WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SUNDAY
TODAY
Mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
56° 36°
57° 35°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Plenty of sun
Mostly cloudy with
a little rain
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
64° 41°
54° 33°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
59° 35°
60° 34°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
56°
53°
77° (1916)
42°
34°
21° (1933)
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
0.01"
0.52"
0.33"
2.85"
4.61"
2.84"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
58°
56°
76° (2005)
0.00"
0.12"
0.29"
1.75"
3.74"
2.53"
SUN AND MOON
Mar 24
Bend
54/32
6:18 a.m.
5:54 p.m.
2:11 a.m.
11:34 a.m.
Full
Last
Mar 31
Apr 8
Caldwell
57/35
Burns
52/30
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
40
31
32
43
30
33
36
34
35
34
28
35
32
35
41
42
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33
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Hi
62
56
59
60
55
53
63
56
60
58
59
56
54
68
60
60
59
60
57
66
61
66
51
55
65
58
60
Lo
45
29
34
46
30
31
39
34
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41
45
45
33
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35
46
35
41
31
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44
39
33
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
52/28
Hi
57
69
60
56
81
21
62
60
47
77
51
Lo
23
60
45
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53
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51
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63
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Sun.
Hi
53
70
61
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83
23
61
62
50
80
56
Lo
32
65
46
46
53
17
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49
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: A brief shower today; times
of clouds and sun, except sunnier across
the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunny to
partly cloudy today, except increasing
cloudiness near the Cascades.
Western Washington: Sunny to partly
cloudy today. Mostly cloudy tonight. Mostly
sunny tomorrow.
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Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny today. A
passing shower across the south and toward
the Cascades tonight.
Cascades: A shower in the south today;
turning cloudy in central parts. Mostly sunny
across the north.
Northern California: Mostly cloudy today.
A bit of snow in the interior mountains
tonight.
Today
Sunday
NE 6-12
NNE 6-12
NE 4-8
N 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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Hi
58
54
54
57
52
50
56
53
59
55
52
53
50
61
57
57
59
59
56
60
57
59
48
51
60
59
56
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WINDS
Medford
61/35
PRECIPITATION
Mar 17
John Day
55/34
Ontario
59/34
46°
33°
16° (1933)
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
New
First
Albany
59/37
Eugene
56/36
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
58° 32°
Spokane
Wenatchee
48/29
51/32
Tacoma
Moses
56/35
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 56/34
50/33
58/41
56/35
56/34
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
60/38
59/39 Lewiston
59/36
Astoria
58/36
58/40
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
60/42
Pendleton 50/33
The Dalles 59/35
56/36
59/38
La Grande
Salem
53/35
59/38
Corvallis
57/37
HIGH
65° 43°
Seattle
57/41
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
62° 41°
Today
WEDNESDAY
A few showers in
the afternoon
63° 46°
Saturday, March 10, 2018
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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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-0s
0s
showers t-storms
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
50s
ice
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: As cold air lingers, snow showers will wind down in the Northeast
today. Rain is forecast to gather over the South Central states with spotty snow over the
northern Plains. Rain will approach California.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 89° in Thermal, Calif.
Low -10° in Wright, 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
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47
48
38
65
56
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57
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74
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Lo
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25
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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
53
63
76
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39
58
77
45
69
50
45
80
42
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56
38
56
64
54
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66
60
57
81
52
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Lo
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28
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47
63
31
42
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62
69
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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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Meet-and-greet for Desert View
Bledsoe passes on advice
to local business community principal candidates on Tuesday
East Oregonian
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
Drew Bledsoe said it was
a blessing to grow up in the
inland Northwest, a small
enough place that there was
an inevitable Pendleton
connection.
During the Q & A portion
of Bledsoe’s speech, Jerry
Baker stood up toward the
back of the audience at the
Wildhorse Resort & Casino
ballroom, and asked if he
remembered a trip to the Bar
M Ranch near Adams when
the Walla Walla High School
standout was still in eighth
grade, where the pair met.
Bledsoe said that he
remembered his trip to Bar
M, but hardly anyone would
mistake him for a Pro Bowl
quarterback at that time,
saying he was all “knees and
elbows” as a young teen.
Bledsoe eventually grew
into his body, which led to
an exemplary career as the
Washington State University
quarterback, becoming the
first overall draft pick in the
1993 draft, a 13-year playing
career in the NFL, four trips
to the Pro Bowl and a Super
Bowl ring.
He was invited to speak
at the Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce annual economic
outlook event Friday night
not only for his football
accolades but for his success
as the owner of Doubleback
Winery in Walla Walla.
He had more than a few
fans in the crowd and on
stage, including Umatilla
County
Commissioner
George Murdock, a vocal
Washington State alum who
said he’s known the quarter-
back since he was a kid and
collected his memorabilia.
Bledsoe based his speech
around
the
similarities
between business and foot-
ball, which he said both
involve work ethic, persever-
ance and flexibility.
He also stressed the
importance of Pendleton’s
current business community
using some of their time to
pass on their wisdom to the
next generation.
Pendleton
Economic
Development Director Steve
Chrisman talked about confi-
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Charles Denight, Pendleton Development Commission
associate director, talks about the urban renewal plan
for the city while sitting on a panel at the Pendleton
Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Event on
Friday at Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission.
dence, a quality he wasn’t
lacking during an earlier
presentation.
Chrisman talked about
the five things Pendleton
needs to succeed econom-
ically, including tourism,
housing, riverfront property
development, a Pendleton
sports complex and a hotel
at the Pendleton Convention
Center.
For the latter two,
Chrisman shared renderings
that showed a sports complex
with several baseball fields,
soccer fields and a football
field. The hotel concept had
multiple stories added to the
existing convention center
and a skyway leading straight
to the Round-Up arena.
“These things are going to
happen,” he said. “It’s not a
matter of if, but when.”
But the main attraction
remained Bledsoe, who
gave a shout out to Hamley
SteakHouse and extolled the
quality of the Milton-Free-
water grapes he uses in most
of his wines.
“We’re a Walla Walla
winery, but we use Oregon
grapes,” he said, later adding
that he thought it was a
shame that Milton-Freewater
didn’t get more credit for its
contributions. “I think it’s
really important to note and I
really appreciate it.
Joseph Hull, McCormack
Construction’s director of
business development and
operations, met Bledsoe
previously at a conference
in Seattle and suggested
bringing him in when
the chamber considered
revamping its economic
outlook event.
Before Bledsoe had to
leave for another engage-
ment, Hull joked that
Pendleton was adopting
Bledsoe as its own. A coach
at Summit High School
in Bend, Bledsoe said he
couldn’t give himself fully to
Pendleton, but he would root
for the Buckaroos the other
364 days of the year.
———
Contact Antonio Sierra at
541-966-0836.
Hermiston residents will
be able to meet some of the
finalists for the Desert View
Elementary School principal
job next week, when the
district hosts a meet-and-
greet at the school’s library.
The event, from 4:45 to 5:30
p.m. on Tuesday, March 13,
will allow the community
to meet the candidates and
provide feedback about
them through anonymous
comment cards.
According to a press
release from the district,
finalists for the position are
Mona Berry, Dan Gree-
nough, Paul Grimaud and
Bruce Neil. Greenough and
Neil, who live in the region,
will be at the event, while
Berry and Grimaud, who
live out of the area, will be
absent.
Berry is currently a
director of curriculum and
instruction in Michigan, and
has worked as a principal.
She is currently getting her
doctorate in instructional
leadership at Northcentral
University,
an
online,
for-profit program.
Greenough is currently
the principal of Pendleton
High School, and in
February announced his
intent to resign that position
at the end of this school
year. He was a principal
at Weston-McEwen High
School and at Onalaska
High School in Washington
before coming to Pendleton.
Grimaud is the vice
principal of the American
Creativity Academy in
Kuwait. He has a master’s
degree in elementary educa-
tion from the University of
Bridgeport.
Neil has served as the
interim principal of Ferndale
Elementary School for the
past year.
Before that, he was
the superintendent and
elementary school principal
in the Cove School District,
and has served as the dean
of students and assistant
principal at Central Middle
School in Milton-Freewater.
Former Desert View
principal Laura Jacobsma
resigned in December, in the
middle of her first year with
the district. Assistant super-
intendent Bryn Browning
is serving as the interim
principal for the remainder
of the school year.
Leaders say they’ll consider bills to protect gun retailers
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legislative leaders say they
are willing to change Oregon
law to protect retailers that
voluntarily restrict gun
and ammunition sales to
customers 21 and older.
Under state and federal
law, Oregonians 18 and older
can buy rifles and shotguns,
and the ammunition for
those firearms. You must be
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at least 21 to buy a handgun
and handgun ammunition.
Oregon Labor Commis-
sioner Brad Avakian has
concluded gun retailers
that have stopped selling to
customers younger than 21
in the wake of recent mass
shootings could be violating
the state’s anti-discrimina-
tion laws.
The decision could be
challenged at the Bureau
of Labor and Industries or
in a civil court complaint.
Oregon law has made
exemptions to the anti-dis-
crimination law for the sales
of alcohol and marijuana,
in which case retailers are
required to refuse to sell
those products to people
younger than 21. In order
to raise the minimum
age to buy firearms, state
lawmakers would need to
enact an exemption next
legislative session.
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