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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, November 8, 2018 Permit filed to demolish never-used Wapato Jail By ERICKA CRUZ GUEVARRA Oregon Public Broadcasting The Wapato Jail won’t become a homeless shelter after all. In fact, Wapato Jail won’t even be the Wapato Jail for much longer. A demolition permit is in place for the never-opened Multnomah County jail, which was sold to private developer Jordan Schnitzer in April. A demolition building permit application through the city of Portland’s Bureau of Development Services was signed by the property owner on Nov. 1, according to documents. A final permit for a com- mercial inspection, in addi- tion to an erosion and site control inspection, is under- way as of Nov. 2. Documents show applicants valued the cost of all equipment, materi- als, labor overhead and profit Kayo Lackey/OPB Wapato Jail, which Multnomah County has sold, has never been used for incarceration. It is now slated for demolition. for the work at $1 million. The permitting process to demolish the building — which has been referred to as an albatross that has strained county resources since it was completed in 2004 — began less than a week before Port- land voters would decide between two city councilors who disagreed vehemently on what to do with the jail. Voters ultimately chose Jo Ann Hardesty, who has been critical of calls for the jail to be converted into a homeless shelter. “I thought this was a city of compassionate people, empathetic people, people who believed we can do bet- ter than jail cells for people who are houseless,” Hard- esty said in a speech at her Election Night party soon after her win Tuesday. On the campaign trail, Hardesty’s opponent, Mult- nomah County Commis- sioner Loretta Smith, said she wanted to turn the jail into a triage center for res- idential drug and alcohol rehabilitation, mental health support and job training programs. Schnitzer, who backed Smith in her campaign for city council, told Willa- mette Week in September that he’d demolish the build- ing if funding to use the jail as a homeless shelter didn’t materialize by Oct. 1. The money never came. Schnitzer faced mounting pressure from leaders includ- ing Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Oregon Repub- lican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler to consider more pitches on what to do with the jail. Schnitzer pays $50,000 a month to maintain the empty jail — a price he told The Oregonian/OregonLive he wasn’t keen on paying forever. State orders killing of wolves from two more packs have been preying on cat- tle in the northeastern cor- ner of the state will be killed, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednes- day morning. By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Wolves from two packs that Hunters will kill members of the Smackout Pack in Ste- vens County and members of the Togo Pack in Ferry County, the agency said. Wolves from the two Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Plenty of sunshine Times of clouds and sun A morning shower; mostly sunny Mostly sunny and chilly Chilly with brilliant sunshine 52° 28° 54° 35° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 48° 27° 49° 24° 46° 31° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 53° 24° 55° 32° 52° 27° 50° 25° OREGON FORECAST 47° 27° 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 53/38 45/28 53/25 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 51/31 Lewiston 51/32 54/26 Astoria 56/38 Pullman Yakima 49/26 50/30 49/26 Portland Hermiston 56/33 The Dalles 53/24 Salem Corvallis 56/28 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 46/21 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 55/28 51/23 48/25 Ontario 51/18 Caldwell Burns 54° 28° 55° 35° 68° (1939) 11° (1936) 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 55/28 Boardman Pendleton Medford 59/27 0.00" 0.01" 0.25" 6.46" 7.91" 7.53" WINDS (in mph) 49/20 44/6 0.00" 0.10" 0.28" 8.25" 13.90" 10.27" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 44/20 56/31 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 52/28 56/28 50° 36° 53° 35° 71° (2006) 15° (2003) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 49/29 Aberdeen 43/25 47/31 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 50/36 Today Fri. SSW 3-6 W 4-8 SW 4-8 SW 6-12 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 51/12 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 6:45 a.m. 4:33 p.m. 7:37 a.m. 5:39 p.m. First Full Last New Nov 15 Nov 22 Nov 29 Dec 6 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 94° in Edinburg, Texas Low 0° in Leadville, Colo. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY packs have continued to prey on cattle despite efforts to get them to stop, agency director Kelly Susewind said. “WDFW staff have con- firmed that on five sepa- rate occasions since Aug. 20, one or more members of the Smackout pack injured one calf and killed four heif- ers on private pastures,” the agency said in a news release. Meanwhile, the agency documented six depreda- tions by members of the Togo Pack in the past 10 months, and the remaining three wolves in that pack will be killed. The hunting of wolves can begin on Thursday, the agency said. Last month the state decided to kill the remain- ing two wolves from the Old Profanity Peak Territory Pack, which has repeatedly preyed on cattle in Ferry County. The Center for Biologi- cal Diversity and other con- servation groups have criti- cized the killing of wolves to save cattle grazing on public lands. Wolves were killed off in Washington state early in the past century. But they began moving back into the state early in this century from Idaho and Canada. That has created intense conflicts with ranchers in the moun- tainous and sparsely popu- lated northeastern part of the state Wolves are listed as an endangered species through- out Washington. But a man- agement plan allows the state to kill wolves if offi- cials confirm a certain num- ber of livestock attacks within a specific time period. In the case of the Smack- out Pack, Susewind autho- rized incremental removal of wolves from the pack. One or two wolves will be killed, and then there will be a halt to determine if that stops the depredations, the agency said. The agency said it will use humane lethal removal methods consistent with state and federal laws. Likely options include shooting from a helicopter, trapping and shooting from the ground. The department docu- mented the existence of the pack in 2011. Recent surveys indicate the pack includes four or five adult wolves. In the case of the Togo Pack, Susewind said a recent depredation was an indica- tion that the pack behavior of preying on livestock has not changed. Susewind decided to issue a permit to the live- stock owner allowing him, his immediate family, or his employees to kill wolves if they are within his private fenced pasture. Susewind decided to issue a permit rather than having department staff con- duct the hunts because of a lack of resources due to hav- ing three hunts underway at the same time. The Center for Biological Diversity has tried unsuc- cessfully to block past wolf hunts in court, saying that killing wolves ignores sci- ence and goes against the wishes of many in the state. “Washington residents have made it clear that they support wolf recovery,” Amaroq Weiss of the center said in a recent news release. The state since 2012 has killed 21 wolves, 17 of them to benefit the same livestock owner, she said. “Washington residents are fed up with wolf-man- agement policies that reward livestock owners for irre- sponsible business prac- tices,” Weiss said. “The wildlife department’s mis- sion is to preserve and pro- tect the state’s wildlife.” 8 of 10 Oregon counties approve measure to boost gun rights PORTLAND (AP) — Voters in eight Oregon coun- ties have approved ordi- nances to bolster residents’ gun rights that were champi- oned by militia groups. The Oregonian/Ore- gonLive reported Wednes- day that the ordinances say that residents of those coun- ties now have the right to own semi-automatic weap- ons and high-capacity mag- azines, regardless of state or federal law. They also empower sher- iffs to determine if state and federal gun laws are consti- tutional and prohibit the use of county funds to enforce them. But the ordinances are likely to be challenged in court and are seen as mostly symbolic. The measure appeared in Baker, Columbia, Doug- las, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Lincoln, Linn, Umatilla and Union counties. It passed in all but Jack- son and Lincoln counties. Two militia groups, the Three Percenters and Oath Keepers, campaigned for the ordinance across the state. Washington voters approve stricter gun laws Oregon Public Broadcasting Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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