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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY SUNDAY Cloudy with a passing shower Remaining cloudy 45° 35° 44° 22° MONDAY Plenty of sunshine, but chilly Partly sunny and cold PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 31° 22° 30° 22° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 47° 26° 42° 36° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE LOW 29° 39° 64° (1917) 18° 25° 2° (1990) 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" 0.98" 1.45" 16.24" 13.37" 12.92" Corvallis 55/39 HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday Yesterday Normals Records LOW 29° 39° 67° (1937) New 7:36 a.m. 4:19 p.m. 1:54 p.m. 3:16 a.m. First Jan 16 Jan 24 Caldwell 39/31 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 53 40 53 54 42 44 56 49 42 46 47 44 42 52 53 57 36 37 45 54 57 56 34 43 54 44 40 Lo 42 26 28 47 28 30 39 34 36 32 29 32 31 40 42 42 30 35 35 42 29 41 29 29 40 37 31 W r c c c c sh r c c c c sn sn c r r c r c r c r sn r r r r NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 47 39 41 55 40 37 48 45 47 37 45 38 36 51 50 53 42 45 44 48 44 50 34 37 48 46 48 Lo 32 11 19 45 14 16 29 24 26 19 25 18 17 34 37 39 21 26 22 33 16 31 20 14 31 27 23 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W sh c c c pc c c c c c c c c c c c pc pc c c c c c c c c pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 42 72 61 46 69 40 47 53 42 88 48 Lo 25 60 47 41 44 34 44 35 24 72 38 W pc s c r pc c r pc pc pc pc Sat. Hi 44 73 59 56 70 36 57 55 39 86 50 Lo 17 59 43 49 44 34 53 43 26 68 38 W pc s pc c pc c r pc c t s WINDS Medford 52/40 0.00" 0.53" 1.33" 9.29" 9.13" 9.80" SUN AND MOON Jan 8 Bend 53/28 Burns 42/28 PRECIPITATION Jan 1 John Day 46/32 Ontario 36/30 19° 27° 2° (1983) 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 56/40 Eugene 56/39 TEMPERATURE HIGH 31° 24° Spokane Wenatchee 34/29 31/30 Tacoma Moses 52/40 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 33/29 39/33 52/41 52/39 40/31 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 53/41 44/37 Lewiston 40/36 Astoria 41/37 53/42 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 54/42 Pendleton 44/30 The Dalles 42/36 45/35 46/38 La Grande Salem 44/32 56/41 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH 32° 23° Seattle 52/42 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 38° 24° Today TUESDAY Mostly cloudy and cold 36° 23° Friday, December 29, 2017 Klamath Falls 47/29 (in mph) Today Saturday Boardman Pendleton E 3-6 S 7-14 WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Snow, 1-2 inches in the north and mountains with rain across the south today. Cascades: Cloudy today. Showers around in central parts; rain and drizzle across the north. Northern California: Partly sunny today. Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today; periods of rain, some heavy; however, a passing shower in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: A thick cloud cover today; a passing shower across the north and near the Cascades. Western Washington: Heavy rain today. Rainy times tonight. A passing shower tomorrow. 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. 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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’ 0 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — www.eastoregonian.com 0 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 ASTORIA — A man fleeing police had to be rescued Wednesday after driving his pickup off a pier and into a side channel of the Columbia River. Timofey Erofeeff, 27, from Scotts Mills in Marion County, had been spotted trespassing on boats. Officers made contact with him about 10 a.m. as he was driving a red F-150, police said. They decided to charge him with second-degree criminal trespass and were advised to take him into custody for a Deschutes County parole violation. He took off as they approached his truck to make the arrest, starting a short pursuit. Officers did not Erofeeff follow Erofeeff when he drove onto a pier, but he continued and launched the pickup off the end into the Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian A diver enters the waters Thursday morning off Tongue Point to search for a pickup driven into the river. Columbia before exiting the vehicle. He swam out a couple hundred feet into the frigid river. The Coast Guard was called and prepared a helicopter to rescue him, but the mission was called off when he swam back. The pier was too high for Erofeeff to be reached by responders, who passed him a life jacket and flotation ring. Fishermen on the nearby vessel Pacific Wind responded to rescue him. Employees from nearby shipwright WCT Marine & Construction Inc. pulled him out of the water, into a skiff and later to shore. All told, Erofeeff spent about 20 minutes in the icy water. “I’m thankful the men from WCT Marine and fishing vessel (Pacific Wind) Dey plans to hold several meetings to discuss the matter with school and district leadership after students return to school from winter break Jan. 3. “We find the request for a change to be compelling, and one that shall receive full attention from the school’s leadership,” he wrote. “The superintendent has expressed support for moving forward in conversation with the faculty, student groups and the school’s Site Council.” Eugene School Board members also welcome the discussion. The mascot’s origin can be traced back to a 20th century club at the high school known for their annual group photo which featured members holding an axe, Dey said in the email. The members became known as “the men of the 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. axe” and later shortened to “axemen.” Dey acknowledges that sports and the country have changed since the school’s team named was adopted in the early 1930s. Today, girls and women are allowed to play on sports teams and language and terminology used in the U.S. has also changed. “Use of nongendered 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: Snow will fall around the Great Lakes and from the northern Rockies to the central Plains today. Rain will soak the coastal Northwest and linger over the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Atlantic coast. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 87° in Ramona, Calif. Low -33° in Amasa, Mich. 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 59 51 31 32 2 52 38 17 49 32 18 19 49 60 22 69 -9 -5 79 54 24 53 35 66 44 80 Lo 31 36 20 19 -9 31 32 9 30 21 5 14 37 15 12 39 -16 -23 66 46 15 40 3 44 29 53 W s s pc pc sn s c c pc pc sn sf c pc sf s s pc s c sn c c s s s Sat. 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Hi 31 42 79 10 -4 41 63 27 29 2 31 76 15 24 49 0 60 61 18 49 71 59 47 79 38 22 Lo 11 18 59 4 -14 15 49 17 14 -11 19 47 1 13 22 -18 30 35 3 28 50 45 33 46 22 4 W c pc pc pc pc c r sn c pc sn s c sn pc sn pc pc c pc s pc pc s sf c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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 were there and willing to help,” said Deputy Astoria Police Chief Eric Halverson. “Mr. Erofeeff should be thankful, too.” Erofeeff was taken by Medix Ambulance Service to Columbia Memorial Hospital, treated for hypo- thermia and released to an officer. He was eventually lodged in the Clatsop County Jail on charges of second-degree criminal trespass, parole violation, interfering with a police officer, attempt to elude a police officer, reck- less driving and third-degree escape. He has previous arrests in Clackamas County for burglary and Deschutes County for theft. A fuel sheen was visible where Erofeeff entered the water. The police have been in contact with the Coast Guard about retrieving the vehicle, but have not formulated a plan yet, Halverson said. Divers were attempting to locate the vehicle Thursday. “It’s in the river for now,” Halverson said. Petition asks Eugene school to make mascot gender neutral EUGENE (AP) — A Eugene school is considering doing away with its mascot after it was presented with a petition asking the school to change it to something gender neutral. South Eugene High School has been the home of the Axemen for almost 90 years, the Register-Guard reported. In an email sent Tuesday to families and community members, Principal Andy Dey said there has been an ongoing community discussion about changing the school’s team name which resulted in a petition that garnered hundreds of signatures from students, parents, teachers, coaches and community members. While the petitioners are passionate about the change, Dey said others have adamantly disagreed with the idea. 0s showers t-storms Boat prowler drives into river fleeing police By EDWARD STRATTON EO Media Group -0s terminology (chairperson, firefighter, police officer, etc.) is now standard, while the use of male-specific pronouns to refer generically to all people is no longer a universally accepted social norm,” Dey said. He expects to send a recommendation to Eugene School District Superinten- dent Gustavo Balderas by the end of January. 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(AP) — The number of vehicles with specks of radioactive material has increased to 19 as checks continue at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant continue. The Tri-City Herald reports as of Wednesday after- noon, 12 additional government or contractor vehicles had been found with radioactive contamination, with 55 vehicles still to be surveyed. The dozen contaminated government and contractor vehicles are in addition to seven worker vehicles found to have specks of contamination since demolition was completed Dec. 15 on the most contaminated section of the plant. No contamination was found at the homes of those workers. Post-demolition surveying found specks of radioactive material, some too small to see, had spread outside the demolition zone. Additional layers of fixative are being applied to areas where contamination has been found to keep it from becoming airborne. Yakima police officers shoot three men in 24 hours YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say Yakima police officers shot three suspects in a 24-hour period. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Yakima police Capt. Jeff Schneider at a Wednesday news conference called the shooting statistic unprecedented in the department. On Wednesday police shot and wounded Gabriel Anthony Zavala who had allegedly fired at officers and rammed a pickup into a police vehicle. Police say Zavala was shot at least twice and flown to a Seattle hospital. Police say Yakima officers shot and killed two men on Tuesday in separate standoff situations. Police say Officer Booker Ward shot Adrian Escobar during a standoff at a home after he allegedly fired shots at officers. Officers Shane Stevie and Patrick Shad fatally shot Juan Miguel Garcia following a five-hour standoff at an apartment complex. Police haven’t said exactly what led to that shooting.