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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Rain and drizzle this afternoon Partly sunny 48° 35° 47° 31° THURSDAY FRIDAY An afternoon shower in spots Cloudy with a bit of snow PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 49° 37° 46° 34° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 30° 50° 37° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 48° 34° 43° 30° 69° (1892) -11° (1896) 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 0.33" 1.47" 1.30" 15.17" 11.21" 11.29" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 52° 45° 68° (1949) 0.08" 0.87" 1.06" 8.67" 7.87" 8.34" SUN AND MOON Dec 9 Bend 47/26 Burns 44/18 7:12 a.m. 4:14 p.m. 1:49 p.m. 12:55 a.m. New First Dec 17 Dec 26 Caldwell 49/30 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 50 47 47 53 44 43 47 49 50 48 44 45 44 47 50 52 48 50 48 50 49 49 43 44 50 48 45 Lo 40 27 26 41 18 28 35 35 37 31 24 30 29 33 39 39 30 34 35 39 22 39 30 27 39 36 27 W r pc r r c pc r r r r pc c r r r r s sh r r r r r sh r r c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 52 45 44 56 39 39 49 46 50 41 44 42 40 48 52 55 46 51 47 50 46 51 41 39 49 48 49 Lo 41 24 27 41 14 24 33 31 30 28 23 28 27 30 41 39 24 30 31 36 24 36 29 24 36 34 29 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Hi 44 78 63 45 72 28 48 54 50 78 59 Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 18 71 47 35 42 19 31 48 25 69 51 W s pc s pc s sn sh pc pc pc pc Wed. Hi 34 80 62 44 73 24 42 60 36 78 64 Lo 19 71 47 30 42 21 33 47 19 69 50 W pc pc s pc s c sh r pc pc pc WINDS Medford 47/33 PRECIPITATION Dec 3 John Day 48/31 Ontario 48/30 37° 30° 0° (1993) 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 Full Last Albany 49/37 Eugene 47/35 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 46° 37° Spokane Wenatchee 43/30 40/31 Tacoma Moses 50/36 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 42/30 42/31 48/42 47/36 45/27 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 50/40 48/36 Lewiston 50/36 Astoria 47/35 50/40 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 50/39 Pendleton 43/28 The Dalles 50/37 48/35 50/36 La Grande Salem 45/30 49/39 Corvallis 49/36 HIGH 51° 36° Seattle 50/41 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 46° 36° Today SATURDAY Cloudy 47° 38° Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 44/24 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Occasional rain and drizzle today; mostly sunny in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today; rain tapering off ; however, periods of rain at the coast. — 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: Showers around today; however, snow and rain in the north and a bit of snow in the mountains. Cascades: Rain, then snow late across the north today; rain in central parts. A little snow in the south. Northern California: Partial sunshine today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Wednesday WSW 6-12 SW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today; arriv- ing during the afternoon in the south. Today WSW 4-8 S 6-12 0 1 1 1 0 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. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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Warren, file In this June 30 photo, the public gallery is visible above the Senate floor at upper right in the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. metal detectors outside of the galleries or storage lockers for people to store their gun, though in a letter sent Monday to the chamber’s sergeant at arms, he asked for logistical and costs factors related to metal detectors by the start of the next session. Currently, visitors to the Capitol do not need to go through any screening to enter the building. Under the order, which will be enforced starting on Jan. 8, overcoats or large bags that could be used to conceal firearms into the galleries will also be prohibited in the public viewing area, and there will be increased vigilance by security prior to and during Senate floor sessions. Habib said that while his main concern is about assault weapons being hidden and brought into the galleries, the order applies to all firearms. “The message to members of the public is that — as in the case in countless government buildings around the country, including most statehouses, courthouses all over the place — this is a particular setting where it’s not deemed safe to have weapons,” he said. “This is in no way a statement about those individuals’ lawful ability to bear arms.” Dave Workman, spokesman for the Bellev- ue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, disagreed, saying that Habib’s statements were “disingenuous at best because this absolutely is a statement about those individuals’ lawful ability to bear arms.” “We’re not talking about guns really, we’re talking about the public’s right to access to watch their govern- ment in action,” he said. “Whether they’re armed or disarmed, I’m not too sure that’s really the point here. This looks like an attempt to keep some people out of the senate galleries that never caused a problem before.” In a statement, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson said these kinds of steps “are needed to P SYCHOLOGICAL S ERVICES OF P ENDLETON , LLC www.pendletonpsych.com 541-278-2222 2536 809 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: Some rain will dampen part of Florida today. A narrow zone of showers is forecast from Oklahoma to Michigan while showers dot Maine. Rain is projected to soak the coastal Northwest as snow ends over the Rockies. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 92° in Tucson, Ariz. Low 13° in Saranac Lake, N.Y. 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 58 64 58 60 48 68 49 42 71 66 56 62 77 45 60 73 0 45 84 80 62 76 59 65 70 75 Lo 33 46 49 39 33 47 30 40 48 39 33 42 50 28 37 40 -3 22 74 58 39 58 39 44 44 55 W s s s s s s pc s pc s pc s s sf s s pc s sh s s s pc s s pc Wed. 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(AP) — All firearms will be banned from the public galleries above the Wash- ington Senate floor once the legislative session begins in January, under an order issued Monday by Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib. Habib, a Democrat who serves as the presiding officer of the chamber, told The Asso- ciated Press and Northwest News Network that his goal is to create a safer environment for all working in the Senate. The move comes nearly three years after officials decided to ban openly carried weapons in the House and Senate public viewing areas, as well as the public hearing rooms at the Capitol’s legislative office buildings. Habib’s order expands that rule to include those carrying concealed weapons with permits. For now, the rule is limited just to the public galleries in the Senate and doesn’t include the committee rooms. “I don’t want us to be implementing this type of order the day after some type of tragedy,” Habib said. “I want to be doing it preemp- tively and in a way that’s respectful.” The rule also doesn’t cover the House, which would need to take its own action if officials there wanted to follow suit. House officials said Monday that there are currently no discussions on changing that chamber’s policy. Habib said that at this point there’s no plan for 0s showers t-storms 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 -0s keep the public safe.” “Mass shootings are preventable, yet occur seemingly weekly in our country,” she wrote. “People come to the Legislature every day just like they go to movie theaters, churches, concerts, malls, night clubs, offices and schools every day. There should be a reasonable expectation they can go about their lives without fear of violence.” According to the National Conference of State Legisla- tures, 10 states — including Washington — are “open carry” and allow guns in their statehouse buildings, 13 allow guns with a permit, and three permit only legislators to carry guns in the building. “I understand that public safety is the driving concern behind banning guns in the public galleries of the Senate, but I trust that the lieutenant governor will seek legal advice to ensure that the order also respects the public’s constitutional rights,” Repub- lican Minority Leader Mark Schoesler said in a written statement. Openly carried weapons are still allowed in the main public areas of the Washington Capitol and on the grounds of the Capitol campus. 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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 BRIEFLY Portland ‘cop watcher’ arrested on federal firearms charge PORTLAND (AP) — A so-called “cop watcher” who angered Portland police and prosecutors by showing up at their homes has been charged in federal court with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Christopher Ryan Ponte was arrested earlier this month for holding and using firearms in January despite a felony record. Authorities cited Facebook posts made by Ponte that show him firing weapons including an AK-47 assault rifle in a forested area near Estacada. The 36-year-old Ponte tells The Oregonian/ OregonLive that he’s being unfairly targeted by police because of his surveillance activity. Ponte was convicted in 2016 of possession of a stolen vehicle. He started a group called Oregon Cop Block and has visited the homes of former police Chief Mike Marshman, a police captain and a deputy district attorney. Oregon State reports another case of meningococcal disease CORVALLIS (AP) — Another Oregon State University student has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease. Administrators told KGW the student was diagnosed Friday after their family realized the symptoms were in line with the disease. The student was immediately hospitalized and was reported to be in good condition Sunday. The student is the fifth at OSU to be treated for meningococcal disease in the past year, which qualifies as an outbreak. The university has responded by holding mass vaccination clinics. The disease primarily afflicts young people and can spread in group living situations such as dormitories. A University of Oregon student died during a meningococcal outbreak on the Eugene campus in 2015. It’s not too late to get your flu shot! 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