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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, April 27, 2018 U.S. House votes to block spill of dam water GOP PRIMARY Cuff drops out to make room for Wooldridge By MATTHEW DALY and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press win this campaign and bring the party together,” Cuff said. In an announcement from Wooldridge’s campaign, Cuff also called on another candidate, Sam Carpenter, to drop out of the race. Carpenter, a Bend businessman, fired back Thursday, touting a poll his campaign commissioned showing him behind Buehler, but with more support than Wooldridge. “They need to drop out and endorse me,” Carpenter said of Wooldridge and Cuff. In a Facebook post Wednesday morning, Carpenter made his case for whittling the field of candi- dates. “Too many ‘grass roots’ candidates are splitting the conservative vote,” he wrote. He maintains he could beat Buehler if other candi- dates dropped out. Wooldridge’s campaign touted Cuff’s endorsement in a press release late Wednesday, less than three weeks before the election. By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — And then there were nine. Bruce Cuff, a real estate broker from Mehama, Ore., dropped out of the crowded Republican primary for governor late Wednesday, leaving nine other candidates to jostle for the nomination. Cuff endorsed fellow candidate Greg Wooldridge, a motivational speaker and former U.S. Navy pilot, in the contest. The endorsement show- cased the divisions among the candidates, the more conservative of whom are urging others to drop out of the race to mount a more credible challenge against, State Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, who is viewed as the likely victor and as a moderate. Cuff, reached by phone Thursday morning, said he “didn’t really have the numbers to move forward.” “I think Greg Wooldridge is the one that can actually WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a bill Wednesday that would effectively stop the spilling of water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific Ocean. The bill, approved 225-189, would prevent any changes in dam operations until 2022. It was spon- sored by Republican Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, both of Washington state. They say the four Snake River dams provide hydro- power, flood control and other benefits while already allowing record salmon runs. “We are recognizing the role dams play in the North- west and that dams and fish can co-exist,” McMorris Rodgers, the fourth-ranking House Republican, said after the vote. Critics, however, blame the giant dams, built in the 1960s and 1970s, for killing wild salmon, an iconic species in the Northwest. Environmentalists have pushed to remove the dams to aid salmon recovery. The bill now goes to the Senate. “I urge my colleagues in the Senate to come forward and support our dams,” Newhouse said. Once one of the greatest salmon fisheries in the world, the Columbia-Snake river system now has more than a dozen endangered salmon runs. Democrats have argued that on-going studies of the dams, including whether they should be removed, must go forward. The four dams — Ice Harbor, Lower Monu- EO Media Group Bruce Cuff has dropped out of the GOP gubernatorial primary. He has endorsed fellow candidate Greg Wool- dridge, a motivational speaker and former U.S. Navy pilot. to come together in this race and that’s important.” The primary election is May 15. “Bruce’s endorsement means the world to me,” Wooldridge said in a state- ment. “We are really starting House GOP candidate compares Democrats to Nazis By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Thomas Donohue, a Pacific City Republican seeking election as state representative for the Central Coast, is under heat for sharing a Facebook post comparing Democrats to Nazis. Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, the incumbent in that seat, is Jewish. The post features a graphic showing images of the Nazi swastika and a blue “D” and a chart comparing Democrats to Nazis on a list of seven issues, including “socialism,” “no guns,” and “abortion.” The post originated from the Facebook page of Thomas Donohue conservative blog “Direct to the People.” The Democratic Party of Oregon in a news release Thursday, April 26, called on the Oregon GOP to stop “a disturbing pattern of hateful and intolerant speech” by Republican candidates for the Oregon House of Repre- sentatives. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. ADVERTISING Advertising Services: Grace Bubar 541-276-2214 • gbubar@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 Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — TODAY troubling as a Democrat and as a Jew,” he said. Gomberg’s family immi- grated to the United States before World War II — when the Nazis undertook a systematic holocaust of Jews in Europe. “But I hope anybody reading that (post) would share my concern,” he said. Donohue said the post was a mistake and out of character for him. He said he plans to call Gomberg to apologize. “I had no idea he was Jewish,” Donohue said. “National socialists (the Nazi Party) did not like Jewish people. I don’t know that the Democratic Party is so much that way, but I think they don’t like white people.” “The image posted by Mr. Donohue comparing Democrats to Nazis is simply disgusting and inappro- priate,” said Jeanne Atkins, chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon. Gomberg said Donohue’s post surprised him. “I know Mr. Donohue and know him to be a person who cares about his community, and it didn’t look like the kind of observations that I would normally expect from him,” he said. Gomberg, who was elected to the House in November 2012, said the post is not representative of his constituents — even Republicans — in House District 10. “I certainly find the post Spokane Wenatchee 80/46 81/54 Tacoma Moses 64/47 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 87/51 80/46 55/48 62/45 86/50 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 57/47 83/50 Lewiston 85/52 Astoria 86/54 54/47 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 60/50 Pendleton 79/45 The Dalles 83/51 80/48 70/49 La Grande Salem 81/46 57/46 Albany Corvallis 56/45 57/43 John Day 79/42 Ontario Eugene Bend 85/52 56/44 66/35 Caldwell Burns 87/53 77/38 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 54 82 66 55 77 79 56 75 83 79 62 81 78 61 54 57 85 85 80 60 71 57 80 77 58 83 86 Lo 47 47 35 47 38 45 44 45 51 42 36 46 44 45 46 47 52 52 48 50 33 46 46 42 49 50 50 W sh s sh c s s sh pc s t pc s s c sh c s s s sh sh sh s s sh s c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sat. Hi 56 59 55 54 58 51 58 60 67 56 51 56 54 59 56 56 68 68 62 60 60 60 57 54 59 62 67 Lo 46 39 35 46 34 39 44 43 48 38 32 41 40 44 46 47 45 48 45 48 33 45 42 39 47 47 44 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c sh sh sh sh sh sh c c sh c c c sh sh sh c c c sh c sh sh c sh sh c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 78 80 66 53 79 58 66 78 72 69 71 Lo 53 74 56 45 57 40 46 57 46 62 61 W s c t r pc pc pc pc s pc pc Sat. Hi 85 81 70 51 77 57 60 79 69 67 73 Lo 61 75 55 43 56 39 47 58 46 61 62 W s pc pc pc pc sh sh t s sh s WINDS Medford 61/45 (in mph) Klamath Falls 62/36 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; showers, except dry in the south. Showers tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sun, then clouds today; a shower and thunderstorm around in central parts and near the Cascades. Western Washington: Clouds and sun today; a couple of showers; however, dry in central parts. Eastern Washington: Sun near the Idaho border and in the mountains today; mostly cloudy in the north and the Cascades. Cascades: Mostly cloudy today. Showers; arriving in the afternoon across the north. Northern California: Clouds and sun today; a couple of showers, but dry in the interior mountains. Today Saturday NW 7-14 NW 6-12 WSW 10-20 WSW 8-16 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 4 6 mental, Little Goose and Lower Granite — span the Snake River between the Washington cities of Pasco and Pullman. Together they produce about 4 percent of the region’s electricity. Proposals to remove the dams have percolated in the Northwest for decades, and have devolved into a largely partisan issue with Democrats generally on the side of fish and Republicans for keeping the dams. The government has spent some $15 billion over the decades to increase salmon runs, with mixed results. In March 2017, U.S. District Judge Michael Simon of Portland ordered the dams to increase spillage beginning this spring. Federal agencies estimated that increasing spill from early April to mid-June would cost rate- payers $40 million in lost power revenues this year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld Simon’s order. The dams operate under a plan to protect salmon created by a collaboration of federal agencies, states and Indian tribes during the Obama administration. Simon found the plan does not do enough. He ruled a new environmental study is needed and it must consider the option of removing the dams. He also wrote that wild salmon were in a “precarious” state. McMorris Rodgers countered that the number of salmon returning from the ocean to spawn is high. “We have been in court now for 20 years,” McMorris Rodgers said. The House bill would delay changes to the 2014 plan for dam operations until 2022, she said. 6 4 1 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 spread northeastward from the mid-Atlantic states to New England today. Showers and chilly air will spread over the Great Lakes and from Oregon to Washington and Northern California. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 103° in Needles, Calif. Low 14° in Lake George, Colo. 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