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Wild turkeys trot through downtown Eugene
EUGENE (AP) — A pair of
wild turkeys strolled through
downtown Eugene, spurring
onlookers to do double takes or
to stop and snap photos.
The male and female turkeys
paused outside the downtown
federal
building
Tuesday
afternoon, ducking under an
entryway as slight rain fell, The
Register-Guard reported .
Eugene resident Eric Cowger
was washing windows at the
building on Sixth Avenue and
High Street. He took photos
when the large fowls neared.
“You don’t really get that
close to a wild turkey often,”
Cowger said. “I guess that makes
them not wild anymore — more
like downtown pets.”
While Eugene is home to a
number of turkeys, they’re found
in more abundance miles south
of the city around Roseburg, said
Michelle Dennehy, a spokes-
woman for the state Department
of Fish and Wildlife.
Man shot at
veterans clinic
during altercation
“I couldn’t believe
what I was seeing —
there’s a turkey, just
window shopping.”
SALEM (AP) — A man said to be a mili-
tary veteran seeking mental health care was
shot by a security officer at a Veterans Affairs
clinic in southern Oregon on Thursday after
an admissions area altercation in which
authorities said the man became combative.
The man was flown to a hospital after the
shooting in the southwestern community of
White City with injuries that did not appear
to be life-threatening, the Jackson County
sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Shawn Quall, an Army veteran of the first
Gulf War who is from Bend, Oregon, said he
heard the man shouting before the situation
escalated.
“I was walking down the main hallway
when I overheard a veteran yelling at intake
people that he was here for the fifth time
trying to get health care, and was upset at what
he thought was a runaround,” Quall told The
Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Quall kept walking down the hall, but
when the yelling got louder, he started
running back and heard someone yell: “He’s
got a knife!”
“Then boom, a loud shot. I saw the guy
holding his stomach and then fall to the
ground,” Quall said. An officer told onlookers
to leave, saying there was nothing to see.
Sgt. Julie Denney of the sheriff’s office
said she could not confirm that a knife was
involved.
“The details of the events leading to the
shooting are still under investigation,” she
said in a text message.
VA police responded “after reports of a
combative patient in the admissions area. An
altercation ensued between the man and VA
Police officers, resulting in the discharge of
a firearm,” the sheriff’s office statement said.
The man and the officers involved were not
identified.
Veterans at the clinic receiving treatment
for post-traumatic stress disorder and other
issues expressed shock about the shooting.
Outpatient Joel Setzer, a U.S. Army
veteran who also served in Operation Desert
Storm in the Gulf, said “this is the type of
incident that should have never happened out
there.”
The VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation
Center & Clinics says on its website that it
“offers a variety of health services to meet the
needs of our nation’s Veterans.”
Quall said it’s not unusual to hear veterans
arguing with the center’s staff.
“Often you hear guys yelling,” he said.
“It’s dealing with the federal government, and
it is frustrating at times.”
A spokeswoman for the clinic did not
return telephone messages seeking comment.
— Mike Conard,
Eugene resident who recorded
a video of the bird
circulated online earlier this
month.
“I couldn’t believe what I
was seeing — there’s a turkey,
just window shopping,” said
Mike Conard, a Eugene resident
who recorded a video of the
bird.
Last month, a pair of turkeys
loitered outside the entrance to
the Lane County Courthouse,
said county spokeswoman
Devon Ashbridge. The birds
have occasionally appeared
outside the building, but are
more often observed in less
populated areas, Ashbridge said.
Chris Pietsch /The Register-Guard via AP
In this Jan 23 photo, a turkey walks near the Federal Building
in Eugene as employees leave for the day. The turkey and an-
other have been seen in downtown Eugene, spurring onlook-
ers to do double takes or to stop to snap photos.
The turkeys may have
entered into the urban core to
find a food source, Dennehy
said. Turkeys and other wildlife
enter into new territories usually
to search for food, she said.
The turkeys have been
spotted around Eugene before,
and images of a lone turkey
wandering about downtown
Engineer says he misjudged train location in fatal wreck
SEATTLE (AP) — An
engineer told investigators he
misjudged the location of an
Amtrak train before it derailed
in Washington state on a new
high-speed route while traveling
at nearly 80 mph — more than
twice the speed limit around a
curve, the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board disclosed
Thursday.
In an NTSB summary of
interviews with the engineer
and conductor on duty during
the deadly crash, the engineer
said he knew the curve with a
30 mph speed restriction was at
milepost 19.8 and he planned to
start braking about a mile before
reaching it.
But he said he didn’t see a
marker at milepost 18 or a nearby
30 mph speed warning sign. The
engineer said he then misinter-
preted another signal at the 19.8
milepost.
He said he applied the brake
as soon as he saw a 30 mph sign
at the start of the curve, but the
train derailed seconds later as
it entered the 30 mph zone and
plunged off an overpass and onto
busy Interstate 5 — the Pacific
Northwest’s main north-south
highway.
NTSB board member Bella
Dinh-Zarr said days after the
wreck that the locomotive’s
emergency brake went off auto-
matically and was not manually
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
In this Dec. 18, 2017, file photo, cars from an Amtrak train lay
spilled onto Interstate 5 below as some remain on the tracks
above in DuPont, Wash.
activated by the engineer.
The summary says the engi-
neer was qualified to operate the
train on that new stretch of track
and had completed at least seven
observational trips and three trips
during which he operated the
train in the five weeks before the
derailment.
The fatal trip marked the
second time the engineer had
officially operated it going south-
bound on the route.
The summary involved
interviews with the engineer
and conductor, which took place
about a month after they suffered
serious injuries in the wreck.
Three people were killed and
dozens of others were hurt Dec.
18 on the route from Tacoma to
Portland, Oregon. The train was
carrying 85 passengers and crew
members as it made its inaugural
run along the fast, new 15-mile
bypass route.
The summary said the engi-
neer and conductor were in the
lead locomotive as the conductor
underwent training and familiar-
ized himself with the new route.
Both said they felt well-rested.
The engineer said he didn’t feel
distracted by the conductor being
in the locomotive.
Neither man has been iden-
tified by NTSB. However, the
summary says the engineer was a
55-year-old man hired by Amtrak
in 2004 as a conductor before
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
Variable cloudiness
Occasional rain
and drizzle
46° 38°
51° 44°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Cloudy and not
as cool
Remaining cloudy
Rain and drizzle in
the morning
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
58° 44°
58° 39°
47° 36°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
53° 44°
50° 39°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
45°
28°
42°
28°
65° (1935) -10° (1957)
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
0.08"
1.46"
1.18"
1.46"
1.33"
1.18"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
50°
27°
43°
29°
60° (1968) -17° (1949)
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
0.10"
1.02"
1.04"
1.02"
1.39"
1.04"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Jan 31
Feb 7
7:23 a.m.
4:53 p.m.
12:28 p.m.
2:10 a.m.
New
First
Feb 15
55° 40°
51° 36°
Seattle
44/40
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
57° 41°
Feb 22
Today
TUESDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
37/30
37/28
Tacoma
Moses
44/40
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 44/34
38/32
46/41
43/39
48/34
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
45/42
47/38 Lewiston
51/39
Astoria
45/33
47/42
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
45/41
Pendleton 36/28
The Dalles 50/39
46/38
47/35
La Grande
Salem
40/32
47/44
Albany
Corvallis 47/42
46/42
John Day
39/32
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
44/30
46/42
39/32
Caldwell
Burns
46/32
36/21
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
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Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
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Klamath Falls
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today with a little
rain; chilly in the south. Occasional rain
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Variable clouds
today. A shower across the north; snow showers
in central parts and the upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a couple of showers. Periods of rain
tonight.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today;
snow showers near the Idaho border and in
the mountains.
Cascades: Snow at times today, accumulat-
ing 2-4 inches; cold. Snow becoming
steadier tonight.
Northern California: Variable clouds today.
Very cold in the interior mountains; a
shower in central parts.
Today
Saturday
SW 7-14
SW 7-14
SW 6-12
SSW 8-16
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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WORLD CITIES
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
TODAY
being promoted to locomotive
engineer in 2013.
The conductor, a 48-year-old
man, said the ride marked the first
time the two men had worked
together and there was minimal
conversation between them.
He said he looked up from his
paperwork after hearing the engi-
neer mumble out loud, just before
the derailment, then sensed the
train was going airborne.
The conductor was hired by
Amtrak as an assistant conductor
in 2010 and was promoted to
conductor the following year. He
said he attended a job briefing
with the engineer, going over
general track bulletins and other
items at the start of the shift.
Garrick Freeman was identi-
fied as the conductor after filing a
lawsuit against Amtrak, claiming
the company failed to provide a
safe work environment. He said
he suffered multiple broken ribs,
a fractured clavicle and serious
internal injuries during the
derailment.
NTSB said it will continue
the investigation by comparing
the crewmember accounts with
information gained from videos
and a data recorder, and will
consider human performance
and operations, as well as signals
and train control, and track, engi-
neering and mechanical factors.
The investigation could take
up to two years.
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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.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
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warm front stationary front
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National Summary: As the East turns milder, much of the Midwest will be warm and windy
today. Showers will affect parts of Texas and Arkansas as snow is in store for parts of the
Rockies. Rain will soak the coastal Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 79° in Fort Myers, Fla.
Low -12° in Antero Reservoir, 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
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39
61
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37
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84
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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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