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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
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Cloudy with rain
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Saturday
The Dalles
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Astoria
45/55
Portland
47/58
Corvallis
46/59
Eugene
46/59
Pendleton
44/56
Salem
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Albany
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Sunday
Burns
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Medford
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A shower in the
morning; mostly
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Breezy; morning
rain, then a shower
or two
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Monday
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Tuesday
A shower in the
morning; mostly
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Klamath Falls
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Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
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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
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Closed-door meetings
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Mar 8
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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.
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Boston
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Chicago
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Denver
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Detroit
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El Paso
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Fairbanks
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Honolulu
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Indianapolis
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Kansas City
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Las Vegas
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Miami
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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.
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
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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
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4:16 p.m. 7.2 ft.
Time
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Low
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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
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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.
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