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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 7R[LQIDOOVLQVHDZDWHUEXWOLQJHUVLQORFDOVKHOO¿VK Kate Brown takes LQ 0D\ FRPPHUFLDO VKHOO¿VK soon to growers and harvesters in Wil- VORZVWHDG\DSSURDFK Too ODSD %D\ DOVR IHDUHG D VKXW- SUHGLFWZKHWKHU down. Levels were high in the to being governor ED\ DQG :'): SXW JURZHUV problem will be By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SALEM — Thrust into the spotlight when John Kitzhaber resigned as gov- HUQRU DPLG LQÀXHQFHSHG- dling investigations, Gov. Kate Brown set out on a VORZPHWKRGLFDODSSURDFK to taking power. 6KH FKRVH QRW WR XS- end state government, UHSODFLQJ RQO\ WKH PRVW senior advisers and one VWDWHDJHQF\KHDG6KHGLG not outline grand shifts LQ SXEOLF SROLF\ DQG LQ- VWHDG SXUVXHG WKH SLHFHV of Kitzhaber’s agenda she found most favorable. 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The plankton involved in WKHVH EORRPV XVXDOO\ UHTXLUH GLIIHUHQW FRQGLWLRQV WR WKULYH EXWWKLV\HDU³WKH\¶UHWKULYLQJ LQ VLPLODU FRQGLWLRQV´ 2GHOO VDLG ³,¶YH QHYHU VHHQ DOO RI WKHVHWKLQJVDOODWRQFH´ 7KH UHDVRQ FHUWDLQ SODQN- WRQ SURGXFH GRPRLF DFLG LV VWLOO VRPHZKDW RI D P\VWHU\ WKRXJK RQH WKHRU\ LV WKDW WKH toxin helps the plankton sur- vive times when nutrients are VFDUFH 7KH EORRPV RIWHQ RF- FXU LQ WKH VSULQJ RULJLQDWLQJ from the south — and in late VXPPHURUHDUO\IDOORULJLQDW- ing from the north. $UHFHQWXSZHOOLQJRIGHHS RFHDQZDWHUEURXJKWPRUHQX- WULHQWVWRWKHVXUIDFHDQGFRXOG EH RQH UHDVRQ GRPRLF DFLG SURGXFWLRQKDVGHFOLQHGDORQJ SDUWVRIWKH:DVKLQJWRQFRDVW UHVHDUFKHUVVD\ 1RWKLQJDERXWWKLV\HDUKDV been normal so far, though, DQGMXVWEHFDXVHWKHWR[LQLVQ¶W EHLQJ DFWLYHO\ SURGXFHG QRZ doesn’t guarantee it won’t start up again later this summer, Odell said. 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