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State lottery considers offering smartphone games
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon Lottery officials
are considering offering traditional lottery
games on mobile devices as soon as 2019.
The proposal to launch games such as
Scratch, Draw and Keno on smartphones
is part of a draft strategic plan to modernize
the state lottery and boost state revenue.
The plan was presented to lottery commis-
sioners Friday in Salem.
Lottery revenue helps pay for public
education, economic development, state
parks and natural resources and veteran
services.
“Our focus is on the opportunity for
the Lottery to join the current century and
engage players on a platform they want,”
said Oregon Lottery Director Barry Pack.
“There are lots of people playing games
on mobile devices. Naturally, they would
want to play the lottery there.”
At least 10 states, Canada and European
countries offer lottery games on mobile
devices.
Many states have turned to the option
to try to appeal to millennials who play
the lottery at significantly lower rates than
their elders. For instance, the average age
of a lottery player in Oregon is about 44.
Lottery officials started discussing
joining the trend in November when
Pack took over as the lottery’s permanent
director and began crafting the agency’s
three-year strategic plan.
“There is no decision right now,” said
MardiLyn Saathoff, lottery commission
chairwoman. “This is sort of a beginning
of a lot of work to be done to see if the
strategy is one that will work for us and
one we can continue to support.”
The “iLotto” plan envisions subscrip-
tion sales through a mobile app and player
PENDLETON
Council considers
cheaper alternative
to bidding process
for new fire station
accounts that would allow for a person-
alized experience and time and money
limits. It is unclear whether players would
purchase tickets directly from the lottery or
from retailers.
Players would be required to purchase
prepaid or debit cards to pay for the tickets.
Pack said he opposes allowing players to
use credit cards.
The concept is still in the early stages,
he said.
“There are many questions to answer.
What kind of games, and what is the tech-
nology available, and what is the demand
among current players and future players?”
he said.
The cost of the program will depend
on the scope of offerings. Lottery officials
are still studying whether offering mobile
games would require any law changes.
Those issues could be addressed during the
2019 legislative session.
East Oregonian
The Pendleton City Council will take another
step toward building the new fire station promised
in the $10 million bond voters passed in May.
After approving an architectural designer at
its last meeting, the council will meet Tuesday
to consider hiring a contractor during the design
phase.
The method is called contract manager/general
contractor, and city officials believe it will offer a
cheaper alternative to bidding out the project after
the design is complete.
The city has never used this method before and,
according to a city staff report, the council would
need to identify the fire station as a pilot project
that could determine if the method delivered cost
savings to the city.
If the council chose the contract manager/
general contractor method, the contractor would
need to submit a maximum fee amount when
the design is 80 percent complete. The city has
budgeted $9.4 million to design, develop and
build the new fire station on Southeast Court
Avenue, replacing the current station at 911 S.W.
Court.
The fire department isn’t the only Pendleton
public safety agency that will be discussed at the
meeting.
Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts is
requesting the council approve $107,000 in
vehicle purchases that would bolster the police
department’s fleet.
The purchases include three new Ford Inter-
ceptor patrol cars with all-wheel drive in addition
to two used, low-mileage sedans.
In a report to the council, Roberts wrote that
when he initially made the vehicle request in the
2017-2018 budget, he intended to use $20,000 for
a vehicle that would be used by a part-time code
enforcement officer.
But when the community service officer’s 2000
Dodge Stratus and the code enforcement officer’s
1999 Chevrolet Blazer were determined to be too
expensive to repair, Roberts decided to replace
their vehicles with a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu and a
2013 Ford Taurus instead.
Other big-ticket purchases the council will
consider are awarding a $67,676 bid to Columbia
Pumping & Construction of Pasco to replace a
section of sewer line that runs beneath the Umatilla
River and a $204,193 bid from Jesse Rodriguez
Construction of Silverton to replace water mains
at Northwest Ninth Street and Southwest 32nd
Street.
The council will meet at 7 p.m. at the council
chambers in city hall, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave.
BRIEFLY
Car dealer starts serving
federal prison sentence
CORVALLIS (AP) — A Corvallis used
car dealer has reported to federal prison
to begin serving the sentence he received
for fleecing customers out of more than $1
million.
The Gazette-Times reports 46-year-old
Shannon Jones pleaded guilty in May
to wire fraud. He was instructed to start
serving his 2 ½-year sentence July 5, but
got a three-week reprieve.
He turned himself in Wednesday at the
Federal Correctional Institution at Sheridan.
Jones’ elaborate web of deception
unraveled on Nov. 18, 2015, when angry
creditors descended on his lot to haul away
inventory and police seized computers and
financial records.
Among other things, investigators
learned that Jones would sell cars left with
him on consignment and keep the proceeds
for himself, sometimes selling the same
vehicle to more than one buyer.
Salem Police: Security guard
arrested in fatal shooting
SALEM (AP) — Authorities say they
have arrested a Salem security guard in the
fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man last
weekend.
The Statesman Journal reports that
police arrested 33-year-old Gregory
Capwell on Friday in the death of Jose
Francisco Moreno in the parking lot of a
Best Western hotel July 22.
Investigators did not specify why
they arrested Capwell, but said they
conducted multiple interviews, reviewed
video surveillance and consulted with
prosecutors.
Officials with his employer, Homefront
Security, a Salem-based security company,
did not immediately return a call seeking
comment. It was not immediately clear if
Capwell had obtained an attorney.
Capwell was previously arrested on
fourth-degree assault, reckless driving and
reckless endangerment charges in 2011.
He was convicted of reckless driving,
sentenced to two years of probation and
ordered to attend anger management
classes.
The Oregon Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training lists him has
having a reinstated professional certificate.
from his yard on July 18, prompting calls
to police. He reportedly told a neighbor he
wanted officers to come and kill him.
Vaughan was inside when officers
arrived. He pointed a gun through his
kitchen window, and three officers fired
their weapons.
The Register-Guard reports the officers
are scheduled to return to duty next week.
Vaughan attempted suicide less than
three weeks before his death.
Man captured after brief
escape from Roseburg jail
Dull, Boring and Bland
communities forge
international bond
ROSEBURG (AP) — The Douglas
County Sheriff’s Office says an inmate has
been captured after escaping from its jail in
Roseburg.
The sheriff’s office says 36-year-old
Leonel Jimenez was apprehended about 90
minutes after he got out Thursday. He was
found less than a mile from the jail. He’s
charged with second-degree escape.
The News-Review reports that Jimenez
had been arrested for nonviolent property
crimes and was not considered a threat to
the public.
The sheriff’s office says it will review its
jail practices.
DA: Fatal police shooting
of man, 70, was justified
EUGENE (AP) — A district attorney
says Springfield police officers were
justified in using deadly force against a
70-year-old man who was shot and killed
last week.
Lane County District Attorney Patty
Perlow says Robert Vaughan “made the
choice that he was going to die that day,”
and ensured police would use deadly force
against him.
Vaughan fired a handgun three times
(AP) — Dull, Scotland and Boring,
Oregon, two small communities united by
unexciting names, have joined forces with a
third: Bland Shire, Australia.
Dull and Boring became sister
communities in 2012, after a Scottish
woman passed through the U.S. town
on a cycling holiday. Officials say the
relationship has boosted their profile.
Dull officials on Friday hosted the
mayor of the region of Bland Shire, New
South Wales, at a reception to celebrate the
third member of a club dubbed the League
of Extraordinary Communities.
Bland Shire and Boring are both named
after early residents, William Bland and
William Boring, while Dull’s name may
come from a Gaelic word for meadow.
Boring has a population of about 10,000
while Bland Shire has about 6,000 people
and Dull is a hamlet with just 84 occupants.
Dennis Melloy, provost of the Perth and
Kinross region that’s home to Dull, said
the relationship with Boring and Bland had
“created a real feel-good factor for their
communities with quirky names.”
And he said the alliance could expand.
“We’ve found Ordinary and Dreary,
both in America, and I think they could
soon be part of it all,” he said.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
SUNDAY
Hot with plenty
of sun
Hot with plenty
of sun
96° 63°
97° 61°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Plenty of sunshine
WEDNESDAY
Very hot with
plenty of sunshine
Very hot
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
98° 65°
102° 69°
105° 71°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
100° 61°
99° 63°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
92°
90°
108° (1928)
57°
60°
43° (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"
Trace
0.32"
11.30"
7.27"
7.90"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
92°
90°
108° (1939)
62°
60°
42° (1929)
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"
0.20"
6.59"
4.94"
5.90"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
July 30
Aug 7
5:35 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
12:40 p.m.
none
Last
New
Aug 14
104° 66°
108° 70°
Seattle
82/59
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
101° 60°
Aug 21
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
93/62
95/65
Tacoma
Moses
82/56
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 96/58
91/55
71/58
82/56
98/61
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
81/57
98/67 Lewiston
99/60
Astoria
99/65
70/57
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
85/61
Pendleton 91/56
The Dalles 99/63
96/63
94/64
La Grande
Salem
95/57
88/57
Albany
Corvallis 88/55
88/54
John Day
97/61
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
102/68
87/53
93/56
Caldwell
Burns
101/66
94/52
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
70
91
93
71
94
91
87
93
99
97
92
95
92
98
64
67
102
99
96
85
93
88
93
91
84
98
98
Lo
57
52
56
57
52
56
53
61
63
61
54
57
53
64
51
54
68
59
63
61
50
57
62
50
59
67
61
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
Hi
69
91
92
75
95
91
90
94
100
95
94
95
92
99
66
70
102
100
97
86
93
91
93
90
84
98
99
Lo
53
50
57
57
53
56
53
60
61
60
55
54
51
66
49
54
67
58
61
59
51
58
62
49
57
66
60
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
86
95
85
69
77
86
82
85
87
68
86
Lo
66
85
65
58
55
68
64
67
75
56
77
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Sun.
Hi
87
96
87
69
78
75
79
87
87
78
86
Lo
70
83
68
57
54
60
59
68
76
57
80
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WINDS
Medford
98/64
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
92/54
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Plenty of sun today.
Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and hot today. Mainly clear tonight. Mostly
sunny and hot tomorrow.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear tonight, except mostly cloudy at the
coast.
Cascades: Plenty of sun today; pleasant
across the north. Clear tonight. Plenty of
sun tomorrow.
Northern California: Sunny today; hot in
central parts. Clear tonight.
Sunday
WSW 6-12
W 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today;
pleasant.
Today
WSW 4-8
WNW 4-8
1
4
7
7
4
1
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
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
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: Rainy and cool conditions will linger across part of the mid-Atlantic
and southern New England today. Storms will riddle the Southeast and Intermountain
West. Most other areas can expect a dry day.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Bullhead City, Ariz.
Low 34° in Bodie State Park, Calif.
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
89
87
73
73
92
85
101
70
85
73
80
78
97
82
82
94
72
89
89
100
78
91
81
103
86
83
Lo
67
68
66
59
65
67
68
61
67
55
62
65
78
60
63
71
55
67
77
79
60
75
62
84
65
66
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c
t
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s
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pc
pc
s
pc
Sun.
Hi
87
87
78
80
95
87
99
76
82
79
84
84
94
82
87
93
76
90
88
94
82
82
80
103
85
82
Lo
67
67
63
59
65
69
67
61
66
56
64
66
73
59
66
75
56
67
75
74
64
71
62
84
64
66
Today
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
81
86
92
77
84
84
87
77
92
84
76
98
75
72
82
90
97
95
85
94
76
73
82
89
74
88
Lo
62
65
79
62
64
63
75
64
65
65
63
81
56
59
62
61
65
60
65
69
69
56
59
73
62
66
W
s
s
pc
s
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pc
t
r
c
pc
r
t
s
r
pc
t
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pc
pc
s
t
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Sun.
Hi
85
87
92
82
85
86
90
81
88
83
82
98
79
79
81
89
99
99
87
95
77
76
81
92
82
81
Lo
67
65
79
66
66
62
75
67
63
63
64
84
57
59
60
61
67
63
68
69
69
57
57
76
64
62
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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