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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016
Firefi ghters work
to contain Gilliam
County wildfi re
Oregon timber harvest slips
below 4 billion board feet
Decrease driven
by slowdown in
Asian exports
toward the community of
Mikkalo — halfway between
Arlington and Condon.
The fi re has been deter-
mined to be human-caused,
but investigators are work-
ing to fi gure out exactly how
it started.
Ground crews had battled
the fl ames with help from
six single-engine air tankers
and three helicopters, which
dumped water and retardant
around the perimeter.
The structural damage
was limited to one unoccu-
pied homestead, which was
completely destroyed.
Associated Press
PENDLETON — Crews
say they’ve gotten the bet-
ter of a wildfi re that has
scorched about 56 square
miles and threatened homes
in Eastern Oregon.
A spokeswoman for
the Central Oregon Inter-
agency Dispatch Center told
The East Oregonian crews
expected to have the Scott
Canyon fi re fully contained
by Monday night.
The blaze started Thurs-
day along the banks of the
John Day River and spread
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Ore-
gon’s timber harvest dropped
below 4 billion board feet in
2015, snapping a two-year run
above that benchmark, accord-
ing to statistics released Mon-
day by the state Department of
Forestry.
The 3.79 billion board feet
harvested last year represents
an 8 percent decline from
Associated Press
GRANTS PASS — Jose-
phine County Sheriff Dave
Daniel says a medical exam-
iner has identifi ed the bodies
of a father and son from Grants
are being held at the Provi-
dence Medical Group, 725 S.
Wahanna Road in Seaside.
The events provide dedi-
cated time to adolescent well
visits in a way that is engag-
ing and informative, by
offering games, raffl e prizes
and food along with check-
ups and sports physicals. The
free events are for Oregon
Health Plan members ages
12 to 20.
SEASIDE — The Colum-
bia Pacifi c Coordinated Care
Organization hosts two Stu-
dent Wellness Activities and
Games events as a creative
and fun way to make pre-
ventive care the norm for
adolescents.
The fi rst is from 6 to 7:30
tonight, and the second one is
6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24. Both
WEDNESDAY
Associated Press
PORTLAND — An outside
investigation found no wrong-
doing on the part of two Ore-
gon Lottery commissioners
who had been accused of dis-
THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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breezy in the p.m.
Pass who died in a plane crash
off the Oregon Coast.
The bodies of 46-year-old
John Belnap and 17-year-old
Max Belnap were recovered
last week near Brookings.
The sheriff tells the Grants
Pass Daily Courier that the
search for the third victim,
17-year-old Ryan Merker, has
been halted because of rough
seas but will resume when
conditions improve.
A memorial service for
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Sunshine; breezy in the
afternoon
Sunshine and comfortable
criminating against an Irani-
an-American lottery manager.
Former lottery director Jack
Roberts sought the investiga-
tion shortly before Gov. Kate
Brown fi red him in April. He
expressed concern that national
origin was the reason Liz Carle
and Mary Wheat opposed a
promotion for the manager.
The outside review found
Carle and Wheat’s concern
was about performance, and
there was no evidence it was
DEATH
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June 28, 2016
PLYTER, Duane A., 76, of Milton-Freewater, formerly of
Astoria and Warrenton, died at home. At his request, there is
no service. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Free-
water is in charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIAL
ALMANAC
REGIONAL WEATHER
Tillamook
53/71
Salem
58/91
Newport
52/68
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:53 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:52 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 12:09 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 1:40 p.m.
July 26
First
Aug 2
Coos Bay
55/72
Full
Aug 10
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
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Klamath Falls
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Lakeview
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REGIONAL CITIES
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Bend
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sn-snow, i-ice.
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Merker was held Sunday. He
and Max Belnap were friends
and fellow athletes at Grants
Pass High School.
The Cessna 172 crashed
shortly after takeoff on the
Fourth of July.
Assault
• At 5:31 p.m. Sunday,
Oregon State Police arrested
Jacob Allan Wilkins-Smith-
son, 39, of Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, for assault on U.S.
Highway 101 and Westlake
Lane in Gearhart.
DUII arrest
• At 10:13 p.m. Friday,
Oregon State Police arrested
Benjamin Lee Jamison, 41,
of Canby, for driving under
the infl uence of intoxicants
on U.S. Highway 26.
• At 7:14 p.m. Saturday,
Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Offi ce arrested Angelyne
Lamberts, 50, of Portland,
for DUII on U.S. Highway
101 and East Pine Lane in
Gearhart.
• At 7:55 a.m. Sun-
day, Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce arrested Richard
Biros, 44, of Forest Grove,
for DUII at the New Youngs
Bay Bridge roundabout.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, Clatsop Care
Health and Rehabilitation
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., 225 S. Main Ave.
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Cannon Beach Design Re-
view Board, 6 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
Astoria Traffi c Safety Com-
mittee, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, immediately follows
Traffi c Safety Committee, 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., Astoria.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial St.,
Astoria.
based on origin. Their opposi-
tion did not stop the manager’s
appointment.
Acting lottery director
Barry Pack said in a statement
he considers the matter to be
fully resolved.
Open house
planned for
west side
upgrade
The Daily Astorian
The city will host an open
house Thursday on poten-
tial improvements on the west
side.
The Astor West Urban
Renewal District could expand
to include a section of Bond
Street, which might reopen
the street to two-way traffi c.
Slides have limited the street
to one-way use.
The city may also help
property
owners
make
improvements to help revital-
ize the corridor.
The open house is from 5
to 7 p.m. at the Astoria-War-
renton Chamber of Com-
merce, 111 W. Marine Drive in
Uniontown.
LOTTERIES
OREGON
Monday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 1-3-7-4
4 p.m.: 2-8-4-8
7 p.m.: 3-2-8-1
10 p.m.: 0-4-5-0
Monday’s Megabucks: 3-22-
23-28-34-35
Estimated jackpot: $7.9 million
WASHINGTON
Monday’s Daily Game: 5-3-5
Monday’s Hit 5: 03-21-23-24-
29
Estimated jackpot: $200,000
Monday’s Keno: 03-10-11-13-
15-16-17-18-24-26-28-37-40-
44-45-57-66-73-77-80
Monday’s Lotto: 02-03-05-12-
13-18
Estimated jackpot: $3 million
Monday’s Match 4: 06-13-17-
23
OBITUARY POLICY
APPLIANCE
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day, July 23, 2016, at Prov-
idence Seaside Hospital.
Longview Memorial Park
Funeral Home & Ceme-
tery in Longview, Wash-
ington, is in charge of the
arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Ontario
66/101
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
Baker
48/92
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Tonight's Sky: The moon is at last quarter (4:00
p.m.), at a right angle to the line between Earth and
the sun.
High
6.3 ft.
8.5 ft.
La Grande
53/92
Roseburg
61/94
Brookings
57/78
Aug 18
John Day
55/97
Bend
51/90
Medford
62/100
UNDER THE SKY
Time
8:05 a.m.
8:14 p.m.
Prineville
54/93
Lebanon
56/92
Eugene
55/92
SUN AND MOON
New
Pendleton
60/95
The Dalles
62/94
Portland
61/88
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.01"
Month to date ................................... 1.12"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.89"
Year to date .................................... 40.34"
Normal year to date ........................ 37.05"
Last
Sunday, July 31
LARSON,
Mary
(Lewis) — Memorial at 6
p.m. at Bethany Lutheran
Church, 451 34th St. A
reception follows. Larson,
92, of Astoria, died Satur-
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
60/73
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 72°/60°
Normal high/low ........................... 68°/54°
Record high ............................ 86° in 1899
Record low ............................. 43° in 1930
County’s harvest jumped to
131 million board feet — 27
percent more than in 2014.
Counties such as Baker and
Grant saw even higher per-
centage gains, but based on
much lower volume.
Oregon’s timber harvest is
less than what it was before
environmental issues such as
the spotted owl led to reduced
logging on federal lands. The
harvest peaked at nearly 10
billion board feet in 1972 and
has not exceeded 5 billion
since 1993.
The harvest has recovered
from a recession-low 2.7 bil-
lion board feet in 2009.
Investigation of bias complaint clears lottery commissioners
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
comprise another 34 percent
and the rest is divided between
entities such as the state, coun-
ties and tribes.
The statistics show the har-
vest slumped across all owner-
ship types, except state-owned.
Douglas County, in south-
west Oregon, remained the
state’s top producer in timber
volume, though its total fell to
about 560 million board feet.
Neighboring Lane County was
next at almost 553 million.
Both counties topped 600 mil-
lion in 2014.
Though most timber-rich
counties saw a decline, some
defi ed the trend. Klamath
Bodies identifi ed from Oregon Coast plane crash
Youth health checks offered
with some swag tonight
The Daily Astorian
2014, and that harvest was
slightly lower than 2013.
Brandon Kaetzel, a top
economist at the depart-
ment, said the decrease was
largely driven by a slowdown
in exports to Asia. Moreover,
an increase in Canadian lum-
ber hurt demand for Oregon
logs and an active fi re season
caused problems.
One board foot of lumber
is a foot wide, a foot long and
an inch thick. It takes 10,000
board feet to build a roughly
1,800-square-foot house.
Sixty percent of Oregon’s
forest land is federal. Indus-
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