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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Thursday, April 18, 2019 Group urges federal action to Former Oregon First Lady agrees to $50k fine protect fish in Oregon rivers By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Former Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes has agreed to pay a fine of $50,000 after she was accused of committing 22 violations of state ethics laws. The agreement, con- tained in a “stipulated final order” released Wednesday by the Oregon Ethics Com- mission, is subject to the commission’ approval at its meeting on Friday. In March, the nine-member commis- sion unanimously rejected a $44,000 settlement that Hayes had agreed to, with one commissioner say- ing the panel had been offended by Hayes’ fail- ure to appear before the commissioners. Ethics investigators concluded last year that Hayes abused her access as an adviser and consultant to Gov. John Kitzhaber, her fiance, who resigned amid the scandal in 2015. Hayes was first lady of Oregon and an unpaid pol- icy adviser to Kitzhaber from 2011 to 2015 on clean energy, ocean health and a clean economy, but received payments via a AP Photo/Don Ryan, File In this Jan. 12, 2015, file photo, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber escorts his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, onto the House floor before he is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term as governor in Salem. company she owned and another one she worked for to advocate for those issues, the commission said. The commission’s complaint against Hayes acknowledges that she maintains that she did not intentionally use her posi- tion as first lady or unpaid adviser to the governor to advance her financial inter- ests, but says the issue of intent is irrelevant. Hayes, in the agreement she signed on April 9, dis- putes some of the accusa- tions but wants to move on. She faced a maximum $110,000 fine. “Ms. Hayes will agree to a civil penalty ... in the amount of $50,000 in order to settle and compromise this matter,” the agreement states. Hayes filed for Chap- ter 13 bankruptcy in July 2018. It was not immedi- ately clear what effect that would have on her respon- sibility to pay any eventual fine. Last year, Kitzhaber settled his own ethics vio- lations in the case with a $20,000 fine. The Democrat had resigned due to the influ- ence-peddling scandal just over a month into his fourth term as governor. Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Warmer with some sun Cooler with a couple of showers Periods of clouds and sunshine Sunshine and patchy clouds Clouds and sunshine 77° 52° 62° 40° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 60° 38° 67° 49° 66° 45° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 80° 57° 68° 41° 68° 40° 73° 51° 72° 48° OREGON FORECAST 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 55/49 68/52 77/52 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 76/57 Lewiston 69/52 81/58 Astoria 59/50 Pullman Yakima 74/56 64/49 74/54 Portland Hermiston 73/54 The Dalles 80/57 Salem Corvallis 74/52 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 73/48 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 76/52 77/47 76/46 Ontario 73/48 Caldwell Burns 69° 50° 65° 40° 87° (1936) 20° (2013) 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 74/52 Boardman Pendleton Medford 82/53 0.00" 0.22" 0.44" 3.81" 3.93" 3.55" WINDS (in mph) 73/47 72/44 0.00" 1.30" 0.69" 7.38" 5.08" 4.65" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 70/46 75/53 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 77/52 78/53 64° 45° 62° 39° 90° (1897) 23° (2013) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 63/51 Aberdeen 66/52 70/53 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 62/52 Today Fri. SW 4-8 WSW 4-8 WSW 10-20 W 7-14 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 74/43 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full 6:05 a.m. 7:45 p.m. 7:03 p.m. 6:08 a.m. Last New First NATIONAL EXTREMES CORVALLIS (AP) — The federal government should take action to pro- tect fish runs in the Wil- lamette River, according to a national conservation group. American Rivers named the Willamette in northwest Oregon to its annual list of “America’s Most Endan- gered Rivers,” released Tuesday, The Corvallis Gazette-Times reported Tuesday. The Army Corps of Engi- neers should act to protect imperiled spring chinook salmon and winter steelhead runs by improving opera- tions at its 13 Willamette Basin dams, American Riv- ers said, adding that Con- gress should secure funding for the work. An estimated 300,000 spring chinook and 200,000 winter steelhead once came back from the ocean each year to spawn in the Willa- mette Basin, But those num- bers have plummeted since the dams’ construction, with fewer than 5,000 spring chi- nook and 1,000 winter steel- AP Photo/Don Ryan, File In this July 6, 2017, file photo, late afternoon sun sparkles off the Willamette River in Portland. head making the return trip last year, the report said. Without functioning fish ladders, salmon and steel- head swimming upstream to spawn must be collected and trucked to the tops of the dams, while juveniles migrating downstream can- not get past dams without being forced through power turbines, the report said. The Corps should fol- low the terms of a federal biological opinion issued in 2008 following a lawsuit by BRIEFLY Parents concerned about carbon monoxide at school WALDPORT (AP) — Students at an ele- mentary school on the Oregon Coast went to the emergency room to have their blood levels tested for carbon monoxide exposure. KATU reports that the Lincoln County School District superintendent announced Tuesday afternoon that classes at Crest- view Heights Elementary School in Wald- port would be canceled Wednesday, and that the school would shut off the diesel boilers for three to four weeks to find out if it’s the source. The district said students went to the hospital on Tuesday. Lincoln County Public Health officials confirmed they are aware of an issue at the school. Sarah Riege’s two daughters go to Crest- view Heights. She took both daughters to a Newport hospital Tuesday. She said her old- est daughter had carbon monoxide poison- ing and was given oxygen. DA says police shooting lawful; officer identified SPRINGFIELD (AP) — The Lane County District Attorney has ruled that a Springfield police officer was lawful in the use of force to shoot and kill Stacy Kenny. The Register-Guard reports District Attorney Patty Perlow identified Sgt. Rick Lewis as the officer who fired his weapon six times at Kenny, 33, of Springfield. Perlow says Lewis entered Kenny’s car through the passenger side to unbuckle Kenny during March 31 traffic stop. Perlow says Kenny stepped on the gas pedal, driv- ing into trees with Lewis in the front seat. Five shots fired struck Kenny, who died at the scene. Lewis suffered a broken arm. Kenny’s family released a statement say- ing that Kenny had a documented nonvio- lent mental illness and was being treated. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 96° in Laredo, Texas Low 0° in Bodie State Park, Calif. Apr 19 Apr 26 May 4 May 11 NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY nonprofit watchdog Willa- mette Riverkeeper, which called on the Corps to make significant improvements to fish passage and water qual- ity at its Willamette Basin dams, the report said. “The threat is inaction, to sum it up in a word,” said David Moryc, senior direc- tor of American Rivers. “We have to do something to make sure Willamette River winter steelhead and spring chinook don’t go extinct.” Dad accused of abandoning baby in woods takes plea deal BEND (AP) — The father of a 1-year-old boy who was left outside in Central Oregon with a broken leg, cracked skull and meth in his system has accepted a plea deal that will send him to prison for over two years. Brandon Blouin agreed this week to enter an Alford plea to criminal mistreatment, endangering the welfare of a minor and felon in possession of body armor. In exchange, charges of custodial inter- ference, child neglect and abandonment of a child were dismissed. Under the plea, Blouin’s lawyer acknowl- edged that prosecutors had sufficient evi- dence to prove the charges. Authorities say Blouin and the child’s mother took the boy from his legal guard- ian in West Virginia. Authorities say Blouin allegedly said he’d set the child down in the woods outside Bend but couldn’t find him. 4-year-old falls from second- story window near Portland PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old fell from a second-story window near Portland. Tualatin Valley Fire & Res- cue says firefighters were called to the Beth- any area on a report of a boy falling from the window of a duplex. Authorities say the boy landed on a con- crete patio. He was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital. KPTV-TV reports the child pushed a screen out of the win- dow before falling from a residence in the Bethany area, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Complaints against city workers dismissed SALEM (AP) — Public records show two complaints of sexual harassment by city of Salem employees have been dis- missed, with state investigators citing a lack of sufficient evidence. The Statesman Jour- nal reports the complaints were filed by two workers, Casey Levy and Deirdrie Wade. Letters from the state Bureau of Labor and Industries dated April 9 and 10 stated the complaints, filed with the agency’s Civil Rights Division, were “dismissed because the Division did not find sufficient evidence to continue our investigation. This is the Bureau’s final determination.” The women said in complaints that male co-workers had made inappropriate com- ments, asked for hugs, used pet names for them and on one occasion made a ges- ture for one of them to lift her skirt and be spanked. Woman sentenced for stealing $230K from self-checkouts PORTLAND (AP) — A woman con- victed of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from Fred Meyer self-checkout machines was sentenced to three years in prison. KPTV-TV reports Emily Tallman, 37, was convicted in March of 14 counts of theft and seven counts of aggravated theft. Pros- ecutors say she stole nearly $230,000 from the machines. The Multnomah County District Attor- ney’s Office says Tallman stole the money at the Fred Meyer Gateway store from January 2017 through June 2017. Tallman was sentenced to three years in prison April 12. Prosecutors say she used her employee badge to enter the store after hours, open the self-checkout machines, hold a clipboard to block the store’s surveillance cameras and withdraw cash. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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