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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Cultural Trust pays
visits to talN Jrants
Three-tier minimum wage
plan ready for Senate vote
of %end and .im Thatcher of
.ei]er, votinJ no.
“I really feel the impact of
this is JoinJ to neJative in many
Zays,´ .nopp said. “I thinN it is
JoinJ to hurt the people you¶re
tryinJ to help.´
He said small businesses
Zould taNe an economic hit and
employees Zould lose Mobs.
The Republicans said they
plan to Zrite a minority report
and offer an amendment to the
bill on the 6enate À oor. The bill
could reach the 6enate À oor as
early as Tuesday, DembroZ said.
DembroZ authored the
bill after months of meetinJ
Zith staNeholders and consult
inJ research on selfsuf¿ ciency
thresholds for every county in
the state, he said. The bill Zas
intended to offer an alternative to
ballot initiatives that Zould raise
the minimum to or .
stateZide and Zould repeal a
ban on municipalities and coun
ties from settinJ a hiJher ZaJe.
The ¿ rst pay bump Zould
start in -uly, increasinJ the ZaJe
from . to . stateZide.
The minimum Jradually Zill
climb to . in in the
3ortland urban JroZth bound
ary, Zhich includes parts of
0ultnomah, :ashinJton and
ClacNamas counties. It Zill rise
to . in %enton, Clatsop,
Columbia, Deschutes, Hood
River, -acNson, -osephine,
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
6A/(0 ² A bill to set three
different minimum ZaJe rates in
the state is headed to the 6enate
À oor this ZeeN.
The bill Zould hiNe ZaJes
to . in the 3ortland metro
area, . in rural and coastal
areas Zith struJJlinJ econo
mies and . in the rest of
the state by . The rates
are based on median income
and cost of liYinJ in those
reJions and Zhat it taNes to be
³selfsuf¿ cient´ ² to pay basic
e[penses such as food, housinJ
and transportation, said 6en.
0ichael DembroZ, D3ortland,
chairman of the 6enate :orN
force and General Government
Committee.
The committee passed the
proposal )riday to.
³3assinJ minimum ZaJe is
not JoinJ to be a silver bullet for
problems faced by loZincome
2reJonians,´ DembroZ said.
DembroZ said laZmaNers
still need to increase the earned
income ta[ credit, address the
cost of child care and ¿ nd Zays
to increase affordable housinJ in
the state, Zhere prices, particu
larly in the 3ortland area, have
sNyrocNeted.
The vote fell alonJ party
lines Zith the committee¶s tZo
5epublicans, 6ens. Tim .nopp
Paris Achen/Pamplin Media Group
A three-tiered minimum wage plan sponsored by Sen. Mi-
chael Dembrow, D-Portland, chairman of the Senate Work-
force and General Government Committee, will get a vote
by the full Senate.
/ane, /incoln, /inn, 0arion,
3olN, TillamooN, :asco, and
Yamhill counties, and parts
of 0ultnomah, ClacNamas
and :ashinJton counties out
side 3ortland¶s urban JroZth
boundary.
In rural areas, the minimum
Zill increase to .. Those
areas include 0alheur, /aNe,
Harney, :heeler, 6herman, Gil
liam, :alloZa, Grant, -efferson,
%aNer, 8nion, CrooN, .lamath,
DouJlas, Coos, Curry, 8matilla
and 0orroZ counties.
The /eJislative )iscal 2f¿ ce
determined that the cost of rais
ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Oregon Weather
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tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
Partly cloudy
46°
Tuesday
The Dalles
35/55
Astoria
46/64
Portland
42/62
Corvallis
39/61
Eugene
39/63
Pendleton
31/51
Salem
38/62
Albany
39/61
Wednesday
Partly sunny
Burns
18/44
Klamath Falls
28/55
59°
Thursday
Friday
Cloudy
59°
47°
Cloudy, rain
48°
57°
46°
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Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 62°
Low ............................................ 39°
Normal high ............................... 51°
Normal low ................................. 37°
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Yesterday ................................ 0.00"
Month to date .......................... 1.53"
Normal month to date ............. 1.88"
Year to date ........................... 15.28"
Normal year to date .............. 12.08"
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Moonset today .................
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
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Medford
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62 50 s
55 28 s
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66 49 s
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
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s
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The th annual Great
%acNyard %ird Count taNes
place from a.m. to p.m. )ri
day throuJh )eb. . 9isitors
to /eZis and ClarN 1ational
Historical 3arN, )ort Clatsop,
can learn about participatinJ in
the count, record bird numbers
in the parN and maNe plans to
count birds in their oZn bacN
yards. Binoculars are available
for loan Zithin the parN durinJ
this event.
AlonJ Zith the actual
bird countinJ activities, the
parN has planned four days
of birdrelated opportunities,
includinJ an onJoinJ 3inN
Heron 6cavenJe r Hunt, Zhich
uses the 1etul Trail alonJ
the /eZis and ClarN River. A
Birds of )ort Clatsop display
is in the visitor center lobby,
and each day 0iNe 3atter
son leads a birdinJ ZalN start
inJ at a.m. in the )ort Clat
sop 9isitor Center lobby. DoJs
are not alloZed on these morn
inJ ZalNs, and participants
should dress for the Zeather.
The ZalN is Zheelchair acces
sible, althouJh non motori]ed
users miJht need assistance for
about yards.
Admission is per adult
and free for youth aJe and
younJer. The ZeeNend¶s bird
inJ events at )ort Clatsop are
sponsored by the /eZis
ClarN 1ational 3arN Associa
tion and the 1ational 3arN 6er
vice. )or information, call the
parN at or Jo to
ZZZ.nps.JovleZi or /eZis
and ClarN 1ational Historical
3arN on )acebooN.
)or information on the
national bird count event, or to
submit bird counts from home,
Jo to ZZZ.birdcount.orJ
Feb. 7, 2016
WALLACE, Prentice, 90 of Seaside, died in Seaside. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Cannon Beach Rural Fire De-
partment, 6 p.m., Fire-Rescue
Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 Highway 101
Business.
Warrenton City Commission,
City Hall, 6 p.m., 225 S. Main
Ave.
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission, 8
a.m. goal-setting workshop, old
Port offi ces, 422 Gateway Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop Soil and Water Con-
servation District Board, 10
a.m., OSU Seafood Lab Center,
Room 231, 2001 Marine Drive.
Warrenton Business Associa-
tion, City Hall, 5:30 p.m., 225 S.
Main Ave.
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, 6:30 p.m. fi nance
committee meeting, 7:30 p.m.
regular board meeting, Warren-
ton High School library, 1700
S.E. Main Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board,
6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar-
ket Road, Svensen.
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
2:01 a.m. 8.7 ft.
1:36 p.m. 9.8 ft.
Time
7:49 a.m.
8:20 p.m.
Low
1.9 ft.
-0.8 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
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inJ minimum ZaJe for the state
and local Jovernments is inde
terminate because it¶s impossi
ble to NnoZ hoZ many positions
Zill affected by the time the
increases taNe effect in the ne[t
seven years.
DembroZ¶s
amendment,
¿ rst offered :ednesday, nudJed
out a proposal by Gov. .ate
%roZn that Zould have set tZo
minimum ZaJe rates in the state.
1o pollinJ has been done
in the 6enate on DembroZ¶s
speci¿ c proposal, accordinJ to
6enate 3resident 3eter Court
ney¶s 2f¿ ce. /indsey 2¶%rien,
spoNesZoman for House
6peaNer Tina .oteN, D3ort
land, said .oteN supports rais
inJ minimum ZaJe but is still
revieZinJ the 6enate proposal
before taNinJ a stance on it.
The Capital Bureau is a col-
laboration between EO Media
Group and Pamplin Media
Group.
DEATH
Mostly cloudy, a
little rain in the p.m.
47°
Annual bacNyard bird
count starts )riday
Jan. 30, 2016
HARROUN, George and Teresa, of San Antonio, Texas, a girl, Madeleine Mae Harroun, born at Brooke
Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Older sister is Caitlin Harroun. Grandparents are Dennis and Joanne
Bay of Rosburg, Washington, Cynthia Hess of Texas and George Harroun of Pennsylvania. Great-grand-
mothers are JoAnne Bay of Svensen and Joan Kuhn of Texas.
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include libraries, arts orJa
ni]ations, museums, cultural
centers, historical societies,
arts alliances, literary Jroups
and heritaJe orJani]ations.
ReJistration is not reTuired.
“There are more than
, cultural nonpro¿ ts
servinJ 2reJonians,´ said
6chreiner. “:e Zant to maNe
sure they NnoZ about the
Jrant funds that are here to
support them.´
AmonJ the Jrant oppor
tunities discussed Zill be the
Cultural Trust¶s Cul
tural Development Grants;
Jrant Juidelines are posted at
ZZZ.culturaltrust.orJJrants
developmentJrants.
The
application deadline is p.m.
April .
BIRTH
Ontario
26/40
Bend
30/59
Medford
37/66
2reJon Cultural Trust
0anaJer Aili 6chreiner Moins
colleaJues from the Trust¶s
Cultural 3artners ² the
2reJon Arts Commission,
2reJon HeritaJe, 2reJon
Humanities and the 2re
Jon 6tate Historic 3reserva
tion 2f¿ ce ² for a meetinJ
in Astoria from to p.m.
Tuesday at Columbia Hall,
Clatsop Community ColleJe,
/e[inJton Ave.
Astoria is one of the
stops on the “Conversations
Zith )unders´ state tour,
Zhich encouraJes cultural
nonpro¿ ts to apply for close
to million in collective
Jrant funds. 2rJani]ations
encouraJed to attend “Con
versations Zith )unders´
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