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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 ,n WashinJton, West 1ile Oregon ag, food e[ports ¿ nd virus maNes a comebacN an expanding market in Asia *et your horse vaccinated, state veterinarian urJes By DON JENKINS Capital Press WashinJton 6tate 9eteri narian -oe %aNer, a horse oZn er and selfdescribed ³retired horse doctor,´ suspects one reason for this summer¶s hiJh number of eTuine West 1ile virus cases is complacency. ³, really, really Zish peo ple Zould thinN tZice before sNippinJ the vaccine,´ %aNer said . ³This is not a disease to be taNen liJhtly.´ West 1ile virus cases are up this summer for both hu mans and horses. %aNer said he suspects that the drouJht has forced viruscarryinJ mos Tuitoes to scout for Zater and that they are ¿ ndinJ it near an imals, includinJ horses. ³%e inJ survivalists, mosTuitoes Zill Jo to Zherever the mois ture is,´ he said. %ut he also said he thinNs some horse oZners have let their Juard doZn. The state Department of AJriculture has con¿ rmed horses Zith West 1ile virus so far this summer. The state con ¿ rmed only eiJht cases in the previous ¿ ve years combined. Horse oZners may have forJotten the cases in and the cases , %aNer said. 1one of the horses that contracted the virus this year Zere up to date Zith vaccina tions aJainst the disease, he said. ³Animal oZners tend to have amnesia after a feZ years,´ %aNer said. ³, thinN that¶s playinJ some role in Zhat Ze¶re seeinJ.´ Vaccinations good for a year %aNer, Zho spent a decade early in his career e[clusively treatinJ horses, urJed oZners to vaccinate their horses year ly aJainst the virus. A horse Jiven its ¿ rst shot this month Zill need a second dose in about four ZeeNs to bolster the immunity, he said. 9accinations Jiven noZ Zill Juard a horse throuJh most of ne[t year¶s mosTuito season, %aNer said. A dose of vaccine costs to , he said. About onethird of infect ed horses die, accordinJ to the state . %aNer said about percent of the survivors suffer permanent damaJe, such as blindness, loss of balance and ZeaN limbs. Most eTuine West 1ile virus cases occur in c entral WashinJton. This year, si[ cases have been con¿ rmed in <aNima County, four in *rant County, three in %en ton County, tZo in .ittitas County and one each in Ad ams, /incoln and )ranNlin counties. Vigilant against mosquitoes %esides vaccinatinJ their animals, horse oZners should be viJilant and not let mosTui toes breed in standinJ Zater, %aNer said. (ven a doJ¶s dish left unattended for a feZ days can be a breedinJ Jround, he said. %aNer said horses can be protected from bites by screens, buJ spray and Jar licbased feed supplements that repel insects. WashinJton is also suffer inJ its Zorst West 1ile virus outbreaN amonJ humans since . A %enton County man in his s died this summer from the disease, accordinJ to the state Department of Health. He Zas one of con ¿ rmed human cases, the most since people contracted the virus in . ® 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 56° Wednesday The Dalles 57/88 Astoria 56/71 Portland 58/81 Corvallis 53/86 Eugene 54/85 Pendleton 55/85 Salem 56/83 Albany 55/84 Ontario 45/87 Bend 46/84 Thursday Burns 38/87 Medford 54/96 Nice with times of clouds and sun 54° Partly sunny and delightful 73° Friday Saturday Mostly sunny and nice 79° 55° 56° Mostly cloudy and comfortable 72° 55° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 71° Low ............................................ 54° Normal high ............................... 69° Normal low ................................. 51° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 1.56" Normal month to date ............. 0.42" Year to date ........................... 30.67" Normal year to date .............. 38.52" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Wednesday ......... Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Hi 77 80 76 84 66 86 94 67 71 Today Lo W 37 s 46 s 56 s 54 pc 57 pc 41 s 54 s 52 pc 56 pc Wed. Lo W 36 s 46 s 57 s 51 s 57 pc 43 s 57 s 50 s 54 s National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 84 71 t Boston 95 72 s Chicago 77 65 t Denver 82 52 s Des Moines 80 61 t Detroit 88 70 t El Paso 97 73 pc Fairbanks 61 45 c Honolulu 91 77 s Indianapolis 91 70 pc Kansas City 83 65 t Las Vegas 100 78 s Los Angeles 95 72 s Memphis 94 76 pc Miami 91 80 pc Nashville 91 73 s New Orleans 90 76 t New York 93 75 s Oklahoma City 95 69 t Philadelphia 94 74 s St. Louis 92 73 t Salt Lake City 82 56 pc San Francisco 90 61 s Seattle 73 57 pc Washington, DC 92 75 s 7:41 p.m. 6:45 a.m. 2:21 a.m. 5:12 p.m. New First Full Last Sep 12 Sep 21 Sep 27 Oct 4 Under the Sky Hi 83 84 74 85 67 89 96 65 69 City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Hi 73 81 80 88 83 68 73 80 84 Today Lo W 54 pc 55 s 58 pc 57 pc 56 pc 58 pc 51 s 57 pc 51 pc Hi 76 85 81 90 83 68 76 80 87 Wed. Lo W 50 pc 53 s 56 s 56 s 54 s 57 s 51 s 55 s 50 s Huge growth potential Pests and diseases that may arrive Zith imports are alZays a concern to be ZorNed out, he said, as are food safety proto cols. ³The 9ietnamese and Phil ippine Jovernments are very Neen on broadeninJ the scope of Zhat comes in from the 8.6.,´ he said. ³The JroZth po tential seems huJe to me.´ Processed and fro]en prod ucts such as french fries are popular in Asian countries, as are ³chippinJ´ potatoes used for snacNs, but JroZer Jroups are tryinJ to e[pand the trade to include more fresh ³table China and Japan as markets Asia¶s tZo biJJest econo mies hold continued economic promise for OreJon. China noZ accepts only processed potato products and could be a Jreat marNet for chippinJ and table stocN potatoes, %reZer said. -apan is the number one mar Net for processed potatoes and accepts fresh potatoes for chip pinJ, but also could be Jood marNet for table stocN potatoes, he said. Potato JroZer -eff 8rbach, of Amstad Produce in 6herZood, said he¶s visited the Philippines tZice and 9ietnam ¿ ve or si[ times. He sells to both, and said e[ports have JroZn from per cent of his business four years aJo to percent noZ. ³The potential there is huJe, they Zant our products,´ 8r bach said. %ecause OreJon ³faces´ Asia, as e[porters liNe to say, Asian trade is a natural, e[perts say. About percent of Zhat OreJon e[ports Joes to Pa ci¿ c Rim nations, a cateJory that includes the ¿ ve larJest marNets Canada, China, -apan, .orea and Malaysia. Those ¿ ve alone receive percent of Zhat OreJon e[ports, accordinJ state economic analyst -osh /ehner. Largest sector is electronics OreJon¶s larJest e[port sector is electronics, folloZed by heavy manufacturinJ, Zith aJricultural and food products third. %arry HoroZit], an inter national trade consultant in Portland, said OreJon food and crop commissions previous ly operated on their oZn but noZ are beJinninJ to cooper ate in presentations to foreiJn buyers. ThinNinJ of OreJon¶s hiJhTuality food products as a series of meals, complete Zith OreJon beer and Zine, sharp ens the focus, he said. ³That is a pacNaJe that is unbeatable in the international marNetplace,´ he said. ([panded trade Zith 9iet nam is an e[ample of the e[port potential that could bene¿ t the state, he said. ³<ou have a country Zith almost million people and a literacy rate over per cent,´ HoroZit] said. ³Western countries can¶t Jet in there fast enouJh.´ 9ietnamese distrust of Chi nese food products ZorNs to the advantaJe of OreJon pro ducers, Zho have ³developed a hiJhly visible reputation for hiJh Tuality food,´ he said. ³We¶re not the most inter nationally minded place but Ze have enormous potential, because aJ is a fundamental industry everyZhere,´ HoroZ it] said. ³We can¶t talN ,ntel to everyone, and not everyone in 9ietnam can afford 1iNe shoes. %ut everyone in 9ietnam can afford OreJon food products.´ TUESDAY Warrenton City Com- mission, ZorN session p.m. &ity +all 6. Main Ave., Warrenton Warrenton City Com- mission, p.m., &ity +all, 6. Main Ave., Warrenton Cannon Beach City Council, ZorN session, p.m., &ity +all, (. *oZer 6t., &annon %each. Clatsop Community College Board, p.m., &olumbia +all 5oom , WEDNESDAY Clatsop Soil and Wa- ter Conservation District Board, a.m., &onference 5oom , 268 6eafood /ab &enter, Marine Drive. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, p.m., ZorN session, p.m., reJular meetinJ, -udJe *uy %oyinJ ton %uildinJ, &ommer cial 6t. Wickiup Water District Board, p.m., 6vensen MarNet 5oad, 6vensen. Sept. 7, 2015 D81&A1 -ohn Allen of *earhart died in *ear hart. &aldZell¶s )uneral &remation ArranJement &en ter in 6easide is in charJe of the arranJements. 32TT(5 6hirley 0. of ,lZaco :ash. died in As toria. &aldZell¶s /uce/ay ton Mortuary in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. million. Monday’s Keno: Monday’s Lotto: (stimated MacNpot . million Monday’s Match 4: /e[inJton Ave. Astoria City Council, p.m., &ity +all, Duane 6t. Lewis & Clark Fire De- partment Board, p.m., main ¿ re station, +iJh Zay %usiness. Warrenton-Hammond School Board, p.m., War renton +iJh 6chool, 6.(. Main Ave., Warrenton Tonight's Sky: Low above the southwest horizon after sunset is the planet Saturn. Deaths Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 12:00 p.m. 7.2 ft. 11:43 p.m. 7.8 ft. Time 5:44 a.m. 5:43 p.m. Low -0.2 ft. 1.8 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 82 70 s 92 71 s 74 56 pc 88 51 pc 80 60 pc 75 59 t 90 69 pc 57 44 c 89 78 pc 78 63 t 81 61 pc 102 79 pc 96 73 pc 88 72 t 92 79 pc 87 70 t 89 76 s 91 75 s 87 65 c 90 75 s 81 67 t 86 60 s 86 61 s 75 56 pc 91 74 t 2reJon¶s aJricultural e[ ports, already the third leadinJ sector amonJ the billion Zorth of products leavinJ the state annually, appear poised for continued e[pansion. ,n particular, marNeters and trade e[perts say 9ietnam and the Philippines may approve imports of fresh blueberries, and fresh or processed potatoes may ¿ nd Jreater acceptance in those countries, -apan, &hina, TaiZan and elseZhere. %ryan 2stlund of the 2r eJon %lueberry &ommission said fresh berry e[ports to 6outh .orea, approved in , reached . million pounds in and are on pace to top that in . .orea had a stronJ retail system in place, Zhich aided distribution after e[ports Zere approved, but 9ietnam is developinJ the economic infra structure and middle class that could maNe it a ³really nice ¿ t´ for 2reJon products as Zell, Ostlund said. ³The economy, you can feel it, is Must ready to e[plode in a positive Zay,´ he said. ³The buyinJ poZer is rapidly com inJ to the table.´ stocN´ potatoes, said %ill %reZ er, director of the OreJon Pota to Commission. ,n 9ietnam, for e[ample, fresh potatoes are primarily used in soups, but OreJon rep resentatives have demonstrated Zestern cooNinJ styles, Zhich Jenerated a ³Jreat deal of inter est,´ %reZer said. The appearance of pota toes from OreJon, WashinJton state and ,daho is totally dif ferent than potatoes, usually from China, that 9ietnamese consumers are accustomed to, he said. Restaurants and hotels that cater to Zestern tourists are Jood marNets for 1orthZest potatoes, as are supermarNets Zhose customers include peo ple Zho have lived in or visited the 8.6. ³Whenever they¶re e[posed to our potatoes, they liNe them,´ %reZer said. Public meetings Klamath Falls 41/89 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 71° By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Press Sept. 5, 2015 0A5/2: &onnie of 6easide died in 6easide. &aldZell¶s /uce/ayton 0or tuary in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. Fronts Cold Lotteries 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. 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