WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SUNDAY
TODAY
MONDAY
Mostly sunny
Sunshine and hot
94° 62°
98° 66°
TUESDAY
Sunny and very
hot
Hot with plenty
of sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
101° 66°
98° 64°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
98° 59°
102° 64°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
100°
88°
109° (1930)
63°
58°
40° (1917)
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"
0.13"
6.49"
11.30"
7.70"
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
104°
89°
108° (2002)
60°
58°
44° (1950)
0.00"
0.00"
0.09"
5.10"
6.59"
5.79"
SUN AND MOON
July 19
July 27
5:19 a.m.
8:42 p.m.
7:14 a.m.
10:09 p.m.
Last
New
Aug 4
John Day
93/59
Ontario
99/68
Bend
92/58
Burns
92/54
Caldwell
99/65
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
57
52
58
54
54
52
57
61
59
59
57
54
51
68
51
53
68
56
62
66
56
63
59
49
62
66
62
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Hi
75
93
95
67
93
90
96
95
102
96
92
94
92
103
67
68
101
101
98
98
99
99
91
91
96
99
98
Lo
57
56
60
54
55
54
57
64
64
63
56
57
54
68
52
54
70
58
66
65
60
63
62
54
62
68
65
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
92/57
Hi
87
88
84
82
73
79
84
90
87
62
92
Lo
76
80
68
58
53
63
64
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74
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80
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Hi
89
88
86
84
76
79
86
88
87
62
91
Lo
77
80
67
61
53
64
64
69
72
40
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly sunny today; pleas-
ant across the north. Partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
today; hot. Mainly clear tonight. Sunny and
hot tomorrow.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow.
Cascades: Mostly sunny and very warm
today. Clear tonight. Sunny and very warm
tomorrow.
Northern California: Clouds, then sun at
the coast today; hot in central parts. Sunny
elsewhere.
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Today
Sunday
N 4-8
WNW 6-12
NE 4-8
NNW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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Hi
73
90
92
68
92
87
91
91
98
93
92
90
87
102
64
67
99
97
94
92
95
93
88
86
90
96
94
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
WINDS
Medford
102/68
PRECIPITATION
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Albany
91/58
Eugene
91/57
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
103° 63°
Spokane
Wenatchee
88/59
93/64
Tacoma
Moses
85/57
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 95/60
86/53
78/58
87/56
94/62
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
88/60
96/66 Lewiston
97/58
Astoria
95/63
73/57
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
92/66
Pendleton 87/52
The Dalles 98/59
94/62
98/64
La Grande
Salem
90/54
93/63
Corvallis
91/57
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
105° 67°
Seattle
85/63
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
106° 68°
Today
WEDNESDAY
Sunny and hot
101° 67°
Saturday, July 14, 2018
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5
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5
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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
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Storms will affect the interior Southwest and extend from the central
Plains to the Great Lakes today. Storms are forecast to dot the Southeast and slice into parts
of the northern Plains.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 110° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 37° in Leadville, 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
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91
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90
98
78
88
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97
95
89
90
66
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87
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90
87
101
97
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Lo
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66
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88
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92
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89
99
80
90
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87
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90
90
62
79
88
94
87
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97
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Louisville
95
Memphis
96
Miami
90
Milwaukee
82
Minneapolis
88
Nashville
95
New Orleans
92
New York City
90
Oklahoma City
93
Omaha
86
Philadelphia
91
Phoenix
106
Portland, ME
72
Providence
81
Raleigh
89
Rapid City
92
Reno
97
Sacramento
96
St. Louis
96
Salt Lake City
89
San Diego
79
San Francisco
74
Seattle
85
Tucson
97
Washington, DC 91
Wichita
92
Lo
77
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72
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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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Six threats investigated during Gov. Brown’s first term
By HILLARY BORRUD
The Oregonian/OregonLive
PORTLAND — The Sat-
urday before Thanksgiving
2015, two men showed up
unannounced at Gov. Kate
Brown’s bungalow in south-
east Portland.
Nolan Scott Ashby, a rug
cleaner from Milwaukie,
and Darrell Lynn Snook
Sr., a homeless man, had
wanted to talk to the gover-
nor about homeless veter-
ans’ issues. They were dis-
appointed but cooperative
when a member of Brown’s
security detail told them she
was unavailable.
“I saw her go in the
house,” Nolan told The Ore-
gonian/OregonLive
this
week . “We saw her pull up
right before we got there.”
Though the impromptu
visit to Brown’s private res-
idence ended without inci-
dent, Oregon State Police
would open an investiga-
tion three weeks later. That’s
when troopers were notified
that Ashby had “intended to
blow up the home,” docu-
ments show.
The encounter was one of
six perceived threat investi-
gations opened since Brown
took office in February 2015.
By comparison, there were
eight in the preceding 12
years of her two predeces-
sors, Gov. Ted Kulongoski
and Gov. John Kitzhaber.
In evaluating hostil-
ity toward a governor, state
police have to differentiate
between protected political
speech and potentially crim-
inal behavior. Troopers also
have to contend with individ-
uals struggling with mental
illness.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live requested information
about threat investigations
tied to the last three gover-
nors in an effort to learn more
about the frequency and seri-
ousness of such incidents. In
May, the Oregon Court of
Appeals ruled that Tyrone
Waters should not have
been committed to psychi-
atric care for six months for
the June 2015 death threat he
made against Brown. Waters
has schizophrenia and his
mother — former state Sen.
Avel Gordly — has spoken
Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian via AP
In this 2015 photo, a special unit of the Oregon State Police guards Gov. Kate Brown
on a trip to meet with homeowners in Canyon City who lost their homes to the
Canyon Creek Complex fire.
publicly of his struggles.
Records and other infor-
mation released by state
police showed more anec-
dotal accounts of threat
assessments than actual files
opened. In half the recorded
cases involving Brown, the
individuals exhibiting hos-
tility toward the governor
had documented histories
of mental illness. One man
was in the custody of Ore-
gon State Hospital; two oth-
ers were inmates at an East-
ern Oregon prison.
A special unit of the Ore-
gon State Police protects
the governor. According to
spokesman Capt. Timothy
R. Fox, the troopers protect-
ing Brown believe the rise
of social media has fueled
an increase in threating
speech toward her. However,
they’re unable to quantify it
because state law prohibits
law enforcement from keep-
ing records of anyone’s polit-
ical views unless it is directly
relates to a criminal investi-
gation and there is reason to
believe the person may be
breaking the law.
The most disturbing inci-
dent report involved Kulon-
gowski, who in 2007 had
a .50-caliber machine gun
pointed at him during a Vet-
erans Day parade in Ontario.
It was the only threat investi-
gation tied to Kulongoski or
Kitzhaber involving some-
one in close proximity, state
police said.
The machine gun owner,
Tony William Kleve, had
mounted the weapon on a
pivoting stand in his Jeep
Wrangler — custom painted
with “Rat Patrol” on the hood
and bearing Idaho license
plates. After the parade,
records show, Kleve parked
directly across from a group
that included Kulongoski,
first lady Mary Oberst and
other officials.
“The barrel of the gun
was pointed directly at the
dignitaries,” police wrote.
“The gun had an ammo box
attached to it which con-
tained what appeared to be
a linked belt of 50 caliber
ammunition loaded into the
chamber of the gun.”
When a plainclothes
trooper approached Kleve
and struck up a conversa-
tion, Kleve said he was not
a veteran, just “interested
in guns,” according to the
police report. Kleve “used
the term ‘hot’” in describing
how he pieced together the
fully automatic machine gun
over the years.
The trooper, who had not
identified himself to Kleve
as law enforcement, called
for uniformed officers to
ask Kleve to move the Jeep.
Although police said Kleve
became
argumentative,
he drove away within 10
minutes.
Oregon court records
show no charges were filed in
incident. It is illegal in Ore-
gon for anyone older than
12 to purposefully point a
loaded firearm at another per-
son, except in self-defense.
Troopers in Oregon’s Dig-
nitary Protection Unit esti-
mated they looked into more
than 100 possible threats
against Brown without doc-
umenting the investigations;
they provided no equivalent
estimate for Kulongoski and
Kitzhaber. Troopers even
checked on a journalist who
worked for The Oregonian/
OregonLive, after someone
else emailed Brown’s office
impersonating the reporter.
Brown’s state lawyers
have cited safety concerns
as justification for not releas-
ing an advance copy of her
calendar to news organiza-
tions, though her commu-
nications team occasionally
shares details about upcom-
ing public appearances in
press releases.
“Releasing the Gover-
nor’s future calendar would
expose sensitive and per-
sonal information such as
which residence the Gov-
ernor would be staying in
overnight” and it would
compromise state troopers’
ability to keep the gover-
nor safe, Brown’s Govern-
ment Accountability Attor-
ney Emily Matasar wrote in
an email.
“A bold statement”
In December 2015, state
police records show, Snook
told his parole officer that
Ashby had been planning
to blow up the governor’s
home. Snook claimed he
talked Ashby out of it.
The Portland Police
Bureau’s bomb squad imme-
diately checked the property
and found no explosives.
Snook later told state
police the two had met when
Ashby was talking to people
and filming with his phone
in the area of southeast Port-
land where Snook’s van was
parked, according to police
notes.
Ashby asked Snook if
he wanted to go to the gov-
ernors’ home to talk to
her about homeless veter-
ans’ issues, to which Snook
agreed. Ashby had served in
the Oregon Army National
Guard.
When interviewed by state
police, Ashby said he went
to Brown’s home primar-
ily because he had concerns
about her decision to accept
Syrian refugees into the state
and “wanted to make a bold
statement.” When reached by
The Oregonian/OregonLive
on Wednesday, Ashby said
it didn’t seem right for the
government to help refugees
get housing when there are
homeless veterans in Oregon.
“My point was, take care
of our own,” Ashby said.
Ashby told police he
never talked to Snook about
blowing up Brown’s house or
discussed explosives. Snook
also told police he did not
recall such a conversation,
nor did he remember telling
his parole officer about it.
Snook, meanwhile, claimed
he went to Brown’s house
about his 1995 rape convic-
tion, which he claimed was
based on a false accusation.
State police closed the
case without taking further
action.
Corrections
The July 14 article “Deluxe packages could help cem-
etery cover costs” misrepresented the number of hours
parks staff spend mowing and weeding Olney Cemetery.
Staff spends 40 to 48 hours mowing the lawn and an addi-
tional 80 hours per week seasonally weeding the cemetery.
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