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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016
For Pierce, a focus on jobs in GOP primary
SPORTS RECAP
Banks blanks
the Fishermen
Salem oncologist also cites
education and job training
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Bud Pierce, a Salem oncol-
ogist and Republican candi-
date for governor, stopped in
Astoria on a campaign trip up
the North Coast Friday, before
a radio interview in Hillsboro
and a Trail Blazers’ game in
Portland.
Pierce is seen as a favor-
ite in the May 17 primary to
face Gov. Kate Brown in the
November election. But irst
he faces Allen Alley, a former
technology company CEO and
state Republican Party chair-
man, in the primary.
The visit is at least Pierce’s
third to Clatsop County, which
went to Republican guber-
natorial challenger Dennis
Richardson in 2014 largely
based on former Gov. John
Kitzhaber’s plan to phase
gill-netting off the main stem
of the Columbia River.
Pierce said he favors all
the interested parties coming
together to ind an amenable
solution, adding he has spo-
ken with commercial isher-
man like Astorian Steve Fick
of Fishhawk Fisheries and
friends of his in the sport ish-
ing industry.
Oregon hasn’t elected a
Republican governor since
Victor Atiyeh, who served
from 1979 to 1987. Running
on a moderate platform, Pierce
likes to intone popular centrist
Republicans of years past like
Gov. Tom McCall, U.S. Sen.
Mark Hatield and presidents
Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham
Lincoln.
“I think that’s the Repub-
lican Party that has been suc-
cessful in the past, that has
done good things for our coun-
try,” he said.
When faced with such long
odds, Pierce said he focuses
on meeting people around the
state and learning what issues
matter to them the most.
A focus on jobs
“The number one issue is
jobs,” Pierce said, adding edu-
cation, training and the envi-
ronment come next on people’s
list of priorities.
“If we can’t create an econ-
omy with $30, $40-an-hour
jobs, we’re in trouble,” he
said, adding that the anchor of
a good job can help alleviate
housing, homelessness, health
care, child care, mental health
and other issues people face.
The government’s irst pri-
ority is safety, he said, followed
by creating an environment in
which good jobs can lourish.
“I think the missing piece
in our economy are small busi-
ness startups,” Pierce said.
The government needs to
help provide incentives to peo-
ple going out of their com-
fort zone to start a business,
he said, such as providing tax
incentives to entrepreneurs and
guaranteeing loans to encour-
age more lending.
Oregon needs to pro-
tect the environment but use
BANKS — Banks pitcher
Jake Evans tossed a one-hit
shutout, while Astoria com-
mitted eight errors defen-
sively — all of which led to
a 7-0 win for the Braves Fri-
day, in a Cowapa League
baseball contest at Banks.
Evans threw 121 pitches
and walked eight, but gave up
only one hit, a two-out single
to center by Trey Hagemen
in the fourth inning.
The Braves held a slim 1-0
lead through three innings,
before scoring six runs in the
bottom of the fourth, with
help from a string of Astoria
errors.
Banks inished with six
hits off two Astoria pitchers,
while the Fishermen stranded
nine base runners.
The same two teams
meet again Tuesday at Aiken
Field.
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce
and his wife Selma stopped by The Daily Astorian office
Friday.
more of its timber resources,
Pierce said, creating more val-
ue-added products such as
cross-laminated timber being
used to construct large build-
ings, and taking advantage
of facilities like Oregon State
University’s Forest Research
Lab to create new products
and jobs.
“Then we have to commit
to building infrastructure” to
create more jobs, he said.
Enter Alley
Alley, the former CEO of
semiconductor company Pix-
elworks, iled a day before
the March deadline for the
primary. He has since gath-
ered more than $300,000 in
a last-minute bid to supplant
Pierce, while Pierce has spent
about $800,000 of his own
money on the campaign.
“For me to have a realistic
chance to beat Kate Brown in
November, which is the ulti-
mate goal, we need a competi-
tive campaign,” Pierce said of
the challenge.
At the Dorchester Con-
ference in Seaside in March,
Pierce said Oregon doesn’t
need a CEO strong-man type
of governor, in reference to
Alley.
“When you’re dealing with
opposition (legislators), they
need to know that you share
power,” Pierce said, stressing
the need for consensus-build-
ing in state government.
Pierce said there is a long-
term stability in bureaucracy
that makes it possible for
someone who’s spent their life
in the private sector to make a
run for public ofice, bringing
fresh ideas. Regardless of the
outcome, Pierce said he has
enjoyed his irst run for ofice.
“It’s a great adventure to
run for ofice, and I would
encourage any citizen inter-
ested in this to get out and
run,” he said. “I really encour-
age citizens to step forward.”
Ilwaco’s Bell
strikes out
Warriors
ILWACO, Wash. — The
Ilwaco and Warrenton soft-
ball teams took a break from
league play with a nonleague
contest Friday in Ilwaco,
where the Fishermen scored
ive runs in the ifth inning on
their way to an 8-7 win over
the Warriors.
Warrenton outhit Ilwaco
7-5, but the Warriors hurt
themselves with seven
errors. Ilwaco pitcher Ari-
anna Bell went the distance
in the circle, striking out 11
batters with ive walks.
Hanna Bentley had three
of Warrenton’s seven hits,
while Bell helped herself
at the plate, going 2-for-4
with two runs scored. Ilwaco
eighth-grader Katie Glasson
was 2-for-3 with a double
and three RBIs.
Study analyzes Washington coal-export plan
Unavoidable
impacts on
emissions,
trafic and safety
By PHOUNG LE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — A coal-ex-
port terminal proposed along
the Columbia River in south-
west Washington state could
have unavoidable, signiicant
impacts on greenhouse gases
emissions, vessel trafic and rail
safety, according to an environ-
mental review released Friday.
The analysis by the Wash-
ington Department of Ecol-
ogy and Cowlitz County found
that greenhouse gas emissions
— from facility operations to
when the coal is burned in Asia
— would increase by 2.5 mil-
lion metric tons each year when
the project is fully running.
While measures can be taken to
signiicantly reduce those emis-
sions, the impact “would still
be signiicant and adverse,” the
study noted.
Other concerns include
increased vessel trafic as 840
ships a year are added, and a
potential for train accidents
along rail routes in Cowlitz
County and other parts of
Washington as up to 16 mile-
long train trips are added each
day.
The study found the proj-
ect could impact 21 of 23 areas
reviewed, and that some of
those consequences are signif-
icant, Ecology said in a state-
ment. The review looked at
ish habitat, water quality, local
communities and other issues,
and proposed ways for the proj-
ect developers to reduce those
effects.
Millennium Bulk Termi-
nals-Longview is proposing a
terminal that would handle up
to 44 million metric tons of
coal a year. Coal would arrive
by train from the Powder River
Basin in Montana and Wyo-
ming and the Uinta Basin in
Utah and Colorado to be stored
and loaded on ships for export
to Asia. Construction could
begin in 2018.
Lighthouse Resources Inc.,
formerly known as Ambre
Energy, owns 62 percent of Mil-
lennium and Arch Coal Inc. the
other 38 percent. Lighthouse
owns the Decker Mine in Mon-
tana and the Black Butte Mine
in southwestern Wyoming.
Millennium CEO Bill
Chapman said in a statement
Friday that the project is a step
closer to creating family-wage
jobs in Longview while meet-
ing the state’s strict environ-
mental standards.
Business and some labor
groups also expressed support,
saying the project would create
jobs, boost the local economy
and strengthen the state’s trade
capacity.
“This is an important proj-
ect for Washington state, and
for the people of Cowlitz
County and southwest Wash-
ington searching for good pay-
ing jobs,” said Kris Johnson,
president of the Association of
Washington Business.
But environmental, citizens
and other groups said Friday
that the review conirms their
concerns about wide-rang-
ing impacts from moving mil-
lions of tons of coal through
the Northwest and burning it
in Asia. Opponents said the
review acknowledges the neg-
ative consequences of the proj-
ect but falls short because it
relies on mitigation measures
that aren’t proven.
The study said air pollu-
tion from coal dust at the site
and along rail lines would be
below federal air quality stan-
dards. It also said coal dust
would exceed nuisance levels,
but it would not be signiicant
impact since state or federal
standards do not apply. Regula-
tors recommended coal loaded
on trains be sprayed with a sub-
stance at the mine site and in
Pasco, Washington, to reduce
coal dust.
“The report paints a bleak
picture for people who live near
the coal terminal,” Roy Staples,
a Longview resident with Land-
owners & Citizens for a Safe
Community, said in a statement.
“It conirms what we know
from coal export sites around
the world. They’re dirty. Coal
dust hangs in the air and coat-
ing homes. The path forward
is clear: Uncovered coal trains
and stockpiles have no place in
Longview, along the Columbia,
or on the exposed BNSF rail-
road adjacent to trafic on both
sides of Interstate 5.”
Steve Charter, a Mon-
tana rancher, said in a state-
ment that the Washington
coal port is also bad news for
his state. He said rail towns
would have to deal with trafic
delays, diesel exhaust and other
consequences.
The study found that with-
out rail and road improvements,
the increased train trafic would
create long vehicle delays
during rush hour at railroad
crossings in Cowlitz County
and beyond. It said crossings
in Spokane County would have
the largest increases in vehicle
delays.
The public can comment on
the study through June 13, and
at three public hearings sched-
uled in May and June. Regula-
tors plan to incorporate those
comments into a inal review, a
process that could take a year or
longer. The state and county got
a record number of comments,
more than 215,000, earlier in its
review.
NORTHWEST
PRAYER
BREAKFAST
Braves sweep
Gulls in softball
SEASIDE — The Lady
Braves of Banks racked up 32
runs and 27 hits in 10 at-bats
Friday afternoon at Broad-
way Field, where the No.
2-ranked Braves posted an
11-1, 21-0 Cowapa League
softball doubleheader sweep
over Seaside.
Makenna Partain of
Banks pitched a one-hitter
in the opener, and was also
2-for-3 at the plate with two
runs scored and two RBIs.
Whitney Westerholm had
Seaside’s lone hit in Game 1,
in which the Braves scored
ive runs in the second inning
and four in the fourth.
Banks scored in every
inning of Game 2, as the
Braves built a 5-0 lead through
two innings, then scored eight
in the third inning and seven
in the fourth.
Mary Schorn led the
Braves’ offense, going
3-for-5 with a double, triple,
three runs scored and three
RBIs.
Banks pitcher Michaela
Shaw allowed two hits (Jetta
Ideue and Sequoia Shand),
and struck out six with two
walks.
Knappa
completes
Nestucca sweep
CLOVERDALE — The
Knappa softball team in-
ished off a three-game series
sweep over Nestucca last
week, as the Loggers swept
a Northwest League dou-
bleheader, 17-1 and 24-2
over the Bobcats Friday in
Cloverdale.
Knappa
outscored
Nestucca 51-3 in the three
games.
The Loggers (10-2 in
league) took batting prac-
tice against the winless Bob-
cats (0-9), as sophomore
Paris Vanderburg alone was
6-for-8 on the day, with two
doubles, a triple and 10 RBIs.
She also pitched all ive
innings of Game 1, allowing
two hits with six strikeouts
and two walks; and gave up
two hits and two walks with
ive strikeouts in four innings
of Game 2.
Freshman Hannah Hell-
berg was 3-for-4 in the
opener and 4-for-5 in Game
2; freshman Jordan Walter
had a triple in Game 1; and
sophomore Emma Taggert
was 4-for-5 in the second
game.
Kaitlyn Truax had four
hits and six RBIs on the day
for the Loggers, who have
nonleague games this week
vs. Portland Christian and St.
Paul.
Knappa (10-2) and Ver-
nonia (12-0) begin a three-
game series May 10 for the
Northwest League regular
season championship.
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