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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Very hot with hazy sunshine Mostly sunny and hot 101° 68° 95° 63° SUNDAY MONDAY Not as warm with some sun Partly sunny and nice PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 80° 54° 83° 55° 84° 53° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 98° 66° 105° 70° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 103° 88° 119° (1898) 64° 59° 40° (1911) 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" 0.12" 11.30" 7.34" 8.07" through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 100° 89° 106° (1971) 60° 59° 47° (1947) 0.00" 0.00" 0.06" 6.59" 4.99" 5.98" SUN AND MOON Aug 14 Aug 21 5:51 a.m. 8:09 p.m. 10:21 p.m. 9:59 a.m. First Full Aug 29 John Day 95/63 Ontario 97/61 Bend 92/59 Burns 92/52 Caldwell 96/62 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 67 93 92 79 92 91 85 97 105 95 94 95 94 97 61 66 97 104 101 87 93 88 97 94 88 102 103 Lo 56 52 59 56 52 57 55 67 70 63 51 60 57 65 54 56 61 64 68 62 55 59 66 54 60 72 68 W c pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc c c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 68 91 88 64 90 89 80 92 98 91 85 92 90 93 62 67 97 99 95 82 89 83 92 89 83 96 98 Lo 57 53 53 54 52 57 54 62 66 60 51 59 56 61 53 56 65 62 63 59 50 58 63 54 60 66 63 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc s c c s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 93 92 88 70 73 72 71 83 86 78 81 Lo 74 85 69 60 56 58 55 68 73 50 75 W pc t s pc t c sh s pc pc r Sat. Hi 90 92 88 70 76 76 69 82 90 71 84 Lo 72 84 68 53 55 57 55 65 74 52 76 W t t s pc pc pc c s pc pc r WINDS Medford 97/65 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 87/56 Eugene 85/55 TEMPERATURE Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New 87° 54° Spokane Wenatchee 97/66 100/71 Tacoma Moses 84/56 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 102/64 96/58 67/57 83/55 103/68 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 82/58 102/72 Lewiston 105/69 Astoria 101/67 67/56 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 87/62 Pendleton 91/57 The Dalles 105/70 101/68 100/71 La Grande Salem 95/60 88/59 Corvallis 84/55 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 86° 57° Seattle 84/59 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 85° 57° Today TUESDAY Mostly sunny and nice Friday, August 11, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 94/51 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Hazy sun to- day. Hot; a thunderstorm in spots in central parts and near the Cascades. Western Washington: Hazy sun today, but low clouds at the coast. Eastern Washington: Hazy sunshine and smoky today; a shower or thunderstorm in spots in the mountains. Cascades: Hazy sun, a thunderstorm in spots this afternoon; warm. Saturday WSW 7-14 W 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Low clouds today; warmer in the south. Today NNW 3-6 NW 4-8 1 4 6 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 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. 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Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 6 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 -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain flurries Bannock County Sheriff’s Office via AP This photo released by the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office shows a cyanide device in Pocatello, Idaho. decision months earlier by federal officials to halt use of the traps on all U.S.-owned land in Idaho. Officials say the devices killed about 12,500 coyotes in 2016, mostly in Western states. The Agriculture Depart- ment said a 2015 survey of producers determined that coyotes nationwide killed about 120,000 sheep and lambs valued at up to $20 million. The cyanide devices are also used to protect cattle. Environmental groups say the devices from 2010 to 2016 killed about 200 domestic and feral dogs and injured a handful of people, including the boy in Idaho. In April, federal officials in Idaho placed a temporary ban on the predator traps. Two months later, U.S. offi- cials launched an expanded review of the traps and addi- tional guidelines for workers deploying the devices. Adkins said a denial of the petition would be a basis for a lawsuit. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and a Republican who hopes to replace her — Bend Rep. Knute Buehler — jockeyed for the political high ground on health care taxes Tuesday. Buehler urged the governor to call a special session this fall. He said that’s needed to head off a potentially high-stakes ballot fight over $320 million in taxes levied by legislators during their recent session on insurers, hospitals and managed care providers. Brown quickly rejected Buehler’s proposal, saying she’s happy with what the Legislature did. Three of Buehler’s GOP colleagues are gathering signatures to ask voters to reject the taxes. If they collect the required 59,000 signatures, Oregonians will vote on the issue in January. Buehler said in a letter to the governor that it is better to “combine the best Democrat ideas with the best Republican ideas to strengthen and improve the Oregon Health Plan.” He added that the complex issue is “better addressed in the legislative committee room than on a 30-second ad.” Brown said in a statement that she agreed health care policy “shouldn’t be deter- mined at the ballot box.” She defended the plan produced by the Legislature snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low 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 87 85 79 81 85 84 96 79 87 83 77 83 98 82 81 96 69 78 88 96 81 90 81 104 84 87 Lo 64 73 70 69 57 74 67 65 75 65 60 64 79 56 60 75 52 53 75 78 62 75 62 84 72 68 W pc t t t pc t pc pc t pc pc t c t pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc s t pc Sat. 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Hi 84 88 92 75 80 87 88 78 84 84 81 103 73 72 87 77 93 91 84 94 78 69 77 97 84 82 Lo 63 72 79 60 62 67 76 70 70 65 69 79 60 65 71 53 55 60 64 71 69 59 59 77 70 69 W pc t sh pc pc c c t t pc t pc c sh t pc s s pc s pc pc pc pc t t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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 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 “The federal government has a paramount duty to protect people and wildlife from deadly poisons that unnecessarily endanger the public, wildlife and companion animals,” Kelly Nokes, carnivore advocate at WildEarth Guardians, said in a statement. The petition is part of a larger effort by environ- mental groups to ban the devices. Earlier this year, environmental and animal-welfare groups filed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing the predator-killing poison in areas where it could harm federally protected species including grizzly bears and Canada lynx. That lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and others seeks an immediate ban on cyanide on predator traps and another pesticide called Compound 1080 that’s placed in collars worn by livestock and ingested by attacking predators. Environmental groups also petitioned federal officials in Idaho and Wyoming to stop using the predator traps. Wyoming hasn’t responded but federal officials in Idaho issued the temporary ban. In recent weeks, federal officials in Idaho held a series of public meetings demonstrating how the traps work and explaining the need to protect livestock. Brown, Buehler tangle over health care By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting 40s Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 111° in Needles, Calif. Low 30° in West Yellowstone, Mont. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Marissa Williams 541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com Advertising Services: Laura Jensen 541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • 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 Conservation groups aim to ban predator-killing cyanide traps BOISE, Idaho — Pred- ator-killing cyanide traps such as one that sickened a boy in Idaho and killed his dog should be banned, environmental groups told the federal government Thursday. The Center for Biological Diversity and other conser- vation groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to outlaw the spring-activated devices called M-44s. The traps look like water sprinkler heads embedded in the ground and spray cyanide when triggered by animals attracted by bait. The groups said the federal agency should ban the traps that pose a threat to people and pets on public lands and kill non-targeted wildlife. “This is a good time for the agency to take a serious look because people are really outraged about this,” said Collette Adkins, an attorney and biologist at the center. The EPA didn’t return a call seeking comment. In March, one of the devices injured a 14-year-old boy and killed his dog when they encountered it on federally owned land about 500 yards from his home in Idaho. The scrutiny intensified after The Associated Press reported the device was on public land despite a 30s National Summary: While a tropical system attempts to develop off the Southeast coast, showers and thunderstorms will span from the Great Lakes to the South and Arklatex today. Severe weather will threaten the High Plains late. Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press 20s and said that Buehler “had six months to put forward a plan and build the support of his colleagues in the Legisla- ture, and he failed to do so.” Brown faces reelection next year, and Buehler has announced plans to chal- lenge her. Woman sues hospital in death of 4-day-old son PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon woman is suing the hospital where she gave birth to her son after he died from being smothered at just 4-days old. Monica Thompson filed an $8.6 million lawsuit against Portland Adventist Medical Center, The Orego- nian/OregonLive reported on Wednesday. She claims the hospital is at fault for her child’s death because the newborn was put in bed with her at night to breastfeed while she was unsupervised and medicated with pain and sleep aids. Thompson said she dozed off on the August 2012 night and woke up to find her son not breathing. She was medicated with Ambien and Vicodin a few hours before a nurse walked into the room, gave her the baby and left, according to the suit. “She called for a nurse while she tried to get him to respond,” the suit stated. “She poked him and talked to him with no reaction. When no nurse came to help, Mrs. Thompson carried her son to the hallway and frantically yelled for help.” Her son suffered brain damage and was removed from life support after doctors said his comatose state was irreversible. Medical center spokes- woman Kristi Spurgeon Johnson declined comment, saying on Wednesday the hospital didn’t yet have a chance to review the lawsuit. She also declined comment about the hospital’s policies about newborns sharing beds with mothers. The suit seeks damages for the baby’s “desperation and anxiety” as he was suffocated and his mother’s “severe emotional distress upon unin- tentionally killing her firstborn child.” The suit also seeks compensation for Monica Thompson’s counseling expenses for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. State investigating blueberry farm after temp worker dies SEATTLE (AP) — State officials have launched an investigation into a Sumas blueberry farm to determine if any workplace condi- tions caused the death of a temporary worker who died Sunday. Honesto Silva Ibarra went to a Bellingham clinic complaining of headaches after picking berries at Sarba- nand Farms. The 28-year-old collapsed and later died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The Seattle Times reported Wednesday that Washington Labor and Industries spokesman Tim Church said the agency opened two separate investigations: workplace safety with health inspection and employment standards. Church says the first 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. investigation will determine if “this was a workplace-re- lated death and, if so, how,” and the second will deter- mine if workers were getting paid on time, and if they had appropriate rest and meals. Ibarra, a father of three, was on a temporary, agri- cultural-worker visa, H-2A, from Mexico. M-F DRIVE - IN FM/AM RADIO SOUND GATES OPEN AT 7:30 P.M. SHOWTIME AT DUSK Now Open Fri. thru Wed. August 11 to 16 NUT JOB (PG) THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG) Always two movies for the price of one! 938-4327 www.m-fdriveintheatre.com Fri. • Sat. • Sun. Adults $7, Children 11 & Under $2
