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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
‘How do you feel about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
being allowed to keep killing cormorants on the river?’
“I don’t like anything to
be killed. But there’s an
overabundance of them
out there, and they’re eat-
ing up a lot of baby salmon.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
“I think that’s rot-
ten. Real rotten.”
“I don’t like the
idea of killing any-
thing, so I’m against
that. Absolutely.
Don’t do it.”
Barbara Dawson,
Astoria
Ken Philbeck, Astoria
Claudia Herrera, Astoria
State program accrediting water, pot labs faces ‘collapse’
Ward, administrator of the Ore-
gon Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Program, wrote
in an Aug. 26 email to the health
authority and other interested
parties.
In June, no labs had sub-
mitted applications for canna-
bis testing accreditation. Since
then, the number of applications
for varying types of testing has
ballooned to 37, according to the
health authority.
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — State accredi-
tation for laboratories essential
to meeting new marijuana-test-
ing requirements and for test-
ing for lead in drinking water
may face major delays because
the Oregon Health Authority has
failed to fully staff the program,
according to a memo by the pro-
gram’s administrator.
“We are on the precipice
of collapse of environmen-
tal, drinking water, and can-
nabis accreditation because of
the lack of resources and the
last minute rush of cannabis
labs with applications,” Gary
Delays could stall supply
The delays could stall the
supply of legal marijuana avail-
able to the public and postpone
accreditation for 17 labs that test
drinking water.
Only accredited and licensed
labs are allowed to test canna-
bis products sold on the legal
market, according to the health
authority. Starting Oct. 1, canna-
bis products must be tested for
a new checklist pesticides and
other contaminants.
“The public health will be in
jeopardy from potential drink-
ing water problems and contam-
inated cannabis,” Ward writes in
his email.
Ward indicated he requested
at least three additional full-
time employees to help with lab
accreditation but has received
none from the health author-
ity. The health authority issued
a statement Tuesday outlining
how it plans to address the staff-
ing shortage but did not explain
why it had not hired additional
staff members to date.
Health authority spokesman
Jonathan Modie says the agency
is “developing staffi ng solu-
tions” to address the increased
demand for cannabis test-
ing labs. One of the strategies
will be to review the accredita-
tion program’s customers from
across the nation and prioritize
accreditation in Oregon.
The self-funded, fee-based
accreditation program now has
three staff members and one
temporary position, the memo
states. The health authority also
provides some support by lend-
ing staff members to help the
program establish testing stan-
dards and aligning those stan-
dards with the program’s rules
and regulations, Modie said.
Changes in rules
Changes in the rules for can-
nabis testing and lab accredi-
tation have contributed to the
backlog, Ward says. Many labs
waited until July to apply for
their accreditation until the state
fi nalized rules for new testing
requirements.
“We are going to have to
audit these cannabis labs two
to three more times in the next
eight months to get them up to
par for accurate cannabis analy-
ses and to ensure complete com-
pliance,” Ward writes.
Ward was not immediately
available Tuesday to provide
further details on his requests to
the health authority.
Richard Reid of Pixis Labs
said state cannabis regulators
may have to push back the Oct.
1 testing deadline so that produc-
ers can continue to sell product
while more labs are accredited.
Pixis Labs already was sched-
uled for its fi nal accreditation
audits and won’t be affected by
the program’s staffi ng shortage.
The Capital Bureau is a col-
laboration between EO Media
Group and Pamplin Media
Group.
GED orientation Friday at the college Linn County’s $1.4B timber lawsuit
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop Community Col-
lege will hold an orientation
Friday for its program to
help students study for the
General Educational Devel-
opment exam. Those inter-
ested in the program or the
time of the orientation can
call GED instructor George
Heiner at 503-338-2347 or
visit him at Columbia Hall
Room 114 on the college’s
main campus, 1651 Lexing-
ton Ave.
The certifi cate received
by passing the exam is the
survives state’s motion to dismiss
equivalent of a high school
diploma. It is accepted by
98 percent of colleges and
universities and 96 percent
of employers that require a
diploma. About 20 million
people have earned a GED
certifi cate since the pro-
gram’s inception.
Clatsop County
will be included
By MATEUSZ
PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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passing shower
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clouds
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Full
Salem
51/77
Newport
50/63
Sep 16
Coos Bay
50/68
New
Sep 23
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
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Saturday, Sept. 10
KEARNEY, Richard V. — Memorial Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic
Church, 1465 Grand Ave.
DEATHS
Aug. 15, 2016
ASKE, Norman L., 79, of
Clatskanie, died in Portland.
Sept. 1, 2016
RAINEY, Sabrina Jea-
nette, 38, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
RAINEY, Jaden Kath-
leen, 14, of Astoria, died in
Astoria, with her mother,
Sabrina. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Sept. 3, 2016
BERG, Fern M., 97, of
Newberg, formerly of Ham-
mond, died in Newberg. Ocean
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LOTTERIES
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 9-1-4-5
4 p.m.: 1-9-4-5
7 p.m.: 1-5-7-6
10 p.m.: 0-9-9-4
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
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ALBANY, Ore. — A judge
has denied the State of Ore-
gon’s motions to dismiss a
lawsuit by Linn County that
seeks $1.4 billion over state
forest management practices.
Linn County Circuit Judge
Daniel Murphy also said he’s
inclined to certify the case as
a class action — which would
include other counties in the
litigation — though he’s post-
poned ruling on that matter.
According to Linn County’s
lawsuit, fi led earlier this year,
insuffi cient logging on state-
owned forestland has cost 15
counties more than $1.4 billion.
The complaint claims the
counties turned over ownership of
forestlands to the state in the early
20th Century with the expectation
that it would maximize timber
revenues, but since 1998, forest
the lawsuit meets the require-
ments for a class action, but
he agreed with Oregon’s attor-
neys that ruling on the issue
now would be premature.
If the lawsuit survives fur-
ther motions, then it’s “entirely
appropriate and should go for-
ward promptly” as a class
action, he said.
During a hearing last
month, Scott Kaplan, an attor-
ney for the state, said the prob-
lems in managing the case
as a class action would be
“enormous.”
The counties donated 183
separate parcels to the state,
each of which contains differ-
ent slopes, tree types, water-
ways and federally protected
species, he said.
Determining how much
timber could have been gen-
erated from each parcel would
devolve into 183 mini-trials,
he said.
“How can we decide if rev-
enue has been maximized on
a particular parcel unless you
consider all of those issues?”
Kaplan said.
MEMORIAL
Lakeview
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Tonight's Sky: At 2.9 million light years away, the
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High
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Portland
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:42 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:45 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................ 12:54 p.m.
Moonset today ......................... 11:02 p.m.
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ASTORIA
56/69
SUN AND MOON
Time
6:54 a.m.
6:16 p.m.
SUNDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.19"
Month to date ................................... 1.01"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.36"
Year to date .................................... 41.85"
Normal year to date ........................ 38.71"
Sep 9
73
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Clouds giving way to
some sun
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 67°/58°
Normal high/low ........................... 69°/51°
Record high ............................ 90° in 1958
Record low ............................. 40° in 1992
First
SATURDAY
managers have instead prioritized
wildlife habitat, water quality and
recreation values.
More than 650,000 acres
were donated to the state by
Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop,
Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Jose-
phine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln,
Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook
and Washington counties.
In his ruling, Murphy
rejected arguments by the
state’s attorneys that he lacks
jurisdiction over the case and
that Linn County’s pleadings
were insuffi cient for the law-
suit to move forward.
According to the Sept. 6
ruling, the judge “could only
dismiss this claim now if the
court could fi nd it impossible
for the plaintiff to prove the
claim and thereby prove that
best grazing and forest man-
agement
practices/greatest
permanent value at the time
the contract was entered into
included the maximization of
revenue.”
Without “reciting in detail
the court’s reasoning,” Mur-
phy also held that he believed
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Service of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
Sept. 4, 2016
KING, Jeffrey Lee Sr.,
54, of Warrenton, died at
Columbia Memorial Hospi-
tal in Astoria. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Service
of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
BIRTHS
July 19, 2016
STEWART,
Court-
ney and KINMAN, Jesse,
of Seaside, a boy, Jaxson
Matthew Kinman, born at
Providence Seaside Hospi-
tal. Grandparents are Frank
and Lynda Stewart and
Jason Kinman, all of Asto-
ria, and Michelle Bryan of
Rapid City, South Dakota.
Great-grandmother is Linda
Townley of Astoria.
Aug. 28, 2016
JENSEN, Amy and WIL-
LIAMS, Clarence, of Asto-
ria, a boy, Koda Douglas
Williams, born at Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital in
Astoria. Grandparents are
Tammy Brown and Terry
Brown of Astoria and Pam
Monroe and Ken Gibson of
Victor, Montana.
Aug. 29, 2016
GIBSON, Patricia and
WILSON, Alder Sloan, of
Seaside, a girl, Charlene
Rose Gibson Wilson, born
at Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital. Grandparents are Der-
enda and Norbert Nasuta of
Portland and Sharon Gibson
of Seaside.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Warrenton-Hammond School District Finance
Committee, noon, district offi ce, 820 S.W. Cedar
Ave.
Astoria Maritime Memorial Committee, 1 p.m.,
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