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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY FRIDAY Pleasant with some sun A couple of afternoon showers 71° 50° 69° 56° SATURDAY Mostly cloudy, a shower or two Today SUNDAY 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 Mostly sunny and comfortable Beautiful with clouds and sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 67° 49° 75° 50° 82° 55° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 73° 57° 76° 53° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 67° 77° 98° (1974) 50° 52° 35° (1910) 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" 0.95" 0.67" 10.10" 5.92" 7.18" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 73° 79° 99° (1933) Bend 69/46 0.00" 0.24" 0.31" 6.55" 4.35" 5.42" SUN AND MOON First June 17 June 23 June 30 5:05 a.m. 8:46 p.m. none 9:55 a.m. Full Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo W c pc c pc s sh c pc c pc s pc pc pc c c s c pc c c c pc pc c pc c Hi 62 70 67 60 71 69 65 69 73 71 73 70 66 76 59 64 79 70 69 65 69 65 63 66 62 71 69 Lo 54 48 50 55 46 51 55 54 57 54 48 53 52 58 54 57 59 55 56 58 49 57 52 50 58 57 50 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r sh c c c sh sh sh sh c pc sh sh pc r sh c c sh r c r sh sh r sh sh Hi 98 90 81 79 77 63 82 83 79 67 75 Lo 66 82 60 58 57 45 61 65 62 53 65 Thu. W s t s s pc sh s pc pc s pc Hi 103 89 81 74 77 51 84 84 82 67 78 Lo 69 81 62 54 56 45 54 66 64 55 68 W pc t s pc pc r t s s pc pc WINDS Medford 78/53 PRECIPITATION Lo 51 43 46 51 41 42 50 48 53 49 42 45 43 53 50 54 52 51 50 54 43 52 50 41 54 55 49 Today Caldwell 75/50 Burns 71/41 Hi 62 71 69 60 71 68 68 72 76 72 71 70 67 78 58 62 78 76 71 68 70 68 67 68 68 74 73 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. WORLD CITIES John Day 72/49 Ontario 78/52 53° 53° 41° (1952) 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 Last New Albany 69/49 Eugene 68/50 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 88° 53° Spokane Wenatchee 67/50 71/53 Tacoma Moses 67/49 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 73/51 66/47 61/52 66/50 73/49 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 67/53 74/55 Lewiston 77/53 Astoria 74/52 62/51 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 68/54 Pendleton 68/42 The Dalles 76/53 71/50 75/54 La Grande Salem 70/45 68/52 Corvallis 69/50 HIGH 81° 52° Seattle 66/53 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 73° 52° Wednesday, June 14, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 71/42 Thursday WSW 6-12 W 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today. Areas of low clouds early; otherwise, mostly sunny in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Pleasant today with sun and some clouds, but more clouds near the Cascades. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today; a shower in spots at the coast. Today WSW 8-16 W 6-12 2 Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today, except sunnier near the Idaho border. Mostly cloudy tonight. Cascades: Mostly cloudy today; warmer. Plenty of clouds tonight; a little rain across the north. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; sunny elsewhere. 5 6 5 4 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 July 8 211 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. -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries Didn’t receive your paper? 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After settling on a classic Hermiston watermelon slice for the design they used colored rice, moss, carnations, seeds, parsley, wheat and Kermit mums to cover the chicken wire and burlap frame. Committee member Karie Walchli said a variety of Hermiston businesses donated materials and expertise for the project, which helped show off Hermis- ton’s watermelons and new city logo to the west side of the state. “Portland gave the city of Hermiston’s Contributed photo by Karie Walchli This float represented Hermiston in the Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade. watermelon float a warm welcome and were excited to know that melon season is just around the corner,” she wrote in an email. 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 Mayor David Drotzmann said during Monday’s city council meeting that when the float moved down the street, everyone “knew exactly who was coming” before it got close enough to read the Hermiston logo. He said he and the volunteer committee got together after work each week to glue grains of rice and other materials over every surface. “I think they did a good job of repre- senting our community,” he said. “It was a great experience.” Drotzmann said officer Victor Guti- errez, who drove the float, had only a small slot to look out of, so Drotzmann wore a neon green shirt and walked right in front of him to lead the way through the parade route. Other committee members walked beside the float in Hermiston-themed T-shirts. “It was very fun, very bright, very cheerful and very popular,” councilor Jackie Myers said. The float will also appear in the Umatilla County Fair parade in August. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4536. 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Hanford workers report possible radioactive waste vapor exposure RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) Three workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state received medical evaluations as a precaution after reporting suspicious odors and experiencing symptoms outside a radioactive waste tank farm. The Tri-City Herald reports that five additional workers also reported odors Tuesday but declined medical evaluations. They had no symptoms consistent with possible exposure to chemical vapors associated with waste held in underground tanks, according to the private contractor that operates the tank farms for the U.S. Department of Energy. Such symptoms have included coughing and headaches. Hanford officials say no work that would’ve disturbed waste was being done in the vicinity. Dozens of Hanford workers have sought medical examinations for possible exposure to chemical vapors since 2016. Some reported smelling suspicious odors and some experienced respiratory problems. 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Most of the remaining states, including Oregon, have been granted various extensions; several of them passed bills addressing REAL ID this year, including Washington state, Maine, Minnesota, Alaska, Montana and Missouri. Oregon began the compliance process in 2008, but those efforts were blocked the following year when the Legislature passed a law prohibiting further progress unless federal funds were made available. Eight years later, lawmakers are now reconsidering that ban through SB 374, which would allow the DMV offices to issue Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses and other forms only by request of the applicant. The state’s costs of the compliance are intended to be covered through higher fees paid by the applicant. • Speeds up to 100Mbps • Unlimited data – no data caps 60s NATIONAL CITIES Today Hermiston represented at Rose Festival parade By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian ice 50s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 105° in Carlsbad, N.M. Low 22° in Bellemont, Ariz. Real ID bill heads to Senate for vote expired last week and is now in a grace period until July 10, buying a little more time for entering certain federal buildings or military bases where the Real ID law is also enforced. Passage of a Real ID law like SB 374 had usually be enough to help the state secure another extension. Now noncompliant states may no longer get a break, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly recently told Congress. “We are somewhat concerned by comments made by the Secretary of Homeland Security to Congress last week, which would tend to indicate somewhat less confidence that we would be granted extensions, even with passage of a bill,” Amy Joyce, legislative liaison for the Oregon Department of Transportation, told the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee on Monday. “He intends to make a decision this week regarding additional extensions, so time is of the essence.” 40s snow Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group SALEM (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have advanced a proposal that would allow the state to issue state driver’s licenses and identification cards in compliance with federal standards borne after the 9/11 attacks beginning in the next three years. Senate Bill 374 passed on Monday of committee with unanimous support and now heads to the Senate floor. Even if the proposal ultimately becomes law, Oregon residents thinking about booking flights for next year’s family vacation or work trips still might consider getting their passports updated beforehand if need be. In January, the Transportation Security Administration will begin enforcing the federal 2005 Real ID Act at U.S. airports, meaning state-issued IDs that aren’t in compliance or don’t have a special exten- sion will be useless for domestic travel, requiring travelers to instead use their passports or some other alternative. Oregon’s third federal extension 30s National Summary: Showers and thunderstorms will riddle the Southeast, Ohio Valley and part of the mid-Atlantic today. Locally severe storms will extend from northern Michigan to eastern Kansas. Much of the West will be sunny. 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