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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY Mostly cloudy Cloudy 48° 36° 47° 35° MONDAY TUESDAY Times of clouds and sun A little morning snow PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 48° 39° 52° 35° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 51° 35° 50° 34° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 47° 31° 42° 28° 67° (1968) -13° (1922) 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 0.02" 1.06" 0.96" 1.06" 1.33" 0.96" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 49° 42° 61° (1977) Trace 0.72" 0.79" 0.72" 1.30" 0.79" SUN AND MOON Jan 31 Bend 41/31 Last 7:29 a.m. 4:44 p.m. 9:28 a.m. 8:35 p.m. New Feb 7 Feb 15 Caldwell 44/25 Burns 38/17 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 41 41 49 38 38 47 46 51 41 38 42 40 44 48 51 44 49 48 47 44 48 37 38 47 46 49 Lo 45 24 31 45 17 25 39 35 35 29 25 30 29 34 44 44 24 35 36 44 28 43 30 27 44 36 33 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. 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W pc pc s sh pc sn r pc pc s r Hi 32 72 60 51 74 29 50 61 41 84 50 Lo 21 64 46 49 47 17 47 39 27 70 36 W c pc pc r pc sf r s pc s pc WINDS Medford 44/34 PRECIPITATION Jan 24 John Day 41/29 Ontario 44/24 29° 29° -6° (1957) 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 48/42 Eugene 47/39 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 52° 35° Spokane Wenatchee 37/30 39/29 Tacoma Moses 46/41 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 45/34 39/31 48/44 46/40 49/33 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 47/43 46/36 Lewiston 50/35 Astoria 45/31 50/45 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 47/44 Pendleton 38/25 The Dalles 51/35 48/36 47/36 La Grande Salem 42/30 48/43 Corvallis 49/41 HIGH 50° 37° Seattle 47/43 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 51° 32° Today WEDNESDAY Some sun, then turning cloudy 48° 33° Saturday, January 20, 2018 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 38/25 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: A rain or snow shower today; a little icy mix in the morning, then a little snow and sleet in the mountains. Cascades: Snow today, accumulating 1-3 inches; a little snow, mainly early in the south. Northern California: Mostly cloudy today; frigid in the interior mountains. Rain at the coast tonight. www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ S 4-8 S 8-16 0 1 1 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 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 Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group 0 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme SUBSCRIPTION RATES 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. 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — 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 Sunday UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: A passing shower or two today; breezy across the north in the afternoon. Eastern and Central Oregon: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight. Western Washington: Mainly cloudy today with a passing shower or two. Today WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Circulation Manager: Marcy Rosenberg • 541-966-0828 • mrosenberg@eastoregonian.com -10s SALEM — The looming partial shutdown of the federal government could cause a cash flow hiccup for the state of Oregon. But the specific impact depends on the length of the shutdown, and how the federal government decides to implement it, says Legis- lative Fiscal Officer Ken Rocco. In the event of a shutdown, which could interrupt the flow of federal funds, Oregon would get reimbursed after Congress passes a spending resolution, Rocco said on Friday morning, when the prospect of a shutdown was still unclear. “Normally it’s just a cash flow issue for us,” Rocco said. “Most of these programs will only be held up briefly.” In the current two-year state budget, Oregon expects to bring in about $21.8 billion in federal funds. Central to the debate on Capitol Hill is a package to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. CHIP covers children whose families make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but still struggle to afford health insurance. About 121,000 kids and 1,700 pregnant women in Oregon are covered by the program. Congress blew past its Sept. 30 deadline to renew the program, but approved a short-term extension in December. States will gradually run out of funding for the program — Oregon’s will last through the end of January, according to OHA. The program was set to expire at 9 p.m. Pacific time on Jan. 19, unless the U.S. Senate votes to pass a bill that contains both a short-term spending plan and a six-year extension of CHIP. Oregon. Gov. Kate Brown has said she wants the state to cover CHIP-eligible kids and pregnant women if Congress decides to do away with the program altogether — although that’s an unlikely prospect. “If the feds do not continue the program and we decide to maintain it, that’s a state resource we’d have to apply to the program, but that’s totally speculative right now,” Rocco said. The state hasn’t yet spent any extra state money on CHIP, but if Congress can’t reach a deal, the state would seek more money from the federal government on a monthly basis until federal funding runs out in the spring, according to OHA. CHIP pays 97 percent of the total costs of health care for the kids on the program; but if Congress doesn’t fund CHIP, the state would ask the federal government to cover those kids under Medicaid at a reduced match rate of 63 percent, which would cost the state more money. The state would need to come up with roughly $8.75 million per month to make up the difference between match rates. In total, the program costs $29 million per month. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., who represents the state’s massive second district in southwestern and Eastern Oregon, has called on the Senate to pass the bill. “The question before us today is, do you want to keep the government open, and the services provided, and six years of full funding for chil- dren’s health insurance and pregnant women, or will you vote against it?” Walden said in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday, before the House voted to pass the bill. “It’s as simple as that. The rest is political rhetoric.” THANK YOU The family of Althea L. Gibbs gives our sincere thanks to all of our friends and family for the many cards, flowers, phone calls and donations in her name to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research. Thanks to the Eagles Lodge in Pendleton for the wonderful food and all the help with her Celebration of Life, and to Burns Mortuary of Hermiston for their care. A big thank you to Kadlec Oncology Unit doctors and nurses for the highest quality care that they gave to Mom during her time there. Brad & Marcy Rosenberg and Family Zane & Janice Gibbs and Family rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 79° in Imperial, Calif. Low -1° in Waverly, Colo. 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 56 50 54 36 57 43 48 64 48 44 44 72 52 39 68 -4 36 83 70 45 64 47 53 53 62 Lo 28 36 36 32 19 40 25 33 41 39 35 36 57 20 31 40 -23 18 71 61 35 42 41 36 49 42 W c pc s s c pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc sn pc pc sh sh s sh pc sh pc Sun. 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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 But Democrats say the program has become a “bargaining chip” in the budget negotiations on Capitol Hill — that Republicans added the CHIP extension to the funding bill at the last minute, and lever- aged the optics of children’s health programs to take a dig at Democrats who oppose the continuing resolution for other reasons. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said “these children became hostages to the Republican political agenda.” “Colleagues, you’ve had months to act,” Wyden said on the Senate floor on Friday. “You’ve had almost a year. The program expired 111 days ago, the Finance Committee passed a bipartisan bill, but these kids and their families are still waiting. There is nothing aside from cynical political strategy forcing the Congress into this crisis we’re facing today.” A shutdown could also have impacts on Oregonians who work for the federal government — the 16-day shutdown in 2013 required “non-essential” employees to take furlough days. WE HEAR YOU! LOCAL, INDEPENDENT AUDIOLOGIST Working within the community of Pendleton, our clinic provides a variety of hearing healthcare services including hearing assessments and rehabilitation, education, and counseling. FULL SERVICE CLINIC Our clinic also fi ts and dispenses sophisticated hearing aids and related devices to suit all types of hearing loss and life styles. Renata Anderson is a certifi ed licensed audiologist with over twenty years experience. SERVICE YOU CAN RELY ON! You can trust Renata to provide a complete hearing evaluation and a professional diagnosis of your specifi c hearing loss. Call for an appointment with Renata today and start hearing what you’ve been missing. Renata Anderson, MA 10s National Summary: Rain will dampen the lower Mississippi Valley, parts of the deserts and the coastal Northwest today. Snow will fall on the central and southern Rockies. Much of the Central and Eastern states will be mild. 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. 0s showers t-storms Impact of possible fed shutdown on state unclear By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau -0s Pam Wagenaar, Administrative Assistant 2237 SW Court, Pendleton 541-276-5053 • www.renataanderson.com Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: call 541-966-0818 or email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com Business Office Manager: Janna Heimgartner 541-966-0822 • jheimgartner@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Trespassers entering closed Columbia Gorge areas PORTLAND (AP) — Trespassers continue to venture into areas closed after a Columbia River Gorge wildfire to get to nature attractions despite dangers, Oregon authorities said. Authorities have handed out $280 trespassing cita- tions to 49 people and let hundreds go with a warning, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Half of the citations were issued after the Multnomah Falls Lodge reopened in late November, they said. Authorities put up a fence and closed off trails after the blaze, which began in early September and burned nearly 77 square miles. The fence has not stopped some from trekking to a lower viewing platform to look at the falls, said Rachel Pawlitz, spokeswoman for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Authorities have verbally warned almost 600 people about trespassing since Sept. 19, according to numbers provided Wednesday by Pawlitz. Other hot spots for tres- passers include Eagle Creek and Larch Mountain, she added. Although the fire is 100 percent contained, Pawlitz said authorities saw smol- dering stumps as recently as December. Hazards such as land- slides, falling trees and tumbling rocks exists, officials said. There are also logjams that have formed on the streams and above waterfalls that can bursts and flash flood or rockfall threats, Pawlitz said. Search and rescue efforts would be expensive and dangerous, authorities said. The area is considered so dangerous that the Mult- nomah County Sheriff’s Office’s Green Hornet trail rescue team has yet to train there, said Lt. Marc Shrake, the agency’s spokesman. The lower Multnomah Falls viewing platform is expected to reopen early this year and the Benson Bridge may be reopen in the summer. LIVING WELL WITH DIABETES Whether this is a new diagnosis or not, this class will assist you with learning more about diabetes and its effect on your mind and body. Six FREE FREE weekly classes. Attend alone or with support person. Call for upcoming dates & times Must pre-register, call 541-667-3509 ACT PROGRAM: ACHIEVE, CONQUER, THRIVE This 6 month lifestyle change program will help you achieve your health goals! 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