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OREGON
Judge: Teen must
repay $37M for
starting wildfire
HOOD RIVER (AP) —
A teenager who started a
major wildfire in the sce-
nic Columbia River Gorge
in Oregon has been ordered
to pay restitution for at least
the next decade, though it’s
unlikely the boy will ever
cover his nearly $37 mil-
lion bill.
The Oregonian reports
that Hood River County
Circuit Judge John A. Olson
issued the opinion on Mon-
day, awarding the restitu-
tion totaling $36,618,330
to cover the costs of fire-
fighting, repair and res-
toration to the gorge and
damage to homes. Victims
include the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice and Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation.
The 15-year-old from
Vancouver, Washington,
earlier this year acknowl-
edged wrongdoing and said
he threw two fireworks in
Eagle Creek Canyon on
Sept. 2 when flames spread
quickly. The fire caused
evacuations, an extended
shutdown of a major inter-
state highway and devas-
tation to a major outdoor
tourist attraction.
The judge’s order notes
that the boy can set up a
payment plan, though pay-
ments can be halted after
10 years as long as he com-
plies, completes probation
and doesn’t commit other
crimes.
At a hearing last week,
the boy’s lawyer urged for
a “reasonable and rational”
penalty, calling the $37
Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Police leave the scene on a remote King County road near the site of a fatal
cougar attack Saturday in East King County, Wash.
Cyclists tried to scare cougar
but animal attacked, killing 1
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE — The two mountain
bikers did what they were supposed
to do when they noticed a mountain
lion tailing them on a trail east of
Seattle.
They got off their bikes. They faced
the beast, shouted and tried to spook it.
After it charged, one even smacked the
cougar with his bike, and it ran off.
It wasn’t enough, authorities said.
As they stood trying to catch their
breath, the cougar returned, biting one
of them on the head and shaking him,
Capt. Alan Myers of the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife Police
said Sunday.
The second cyclist ran, and the
animal dropped the first victim and
pounced on him, killing him and drag-
ging him back to what appeared to be
its den.
“They did everything they were
supposed to do,” King County sheriff’s
Sgt. Ryan Abbott said. “But something
was wrong with this cougar.”
The attack Saturday near North
Bend, in the Cascade Mountain foot-
hills 30 miles east of Seattle, was the
first fatal cougar attack in the state in
94 years. Myers said Sunday that the
cougar was underweight — about 100
pounds, when a typical 3-year-old male
in the area would be 140 to 180 pounds.
The 31-year-old Seattle man who
was bitten first, Isaac Sederbaum, sur-
vived. Rescuers flew him to a hospital,
where he was in satisfactory condition
Sunday, Harborview Medical Center
spokeswoman Susan Gregg said.
Myers identified the deceased vic-
tim, a 32-year-old Seattle resident, as
S.J. Brooks.
After the cougar attacked Brooks, a
badly bloodied Sederbaum managed to
get on his bike and ride off. He rode for
2 miles before he could get a cellphone
signal to call 911.
When rescuers arrived, it took about
half an hour to find Brooks, who was
dead with the cougar on top of him in
what appeared to be a den-like area. An
officer shot at it, and it ran off. Several
hours later, Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife agents used dogs to
track it to a nearby tree. They shot and
killed it.
Authorities plan to match DNA
taken from the animal with DNA from
the victims to be certain they killed the
right cougar. They sent the animal’s
carcass to a veterinary lab at Wash-
ington State University for a necropsy
to determine what might have been
wrong with it.
There are an estimated 2,000 cou-
gars in Washington. Until the 1960s,
the state paid hunters a bounty for kill-
ing them. Now, it allows 250 to be
hunted in 50 designated zones.
While they are sometimes known to
kill livestock or pets, and though one
even found its way into a park in Seat-
tle in 2009, encounters with people in
Washington state are rare.
Attacks have become more com-
mon as people increasingly encroach
on the animals’ territory. In North
America, there have been about 25
deadly attacks and 95 nonfatal attacks
reported in the past century, but more
attacks have been reported in the U.S.
West and Canada over the past 20 years
than in the previous 80, according to
Fish and Wildlife.
Experts say that people encoun-
tering the big cats in the wild should
stop and pick up small children imme-
diately. Because running and rapid
movements can trigger the animal’s
prey drive, don’t run. Instead, face the
cougar, speak firmly and slowly back
away — appearing as large as possible,
such as by standing on a rock or stump
or opening a sweatshirt or jacket.
Keep your eyes on the animal and
become more assertive if it doesn’t
back off. And if it does attack, fight
back.
“The idea is to convince the cou-
gar that you are not prey, but a poten-
tial danger,” Fish and Wildlife advises
on its website.
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WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny
Times of clouds
and sun
84° 58°
86° 60°
THURSDAY
A t-storm around
in the p.m.
FRIDAY
Spotty afternoon
showers
79° 53°
Partly sunny with a
few showers
70° 48°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
92° 64°
90° 59°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
77°
72°
95° (1928)
54°
48°
30° (1903)
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
0.02"
0.65"
0.85"
6.07"
9.14"
5.96"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
83°
74°
97° (1928)
61°
48°
32° (1971)
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"
0.91"
0.76"
4.96"
6.31"
4.75"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
May 29
June 6
New
83° 55°
75° 52°
Seattle
77/55
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
89° 61°
5:17 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
1:04 p.m.
2:13 a.m.
First
June 13 June 20
Today
SATURDAY
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
84° 57°
The May 19 article “Governor joins CTUIR in oppos-
ing Medicaid work requirements for tribes” misquotes
Gov. Kate Brown. Brown did not include “the recommen-
dations are in violation of the rights reserved by CTUIR
leaders in the Treaty of 1855” in her prepared statement.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
Correction
Spokane
Wenatchee
82/59
87/61
Tacoma
Moses
77/53
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 87/59
78/55
70/51
79/50
89/59
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
80/53
85/63 Lewiston
89/58
Astoria
84/61
67/52
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
84/58
Pendleton 75/50
The Dalles 90/59
84/58
90/61
La Grande
Salem
79/53
83/53
Albany
Corvallis 81/52
82/54
John Day
79/52
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
84/55
79/52
80/53
Caldwell
Burns
81/56
76/48
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
67
78
80
62
76
75
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81
90
79
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Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
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Tokyo
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WINDS
Medford
89/58
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
78/50
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today, except
clouds breaking for some sun in the south.
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today.
Partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds and
sun today. A shower or thunderstorm in
spots in the south tonight.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Mostly clear tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Partly sunny and very warm
today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Northern California: A thunderstorm in
spots this afternoon; clouds breaking for
some sun at the coast.
Today
Wednesday
NNE 4-8
NNE 6-12
W 4-8
WNW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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million sought an “absurd”
amount for the child. The
restitution is solely the
responsibility of the teen,
and not his parents, who
came to the U.S. from
Ukraine.
Olson called it “an
extraordinary amount” and
then deferred on a separate
restitution order because
he wanted more time to
review the case. The judge
said the largest figure he
could find for prior juvenile
restitution cases in Oregon
was $114,000.
The teen in February
pleaded guilty to reckless
burning of public and pri-
vate property and other
charges. Olson sentenced
him to community service
and probation, and the boy
had to write more than 150
letters of apology to those
affected by the fire that
burned 75 square miles.
The Columbia River
Gorge National Scenic
Area attracts more than 3
million tourists a year and
holds North America’s
largest concentration of
waterfalls. The fast-moving
blaze ravaged popular hik-
ing trails and marred stun-
ning vistas.
State law allows the
Oregon Department of
Revenue to garnishee the
teen’s bank accounts or
paychecks. If he’s due
refunds on his tax returns,
the state could take those. If
he wins the lottery, the state
also could collect all of his
winnings.
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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
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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National Summary: The Northeast will be cooler today with periods of rain as thunder-
storms rumble amid the steamy air from the mid-Atlantic to the South. Thunderstorms will
also erupt over the High Plains and Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 96° in Presidio, Texas
Low 24° in Climax, 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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77
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87
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86
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86
78
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90
82
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62
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Today
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
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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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