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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY TODAY MONDAY Mostly sunny, breezy and cooler Sunny to partly cloudy and nice 85° 56° 84° 54° TUESDAY Mostly sunny Hot with plenty of sun PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 94° 62° 97° 65° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 87° 52° 88° 58° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 101° 88° 119° (1898) 65° 59° 40° (1911) 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" 0.12" 6.49" 11.30" 8.07" through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH LOW 102° 89° 106° (1971) 64° 59° 47° (1947) 0.00" 0.00" 0.06" 5.10" 6.59" 5.98" SUN AND MOON Aug 11 Aug 18 Full 5:50 a.m. 8:10 p.m. 6:01 a.m. 8:39 p.m. Last Aug 26 Sep 2 John Day 90/52 Ontario 101/63 Bend 81/44 Burns 91/40 Caldwell 100/62 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 92 81 67 91 87 80 83 88 90 84 87 82 86 63 68 101 90 85 78 82 78 86 83 76 87 85 Lo 58 47 44 53 40 46 53 54 58 52 44 51 46 55 55 57 63 56 56 59 41 55 54 44 57 60 50 W sh pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc c c pc pc s c pc c pc s c s pc NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Sun. Hi 70 85 84 70 86 81 85 83 87 86 87 83 80 91 64 68 92 87 84 82 85 84 79 80 81 85 85 Lo 55 44 48 52 42 46 53 53 52 52 48 45 42 58 52 55 59 51 54 58 46 56 56 43 55 58 54 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s s s s s pc s s s pc s s pc pc s s s s s s s s s s s s WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 86 87 87 69 73 80 77 92 97 77 89 Lo 75 82 68 60 57 58 59 70 81 49 78 W t t s pc t pc pc s s s t Sun. Hi 88 88 86 70 69 81 85 88 95 62 88 Lo 76 81 67 59 56 55 62 69 80 48 80 W t sh s c t s s s pc s t WINDS Medford 86/55 PRECIPITATION Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First Albany 78/54 Eugene 80/53 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 102° 64° Spokane Wenatchee 86/54 84/58 Tacoma Moses 71/54 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 88/56 83/51 67/58 71/54 85/50 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 73/57 87/60 Lewiston 91/59 Astoria 91/60 67/58 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 78/59 Pendleton 87/46 The Dalles 88/58 85/56 83/60 La Grande Salem 87/51 78/55 Corvallis 76/52 HERMISTON Yesterday Normals Records 97° 58° Seattle 73/58 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 93° 53° Today WEDNESDAY Plenty of sunshine 90° 59° Saturday, August 11, 2018 (in mph) Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls 84/44 REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern and Central Oregon: Hazy sunshine today; smoky in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Clear tonight. Western Washington: A shower and t-storm around at the coast today; a t-storm in spots in central parts. A shower across the south. — 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: Partly sunny today. Mainly clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomor- row. Cascades: Hazy sun today. Clear tonight. Partly sunny in central parts tomorrow; sunny elsewhere. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; hazy elsewhere. Sunday WSW 4-8 W 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Clouds and sunshine today; a couple of showers across the north. Today WSW 10-20 W 10-20 2 4 7 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 Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group 4 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. 7 Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Circulation: 541-966-0828 -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: Downpours will drench parts of the East, Midwest and South Central states today. Showers will dot the Northwest as cooler air arrives. Heat will extend from the Southwest to the northern Plains. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 108° in Needles, Calif. Low 31° 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 84 88 83 87 102 92 102 73 91 83 88 82 85 91 86 84 67 95 89 88 84 91 90 106 93 88 Lo 62 71 73 70 69 71 64 66 76 65 70 66 72 60 66 67 51 69 77 78 65 75 68 85 70 68 W pc pc t t s pc pc r t t s t t pc pc t c s sh t t t s s pc s Sun. 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W. Joseph Astarita, 41, displayed a slight smile when the jury returned its verdict after less than a day of delib- erations. He left the court- house without comment. Astarita was charged with making false statements and obstruction of justice after telling investigators he did not fire the shots that missed Robert “LaVoy” Finicum. His attorneys, Rob- ert Cary and David Angeli, stressed to jurors that no eye- witnesses saw Astarita fire his weapon, and there was no ballistic evidence linking a bullet to his rifle. “We are grateful to the men and women of the jury who saw through a case that should have never been FBI via AP, file This photo taken from a January 26, 2016 FBI video shows Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, center, after he was fatally shot by police near Burns. FBI Special Agent W. Joseph As- tarita was found not guilty Friday of accusations that he lied about firing at Finicum when officers arrested leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge. brought,” the lawyers said in a joint statement. “Joe Astar- ita is innocent and it was our privilege and honor to repre- sent him.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Sussman declined com- ment after the verdict. The verdict marked another high-profile loss for prosecutors in cases related to the Bundy family, which opposes federal control of public lands. Ammon and Ryan Bundy plus five other occupiers were found not guilty of con- spiracy and gun charges in a trial that ended two years ago. Earlier this year, charges stemming from the Bundys’ armed standoff with govern- ment agents in Nevada were dropped. U.S. Attorney for Ore- gon Billy Williams said he strongly believed the Astarita case needed to be tried. “Our system of justice relies on the absolute integ- rity of law enforcement offi- cials at all levels of govern- ment,” he said. The errant shots came as Finicum left his pickup while authorities tried to arrest him at a roadblock on Jan. 26, 2016. Oregon State Police fatally shot Finicum seconds later — a killing that was deemed legally justified. Investigators looking into the shooting were able to identify those responsible for six of the eight rounds fired that day. No one owned up to the other two. After an investigation, Astarita was indicted in June 2017. Prosecutors said he was the only one who could have fired the shots. Their asser- tion was based on FBI aerial surveillance videos and forensic analysis tracing a bullet back to his position. Finicum and other occu- piers led by Ammon Bundy seized the refuge on Jan. 2, 2016, to protest the impris- onment of two Oregon ranchers who had set fires. President Donald Trump recently pardoned those men, Dwight and Steven Hammond. On Jan. 26, the FBI learned that Finicum, Bundy and other key figures were leaving the refuge in two vehicles to meet with a sher- iff sympathetic to their cause. Police stopped the vehi- cles, and several people sur- rendered, including Ammon Bundy. But Finicum fled at more than 70 mph with Bundy’s brother Ryan and several others, authorities say. Roughly a mile down the road, Finicum swerved to avoid a roadblock, nearly hit an FBI agent and careened into a snowbank. Three shots, none fired by Astarita, hit the pickup during the chaos. The two disputed gun- shots rang out as Finicum emerged from his pickup and yelled, “Go ahead and shoot me!” One bullet missed every- thing and was never recov- ered. The other struck the pickup and shattered a window. Treatment center offers care for mentally ill inmates By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM – The Oregon Department of Corrections has opened a new behavioral health treatment center at Oregon State Penitentiary to help improve conditions for inmates with severe mental illness. Two years ago, DOC Director Colette Peters signed a memorandum of understanding with Dis- ability Rights Oregon to increase out-of-cell time for these inmates and make other improvements. Peters agreed to give inmates at least 20 hours per week, or less than three hours per day, outside their cells by 2020. “I believe this building and our great staff work is going to get us there in no time,” Peters said during a ribbon cutting at the center Friday, Aug. 10. In July and early August, the agency provided about 12.6 hours per week, or about 1.8 hours a day, Peters said. Inmates remain in win- dowless cells measure 6 feet-by-11 feet with no com- panionship for the rest of the day. Disability Rights Ore- gonhas alleged those condi- tions are on par with solitary confinement. Twenty hours a week is the minimum needed to pro- tect inmates with mental health conditions from “cruel and unusual punishment” as defined by the Eighth Amend- ment, according to Disability Rights Oregon. DOC has only about five months to nearly double the time inmates spent outside their cells. Joel Greenberg, attorney at Disability Rights Oregon, said he is “skeptically opti- mistic” that the agency will meet its obligation. “We hope this building — which they have placed a lot of faith in and a lot of hope in — will turn around the numbers,” Greenberg said. State lawmakers appro- priated $5.2 million in Feb- ruary 2016 to build, furnish and staff the treatment cen- ter for some 45 inmates who have serious mental illness and have demonstrated vio- lent or disruptive behavior. The metal mesh doors in the inmates’ living quarters and the configuration of the prison prevent exposure to natural light and make it diffi- cult for the inmate to commu- nicate with anyone outside. “Talking to someone through punched-out metal holes doesn’t allow you to adequately see or hear any- thing,” Greenberg said. “In order to talk to some- one inside a cell, you would have to bend down and talk through the food slot and hopefully the resident of the cell would do the same thing. Even though the res- idents are very disabled and ill, there is a lot of noise, yelling and screaming that made it difficult to have not only a private conversation but any conversation.” Now, inmates can meet pri- vately with mental health pro- fessionals in one of 13 offices at the treatment center. The 6,830-square-foot center also has four classrooms for group therapy with six desks where inmates can be secured, two physicians’ offices and one counselor office. The space will allow DOC to convene nine classes per week Monday through Friday for mentally ill inmates in the Behav- ioral Health Unit, which will increase the time outside of cells, said correctional Capt. Toby Tooley. The center offers win- dows, natural light and soothing turquoise-hued walls to help enhance inmates’ mood. In the past three years, DOC has expanded the types of therapy offered to inmates from one kind to 19 varieties such as cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology and art therapy, said Gabe Gitnes, an assistant admin- istrator at DOC’s behavioral health services. The department has also made progress in decreasing use of force and other met- rics that contribute to living conditions. “The living units are prob- lematic, but they are not the entire program,” Greenberg said. “The department has been trying to change culture and has increased staff-to-res- ident ratio, and we share their hope things will be better and things are better than when we first started working on this.” 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. Hermiston August 31, September 1 & 2, 2018 Class of 1958 For information call High School Reunion Rita J. Walker 541-567-5356
