PORTLAND (AP) — With two days left before Gov. John Kitzha-ber leaves office amid an ethics scandal and criminal investiga-tions at both the state and federal level, he remained out of public view Monday, the Legislature tried to get its new session back on track and death penalty oppo-nents made a last-minute appeal.

House Speaker Tina Kotek briefed reporters on the Legisla-ture’s plans and made clear she’s not seeking the secretary of state post that will become vacant Wednesday when Kate Brown is sworn in as Oregon’s next governor.

“I am not interested in being the secretary of state. My job is here,” Kotek said. She would not speculate on whom Brown will appointment and has not made contingency plans, should that person come out of the House.

Brown’s spokesman, Tony Green, said Monday was a day of tran-sitioning and could not identify Brown’s replacement, but by mid-day, he announced that Brian Shi-pley will be Brown’s chief of staff. Shipley was a deputy secretary of state under Brown until he took a job as a lobbyist for Oregon Health & Science University in 2013. He has worked for Govs. Kitzhaber and Ted Kulongoski as well as Senate President Peter Courtney.

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Transition from Kitzhaber speeds aheadState officials work to ease gubernatorial handoff to Secretary of State Kate Brown

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Booklet shows glimpse into museum’s past

The Klamath County Museum is full of artifacts today, but 66 years ago the Polack Bros. Circus present-ed by the Shrine Club brought tight-rope walkers, elephants and clowns to the building. See page A2.

Egypt strikes against Islamic State in Libya

Egypt bombed militants in Libya and called on the U.S. and Europe to join an international military intervention after extrem-ists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians. See page B1.

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START NOW:Buy medicines only from licensed pharmacies and get a receipt. Do not buy medicines

from open markets and make sure that the medicine is in its original packaging.

Go to healthyklamath.org to learn more.

NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THINGCounterfeit (or fake) medicines are manufactured using incorrect or harmful ingredients. These medicines are then packaged and labeled to look like real brand-name and generic drugs. Counterfeit medicines are unsafe because they may not be efective or may even harm you.

Few rules on teacher vaccinationOlder immunity records prove difficult to collect

INSIDE:Moving forward:

Oregon’s governor-to-be Kate Brown speaks at Portland celebration, see page A3.

Editorial: Read the H&N’s take on the gov-ernor’s resignation, the ongoing investigations and what comes next for Oregon, see page A4.Kitzhaber Brown

MEASLES OUTBREAK

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccina-tion requirements and exemptions, less attention has been paid to another group in the nation’s classrooms: Teachers and staff members, who, by and large, are not required to be vaccinated.

In most states, there is no law dictat-ing which vaccines teachers and school staff workers are required to get. Some states provide a list of recommended vaccines, but there is no requirement or follow-up for teachers to receive them.

So when a measles case surfaced at a California high school, it was easy for offi-cials to review student records, but there were no immunization records on file for employees. That meant all 24 teachers and staff exposed to the employee with measles had to prove their immunity — records that, for most, were decades old.

The issue has surfaced from time to time in state legislatures and is likely to be raised again in response to the latest outbreak, which originated at Disneyland.

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Klamath Basin Sports employee

Zack Church said the store hasn’t

been able to stock as much snow-

board equipment this winter due to

drought conditions.

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Holly Dillemuth

Warm

weather

burden

Monday breaks weather record

Klamath Falls hit 56 degrees Fahrenheit on Mon-day, preliminarily breaking a 2013 record, according to Bradley Schaaf, a spokesman for the Medford office of the National Weather Service on Monday afternoon.

The last record for Klamath Falls was measured at 55 degrees Fahr-enheit on the same day in 2013, Schaaf said. Schaaf said the new record would be official at midnight on Tues-day.

“We have an area of high pressure that has settled into the area,” Schaaf said. “That allows temperatures to increase especially as cloud cover increases.”

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about daily weather

and temperatures,

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weather.gov.

Klamath Basin Sports keeps this white board in their store to keep track of the amount of new snow fall. Store manag-er Andy Bailey said he barely looks at the board anymore due to lack of snow.

Stores feel dry weather’s pinchBy HOLLY DILLEMUTHH&N Staff Reporter

Let it storm.

Klamath Basin Sports employee and snowboarding enthusiast Zack Church lifted up the sleeve of a Volcom snow jacket Monday morning, revealing the phrase embroi-dered on the sleeve.

The three words are com-mon to the brand, he said, and also relevant to snow-boarders this winter, such as him, who would like to see more of the white stuff.

“The last two seasons have been very detrimental for us,” Church said, specifi-cally for KBS.

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High school postseason

Basin athletes begin to square off for state titles

See page A6Henley sends swimmers to state competition, page A6.