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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Mostly sunny and pleasant Sunny to partly cloudy and nice 77° 53° 80° 54° SUNDAY MONDAY Not as warm with a shower Today TUESDAY Pleasant and warmer Some sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 69° 46° 72° 47° 82° 52° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 86° 58° 82° 53° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 71° 74° 98° (1909) 57° 50° 35° (1919) 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 0.03" 0.03" 0.06" 9.18" 5.54" 6.57" Corvallis 78/50 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 77° 76° 102° (1986) 58° 51° 34° (1984) June 9 New 5:09 a.m. 8:38 p.m. 1:56 p.m. 2:06 a.m. First June 17 June 23 June 30 Bend 76/47 Caldwell 82/54 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 63 75 76 62 77 73 76 77 82 78 79 75 73 88 60 63 83 83 77 76 80 76 73 74 73 80 82 Lo 50 43 47 50 45 45 49 49 53 54 44 49 47 57 49 53 54 51 53 54 45 51 52 46 53 59 54 W pc s s pc s s pc s s s s s s s pc pc s s s pc s pc pc s pc s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 60 81 76 61 82 79 68 78 86 82 78 80 77 84 58 60 91 88 80 70 78 69 81 76 68 83 85 Lo 48 49 48 49 45 51 47 51 58 53 46 54 51 53 48 51 60 54 54 50 43 49 58 48 48 59 52 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc s s pc pc s s s pc t pc s s pc pc pc s s pc pc pc pc pc pc s s WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 74 90 76 75 78 48 82 78 78 64 82 Lo 51 82 59 55 56 38 58 58 58 54 63 W pc t s t pc sh t s pc pc pc Sat. Hi 84 89 82 68 80 52 68 79 79 63 78 Lo 55 81 61 50 54 39 49 60 57 52 62 W s t s pc pc sh pc s s pc s WINDS Medford 88/57 0.01" 0.01" 0.03" 6.32" 4.23" 5.14" SUN AND MOON John Day 78/54 Ontario 83/54 Burns 77/45 PRECIPITATION Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Albany 75/49 Eugene 76/49 TEMPERATURE 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 87° 52° Spokane Wenatchee 73/52 77/54 Tacoma Moses 71/49 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 79/53 71/52 63/51 70/48 82/54 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 70/52 80/59 Lewiston 82/51 Astoria 80/54 63/50 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 76/54 Pendleton 73/45 The Dalles 82/53 77/53 84/57 La Grande Salem 75/49 76/51 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 78° 47° Seattle 72/53 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 75° 48° Friday, June 2, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 79/44 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny and warmer today; pleasant. Partly cloudy tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow. Western Washington: Clouds breaking for some sun today with a passing shower. Partly cloudy tonight. Saturday WSW 6-12 W 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds giving way to sun today; a shower in spots across the north. Today WSW 6-12 W 4-8 Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partial sunshine tomorrow. Cascades: Warmer today. Partly sunny; pleasant in the south with plenty of sun- shine. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; sunshine elsewhere. 2 5 7 211 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. 5 2 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? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — 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 Permanent ban on suction dredging passes Oregon House and other heavy metals. Sand, silt and other fine material are discharged into the water. Wild-salmon advocates say the process damages spawning grounds and rearing habitat. Miners have argued current laws already protect salmon habitat and that no peer-reviewed study on suction dredging proves it ruins salmon habitats exists. The bill would make permanent 2016’s temporary ban on suction dredging within creeks and rivers deemed “essential salmon habitat.” The bill also bans dredging in habitat of Pacific lamprey, which are also present in the Rogue Basin. In 2013, the Legislature passed a bill detailing new dredging restrictions, capping the number of dredging permits offered annually in Oregon and limiting some of the times, locations and manner for how dredgers operate. It was designed to expire at the end of 2015 to give the Legislature time to grapple with permanent rules, which are now on the horizon. Salmon and stream BRIEFLY Oregon Senate backs use of red-light cameras to catch speeders SALEM (AP) — The Oregon Senate has approved a bill that would let cities use red-light cameras to also identify speeders. The Register-Guard reports the Senate passed the bill 18-10 on Wednesday. The bill now heads to Gov. Kate Brown for her signature. Portland, Salem, Medford and Madras are among the cities in Oregon that use red-light cameras. The city of Eugene signed onto a letter in support of the bill, but doesn’t currently use such cameras. Beaverton officials led the effort to get the bill approved. The city found that in one year, 90,000 vehicles passed through their four red light cameras traveling at least 10 mph faster than the posted speed limit. In a separate transportation-safety measure, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the state Senate approved a bill that would allow Portland to lower residential street speed limits from 25 mph to 20 mph. Family of suspect in Portland stabbing offers condolences PORTLAND (AP) — Relatives of a man accused of stabbing two men to death who tried to defend two women from an anti-Muslim rant have offered their condolences to the victims’ families. In a letter, Jeremy Christian’s family expressed sympathy to the slain men’s loved ones; to the young women who were harassed on a light-rail train; and to those who tried to protect them. The family said in a statement Thursday that they abhor violence, racism and bigotry and can’t begin to understand the senseless act. Prosecutors say Christian focused his racist tirade last Friday on two teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab. After the girls moved away from Christian, he got into a confrontation with other passengers. Prosecutors say he fatally stabbed two men and wounded a third. Portland driver who shot 8-year-old pleads guilty PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland man who shot an 8-year-old girl in the ankle during a fit of road rage has pleaded guilty to assault and unlawful use of a weapon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports 32-year-old Joshua Constantine will receive a five-year prison term at next week’s sentencing. Police said Constantine was on Interstate 84 last December when he began tailgating, darting in and out of traffic and forcing other vehicles to veer off the freeway. The girl’s mother drove up to Constantine’s van to get his license plate while an adult passenger took cellphone video. Constantine fired one shot into the car. The girl’s mother drove the 8-year-old to a hospital for treatment. After the hearing, Constantine said he was sorry for what happened and glad the child recovered. Woman who hoarded cats in car pleads guilty to neglect ASTORIA (AP) — A woman found by Oregon police with more than 40 cats in her car has pleaded guilty to animal neglect. The Daily Astorian reports -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain advocates see the measure as a good way of protecting wild salmon while still allowing dredging in places such as eastern Oregon. “We think it really is a compromise that protects rivers but not at the total expense of suction-dredge mining, which can still occur in rivers in the rest of the state,” said Stacey Detwiler, conservation director for the Ashland- based Rogue Riverkeeper. Rick Barclay, of the Galice Mining District and a dredging supporter, could not be reached for comment. 58-year-old Kathryn St. Clare of Lake Stevens, Washington, accepted a plea agreement Wednesday in which she was sentenced to probation. St. Clare was arrested in April after a police officer in Warrenton spotted her pouring antifreeze into a car outside a supermarket. St. Clare said she was purchasing cat food and litter from the store. Inside the vehicle she was hoarding 41 cats and the remains of one that had died. Since the arrest, more cats have died while others have given birth. The Clatsop County Animal Shelter is having an adoption event Friday. St. Clare has a prior conviction in Snohomish County, Washington, where authorities found her hoarding more than 100 cats in a recreational trailer. 14-year-old Oregon boy charged with sexual harassment ROSEBURG (AP) — A middle school student in Oregon has been charged with 10 counts of sexual harassment after being accused of groping female classmates. The News-Review reports the 14-year-old boy was removed from Freemont Middle School following the charges. Police say the boy groped an underage girl on a recent field trip. While investigating the incident, police discovered the boy is accused of groping several other girls since January. They say he is accused of trying to play it off as a joke. The boy also is accused of sending lewd text messages and picture messages to a student. That incident has led to an additional charge of telephonic harassment. 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: A mosaic of drenching showers and locally gusty thunderstorms will extend from the northern Plains to Texas and eastward across the Gulf Coast states today. Storms will dot the Rockies and the Northeast. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 98° in Needles, Calif. Low 24° in Bodie State Park, Calif. 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Advertising Director: Marissa Williams 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 • Danni Halladay 541-278-2683 • dhalladay@eastoregonian.com • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Angela Treadwell 541-966-0827 • atreadwell@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group SALEM (AP) — Suction dredge mining could be permanently banned from Western Oregon’s wild salmon habitat under a bill that has passed the Oregon House. The bill creating stream protection passed Wednesday and is awaiting Gov. Kate Brown’s pledged signature, The Mail Tribune reported. Suction dredging uses floating vacuums to suck gravel from a stream bottoms. Material vacuumed by the dredges then go through sluices so miners can strain out gold -10s Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 • fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers in at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. 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 $8.2 billion education proposal moves forward SALEM (AP) — An $8.2 billion proposal to fund Oregon’s K-12 education system cleared its first hurdle in Salem on Thursday — the biggest school budget to-date and the state’s single-largest obligation for the 2017-19 budget. The funding figure represents the state’s share of the K-12 budget, known as the State School Fund, the biggest source of school district funding that comes directly from state household, business and property taxes. As lawmakers are in a gridlock over how to close an upcoming $1.4 billion short- fall that jeopardizes health care for 350,000 Medicaid expansion recipients, this week’s education funding proposal is a 9 percent overall jump, or a $830 million increase, from the current budget schools are working with today, although the final numbers are subject to change. Still, some of the state’s 197 school districts say they need at least another $200 million to avoid teacher layoffs and other cuts. Even then, educators say Oregon schools are still underfunded by about $2 billion per biennium — a figure derived from the so-called Quality Education Model, or QEM, which is the state’s metric for determining what’s “adequate and equitable” school funding. The QEM estimates have been major drivers behind controversial proposals to boost taxes on businesses, both at the ballot last year through the failed Measure 97 initiative and a similar package backed by Democrats in Salem that is currently in limbo. The preliminary State School Fund proposal, Senate Bill 5517, prompted oppo- sition from Democrat Rep. Diego Hernandez, a freshman lawmaker and board member of the Reynolds School Corrections 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. District, during the Educa- tion Subcommittee hearing. Hernandez ultimately did not vote on the funding package because, mid-meeting, he was swapped out without explanation and replaced by fellow Democrat Rep. Nancy Nathanson, who helped pass the bill along party lines. “How can we be content with mediocrity? ... We cannot continue to short-change our education system,” Hernandez said shortly before his temporary removal ahead of the vote. With adequate funding, Democrats like Hernandez and House Speaker Tina Kotek say schools could lengthen the school year, reduce class sizes and boost staffing of counselors and nurses, among other things commonly used to measure how well an education system is doing. Within roughly the past year the state climbed one spot to No. 20 for per-pupil spending, according to the National Education Associa- tion, while slipping one spot to 48th lowest in the nation for high school graduation. The subcommittee’s two Republicans, Reps. Julie Parrish and Gene Whisnant, voted against the education package, saying the discon- nect largely stems from the state’s lack of control over how education dollars are spent by individual school districts, where payroll, pensions and health care for teachers and other adminis- trators are the biggest cost drivers. 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