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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Protesting faith leaders arrested after blocking driveway at ICE facility Oregon businesses hit hard by cancellations due to smoke MEDFORD (AP) — Wildfire smoke in southern Oregon is forcing organiza- tions that are dependent on tourist dollars to scramble for other options. The air quality in Med- ford and surrounding towns continues to range from “unhealthy for sensitive groups” to “hazardous” lev- els. The air quality Sunday night in both Medford and Ashland moved into “haz- ardous” territory, the Mail Tribune reported . A number of southern Oregon businesses catering to tourists during a limited season say they are watching profits dissipate like so many smoke fumes as fires persist. Orange Torpedo Trips in Merlin, a whitewater rafting and kayaking trip company, hasn’t been able to run sin- gle- or multi-day trips down the Rogue River near Hell- gate Canyon since a closure was issued July 29. “You’re really unable to recover from the lost rev- enues,” operations man- ager Scott DeBo said. “We have such a short window. Our business is a seasonal business.” Smoke has forced out- door theater and entertain- ment events inside or forced cancellations, which also come at high price tags. The Oregon Shakespeare Festi- val has canceled at least one performance of each of its By ERICKA CRUZ-GUEVARRA Oregon Public Broadcasting Department of Homeland Security police have arrested three religious leaders who blocked the driveway entrance of the Immigration of Customs Enforcement building in Portland Tuesday. The leaders blocked the driveway after attempting to deliver a letter to acting field office director Elizabeth Godfrey, demanding the release of asylum-seekers in Sheridan who passed credible fear interviews. Lawyers have said that detainees who have passed these interviews, which help determine whether an immi- grant may be eligible for asylum, continue to be detained. “How we treat the stranger — the immigrants among us — says so much about who we are and what we value,” said Rev. Barbara Nixon, one of the leaders arrested. Nixon is with the First United Methodist Church in Corvallis. “What is happening in our state, at Sheridan and else- where is, for me, the sad microcosm of what is happen- ing throughout our nation — where fears of all kinds have interfered with the best, most loving possibilities of who we are,” she said. It’s not the first time clergy have attempted to meet with Godfrey demanding the asylum-seekers’ release. The group said they brought the same letter a week ago to the ICE building where they were told Godfrey was inside. “We have no reason to believe [the letter] wasn’t deliv- ered,” said Rev. Michael Ellick, another leader who was arrested, with Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. On Tuesday, an ICE employee took the letter but would not say whether Godfrey was inside. DHS officers largely stood by while people gathered outside the ICE building and sang “This Little Light of Mine.” Officers moved in after the clergy moved toward the driveway and sat down, blocking a car from entering. Fox-12 Oregon via AP In photo taken from video provided by Fox-12 Oregon a fast-spreading wildfire moves through Dufur, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. The fire forced mandatory evacuations in the north central Oregon community. three outdoor plays this sea- son: “Romeo and Juliet,” ‘’The Book of Will” and “Love’s Labor’s Lost.” In addition to eight total can- cellations, three perfor- mances have been moved to indoor venues, including Ashland High School’s audi- torium, said spokeswoman Julie Cortez. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has already can- celed more shows this year organizations walk a fine line between an expensive, potentially unnecessary can- cellation and giving custom- ers a too-late warning. Cortez said with all the outdoor shows now ready to perform in the high school auditorium, the possibility of a show relocation will con- tinue to be a daily guessing game. “We just have to see where the winds take us this week,” she said. than it did in all of 2017, Cortez said. “We are a non- profit theater company, and so this is serious,” she said. “We depend very much on ticket revenue.” A canceled show trans- lates to a loss upwards of $50,000, she said, which doesn’t account for conces- sions and other sales losses. Predicted air quality con- ditions can change dramat- ically in a few hours, and Jurors view truck of Finicum, killed during refuge standoff PORTLAND (AP) — After nine days of testimony, the government has rested its case against indicted FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita. The Oregonian/Oregonian reports the defense began its case Tuesday, with Astarita’s lawyers expecting to call no more than five witnesses. It’s unknown if Astarita will testify. Astarita is charged with making false statements and obstruction of justice after telling investigators he did not fire two shots that missed Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, an Arizona rancher who served as spokesman for the Ammon Bundy-led group that seized an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016. The errant shots came as Finicum left his pickup while authorities tried to arrest him. Oregon State Police fatally shot Finicum seconds later. Jurors on Monday inspected a bullet hole in the roof of Finicum’s truck, and heard an expert explain the trajec- tory of the shot. The demonstration took place at the load- ing dock of the federal courthouse. State’s new phone system has another outage net protocol technology, or VOIP. Phones lost service at about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday and were still down just before the end of the business day. Century Link has dis- patched a technician to trou- bleshoot the outage, Craig said. State workers have expe- rienced multiple phone fail- ures since IBM built and installed the new phone system known as Project MUSIC (mobilizing uni- fied systems and integrated By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau A network failure wiped out phone service at multi- ple state agencies in Salem, Keizer, Dallas and Wood- burn Tuesday. The failure was due to a CenturyLink internet out- age, said Elizabeth Craig, a spokeswoman for the Ore- gon Department of Adminis- trative Services. The state’s new phone system needs internet to operate. The sys- tem uses voice over inter- Corrections 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. 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Circulation Manager: 541-966-0828 Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group REGIONAL CITIES Forecast THURSDAY Very hot Mostly sunny and very hot FRIDAY SATURDAY Becoming windier and not as hot Mostly sunny and cooler Partly sunny and nice PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 109° 72° 106° 67° 97° 60° 82° 55° 88° 55° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 111° 73° 108° 64° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 99° 89° 110° (1898) 62° 59° 42° (1931) 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" 0.08" 6.49" 11.30" 8.03" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records HIGH LOW 100° 89° 106° (1972) 55° 59° 41° (1939) 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" 0.05" 5.10" 6.59" 5.97" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Aug 11 Aug 18 Full Aug 26 87° 54° 92° 52° Seattle 94/63 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 100° 63° 5:47 a.m. 8:14 p.m. 2:32 a.m. 6:10 p.m. Last Sep 2 Today SUNDAY Spokane Wenatchee 99/66 101/72 Tacoma Moses 93/57 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 104/64 99/61 80/58 96/56 103/65 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 93/60 106/73 Lewiston 107/61 Astoria 104/68 75/57 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 99/66 Pendleton 98/59 The Dalles 108/64 106/67 109/70 La Grande Salem 102/58 99/61 Albany Corvallis 96/60 93/57 John Day 103/65 Ontario Eugene Bend 102/63 97/55 103/60 Burns 100/53 Caldwell 101/61 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 75 102 103 65 100 98 97 104 108 103 98 102 100 102 65 68 102 106 106 99 106 99 99 101 97 106 103 Lo 57 55 60 54 53 59 55 68 64 65 54 58 55 66 54 56 63 61 67 66 55 61 66 57 63 73 65 W c s pc c pc s pc s s s pc s s pc c c s s s pc pc pc pc s pc s pc Hi 73 105 103 65 104 103 96 106 111 107 98 107 106 104 66 68 106 109 109 97 106 100 105 106 96 110 107 Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 76 82 69 58 55 53 63 71 80 48 78 W sh pc s pc t pc pc pc s s r Lo 57 58 61 54 53 63 55 72 73 65 52 59 58 66 54 56 65 67 72 64 58 59 71 56 61 76 70 W c s s c s s s s s s pc s s s c c s s s s s s pc s s s pc Lo 75 82 69 53 55 55 54 72 77 48 80 W pc pc s c t pc r s t s r WINDS Medford 102/66 Klamath Falls 98/54 (in mph) Today Thursday Boardman Pendleton NE 4-8 NE 4-8 W 4-8 NNW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Low clouds may break today; however, partly sunny in the south. Eastern Washington: Hazy sunshine today. A star-studded sky tonight. Eastern and Central Oregon: Sunshine and very hot today; extreme heat can be dangerous. Western Washington: Mostly sunny today; however, low clouds followed by sunshine at the coast. Cascades: Hazy sunshine and hot today. A star-studded sky tonight. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; hazy elsewhere. 2 4 7 7 4 Business Office Manager: Janna Heimgartner 541-966-0822 • jheimgartner@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Thu. 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The state spent about $46 million on the new phone system for more than 30,000 state employees, according to WW. communications) about two years ago, as first reported by Willamette Week in March. “The network failure is related to an issue with Century Link (one of our vendors), not IBM. How- ever, If the impacted sites use Voice over IP (VOIP) 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: A swath of showers and thunderstorms will extend along a tempera- ture boundary from New England to the southern High Plains and Rockies today. Most areas west of the Rockies will be dry, sunny and hot. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 115° in Needles, Calif. Low 29° in West Yellowstone, Mont. 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 95 91 87 91 91 92 102 86 93 85 84 83 95 85 83 99 59 91 88 93 83 93 89 108 88 94 Lo 66 72 76 72 59 73 67 73 76 68 67 67 75 61 64 73 43 61 78 77 66 73 66 84 68 70 W pc t t t s t s t t t s t t pc r pc c s pc t t t pc s t s Thur. 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