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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Mostly sunny and pleasant Not as warm 80° 54° 69° 45° FRIDAY SATURDAY Clouds and sun, a shower; cooler A shower possible PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 58° 40° 56° 38° 60° 37° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 71° 47° 84° 56° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 72° 69° 91° (1940) 41° 45° 28° (1922) 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" 0.04" 0.33" 8.25" 4.52" 5.44" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 77° 71° 95° (1987) 0.00" 0.07" 0.35" 5.95" 3.57" 4.34" SUN AND MOON May 18 Bend 79/47 Burns 81/44 New May 25 5:30 a.m. 8:14 p.m. 8:05 p.m. 5:50 a.m. First June 1 Caldwell 81/53 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 60 78 79 57 81 75 75 79 84 83 78 79 76 84 57 61 82 84 80 76 82 75 75 77 76 82 83 Lo 50 45 47 49 44 48 50 49 56 54 45 53 50 50 50 50 53 54 54 54 45 52 54 45 54 58 54 W pc s s pc s s pc s s s s s s pc pc pc s s s pc s pc s s pc s pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 56 79 61 54 73 76 59 65 71 75 60 78 73 63 55 57 87 74 69 60 63 58 73 70 58 73 70 Lo 45 41 35 45 38 44 43 41 47 44 31 43 40 43 44 45 53 48 45 46 34 44 44 39 45 48 42 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r t pc r s t r pc pc pc sh pc t r r r s pc pc r sh r t pc r pc r WORLD CITIES Today Hi 88 87 90 62 79 45 68 71 71 69 68 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 54 76 62 47 56 28 54 55 54 54 63 W pc pc s pc pc c pc pc pc s r Thu. Hi 88 86 78 66 82 47 67 77 76 70 77 Lo 47 78 56 53 56 30 53 58 57 56 65 W s c s t pc r t pc pc pc pc WINDS Medford 84/50 PRECIPITATION May 10 John Day 83/54 Ontario 82/53 39° 45° 31° (2010) 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 75/51 Eugene 75/50 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 66° 40° Spokane Wenatchee 75/54 78/56 Tacoma Moses 73/52 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 81/55 74/53 63/51 73/51 83/54 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 72/53 82/58 Lewiston 84/54 Astoria 80/55 60/50 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 76/54 Pendleton 75/48 The Dalles 84/56 80/54 83/56 La Grande Salem 79/53 75/52 Corvallis 75/51 HIGH 63° 42° Seattle 72/54 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 66° 42° Today SUNDAY Partly sunny, a shower; cool Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 78/45 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Sunny to partly cloudy today. Cascades: Mild today with clouds and sunshine. Thursday W 10-20 WNW 10-20 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today; however, low clouds followed by sunshine in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny today; pleasant across the north and near the Cascades. Western Washington: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today. Rain tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow. Today SSW 3-6 NNE 4-8 1 4 7 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. 1 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. Northern California: Low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast today; mostly sunny elsewhere. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 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 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 4 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 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 7 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 -10s showers t-storms By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — The proposed sale of an expanse of state forest near the Southern Oregon coast was halted unanimously Tuesday by the State Land Board. With Tuesday’s decision, the governor, secretary of state and treasurer rejected a planned partnership between a Native American tribe and a Roseburg timber company to purchase the Elliott State Forest in Coos and Douglas counties for $220.8 million. That proposal had elicited significant opposition from environmental groups, and in the process raised questions about the state’s stewardship of public lands. The offer from Lone Rock Resources and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians was rejected Tuesday in favor of continued public ownership, though the details of how that will work have yet to be determined. The board initially considered selling the 82,500-acre swath of coastal forest in 2015 because timber harvests that provided money for education were declining after environmental lawsuits challenged them. The Elliott State Forest is a state trust land and constitutionally required to provide revenues for the Common School Fund, which helps pay for public education. Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson and Treasurer Tobias Read, each of whom took office this year, initially supported moving forward with the sale at their first land board meeting in February. That changed Tuesday when they both opposed it. The governor, secretary of state and treasurer are not out of the woods yet: They AP Photo/Tony Anderson/Oregon Department of Forestry, file This undated file photo provided by the Oregon De- partment of Forestry shows a stand of trees on the Elliott State Forest north of Coos Bay. now need to find a way to finance public ownership of the forest and generate money for education. Gov. Kate Brown has proposed using $100 million in bonds to buy a portion of the most ecologically sensitive areas of the forest — some estimates say that amount could be used to pay for about half of the total acreage — and negotiating what’s called a habitat conservation plan with federal land management agencies for the remainder. Read last week announced a proposal that would build on the governor’s planned use of bond funds and have Oregon State University pay the remaining $120.8 million of the forest’s assessed value to turn the land into a research forest. The idea is that foresters at OSU would study the relationship between active forest management and conserving endangered species. Brown directed the department to consider Read’s research forest proposal, as well as work with tribal governments to “explore ownership or additional forest management opportunities.” Doug Moore, executive director of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, called the decision “a huge win for all and a reaffirmation of Oregon values.” Although environmental groups, along with Brown and Read, struck a victorious tone Tuesday, the Oregon School Boards Association said last week that its member school districts may sue the board unless the full assessed value of the forest is paid to the Common School Fund. Jim Green, executive director of the association, said after the meeting that his group would “continue to monitor these proposals very closely.” “Any solution has to provide full value to the Common School Fund,” Green said. “That is what we owe our kids.” Richardson suggested a swapping the Elliott State Forest for land owned by federal agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. During the meeting, Richardson indicated his displeasure with the fact that the state was backing away from the sale proposal, and said he thought it was likely that the state would face litigation, but said it was “obvious” that the sale was not going to proceed. 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: Chilly showers will linger in eastern New England and the Southwest today, while rain drenches areas from the central Plains to the southern Appalachians. Severe storms will erupt over the Plains. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 95° in Pecos, Texas Low 13° in Doe Lake, Mich. 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 61 88 64 71 71 90 80 58 93 75 62 65 81 55 63 72 62 70 83 85 77 95 81 82 86 67 Lo 46 66 50 49 48 64 56 46 68 58 49 49 68 42 47 53 40 39 73 70 63 63 61 64 66 57 W pc s s pc s s s c s c sh pc c r pc pc c pc pc pc t s t pc pc pc Thur. 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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 Jackson County withdraws from Association of Oregon Counties By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — Citing a “lack of communication, advocacy and representation,” southern Oregon’s Jackson County is withdrawing from a lobbying organization that represents the state’s counties. The Jackson County Commission will end its membership in the Associ- ation of Oregon Counties at the end of the legislative session. The move that will make Jackson the only one of Oregon’s 36 counties not represented by the association, which was formed in 1906. Colleen Roberts, chair of the Jackson County Commis- sion, said its contract with AOC did not provide a return on the investment. Counties pay dues for membership in the association, which lobbies on the counties’ behalf. “The consensus of the commission was that there wasn’t a cost benefit, and state legislative policy would proceed without consultation nor consideration of the impacts to our county,” Roberts said. According to an invoice provided by Roberts, AOC billed Jackson County for $25,400 in dues for Jan. 1 to July 31 of this year. The source of the dispute appears to be discussions in the legislature over whether Jackson County should qualify for proposed funding intended to boost counties that previously relied on revenues from timber harvests on federal land. According to Roberts, the commission was frus- trated with the association’s representation on House Bill 3374. That legislation is something of a response to the 2015 expiration of the federal Secure Rural Schools program, which provided federal money to counties in the wake of dwindling timber harvests. Corrections The transportation package proposal made by Oregon legislators Monday is $8 billion. Incorrect information appeared in the article “Legislators offer $5B road plan” (May 8, Page 1A). The gas tax and registration fee increases would total $5 billion, while payroll taxes and other sources would add another $3 billion. 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. House Bill 3374 would create a county assistance fund and direct the Oregon Department of Revenue to make grants to certain coun- ties — provided they meet specific qualifications — that previously received payments from the Secure Rural Schools program. Roberts says Jackson County qualified to receive money from the fund under the bill, and under an amended version of the bill. However, members of the House Committee on Economic Development and Trade, which heard public testimony on the initial bill April 5, wondered whether Jackson County ought to qualify. The initial bill said counties that received an amount from the Secure Rural Schools program that was more than 10 percent of total property taxes in the 2008 fiscal year could qualify for the grant program, providing they met other criteria. In the 2008 fiscal year, Jackson County received an amount from Secure Rural Schools equal to about 40 percent of its total property taxes, according to a list compiled by State Rep. David Brock Smith, R-Port Orford, and posted on the legislature’s website. State Rep. Pam Marsh, a Democrat from Ashland in Jackson County, said at the time she would support discussing narrowing eligi- bility for the payments. While Jackson County qualified, Marsh said it did not necessarily need the money the legislation could provide. “Jackson County has money in the bank, has been well managed, has established a library district, people have stepped up,” Marsh said during the hearing. “It’s an example of a county that’s really pulled itself together after the decline of payments from the federal level. I can’t see any reason why the state from an objective, external point of view should a provide a handout to Jackson County.” Roberts contends a representative of AOC “said nothing” on the county’s behalf during the hearing. Laura Cleland, a spokes- woman for AOC, said it would not have been appropriate for Gil Riddell, the association’s policy director, who was testi- fying at the meeting, to jump into the discussion. “It would have been very inappropriate to insert himself into a conversation between legislators at that stage of the game,” Cleland said. “They weren’t asking him.”