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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
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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.
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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
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