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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015
Audit documents suJJest Port
of &hinooN lacNed cash controls
By CYNTHIA
WASHICKO
EO Media Group
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Documents from an audit
prepared in December
shoZ that auditors raised
concerns about some of the
issues the P ort of &hinooN is
struJJlinJ Zith noZ.
Auditors
discovered
problems Zith the port’s pro
cedures for tracNinJ receipts
and leases, amonJ other is
sues.
The port received more
than , in , more
than , in and
over , the folloZinJ
year at the docN fuel station
and the port of¿ ce, accordinJ
to the audit. 1ot all transac
tions had receipts, hoZever,
and receipts Zere not issued
in seTuential order. :ith
out receipts for transactions,
banN deposit receipts did not
aJree Zith receipt amounts
recorded by the port, accord
inJ to the audit.
³:ithout adeTuate in
ternal controls over cash
receiptinJ, the p ort is at in
creased risN that a misappro
priation could occur and not
be detected by manaJement
in a timely manner,´ the re
port Zarned .
5eceipts and other booN
NeepinJ issues have proven
to be a complicatinJ factor
in brinJinJ the port out of its
current ¿ nancial strain.
In addition, the audit
raised concerns about port
¿ nances durinJ previous
years. ([penditures for the
port e[ceeded revenue by
more than , in ,
more than , in
and over , in .
At the time the report Zas
issued, hoZever, the port had
an unreserved fund balance
of ,, accordinJ to the
report.
The audit also raised is
sues Zith leasinJ, includinJ
that the port did not have
policies and procedures ad
dressinJ lease activities, ne
JotiatinJ lease aJreements,
and selectinJ tenants.
Port 0anaJer John De
mase said durinJ a previous
public meetinJ he Zas un
aZare of the issues facinJ the
port Zhen he tooN on the Mob
late this summer.
The Port of &hinooN ap
proved a preliminary
budJet durinJ a special meet
inJ last ZeeN.
A volunteer committee
formed at a meetinJ earlier
this month put the budJet
toJether, and it’s set to be ap
proved after a public hearinJ
in 1ovember .
The preliminary budJet
lists , in revenue
and , in e[penses,
leavinJ Must over , in
surplus for ne[t year.
(ven Zith a bud
Jet on the booNs, hoZever,
determininJ the ¿ nances to
Neep the port aÀ oat for the
remainder of remains
a ZorN in proJress, Demase
said .
Port commissioners also
accepted a letter of resiJna
tion from &ommissioner .en
*reen¿ eld. +is resiJnation,
set to taNe effect 6unday ,
Zill NicN off the process to
¿ nd his replacement. That
process includes a tZoZeeN
period to ¿ nd nominees for
the position and, at an un
speci¿ ed later date, the com
mission Zill approve *reen
¿ eld’s replacement.
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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
Cloudy; a few
showers early, then
rain
55°
Friday
Corvallis
51/61
Eugene
48/61
Salem
53/62
Albany
50/60
Ontario
33/57
Bend
35/59
Burns
24/58
Medford
41/66
63°
Windy with periods
of rain, becoming
heavy
58°
62°
Sunday
Monday
Breezy with
periods of rain
57°
50°
A shower in the
morning; variable
clouds
46°
56°
45°
Klamath Falls
29/61
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 63°
Low ............................................ 54°
Normal high ............................... 58°
Normal low ................................. 43°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.49"
Month to date .......................... 2.78"
Normal month to date ............. 5.15"
Year to date ........................... 34.02"
Normal year to date .............. 45.39"
Sunset tonight .................. 6:06 p.m.
Sunrise Friday .................. 7:53 a.m.
Moonrise today ................ 8:13 p.m.
Moonset today ................ 10:17 a.m.
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Hi
54
56
61
66
61
57
66
59
62
Last
New
First
Full
Nov 3
Nov 11
Nov 18
Nov 25
Hi
51
59
60
61
62
61
66
60
62
Fri.
Lo
38
48
54
54
58
34
46
57
58
Hi
68
58
55
53
57
53
66
26
90
58
58
74
85
71
86
63
78
60
59
61
61
55
73
61
61
Fri.
Lo
50
37
45
34
46
41
49
9
76
42
45
55
62
54
75
46
69
41
51
40
49
43
57
56
44
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National Cities
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
61
62
63
67
65
62
55
62
65
Today
Lo W
52 c
48 pc
55 c
48 c
53 sh
57 c
43 sh
54 c
42 pc
Hi
61
63
63
65
62
62
55
61
69
Fri.
Lo
55
57
58
54
57
59
49
59
52
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Tonight's Sky: Low above the eastern horizon
before midnight is the Pleiades globular star
cluster (M45).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
4:16 a.m. 8.2 ft.
3:44 p.m. 9.4 ft.
Time
9:54 a.m.
10:44 p.m.
Low
1.8 ft.
-1.1 ft.
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They also may see more
clinics in 5ite Aid &orp. stores
and more products liNe Yita
mins and supplements aimed
at NeepinJ them healthy, as the
sector continues to stretch Zell
beyond simply ¿ llinJ prescrip
tions.
All the maMor druJstore
chains ² :alJreens, &96
+ealth &orp., and 5ite Aid
² haYe been reYampinJ their
stores for the past feZ years to
maNe them biJJer proYiders of
health care products and other
serYices. They¶re tryinJ to ap
peal to customers Zho Zant to
do more onestop shoppinJ and
&latsop &ommunity &ol
leJe and 2reJon 6tate 8ni
versity ([tension have col
laborated to offer a ³Pesticide
Applicators 6afety 5ecer
ti¿ cation &lass´ from to
p.m. 1ov at the colleJe in
Astoria.
The class is for both neZ
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
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
%ut :alJreens may have to
close hundreds of stores to ease
federal reJulatory concerns
about competition. That Zill
depend on hoZ the deal chanJ
es the competitive balance in
individual marNets.
(ven if it closed no stores,
there Zill still be a fair amount
of competition in the sector.
The :alJreens5ite Aid com
bination Zould only control
about percent of the retail
druJstore marNet, accordinJ to
an estimate from Jeff Jonas, a
portfolio manaJer Zho folloZs
the industry for *abelli )unds.
Aside from the biJ chains,
there are still about , in
students ZantinJ to prepare
for the Zritten e[am to ob
tain a p esticide a pplicators
l icense, as Zell as current li
cense holders seeNinJ credits
for recerti¿ cation.
The course has been ap
proved by the 2reJon De
partment of AJriculture to
provide tZo core credits and
tZo other continuinJ educa

OREGON
Wednesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.:
4 p.m.:
7 p.m.:
10 p.m.:
Wednesday’s Megabucks:
(stimated MacNpot million.
Wednesday’s Powerball: ,
3oZerball
Fewer brands possible
)or the consumer, that
means that the chain’s sur
vivinJ stores may Zind up
carryinJ feZer brands JoinJ
forZard, maybe three different
Ninds of soda instead of ¿ ve.
%ut it liNely Zon’t translate to
loZer prices. Those products
don’t offer a lot of pro¿ t for
druJstores in the ¿ rst place so
there isn’t much room to cut
prices.
The chain also Zill try
to neJotiate better prices on
druJs, startinJ Zith Jener
ics, and consumers may start
to see some breaNs here. %ut
prescription prices also can
depend on insurance coveraJe
and Zhether a druJmaNer is
motivated to loZer its prices
to fend off competition from
competinJ treatments.
:alJreens and 5ite Aid e[
pect their combination to close
in the second half of ne[t year.
tion credits for current license
holders to use toZards recerti
¿ cation. The cost is , and
includes the paJe 2reJon
Pesticide 6afety (ducation
0anual.
5eJister by callinJ
or Jo to ZZZ.
clatsopcc.edu/schedule and
search for ³pesticide´ in the
course title.
(stimated MacNpot million.
WASHINGTON
Wednesday’s Daily Game:
Wednesday’s Hit 5:
(stimated MacNpot ,.
Wednesday’s Keno:

Wednesday’s Lotto:
(stimated MacNpot million.
Wednesday’s Match 4:
Public meetings
THURSDAY
Columbia River Estuary
Study Taskforce, p.m.,
&ommercial 6t., 6uite
.
Recreational
Lands
Planning and Advisory
Committee, to p.m.,
Iourth Iloor, ([chanJe
6t.
FRIDAY
Cannon Beach Emergen-
cy Preparedness Commit-
tee, a.m., &ity +all, (.
*oZer 6t.
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Federal regulatory
concerns
dependent pharmacies in the
8nited 6tates, accordinJ to the
1ational &ommunity 3harma
cists Association. Around half
are in rural or undeserved ar
eas, spoNesman John 1orton
said. That total includes phar
macies that are part of small,
privately held chains and those
that serve niche marNets liNe a
hospital or a specialty such as
oncoloJy.
2nce a :alJreens5ite
Aid deal closes, the compa
ny Zill liNely hold a ³bit of a
beauty contest´ Zith suppliers
to see Zho can Jive them the
best deals on products sold
in the front of their stores, or
the area outside the pharmacy,
said 3aul .ecNley, Zho studies
health care issues as manaJinJ
director of the 1aviJant &enter
for +ealthcare 5esearch and
Policy Analysis.
³They have more leveraJe
over suppliers the feZer sup
pliers they deal Zith,´ he said.
College offers pesticide safety class
Fronts
T-Storms
taNe adYantaJe of the Yast net
ZorN of stores that the chains
have built.
DruJstores also are shiftinJ
to serve the aJinJ baby boom
population and its health needs,
as Zell as the JroZinJ number
of people Zho are shoppinJ
around more for health care
instead of simply visitinJ their
family doctors. And they’re
fendinJ off competition from
Jrocery chains and biJ retailers
liNe :al0art that have add
ed thousands of pharmacies to
their stores and offer steep dis
counts on some druJs.
&96, in fact, is partnerinJ
Zith the retailer TarJet &orp. to
run its instore clinics and phar
macies.
&amp +ill, 3ennsylva
niabased 5ite Aid runs about
, druJstores in states
and the District of &olumbia.
Its combination Zith :al
Jreens Zould create a druJstore
behemoth that runs more than
, stores in the 8nited
6tates. That’s about percent
more than the ne[t larJest com
petitor, &96, not countinJ that
company’s stillevolvinJ part
nership Zith TarJet.
Lotteries
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
71 49 pc
Boston
73 47 sh
Chicago
50 39 c
Denver
61 36 c
Des Moines
52 37 s
Detroit
50 39 c
El Paso
71 53 pc
Fairbanks
29 21 sn
Honolulu
90 74 pc
Indianapolis
53 39 pc
Kansas City
55 34 s
Las Vegas
74 56 pc
Los Angeles
83 63 pc
Memphis
73 46 s
Miami
86 73 t
Nashville
69 39 s
New Orleans
80 62 pc
New York
73 48 pc
Oklahoma City 68 48 s
Philadelphia
74 48 pc
St. Louis
59 39 s
Salt Lake City
52 39 sh
San Francisco
71 57 s
Seattle
60 53 sh
Washington, DC 73 48 pc
:alJreens Zill use its .
billion taNeoYer oI riYal 5ite
Aid to spread its philosophy on
maNinJ druJstores destinations
Ior customers looNinJ to stay
healthy or buy beauty products.
The nation¶s larJest druJ
store chain also is e[pected to
À e[ its beeIedup neJotiatinJ
muscle to ZrinJ better deals
Irom druJmaNers and other
suppliers. %ut e[perts say those
discounts Zon¶t automatically
tricNle doZn to consumers.
In fact, customers may not
see a huJe impact on their Zal
lets if the deal announced Tues
day eYeninJ Joes throuJh. %ut
they Zill liNely see some store
closures or name chanJes and
feZer brand choices after :al
Jreens %oots Alliance Inc. adds
the nation¶s thirdlarJest druJ
store chain to its portfolio.
The Daily Astorian
Under the Sky
Today
Lo W
31 sh
35 pc
50 pc
48 sh
57 c
29 pc
41 pc
53 c
52 c
By TOM MURPHY
Associated Press
Drugstore chains
revamp
Pendleton
48/63
Saturday
Breezy with
periods of rain
6ome store
closures,
name chanJes
e[pected
The Dalles
49/65
Astoria
55/63
Portland
55/63
Walgreens, Rite Aid
combo to spread
drugstore health kick
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