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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY Mostly sunny Sunny and beautiful 93° 57° 84° 49° MONDAY TUESDAY Pleasant with plenty of sunshine Plenty of sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 86° 53° 91° 58° 92° 62° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 88° 51° 97° 61° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 93° 89° 109° (1911) 56° 59° 41° (1913) 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" 0.00" 0.14" 11.30" 7.27" 7.71" through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 92° 89° 110° (1935) 55° 58° 44° (2010) 0.00" 0.00" 0.10" 6.59" 4.93" 5.80" SUN AND MOON July 16 July 23 5:20 a.m. 8:41 p.m. none 12:07 p.m. First Full July 30 Aug 7 John Day 93/55 Ontario 102/66 Bend 89/48 Caldwell 103/67 Burns 93/49 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 66 88 89 64 93 89 81 90 97 93 87 90 87 94 62 64 102 99 93 80 90 81 91 87 78 96 96 Lo 53 49 48 51 49 48 48 54 61 55 46 54 48 57 49 52 66 57 57 54 43 52 58 46 52 62 56 W pc t s pc s t s s s s s s t s pc pc t s s s s s s s s s s NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. Hi 67 80 83 65 87 81 79 83 88 86 86 83 79 91 62 64 93 87 84 77 84 79 80 80 75 87 85 Lo 51 42 45 51 46 43 47 47 51 52 46 46 43 55 47 50 59 49 49 54 41 51 53 42 51 57 53 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s s pc s s s s s s s s s s pc pc s s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Hi 90 90 91 73 74 76 78 88 84 64 89 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 75 82 66 65 51 62 61 68 77 45 79 W t c s c pc c pc s r pc s Sun. Hi 94 88 93 78 72 74 83 90 84 62 90 Lo 75 80 69 57 53 54 62 65 77 49 79 W pc t s pc pc r s s t s pc WINDS Medford 94/57 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 Albany 81/50 Eugene 81/48 TEMPERATURE Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New 96° 65° Spokane Wenatchee 91/58 91/61 Tacoma Moses 75/50 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 97/57 88/53 66/52 74/49 96/56 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 75/52 96/62 Lewiston 99/59 Astoria 96/61 66/53 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 80/54 Pendleton 89/48 The Dalles 97/61 93/57 87/59 La Grande Salem 90/54 81/52 Corvallis 81/49 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 95° 63° Seattle 75/53 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 90° 56° Today WEDNESDAY Brilliant sunshine Saturday, July 15, 2017 Today Sunday WSW 8-16 W 7-14 WSW 6-12 W 6-12 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 87/46 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Clouds giving way to some sun today. Partly cloudy tonight. Eastern Washington: Sunshine and patchy clouds today. Mainly clear tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny and hot today; a stray thunderstorm in the upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine today, but clouds breaking for some sun at the coast. Cascades: Sunny today; pleasant across the north. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Northern California: Clouds breaking at the coast today; hot in central parts. Mostly sunny elsewhere. 1 4 7 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. 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? 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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 91 88 84 88 97 87 102 75 94 83 82 78 92 87 83 86 74 84 87 91 80 93 87 112 89 88 Lo 67 71 70 67 69 72 67 65 76 63 67 65 77 60 65 71 58 56 74 75 62 74 65 88 71 67 W pc t pc pc pc t s sh t pc s s t pc s t t pc pc t s pc s pc t 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 Ethics investigation of Kitzhaber, Hayes to move forward By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Ethics Commission will pursue an official investi- gation of former Gov. John Kitzhaber and first lady Cylvia Hayes. The commission vote, taken in a meeting closed to the public as provided by Oregon law, was based on a preliminary review report and recommendation by ethics commission investigator Marie Scheffers. The investigator reported “there appears to be a substan- tial objective basis” to believe that Kitzhaber and Hayes may have violated state govern- ment ethics law. The vote to pursue an official investigation was unanimous, 7-to-0, said Ron Bersin, executive director of the ethics commission. The watchdog agency in February 2015 had suspended a preliminary review of three complaints of alleged ethics violations against the couple, triggered by pending state and federal investigations. The allegations concerned use of the public office for profit, conflict of interest and inappropriate acceptance of gifts. Janet Hoffman, Kitzhaber’s lawyer, wrote in a July 12 letter to the commission that the preliminary review report by the commission staff “relies almost entirely on news stories based on speculation and cherry-picked excerpts from a handful of former Governor Kitzhaber’s personal emails.” “Such speculation does not amount to substantial objective basis for pursuing an (ethics commission) investigation, and this polit- ically motivated complaint attacking former Governor Kitzhaber’s integrity should be dismissed,” Hoffman added. Kitzhaber and Hayes had been under criminal inves- tigation for more than two years after Willamette Week reported the first lady may have used her position to win several consulting contracts. The scandal eventually prompted Kitzhaber to resign from office in February 2015. The commission resumed the ethics review late last month after the U.S. Attor- ney’s Office announced no criminal charges would be filed against the couple. The state Department of Justice abandoned its investigation of the couple because its statute of limitation had expired during the federal probe. Under commission rules, ethics investigators must conduct a preliminary review to determine whether to launch a full investigation. State ethics investigators have up to 180 days to complete the full investiga- tion and can request a 30-day extension, if more time is needed. The investigation could entail poring through as many as 4 million pages of documents obtained by the DOJ and two flash drives, according to preliminary review documents. Even though Hayes was an unpaid adviser in Kitzhaber’s office, she and other volun- teers are still subject to state ethics law. Disclosures at the time showed Hayes used a desk, office and computers at the Capitol, according to a report by The Oregonian. Complaints further state that Hayes filed expenses with the state, advised on energy policy related to her environmental consulting business, and had staff from the governor’s office make her travel arrange- ments. She benefited from receiving consulting contracts as a result of her public office, according to the October 2014 complaint. An Oregon Business Council grant paid $35,000 to give Hayes her own spokesperson while Gov. Kitzhaber was promoting the council’s interest in the Oregon Business Plan, the complaint states. Lisa Hay, Hayes’ federal public defender in the federal investigation, wrote in an April 18 letter that Hayes made a “good faith” effort to work within the boundaries of her role. “Any errors in adhering to state ethics rules or statutes were the result of confusion with the administration, mistakes and the lack of clear guidelines for an unmarried partner and not due to crim- inal intent to commit fraud.” Kitzhaber and Hayes could face fines of up to $5,000 per violation or as little as a letter of reprimand. AUGUST 8-12, 2017 Tues. Aug. 8 • 9pm Wed. Aug. 9 • 9pm Thur. Aug. 10 • 9pm Lawrence LOCASH The Marshall Tucker Band Tues. Tracy Aug. 8 • 9pm LOCASH U.S. interior secretary to visit Cascade-Siskiyou monument SALEM (AP) — The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon comes under federal scrutiny this weekend as U.S. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke visits it as part of his study on whether 27 national monuments should be abolished or resized. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will be meeting with Zinke, trying to persuade him to leave it alone, and will also tour the monument, which former President Barack Obama expanded in the final days in office by 48,000 acres. Since June 12, Zinke has recommended that the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah be downsized, and that no changes be made to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho and the Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington. President Donald Trump, when he ordered the review in April, called the designation of the 27 monuments by three former presidents “a massive federal land grab.” Brown and Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have urged the Trump Administration to protect the full monument. 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. Fri. Aug. 11 La Marca de Tierra Caliente Sat. Aug. 12 • 9pm Domador de la Sierra Los Canarios de MichoAcan Great White Reserved Tickets ON SALE NOW! ONLY $12 PREMIUM SEATING $20 (does not include admission) (does not include fair admission) CARNIVAL WRISTBANDS $25 (thru August 7) $30 after fair starts Available at: Fair Offi ce • Fiesta Foods • Ranch & Home Hermiston Chamber • Pendleton Chamber Columbia Bank • Banner Bank • Columbia Harvest Foods SAVE $5 when you purchase early! TITLE SPONSOR Meet us at the BARLEY BARN for music & dancing! Call 541.567.6121 or stop by the Fair offi ce 1705 E. Airport Rd, Hermiston www.umatillacounty.net/fair Order your concert tickets and admission tickets online.
