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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Partly sunny and nice Partly sunny 77° 53° 91° 60° THURSDAY FRIDAY Very warm with plenty of sun Mostly sunny and pleasant PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 90° 58° 84° 58° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 95° 59° 82° 53° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 72° 85° 106° (2013) 52° 56° 42° (1955) 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" 0.00" 0.02" 6.49" 11.30" 7.59" through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 77° 85° 107° (2013) 56° 56° 42° (2003) 0.00" 0.00" 0.01" 5.10" 6.59" 5.71" SUN AND MOON July 6 July 12 5:11 a.m. 8:48 p.m. none 10:24 a.m. First Full July 19 John Day 74/51 Ontario 80/50 Bend 75/49 Burns 73/43 Caldwell 77/49 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 72 75 72 73 68 78 74 82 74 78 72 69 86 61 65 80 81 77 78 79 79 70 70 75 78 80 Lo 53 43 49 48 43 42 51 51 53 51 45 45 44 55 51 53 50 51 53 61 50 57 49 44 57 56 51 W pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc s pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 70 86 86 63 89 82 81 87 95 89 84 86 84 92 62 65 95 92 91 83 88 83 79 84 84 91 85 Lo 54 50 50 50 49 54 50 59 59 58 45 53 50 57 52 52 61 58 60 60 50 54 59 50 57 62 57 W pc pc pc s s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 87 91 87 81 73 66 85 83 89 65 87 Lo 74 84 66 57 55 52 64 67 70 48 77 W pc sh s s t pc pc pc pc pc pc Wed. Hi 95 92 88 80 72 63 86 85 87 69 83 Lo 73 83 69 60 54 50 64 67 70 51 76 W pc sh s pc t r t s pc s sh WINDS Medford 86/55 PRECIPITATION Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Last New Albany 77/53 Eugene 78/51 TEMPERATURE 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 89° 55° Spokane Wenatchee 70/49 78/56 Tacoma Moses 74/51 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 79/53 67/45 67/52 75/49 80/51 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 74/52 78/56 Lewiston 81/51 Astoria 75/51 67/53 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 78/61 Pendleton 68/42 The Dalles 82/53 77/53 84/57 La Grande Salem 72/45 79/57 Corvallis 78/54 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 93° 61° Seattle 74/56 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 100° 68° Today SATURDAY Mostly cloudy and very warm 96° 65° Tuesday, July 3, 2018 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 78/45 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Sun and clouds today; pleasant across the north and in the upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Times of clouds and sun today. July 27 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 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 www.eastoregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ Eastern Washington: A shower in spots near the mountains, otherwise partly cloudy. Cloudy overnight. Cascades: Clouds and sun today. Mostly cloudy tonight, except turning cloudy across the north. Northern California: Low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast today; mostly sunny elsewhere. Wednesday NE 7-14 NE 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: A mix of clouds and sun. Today WSW 6-12 W 6-12 2 5 9 2 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 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Circulation: 541-966-0828 Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group 5 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 9 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 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: Much of the eastern half of the nation will be hot and humid, while much of the West stays dry and hot today. Expect storms to riddle the Southeast, Ohio Valley, Appalachians and the northern Plains. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 110° in Needles, Calif. Low 30° in Crested Butte, 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 Hi 93 91 85 96 71 90 77 90 91 95 89 86 103 94 89 97 76 88 87 97 87 90 94 105 92 78 Lo 66 73 73 73 48 74 52 75 74 72 73 71 78 60 72 74 52 72 75 76 74 73 75 81 74 62 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc t pc pc pc t s pc t pc pc t pc pc t pc s s t pc Wed. 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Angie McNalley assumed the title of fair coordinator in April, after former fair coordinator Cyndie Driscoll resigned in March. McNalley was formerly the administrative assis- tant of the fair, which acts as a support position for the manager. She said she is familiar with many of the responsibilities of being fair coordinator. “It wasn’t the right time in years past when our man- spots than years agers have left for past, many fair-go- me to accept the ers left upset about promotion,” she how long it took to said. McNalley exit the lot at the has a 16-year-old end of the night. son, and said now McNalley said that he is older she the fair board has has more time to ideas for the lay- devote to the fair. out of the new In addition to McNalley fairgrounds to promoting McNal- ley to fair coordinator, the enhance parking, improve Umatilla County Fair board security and better serve has implemented a variety vendors based on the gen- of other changes in attempts eral flow of foot traffic. “I’m just excited this year to improve this year’s event. One such change is the flow because we’ve gone through of the parking lot and the our first year and we’ve appointment of Luke Dynes learned so much and gone as the fair’s new parking through a lot of the aches and pains,” she said. director. She also hopes to improve Although the new grounds at the Eastern Ore- the carnival compared to gon Trade and Event Cen- years past. The company ter had more paved parking that supplies the carnival rides, Davis Amusement Cascadia, is under new man- agement and McNalley is optimistic that carnival rides will go more smoothly this year. “There were issues with the contractors that the car- nival was using and it kind of left a bad taste in every- body’s mouth. And I know that over the years every- body has been asking for more rides, bigger rides and better rides, so that’s where we’re at this year,” she said. Nonetheless, McNal- ley said despite the stress of planning the fair, she enjoys seeing it come to fru- ition: “Watching it all come together. That’s the best part.” The Umatilla County Fair is August 7-11. PENDLETON Pipeline project reflects on first year of connections By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian The Employee Pipeline Project set modest goals for itself in its first year and largely met them. A collaboration between Eastern Oregon Busi- ness Source, the Pendleton School District and Umatilla County, Employee Pipe- line officials gave a progress report to the organizations involved with the project’s inaugural year. An offshoot of the Schools to Careers program, the Employee Pipeline’s stated goal was to place five Pendleton high school stu- dents in career-track jobs by the end of the school year. Employee Pipeline coor- dinator Bonnie Day said four students were placed at local jobs while six more had serious leads on future positions. The four stu- dents found work at well- known employers: the Pendleton Fire Depart- ment, St. Anthony Hospital, Sign Men, and the Oregon Department of Forestry. Overall, the program engaged more than 40 seniors and helped con- nect them with more than 90 internships, job shadows, mentorship meetings and tours. The Employee Pipe- line team also learned a lot on what worked and what didn’t in a year Schools to Careers coordinator Chris- tina van der Kamp called the “pre-beta” stage. Pipeline officials found that meeting with stu- dents one-on-one several times throughout the year kept kids engaged with the program. They also experienced more success when poten- tial employers were flexi- ble, whether it was sending human resources represen- tatives directly to the school to talk to students, working with students to accommo- date their school schedule or holding a job until after graduation. But staff also saw areas where they could improve. While Employee Pipe- line worked with more than 40 students, Day said many students fell off after a while because they lost interest or stopped communicating. The program also some- times struggled to set up kids with employers eager to bring students in. Wildhorse Resort & Casino was enthusiastic about Employee Pipeline, but it was often difficult to find transportation to send a student to Mission. Interpath Laboratory was also a willing participant, but the program had trouble preparing students to work there. While internships at the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range are comple- mented by Pendleton High School’s robotics program, there isn’t an equivalent class for medical lab work. Susan Bower, the director of Eastern Oregon Business Source, said van der Kamp and Day spent a significant amount of time going over job search basics like fill- ing out an application or requesting a Social Security number. Bower said she went into the program thinking every child had an adult role model who demonstrated good work practices. “I learned a lot,” she said. “They don’t.” Bower said Employee Pipeline is working with the Pendleton School District to better integrate career readi- ness into school curriculum. After some modest suc- cess in year one, Employee Pipeline will have time to build on it. Eastern Oregon Business Source recently secured a $100,000 grant from the Pendleton School District to continue running Schools to Careers and Employee Pipe- line for the next two years, and it’s expanding those ser- vices into Pilot Rock and Athena-Weston. Van der Kamp said Employee Pipeline plans to introduce software next school year where students can create and post resumes and employers can post jobs. With operations expand- ing, Bower said she will hire a new part-time staff mem- ber to help run the programs. Bower said Schools to Careers and Employee Pipe- line won’t achieve all of its goals in its first year or sec- ond year, but eventually they will have a “greater impact on society.” Staff photo by E.J. Harris In this 2017 file photo, Alaina Mildenberger of Athena hands a firework to her daughter, Sydney, 7, as her other daughter, Addison, 10, shops for fireworks. Fireworks safety tips East Oregonian As the Fourth of July approaches, American Red Cross and the Umatilla County Fire District 1 are reminding people to be safe, and to use common sense when lighting fireworks. Fire marshal Scott Goff asked people to make sure they light fireworks in areas clear of vegetation, stored items, and away from structures. “Make sure you get a good plan to dispose of them,” he said. “A bucket with water, give them a good soak and make sure they’re out before throwing them in the trash.” It’s important to make sure kids are supervised when they light fireworks, he said, and Red Cross warns not to give any fire- works to young children. The fire department often sees problems with people lighting fireworks too close to a house or out in the yard, Goff said, where parts of the landscape will catch fire. Goff said the department usually has a few extra peo- ple on hand during the Fourth of July holiday, as they usually see a few fires just after dark. He said as far as he knows, all the fireworks sold in the area are licensed and permitted through the state fire marshal’s office. “The problem is typi- cally stuff coming from out of state,” he said. “Things that fly in the air, explode, those kinds of things tend to cause us problems.”