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THE DAILY ASTORIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Voters have until late April
to pick party for primary
Man spends day in Seattle
tree, sparking curiosity
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
6(ATT/( ² Amid
chants of “0an In Tree,”
the 25-hour saJa that trans-
¿ [ed 6eattle and the Internet
ended as the eponymous man
climbed doZn from his perch
in an 80-foot-tall sequoia
overlookinJ a busy 6eat-
tle shoppinJ district. %ut the
mystery remains ² Zho Zas
the man?
Police say they knoZ, but
have not released his identity.
“We are noZ ZorkinJ Zith
him tryinJ to Jet a clearer pic-
ture of Zhat e[actly led to this
point,” said Detective Patrick
0ichaud. “We¶ll be able to
Zork Zith him as he is in the
hospital try to Jet this Zhole
thinJ ¿ Jured out.”
Of¿ cials have not said if
the man is a member of the
city¶s ballooninJ homeless
population. 0ayor (d 0ur-
ray declared a state of emer-
Jency as deaths of homeless
people mounted last fall, and
the city has authori]ed neZ
tent cities and safe parkinJ
lots for those livinJ Zithout
shelter or in their vehicles.
After the man climbed
doZn Wednesday, the 6eattle
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
Elaine Thompson/AP Photo
A man sits near the top of a sequoia tree Wednesday
in downtown Seattle. Authorities were alerted to the un-
identified man in the tree Tuesday morning and he was
still clinging to its branches nearly a day later.
Police Department tZeeted
a photo of the tree-like crea-
ture named Groot from the
“Guardians of the Gala[y”
movie Zith the caption,
“Groot job, everybody!”
The tZeet Zas just part
of the online commotion the
incident sparked, Zith neZ
TZitter accounts dedicated
to it and the hashtaJ 0anIn-
Tree trendinJ on TZitter and
)acebook. A local TV station
live-streamed video of the
man as he dozed, shouted and
knocked around a stick.
At times, the man appeared
aJitated, Jestured Zildly,
yelled and threZ apples and
branches at of¿ cers. Police
tried to speak Zith him from a
¿ retruck ladder and the si[th-
À oor ZindoZs of the 0acy¶s
department store ne[t door.
0any passers-by, seem-
inJ bemused by the man¶s
antics, pulled out their cell-
phones Wednesday to snap
pictures of his silhouette,
accentuated by a lonJ, bushy
beard, aJainst the Jray morn-
inJ sky.
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
Mostly cloudy with
a little rain
42°
Friday
The Dalles
40/59
Astoria
42/52
Portland
44/55
Corvallis
42/56
Eugene
41/56
Pendleton
38/53
Salem
42/55
Albany
42/55
Ontario
36/53
Bend
25/46
Saturday
Burns
27/45
Medford
38/59
Mostly cloudy with
a passing shower
Klamath Falls
25/52
Mostly cloudy
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
52°
40°
56°
Sunday
Monday
Mostly cloudy with
a bit of rain
51°
43°
A shower in the
morning; partly
sunny
40°
53°
38°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 52°
Low ............................................ 46°
Normal high ............................... 54°
Normal low ................................. 40°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.36"
Month to date ......................... 11.36"
Normal month to date ............. 5.67"
Year to date ........................... 33.64"
Normal year to date .............. 23.31"
Sunset tonight ..................
Sunrise Friday ..................
Moonrise today ................
Moonset today .................
Regional Cities
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
7:34 p.m.
7:08 a.m.
9:00 p.m.
7:51 a.m.
Last
New
First
Full
Mar 31
Apr 7
Apr 13
Apr 21
Under the Sky
Today
Hi Lo W
49 29 pc
48 25 c
56 41 c
55 41 c
51 45 r
54 25 c
61 38 c
53 44 sh
55 43 c
Hi
45
46
56
56
51
52
59
52
55
Fri.
Lo
18
23
43
36
41
25
34
41
42
Hi
70
62
46
45
54
49
77
48
80
51
59
78
77
61
85
60
72
69
71
70
57
49
65
55
73
Fri.
Lo
50
38
32
21
41
31
49
27
70
34
43
56
54
42
73
36
55
41
48
42
39
32
52
39
44
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National Cities
City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Vancouver
Yakima
Today
Hi Lo W
51 38 r
53 38 pc
54 44 sh
59 39 c
55 42 c
51 45 r
49 34 pc
52 43 sh
59 33 pc
Hi
54
53
55
58
55
52
50
54
61
Fri.
Lo
37
30
39
38
38
41
32
37
32
W
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pc
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Tonight's Sky: Ursa Major is climbing higher
above the northern horizon before midnight.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
3:11 a.m. 8.6 ft.
3:41 p.m. 7.8 ft.
Time
9:37 a.m.
9:37 p.m.
Low
0.6 ft.
1.3 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
Today
City
Hi Lo W
Atlanta
76 57
t
Boston
43 40 sh
Chicago
39 26 sn
Denver
47 26 pc
Des Moines
39 25 sn
Detroit
62 32 r
El Paso
69 42 s
Fairbanks
41 19 s
Honolulu
81 71 pc
Indianapolis
63 34 r
Kansas City
46 27 sn
Las Vegas
75 54 s
Los Angeles
79 55 s
Memphis
68 40
t
Miami
81 74
t
Nashville
68 40
t
New Orleans
78 56
t
New York
56 52 c
Oklahoma City 60 35 s
Philadelphia
72 58 pc
St. Louis
59 33 c
Salt Lake City
56 37 pc
San Francisco
66 51 s
Seattle
51 42 r
Washington, DC 77 60 s
W
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pc
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Fronts
Cold
Warm
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
Rain
Flurries
Snow
Ice
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0s
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20s
30s
40s
50s
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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.
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6A/(0 ² 2reJon¶s
, non-af¿ liated voters
have beJun to receive mailers
from the 6ecretary of 6tate¶s
2f¿ ce, layinJ out their options
to participate in the 0ay
primary.
The ranNs of 2reJon¶s
non-af¿ liated voters have
JroZn at a fast pace since the
state¶s neZ automatic voter
reJistration laZ tooN effect in
-anuary, because the neZ sys-
tem reJisters people as non-af-
¿ liated by default. (iJhty-si[
percent of voters reJistered
throuJh the neZ system Zere
non-af¿ liated as of )ebruary,
accordinJ to the 6ecretary of
6tate¶s 2f¿ ce.
These
voters
cannot
cast ballots for Democratic
or Republican candidates,
because those parties Zill have
closed primaries this year.
1on-af¿ liated voters can vote
in the Independent Party of
2reJon¶s primary, but only if
they request that ballot.
2reJon¶s automatic voter
reJistration laZ is the ¿ rst of
its Nind in the nation and it Zas
a top priority for Gov. Kate
%roZn, Zho advocated for it
in her previous position as sec-
retary of state.
8nder the laZ NnoZn as
“motor voter,” the state auto-
matically reJisters people Zho
are eliJible to vote after they
obtain or reneZ their driver¶s
licenses, permits or identi¿ -
cation cards. The 6ecretary of
6tate¶s (lections Division then
sends notices to people identi-
¿ ed as eliJible, JivinJ them
days to opt out of reJistration
or to reJister Zith a political
party. If people do nothinJ, the
state reJisters them as unaf¿ li-
ated voters.
The 6 ecretary of 6 tate¶s pri-
mary mailer lists three options
for non-af¿ liated voters do
nothinJ and receive a ballot
Zith only nonpartisan races
reJister Zith one of the three
maMor parties online at ZZZ.
oreJonvotes.Jov or at their
county clerN¶s of¿ ce or return
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Oregon Secretary of the
State Jeanne Atkins has
sent out mailers to non-af-
filiated voters informing
them of their options.
an enclosed postcard to request
a primary ballot for the Inde-
pendent Party of 2reJon. The
deadline to chanJe party reJis-
trations or request an Indepen-
dent Party of 2reJon ballot is
5 p.m. April 26. The state sent
out the ¿ rst batch of mailers on
0arch 5 and a second batch
Zent out on 0onday .
6ecretary of 6tate -eanne
Atkins said a couple of factors
contributed to her decision to
send the mailer.
Atkins Zanted to notify
non-af¿ liated voters of the
opportunity to request an Inde-
pendent Party of 2reJon bal-
lot, even thouJh she said the
laZ does not require this noti-
¿ cation. Atkins also saZ an
opportunity to educate voters
about other options.
“I have a really Jreat inter-
est in ensurinJ voters knoZ a
lot about Zhat their options
are and rather than sendinJ a
mailinJ on behalf of one party,
it seemed like a very natural
e[pansion to say this is Zhat
is happeninJ noZ,” Atkins said
Wednesday.
Atkins said that Zith “these
hiJh pro¿ le races that are
JoinJ on, I didn¶t Zant a lot
of non-af¿ liated voters JettinJ
ballots and sayinJ, µWhere do
I vote for %ernie 6anders or
+illary &linton"¶”
6al Peralta, secretary of the
Independent Party of 2reJon,
City seeks public input on upcominJ
Zaterfront bridJe replacement project
The city of Astoria is host-
inJ a public open house Tues-
day at City Hall to discuss ini-
tial plans for replacinJ the si[
bridJes that connect 6i[th, 6ev-
enth, (iJhth, 1inth, 0th, and
th streets to the Zaterfront.
Public input is souJht from
community members and inter-
ested parties, Zho are invited to
drop in anytime betZeen 5 p.m.
and p.m.
The 6i[th throuJh th
street bridJes provide access
to businesses and attractions
located on the Zaterfront , but
rest on aJinJ timber founda-
tions that cannot safely carry
heavy truck loads.
The city is in the pre-
liminary staJes of desiJn-
inJ replacement structures to
accommodate modern loads
and maintain safe access to the
piers.
At the open house, attend-
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Estimated jackpot: $2.8
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Wednesday’s Powerball:
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Wednesday’s Keno: 18-27-
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Estimated jackpot: $8.1
million
Wednesday’s Match 4: 02-
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THURSDAY
Cannon Beach Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
ees Zill be invited to revieZ
preliminary bridJe desiJns
and the proposed construc-
tion approach. The city is seek-
inJ input on the type of bridJe
railinJ to be used, and detour
routes.
AccordinJ to the cur-
rent project schedule, the city
e[pects to complete proj-
ect desiJns in early 20, and
beJin construction in late 20.
Construction is anticipated to
be complete in 20.
FRIDAY
Cannon Beach Emergency
Preparedness Committee, 10
a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
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had a mi[ed opinion of the pri-
mary mailer.
“I think the card itself pre-
sented Jood information for
voters,” Peralta said. “It Zas
nice from a civics standpoint.”
+oZever, Peralta suJJested
the 6ecretary of 6tate¶s 2f¿ ce
miJht have other reasons to
send the mailer.
“The fact they used our
elections notice to encouraJe
people to reJister Zith parties
I think is an indicator they¶re
Zorried party reJistration is
plummetinJ as a result of that
laZ,” Peralta said, referrinJ to
the neZ motor voter laZ.
Atkins said she Zas fol-
loZinJ the precedent set a feZ
years aJo, Zhen as secretary
of state %roZn decided to send
mailers to all voters informinJ
them of the option to request
ballots so they could partici-
pate in the open Republican
primary.
The e[ecutive director of
the Democratic Party of Ore-
Jon declined to comment on
Zhether the party Zas con-
cerned about the increase in
non-af¿ liated voters, and the
OreJon Republican Party
did not respond to the same
question.
As of )ebruary, the inÀ u[
of non-af¿ liated voters had a
neJliJible effect on the split of
voters amonJ the maMor par-
ties, accordinJ to an analysis
of voter reJistration data.
+oZever, the state has
estimated that automatic reJ-
istration could eventually add
as many as , neZ vot-
ers to the rolls, Zith much of
the increase e[pected after
the 6ecretary of 6tate¶s Of¿ ce
uses Department of 0otor
9ehicle data to reJister peo-
ple Zho obtained or reneZed
their driver¶s licenses, permits
or identi¿ cation cards over
the last tZo years. The aJency
Zill not implement that plan
until after the 0ay primary.
OreJon has 2.2 million reJis-
tered voters.
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