OPINION
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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015
GUEST COLUMN
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:hat are they
Zaiting for"
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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.
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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
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telling moment on the eYe of the
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Friedman
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raised some lastminute reserYations solution, in ZhiFh, as 7he -erusalem desFribe Israel’s strategiF theater is
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+aYe a niFe life´
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straight talk has been all too absent the United 6tates and Israel’
from U6 0iddle East diplomaFy late
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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
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just sit
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still Zaiting for your an impossible
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last Zeek that the 3al
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split betZeen +amasled Fine But you don’t see it today in di
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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´
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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
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• U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
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• U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D):
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:ashington, DC 200 3hone:
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• U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D):
22 Dirksen 6enate 2f¿ Fe Building,
:ashington, DC, 200 3hone:
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senategoY
• State Rep. Brad Witt (D):
6tate Capitol, 900 Court 6treet 1E,
+, 6alem, 2R 90 3hone:
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