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OPINION 6A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 GUEST COLUMN Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager :hat are they Zaiting for" I Gov. Brown and state Land Board must say the obvious about LNG f \oX needed a reminder of Zh\ Ze don’t Zant a liTXe¿ ed natXral gas terminal on the 6kipanon, The New York Times %Xsiness seFtion proYided it 6Xnda\ ³A Global &hill +its +ome´ Zas a startling report on doZn Zard Mob trends in AmeriFa’s heartland, all driYen b\ &hina’s sloZdoZn )or AmeriFan Fom modit\ manXfaFtXrers Zho haYe fed &hina’s e[ploding eFonom\, this is an earthTXake ³:hether it is roXstaboXts and other oil ¿ eld Zorkers in 7e[as and 1orth 'akota, miners in 0innesota, farmers in IoZa, or heaY\ eTXipment makers and sellers in Illinois, the reason for the fear is the same: a sudden plunge in demand for Fommod ities,´ noted the Times 1orth 'akota’s booming oil business looks muFh different toda\ Its Frash is a reminder of hoZ %ig Energ\ t\pi¿ es boom and bust eFonomiF F\Fles And that is one big reason not to Zant an /1G terminal in our midst 7he people Zho make the real mone\ on an /1G plant are those Zho build it and À ip it to another oZner Among the disappointments in our region’s deFade long /1G debate, the )ederal Energ\ 5egulator\ &ommission )E5& looms large 7here is no national strateg\ for Zhere to put these massiYe faFilities )E5& is Fom fortable to liFense the plant that gets through its proFess ¿ rst 7he most reYealing thing about )E5& is that it has neYer reMeFted a reTuest for a permit for an /1G terminal If \ou need an e[ample of a federal bureauFraF\ that Fon sumes massiYe amounts of paper and the publiF’s time, but does nothing to adYanFe the regional disFussion about national energ\ poliF\, )E5& ¿ ts the bill )ortunatel\ for our region, Fertain poZers in the /1G sit ing proFess are retained b\ the state 7hose espeFiall\ relate to the &oastal =one 0anagement AFt It alread\ has been deFided that 2regon /1G’s proposal for a terminal site on the 6kipanon does not meet state laZ, beFause the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners denied 2regon /1G’s permit for a pipeline )E5C may not approYe a proMeFt that is inFonsistent Zith a state’s Foastal ]one manage ment plan 7hat desFribes the 6kipanon site 7he ball is in 6alem’s Fourt It is time for GoY .ate BroZn or other members of the state Land Board to state the obYious :hat is GoY BroZn, 7reasurer 7ed :heeler and 6eFretary of 6tate -eanne Atkins Zaiting for" Dementia takes Fostly toll on Foast W hile our nation faFes a tsu nami of rising Fare Fosts for people suffering from de mentia, these Fhallenges threaten to be eYen more oYerZhelming in rural areas like the 3aFi¿ F 1orthZest’s Foastal Founties A study released in reFent days found dementia Fare to be eFonomiFally deYastating for 0ediFare patients in the last ¿ Ye years of life ² far more Fost ly than treatment for FanFer or heart disease Endoflife Fosts for AmeriFans faFing these three top killers totaled 2,0 for dementia, , for heart ail ments and , for FanFer 0ediFare ends up paying about the same amount for all three dis eases, nearly 00,000 :hen it Fomes to FanFer and heart dis ease, supplemental poliFies often piFk up muFh of the balanFe But Zith dementia, priYate FoYerage for longterm Fare is e[pensiYe and rarely purFhased As a result, dementia e[penses are espeFially punishing to patients, their spous es and families ³2n aYerage, the outofpoFk et Fost for a patient Zith demen tia Zas ,22 ² more than 0 perFent higher than the Fost for someone Zith heart disease or FanFer,´ aFFording to The New York Times ³7he reason is that dementia patients need FaregiY ers to ZatFh them, help Zith ba siF aFtiYities like eating, dressing and bathing, and proYide Fon stant superYision to make sure they do not Zander off or harm themselYes 1one of those Fosts Zere FoYered by 0ediFare´ 3rofessional dementia Fare Fosts thousands of dollars a month, sZiftly denuding saY ings 'riYen to destitution, peo ple Zith dementia ¿ nally may Tualify for 0ediFaidfunded in stitutional Fare All these issues are magni¿ ed in rural areas like ours InFomes and saYings tend to be loZer 1ursing and assisted liYing faFil ities are less aYailable Children and grandFhildren may be liY ing far aZay in pursuit of Mobs Coastal Founties haYe among the highest perFentages of older resi dents in 2regon and :ashington :hat to do" 7his is not an issue that Fan be ¿ [ed by minor adMustments in 0ediFare and 0ediFaid :e must reenYision all our FonFepts for Faring for de mentia patients and the elderly in general )ederal ta[ poliFy needs to do a far better job of helping families Fope Zith Fare Fosts, Zhile federal spending priorities must be redireFted to aiding Yul nerable Fiti]ens Let Oregon’s wolf plan work It is time to delist a :olf 0anagement 3lan the loFal rXral eFonomies, 7his threephased approaFh Zhere hXnters start their By JIM AKENSON Falled for eYalXating an op MoXrne\s to the baFkFoXn Oregon Hunters Association tion for delisting onFe the tr\ :olf predation might Friteria Zere met for 3hase not be the onl\ faFtor in À XenFing Fentral Idaho elk hen I look at Google Earth, II nXmbers, bXt Zith a high 7he Friteria Falled for m\ ¿ rst reaFtion is to ]oom Zolf paFk densit\ in the foXr Ereeding paFks to sXF in and oXt Ior SersSeFtiYe 0iddle )ork =one, it is the FessfXll\ rear tZo or more Greater SersSeFtiYe helSs Xs gain pXps for three sXFFessiYe dominating faFtor aFFord a Eetter YieZ oI ZolYes in 2regon, \ears %\ 20, these Fri ing to the Idaho 'epart Jim ment of )ish and Game Akenson and hoZ remoYing them Irom the teria had Eeen met and e[ &ontrar\ to Flaims Feeded, as there Zere nine state’s threatened and endangered knoZn sXFFessfXl Ereeding pairs of made b\ animal proteFtionist groXps, list Zill alloZ them to Ee managed ZolYes in 2regon, inFlXding eight delisting does not remoYe proteFtions as a sSeFies that has sXFFessIXll\ re paFks in northeast 2regon and one in for ZolYes in 2regon :olYes Zill re FoYered the soXthern &asFade 0oXntains In main a proteFted speFies, and the\ are $ 86 )ish and :ildliIe 6erYiFe reFent Zeeks, there haYe Eeen three still federall\ listed in all bXt the east report from April 2009, states that Zolf aFtiYit\ areas identi¿ ed in soXth ernmost sliYer of 2regon 'elisting there Zere alread\ EetZeen 0,000 ern 2regon 7he minimXm popXlation Zill, hoZeYer, start the MoXrne\ doZn and 0,000 ZolYes in 1orth AmeriFa is estimated at , not FoXnting this the road to 3hase III and alloZ the 2r at that time, inFlXding an estimated \ear’s pXps of the doFXmented egon 'epartment of )ish and :ildlife more options for appl\ing manage 2,000 in AlEerta and %ritish &olXm pairs had litters this \ear Eia, and at least , in the north 1oZ, ]oom oXt to inFlXde the en ment praFtiFes )olloZing throXgh on the promises ern 5oFk\ 0oXntains reFoYer\ area, tire northern 5oFk\ 0oXntain region, ZhiFh is reFogni]ed as a soXthern e[ and it EeFomes oEYioXs that 2regon’s made to 2regon’s agriFXltXral Fom tension of the roEXst &anadian popX ZolYes are Zell FonneFted and thriY mXnit\ Zill also foster better toleranFe lation ing, and it is eTXall\ Flear the\ are of ZolYes and maintain the Fredibilit\ =ooming in tighter to Idaho, ZhiFh read\ to Ee remoYed from 2regon’s of 2regon’s :olf 3lan :e need to look more broadl\ on Zas a node for 5oFk\ endangered speFies the issXe of ZolYes and e[pand oXr fo 0oXntain reFoYer\ list Zith ZolYes rein We need to :e also need to FXs to be able to see be\ond state lines trodXFed in 99 and look at hoZ ZolYes :olYes haYe demonstrated the abilit\ look more another 20 in 99, haYe affeFted neigh to look be\ond state borders, and Ze Ze see that Idaho’s states to gain a shoXld, too broadly on boring 2regon deYeloped a Yer\ effeFtiYe Zolf nXmEers tripled Flearer piFtXre of Zhat in MXst tZo \ears to the issue of Ze Fan e[peFt in the management plan Zith detailed Fri teria to reFoYer ZolYes in this state, , and reaFhed 92 Foming \ears wolves and E\ 2000 In Idaho’s Unit Zhile also proteFting other Zildlife As of late 20, 2, Zithin the 0iddle speFies and agriFXltXre It is Yital that there e[isted a min expand our )ork =one of Fentral Ze FarefXll\ folloZ the direFtion of imXm paFk FoXnt of Idaho, ZolYes Zere the Zolf plan, ZhiFh Zas deYeloped focus to 0 Zith another 2 reintrodXFed in the Zith bX\in from man\ diYerse stake state Eorder paFks see beyond mid990s 7he elk holders :e mXst stiFk Zith the plan and and an estimated pop popXlation Zas ,20 Xlation of 0 ZolYes state lines. and hXnter harYest in delist ZolYes in 2regon Jim Akenson, conservation director 7his all folloZs si[ 200 Zas 9 bXll elk \ears of regXlated hXnting and trap %\ 20, FoXnts for Unit 2 Zere MXst for the Oregon Hunters Association, ping of ZolYes total elk and hXnter harYest Zas a holds a master’s degree and a bach- Idaho has Eeen the soXrFe pop meager 2 bXlls +Xnter nXmbers for elor’s degree in natural resources. He Xlation, throXgh dispersal, for Zolf the three Xnits Fomprising the 0iddle had long tenures working for the Uni- reestaElishment in 2regon 7he ¿ rst )ork =one dropped in half, going from versity of Idaho and Oregon Depart- 2regon paFk to Ee Fon¿ rmed Zas the , in 200 to 2 in 20 7he pat ment of Fish and Wildlife. In Idaho, :enaha 3aFk, doFXmented in 2009 tern of deFline FontinXed Zith onl\ he managed a remote ¿ eld station and 2Xr state antiFipated an ineYita elk hXnters going to those Zilder conducted studies on cougar and wolf predation effects on big -game popula- Ele Zolf moYement from Idaho, and ness Xnits in 202 E\ 200 had prodXFed and adopted 7he pattern here is Frippling for tions. W Mideast negotiators, ‘Have a nice life’ than a onestate solution, in politiFs are brutal As Baker ZhiFh Israel Zill gradual learned, if you don’t get in ly giYe up being -eZish or their faFes on a regular basis, demoFratiF :e knoZ e[ n The New York Times reYieZ you’re listed as ³nap time´ aFtly Zhat a onestate solu on their daily sFhedules of the AmeriFan 0ideast ne tion looks like -ust look out :hat Zould suFh a U6 gotiator Dennis Ross’ important message sound like today" your ZindoZ: 3alestinians neZ history of IsraeliU6 re It Zould start by saying grabbing a kitFhen knife and stabbing any Israeli publiFly to the 3alestin lations, Doomed to Succeed, a -eZ, and masked settler Yig ian president, 0ahmoud telling moment on the eYe of the ilantes retaliating baFk´ Abbas, ³<ou rejeFted Is Thomas L. 99 0adrid peaFe FonferenFe raeli 3rime 0inister Ehud I Yisited 0onday Zith Friedman Israel’s Yery deFent defense Faught my attention 2lmert’s unpreFedented 7he 3alestinian delegation had 6eptember 200 offer of a tZostate minister, 0oshe Ya’alon +earing him raised some lastminute reserYations solution, in ZhiFh, as 7he -erusalem desFribe Israel’s strategiF theater is 3ost later reported, µ2lmert essential hairraising: The nation has nonstate Zith the seFretary of state, -ames A ly agreed to forgo soYereignty of the aFtors, dressed as FiYilians, armed Baker III Baker Zas liYid and told 7emple 0ount in -erusalem, -uda Zith roFkets, nested among FiYilians, the 3alestinians before Zalking out ism’s holiest site, and proposed that in on four of ¿ Ye borders ² 6inai, Ga]a, on them: ³:ith you people, the souk the frameZork of a peaFe agreement, Lebanon and 6yria ² and he does not neYer Floses, but it is Flosed Zith me the area Fontaining the religious sites Zant to FhanFe opening a ¿ fth one by in -erusalem Zould be managed by just eYaFuating the :est Bank I get it +aYe a niFe life´ But there has to be some alternatiYe a speFial Fommittee « from ¿ Ye na I Zas struFk beFause that kind of tions: 6audi Arabia, -ordan, 3alestine, to doing nothing or doing eYerything It needs to be an alternatiYe that at least straight talk has been all too absent the United 6tates and Israel’ from U6 0iddle East diplomaFy late “The Post also said, µ2lmert laid tests 3alestinians to really Fontrol some ly Israelis and 3alestinians ² Zay too out for >Abbas@ « a large map upon territory ² and Freates some hope that long at Zar ² are trapped in politiFal ZhiFh he outlined the borders of the the tZo Fommunities Fan separate se hothouses of their oZn making, inFapa future 3alestinian state,’ ZhiFh inFlud Furely And it has to inYolYe Israel at ble of surprising eaFh oth ed a roughly eTual sZap least stopping all settlementbuilding er Zith anything positiYe, of 3alestinian land in the in the heart of the :est Bank, in the Why and desperately in need of :est Bank to house Is areas long designated for a 3alestinian a friendly thirdparty dose raeli settlements in return state 6ome 0,000 of Israel’s 00,000 do you settlers noZ liYe in those areas, and it’s of Fommon sense for parts of Israel Listening to 3rime “Abbas, 2lmert is making any separation inFreasingly just sit 0inister Benjamin 1e still Zaiting for your an impossible This is Zhat Israel’s friends are tanyahu of Israel Flaim there like sZer last Zeek that the 3al “It’s Flear that Zith missing Israel has so muFh FreatiYe Buddha? the 3alestinians noZ energy ² in sFienFe, teFh and medi estinian grand mufti of -erusalem, +aj Amin split betZeen +amasled Fine But you don’t see it today in di al+usseini ² Zho met +itler in the Ga]a and your )atahled :est Bank, plomaFy It’s true that Israel Fan sur early 90s ² gaYe +itler the idea for there is no single, legitimate 3alestin YiYe this Zar of the kniYes But Zill it mass murdering all the -eZs, you Fan ian Authority to formally approYe a thriYe" :ill it remain a plaFe Zhere only FonFlude that Bibi is in a sealed FomprehensiYe peaFe deal And it is you Zill Zant to Yisit and raise their bubble, Zith no one around him able to also true that you haYe been Fommit kids" It may be that Israel has no FhoiFe say: ³<ou knoZ Bibi, that is proYably ted to nonYiolenFe ² and bless your But Israel is a really poZerful Foun historiFally false <ou might Zant to for that But Zhere is your FreatiYe keep that one to yourself´ plan for an interim solution that Fan at try It’s not a disarmed Costa RiFa 1o :e forget hoZ muFh the parties least moYe the proFess forZard" :hy one e[peFts it to giYe up eYerything need AmeriFa at times to play the re do you just sit there like Buddha, re But feZer and feZer Fan understand ality prinFiple to break the paralysis in jeFting FreatiYe ideas like the one put Zhy it puts so muFh energy into e[ their internal politiFs 6ometimes their forZard by 6eFretary of 6tate -ohn plaining Zhy it Fan’t do anything, Zhy the 3alestinians are irredeemably leaders need to say to their Fabinets: .erry"´ ³I Zould neYer agree to this, but those As for 1etanyahu, the blunt U6 aZful and Zhy nothing Israel Fould damn AmeriFans broke my arm 6ee it message might be: “You are going to do Zould affeFt their behaYior I truly dangling here! It’s broken! I had to say be a historiF ¿ gure: the Israeli lead Zorry that Israel is sloZly Fommitting yes!´ Israeli and 3alestinian internal er Zho left Israel Zith nothing other suiFide, Zith all the best arguments By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN New York Times News Service I :here to Zrite • U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D): 2 Rayburn +2B, :ashing ton, DC, 20 3hone: 202 22 0 )a[ 2022299 DistriFt of¿ Fe: 22 6: 0illikan :ay, 6uite 220, BeaYerton, 2R 900 3hone: 0900 )a[ 02 0 :eb: bonamiFihouse goY • U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D): +art 6enate 2f¿ Fe Building, :ashington, DC 200 3hone: 20222 :eb: ZZZmerkley senategoY • U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D): 22 Dirksen 6enate 2f¿ Fe Building, :ashington, DC, 200 3hone: 202222 :eb: ZZZZyden senategoY • State Rep. Brad Witt (D): 6tate Capitol, 900 Court 6treet 1E, +, 6alem, 2R 90 3hone: 09 :eb: ZZZlegstate orusZitt Email: repbradZitt# stateorus
