SPORTS
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015
Baggage they bring
Peterson one
of players left
in limbo by
abuse ruling
while on the exempt list and
the last six while suspended
under the enhanced personal
conduct policy Commission-
er Roger Goodell announced
after his initial two-game pun-
ishment for Ray Rice angered
almost everyone.
BOSTON (AP) — There
But U.S. District Judge Da-
is a defensive end heading for vid Doty ruled last week that
free agency who had 15 sacks Goodell could not suspend Pe-
in his last full season. The kind terson under a policy that was
of player a team can build a created after the original crime.
pass rush around, if he were (Peterson pleaded no contest to
spending more time on the a reduced assault misdemean-
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charges.
old Henderson, who is likely
Greg Hardy’s current team, to tell Goodell to review the
the Carolina Panthers, isn’t ex- case under the old policy that
pected to make him an offer.
in most cases maxed out at a
And then there’s the recent two-game suspension.
NFL MVP, a running back
“Like Tinker to Evers to
who once topped 2,000 yards, Chance, this is going to go
whose team says it wants him from Doty to Henderson to
back, but he’s not so sure. Goodell,” said Daniel Wal-
If the Minnesota Vikings lach, a sports litigator in Fort
wouldn’t support him after he Lauderdale, Florida.
was charged with beating his
In the meantime, the NFL
son, Adrian Peterson can prob- has appealed and it is likely to
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ask for a stay of Doty’s ruling
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agency on March 10, there ¿UPRI%HFNHUDQG3ROLDNRII
is more to consider this year
“That will go a long way
than 40-yard dash times and toward clarifying Adrian Pe-
vertical jumps. A few players terson’s status,” he said. “If Pe-
who might otherwise attract a terson loses the stay issue, NFL
bidding war now have to con- free agency advances without
vince teams they are talented him. And what does that do to
enough to justify the baggage his market value? It’s going to
they bring along.
diminish it tremendously.”
And that’s making what
was already an imperfect sci-
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“It all makes it rough on the
football people,” said Bill Po-
lian, a 2015 Pro Football Hall
of Famer who built the Bills,
Panthers and Colts into Super
Bowl teams. “(Hardy) would
be a marquee free agent if not
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Minnesota Vikings run-
for these other issues.”
Peterson is still under con- ning back Adrian Peter-
tract with the Vikings. But he son gives his son Adri-
has said he is uneasy about an Jr. a kiss following
returning to the team that dis- an NFL football training
tanced itself from him after camp practice in Manka-
he was charged with a felony to, Minn., in 2014 A federal
for disciplining his child to judge has cleared the way
the point of injury. He missed for Peterson to be rein-
15 games — seven with pay stated.
Astoria alum Johnson takes
over Tillamook football
Daily Astorian File
Former Astoria quarterback Kye Johnson will now direct the Tillamook football team, after being named the Chee-
semakers’ new coach.
The Tillamook Cheese-
makers have named Astoria
High School graduate Kye
Johnson to be their new
varsity football coach, re-
placing Matt Dickson.
Johnson recently served
as an assistant coach with
Astoria and McMinnville,
and as offensive coordina-
tor at Yamhill-Carlton.
A statement on the Til-
lamook Athletics Face-
book page stated “Coach
Johnson has a great deal of
football knowledge and ex-
pertise and he comes high-
ly recommended from his
colleagues.
“He is extremely excited
to start and ready to hit the
ground running. We believe
that his positive attitude, vi-
sion for the program, and his
knowledge of football will
help to build a strong foot-
ball program for the Tilla-
mook community.”
A Class of 2006 graduate
of Astoria, Johnson played
football, basketball and
baseball with the Fishermen,
starting at quarterback his
senior year.
Bill banning e-cigarette sales
to minors moves to Senate
Most indoor
smoking would
also be banned
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Sales of e-cig-
arettes to teenagers would
be banned, and use of e-cig-
arettes would be banned in
most indoor settings, under a
bill that has cleared the Ore-
gon House.
A 56-2 vote Monday sent
House Bill 2546 to the Sen-
ate.
The bill would ban sales of
e-cigarettes — under the bill,
they are known as “inhalant
delivery systems” — to those
younger than 18, similar to an
existing ban of sales of regu-
lar cigarettes and other tobac-
co products to minors.
E-cigarettes do not con-
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of e-cigarettes to minors, ac-
cording to the National Con-
ference of State Legislatures.
The bill also would bar
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use of e-cigarettes by adults
tain tobacco. They are bat- where smoking is already
tery-powered devices that banned under the Oregon In-
create a vapor mix from liquid door Clean Air Act, which
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chemicals, which are inhaled. erns in 2009.
“Children are highly sus-
Some
representatives
ceptible to the dangers of raised questions about pro-
nicotine,” said Rep. Kathleen viding an exemption for shops
Taylor, D-Milwaukie, the where vaporizing devices are
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of its chief sponsors. “We’ve not want to discourage use
been successful in decreasing of e-cigarettes by adults who
the rate of tobacco use among seek to quit smoking.
youth, but teen use of e-ciga-
“I don’t want kids to buy
rettes has risen and will con- it or have access to it,” Rep.
tinue to rise, threatening that Bill Post, R-Keizer, said. “On
success.”
the other hand, I don’t want to
Rep. Bill Kennemer, classify it as a cigarette if it’s
R-Oregon City, said the de- a way to get people off ciga-
vices prep teens to become rettes.”
smokers.
The bill also allows for
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states that do not ban sales use of vaporizers by medi-
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A bill approved March 2 by
the Oregon House would
ban the sale of e-cigarettes
to minors.
cal-marijuana patients, who
hold state cards. Those vapor-
izers differ from e-cigarettes.
— The Capital Bureau is
a collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
Jerry Boisvert as the As-
toria coach in 2007, and
in his eight years with the
Fishermen (2007-14), Pat-
Soccer
terson had a record of 77
Patterson moving on
wins, 36 losses and nine
In other coaching news, ties. His teams were 57-10-
Astoria boys soccer Bill 7 in Cowapa League play,
Patterson has resigned his going 9-0-1 in 2009, 2012
position with the Fishermen and 2013.
to become the head coach
Patterson took Astoria to
for the Portland Communi- the state playoffs in six of
ty College women’s soccer his eight years. The Fish-
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a varsity team starting next last season, after a loss to
season.
Gladstone in the Regional
Patterson took over for Play-in round.
The Cheesemakers were
2-6 last season, 2-3 in league
play.
On the record
Marijuana possession
• At 11:55 a.m. Wednes-
day, Astoria Police cited
Adam Alexander, 18, Asto-
ria, for possession of less
than one ounce of marijuana
on Florence Avenue, behind
Astoria High School.
Delivery of
controlled substance
• At 10:24 a.m. Thurs-
day, Astoria Police arrested
a 16-year-old boy at Astoria
High School for delivery of
a controlled substance. Po-
lice found 15 Oxycodone
pills and other over-the-
counter and prescription
drugs in the boy’s posses-
sion.
Disorderly conduct
• At 4:33 Feb. 24, War-
renton Police cited Jessie
Anastatia Hart, 26, and Ty-
son James Ybarra, 33, both
Warrenton transients, for
disorderly conduct at the
Warrenton Boat Basin.
Theft
• At 6:18 p.m. Thurs-
day, Warrenton Police cited
Kailani Margaret Tice, 41,
Seaside, for second-degree
theft. Tice was reported-
ly being abusive to staff at
Maurices over a sweater she
ordered, then she allegedly
stole a tank top and blue
jeans from the store. Tice
then banged on the win-
dow at Human Bean coffee
asking for a tool to remove
the sensors off the clothing,
police said. Police found
Tice in the women’s room at
Taco Bell wearing the sto-
len clothing, valued at $103.
Criminal mischief
• At 9:15 p.m. Satur-
day, Warrenton Police cit-
ed Jeffery Scott Wells, 46,
Warrenton, for second-de-
gree criminal mischief at
Kampers West. Wells’ ve-
hicle was being repossessed
Saturday, and he refused to
get out of his vehicle.
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• At 11:55 p.m. Monday,
Warrenton Police arrested
Jorge Zepeda-Padilla, 33,
Hammond, for driving un-
der the influence of intox-
icants at the dump station
in Fort Stevens State Park.
Zepeda-Padilla’s blood al-
cohol content was measured
at 0.15, according to police.
Bill to give rural data centers tax break moves to House
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Data centers
in rural areas would get a tax
break, and telecommunications
companies would have their
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bill that has cleared the Oregon
Senate.
The 27-3 vote Monday sent
Senate Bill 611 to the Oregon
House.
The bill has several aims.
It would exempt from central
assessment by the state data
centers such as those Google
opened in The Dalles in 2006,
Facebook opened in Prineville
in 2011, and Apple has complet-
ed in Prineville. Amazon, the
electronic retailer, also has data
centers near Boardman.
But Apple and Amazon,
among others, delayed plans for
more data centers because of un-
certainty over future tax policy.
Lawmakers had passed a tempo-
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investment of companies like
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Facebook and Apple,” said Sen.
Bill Hansell, R-Athena, whose
district includes Boardman.
Those communities were
seen as desirable because of
their available land, drier cli-
mate and access to lower-cost
power required to operate such
centers.
“With SB 611 we have
tackled an economic develop-
ment challenge and agreed on a
solution that will create jobs in
rural Oregon while bolstering
the state’s reputation as a tech-
nology hub in the U.S,” said
Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton,
chairman of the Senate Finance
and Revenue Committee that
originated the bill.
Under central assessment,
the worth of a company’s brand
and other “intangibles” are tak-
en into account in calculating
how property taxes are assessed
on data centers. The bill, how-
The Google data center in The Dalles.
ever, would not take into ac-
count the worldwide value of
the data centers.
The bill also would exempt
from central assessment Internet
service providers with super-
fast computing, and substitute
a different formula. It is seen as
an incentive for Google Fiber
to choose Portland for a high-
speed Internet network.
Another part of the bill
The Oct. 2 ruling subjected
Comcast to central assessment,
which the Oregon Department
of Revenue shifted to in 2009,
and led to increasing Com-
cast’s taxable value from $434
million to $1.14 billion — and
a subsequent increase in its
property tax bills.
The court sided with the state
agency, based on a 1973 law.
“The evidence in the record
about the nature of Comcast’s
internet and cable transmission
services is effectively undis-
puted and establishes that …
both services are ‘data transmis-
sion services,’” Justice Virginia
Linder wrote for the court.
The bill would cap the tax-
able values of Comcast and sim-
ilar companies, based on their
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would deal with the after-effects tax measures, the bill would cost
of a 2014 ruling by the Oregon local governments $16.2 million
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Comcast’s cable and Internet tax year, $33.5 million in the fol-
services as “data transmission lowing two-year cycle, and $35
million in 2019-21.
services.”