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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, August 31, 2018 Last heart transplant doctor leaves Oregon hospital PORTLAND (AP) — The only remain- ing doctor in Oregon’s only heart transplant program has resigned, leaving the state with no medical facilities that can perform the life-saving procedure. Oregon Health & Science University is now working to transfer the 20 patients on its waiting list to other transplant centers, including those in Seattle and the San Fran- cisco Bay Area, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday. The Portland, Oregon, hospital notified patients this earlier week that it was suspend- ing its heart transplant program for 14 days because one doctor had left and two others had given notice, leaving one doctor to pro- vide follow-up care. The final doctor to leave did not give a reason for her departure, which was reported Thursday. OHSU said it won’t evaluate new patients for transplants, accept donor hearts or per- form any transplant surgeries for two weeks and is scrambling to find heart specialists to add to its program. But other medical centers that have been forced to suspend heart transplants have There are 3,930 people awaiting new hearts on the national transplant list. taken months or years to resurrect a program, the newspaper reported. Renee Edwards, chief medical officer for OHSU Healthcare, acknowledged that the hospital could take longer to resume its program. Cardiac patients who don’t need trans- plants can still be treated at OHSU, including for such procedures as pacemaker implanta- tion, she has said. Eighteen heart transplants were done at OHSU in 2016 and 30 more were completed there in 2017, according to federal data. There are 3,930 people awaiting new hearts on the national transplant list. A patient’s position on the list is based on how well he or she matches with a donor, how sick they are, and how many donors ver- sus patients are in the area. Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP The Oregon Health & Science University Campus in Portland. The only remaining doctor in Oregon’s only heart transplant program has resigned, leaving the state with no medical facilities that can perform the life-saving procedure. Judge backs Lost Valley dairy’s wastewater remedies agreed on Aug. 30 to a pro- posal by Lost Valley Farm to increase storage space in its manure lagoons by recycling its wastewater. The Oregon Department of Agriculture had requested that the facility be required to scrape manure from dairy barns rather than wash it away, which the agency By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI EO Media Group PORTLAND — A judge has sided with a troubled Boardman dairy’s reme- dies for violating a settle- ment deal over wastewater management. Multnomah County Cir- cuit Court Judge Kelly Skye argued would be accom- plished more simply and quickly. “We think it’s achievable on a short timeline,” said Nina Engländer, an attorney representing Oregon’s farm regulators. Elizabeth Howard, the dairy’s attorney, argued that scraping barns would create Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Mostly sunny and nice Nice with plenty of sunshine Mostly sunny and pleasant Nice with plenty of sunshine Pleasant with clouds and sun 78° 52° 79° 48° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 83° 55° 81° 50° 73° 44° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 81° 49° 81° 53° 86° 56° 85° 51° OREGON FORECAST 76° 44° ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 65/53 71/48 80/49 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 78/57 Lewiston 72/52 82/55 Astoria 65/54 Pullman Yakima 79/49 72/49 78/53 Portland Hermiston 74/53 The Dalles 81/53 Salem Corvallis 73/47 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 75/44 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 77/48 74/42 76/45 Ontario 81/50 Caldwell Burns 82° 54° 84° 54° 102° (2007) 39° (1965) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 76/49 0.00" 0.05" 0.19" 5.15" 6.65" 6.11" WINDS (in mph) 80/49 76/33 0.00" 0.03" 0.41" 6.52" 11.37" 8.36" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 72/40 76/50 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 78/52 78/54 79° 58° 84° 54° 103° (1967) 37° (1924) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 72/50 Aberdeen 72/48 78/53 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 71/55 manure piles with the poten- tial for further water quality problems. “There are a lot of oppor- tunities there for incidental discharges,” she said. “We don’t want to be going back- wards. We don’t want to be having more discharges.” A week earlier, the judge found the dairy’s owner, Greg te Velde, in contempt of court for violating a judg- ment requiring the facility to maintain at least 75 acre feet of manure storage capacity at the site. However, Skye did not agree to ODA’s request to sanction the dairy by halting all wastewater production, effectively putting it out of business. Aside from allowing the dairy to recycle wastewater, the judge also agreed with its proposal to install multi- ple flow meters to measure wastewater production. The dairy will also be Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 83/51 Sat. WSW 7-14 WSW 7-14 WSW 4-8 W 6-12 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 78/40 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 6:15 a.m. 7:35 p.m. 10:23 p.m. 11:28 a.m. Last New First Full Sep 2 Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 24 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 107° in Needles, Calif. Low 22° in West Yellowstone, Mont. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY required to install a weather station at the site, among other conditions. The judge warned te Velde that the consequences would be harsher if the wastewa- ter recycling doesn’t create enough storage in manure lagoons, results in leaks or causes other issues. “If I allow it to do it your way, I’m probably going to be harder on you,” she said. The dairy has until Oct. 5 to switch to recycling waste- water and to have a plan for installing flow meters. It must also have at least 75 acre-feet of storage capacity in its lagoons by Nov. 6 or face the possibility of a reduction in its herd size. “We can’t just allow this to go out of compliance all winter,” Skye said. The ODA had wanted the dairy to stop producing all wastewater if it doesn’t live up to the remedies, since the agency is “at the end of its Lawsuit: Worker fired for refusing to attend Bible study PORTLAND (AP) — A man has filed an $800,000 lawsuit against a construction company, claiming the owner fired him after he refused to attend Bible study. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Ryan Coleman’s lawsuit was filed in Linn County Circuit Court last week. It states that after he was hired as a painter for Dahled Up Construction owner Joel Dahl told him all employees were required to participate in regular Bible study sessions led by a Christian pastor during the work day. The lawsuit says Coleman told Dahl rope.” “A big hammer has his- torically been necessary to get any movement,” said Englander. However, the judge said she preferred to scale down the herd size so the dairy could demonstrate its meth- ods are effective at improv- ing wastewater management. Lost Valley Farm has repeatedly been cited by ODA for spills and other vio- lations of its “confined ani- mal feeding operation” per- mit since it began operating in April 2017. The agency fined the dairy more than $10,000 and sought a temporary restrain- ing order to shut the facility down, resulting in the settle- ment deal over wastewater in March. The ODA then sought a contempt of court order for te Velde, arguing he had willfully disregarded the agreement. that the requirement was illegal but Dahl wouldn’t budge. The suit says Coleman obliged for nearly six months in order to keep his job but was fired after telling Dahl he couldn’t go anymore. Dahl’s Albany attorney, Kent Hickam, doesn’t dispute that Dahl requires employ- ees to attend Bible study, but says it’s legal because Dahl pays them to attend. 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. HEY KIDS... want to earn some EXTRA MONEY? Ask Mom & Dad, then come sign up to be a part of the Pendleton Round-Up. 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 snow 40s ice 50s cold front — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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