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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015
LOCAL WEATHER • FROM PAGE A1
Pet of the week
Today's Weather
Hi, my name is Jewel, and I am a kit-
ten available for adoption at the Humane
Society of Eastern Oregon Pet Rescue. I
was a local stray, and I need a new home.
I am 9 to 10 weeks of age and current on
my shots. I am litter-box trained and can be
adopted for $30 and come with a free vet-
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at 6 months of age. If you are interested in
welcoming Jewel into your home, please
stop by Pet Rescue at 1844 N.W. Geer
Road, Hermiston, or call 541-564-6222.
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residents
cheer on
Kamy Dacus
Hard work has paid off
for a 10-year-old softball
player.
Kamy Dacus of Che-
halis, Washington, who
pitches for NW Speed 04 of
Puyallup, Washington, was
chosen for the USA North-
west Region 10 Under Elite
team. The 15-member ros-
ter includes three pitchers.
Kamy is the daughter of
Canaan and Joy Dacus
of Chehalis. Her father is a
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High School. Kamy’s big-
gest Eastern Oregon fans
include her grandparents,
Don and Dawn Dacus, and
great-grandmother Beverly
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up a glove when she was 5,
started playing select/travel
ball when she was 7 years
old. When she’s not pitch-
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She has traveled across the
west coast for NW Speed.
With the elite team, she will
pack her bags for a July 10
trip to Orlando, Florida.
Stewart is amazed at all
the places her great-grand-
daughter travels to play
softball and is looking for-
ward to cheering her on this
weekend when she’s play-
ing at the TRAC Center in
Pasco.
“They go all over, and
I’ve been to their games,”
Stewart said.
Joy Dacus said her
daughter’s team is on a
streak, winning the last four
tournaments it entered.
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Generally sunny de- Partly cloudy. Highs
spite a few afternoon 107 to 111F and
clouds. High near
lows in the low 70s.
110F.
Partly cloudy. Highs
100 to 104F and
lows in the upper
60s.
Sunshine. Highs 99
to 103F and lows in
the mid 60s.
Sunshine. Highs 102
to 106F and lows in
the upper 60s.
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hours and hours of prep work
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ers were briefed on the plan,
Fisher said the weather con-
ditions had to be within a
certain threshold for the oper-
ation to commence.
The conditions were as
anticipated Thursday, so the
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assigned locations. Several
engines were in place to pre-
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yond the prescribed burning
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water on the grass to create
a wet line at the edge of the
burning area on the southeast
side of the butte.
An ignition team lit the
wicks of their drip torches
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mixture of diesel and gasoline
to ignite the grass along the
wet line. Once a vertical strip
had been burned, creating a
black line devoid of fuel, the
ignition team began advanc-
ing counterclockwise around
the butte.
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torches, and the person about
one-third of the distance from
the top of the burn area began
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where it was lit, and when the
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about two-thirds from the top
that burned to the area already
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third by lighting at the bottom
of the area to be burned.
“We break it into man-
ageable pieces, so that way
we don’t just burn the whole
butte at once,” Fisher said,
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the process on several differ-
ent sections of the butte until
all of the desired areas were
Local 5-Day Forecast
Portland
100/70
Salem
101/66
Eugene
99/63
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Members of the ignition team light a controlled burn on the
Hermiston Butte Thursday.
Medford
106/67
Pendleton
108/71
Hermiston
110/73
La Grande
104/65
Bend
95/58
Ontario
107/70
Burns
101/72
Klamath Falls
99/60
Area Cities
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Flames engulf grass and sagebrush on the Hermiston Butte
Thursday, as Hermiston Fire & Emergency Services performed
a controlled burn to remove potential fuel for the Fourth of
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burned. Phillips said the oper-
ation went according to plan.
“Everything went real-
ly well,” he said. “We got it
done in a pretty timely man-
ner. We didn’t put up a whole
lot of smoke right into any
residential places or anything.
We knew there was going to
be smoke, but it was done
well enough it consumed,
the smoke was gone and dis-
persed pretty well.”
Fisher said the controlled
burn provided opportunities
for training and experience
and created a safer environ-
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works.
“When they actually light
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mally busy with other calls
throughout the city, so this
prevents us from having to
come and put out the butte
and cover all the other calls,”
he said. “It’s kind of preven-
tative maintenance, and it’s
nice because it kills the goat-
heads, which nobody likes.
Every year we’ve burned it,
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that I know of inside of our
containment area. It’s been
extremely successful in pre-
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additional manpower being
needed.”
CONGRATULATIONS
KAMY DACUS!
10 year old pitcher for
the NW Speed 04 from
Puyallup, WA was chosen
for USA NW Region 10
under Elite team.
Kamy is the daughter of
Canaan and Joy Dacus of
Chehalis, her father is a ‘97
Stanfield HS graduate. Her
proud grandparents are
Don & Dawn Dacus and
Great Grandmother Beverly
Stewart, of Stanfield.
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City
Albany
Ashland
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Eugene
Hi
100
104
78
101
95
65
101
68
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99
Lo
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66
58
61
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52
72
54
63
63
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cloudy
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City
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Grants Pass
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Klamath Falls
La Grande
Lakeview
Lincoln City
Mcminnville
Medford
Hi
70
106
110
102
99
104
99
75
100
106
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67
73
64
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59
59
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67
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City
Newport
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Springfield
The Dalles
Tillamook
Vale
Hi
66
108
100
102
101
101
99
110
79
106
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71
70
63
66
66
64
76
59
71
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New York
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79
88
85
69
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75
65
78
65
64
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rain
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Phoenix
107
San Francisco
68
Seattle
90
St. Louis
80
Washington, DC 78
Lo
80
57
65
62
67
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mst sunny
pt sunny
mst sunny
mst sunny
t-storm
National Cities
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Hi
87
69
74
91
88
Lo
63
60
56
70
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