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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 Golf event benefits reading program The Daily Astorian GEARHART — Start Making a Reader Today is holding a fundraiser golf tournament Aug. 20 at Gear- hart Golf Links to support children’s literacy. Birdies for Books starts at 3 p.m. with a nine-hole golf scramble, limited to 40 play- ers. A wine tasting runs after- ward from 5 to 7 p.m. Reserve your spot for the golf scramble by Thursday by contacting Jason Ban- gild, general manager of the course, at jasonb@gearhart- golÀ inks.com or 503-739- 5037. Reserve your spot for the reception afterward by contacting Pam Lum of Lum’s Auto Center at pam@ lumsautocenter.com or 503- 703-0753. The Gearhart Golf Links is located at 1157 N. Marion Ave. SMART pairs adults with pre-kindergarten through third-graders for a shared reading time. It seeks volun- teers who can commit to one hour a week from mid-Octo- ber to mid-May at elementary schools in Astoria, Warren- ton, Gearhart and Seaside. Contact Paula Seid, area pro- gram manager for SMART, at 971-634-1614 or pseid@ getsmartoregon.org for more information. Loans available for small manufacturers The Daily Astorian Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, recently launched the $250,000 Small Manufac- turing Business Expansion Program, which will help six to 12 small Oregon manufac- turers get loans for expansion. The program will target companies in the technol- ogy, outdoor gear or wood products sectors that export their products to other states and countries. The loans are capped at $50,000 and may be forgiven for companies that meet certain performance goals. To be eligible, compa- nies must have no more than 25 employees and program at least 50 percent of the project cost from its own resources. “Manufacturing is a cor- nerstone of Oregon’s econo- my and delivers family wage jobs around the state,” Gov. Kate Brown said in a release about the program. “We must make sure our small manufac- turers have the tools to com- pete globally so they continue to thrive and grow. This pro- gram will provide these tools to some who traditionally wouldn’t have access.” Oregon has about 5,300 manufacturers, and 75 per- cent of them have 20 or fewer employees. When they look to expand, these small com- panies often don’t qualify for traditional commercial loan programs. “We’re a state that still makes things and ships them around the world.” said Sean Robbins, Business Oregon’s director, in the release. “From semiconductors to wood products to ocean going ships, Oregon’s middle class is fu- eled by manufacturing.” Learn more about the program details and quali¿ - cations at http://tinyurl.com/ oehw5sp. Contact Dennie Houle, a business develop- ment of¿ cer serving Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties, at 503-791-2732 or Dennie.Houle@state.or.us ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Mostly cloudy with a shower or two late 59° Friday The Dalles 71/78 Astoria 59/69 Portland 63/72 Corvallis 57/74 Eugene 59/76 Pendleton 67/83 Salem 61/73 Albany 59/73 Ontario 64/96 Bend 53/72 Saturday Burns 50/85 Medford 61/83 A thick cloud cover with a shower Hop output to increase despite drought conditions By DAN WHEAT Capital Press MOXEE, Wash. — U.S. hop production will be up 5 percent this year despite heat and drought in the Yakima Valley where 70 to 80 percent of the nation’s hops are grown. The increase is due to more acres in pro- duction, but the crop still “will be very short relative to demand” from the craft brewing industry, said Doug MacKinnon, president of 47 Hops, a Yakima, Wash., hop dealer. The U.S. crop was estimated at 74.5 mil- lion pounds at the International Hop Grow- ers’ Congress in Germany the week of July 27, according to Hop Growers of America and the Washington Hop Commission, both in Moxee. That’s up 3.5 million pounds from 2014 but short of the record of 94.7 million pounds in 2009. German and other European crops are down 10 to 20 percent. The world crop is estimated at 198.2 million pounds, down from 211 million in 2014. Dan Wheat/Capital Press Mixed bag MacKinnon, who attended the congress, said German production, which is approxi- mately 40 percent of world production, is a very mixed bag. “Above average temperatures and lack of rain have taken what was a beautiful crop with enormous potential just six short weeks ago and turned it into a crop that has the potential to be the worst in recent mem- ory,” he said. Drought and winds are damaging the German crop, estimated to be 16 percent short of 2014 in yields, but it could be far worse without signi¿ cant rain in the next few weeks, MacKinnon said. Some German growers at the congress said yields could be down 25 percent or even rival 2003 when the German crop was short 50 percent, he said. Most of the European crop is not irri- gated. Most of the Yakima Valley crop is. Yakima growers largely switched to drip ir- rigation in recent years to save water. Second to Germany The U.S. is second to Germany in world production and brewers have been con- cerned drought will reduce the Yakima crop. Some aroma varieties in the Yakima Val- Klamath Falls 47/75 Nice with sunshine and patchy clouds Hop cones in summer growth in Yakima, Wash. The Yakima area is the nation’s lead- ing region in hop production. Acreage is expected to keep increasing this year. ley may drop 10 to 15 percent below av- erage in yields, Hop Growers of America said. Heat has “severely affected” several va- rieties but actually improved the outlook of the Cascade variety, MacKinnon said. Some growers in the Wapato Irrigation Project have been “seriously affected” by lack of water, but most growers have not been af- fected by the drought, he said. The bigger concern is another dry win- ter doing greater harm to the 2016 crop, he said. In June, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said U.S. hop acre- age increased 16 percent. Washington is at 32,205 acres, up 3,347 from last year. Oregon is 6,807 up 1,397 from last year and Idaho is 4,975 up 1,232. The in- crease is driven by craft breweries pro- jecting 20 percent annual growth through 2020. Hop harvest in the Yakima Valley typi- cally starts in late August and runs through September. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 69° 57° 71° Sunday Monday Mostly sunny and nice 74° 54° Mostly cloudy 56° 71° 56° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 76° Low ............................................ 58° Normal high ............................... 69° Normal low ................................. 54° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.04" Normal month to date ............. 0.32" Year to date ........................... 27.82" Normal year to date .............. 37.26" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Friday .................. Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend 8:28 p.m. 6:13 a.m. 5:25 a.m. 7:47 p.m. New First Full Last Aug 14 Aug 22 Aug 29 Sep 5 Under the Sky Today Hi Lo W 98 51 s 91 53 pc 70 56 c 87 59 pc 68 59 pc 85 47 pc 92 61 pc 65 56 pc 68 57 c Hi 86 72 68 76 66 75 83 64 68 Fri. Lo 45 44 57 52 58 42 56 52 54 W t pc pc c c s s c pc National Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 88 58 pc 98 67 s 89 63 pc 87 61 c 89 61 pc 69 59 pc 98 67 pc 88 63 pc 103 67 pc Hi 69 83 72 79 73 67 86 72 85 Fri. Lo 55 57 59 58 56 59 56 57 51 W r t c c c c t sh pc Tonight's Sky: The Hercules star cluster (M13) contains about 100,000 stars. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 1:27 a.m. 8.3 ft. 2:30 p.m. 7.7 ft. Time 8:16 a.m. 8:17 p.m. Low -0.8 ft. 1.4 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 87 70 s Boston 80 64 s Chicago 86 69 s Denver 92 63 t Des Moines 87 69 s Detroit 85 68 pc El Paso 98 75 pc Fairbanks 61 46 c Honolulu 91 78 pc Indianapolis 83 64 s Kansas City 85 65 s Las Vegas 102 82 pc Los Angeles 91 67 s Memphis 87 68 s Miami 91 77 t Nashville 86 63 s New Orleans 93 78 s New York 83 68 s Oklahoma City 89 67 pc Philadelphia 83 66 s St. Louis 87 70 s Salt Lake City 94 72 pc San Francisco 74 60 pc Seattle 85 61 pc Washington, DC 86 68 s Fri. Hi Lo 88 70 82 67 88 69 92 64 90 68 85 68 100 76 65 46 88 78 84 66 87 66 105 82 92 68 90 71 90 77 89 69 94 77 87 72 90 66 88 72 89 70 95 72 75 59 68 59 90 73 W pc s pc t s t s c sh pc s s s s t pc pc s s s s pc pc r s Brush back in area awaiting new sentence By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group SOUTH BEND, Wash. — After Brian Brush was convicted of murdering his ex-¿ ancpe Lisa Bonney and sentenced to 88 years in state prison, many locals expected never to see him again. But as the result of a July state Supreme Court decision that invalidated his sentence, Brush has been transferred Environmental group claims company polluting river Associated Press Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 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 TACOMA, Wash. — Co- lumbia Riverkeeper has ¿ led a federal lawsuit against a Wash- ington state heavy equipment company claiming it’s pollut- ing the river with industrial waste. The group claims Vancou- ver-based Electro Incorporated is violating its state-issued industri- al stormwater general permit and the federal Clean Water Act. The lawsuit ¿ led in U.S. District Court in Tacoma says Electro’s facility discharges pollutants via stormwater that ends up in the Columbia River. The lawsuit says the company has also violated monitoring re- quirements by failing to collect, analyze and discharge samples. Electro’s website says it spe- cializes in machinery used in mining and forestry as well as offshore equipment. Wednesday’s Powerball: 08-13-29-38-52, Powerball: 28, Power Play: 2 Estimated jackpot: $70 million. WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 6-3-6 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 09- 24-30-32-39 Wednesday’s Keno: 04- 05-07-09-15-16-17-24-27-37- 40-52-53-55-62-71-72-73-74- 78 Wednesday’s Lotto: 06- 08-26-27-33-38 Wednesday’s Match 4: 11-14-20-24 pher Allen Lindstrom, born at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Grandpar- ents are Richard and Dinah Bastiaen of Astoria, Dave and Tammy Lindstrom of Cornelius, and Mary Larsen of Portland. MONDAY Knappa School District Board, 5:30 p.m., regular meeting, Knappa High School library, 41535 Old U.S. High- way 30. Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Lotteries OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-3-3-4 4 p.m.: 6-6-7-0 7 p.m.: 9-5-8-2 10 p.m.: 8-6-6-3 Wednesday’s Mega- bucks: 13-15-20-24-31-36 Estimated jackpot: $6 million. Birth Aug. 2, 2015 BASTIAEN, Chantel, and LINDSTROM, Rob, of Cornelius, a boy, Christo- Public meetings THURSDAY Cannon Beach Design Re- view Board, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St., Cannon Beach. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103- 0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. 34912 HWY 101 BUS • ASTORIA 503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792 In 2014, the from the State Pen- State Court of Ap- itentiary in Walla peals threw out the Walla, Wash., to Pa- exceptionally long ci¿ c County Jail. ¿ rst-degree mur- Jail records in- der sentence, and dicate that the ordered the coun- 53-year-old former ty to either give southwest Oregon him a new, shorter policeman and boat Brian standard sentence, manufacturer was Brush or hold his trial re booked into the again. In July, the jail at 1:16 p.m. Fri- day. He is being held without Supreme Court upheld that decision. bail. 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