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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 Lower Columbia Film outlines risks of clearcut logging Hispanic Council awarded $80,000 By ANDREW R. TONRY EO Media Group CANNON BEACH — Standing on the beach, looking east, you can see them — the expanding swaths of clear cuts carved out of the hills. Every few months it seems another is shaved away, almost like a haircut. What’s tougher to see — at least with the naked eye — is how those clear cuts have the potential to disturb both the water we drink and the air we breathe. Such potential for devasta- tion is the subject of “Behind the Emerald Curtain,” a doc- umentary ¿ lm to be shown at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce at 6 p.m. Wednes- day . Admission is free. An informal question-and-answer session and reception follows the screening. The ¿ lm is produced by the Portland-based nonpro¿ t advocacy group Paci¿ c Rivers along with North Fork Stu- dios, and directed by Shane Anderson. Much of the crisply shot and foreboding half-hour ¿ lm is set less than 30 miles south of Cannon Beach, in Wheel- er and Rockaway Beach. In those nearby locales, the ¿ lm posits, both drinking water and oxygen have been com- promised by destructive log- ging practices. According to the ¿ lm, nat- ural root systems act as a ¿ lter time employees and recently assisted Latinos to sign up for and learn to use the Oregon Health Plan. The council plans to assist people without S ocial S ecurity numbers to enroll in the emergency services. The ¿ ve-year initiative started with 77 applicants and was narrowed down to 25. Of that 25, the 10 collaborators were announced. There is a plan to launch an advisory group for the initia- tive in Seaside. Meetings are being sched- uled this month in Seaside and Astoria, inviting people who want to participate. The Daily Astorian The nonpro¿ t Northwest Health Foundation recently awarded the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council $80,000 for the ¿ rst year of a ¿ ve-year ini- tiative to improve health and education outcomes for local Latino children. The foundation chose 10 community groups in Oregon and s outhwest Washington to work together and share infor- mation over the ne[t ¿ ve years. The $80,000 is renewable for each of the ¿ ve years. The Lower Columbia His- panic Council has three full- Oregon is top relocation destination in America 10 percent over the past six years. According to the study, 19 percent of people moving to Oregon say they did so for re- tirement. Another 19 percent say they came for the lifestyle. Other popular states for those looking to move were South Carolina, Vermont, Ida- ho, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Texas, Washington and Washington, D.C. Associated Press SALEM — For the third year in a row, more people are moving to Oregon than any- where else in the nation. The Statesman Journal re- ported that a study by United Van Lines found that 69 percent of moves to and from Oregon in 2015 were inbound. The state has increased inbound migration by ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Occasional rain and drizzle 40° Wednesday Portland 34/44 Corvallis 34/43 Eugene 34/44 Pendleton 27/35 Salem 33/42 Albany 33/44 Thursday A shower in the morning; mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy 48° 49° 37° Friday 49° Times of sun and clouds 35° 47° City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend 34° Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 43° Low ............................................ 37° Normal high ............................... 49° Normal low ................................. 37° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.17" Month to date .......................... 0.21" Normal month to date ............. 1.39" Year to date ............................. 0.21" Normal year to date ................ 1.39" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Wednesday ......... Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Hi 43 25 31 45 32 29 52 21 81 32 38 53 58 47 73 45 56 30 43 31 41 40 56 44 33 Today Lo W 25 s 20 s 23 s 24 pc 26 c 18 s 39 sn 5 s 69 sh 20 s 29 pc 44 r 45 r 30 s 66 t 24 s 49 pc 23 s 33 pc 16 s 28 pc 32 sf 49 r 36 r 20 s 4:43 p.m. 7:58 a.m. 3:32 a.m. 1:47 p.m. New First Full Last Jan 9 Jan 16 Jan 23 Jan 31 Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 36 24 c 37 24 i 52 41 r 44 33 r 49 40 c 36 21 sn 49 34 c 48 39 r 54 41 r National Cities City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Klamath Falls 27/36 Almanac Regional Cities Today Hi Lo W 36 27 i 38 25 i 51 44 r 46 34 r 47 43 r 37 27 sn 50 37 r 51 41 r 55 44 r Astoria Mayor Arline LaMear will hold her month- ly “Meet the Mayor” event Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 35° Saturday Mostly cloudy The Daily Astorian Burns 21/32 Medford 37/49 City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 40 32 r 33 27 i 41 34 r 52 39 r 43 33 r 48 42 r 35 30 sf 40 34 r 35 26 i Wed. Hi Lo W 44 30 c 35 28 c 44 34 c 50 36 sh 42 31 c 50 39 c 35 23 i 44 34 c 38 27 c Tonight's Sky: Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, rises in the southeast in early evening and climbs across the south during the night. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 10:11 a.m. 9.0 ft. 11:44 p.m. 7.3 ft. Time 4:07 a.m. 5:21 p.m. Low 3.4 ft. 0.6 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Hi 46 39 37 42 36 35 56 8 82 38 39 55 57 50 72 48 63 40 46 40 44 40 55 46 41 Wed. Lo W 35 pc 26 s 31 pc 25 pc 31 sn 25 pc 38 c 0 pc 68 sh 27 pc 35 i 45 c 45 r 37 pc 64 r 32 pc 55 c 30 s 40 sh 27 s 34 pc 31 sn 46 r 36 c 28 s Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms 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. APPLIANCE 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 IN YEA A R TSOP C L UNTY C O & More! Trees must be at the clos- est street corner by 7 a.m., and meet the following criteria: Be free of À ocking and all deco- rations; and trees that are over 5 feet in height, or have trunks with diameter over 5 inches, must be cut up into smaller pieces. For details about this pickup, or other tree disposal and recy- cling options, contact Recology Western Oregon at rwoinfo@ recology.com or 503-861-0578. at noon Wednesday at City Hall. LaMear had committed to the events during her ¿ rst year as mayor and has re- leased a schedule to continue the meet-and-greets this year. Residents are invited to attend and discuss city is- sues. Memorial Saturday, Jan. 9 LITTON, Carolee Jo — A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. at the Seaside Lighthouse Christian Church, 88786 Dellmoor Loop. Deaths Jan. 2, 2016 SHERMAN, Larry L., 78, of Hammond, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cre- mation of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Dec. 27, 2015 BENEKE, John C., 74, of Gearhart, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in Seaside is in charge of the ar- rangements. Dec. 24, 2015 OWEN, John A., 71, of As- toria, died in Vancouver, Wash- ington. Arrangements are pend- ing at Penttila’s Chapel by The Sea in Long Beach, Washington. Birth Dec. 22, 2015 OLSON, Kimberly and Scott, of Salem, a boy, Henry Spencer Olson, born in Salem. Grandparents are Al and Carol Olson of Astoria and Joel Giusti and Vicki Giusti of Salem. Lotteries OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0-5-0-1 4 p.m.: 0-5-8-6 7 p.m.: 4-1-4-6 10 p.m.: 5-6-8-4 Monday’s Megabucks: 09-11-13-25-41-47 Estimated jackpot $5.2 million. WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 1-0-3 Monday’s Hit 5: 02-11- 13-15-23 Monday’s Keno: 07- 15-16-17-20-25-26-28-31- 38-39-44-47-54-65-70-72- 74-78-79 Monday’s Lotto: 19-20- 22-27-41-43 Monday’s Match 4: 12- 15-17-21 Public meetings TUESDAY Seaside Community and Senior Commis- sion, 10 a.m., the Bob Chisholm Center, 1225 Avenue A. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broadway. Port of Astoria Commission, 5 p.m., workshop, old Port offices, 422 Gateway Ave. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi- ness. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. WEDNESDAY Seaside Improvement Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. DUII arrest • At 7:36 a.m. Monday, Warrenton Police arrested Herbert George Bechtolt, 67, of Warren- ton, for driving under the inÀ uence of intoxicants after Bechtolt reportedly backed his vehicle down an embankment by the KOA campground on Ridge Road. APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 3 0 S Mattresses, Furniture she ¿ nds the scent of the same chemicals to have permeated the clinic, and a patient suffers a subsequent seizure. In a ¿ lm full of disturbing images, another follows. As the camera zooms out from the clinic, a freshly logged hill looms directly behind it. On the record PACKAGE DEALS O VER Interview subject ‘Behind the Emerald Curtain’ According to ¿ lmmakers, the only way Wheeler resi- dents can be made abreast of nearby spraying schedules is to pay $25 for the information. “<ou have to pay to ¿ nd out if you’re being poisoned,” says a À abbergasted inter- viewee. But “Behind the Emerald Curtain” doesn’t take issue with particular perpetrators so much as it does with Oregon law. Under the auspices of the Oregon Forest Practices Act, it alleges, everything these private landowners — and the companies who log it — are doing is perfectly legal. As such, the ¿ lm is as much a call to action as it is an exposé. LaMear to hold monthly ‘Meet the Mayor’ Ontario 28/37 Bend 25/37 ‘You have to pay to fi nd out if you’re being poisoned.’ Free Christmas tree recycling available Recology Western Oregon is having their annual one-day Christmas tree recycling pickup for residents within the city lim- its of Astoria on Tuesday . The Dalles 30/38 Astoria 40/48 for Rockaway’s Jetty Creek watershed, and that after such forests were clear cut the amount of silt in the water in- creased dramatically. Filtering out that silt is a complex and costly process, which added unnecessary chemicals to pub- lic drinking water. Improve- ments to Rockaway Beach’s water processing facilities, the ¿ lm asserts, cost some $1.6 million. “Behind the Emerald Cur- tain” also explores chemical spraying after forests have been logged. Most disturbing is the tes- timony of one Wheeler resi- dent. She tells of staggering to a local clinic after a spraying near her home. Upon arrival The Daily Astorian Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Submitted Photo Filmmaker Shane Anderson explores risks to our region’s forests. HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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