WEATHER
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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
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28
47
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30
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36
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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snow
ice
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warm front stationary front
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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
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51
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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
Hi
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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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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.
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Boat prowler drives into river fleeing police
By EDWARD STRATTON
EO Media Group
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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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BRIEFLY
More radioactively contaminated
vehicles found at Hanford
RICHLAND, Wash. (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.