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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Environmental groups oppose use of cyanide capsules Staff photos by Jade McDowell Generous green thumbs Samantha Steffey, left, and Jeanne Steffey, center, above, work to plant flowers during a landscaping work party Sat- urday with Hermiston Assem- bly of God and city of Herm- iston staff outside the new Harkenrider Senior Activity Center. The plants were part of an $8,000 donation from Hermiston Kiwanis Club, and selected by the Hermiston Garden Club. Seniors who are part of the new activity center will have opportuni- ties to help care for the land- scaping with help from the garden club. Facial recognition tech at schools fuels privacy debate TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Rather cloudy and comfortable Times of clouds and sun Mostly cloudy Cool with clouds and limited sun Cloudy and cool 72° 41° 63° 40° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 63° 41° 62° 45° 59° 38° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 66° 39° 68° 41° 66° 46° OREGON FORECAST 64° 38° 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 61/41 64/35 72/33 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 71/44 Lewiston 64/43 77/39 Astoria 63/42 Pullman Yakima 73/35 62/35 68/43 Portland Hermiston 69/46 The Dalles 76/38 Salem Corvallis 68/40 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 68/35 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 70/40 69/34 71/40 Ontario 70/44 Caldwell Burns 71° 40° 72° 43° 87° (1970) 25° (1950) 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 69/41 0.00" 0.00" 0.02" 5.15" 7.04" 6.58" WINDS (in mph) 70/46 68/32 0.00" 0.00" 0.03" 6.52" 12.32" 8.97" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 66/33 69/41 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 72/41 71/42 69° 39° 71° 45° 93° (1931) 29° (1900) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 62/36 Aberdeen 63/35 67/38 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 62/44 Bannock County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File This Thursday, March 16, 2017, file pho- to shows an M-44 cyanide device in Po- catello, Idaho. 2015, and livestock owners lost $32.5 mil- lion from attacks on sheep and lambs by all predators that year. The petition notes that Wildlife Services reported 246,985 animals killed by M-44s from 2000 through 2016, ranging from grizzly bears to kangaroo rats to red-tailed hawks. The devices killed 4,621 animals in Oregon during that time; last year a device killed OR-48, a collared gray wolf living in northeast Oregon. “Any animal that is attracted to scents is at risk,” Fahy said. “What’s reported is a small fraction of what’s been done.” BRIEFLY Forecast for Pendleton Area 76° 38° BEND (AP) — Nearly 100 environ- mental groups are calling for a ban in Ore- gon on the use of cyanide capsules to con- trol predators like coyotes, foxes and wild dogs that can attack and eat livestock ani- mals, a newspaper reported. The groups sent a letter this month to state and federal agencies calling the M-44 devices ineffective and dangerous to humans, pets and other animals not being targeted, The Bulletin reported on Monday. M-44 devices are spring-loaded devices that contain a capsule filled with sodium cyanide that’s partially buried in the ground and coated with a substance that’s designed to attract canines. When an animal triggers the device, a lethal dose of sodium cyanide is ejected. “This is a no-brainer, and I still find it hard to believe that this is still going on,” said Brooks Fahy, executive director of the Oregon conservation nonprofit Preda- tor Defense, one of the groups leading the effort. Idaho and Colorado have banned the devices, but federal wildlife managers say they’re critical to controlling predators. Wildlife Services, a federal program within the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspec- tion Service, says coyotes killed more than 118,000 sheep and lambs nationwide in Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 72/53 Wed. WSW 8-16 WSW 7-14 ENE 3-6 NE 4-8 SEATTLE (AP) — Facial recognition technology is being used to increase secu- rity at one Seattle school, but the technology is fueling debate about privacy concerns. The Seattle Times reports the company RealNetworks began offering the technol- ogy free to K-12 schools this summer in an effort to improve school security. It’s in use at the private elementary Uni- versity Child Development School. The school gave parents the option of add- ing their face to the database, and so far about 300 parents have done so. If a par- ent’s face is recognized by the system, they door opens, reducing the need for someone inside the school to answer a buzzer. Parent Ana Hedrick says the system is convenient and feels safe. Adam Schwartz with the digital privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation says school security is a serious issue but the damage to privacy from facial recognition technology could be high. Investigation underway after Portland police shooting PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities are investigating after an officer-involved shooting in downtown Portland early Sun- day morning. Portland Police have not released the name of those involved, but say officers were patrolling when they heard shots being fired and engaged with a suspect. No officers were injured, but the person who was shot was taken to a local hospital. That person’s condition was not released. Portland Police Detectives and the Mult- nomah County District Attorney’s Office are investigating. The officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. Washington kills another wolf that preyed on cattle SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has killed a second wolf from a pack that has been preying on cattle in Ferry County. The Department of Fish and Wildlife says a marksman shot an adult female wolf on Friday. The wolf is from the Old Pro- fanity Territory pack that has repeatedly attacked cattle in the Kettle River Range. The Center for Biological Diversity says the killing of wolves in senseless, and this is the fourth pack the state has deci- mated to protect the cattle of one rancher. The wolf shot on Friday was believed to be the breeding female of the pack. The pack is believed to consist now of an adult male and one juvenile. The state will evaluate whether the hunts have changed the pack’s behavior before undertaking another hunt. Sheriff: 2-year-old child died in tractor accident ESTACADA (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old child died in an accident involv- ing a tractor Saturday morning in Estacada. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a home just before 10 a.m. on Saturday and found the toddler had suffered fatal injuries. Officials didn’t release any details or the identity of those involved. The sheriff’s office child abuse team is investigating the death, which is standard procedure. 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