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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-
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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
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Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Lo
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82
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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
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87
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Thu.
WORLD CITIES
Hi
86
92
84
74
75
71
80
89
94
69
83
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
TODAY
phones, those won’t work
until network connectivity
is restored,” Craig wrote in
an email to the Pamplin/EO
Capital Bureau.
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
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Thur.
Hi
89
88
87
87
95
88
106
86
94
83
89
86
89
87
86
93
63
88
89
93
86
93
94
106
84
94
Lo
63
71
71
68
61
71
71
71
75
66
67
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72
59
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45
60
78
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Today
Hi
Louisville
87
Memphis
88
Miami
91
Milwaukee
82
Minneapolis
88
Nashville
89
New Orleans
90
New York City
89
Oklahoma City
84
Omaha
89
Philadelphia
90
Phoenix
104
Portland, ME
83
Providence
89
Raleigh
94
Rapid City
89
Reno
102
Sacramento
95
St. Louis
88
Salt Lake City
95
San Diego
86
San Francisco
68
Seattle
94
Tucson
97
Washington, DC 92
Wichita
88
Lo
71
73
77
68
68
71
76
74
67
67
74
84
69
73
72
57
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Thur.
Hi
88
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87
94
89
101
83
88
92
89
102
98
91
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90
70
93
93
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Lo
70
71
77
67
67
69
77
72
68
67
70
83
65
69
70
61
64
61
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75
53
62
73
73
68
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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