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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 Sweet Basil’s Café, 271 N. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, no cover, 21 and older. Saturday FisherPoets Gathering, 9 a.m., multi- ple venues throughout Astoria and in Cannon Beach, times vary per venue. * “Tale of Beauty & the Beast,” musi- cal, 7 p.m., Astor Street Opry Company, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, $7 to $11, all ages. Seaside Jazz Festival, 10 a.m., Seaside Civic & Convention Center, 415 First Ave.; Elks Lodge 1748, 324 Avenue A; Best Western Ocean View Resort, 414 N. Promenade, Seaside, $15 to $95. “Urinetown,” musical, 7 p.m., Seaside High School, 1901 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, $4 to $8. Winter Blues Concert with Lauren Sheehan, 7 p.m., Cannon Beach His- tory Center & Museum, 1387 S. Spruce St., Cannon Beach, $2 to $12. Friday FisherPoets Gathering, 1 p.m., multi- ple venues throughout Astoria and in Cannon Beach, times vary per venue. Abigail B. Calkin Author Reading, 2 p.m., Godfather’s Books, 1108 Com- mercial St., Astoria. Matt Love Author Reading, 2 p.m., South Bend Timberland Library, 1216 W. First St., South Bend, Wash., free. Seaside Jazz Festival, 3 p.m., Seaside Civic & Convention Center, 415 First Ave.; Elks Lodge 1748, 324 Avenue A; Best Western Ocean View Resort, 414 N. Promenade, Seaside, $15 to $95. * “Tale of Beauty & the Beast,” musical, 7 p.m., Astor Street Opry Company, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, $7 to $11, all ages. “Urinetown,” musical, 7 p.m., Sea- side High School, 1901 N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, $4 to $8. DJ Dance Party, 9:30 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway, Seaside, 21 and older. Maggie & the Cats, blues, 6:30 p.m., Northwest Artist Guild Artist Reception, 11 a.m., Grace Episcopal Church, 1545 Franklin St., Astoria. Rabbit Wilde, Americana, 7 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover. Supersuckers, rock, 9 p.m., Pitch- wood Inn & Alehouse, 425 3rd St., Raymond, Wash., $5, 21 and older. Tom Trudell, jazz, 6 p.m., Shelburne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacii c Way, Seaview, Wash., no cover. Seaside Jazz Festival, 9:30 a.m., Seaside Civic & Convention Center, 415 First Ave.; Elks Lodge 1748, 324 Avenue A; Best Western Ocean View Resort, 414 N. Promenade, Seaside, $15 to $95. * “Tale of Beauty & the Beast,” musical, 2 p.m., Astor Street Opry Company, 129 W. Bond St., Astoria, $7 to $11, all ages. Redwood Son, pop rock, 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover. David Drury, jazz, 6 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, no cover. FisherPoets Gathering, 9 a.m., multiple venues throughout Astoria and in Cannon Beach, times vary per venue. Richard T. & Friends, blues, 11:30 a.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, no cover. Hearts of Oak, Americana, 9 p.m., San Dune Pub, 127 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, 21 and older. * Community Skate Night, 5 p.m., Armory, 1636 Exchange St., Astoria, $3, all ages. Sunday Ilwaco Music Booster Association’s Polar Plunge, 10 a.m., Black Lake, off Hwy. 101, Ilwaco, Wash., $20, registration required. Tenderfoot, folk, 8 p.m., Sou’Wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, Wash. “From Life” Artist Reception, 5 p.m., Cannon Beach Gallery, 1064 S. Hem- lock St., Cannon Beach. Redwood Son, pop rock, 9 p.m., The Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive, Long Beach, Wash., no cover. Tom Trudell, jazz, 6 p.m., Bridgewa- ter Bistro, 20 Basin St., Astoria, no cover. Alena Sheldon, country, 7 p.m., American Legion 99, 1315 Broad- way, Seaside, no cover, 21 and older. * Andrew Emlen’s “Birds of the Low- er Columbia River,”1 p.m., Redmen Hall, 1394 State Route 4, Skamokawa, Wash. Documentary Film “Behind the Emerald Curtain,” 7:30 p.m., Hof man Center for the Arts, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita, $5. George Coleman, jazz, 6 p.m., Shel- burne Inn Restaurant, 4415 Pacific Way, Seaview, Wash., no cover. * Recommended for kids. State House tries to revive energy bill stalled in Senate By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Lawmakers in the state House used a last-ditch maneuver Thursday evening to revive a renewable energy bill that had stalled due to Repub- lican opposition in the Senate. Last week the House passed a bill that would double the state’s renewable energy man- date to require the state’s two investor-owned utilities, Pacif- iCorp and Portland General Electric, to use sources such as solar and wind to serve 50 per- cent of their customers’ energy demand by 2040. The bill would also require the two util- ities to stop using coal power to serve their customers. Republicans in the Senate, who oppose the bill, are draft- ing a minority report. Because they have no time deadline to produce the report, the move could effectively keep the mea- sure from coming to a vote before the end of the session. The House Committee on Rules voted 7-2 Thursday night to pass a separate piece of leg- 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 with rain tapering off 45° Saturday The Dalles 44/58 Astoria 45/55 Portland 47/58 Corvallis 46/59 Eugene 46/59 Pendleton 44/56 Salem 46/60 Albany 46/58 Sunday Burns 31/46 Medford 42/59 A shower in the morning; mostly cloudy 55° Breezy; morning rain, then a shower or two 46° 52° Monday 42° Tuesday A shower in the morning; mostly cloudy Periods of rain 54° 54° 44° 44° Klamath Falls 33/54 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Thursday. Temperatures High ........................................... 64° Low ............................................ 41° Normal high ............................... 52° Normal low ................................. 37° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 7.04" Normal month to date ............. 6.43" Year to date ........................... 20.79" Normal year to date .............. 16.63" Sunset tonight .................. 5:56 p.m. Sunrise Saturday ............. 6:59 a.m. Moonrise today ............... 10:09 p.m. Moonset today ................. 8:48 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Ontario 39/59 Bend 35/53 Today Hi Lo W 54 34 pc 61 35 pc 56 46 r 59 46 sh 54 46 r 60 33 pc 61 42 pc 55 47 r 58 46 r Closed-door meetings Last New First Full Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 23 Democratic lawmakers negotiated the latest version of the bill in closed-door meetings “I was concerned to make sure the issues of having the PUC having their authority to control things and protect ratepayers was in place,” said Beyer, a former Public Utility Commissioner. Cost caps The latest version of the bill does add back some ele- ments sought by the utili- ties. For example, an ear- lier version of the bill crafted by Beyer would have low- ered the annual cost cap for the renewable energy man- date from 4 percent to 3 per- cent. The existing renewable energy mandate allows util- ities to ask the Public Utility Commission to approve rate increases based on costs incurred to meet the law. The utilities, who have projected that doubling the renewables mandate will only raise rates by about 1 percent a year, objected to Beyer’s lower cost cap, and bill voted out of committee Thursday night returned to the 4 percent cost cap. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. DEATH Feb. 25, 2016 HALL, Merle Douglas, 0, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Under the Sky Hi 50 53 57 59 53 54 59 55 59 Sat. Lo 27 37 46 43 48 32 41 47 47 Hi 58 40 51 71 62 44 77 36 82 53 69 80 78 64 71 60 66 42 72 46 63 52 64 55 48 Sat. Lo 38 32 40 37 46 36 45 19 68 39 50 52 51 47 56 43 45 35 51 34 47 34 50 44 36 W pc pc c c c pc c c c National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 52 33 s Boston 38 21 s Chicago 36 29 pc Denver 63 33 s Des Moines 48 33 pc Detroit 33 23 sf El Paso 70 38 s Fairbanks 37 17 pc Honolulu 82 68 pc Indianapolis 39 27 sf Kansas City 54 31 s Las Vegas 78 51 s Los Angeles 80 50 s Memphis 53 37 s Miami 73 51 s Nashville 50 30 s New Orleans 62 42 s New York 38 26 pc Oklahoma City 62 34 s Philadelphia 42 25 pc St. Louis 47 34 pc Salt Lake City 56 39 s San Francisco 63 52 pc Seattle 58 47 c Washington, DC 43 28 pc this week with representatives of the two utilities and other interested parties. The lawmakers involved in the negotiations said the Pub- lic Utility Commission, which regulates the utilities and is sup- posed to watch out for custom- ers, was involved in the negoti- ations this week. No one from the commission was called to testify on the latest version of the bill Thursday. The only tes- timony was from the four law- makers who negotiated the latest version of the bill, and they gave a quick overview of its contents. “I can tell you this week the PUC has been in the room,” said state Rep. Mark Johnson, R-Hood River, a supporter of the bill. Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Spring- ¿ eld, was involved in the nego- tiations on the bill this week along with Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson, D-Portland. Beyer said the latest version of the bill will ensure the Public Utility Commission has clear authority to require Paci¿ Corp and Portland General Electric to meet the renewable man- date in a cost-ef¿ cient manner, using competitive bidding to acquire new sources of electricity. islation already passed by the Senate in which supporters had inserted the renewable energy bill. That bill now goes to the full House for a vote. House Republicans quickly responded with a move to employ the same tactic as their Senate colleagues, although it is unlikely to buy much of a delay. Under House rules, the minority report must be sub- mitted by 5 p.m. Friday. If passed by the House, the new bill must then go back to the Senate for approval. The energy bill was drafted privately by Paci¿ Corp and Portland General Electric, envi- ronmental groups, the renew- able energy industry and Citi- zens Utility Board of Oregon. It has been controversial since before the legislative session began, because of news reports that Gov. Kate Brown’s adminis- tration instructed the Public Util- ity Commission not to go pub- lic with concerns the bill would be expensive for customers yet do little to reduce emissions from coal power plants. City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 57 44 c 57 44 pc 60 47 c 61 47 sh 59 46 c 55 47 r 55 41 pc 58 46 c 59 37 pc Hi 55 56 58 62 60 54 51 55 61 Sat. Lo 41 37 44 46 43 49 34 45 33 W c pc c c c c pc c pc Tonight's Sky: The bright star Arcturus of Bootes the Herdsman emerging above the east- northeast after 8:30 p.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 3:49 a.m. 8.5 ft. 4:16 p.m. 7.2 ft. Time 10:14 a.m. 10:06 p.m. Low 1.4 ft. 1.7 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather W s s s s s pc s s sh s s s pc s s s s s s s s pc pc c s MEMORIAL Saturday, March 5 MAIZE, William Robert “Bob” — Cele- bration of Life with military honors at 1 p.m., Beverly Beach State Park, 1 N.E. 123rd St. in Newport. Potluck to follow. Maize, 75, of Newport, formerly of Astoria, died Wednesday, March 1, 2015. He was born Jan. 22, 140, to William and Frona Maize in Astoria. Affordable Burial and Cremation in Newport is in charge of the arrangements. LOTTERIES Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice 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. OREGON Thursday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-9-2-3 4 p.m.: 2-9-2-5 7 p.m.: 9-3-7-1 10 p.m.: 8-8-4-4 WASHINGTON Thursday’s Daily Game: 6-0-2 Thursday’s Keno: 02-03-04-09-11-14-19-22-27-28-32-39-50-51-55-58- 60-62-66-67 Thursday’s Match 4: 03-06-16-18 PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Clatsop Community College Board, 4:30 p.m., executive session on employment of CEO (closed to public), Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexing- ton Ave. Jewell School Board, 6 p.m., Jewell School library, 83874 Oregon Highway 103. TUESDAY Seaside Community Center Commission, 10 a.m., 1225 Avenue A. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broadway. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. OBITUARY POLICY Made in Germany Tradition since 1774 AR IZON A (TAUPE SUEDE) • Superior arch support • Footbed m olds and shapes to foot • Soft padded footbed $ 125 The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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