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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Bend hospital removes gender ID from bracelets $251,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by an inmate bitten by a dog. The sheriff’s office, though, didn’t admit liability and said the dog was brought in to remove an inmate who was “threatening and throw- ing and swinging things” at deputies. Disability Rights Ore- gon plans to push for a bill in the next legislative sea- son that would curb the use of police dogs in jails to control inmates, saying in a report that using a police dog presents unnecessary risks of harm to staff and inmates. BEND (AP) — A hospital in central Oregon has made a small change that repre- sented a huge difference for its transgender patients: It removed the gender designa- tion from patient identifica- tion bracelets. The Bulletin newspaper in Bend reports the St. Charles Health System adopted the change last month. “It was something that everybody felt had to be on there because it was always on there,” said Rebecca Scrafford, a psychologist at St. Charles who was involved in recommending the change. “It’s providing no benefit, but it’s causing harm.” The ID bracelet is designed to provide caregivers an easy way to identify patients based on two distinct identifiers. But staff generally check the patient’s name and date of birth, not gender. Until recently, the hos- pital’s record system did not distinguish between sex assigned at birth, legal gen- der and gender identity. The ID bracelet had been showing the patient’s legal name and sex assigned at birth. “For a lot of those patients, that didn’t match, and that was distressing for our patients,” Scrafford said. “This is one little baby step in providing affirming care that Archdiocese pays $7M to settle sex abuse claims AP Photo/Andrew Selsky A firefighter ornament is visible on the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree as it makes a stop at the Oregon State Capitol on its way to the nation’s capital on Tues- day. The 80-foot Noble fir tree from the Willamette National Forest in Oregon will be trucked to Washington, D.C., along part of the route of the Oregon Trail in celebration of its 175th anniversary. is probably the first visible sign of many efforts that are underway at St. Charles and communitywide.” Man tries to trade cannabis for a car ALBANY (AP) — Mari- juana is legal in Oregon, but you can’t barter it for a car. Police in Albany, Ore- gon, said Tuesday a car dealer posted a Mazda SUV for sale on an online marketplace on Friday. A man contacted the dealer and offered to trade cannabis for the car. Matthew Franks, 38, of Independence, Oregon, showed up at a parking-lot rendezvous site that evening, expecting to meet the car seller. Instead, police were waiting for him. Police spokesman Brad Liles says Franks was arrested and put into the Linn County Jail. Liles says police seized 5.4 pounds of marijuana, less than the agreed-upon amount. It wasn’t immediately clear if Franks had an attorney. Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mostly cloudy Clouds and sun Mostly cloudy and cooler Partly sunny and chilly Partly sunny and chilly 50° 40° 56° 41° Though marijuana is legal in Oregon, sales are regulated and those in the business must be licensed. Advocacy group: Ban dogs used to control inmates PORTLAND (AP) — Disability Rights Oregon wants the state to prohibit law enforcement officers from using police dogs in jails to intimidate, control or punish inmates. The Oregonian/Ore- gonLive reports Columbia County’s jail in St. Helens is the only one in the state that continues to allow the use of police dogs against inmates, despite recently paying PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 34° 46° 29° 44° 31° SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Archdiocese has agreed to pay nearly $7 mil- lion to settle claims by six men who say priests sexually abused them when they were children. The Seattle Times reports the Seattle Archdiocese admitted no wrongdoing as part of the latest settlements, all of which were paid within the past two months. The six men each claim they were victimized as chil- dren decades ago by priests assigned to churches and schools throughout West- ern Washington. Each man also claimed the archdiocese failed to protect him from abusive priests despite know- ing the dangers they posed. All of the accused priests — Theodore Marmo, James McGreal, Paul Conn, John Forrester, Thomas Pitsch and Michael Cody — were iden- tified on the archdiocese’s list of credibly accused priests and clergy published in Jan- uary 2016. Pullman officers face second suit in three months PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Pullman police officers are facing their second use- of-force lawsuit in three months. KREM-TV reports the most recent lawsuit was filed Oct. 30 by Treshon Brough- ton. The suit claims Brough- ton was tased and beaten by Pullman police officers Alex Gordon, Shane Emerson and 10 other officers who have not yet been identified. The officers had not responded to the lawsuit as of Monday. Broughton is suing the offi- cers for unlawful seizure, false arrest/false imprisonment, unreasonable/excessive force, failure to inform, malicious prosecution, assault/battery, intentional and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress, defamation and false light. Broughton is seeking a jury trial. The first lawsuit was filed on Aug. 15, after a man says officers broke his arm, dis- located his elbow, tased him and choked him until he passed out. Last year the hospital held a transgender health care training event for provid- ers, and this year convened an internal sexual orienta- tion and gender identity work group to guide initiatives around welcoming transgen- der patients. WIN BIG & OFTEN. THIS NOVEMBER! HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 51° 37° 57° 42° 53° 35° 48° 31° OREGON FORECAST 45° 32° 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 57/48 47/36 47/27 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 51/41 Lewiston 51/43 51/36 Astoria 56/45 Pullman Yakima 42/31 53/43 47/38 Portland Hermiston 53/44 The Dalles 51/37 Salem Corvallis 56/41 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 49/35 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 57/42 53/30 53/35 Ontario 44/24 Caldwell Burns 0.00" 0.01" 0.49" 6.46" 8.15" 7.77" Today Medford 63/34 SUN AND MOON 57/22 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays • 7pm-10pm Thu. SW 6-12 SW 6-12 Boardman Pendleton Klamath Falls EVERY 30 MINUTES! WINDS (in mph) 49/25 47/12 CASH and FREEPLAY DRAWINGS 34° 32° 52° 33° 73° (1999) 5° (1959) 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 55/42 0.00" 0.10" 0.55" 8.25" 14.27" 10.54" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 48/33 56/44 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 50/40 51/40 29° 26° 50° 34° 72° (1999) 6° (1916) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 55/43 Aberdeen 41/32 40/34 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 54/48 WSW 6-12 WSW 6-12 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 2 GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS November 30 & December 30 6:53 a.m. 4:26 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 10:33 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 91° in Immokalee, Fla. Low -17° in Antero Reservoir, Colo. MERRY MYSTERY NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY MULTIPLIER Play a FREE GAME to reveal your mystery multiplier on Wednesdays when you swipe at an ! Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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