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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Partly sunny and breezy Mostly cloudy 70° 45° 67° 51° THURSDAY FRIDAY A passing afternoon shower Today SATURDAY Cloudy, a shower; breezy, cooler Sun, then clouds PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 64° 47° 57° 42° 57° 53° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 68° 48° 72° 44° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 72° 64° 83° (1916) 34° 40° 24° (1897) 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" 0.26" 0.52" 12.55" 9.17" 9.46" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 68° 65° 83° (1963) Bend 68/44 0.00" 0.18" 0.28" 7.19" 6.33" 6.84" SUN AND MOON Full 7:14 a.m. 6:06 p.m. 4:47 a.m. 5:33 p.m. Last Nov 3 Lo 42 35 44 50 28 41 46 45 44 44 31 44 41 44 47 49 38 40 45 45 39 47 38 39 46 48 35 W r pc pc c pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc r c pc pc pc r pc r pc pc r pc pc Hi 60 68 68 63 69 65 68 67 68 70 72 68 65 77 59 64 71 65 67 63 71 66 53 65 62 66 63 Lo 49 36 47 52 26 45 49 50 48 48 33 47 45 42 51 52 36 48 51 52 44 51 49 45 53 53 48 W r c c c c c c c c c c c c c r c c c c r c r r c r c c WORLD CITIES Today Hi 64 86 75 61 69 52 74 73 70 73 63 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 72/31 Lo 53 74 57 53 52 43 54 52 50 64 54 W c pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc r Wed. 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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 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 Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Forest-thinning project saved homes but highlights obstacles Alexandra Steinmetz/Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project via AP This 2013 photo provided by the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project shows an unidentified worker burning a pile of collected undergrowth in the Deschutes National Forest. The thinning of forests in central Oregon has saved homes amid one of the most devastating wildfire seasons in the American West. forest thinning across the West, where a lack of timber workers and money are among the obstacles. On a recent morning, Forest Service fire manager James Osborne drove into a section of the Deschutes National Forest outside Sisters that was thinned in May. Widely spaced Ponder- osas were blackened to twice the height of a person. But higher up, the bark retained its normal orangey color. Needle clusters shone vibrant green in the sunshine. Four deer trotted through dappled sunlight. This part of the forest looked healthy, not despite of, but due to, the prescribed burn. “Ponderosa pines are used to low-intensity fires,” Osborne said. “Every five to 15 years, a fire would come through. We’re trying to take it back to low-intensity fires.” California’s situation is different because its wild- fires have generally ignited in chaparral — brush that naturally grows densely packed, said Andrew Latimer, plant expert at the University of California-Davis. The temperate coniferous forests that burn in large wildfires 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Nov 10 SISTERS (AP) — Light- ning started a forest fire one August afternoon near this Oregon tourist town, and it was spreading fast. Residents in outlying areas evacuated as flames marched toward their homes. Just a few months earlier, the U.S. Forest Service and a group of locals representing environmental, logging and recreational interests arranged to thin part of the overgrown forest, creating a buffer zone around Sisters. Workers removed trees and brush with machines, then came through on foot to ignite prescribed burns. That effort saved homes, and perhaps the community of 2,500 on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range, by slowing the fire’s progress and allowing fire- fighters to corral it. Scrutiny of the condition of the American West’s forests, and of policies that curtailed logging and suppressed wildfires, has intensified amid a devastating wildfire season that has burned a combined area bigger than Maryland and caused widespread destruction in California’s wine country. Until the advent of aggres- sive fire suppression at the turn of the last century, forests were historically shaped by low-intensity blazes, with the flames clearing underbrush but not killing tall trees. Forests across the West are now so overgrown they’ve been called powder kegs. The work by the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project in central Oregon, where towns and subdivisions sit in a green ocean of Ponderosa and lodgepole pines, shows the potential of forest thinning. And it shows how loggers and environmentalists — normally bitter enemies — can join forces. But it also highlights the challenges of replicating the Hi 59 68 68 64 70 67 63 69 72 71 72 69 68 77 57 63 66 70 70 60 70 61 61 68 59 68 69 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 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. WINDS Medford 77/44 Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today with a little rain. Overcast tonight. 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Returning those forests to their natural state is the goal of groups like the Deschutes Collaborative, one of 23 projects in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration program created in 2009 by Congress. Overcoming suspi- cions and stereotypes was one of the Oregon group’s first hurdles. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Aside from thunderstorms in Florida and rain in the Northwest, high pressure will promote dry weather across the country today. There will be little wind to hinder firefighters in Northern California. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 100° in Chino, Calif. Low 8° in Dillon, Colo. 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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 Canadian firm plans Vale mushroom farm By LARRY MEYER The Argus Observer VALE — Officials of Farmers Fresh Mushrooms were not looking to expand beyond Canada, but as the saying goes, one thing led to another, and now they are looking to start up a farm outside of Vale, projecting employment of around 200 people. Andrew Truong, company project manager, confirmed that property just north of Vale has been purchased and officials are now working to finalize their plans, including going through the permit process and finalizing their financing package, which would include incentives provided by the state of Oregon. Company representatives, including president and CEO Tan Truong, spent Friday in Vale holding conversations with a variety of state agen- cies, county and city officials, and utility representatives to discuss their proposed mushroom farm. Andrew Truong said the company would be employing people in several positions, from pickers and warehouse workers to mid-management. According to what Farmers Fresh Mushrooms presented to Oregon officials, wages will be at the top of the agricultural wage scale. To be eligible for the enterprise zone, at a minimum, the company must offer wages that are 130 percent of family wages in Malheur County, said Greg Smith, director, Malheur County Economic Development. However, as is often the case, there will be a training wage for new employees, Smith said. “They are the real deal,” Smith said. “We didn’t know anything about Vale,” Andrew Truong said, when Smith, came knocking at the company’s door located in British Columbia. Vale City Manager Lynn Findley said a person from Sysco Foods of Idaho mentioned to him that there was a company in Canada that might be interested in moving south and Findley passed that information onto Smith, who proceeded to contact Farmers Fresh. “We were looking to expand in Canada,” Truong said, which it is doing, Your Tree Wanted! Do you have this year’s Winter Festival Tree? The City of Hermiston is seeking the perfect 30’- 40’ tree for the downtown holiday celebration. Your tree could be worth $500. Call for Details 541-667-5018 Corrections An article in the Oct. 14-15 weekend edition of the East Oregonian included incorrect information about the cost of five new tow plows and trucks purchased by the Oregon Department of Transportation. The vehicles cost $405,000 each. 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. 10s $500 Prize for the winning tree however, the company is now looking to expand to Vale, as well. Tan Truong, an immigrant to Canada from Vietnam, said the company is projecting to start up its Vale operation in fall of 2019. He visited Vale in 1999, on a visit to the now-defunct Oregon Trail Mushrooms. At the time, however, he was just operating a small farm himself, having just started his operation in 1995. Oregon Trail Mushrooms has been closed for about 10 years, and the property was looked at, but Farmers Fresh officials concluded that was not going to work for them, Truong said. They like Vale and the support the community is giving the company, but it is the incentives that that will be important to them as they establish an operation in the United States, Andrew Truong said. Smith said those incen- tives include being located with the county enterprise zone, which provides tax abatement, as well as likely support from the Special Public Works Fund for trans- portation issues and Strategic Works Funds.
