Tacoma Moses 52/37 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 57/32 48/33 50/38 52/36 60/34 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 52/42 55/39 Lewiston 60/35 Astoria 53/35 52/39 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 53/42 Pendleton 45/25 The Dalles 61/36 54/36 58/39 La Grande Salem 52/31 54/42 Corvallis 55/41 HIGH 60° 44° Seattle 52/40 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 60° 40° Today WEDNESDAY Cloudy Saturday, March 25, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 50/32 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: A shower today, except a bit of ice in the mountains; some sun in the north. Cascades: Rain and drizzle across the north today; a morning rain or snow shower, then a shower in central parts. A shower in the south. Northern California: Partly sunny today. Warmer in central parts; cold in the interior mountains. Sunday NNE 4-8 WSW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today. A passing shower; only in the morning in central parts. Eastern and Central Oregon: A passing shower or two today; however, dry in the upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Periods of clouds and sunshine today; a passing shower; however, dry in central parts. Today WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 0 2 4 4 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office 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. 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. ©2017 Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper? 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The man is an experienced hiker, but was unfamiliar with the Gorge. Commissioner: Portland council meetings too unsafe to attend PORTLAND (AP) — Portland Commissioner Nick Fish has directed members of his staff to no longer attend City Council meetings because they are unsafe. The Oregonian/ OregonLive reports Fish made the decision after protesters yelled unrelentingly Wednesday afternoon. They wore gas masks, wielded sticks and yelled crude comments about Mayor Ted Wheeler’s mother. Protesters upset by several issues have repeatedly disrupted and shut down meetings since Wheeler took office in January. Fish said the situation has been escalating and Wednesday was the last straw. Woman pleads guilty to assaulting Woman guilty of passenger on flight neglecting horses, PORTLAND (AP) — An goats, llamas Oregon woman accused of molesting a female passenger during a flight has pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge. Heidi McKinney entered the plea Friday at U.S. District Court in Portland. The 27-year-old suburban Portland woman was arrested May 8, 2016, after an Alaska Airlines flight that originated in Las Vegas landed at Portland International Airport. The victim told authorities she had been inappropriately touched by another passenger. Initially charged with abusive sexual contact, McKinney pleaded guilty to assault with the intent to commit a felony. The maximum penalty is 10 years in federal prison, but the prosecution and the defense plan to jointly recommend a sentence of three years on probation. DALLAS (AP) — An Oregon woman pleaded guilty to animal neglect after authorities say she didn’t provide sufficient care for her goats, horses and llamas. The Statesman Journal reports prosecutors dropped felony charges against Donna Dovey in exchange for her pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges Thursday at Polk County Circuit Court. The 50-year-old kept the animals on rented farmland south of Dallas, Oregon. Polk County Sheriff Mark Garton said a neighbor tipped authorities that animals were being neglected. Deputies found 16 horses, three llamas and three goats. Some had large abscesses and were underweight. 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow 50s ice 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Severe weather will focus on the Tennessee Valley and central Gulf Coast today, while mild air surges from the Southeast into the mid-Atlantic. Rain and mountain snow showers will dampen the West. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 91° in McAllen, Texas Low -5° in Clayton Lake, Maine 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 70 74 65 75 49 74 56 44 76 74 59 59 75 62 49 82 19 48 84 82 68 78 55 72 70 67 Lo 43 60 44 48 35 61 37 34 57 55 51 51 56 35 41 54 -8 29 71 59 55 56 42 56 49 53 W s pc c pc r t c r pc pc r r s pc r s s pc s pc t pc sh s pc pc Sun. 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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 Businesses: Paid family leave adds to fatigue of Legislature-imposed mandates By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — A bill to require 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave would bring Oregon up to the living standards of most other developed nations but represents another financial setback to the state’s business community, said speakers at a hearing Thursday at the Capitol. The hearing in front of the House Committee on Early Childhood and Family Supports drew a standing room-only crowd with attendees watching from an overflow room and in the hallway. “It is beyond time for Oregon and the U.S. to join the rest of the civi- lized world,” said Diane Solomon, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with the Oregon Nurses Association. “While many businesses support and offer family and medical leave, the bill is overreaching,” said Betsy Earls of Associated Oregon Industries. The legislation “creates conditions that would make it costly and difficult for businesses — especially small ones — to plan and manage their operations,” Earls said. The bill, sponsored by four House Democrats, would require a mandatory ½ percent deduction from employees’ pay. Employers would be required to contribute an equal amount. The money would go to a paid leave insurance program administered by the Oregon Department of Business and Consumer Services. Employees who have been on the job for at least 90 days would be eligible to use a portion of the benefit; after 12 months, they would be eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid leave for illness or a family member’s illness. Employees could take up to 18 months of parental leave for a new baby, adoption or foster care child placement and receive at least 90 percent of their regular wages or salary. Four states — California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New York — have developed some type of paid family leave program. Paid leave for new parents is available for 16 weeks in France, 15 weeks in Canada, a full year in Germany and 15 weeks in Japan, Solomon noted. About 14 percent of workers across the nation have access to paid family and medical leave at work, according to the Time for Oregon Coalition, which supports the bill. Federal and Oregon law provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for some workers — however, these laws don’t apply to everyone and don’t provide lost income. Some family members are excluded by workplace and economic policies that fail to recognize the nearly 80 percent of American families that don’t fit the nuclear family model of a married mother and father and their biologically related children, said Rose King, a coalition spokeswoman. Proponents cite research that shows women who are forced to go back to work too soon after having a baby are predisposed to postpartum depression. Meanwhile, babies benefit from receiving care from their parents during the first 12 weeks of life, said Dr. Evan Shereck, a pediatrician at Portland’s Oregon Health Science University. “This is a time when children are at their most vulnerable and it is critical to have a caregiver with them 24 hours a day. Unfortu- nately, not everyone has the option to stay home and care for their new baby,” Shereck said. Opponents said the requirement would add to a mounting burden of new laws squeezing money out of businesses, including mandatory paid sick leave and increases in the minimum wage. The requirements would constitute an “unfunded mandate” for cities, coun- ties and special districts, said Mark Landauer of the Special Districts Association of Oregon. One farmer said the requirement would be another “nail in the coffin” of the agricultural community. Lisa Stone, whose family owns a Christmas tree farm in Marion County, said farmers are having a hard time absorbing all of the additional costs imposed by the Legislature. She estimated the requirement would cost the family farm about $7,000. Portland Reps. Jennifer Williamson, Alyssa Keny- Guyer and Diego Hernandez and Woodburn’s Rep. Alonso Leon of Woodburn, Diego Hernandez of Portland and Keny-Guyer sponsored the legislation. “Paid family and medical leave is a basic protection guaranteed to working families in countries around the world,” Williamson said. “As a country and a state, we are lagging severely behind. It’s time for Oregon to prioritize this issue and ensure that a new baby or a health crisis no longer means potential financial disaster for working families.” LET US MEAT YOUR NEEDS SATURDAY APRIL 15 6 PM AT THE ROY RALEY ROOM Trivia Games 2017 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. 0s showers t-storms Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group BRIEFLY -0s 108 SW Frazer Avenue Pendleton, Oregon 97801 541-276-0012 • Fax 541-276-7989 info@heritagestatonmuseum.org An evening of fun, food, and friendly competition Prizes and bragging rights! Build a team and win the day! 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