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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2015
Labor participation continues to lag in Oregon
Historic share
of adults not
working
By MOLLY YOUNG
The Oregonian
PORTLAND — Nearly
40 percent of Oregon adults
neither work nor look for
jobs.
They are students, retir-
ees, stay-at-home parents
and discouraged workers.
And they represent a
historic share of the adult
population, according to a
report released this week by
the Oregon Employment De-
partment.
The state’s labor force
participation rate dropped
from 60.6 percent to 60.3
percent between May and
June, reaching its lowest
point since analysts began
tracking the measure 39
years ago.
The decline is not unex-
pected.
Just as baby boomers
fueled the go-go economy
of the 1990s, they are now
driving the participation-rate
decline as they retire. Also
a factor: Young adults are
waiting longer to enter the
labor force as they pursue
advanced educations.
The demographic trends
are all natural, said State
Economist Mark McMullen.
What isn’t is the continued
participation gap, a relic of
the recession.
“We still have some folks,
who in a better market, with
better opportunities, would
jump back into the labor
force,” he said.
The new employment
report does offer some pos-
itive signs: employers add-
ed a collective 2,300 new
jobs in June, for a cumula-
tive 52,100 in the past year.
Many of the jobs gained last
month were concentrated in
the public sector and retail,
but most industries have
grown in the past year.
More people also started
looking for work. The injec-
tion of new jobseekers into
Oregon’s labor market drove
up the unemployment rate
from 5.3 percent in May to
5.5 percent in June.
That bucked the national
trend. The U.S. unemploy-
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
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tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Mostly cloudy
56°
Friday
The Dalles
58/90
Astoria
56/75
Portland
56/85
Corvallis
51/88
Eugene
49/87
Pendleton
57/85
Salem
52/88
Albany
51/89
Ontario
60/83
Bend
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Saturday
Clouds giving way
to some sun
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
58°
83°
Sunday
Monday
Mostly sunny and
nice
74°
59°
Mostly cloudy
60°
69°
58°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 71°
Low ............................................ 60°
Normal high ............................... 68°
Normal low ................................. 53°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date .......................... 0.03"
Normal month to date ............. 0.61"
Year to date ........................... 27.42"
Normal year to date .............. 36.52"
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diameter 5.6.
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The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — The Oregon State Univer-
sity Clatsop County Extension Service and
Clatsop County Community College are of-
fering a class to discuss the pros and cons of
building and maintaining a pond on private
property from 10 a.m. to noon July 28 at the
Clatsop Community College Seaside Cam-
pus, 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside.
Ponds can be a highly attractive and
functional part of a forest or agriculture
property. This class will present important
information on permits, planning, location
and design, construction, maintenance, fish
SEASIDE — Northwest
Youth Corps is accepting
applications. Along with
the opportunity to make
new friends and spend time
outdoors, teenagers from
15 to 18 years old can earn
a stipend of $1,000, high
school credit, and a job ref-
erence.
The opportunities are in
Seaside with the daytime
Low
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2.0 ft.
FRIDAY
Clatsop Diking Improvement Company
Ice
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands
are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities.
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
CLATSOP
POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS
Michael “Shane” Lahodny was born Feb. by his nieces and nephews, Alyssa and Ayden
15, 1971, in Astoria, Ore. He passed away Stephens, Alexis and Jalen Maddox, Maysen
Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Portland, Ore.
James Hanna, Allikah and Malakai James and
Shane loved his family and friends uncon- Chase and Ryleigh Selvy; and a countless
list of relatives and friends that he
ditionally. He was an alumnus of
loved dearly.
Warrenton High School, and induct-
Our family extends an invitation
ed in the Warrenton Wrestling Hall
to all that knew Shane to join us in
of Fame.
fellowship time. We would love
He loved to travel, and enjoyed
to hear your stories and share your
his work and his fellowship with his
memories of him. A service is being
co-workers. We all remember good
held at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at
conversations with Shane, as he al-
the Mission Christian Fellowship,
ways loved to hear how everyone
525 N.W. Warrenton Drive in War-
was doing as he moved along on his
renton.
own journey in life, never forgetting
The family is also requesting that
to reach out to his family and friends Michael Lahodny
in lieu of À owers, monetary contri-
and relaying his love!
butions would be appreciated to help
Shane had a huge heart and al-
ways an even bigger smile! His faith in God with service expenses.
God bless you all.
was strong, with great conviction about his
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God
beliefs.
Shane was the ¿ rst grandchild of Joyce with all your heart and with all your soul and
Smotherman. He is survived by his father, with all your mind. This is the ¿ rst and greatest
Larry Lahodny; mother, Linda Brown Selvy; commandment. And the second is like it: Love
sisters, Deone Lahodny, Lissa Maddox and your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the
Kathy James; brother, Paul Selvy Jr.; and Prophets hang on these two commandments.’”
stepfather, Paul Selvy Sr. He is also survived (Matthew 22:37-40)
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503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792
MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Portland
Feb. 15, 1971 — July 8, 2015
Showers
Snow
No. 9, 4 p.m., Youngs River Lewis and Clark
Water District Building, 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Michael ‘Shane’ Lahodny
Warm
Stationary
Flurries
Through a focus on lo-
cal projects, members will
become more connected
and invested with the area
in which they live, and can
take pride in the benefits
they create for their neigh-
borhood.
No experience is nec-
essary, only a willingness
to learn and work hard as
a team. To register, go to
www.nwyouthcorps.org/
joinNYC
OBITUARY
Cold
Rain
and wildlife, and recreation opportunities.
It will also assist in determining whether
building a pond is possible, and if so, what
it takes to enjoy the benefits of having a
pond.
The class is being taught by OSU Ex-
tension Forester Steve Bowers, and the
registration deadline is July 24. The cost is
$10 per person to cover the cost of hand-
out materials. To register, stop by the OSU
Clatsop County Extension Office at 2001
Marine Drive, Room 210, or call 503-325-
8573.
For information, contact Jim Reeb at
Jim.Reeb@oregonstate.edu
OutDoor Oregon Program
from July 27 to Aug. 28,
and the tuition is $125.
Crews meet at a designat-
ed site every morning, and
work an average of 6.5 to 7
hours a day.
Participants will learn
how to build trails, enhance
natural habitats, remove in-
vasive species, and devel-
op other valuable outdoor
skills in the local commu-
nity.
THURSDAY
Cannon Beach Design Review Board,
6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St., Cannon
Beach.
Fronts
T-Storms
All are welcome to come
and share their thoughts, sug-
gestions, questions, and con-
cerns about Astoria.
Pond building class set for July 28
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cilor Drew Herzig from 12:30
to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Flag
Room at the Astoria Public
Library, 450 10th St.
Public meetings
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increasingly having trouble
filling jobs.
Though businesses posted
more job openings this spring
than any other since the reces-
sion. But managers said they
had a tough time ¿ lling 61
percent of the vacancies be-
cause too few people applied.
Businesses may need to step
up their starting wages to at-
tract the workers they want.
In June, most of Oregon’s
2,300 new jobs were created
by public agencies. Private
employers added a net 500
jobs, though some indus-
tries, such as retail, posted
much stronger growth.
Construction was partic-
ularly weak and shed 1,100
jobs. Retailers offset those
losses with a collective in-
crease of 3,100 positions.
Herzig holds meet-and-greet
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Klamath Falls
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75°
He said many of the eco-
nomic forces that drove people
out of the labor market amid
the recession have diminished.
Employment growth is steady
and the unemployment rate is
where it was before the down-
turn, he said.
McMullen, though, be-
lieves there may still be
some people stuck on the
sidelines. He’s concerned
that won’t be cyclical, but
structural.
Rural millworkers, for
example, may not be able to
find new jobs within their
communities and be forced
out of the workforce alto-
gether.
“A skills mismatch —
that’s what we’re really wor-
ried about,” he said.
Employers say they are
Youth Corps accepting applications
Burns
43/78
Medford
56/91
ment rate actually decreased
from 5.5 percent to 5.3 per-
cent.
But Oregon’s labor force
participation decline is in
line with the national trend,
driven in large part by an
aging workforce, said Tom
Potiowsky, an economist
who leads the Northwest
Economic Research Center
at Portland State University.
It’s not, he said, because
“20-something-year-olds are
retiring.”
As baby boomers get old-
er, state researchers expect
the participation rate to fall
even fu rther, to 59.5 percent
by 2022, based on national
projections and state demo-
graphics, said Nick Bele-
iciks, a labor economist at
the state.
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