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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Mostly cloudy Mainly cloudy 70° 49° 61° 45° FRIDAY SATURDAY Cloudy and breezy with a shower Remaining cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 57° 43° 60° 54° 62° 47° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 69° 46° 62° 46° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 73° 63° 82° (2003) 42° 39° 23° (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" 0.56" 12.55" 9.21" 9.50" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 72° 65° 80° (2003) 0.00" 0.18" 0.30" 7.19" 6.34" 6.86" SUN AND MOON Oct 27 Bend 69/46 Burns 71/27 Full Nov 3 7:16 a.m. 6:04 p.m. 5:53 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Last Nov 10 Caldwell 72/41 Hi 59 69 69 60 71 65 68 71 69 72 73 69 66 78 60 64 71 67 70 64 72 67 55 67 63 69 64 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 Lo 49 34 46 52 27 43 48 50 46 47 35 45 42 43 51 52 36 50 49 52 44 51 48 43 53 53 49 W r pc c c pc pc c c c c pc c c c r c pc c c r c r r c r c c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. Hi 57 68 57 57 63 63 55 60 62 65 61 65 62 60 56 59 71 62 61 57 59 57 52 60 57 61 62 Lo 43 35 37 47 29 38 43 42 46 40 32 40 39 42 45 46 45 47 45 46 36 45 41 38 47 47 38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r c sh r c c r c c r r c c r r r pc sh c r sh r sh r r c sh WORLD CITIES Today Hi 58 86 79 64 74 56 68 72 65 74 63 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 48 72 60 53 54 38 55 51 48 64 54 W c pc s sh pc pc c s c pc pc Thu. Hi 66 86 81 64 74 47 69 72 71 78 61 Lo 49 73 59 52 55 35 55 53 48 66 58 W pc c s r pc pc sh pc pc s r WINDS Medford 78/43 PRECIPITATION Oct 19 John Day 72/47 Ontario 71/36 37° 38° 20° (1948) 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 New First Albany 67/51 Eugene 68/48 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 66° 46° Spokane Wenatchee 55/48 54/46 Tacoma Moses 61/49 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 59/52 59/46 59/52 60/49 64/49 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 61/51 69/53 Lewiston 67/52 Astoria 66/45 59/49 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 64/52 Pendleton 65/43 The Dalles 69/46 70/49 66/51 La Grande Salem 69/45 67/51 Corvallis 66/49 HIGH 63° 55° Seattle 60/51 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 61° 43° Today SUNDAY Cloudy with a little rain Wednesday, October 18, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 73/35 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today. Mainly clear tonight. Eastern Washington: Mainly cloudy today; rain in the north, near the Idaho border and in the mountains. Cascades: A thick cloud cover today; windy across the north. A little rain tonight. Western Washington: Cloudy today; periods of rain, some heavy, but a little rain across the south. Northern California: Partly sunny today. Mostly cloudy at the coast tonight; clear elsewhere. Thursday SW 7-14 WSW 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Considerable cloudiness today. Windy; a little rain across the north. Today SW 4-8 SW 6-12 0 1 1 211 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 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 1 -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: Aside from thunderstorms streaming across Florida and heavy rain pouring into Washington, sunshine and mild air will once again span most of the nation today thanks to high pressure in control. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 100° in Palm Springs, Calif. Low 14° in Lake George, Colo. 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 78 70 70 70 68 74 73 69 75 74 70 72 83 76 68 86 31 65 87 83 70 79 73 84 77 86 Lo 52 49 52 44 50 50 48 53 57 44 51 50 58 43 50 63 12 37 77 62 50 65 49 61 49 64 Thur. W pc s s s pc s pc s s s s s s s s pc sn pc pc s s pc s s s s Hi 75 74 72 72 76 77 74 71 81 74 71 72 83 75 71 87 24 70 86 85 72 81 77 88 81 78 Lo 52 50 55 49 51 50 44 55 56 46 51 49 64 48 45 61 8 53 76 65 51 67 57 62 51 63 W pc s s s s s pc s s s s s pc s s pc pc s pc pc s pc s s s pc Today 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 72 76 86 69 70 74 80 72 78 76 71 96 68 72 69 66 79 82 74 71 79 68 60 95 71 77 Lo 50 52 75 50 42 46 63 55 53 44 51 70 47 49 45 41 44 51 54 47 66 54 51 65 47 50 W s s pc s s s s s s pc s pc s s s pc pc pc s s s pc r pc s s Thur. Hi 75 79 89 68 70 76 83 72 79 77 73 96 71 72 75 80 68 69 78 76 75 66 57 95 73 79 Lo 50 54 78 52 55 45 68 55 60 56 54 68 48 52 47 49 44 51 54 51 66 55 46 64 54 58 W s s t s s s s s pc s s s s s s s pc c s s pc c r pc s pc 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 ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Marissa Williams 541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com Advertising Services: Laura Jensen 541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • Kimberly Macias 541-278-2683 • kmacias@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 • Grace Bubar 541-276-2214 • gbubar@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 Why was the target of DOJ profiling forced to leave? “My experience with the state of Oregon is that they do not take kindly to people who assert their rights even if they are correct in doing so.” By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Revelations of Oregon Department of Justice agents monitoring social media activity by the agency’s head civil rights attorney Erious Johnson Jr. for using a Black Lives Matter hashtag garnered international head- lines in late 2015. The incident triggered an outside investigation of DOJ in which agents were found to have likely violated laws barring the collection of political speech. The scandal also prompted edicts for mandatory anti-discrimina- tion and bias training for DOJ employees. Yet, two years later, Johnson, one of the only black employees at DOJ, also is the only employee who ultimately was forced out of the agency in the wake of the scandal. Two of the three Cauca- sian coworkers accused of profiling him still work at the justice department. A third left the agency voluntarily to take another job. Johnson filed a federal lawsuit against DOJ last year for violation of his civil rights. State officials agreed earlier this month to pay Johnson $205,000 to settle the case on the condition that he leave the Department of Justice. He resigned the position effec- tive Oct. 13 and is prohibited from working for the state for a period of at least five years. “I just think it’s per se retal- iation,” said Beth Creighton, a civil rights lawyer who represented Johnson. “First, the state violates his rights, and then they require him to consent to continuing to violate his rights, i.e., that he won’t work for the state in order to be compensated for the violation he suffered originally.” Matt Shelby, spokesman for the state Department of Administrative Services, which handled the settlement, — Beth Creighton, civil rights lawyer who represented Erious Johnson Jr. Courtesy photo Erious Johnson Jr. was wrongly profiled by his co- workers at the Oregon Department of Justice, but he is the only employee to lose his job in the wake of the scandal. Johnson resigned his post as part of a settle- ment of his federal lawsuit against the state. denied that the requirement to resign was retaliation for Johnson suing the state. “When (the) DAS Risk (Department) gets involved in settlement discussions, the focus is on making the best business decision for the state, not punishing anybody,” Shelby wrote in an email to the Pamplin/EO Capital Bureau. Government officials have increasingly used forced resignations in settlements to discourage their employees from suing state agencies, Creighton said. “My experience with the state of Oregon is that they do not take kindly to people who assert their rights even if they are correct in doing so,” she said. Shelby said he was not permitted to discuss specifics of Johnson’s case. However, generally, state negotiators “consider how any settlement will impact the state in the future — both in terms of individuals filing claims against us, and our ability to negotiate them.” MOFE HD CHANNELS, FASTEF INTEFNET AND UNLIMITED VOICE. “A settlement agreement represents our best effort to settle the claim before us, while mitigating the risk of future liability,” Shelby said. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum did not ask for Johnson’s resignation, said DOJ spokeswoman Kristina Edmunson. The surveillance of Johnson’s and other Black Lives Matter supporters’ social media activities wasn’t revealed to the public until Johnson’s wife, Nkenge Harmon Johnson, the presi- dent of the Urban League of Portland, released a letter in November 2015. Agent James Williams, the investigator who tracked Johnson’s activities, expressed concerns about a tweet in which Johnson posted a logo and lyrics from hip-hop group Public Enemy. The logo depicts an African American in the crosshairs of a firearm. Williams mistook the logo as an image showing a police officer in the cross- hairs and thought Johnson might be a threat to law enforcement. He shared his concerns with his supervisor, Special Agent in Charge David Kirby. Kirby consulted Darin Tweedt, director of the Criminal Justice Division, who recommended Williams conduct a threat assessment of Johnson and write a report. Rosenblum fired Williams last year for racially profiling Johnson. Williams sued, and a state arbitrator ruled in August that Williams should be reinstated to his job. Meanwhile, Kirby volun- tarily left his post in May 2016 to accept a position as operations integrity director McKay Creek Estates Caregiver SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES “Be The Best Caregiver & Feel Fantastic Doing It” We understand the caregiver journey can be stressful and challenging. Our aim is to provide some clarity and support to caregivers helping seniors. 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