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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
FRIDAY
TODAY
SATURDAY
Freezing fog in the
a.m.; cloudy
A shower in the
afternoon
33° 26°
38° 31°
SUNDAY
Partly sunny
Turning cloudy
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
45° 37°
49° 37°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
38° 31°
34° 26°
PENDLETON
TEMPERATURE
LOW
29°
27°
39°
26°
63° (1924) -28° (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
0.01"
0.08"
0.60"
15.34"
11.92"
12.07"
Corvallis
44/28
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
John Day
47/29
Ontario
34/22
Bend
39/23
33°
30°
39°
27°
62° (1995) -10° (1972)
Dec 26
Jan 1
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Hi
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95
50
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Boardman
Pendleton
Lo
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21
42
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27
30
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30
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sun today;
pleasant in the south. A little rain across the
north tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Areas of fog
this morning.
Western Washington: Clouds and sun
today. Rather cloudy tonight; a little rain,
but dry across the south.
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Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
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Eastern Washington: Areas of freezing fog
in the morning; cloudy today.
Cascades: Times of sun and clouds today.
Partly cloudy tonight. A brief shower or two
tomorrow.
Northern California: Partly sunny today;
pleasant in central parts. Partly cloudy
tonight.
Today
10s
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 86° in Camarillo, Calif.
Low -12° in Drummond Island, Mich.
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National Summary: Some snow will fall from the eastern Great Lakes to the northern
Plains and on the southern Rockies today. Rain will begin in South Texas. Freezing fog will
linger in the valleys of the West.
Fri.
Hi
38
72
58
42
74
35
43
59
36
79
48
-0s
showers t-storms
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Jan 8
Hi
52
37
39
63
32
38
41
33
34
47
46
36
36
52
53
57
34
34
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
WORLD CITIES
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
46/21
7:28 a.m.
4:11 p.m.
3:47 a.m.
2:32 p.m.
Last
Full
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
Fri.
WINDS
Medford
52/31
Trace
0.01"
0.67"
8.77"
8.13"
9.14"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Caldwell
34/23
Burns
32/16
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
Dec 17
Albany
45/29
Eugene
41/26
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
50° 38°
Spokane
Wenatchee
32/25
33/27
Tacoma
Moses
44/31
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 35/28
33/25
49/35
46/31
37/27
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
47/31
33/28 Lewiston
34/25
Astoria
36/28
52/37
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
46/30
Pendleton 38/23
The Dalles 34/26
33/26
37/29
La Grande
Salem
36/24
46/28
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
46° 38°
Seattle
48/35
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
44° 31°
Today
MONDAY
Times of clouds
and sun
41° 31°
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Hi
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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
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31
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57
55
64
45
43
76
62
46
68
39
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32
61
21
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30
41
28
32
30
27
46
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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Carols at the Capitol: ‘It restores my faith in the future’
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — First-graders
from Salem’s Crosshill Chris-
tian School curl their arms
into wing shapes, flap around
the rotunda of the Oregon
Capitol and belt out: “Two
French hens, two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree.”
The class of nearly 20
first-graders is among more
than 500 students who are
performing Christmas carols
at the Capitol this holiday
season.
The decades-long tradition
has gained such popularity
that the Capitol’s Visitors
Services employees no longer
have to reach out to schools
to book the performances.
School choir directors call
each year to claim their spot
on the schedule.
“I remember singing here
when I was a child so it was
fun to see my daughter sing
Paris Achen/Capital Bureau
First-graders with their teacher, Colleen Andersson,
from Salem’s Croshill Christian School sing “The
Twelve Days of Christmas” in the rotunda of the Ore-
gon Capitol in Salem Dec. 12, 2017.
here,” said Danielle Johnston,
mother of Crosshill first-
grader Parker Johnston.
Surrounded by a magical
scene of Christmas trees
and holiday adornment in
the rotunda, the choirs sing
from about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday through Saturday
until Dec. 22. Parents, pass-
ersby and state employees fill
audience seats. Some state
employees bring their lunches
to the rotunda so that they
can watch the performances
during their break.
“Our world is a chaotic
place right now,” said Robin
Maxey,
communications
director for Senate President
Peter Courtney, D-Salem.
“We see and hear a lot more
about the bad than the good
in it. To be able to see the joy
of the season on the faces of
these children and teenagers
every day gives me a lift.
It restores my faith in the
future.”
Maxey keeps closed-cir-
cuit footage of the perfor-
mances switched on in his
office upstairs for most of the
day.
The performances also are
streamed live online.
“Having it in office
doesn’t compare to being
in the rotunda and actually
hearing them, but it’s a busy
time of year for us prepping
for session so we can’t always
get out there,” Maxey said.
Study: State parks injected $1B into economy
PORTLAND (AP) — A
study by the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department has found
that visitors to the state’s parks
contributed more than $1 billion
to the economy and supported
16,000 jobs in 2016.
The report released this week
measures how communities near
state parks benefit from that
presence.
Employees earned a combined
salary of $550 million and helped
welcome more than 54 million
visitors. The analysis also found
that each dollar invested in the
parks system generates $30.50 in
related economic activity.
State parks officials commis-
sioned economist Eric White, a
research social scientist with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Forest Service Pacific Northwest
Research Station, to prepare the
report at a cost of $45,697 over
a six-year period. White analyzed
survey responses from more than
18,000 visitors to 84 park prop-
erties. The agency conducted the
surveys from 2011-2016.
“We wanted to measure the
economic benefits state parks
bring to the state,” said state
parks and recreation Director
Lisa Sumption. “The findings are
clear: When state parks succeed,
so do Oregon communities. We
want to keep it that way, so we
continue to look at what we can
do to improve visitors’ experi-
ences.”
The report provided informa-
tion by region and by park.
Coastal parks had the greatest
number of visits and slightly
higher levels of average spending,
accounting for about half of the
total statewide spending.
Silver Falls State Park
provided the largest economic
boost, with 1.4 million visits
contributing $58.4 million to
the local economy. Fort Stevens
State Park followed with $40.1
million, and Yaquina Bay State
Recreation Site with $34.8
million.
White also found that visitors
spend an average of $25 for day
trips within 30 miles from home
to $390 for an overnight camping
trip more than 30 miles from
home. More than half of visitor
spending across all state parks —
$619 million — was generated
by visitors who traveled more
than 30 miles from home and
who stayed overnight in or near
the park.
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wolves “probably” killed a llama
in a different area of Union County,
which evoked sharp criticism from
landowner and retired rancher
Howard Cantrell about the investi-
gation findings.
The OR-30 pair was most
recently documented in 2016, occu-
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units south of Interstate 84. OR-30
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& Wildlife has confirmed wolves
killed an alpaca Sunday on private
land in Union County.
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blood in the snow as evidence
of an attack by three wolves in
the Starkey area southwest of La
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quipped Arthur Towers, a
lobbyist for Portland-based
Oregon Trial Lawyers Asso-
ciation. “It’s heartwarming as
opposed to heartbreaking.”
Scott Jorgensen, chief of
staff for Sen. Alan DeBoer,
R-Ashland, said he got sick
of hearing Christmas music
in his past life as an employee
at Fred Meyer, where the
music cycled constantly from
Thanksgiving to New Year’s.
“It’s different when the
school kids sing,” Jorgensen
said. “I absolutely love it. I
think it’s easy to lose sight of
how special it is when you’re
there every day.
“Through the eyes of
schoolchildren,
especially
schoolchildren from the rural
parts of the state, it’s a really
big deal to be able to come
to the Capitol. You can see
it on their faces how thrilled
they are. It really warms your
heart to see the groups of kids
singing.”
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(The Oregon Legislature
convenes its policymaking
session shortly after the holi-
days Feb. 5-March 9.)
Sherry Chandler of Visi-
tors Services, who schedules
the choirs, sits at an informa-
tion desk near the rotunda for
the most of the day. She said
she never tires of hearing the
carols.
“The little ones have
sweet, little voices, and in
the middle school and high
school choirs, there is very
good talent. Sometimes, you
hear the same carols over and
over. This year, they were
mixing it up a little.”
The carolers bring a
starkly different scene to the
Capitol. During other times
of the year, lawmakers may
bicker over bills and lobbyists
pace the halls in the same
space.
“The kids aren’t wearing
thousand-dollar suits and
lobbying for bad causes,”
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