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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016
Republicans have uphill
battle in statewide races
Pierce may
have to separate
himself
from Trump
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Submitted Photo
Firefighter Mike Johnson climbs the ladder after a seagull got caught on a kite string.
Seagull ‘doing ine’ after
Cannon Beach rescue
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
After a passer-by saw a seagull
hanging from a kite string on
Washington Street, the Cannon
Beach Police Department and
Cannon Beach Fire and Res-
cue arrived at the scene.
“The seagull was caught in
a kite string between the wires
and pole,” interim ire chief
Jim Stearns said.
The ire truck has a ladder
tall enough to reach the bird.
Fireighter Mike Johnson
climbed up the ladder, clipped
the string and freed the bird.
The seagull was put in a
cage and is now in the care
of the Wildlife Center of the
North Coast in Astoria.
“He seems to be doing ine
right now. He’s eating,” said
Linda Soquet at the wildlife
center. “This was quite a large
bird. They’re still keeping an
eye on him.”
A video of the rescue
was ilmed by Dave Pastor,
the owner of Cannon Beach
Liquor Store.
Johnson said it was the
irst animal rescue with the
new ladder truck. “We do this
when we have to and when we
need to,” Johnson said in the
video.
Spring Chinook ishery reopens Friday
The Daily Astorian
Anglers can catch and keep
spring Chinook salmon Friday
through Sunday on a section
of the Lower Columbia River
under a three-day extension
approved Wednesday by ish-
ery managers from Washing-
ton state and Oregon.
Although the latest projec-
tion of returning upriver spring
Chinook is down slightly from
the preseason forecast, rep-
resentatives from both states
agreed it is still strong enough
to allow at least one more
opening – and perhaps more –
in the lower river this year.
More than 2,300 upriver
ish are still available for har-
vest under the current catch
guideline, said Ron Roler,
Columbia River policy advi-
sor for the Washington Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife.
“We’re hoping to reopen the
ishery again prior to Memo-
rial Day, but that will depend
on the count of upriver ish
passing Bonneville Dam.”
This week’s three-day
extension will reopen the
spring Chinook ishery from
the Tongue Point/Rocky Point
line upriver to Beacon Rock
for boat anglers, with bank
ishing allowed up to the dead-
line below the dam. Anglers
are limited to one adult hatch-
ery Chinook salmon as part of
their daily limit of two adult
ish.
Under permanent rules,
anglers may retain hatchery
steelhead and hatchery Chi-
nook jacks through June 15
from the Tongue Point/Rocky
Point line upstream to the
Interstate 5 bridge. Shad ish-
ing is open up to Bonneville
Dam and beyond.
Fishery managers now
anticipate a return of 180,000
upriver spring Chinook to
the Columbia River this year,
down from 188,800 projected
prior to the season.
Salmon and steelhead
ishing remains closed until
further notice above Bonne-
ville Dam, but reopens for
the summer Chinook season
June 16 in waters above and
below the dam under rules
outlined in the Washington
Sport Fishing rules pamphlet
(http://wdfw.wa.gov/ishing/
regulations).
Salem oncologist Bud
Pierce surprised the political
establishment Tuesday when
he captured the Republican
nomination for governor
in a landslide victory over
presumed front-runner and
Lake Oswego businessman
Allen Alley.
The political newcomer
now faces an uphill bat-
tle against Democratic Gov.
Kate Brown, a seasoned pol-
itician who is seeking elec-
tion to the ofice she inher-
ited when John Kitzhaber
resigned last year.
In addition to campaign-
ing in a state with a Demo-
cratic majority, Pierce, 59,
faces an opposing party
eager to compare him to
New York billionaire Don-
ald Trump, the presumptive
GOP nominee for president.
“People do not know
him, nor are they inclined to
vote for a Republican,” said
Jim Moore, politics profes-
sor and director of the Tom
McCall Center for Policy
Innovation at Paciic Uni-
versity. “His centrist appeal
will be dificult to sell with
Trump at the top of the ticket.
He will have to separate
himself from the national
campaign narrative.”
Brown barely cam-
paigned for the primary yet
still won her party’s nom-
ination with 84 percent of
the vote against ive mostly
unknown opponents. She
will remain focused on gov-
erning and serving the state
but will ramp up her cam-
paign every month leading
up to the general election in
November, said Liz Accola
Meunier, a spokeswoman
for Brown’s campaign.
‘Moving the state
forward’
corrupt; Avakian is running on
a platform that the job ought to
“The governor is really look- include a lot of duties that are
ing forward to talking about her not part of the oficial role of the
vision for moving the state for- secretary of state,” Moore said.
ward and looking forward to
“Both are damaged: Rich-
having a chance to talk about ardson because of his poor run
her vision, and we believe when against Kitzhaber (for governor
voters get a chance to compare in 2014), and Avakian because of
her to her opponent
the hard hits he took
that they will choose
in the primary. But,
her,” Meunier said.
until proven other-
With experience
wise, it is extremely
in state government
hard for a Republican
and as a candidate
to win in Oregon,”
for statewide ofice,
Moore said.
Alley, 61, was the
Avakian
pre-
presumed front-run-
vailed with 39 per-
ner in the race for the
cent of the vote over
GOP nomination.
state Rep. Val Hoyle,
Bud Pierce
But Pierce’s cam-
D-Eugene, who had
paign against Alley
33 percent and state
showed that higher
Sen. Richard Devlin,
spending in both money and D-Tualatin, with 27 percent.
time can pay dividends with
Richardson, who defeated
the electorate. Pierce iled for Lane County Commissioner
election six months earlier Sid Leiken for the Republican
than Alley, invested more than nomination, said Tuesday night
$1 million of his own money that he was ready to campaign
into his campaign and traveled against Avakian based on their
around the state to achieve name different views on the role of the
recognition that he lacked when secretary of state.
he irst entered the race.
“Brad Avakian wants to
Pierce anticipates he will investigate and go after private
need $8 million to $10 million businesses,” Richardson said,
to run an adequate campaign referring to Avakian’s plan to
against Brown.
have state auditors begin inves-
“The reason I am running is tigating complaints against state
a lot of us feel the current state contractors. “My opinion is the
leadership is failing us,” Pierce secretary of state should be roll-
said. “The current state leader- ing out the red carpet to busi-
ship is highly experienced. The nesses in other states and coun-
issue isn’t experience. The issue tries, as well as in Oregon.”
is the governor really a motiva-
Richardson said the Audits
tor and a leader?”
Division in the Secretary of
State’s Ofice is supposed to
Secretary of state
review state programs in order to
Democrat Oregon Labor “show that the people’s money
Commissioner Brad Avakian is well spent and (Avakian’s)
and former Republican state approach will be to ignore the
Rep. Dennis Richardson will waste that is taking place in pub-
face each other in the November lic departments and programs
general election for secretary of and go after private businesses.”
state.
The Capital Bureau is a collab-
“Richardson is running on oration between EO Media Group
a platform that Democrats are and Pamplin Media Group.
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The Astoria Downtown
Historic District Association
invites the community to help
tidy up and plant up the down-
town shopping area during the
association’s annual spring
cleanup Saturday.
The cleanup crew will meet
at 9 a.m. in the Columbia Bank
parking lot at 11th and Duane
streets, where materials will be
handed out and cleanup tasks
divvied up.
Volunteers will work on
various projects throughout
the historic district, includ-
ing picking up trash, cleaning
lamp posts and trash cans, and
clearing moss.
People are encouraged
to bring their own working
gloves and additional tools to
remove weeds and moss. The
association will provide gar-
bage bags and other cleaning
materials, as well as the hot
dog lunch.
A free barbecue hot dog
lunch will be served afterward.
Interested
participants
should sign up at www.face-
book.com/astoriadowntown.
For additional questions, con-
tact the association’s execu-
tive director, Alana Garner, at
alana@astoriadowntown.com
or 503-791-7940.
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