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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, April 25, 2018 State Bar statement on ‘white nationalism’ criticized as political PORTLAND (AP) — Two signed statements in the latest Oregon State Bar bulletin — one by the bar condemning speech that incites violence and the other by non-bar specialty groups decrying the rise of the white nationalist movement during President Donald Trump’s time in office — have been criticized by some lawyers who say the bar should not and can not allow political statements. The Oregonian/ OregonLive reports the bar has received requests from six lawyers who wanted refunds of their dues, and has granted one partial refund so far. Spokeswoman Kateri Walsh said the bar stands by its own statement, but the refund will respond to the second statement that wasn’t approved by state bar leadership. Leaders of the Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Oregon Filipino American Lawyers Association, Oregon chapter of the National Bar Association, Oregon Hispanic Bar Association, Oregon Women Lawyers, OGALLA-The LGBT Bar Association of Oregon and Oregon Minority Lawyers Association signed the supporting statement about white nationalists. West Linn lawyer Diane Gruber slammed the statements as “blatantly partisan” and in clear violation of a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Keller v. State Bar of California, which held that attorneys required to be members of a state bar association have a First Amendment right to refrain from subsidizing the organization’s political or ideological activities. The Oregon State Bar is a government agency that regulates the legal profession in the state. It publishes a bulletin, a magazine that is mailed to members 10 times a year. Several lawyers demanded that the bar print a retraction. The Multnomah County Republican Party also sent the bar a letter, demanding that it “cease its partisan attacks” against Trump. “The bar has no business taking its members’ dues money to publish false claims that fringe racist groups constitute the ‘base’ of the president’s support,” wrote lawyer James Buchal, a member of the bar and chairman of the county GOP. Other bar members supported the statements. Portland attorney Eric E. Meyer, for example, applauded the bulletin for publishing a “strong statement against white nationalism” and said that it is crucial for all Oregon attorneys as “guardians of justice” never to be “silent in the face of racism and hatred.” They’re back! Pyrosome population growing again off of Oregon Coast Laurie Weitkamp/NOAA Fisheries Pyrosomes that marine scientists pulled out of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Oregon and Washington state sit in a tray. Creatures thrive in warmer waters By STEVE BENHAM KATU They’re back. A lot of them. And they’re repro- ducing. The invasion of the pyrosomes, gelatinous, trans- lucent tube-like creatures ranging in size from less than an inch to a foot or more, continues in force off the coast of Oregon for a second year, baffling scientists. The creatures, made up of individual zooids — small, multicellular organisms — normally reside in warmer waters, like the tropics, and usually don’t travel farther north than the waters off Southern California. But last spring, scientists pulled pyrosomes out of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Oregon and Washington state by the tens of thou- sands. The pyrosomes also wreaked havoc with the nets of commercial anglers, and they washed ashore by the millions, littering beaches. Scientists just finished two research cruises aboard a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries survey vessel, Bell M. Shimada. Oregon State University research assistant Jennifer Fisher was aboard a cruise in early March. She Clarification Saturday’s A1 story “FAQ: What the OSU Exten- sion Service District means for voters” stated the city of Hermiston is under tax compression and will not pay more in property taxes if the district passes. Umatilla County Assessor Paul Chalmers said compression applies on an individual basis, so some Hermiston property owners could be under compression while others are not, and those would see an increase in property taxes. The East Oregonian regrets any confu- sion from the story. 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. 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 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. 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Sunny and very warm 78° 45° 80° 48° SATURDAY Variable cloudiness Turning cloudy and cooler 64° 45° Cloudy with a passing shower 57° 42° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 86° 48° 83° 44° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 75° 65° 91° (1977) 36° 41° 21° (1924) 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" 1.37" 0.93" 5.08" 7.86" 4.89" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 75° 67° 84° (1977) 32° 41° 22° (2009) 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" 1.55" 0.67" 3.93" 5.67" 3.78" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last Apr 29 May 7 New May 15 67° 48° 62° 44° Seattle 74/51 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 82° 51° 5:53 a.m. 7:54 p.m. 3:13 p.m. 4:08 a.m. First May 21 Today SUNDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 78° 49° 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 REGIONAL CITIES Forecast Sunny and pleasantly warm Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com Circulation Manager: Marcy Rosenberg • 541-966-0828 • mrosenberg@eastoregonian.com Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group FRIDAY Whatever caused these “pyrosome blooms” has so far stumped researchers, but “something happened,” said Weitkamp. “We’re all kind of scratching our heads trying to figure out what it was that happened.” Even though scientists haven’t confirmed it, they suspect that warmer water brought the creatures here. Ric Brodeur, also a NOAA research fisheries biologist based in Oregon, raised two possibilities. “(They) may have arrived during the unusual warm blob we had in 2015 or came north with the large El Niño in 2016 and seem to be sticking around even though the conditions appear to be close to normal,” he said. 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But the last two years have been different. “We saw a range of sizes, which to me indicates they are reproducing,” she said about last month’s sampling runs. “To me that indicates whatever conditions they need, they’re doing well and they’re surviving, clearly, and they’re flourishing.” NOAA research fisheries biologist Laurie Weitkamp, who went on a separate Shimada cruise about a week later, said researchers were pulling enough pyrosomes out of the sea to fill up buckets 5 gallons each. SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com TODAY Laurie Weitkamp/NOAA Fisheries Pyrosomes litter the deck of NOAA’s Bell M. Shimada research vessel during a cruise off the coasts of Oregon and Washington state in March. 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Hi 63 79 80 58 80 76 72 79 86 81 80 79 77 82 57 59 83 86 80 85 84 78 76 78 83 83 84 Lo 49 45 48 47 50 43 48 47 48 49 45 45 43 52 48 48 48 49 48 54 48 51 49 40 53 54 53 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s pc pc s s pc s s s pc s s pc pc pc s s s s pc pc s s pc s s WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 78 79 62 57 76 58 62 73 71 75 73 Lo 52 73 51 43 56 42 44 54 46 63 61 W s c t t pc r pc pc s pc r Thu. Hi 81 80 62 57 77 58 59 74 67 75 72 Lo 54 74 53 44 56 40 44 55 45 63 60 W s pc c pc pc c c pc pc pc s WINDS Medford 88/54 Klamath Falls 80/44 (in mph) Today Thursday Boardman Pendleton NE 4-8 N 6-12 NE 6-12 N 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny in central parts today; sunny elsewhere. Partly cloudy tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny and very warm today; pleasant. Clear tonight. Western Washington: Mostly sunny today. Clear tonight. Brodeur, as well as several other scientists, wrote a paper this winter on the pyrosome invasion that was published by the North Pacific Marine Science Organization. In it the scientists said the pyrosome bloom of 2016-17 was expected to last into this year but noted that future climate change may also determine the presence of pyrosomes in the Northwest. “Projected climate change in the coming decades may lead to anomalous events such as the pyrosome bloom becoming more common in the future, requiring continuing monitoring to assess its impacts,” they wrote. Besides being a nuisance to commercial anglers, scien- tists are concerned about the impact the pyrosomes will have on the oceanic food web. “They are so numerous and can consume a lot of plankton, so we are concerned about them competing with things like krill and copepods that are the normal base of the food web,” said Brodeur. Tiny crustaceans like copepods, which are also high consumers of phyto- plankton, can make good meals for forage fish, which are then eaten by fish like salmon. The copepods that live off the coast of Oregon are good sources of fat in the food web. Eastern Washington: Sunny today. Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Cascades: Mostly sunny and warmer today; pleasant across the north. Clear tonight. Northern California: Low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast today; mostly sunny elsewhere. 2 4 6 6 4 2 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. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Rain will soak a large part of the Northeast today. A new batch of rain and thunderstorms will extend from Texas to Arkansas, southern Missouri and Tennessee. Warmth may challenge records in the West. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 100° in Needles, Calif. Low 16° in Yellowstone Lake, Wyo. 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