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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 268¶s innovation center focuses on all thinJs food ,n a city serious about food, 2reJon 6tate proMect is at home “The city is full of people Zho are really invested in food.´ Food economy 6taff at the innovation cen ter help 1orthZest food entre preneurs Zith product devel opment, manufacturinJ, safety, pacNaJinJ, labelinJ, shelflife and more. ,ts sensory science specialist can measure con sumer acceptance of neZ prod ucts, and another researcher is ZorNinJ on the use of radio fre Tuency identi¿ cation technol oJy to tracN products as they move from processor to plate. &lients ranJe from hundreds of small entrepreneurs learninJ hoZ to taNe their idea to mar Net, to Jiant, unnamed food cor porations that pay to test prod ucts Zith sophisticated Portland consumers. By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Press P25T/A1D ² An aJri cultural e[periment station miJht seem an unliNely resi dent of this city¶s upscale Pearl District, Zhich has Jone from Jritty Zarehouses and railyards to Jain a selfdescribed ³Zorld Zide reputation for urban renaissance.´ %ut 2reJon 6tate 8niversi ty¶s )ood ,nnovation &enter has been perched alonJ 1aito ParN Zay since . And in hind siJht, the decision to open the center in Zhat became arJuably the foodie capital of the 8.6. seems an inspired choice. ³/ucNy, maybe,´ lauJhs Thayne Dutson, Zho Zas dean of 2reJon 6tate¶s &olleJe of AJricultural 6ciences at the time. 1onetheless, the center Zas 2reJon 6tate¶s ¿ rst foothold in Portland, Zhere the univer sity and the 8niversity of 2re Jon increasinJly scrap for atten tion, money and students. The center may have been the ¿ rst aJricultural e[periment station ² still its technical desiJnation ² to open in an urban area. ,t marNed a maMor and continu inJ collaboration Zith the 2re Jon Department of AJriculture, Zhich leases space in the center for its marNetinJ, trade and lab oratory services. Eric Mortenson/Capital Press Staff member Anita Conklin measures brown rice syrup for a client’s granola bar recipe at the Food Innovation Center in Portland. tor. Morrisey built a ³terri¿ c´ staff, Arp said, and alloZed them to develop to their full potential. The center can raise its vis ibility as an inteJral part of the Portland scene, Arp said. ³,s it as Zell NnoZn as it should be" 1o, certainly not,´ he said. There¶s no Tuestion the city is a ³foodie hub,´ Arp said, and the center can “accentuate that Portland vibe Ze all NnoZ and love.´ New director The appointment of a neZ center director has people mull inJ the center¶s role as produc ers and processors respond to consumers¶ demand for better, safer and healthier food. David 6tone, an 2reJon 6tate to[icoloJy professor and director and principal investi Jator of the 1ational Pesticide ,nformation 1etZorN on cam pus, tooN over from retirinJ Director Michael Morrisey . Dan Arp, dean of 2reJon 6tate¶s &olleJe of AJricultural 6ciences, said Morrisey pro vided the center Zith stabil ity, direction and momentum durinJ his nine years as direc Broader role 6tone said maintaininJ the center¶s e[istinJ proJrams is important, but the center¶s role Zill broaden as Zell. The center Zill hire a food safety profes sor this summer to educate peo ple as the federal )ood 6afety Moderni]ation Act unfolds. 6tone also Zants to enJaJe the “underserved´ people Zho don¶t have access to healthy ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight A shower or two early; mostly cloudy 44° Wednesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Portland 44/57 Corvallis 41/59 Eugene 41/58 Salem 41/58 Albany 43/58 Ontario 35/58 Bend 26/53 Thursday Burns 24/50 Medford 37/61 Breezy; a morning shower, then rain 6cott JorJensen is the fea tured speaNer at the &lat sop &ounty 5epublicans Jen eral membership meetinJ at p.m. Thursday at the Port of Astoria . The meetinJ is open to the public JorJensen beJan his career as an aZardZinninJ small toZn neZspaper reporter for Pendleton 39/57 Klamath Falls 22/52 Breezy with periods of rain Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 53° 44° Friday 52° 45° Saturday Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers Times of clouds and sun 54° 56° 39° 43° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 53° Low ............................................ 45° Normal high ............................... 54° Normal low ................................. 39° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.82" Month to date ........................ 10.87" Normal month to date ............. 5.19" Year to date ........................... 33.15" Normal year to date .............. 22.83" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Wednesday ......... Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 47 27 sh 46 26 sf 53 41 sh 53 41 sh 52 47 sh 45 22 sf 53 37 c 52 44 sh 55 44 sh Full Last New First Mar 23 Mar 31 Apr 7 Apr 13 Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 51 31 pc 53 37 pc 56 46 pc 58 45 pc 52 46 r 52 30 pc 61 42 pc 54 45 c 57 47 pc National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 68 46 s Boston 47 40 s Chicago 61 46 pc Denver 68 33 pc Des Moines 73 49 pc Detroit 58 47 c El Paso 84 57 pc Fairbanks 36 13 pc Honolulu 81 69 t Indianapolis 63 49 s Kansas City 74 58 pc Las Vegas 69 49 s Los Angeles 70 51 pc Memphis 66 54 s Miami 76 67 s Nashville 67 50 s New Orleans 70 60 s New York 54 46 pc Oklahoma City 83 59 s Philadelphia 58 46 pc St. Louis 75 55 s Salt Lake City 49 35 sh San Francisco 61 49 pc Seattle 54 45 c Washington, DC 62 49 pc 7:31 p.m. 7:12 a.m. 7:02 p.m. 6:58 a.m. City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 54 42 sh 52 39 c 56 44 sh 54 40 sh 55 41 sh 53 47 sh 47 35 sh 55 43 sh 61 34 c Wed. Hi Lo W 53 42 r 57 43 pc 57 45 c 62 45 pc 58 44 c 53 46 r 49 39 pc 56 45 c 61 39 pc Tonight's Sky: Wednesday morning, there will be a penumbral lunar eclipse at 4:47 a.m. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 2:15 a.m. 8.6 ft. 2:24 p.m. 8.2 ft. Time 8:26 a.m. 8:37 p.m. Low 0.9 ft. 0.7 ft. 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 AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER 3 0 S Mattresses, Furniture C L UNTY C O the last days of former Gov. John .it]haber¶s administra tion. JorJensen has ZorNed in the state +ouse of 5epresenta tives and is currently the chief of staff for an 2reJon 6enate of¿ ce. %ruce &uff, a 5epubli can candidate for Jovernor, and %ruce %obe N, a 5epub lican candidate for the s tate +ouse , are also speaNinJ at the meetinJ. inÀ uence of into[icants at Ave nue % and 8.6. +iJhZay in 6easide. At a.m. 6aturday, :arrenton Police arrested 0ichael J. 6tas]eN, , of :ar renton, for D8,, and recNless drivinJ on 1eZ <ounJs %ay %ridJe. At p.m. 6aturday, 2reJon 6tate Police arrested &aliN Ja]] +emminJslambert, , of %eaverton, for D8,, on 8.6. +iJhZay , Zhere he crashed betZeen multiple trees. At p.m. 6aturday, &latsop &ounty 6heriff¶s 2f¿ ce arrested 2liver /ope] 9auJhn, , for D8,,, recN less endanJerinJ and recNless drivinJ at 5oosevelt Drive and )ifth Avenue in 6easide. ON THE RECORD DUII arrests At p.m. )riday, :ar renton Police arrested Amber J. 0c*iYney, , of 9ancouYer, :ashinJton, for D8,, at (ast +arbor DriYe and 6Nipanon Drive. At p.m. )riday, 2re Jon 6tate Police arrested Jon athan /anier 0eeNs, , of Portland, for drivinJ under the DEATH LOTTERIES March 21, 2016 &8//,P, *ladys Adelle, , of 6easide, died in 6easide. 2cean 9ieZ )uneral &remation 6ervice in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. PUBLIC MEETINGS Fronts PACKAGE DEALS YEA A R TSOP various publications throuJh out 2reJon. +e Zas also a neZs director and talN shoZ host for the *rants Pass %road castinJ &orp. , and a ¿ eld orJa ni]er for a stateZide ballot measure campaiJn in . +e recently Zrote a booN, ³2n the &usp of &haos Divi sions ,nside and 2utside the 2reJon 6tatehouse,´ an inside looN at 2reJon¶s cap ital, urban rural divide and Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 73 55 pc 56 38 c 49 39 r 41 21 sn 55 29 t 50 42 r 72 38 pc 36 12 c 81 69 sh 64 54 c 78 32 pc 68 50 s 74 52 s 70 59 pc 80 72 pc 71 60 pc 77 64 pc 67 50 pc 78 36 s 70 49 pc 70 50 c 48 35 sn 64 51 s 54 43 c 72 54 pc APPLIANCE IN Building a ‘hotbed’ Dutson, Zho retired from 2reJon 6tate in , said the idea came ¿ rst from 5oy Arnold, then the aJ school dean. Arnold hosted a meetinJ at his house Zith Dutson, Zho Zas e[periment station director and the colleJe¶s associate direc tor of research, and Zith %ob Buchanan, then Department of AJriculture director, and his top assistant, Bruce AndreZs. Author to speak to county Republicans The Daily Astorian The Dalles 39/60 Astoria 44/53 food, and to provide more internships and other opportu nities for students. 6taff members appear to share Arp¶s and 6tone¶s vision. “:e noZ have a brand,´ said 6arah Masoni, the center¶s product development manaJer. “:hat Ze need to do ne[t is ¿ Jure out hoZ to taNe it to ne[t level.´ 5esearch chef Jason %all, Zho Moined the staff months aJo, said the center is much liNe 2reJon 6tate¶s other aJ e[peri ment stations in that it responds to needs of the microclimate. “And so to have us in the urban center of Portland maNes sense from a food entrepreneur standpoint, and also from a sensory standpoint,´ %all said. “2ne of the ¿ rst thinJs you notice is that people in Portland care so much about their food :here it comes from, hoZ it¶s produced and Zhat the inJredi ents are,´ he said. ,t¶s also full of people Zho maNe a livinJ Zith food. An AuJust study by Portland 6tate 8niversity estimated the ¿ ve county Portlandarea “food economy´ employs , people. The study, “Portland¶s )ood (conomy Trends and &ontributions,´ counted Mobs in food production, processinJ, distribution and services. The authors said Portland alone had , food econ omy Mobs, from Jrocery store and processinJ plant employ ees to restaurant ZorNers. )ood economy Mobs accounted for sliJhtly more than percent of all employment in the city and JreZ by . percent from to alone, accordinJ to the study. The JroZth rate nearly doubled that of nonfood Mobs. (stablishinJ the innova tion center in Portland came before anyone NneZ that Zould happen. & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell Arnold believed 2reJon 6tate and the state aJency should ramp up their connections. The four men shared a collaborative vieZ of Zhat could be accom plished by establishinJ a “hot bed of different disciplines.´ ,t made sense to combine food science and marNet devel opment activities in the state¶s larJest city, Dutson said. “,t all really ¿ ts toJether.´ Dutson and AndreZs even tually succeeded their bosses at their respective institutions, and carried the vision into of¿ ce Zith them. They rounded up political support, particularly from then8.6. 6en. MarN +at ¿ eld, and ¿ nancial help from the 8.6. Department of AJri culture and other sources. The center Zobbled a bit in early years, but 2reJon 6tate and the aJ department Zould not let it “die on the vine,´ Dut son said. +irinJ Morrisey as station director in ² he¶d been manaJer of 2reJon 6tate¶s seafood lab in Astoria ² Zas a “very Jood move,´ Dutson said. Arp, the current 2reJon 6tate dean, has described food as “the handshaNe betZeen urban and rural.´ “2ur name is the &olleJe of AJricultural 6ciences, but our mission really is food, aJ sci ence and natural resources,´ Arp said. “That alloZs us to taNe a soiltoshelf approach to every thinJ Ze do. That reTuires places liNe the ),& to be the point of the spear in doinJ that.´ TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, Clatsop Care Center, 646 16th St. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Public Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Commis- sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Seaside Airport Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks and Recre- ation Board, 6:45 a.m., ARC, 1555 W. Marine Drive Clatsop County Housing Au- thority Board, 5 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-2-6-2 4 p.m.: 8-0-1-8 7 p.m.: 7-2-3-7 10 p.m.: 9-7-3-9 Monday’s Megabucks: 15-16- 19-21-47-48 Estimated jackpot: $2.6 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 7-5-6 Monday’s Hit 5: 12-17-23-26- 38 Estimated jackpot: $200,000 Monday’s Keno: 13-14-22-27- 31-35-42-45-46-49-55-58-59- 61-64-67-76-77-78-80 Monday’s Lotto: 06-08-12-31- 40-47 Estimated jackpot: $8 million Monday’s Match 4: 01-03-15- 23 OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, Ior Yeterans, a À aJ symbol at no charJe. The deadline Ior all obituaries is a.m. the business day prior. 2bituaries may be edited Ior spellinJ, proper punctuation and style. 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