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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast FRIDAY TODAY SATURDAY A passing afternoon shower Clouds and breezy with a shower 64° 46° 59° 40° SUNDAY Mostly cloudy with a few showers Today MONDAY Partly sunny Cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 57° 54° 66° 51° 66° 40° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 62° 41° 61° 47° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 71° 63° 85° (1940) 47° 39° 20° (1917) 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" 0.59" 12.55" 9.24" 9.53" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 60° 64° 85° (1940) Trace 0.18" 0.33" 7.19" 6.34" 6.89" SUN AND MOON Oct 27 Bend 61/38 Full Nov 3 7:17 a.m. 6:02 p.m. 6:58 a.m. 6:28 p.m. Last Nov 10 Caldwell 73/48 Burns 65/32 Hi 57 69 61 56 65 67 57 63 61 68 62 69 65 62 56 59 72 63 64 57 63 57 53 64 57 64 63 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 44 39 38 47 32 40 43 44 47 41 32 42 41 43 44 46 48 47 46 46 35 46 42 39 47 46 37 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. W r c sh r c c r c c c c c c r r r pc sh c r sh r sh c r c sh Hi 55 54 48 54 48 49 54 57 62 49 45 53 49 56 54 57 59 63 59 56 50 55 53 48 55 60 61 Lo 44 27 36 47 23 31 42 39 41 35 28 36 34 40 46 48 33 41 40 45 33 45 35 33 46 44 37 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r sn c r c r r c c r sn sh sh r r r r c c r c r c r r c c WORLD CITIES Today Hi 66 84 81 64 75 46 70 72 69 79 58 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 47 74 60 52 56 36 52 52 47 66 57 Fri. W pc s s r pc c sh pc pc pc r Hi 69 84 78 59 76 43 62 73 71 69 63 Lo 50 70 58 52 54 32 55 52 48 58 62 W s s s pc pc pc pc pc s r r WINDS Medford 62/43 PRECIPITATION Oct 19 John Day 68/41 Ontario 72/48 48° 38° 23° (1976) 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 57/46 Eugene 57/43 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 69° 38° Spokane Wenatchee 53/42 58/40 Tacoma Moses 57/42 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 59/45 59/43 56/47 56/43 63/37 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 56/44 64/46 Lewiston 63/49 Astoria 65/46 57/44 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 57/46 Pendleton 67/40 The Dalles 61/47 64/46 59/44 La Grande Salem 69/42 57/46 Corvallis 57/43 HIGH 69° 50° Seattle 56/46 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 60° 55° Thursday, October 19, 2017 Today Friday SW 6-12 WNW 6-12 WSW 10-20 WSW 12-25 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 62/32 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Breezy today with pouring rain. Periods of rain tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow. Eastern and Central Oregon: A passing shower today; partly sunny in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Periods of rain, some heavy today. A little rain tonight. Occasional rain tomorrow. — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 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 postal holidays, 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. Eastern Washington: Mainly cloudy today with brief showers. Cascades: Rain today, except snow and rain in the south. 0 1 2 1 1 0 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. Northern California: Cloudy and cooler today; periods of rain, but dry in the interior mountains. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 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 Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group -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: Showers will dot Florida, the Texas coast and Southwest today. Rain will douse Washington and Oregon prior to reaching wildfire-ravaged Northern California at night. Other areas will be dry and sunny. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 99° in El Centro, Calif. Low 14° 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 75 75 70 72 76 77 74 73 80 74 70 73 83 77 70 85 24 74 87 84 73 80 77 88 80 78 Lo 51 51 56 50 47 51 46 54 55 46 53 47 64 47 45 60 7 53 77 67 51 66 55 64 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 Fri. 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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 Report leaves ambiguity about Slats Gill’s legacy on race CORVALLIS (AP) — Oregon State University is considering whether to change the names of four campus buildings that some students believe are named for racists. One is Gill Coliseum, home of the Oregon State basketball teams. The university released a historical review Monday that provides ammunition for supporters and critics of the building’s namesake — former men’s basketball coach Amory “Slats” Gill, the Gazette-Times reported. Gill had only one black player during his tenure from 1928 to 1964, a walk-on for part of a season. But the report says there’s evidence he tried to recruit black players. The report, written by Oregon State professors Marisa Chappell and Dwaine Plaza, concludes Andy Cripe/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP In this Feb. 2016 photo, the Oregon State men’s bas- ketball team plays against Washington State at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena that opened in 1949 and is named after famed basketball coach Amory T. “Slats” Gill. the evidence is incomplete and ambiguous, but generally points to a conclusion that Gill did not deliberately keep the team segregated. “We have no evidence that Gill made derogatory state- ments about African Ameri- cans or opposed having black players on the OSU basketball team,” the report states. “We do have evidence that he tried to recruit several black players but was unsuccessful.” A public discussion is scheduled for Thursday night at the university. Gill Coli- seum was unofficially named for Gill when it was built in 1949, and officially so after his death in 1966. The report states contro- versy arose around Gill in 1963, when an Oregon state senator introduced a bill to prevent Oregon universities from playing against the University of Mississippi, where segregationists protested the enrollment of James Meredith, the school’s first black student. The legislator tabled the bill after realizing Oregon State never had a black basketball player. Gill’s response in the campus newspaper: “I wish that these people who are making such charges would help us get a Negro on our basketball team that would measure up to our current players.” The report notes that recruiting was more regional at the time, and Oregon had a small black population. Two black players Gill tried to recruit in the early 1960s were Norm Monroe, a track athlete at Oregon State, and Charlie White, a Califor- nian. Monroe only practiced for part of a season before leaving the squad. White became the team’s first black scholarship player the year after Gill retired as basketball coach. “We have evidence that Corvallis was a difficult place for African Americans in the 1960s, which would help explain some of Gill’s difficulty attracting black players,” the report states. “Both Charlie White and Norm Monroe described feeling isolated and facing consistent racism and hostility at OSU and in Corvallis.” The report, however, also quotes White talking about feeling uncomfortable during a recruiting visit from Gill. He said Gill didn’t make eye contact and was more inter- ested in talking to his white roommate. “Charlie White’s recol- lections about Gill were not positive, but it is unclear if that uneasiness related specifically to race,” the report said. No interviewees remem- bered Gill ever discussing civil rights or racial politics. When Gill’s team lost to University of San Francisco in the 1955 NCAA tournament, Gill singled out Bill Russell, who is black, as the key difference between the teams. BRIEFLY Lane County workers go on strike EUGENE (AP) — Workers represented by Lane County government’s largest labor union went on strike Wednesday, seeking higher wages while trying to fend off an attempt to make them pay for health insurance. The Register-Guard reports striking workers established picket lines outside different county buildings in Eugene. The workers are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. It’s the union’s first strike in Lane County since 1979. The two sides have been negotiating since March on a new three-year contract but are more than $20 million apart on employee compensation costs. The county has offered pay raises of about 3 percent on average in the contract’s first year. The county also wants employees to start paying $20 to $70 per month toward their health insurance coverage premiums; they currently pay nothing. The union wants far higher raises and rejects the county proposal to contribute to health insurance plans. County spokeswoman Devon Ashbridge said officials will try to minimize how the strike affects service to the public. “Being the first day of the strike, this is new territory for a lot of people,” she said. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation.” AFSCME and its nurses unit employees represent 692 employees, nearly half of the county’s roughly 1,400 employees. With an undetermined number of workers on strike, county managers had the option of implementing plans to suspend numerous health programs, close community health centers and cut operating hours at different county offices. Lane County District Attorney Patty Perlow said all divisions of her office remain open, although a slow-down of some work related to criminal cases is expected. Clerical staff and victim advocates are represented by the union. Yakima to vote on recreational pot ban YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Voters in the unincorporated areas of Yakima County will vote in November on whether they think the county’s ban on recreational marijuana businesses should be lifted. The Herald-Republic reports that county commissioners say the ban was put into place when Yakima County voters rejected the initiative that legalized recreational marijuana in 2012 by 57.8 percent. The November vote will be an advisory vote, meaning commissioners still have final say on the ban despite the outcome of the election. There are currently more than 20 marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas of the county, despite the ban. Many of them initially were operations only providing medical marijuana before the state began regulating both medical and recreational pot under one market. Paper mill closing after 128 years in business WEST LINN (AP) — The West Linn Paper Company is shutting down after more than 100 years in business. Chief Operating Officer Brian Konen said in a statement that several unforeseeable events led to a significant reduction in available pulp, making continued operations impossible. West Linn Paper will also shut down a warehouse, logistics and transportation site in Vancouver, Washington. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the mill south of Portland opened in 1889 and once employed 1,600 people, making newsprint, wrapping paper and paper bags. Originally Willamette Falls Pulp and Paper Co., it took its current name from an investment group that acquired it in 1997. 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. 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