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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Sunshine mixing with some clouds Sunshine 67° 44° 60° 37° FRIDAY SATURDAY Sunshine Today SUNDAY Plenty of sunshine Plenty of sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 59° 37° 61° 38° 63° 40° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 62° 36° 70° 42° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE LOW 61° 60° 82° (1933) 35° 38° 19° (1919) 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" 1.41" 0.79" 13.70" 9.53" 9.73" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday Eugene 66/47 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records LOW 61° 62° 78° (1937) 7:25 a.m. 5:52 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 10:10 p.m. Last New Nov 10 Nov 18 Caldwell 63/41 Hi 58 66 71 71 67 65 66 66 70 69 72 67 66 74 60 64 62 68 67 63 71 67 57 67 61 68 68 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 41 37 42 53 28 42 47 44 42 46 34 43 41 43 46 48 40 42 44 46 42 46 37 40 43 45 39 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. W c s s pc s s pc pc pc s s s s s c c s pc s pc s pc pc s pc s pc Hi 66 64 62 69 62 58 67 57 62 62 70 59 57 76 63 67 66 64 60 68 64 69 55 57 65 61 64 Lo 44 31 35 53 26 35 42 36 36 40 36 34 33 45 49 49 35 35 37 47 35 42 35 33 44 42 33 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Hi 61 82 74 65 65 33 69 73 67 81 61 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 45 74 55 53 44 23 49 48 46 64 55 Thu. W c s s c pc pc pc s s c r Hi 64 83 76 64 73 32 69 72 67 78 67 Lo 46 72 56 51 49 28 48 49 48 63 55 W pc s s pc pc pc pc s c t s WINDS Medford 74/43 0.00" 0.79" 0.49" 7.80" 6.65" 7.05" SUN AND MOON Nov 3 Bend 71/42 Burns 67/28 PRECIPITATION Oct 27 John Day 69/46 Ontario 62/40 34° 37° 20° (2002) 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 First Full Albany 67/46 Corvallis 67/46 HIGH 62° 39° Spokane Wenatchee 57/37 62/40 Tacoma Moses 60/41 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 66/39 62/40 57/43 59/41 68/39 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 59/41 68/45 Lewiston 70/42 Astoria 66/44 58/41 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 63/46 Pendleton 65/42 The Dalles 70/42 67/44 67/46 La Grande Salem 67/43 67/46 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH 60° 36° Seattle 59/47 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 61° 35° Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Today Thursday WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 NNE 4-8 NNW 4-8 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 72/34 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun today; cooler across the north with a shower in spots. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunshine mixing with some clouds today; sunny and pleasant in the south. Western Washington: A passing shower to- day; any time at the coast, in the afternoon in central parts. 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 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. 0 2 3 3 2 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: Partly sunny at the coast today; plenty of sunshine elsewhere. 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 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — www.eastoregonian.com Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. Clear tonight. Sunny tomorrow. Friday: sunny. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. Sunshine tomorrow. 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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 70 60 67 64 74 62 63 67 68 50 50 52 80 78 52 76 35 59 81 76 49 71 69 86 71 100 Lo 46 43 48 43 35 44 41 55 46 31 35 38 55 44 37 55 29 43 68 52 33 46 48 61 47 68 W s s pc pc s s s r s c pc sh s s sh s c pc pc s c s s s s s Thur. 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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 Senator subject of second probe for ‘inappropriate touching’ By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE and PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Legislative counsel has opened a second informal probe against a state senator for “inappropriate,” nonsexual touching of women. Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Rose- burg, last week was stripped of his committee assignments by Senate President Peter Courtney. A letter from Senate President Peter Courtney to Kruse released to the media Tuesday confirmed other accounts that Kruse’s alleged unwanted touching of women and smoking in his office had become a chronic problem at the Capitol. Courtney ordered the door to Kruse’s Capitol office removed. Kruse was previously reported for similar behavior in early 2016 and was directed to stop, according to legislative counsel Dexter Johnson. Courtney described his action as an “unprecedented step.” “I have never taken this kind of action before but I am left with no other options at this time to protect our employees, members of the legislature and the public,” Courtney wrote in the letter. Legislative counsel is now performing its second Capital Bureau Senate President Peter Courtney has stripped state Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, of his committee assignments and ordered the door of his office removed. Kruse is un- der investigation for alleged “inappropriate,” nonsexual touching of women and smoking in his office. informal inquiry into Kruse, who is accused of “inappropriate touching in a non-sexual way,” legislative counsel Dexter Johnson said Monday. In the letter to Kruse Courtney said “two new incidents were brought to my attention,” and he reported them to Employee Services and Legislative Counsel. When a reporter pressed Courtney in a phone inter- view Tuesday as to why action was not taken until last week, his spokesman, Robin Maxey, intervened. “We are going to fall back on the statement issued previously,” Maxey said. “I know you have a copy of the DENTAL Itsuratce Physiciats Mutual Itsuratce Compaty A less expetsive way to help get the dettal care you deserve If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about $1 a day* Keep your own dentist! NO netlorks to lorry about NO annual or lifetime cap o n the cash benefi ts No wait for preventive care and no deductibles – you could get a checkup tomorrol Coverage for over 350 procedures including cleanings, exams, fi llings, crolns…even dentures you can receive letter sent to Sen. Kruse.” Maxey referred to a letter Courtney sent to Kruse Oct. 20 informing him of his removal from four commit- tees and that the door to his office was to be removed. Asked again whether he had any explanation of why this was happening now, Maxey said, “Again we are going to have to fall back to the letter.” Courtney did report the previous complaint to legis- lative counsel and Employee Services but did not sanction the senator at that time, Maxey explained later. According to legislative counsel, in March 2016, Kruse was told to stop touching women at work. At that time Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, had made an informal report about Kruse’s conduct. Gelser confirmed to The Oregonian Monday that Kruse had touched her inap- propriately but declined to discuss with the newspaper what specifically Kruse had done. “I hope that what comes of this discussion is that it’s not about a set of experiences that I had, but about a culture that needs to change,” Gelser told Oregon Public Broad- casting on Monday. Courtney said Kruse was already warned about his behavior when it came to treatment of women. “Continuing to touch women at work is inappro- priate workplace conduct of which you have already been warned,” Courtney wrote. “Let me be very clear. Women in the Capitol do NOT want you to touch them.” Neither Kruse nor Gelser could be reached for comment Monday or Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, declined an interview request from the EO / Pamplin Capital Bureau Monday, but confirmed an account she provided to The Oregonian in which she recalled seeing DISH DEALS!! 190 Channels $ . 99 /mo. 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On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferr- ioli, R-John Day said that his office was aware of the allegations against Kruse. “Currently, there is an ongoing investigation into these allegations, which we take seriously,” Ferrioli said in a prepared statement just before noon on Tuesday. “To our knowledge, there has been no formal complaint filed. Upon the conclusion of the investigation we will work within our process to resolve these issues in cooperation with human resources, legislative counsel, caucus leadership, and the Senate president. 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The news about the alleged harassment and the actions by Courtney did not emerge until this past week, as sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein prompted women all over the world to come forward with their experiences of sexual assault and harassment. The issue came to light after Gelser, who has served in the legislature since 2005 and in the Senate since 2015, indicated on Twitter Thursday that she had been subject to harassment in the STOP CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN There’s no cost to you! CALL (855) 864-4711 ! We’re paid by our partner communities Age 60+? Need legal help for: Keeping your income ▪ getting medical care ▪ moving into or out of a care facility ▪ housing problems ▪ utility shut-offs ▪ stopping abuse ▪ contesting a guardianship? For referral to an attorney, call toll-free: 1-855-673-2372. 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