Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 2015)
2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015 Final ‘kicker’ amount to be announced this week By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — When state lawmak- ers hear the ¿ rst quarterly revenue forecast of the new two-year state budget cycle next week, they also will learn the ¿ nal amount of what Oregon taxpayers will get back in excess personal income tax collec- tions next spring. The presentation is scheduled to a joint meeting of the House and Sen- ate revenue committees at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Hearing Room A of the Capitol. In the most recent forecast in May , the projected excess from the 2013- 15 cycle — known as the “kicker” — was at $473 million. According to Paul Warner, the Legislature’s chief tax analyst, that amount would re- sult in a reduced tax liability of 6.5 percent on 2015 tax returns due in A pril . The ¿ nal ¿ gure, however, await- ed the close of the two-year budget cycle on June 30 — and that ¿ gure will be presented to lawmakers as part of the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. passage, and it never got a hearing in committee. Based on 2013 tax liability, Ore- gon taxpayers with a median adjust- ed gross income of between $30,000 and $35,000 — half above that range and half below — would get a rebate of $144 against their 2015 tax bills due in 2016. Under a 1979 law, which Oregon voters wrote into the state Constitu- tion in 2000, actual tax collections that exceed budget projections by 2 percent are “kicked” back to taxpay- ers. But taxpayers will not get checks, as was the practice between 1995 and 2001, and again in 2007. Law- makers in 2011 changed the law to revert to the state’s previous practice Rebates for 2015 taxes After the May forecast, state Rep. Tobias Read, D-Beaverton, intro- duced a bill to let lawmakers to keep the kicker amount, half of it for ed- ucation and the other half for a bud- get reserve. But the bill would have required two-thirds majorities for Street striping in Astoria this week The Daily Astorian City wide street striping in Astoria is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Short traffic delays may occur. For questions, contact the Astoria En- gineering Division at 503-338-5173. On Thursday, Astoria Public Works Operations is closing w est Lexing- ton Avenue between w est Grand Ave- nue and Sonora Avenue while machine mowing. Street closure is expected between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., or until work is completed. All schedules are subject to change because of weather conditions. For questions, call Astoria Public Works at 503-325-3524. Births Aug. 17, 2015 KOST, Kassondra and Andrew, of Knappa, a girl, Raegan Jean Kost, born at Columbia Memorial Hospi- tal in Astoria. Older siblings are Kenadie and Aubree Kost. Grandparents are Tim Ferguson of Seaside, An- nette Ferguson of Olympia, Wash., Walter and Tammy Kost of Longview, Wash., and Sharon and Dave Phil- lips of Astoria. Aug. 11, 2015 SHEER, Zayda and Da- vid, of Astoria, a girl, Mia Bella Sheer, born at Co- lumbia Memorial Hospital. Grandparents are Wendell and Janet Sheer of Kempner, Texas, and Mercedes and Enrique Bravo of Managua, Nicaragua. Aug. 7, 2015 BELLINGHAM, April and Matthew, of Astoria, a boy, John Edward Bellingham, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Grandparents are Marty and Sherry Bellingham and Buddy and Carrie Bran- don. ® 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 Mainly clear 51° Tuesday The Dalles 56/90 Astoria 51/72 Portland 54/82 Corvallis 47/85 Eugene 49/85 Pendleton 58/88 Salem 51/84 Albany 50/83 Ontario 58/96 Bend 50/83 Wednesday Burns 45/90 Medford 60/95 Mostly sunny Klamath Falls 47/86 Pleasant with times of clouds and sun Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 72° 51° 72° Thursday Friday Mostly cloudy with a shower in the area 73° 54° 54° Cloudy with a brief shower or two 71° 56° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 70° Low ............................................ 50° Normal high ............................... 69° Normal low ................................. 53° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.09" Normal month to date ............. 0.75" Year to date ........................... 27.87" Normal year to date .............. 37.69" Sunset tonight ................... 8:10 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .............. 6:26 a.m. Moonrise today ................. 4:11 p.m. Moonset today ............... 12:59 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Hi 90 85 69 85 66 87 94 64 66 Today Lo W 47 pc 50 s 54 pc 49 pc 53 pc 47 s 60 s 48 pc 50 pc Last New First Aug 29 Sep 5 Sep 12 Sep 21 Hi 89 83 70 85 67 86 95 64 68 Tues. Lo W 45 pc 52 s 54 s 50 pc 53 s 46 s 60 s 48 s 52 s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Hi 76 89 81 87 83 68 87 81 92 Today Lo W 45 pc 58 pc 54 pc 55 s 51 pc 53 pc 59 pc 52 pc 52 pc Hi 78 88 82 87 84 69 85 82 89 Tues. Lo W 45 pc 57 pc 57 pc 56 s 54 pc 53 s 59 pc 55 pc 53 s Tonight's Sky: Pegasus the Flying Horse is well up in the east by late evening. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 11:03 a.m. 6.1 ft. 10:15 p.m. 7.9 ft. Time 4:32 a.m. 4:21 p.m. Low 0.4 ft. 2.7 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 86 61 s 79 67 t 72 57 s 93 62 pc 76 52 s 71 56 pc 94 72 t 54 51 sh 89 77 sh 73 56 s 80 57 s 96 75 pc 88 67 pc 83 61 s 92 78 t 82 57 s 90 72 t 85 67 t 89 65 s 87 66 pc 79 58 s 97 68 pc 72 58 pc 77 55 pc 85 66 pc Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice 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. Pau l Joh n H ayn er, M .D . Board -C ertified In tern al M ed icin e 1406 M D RIVE 97103 (503) 325-0505 A RIN E A STO RIA , O R drhayner.com I N NETWORK WITH THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE PLANS : Last rebate was in 2007 The most recent “kicker” rebate was in 2007, when taxpayers re- ceived a record $1.1 billion amount- ing to 18.6 percent of tax liability. The rebate occurred weeks before the start of the economic downturn. Since the 1979 law took effect, the “kicker” for personal income taxes has been activated in nine of 18 cycles — excluding the 2013-15 cycle — but was suspended in 1991. Before 2007, there were four “kickers” in a row from 1995 to 2001, ranging from 4.6 percent to 14.4 percent of tax liability. There were none in the following two cy- cles. Oregon also has a kicker for cor- porate income taxes, and it has been activated eight times since 1979, although lawmakers suspended it twice. The most recent payment was in 2005, although businesses always took it as a credit against taxes owed and never got checks from the state. Although excess collections are projected for corporate taxes from the 2013-15 cycle, Oregon voters changed the Constitution in 2012 so that excess amounts go directly into the state school fund. The Capital Bureau is a collab- oration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Summer steelhead ¿ ngerlings die at hatchery Associated Press EUGENE — Unusually warm water has killed more than 150,000 summer steelhead ¿ ngerlings at an Umpqua River hatchery. Many more may still die, potentially as much as 95 per- cent of this year’s batch, Rock Creek Hatchery manager Dan Meyer said. Hot water is dangerous for ¿ sh on its own, but it also cre- ates an environment where bac- teria and parasites can thrive, The Register Guard reported. Although the ¿ sh were treated in smaller holding tanks and returned to health when the problem was detected, disease broke out again once they were moved back outside. Hot weather and be- low-normal snowmelt have caused a steep rise in water temperatures. Water in the North Umpqua has reached 71.4 degrees this summer, much higher than the mid 60-degrees that used to mark record-high tempera- tures, Meyer said. “I have never seen water this warm out of the North Umpqua — I hope this is not the new normal,” he said. “Ev- ery year is different, but I have heard that ¿ ve of the last 10 years have been the warmest in 125 years of record-keeping.” The die-off the Rock Creek hatchery’s summer steelhead ¿ ngerlings peaked during a nine-day period in mid-July. He doesn’t know how many of the tiny ¿ sh there are in the 20-foot by 80-foot raceway where they are contained as they grow and mature enough to be released into the river. OBITUARIES James ‘Jim’ LaBerge Seaside May 27, 1939 — Aug. 15, 2015 James was born the son of Stanley and Lucy (Rheaume) LaBerge on May 27, 1939, in Grafton, N.D. He graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1957. James graduated from the University of Washington in 1961 with a degree in engi- neering. He worked for Weyerhauser Co . His hobbies included oil painting, watching Husky and Seahawk football games, and computers and technolo- gy. He was a dog lover and a classic pia- nist, but mostly loved spending time with family. He married Kathleen (Kay) Johnson on Aug. 23, 1958, in Longview, Wash. Survivors include his wife, Kay LaBerge, of Seaside, Ore.; daughters Tracy LaB erge, of Murrieta, Calif., Lucy Ladimir of Palm Desert, Calif., and Jennifer Spicer, of Longview, Wash.; sons Marc LaBerge of Longview, Wash., Luke LaBerge of Indio, Calif., and John LaBerge of Vancouver, Wash.; and siblings Earl LaBerge of Visalia, Calif., Marylou Green of Castle Rock, Wash., Arlene Silvey of Woodland, Wash., and Roy LaBerge of Cathlamet, Wash. He was preceded in death by a son, Mat- thew LaBerge; and siblings Edward LaBerge, Rita Swanson, Genevieve Kasprzak, Rosie Chadderton, Gene LaBerge and Lorraine Lo- ranger. A vigil service was held at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Hughes Ransom Mortuary in Sea- side. A funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Our Lady Of Vic- tory Catholic Church in Seaside. Inter- ment followed at Evergreen Cemetery in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Visit www.hughes-ransom. com to leave condolences and sign the guest book. Prep schedule THURSDAY Volleyball — Astoria at Santiam Christian, 1 p.m.; Knappa at Warrenton, 6:30 p.m. Cross Country — Seaside at Wilsonville Night Meet, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Astoria Jamboree, at CMH Field, 5 p.m. (with Clatskanie, Estacada, Ilwaco, Seaside, Stayton, Warrenton, Yamhill-Carlton); Neah-Kah-Nie Jamboree, 7 p.m. Volleyball — Knappa at Neah-Kah-Nie, 6 p.m. SATURDAY Volleyball — Warrenton Tournament, 8:30 a.m.; Knappa at Columbia Christian Tournament, TBA Lotteries Under the Sky National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 91 65 s Boston 77 68 sh Chicago 74 54 s Denver 91 59 pc Des Moines 74 52 s Detroit 75 54 s El Paso 91 72 pc Fairbanks 58 46 pc Honolulu 87 77 sh Indianapolis 75 54 s Kansas City 78 53 s Las Vegas 106 79 s Los Angeles 86 66 pc Memphis 84 60 pc Miami 93 79 pc Nashville 83 57 pc New Orleans 94 78 t New York 86 72 pc Oklahoma City 83 62 pc Philadelphia 89 71 s St. Louis 79 59 s Salt Lake City 97 70 s San Francisco 72 58 pc Seattle 76 52 pc Washington, DC 92 71 t Full of granting a credit against a taxpay- er’s liability the following year. It cost nearly $1 million to pro- cess and mail checks. OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-5-3-4 4 p.m.: 1-5-6-1 7 p.m.: 6-4-7-3 10 p.m.: 8-6-0-5 Saturday’s Megabucks: 16-24-40-43-44-45 Estimated jackpot: $6.3 million. Saturday’s Powerball: 4-12-14-21-55, Powerball: 7 Estimated jackpot: $90 million. Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-0-3-5 4 p.m.: 5-3-3-6 7 p.m.: 4-4-9-5 10 p.m.: 7-0-8-8 Friday’s Pick 4: WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 0-7-1 Sunday’s Keno: 03-06- 13-15-21-30-33-38-39-44-45- 46-48-49-50-53-71-75-76-77 Sunday’s Match 4: 02- 03-04-19 Saturday’s Daily Game: 6-1-0 Saturday’s Hit 5: 12-26- 27-29-34 Estimated jackpot: $300,000 Saturday’s Keno: 10-13- 17-21-22-26-37-38-44-48- 52-57-58-59-70-76-77-78- 79-80 Saturday’s Lotto: 08-13- 27-35-37-40 Estimated jackpot: $2.8 million Saturday’s Match 4: 05- 08-14-21 Friday’s Daily Game: 2-0-6 Friday’s Keno: 03-08-17- 23-27-32-37-51-57-58-59-60- 61-66-67-71-76-78-79-80 Friday’s Match 4: 06-09- 11-19 Friday’s Mega Millions: 13-15-21-41-72, Mega Ball: 1 Estimated jackpot: $55 million p.m., City Hall Council Cham- bers, 989 Broadway, Seaside. TUESDAY Port of Astoria Com- mission, 10:30 a.m., special session on Astoria Riverwalk ,nn, old Port of¿ ces, 422 Gateway Ave. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Public Li- brary, 450 10th St. Clatsop Care Health Dis- trict Board, 5:30 p.m., Clat- sop Care Memory Communi- ty, 2219 S.E. Dolphin Road, Warrenton. Warrenton City Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton. Astoria Planning Com- mission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. 1 p.m.: 9-5-7-5 4 p.m.: 5-7-7-2 7 p.m.: 9-2-0-2 10 p.m.: 1-4-0-9 Public meetings MONDAY Clatsop Community College Board, 6 p.m., work session, Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 6 p.m., spe- cial meeting, Warrenton High School library, 1700 S.E. Main Ave., Warrenton. Seaside City Council, 7 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Effective March 1, 2014 HOME DELIVERY MAIL EZpay (per month) ................................ $11.25 EZpay (per month) ................................ $16.60 13 weeks in advance ............................ $36.79 13 weeks in advance ............................ $51.98 26 weeks in advance ............................ $70.82 26 weeks in advance .......................... $102.63 52 weeks in advance .......................... $135.05 52 weeks in advance .......................... $199.90 Circulation phone number: 503-325-3211 Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by The Daily Astorian become the property of The Daily Astorian and may not be reproduced for any use without explicit prior approval. COPYRIGHT © Entire contents © Copyright, 2015 by The Daily Astorian. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. Printed on recycled paper