WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY TODAY Mostly cloudy Cloudy 47° 35° 48° 44° FRIDAY SATURDAY Cloudy with a touch of rain A shower in the morning; cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 56° 49° 60° 50° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 35° 49° 43° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 48° 41° 43° 28° 65° (1971) -15° (1950) 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 Trace 1.59" 1.35" 1.59" 1.35" 1.35" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW John Day 42/34 Ontario 46/28 Bend 44/33 50° 45° 44° 29° 64° (1967) -19° (1950) Burns 41/25 Trace 1.10" 1.24" 1.10" 1.40" 1.24" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Feb 7 New 7:18 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:33 p.m. 7:24 a.m. First Feb 15 Feb 22 Caldwell 47/31 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 Lo 42 26 33 45 25 28 39 33 35 34 33 30 28 39 42 43 28 33 35 39 29 40 27 28 41 36 32 W sh sf c c c sn c c c c c sn sn c c c pc c c c c c c sn c c pc Hi 51 43 53 58 44 42 51 48 49 48 54 44 42 57 51 56 45 49 48 49 52 51 39 43 49 49 48 Lo 48 35 43 47 33 37 47 44 43 44 34 39 38 44 48 49 34 41 44 46 39 48 34 40 47 44 35 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W r c c pc pc c r c c pc pc c c c r c c c c r c r c c r c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 48/33 Hi 38 53 56 48 69 30 49 57 32 72 48 Lo 17 45 40 37 45 9 36 48 13 64 38 W s r s pc pc c r pc c pc pc Thu. Hi 39 59 58 45 72 17 45 60 32 71 47 Lo 18 51 42 35 46 12 35 52 13 64 36 W s s s pc pc c sh c s sh r REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today into tomor- row; showers across the north. Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today. Partly cloudy tonight. Cloudy tomorrow. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today. A couple of snow showers near the Cascades tonight. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today with a passing shower. Mostly cloudy tonight. Cascades: Mostly cloudy today; periods of snow, accumulating 1-3 inches across the north. Northern California: Partly sunny today. Partly cloudy tonight. 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WINDS Medford 50/39 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 Jan 31 Albany 50/40 Eugene 49/39 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 61° 51° Spokane Wenatchee 39/27 39/28 Tacoma Moses 46/38 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 46/31 40/30 46/42 45/39 49/32 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 47/41 49/36 Lewiston 51/36 Astoria 46/33 48/42 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 49/39 Pendleton 38/28 The Dalles 50/35 47/35 49/36 La Grande Salem 41/30 50/40 Corvallis 50/39 HIGH 57° 49° Seattle 45/41 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 61° 46° Today SUNDAY Cloudy with a little rain 60° 46° Wednesday, January 31, 2018 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 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. 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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 86° in Thermal, Calif. Low -36° in Ely, Minn. 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 62 55 36 38 38 58 45 32 53 54 46 45 73 52 41 71 -9 23 81 70 47 60 51 73 63 80 Lo 34 38 32 30 13 44 30 28 37 37 27 37 52 21 31 42 -26 -4 73 56 33 41 33 50 45 55 Thur. 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Oil from the tank was likely used for boilers at the Union Fishermen’s Coopera- tive, which was located at the pier and closed down more than 70 years ago, Madjeska said. Since then, the pier has had a handful of owners, and knowledge of the tank likely was lost somewhere in the turnover. “Did people know years ago that this tank was there? Possibly. Maybe not,” hotel spokeswoman Donna Quinn said. “We wish it had been disclosed, but it wasn’t. We don’t know who knew or who didn’t know.” Quinn said the hotel is researching options for how to pay for the cleanup and equipment, which Madjeska By JACK HEFFERNAN EO Media Group The Coast Guard began chipping away Monday at a dilapidated pier that likely holds the source of an oil sheen on the Columbia River near Astoria. After the first of what will likely be a multiday effort, officials offered more detail about what may have caused the spill. The sheen was first reported Jan. 18 near the Cannery Pier Hotel. It has been concentrated near the hotel but was visible about 5 miles along the river at its peak. Other affected areas — including the Hammond Mooring Basin — have been cleaned up, while a contain- ment boom has been placed near the hotel. Oil has also been spotted on boats in the area. A Coast Guard diver discovered the tank a couple of days after the sheen was reported. The pier is located on the same property as the hotel, though hotel manage- ment maintains it did not have prior knowledge of the tank until the sheen appeared. Coast Guard crews on Monday cut a hole in the tank — located on the south side of the pier and encapsulated Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Workers use heavy equipment to access a pier in Astoria that is thought to be the source of an oil leak. by concrete — to survey it. The tank likely has a capacity of 10,000 gallons — a larger size than previously believed — and contains about 2,000 gallons of heavy, sludge-like oil, said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Madjeska. A storm earlier in the month may have shifted the pier and the tank, which already had holes on its side. “That does explain why we’re seeing product in the water,” Madjeska said. “It probably shifted once the river was able to make contact and come in through those holes and then exit with the tide.” The exact amount of oil discharged is still unknown, but the Coast Guard considers the spill minor. Wildlife has not been affected. Tide cycles of up to 9 feet, inclement weather, crum- bling concrete surrounding the tank and the risk of disrupting the containment boom have presented chal- lenges for crews hoping to excavate the tank. A crane barge was placed in the area Friday before work began Monday. Madjeska said crews hope to fully access the tank by the end of the week. Crews will then be able to determine how heavy it is and how, if possible, to lift it from the Muslim inmate at TRCI sues state for lack of halal meals By NOELLE CROMBIE The Oregonian/OregonLive An inmate at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla has sued Oregon Department of Corrections staff for failing to serve meals that observe his Muslim faith. Rashid Kambarov, 29, who is serving a sentence for rape, filed a complaint this week in U.S. District Court in Pendleton. He is a legal permanent resident from Turkey and is suing TRCI superintendent Troy Bowser and other administrators at the prison. The Department of Corrections did not immedi- ately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. Kambarov claims he is not served halal meat and that vegetarian alternatives have been cross-contami- nated with pork, a forbidden food for Muslims. Halal refers to food and drink prepared in accordance with Islamic dietary laws. He claims the state’s failure to accommodate his religion violates the First and 14th Amendments and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person Act of 2000, which bars state and local jails and prisons from imposing arbitrary limits on inmates’ religious practices. According to the suit, Kambarov asked for and was denied a special diet to accommodate his faith when he was sent to prison in 2015. He says he was told that the department offers Muslim inmates a “pork-free meat alternative diet” that includes fresh and cooked fruits and vegetables. He says he was told that the food would not come into contact with pork or alcohol, halal requirements. Kambarov said he was 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. BUCKAROO BOOSTER CLUB FUNDRAISER Dinner & Auction Cracked Crab-Baked Salmon-Tri-tip TICKET INCLUDES: - Meal and Complimentary Beer - Chance to Win • 1 of 5 $100 in Auction Bucks Certifi cates UMATILLA State told inmate vegetarian ‘best option for a Muslim’ estimates will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The sheen has prompted questions about other piers in Astoria. Companies that moved out of the town, which once hosted a booming cannery industry, left behind dilapidated docks. “This generated some excellent conversation among stakeholders and partners about canneries in general, but at this time there is no information of additional tanks,” Madjeska said. Large environmental and economic ramifications appear to have been avoided in this spill. “But I would say it’s a big event in a small city,” Coast Guard Capt. William Timmons said. also told the vegetarian option “is the best option for a Muslim.” However, Kambarov said he witnessed kitchen staff handling vegetarian meals as well as salami. In other instances, he said he was served soup he later learned contained pork and watched staff use the same knife to cut vegetables and ham. He said his requests for kosher meals, which are prepared in accordance with Jewish law, were rejected by prison staff. Kosher require- ments satisfy Muslim dietary restrictions, he said. The suit doesn’t list a dollar amount in damages. • $500 Cash Drawing • Heads/Tails Game with a chance to win $500 Wednesday • February 21st $35 Per Person DINNER: 5:30-7pm • AUCTION: 6:30pm Pendleton Convention Center Limited to fi rst 500 tickets sold Tickets available at Big John’s Pizza, Dean’s Pendleton Athletic, Dave’s Food Mart or board members. Must be 21 & over to attend. 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