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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016
‘How do you feel about re-gifting?”
“I think that’s all
right. No sense
keeping something
you can’t use.”
Marie Haglund, Svensen
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Bill Waite, Astoria
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
GEARHART — A gray
whale calf washed ashore
Monday in Gearhart but
drifted back out to sea, leav-
ing only its intestines.
Because of the time of
year and its size, the 10-foot-
long whale was most likely
stillborn, Tiffany Boothe of
Seaside Aquarium said.
According to Boothe, gray
whales migrate past the Ore-
gon Coast on their way to
breeding grounds in Mexico.
The whale had been heav-
ily scavenged upon by sharks
before washing ashore as a
result of what Boothe said
was “a lot of local shark
activity.”
A 38-foot humpback
whale that drifted ashore in
Cape Falcon earlier this year
was pulled back to sea before
researchers could arrive to
conduct a necropsy.
The whale eventually
landed on the north end of
Short Sand Beach in Oswald
West State Park. The c ause
of that whale’s death was
inconclusive.
This week, a similar scene
was re-enacted in Gearhart.
A necropsy had been
scheduled, but the whale dis-
appeared off the beach.
“And like the humpback
that washed ashore at Falcon
Cove in September and then
washed back out the next day
leaving only kidneys behind,
the only evidence that this calf
had been on Gearhart beach
was a small isolated pile of
Elliott State
Forest sale
draws protests
intestines,” Boothe said.
Researchers believe the
carcass is heading north,
but will be hard to follow
while drifting. Since it is not
bloated, it may sink instead of
fl oat.
Gray whale migration is
an approximately 10,000-
mile round trip, Boothe said,
from their feeding grounds
in the Arctic to their birth-
ing and nursery grounds in
Mexico.
The fall migration usu-
ally takes place from Octo-
ber to February and the spring
migration usually takes
place from March to July,
although sometimes as late as
September.
“We did try to secure the
animal when it fi rst washed
in, but even though it was a
very small whale we were
still unable to pull it up higher
on the beach,” Boothe said.
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
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Clouds breaking; cold
Mostly cloudy and chilly
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ALMANAC
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Salem
27/35
Newport
31/42
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First
Dec 28
Coos Bay
39/46
Full
Jan 5
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‘Open spaces’
In remarks at the conclu-
sion of the land board’s meet-
ing Tuesday afternoon, Brown
said it is important to preserve
the state’s beaches, forests and
open spaces, but also stated her
support for natural resource
jobs.
“I am absolutely adamant
that we need to continue to
create jobs, particularly in
Coos and Douglas counties,”
where the acreage in question
is located, Brown said. “I
am adamant that we need to
continue to maintain public
access, and I think for many
of us that looks very differ-
ent depending on whose,
which types of shoes we walk
in, and that we preserve our
endangered species and our
very unique habitats.”
Brown said she expected
the department to return to
the State Land Board at its
next meeting in February
before fi nalizing an offer
and purchase and sale agree-
ment with Lone Rock, and
implored those gathered at
the meeting to work collabo-
ratively to specify an alterna-
tive for the State Land Board
to consider.
When the State Land
Board convenes again in two
months to do so, it will have a
different composition — Sec-
retary of State Jeanne Atkins
and Treasurer Ted Wheeler,
both Democrats, are fi nish-
ing terms.
They will be replaced by
Republican Dennis Richard-
son and Democrat Tobias
Read, both of whom have
served in the state Legislature.
Coastal Family Health
Center is offering free help to
anyone who wants to enroll in
affordable health insurance on
www.healthcare.gov by Thurs-
day to get coverage for Jan. 1.
Those who sign up after
Thursday can get covered on
Feb. 1. This assistance is avail-
able to all Oregon residents .
Premiums are based on
income and family size, and
can be free of charge to some.
“If they have an email account,
it’s a very quick process” said
Janae Jasper, eligibility spe-
cialist at the center, who can
also help people set up the
required email account if they
don’t have one.
In addition to private
healthcare insurance, Jasper
also helps enroll people in
the Oregon Health Plan, free
healthcare coverage for those
who qualify, based on income
and family size. Everyone
must renew annually, and she
can help with that process.
Jasper is available either by
appointment by calling 503-
325-8315, or walk-ins can come
to 2158 Exchange St., Suite 304.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednes-
days , she is at the state Depart-
ment of Human Services offi ce
at 450 Marine Drive.
arrested for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants. The
offi cer forwarded a case for
possible over service at the Ire-
dale Inn to the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission for fur-
ther investigation.
• On Friday, Warrenton
P olice received a call from
Astoria 911 Dispatch that a
man believed to be drunk was
heading from the Mini Mart on
West Marine Drive in Astoria,
across the Youngs Bay Bridge
toward Warrenton. An offi cer
caught up to the car and saw it
swerving and drifting on U.S.
Highway 101. Zachary Alan
Madrid, 27, of Seaside, was
stopped and arrested for DUII.
His blood alcohol content was
.20 percent.
• A t 9:49 p.m. on Mon-
day, a Warrenton P olice offi cer
observed a car turn north on
South Main Street in Warren-
ton and weave back and forth
in the lane, committing various
traffi c violations, and nearly
hitting an elk that was standing
on the side of the road. When
he was pulled over, driver
Craig Timothy Martin, 46, of
Warrenton, was “visibly intox-
icated,” according to police
reports. His blood alcohol con-
tent was .10 percent and he
was charged for DUII.
ON THE RECORD
DUII arrests
• At 10:22 p.m. on Dec. 7,
Warrenton P olice received a
call from a person at the Ire-
dale Inn, who said a man at
the bar appeared to be very
intoxicated and looked like he
was preparing to leave soon.
An offi cer drove by and saw
a vehicle matching the call-
er’s description leave the i nn.
He followed the car, watching
the driver make several traffi c
violations and negotiate cor-
ners with diffi culty. The offi -
cer stopped Eugene Michael
Barrow, 55, of Warrenton, who
had a blood alcohol content
of .13 percent. Barrow was
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KEIZER — As an alterna-
tive to a plan to sell a large
chunk of coastal state forest,
Gov. Kate Brown proposed
Tuesday that the state use up
to $100 million of its bond-
ing authority to pay into the
Common School Fund and
relieve a portion of the Elliott
State Forest of some of its
fi duciary responsibility to the
fund.
The Common School Fund
has long provided revenues
from state trust lands such
as the Elliott State Forest for
K-12 education.
The state says that the
Elliott has, due to the recent
imposition of increased tim-
ber harvesting restrictions,
become a liability to the fund
instead of an asset.
Brown’s proposal followed
hours of impassioned pub-
lic testimony over the pro-
posed sale of 82,500 acres of
the Elliott State Forest, which
is home to endangered species.
The governor had previously
hinted at the option in a tweet
when she released her budget
this month .
Proposed sale
The proposed sale of the
forest to a timber company and
an Indian tribe mobilized the
state’s environmental groups,
who wanted to keep the land in
public hands.
Over 40 entities formally
expressed interest in the
land — including some pub-
lic agencies — but only one
acquisition plan was submitted
in time for the mid-November
deadline.
The governor also directed
the Department of State Lands
to continue discussions with
the prospective buyers —
Lone Rock Resources of Rose-
burg and the Cow Creek Band
of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.
The governor implored
those gathered at the meet-
ing to collaborate on a sec-
ond option that would decou-
ple “both the purpose and the
ownership of the Elliott.”
She said she believed
that option should keep the
land in state or tribal owner-
ship, which could include the
aspects of the acquisition pro-
posal submitted by Lone Rock
and the Cow Creek Band —
including tribal and private
forest management.
Deadline looms for health insurance sign-up
La Grande
25/32
Roseburg
38/43
Brookings
41/49
Jan 12
John Day
33/37
Bend
18/30
Medford
41/46
UNDER THE SKY
Time
2:20 a.m.
1:40 p.m.
Prineville
17/31
Lebanon
30/37
Eugene
29/37
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:51 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 5:52 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 8:13 a.m.
Pendleton
16/22
The Dalles
19/29
Portland
28/36
SUN AND MOON
Dec 20
A thick cloud cover with a
little rain
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
29/41
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 5.57"
Normal month to date ....................... 4.34"
Year to date .................................... 82.07"
Normal year to date ........................ 61.96"
Last
45
36
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 45°/38°
Normal high/low ........................... 49°/36°
Record high ............................ 59° in 1969
Record low ............................. 11° in 1972
Roseby Foss, Astoria
Brown suggests paying school
fund as option to selling forest
Small whale washes
ashore in Gearhart
Gray whale
was likely
stillborn
“I really don’t like
to re-gift things, be-
cause the person who
gave it to you had an
emotional intent. I don’t
want to hurt their feelings.”
“Oh, I love it. We
do it all the time. I
shouldn’t say that —
now all my relatives
will say, ‘Ah, I gave
him this last year.’”
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WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Housing
Authority 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.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., study session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Robert
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
Warrenton-Hammond School
Board, 7 p.m., Warrenton Grade
School multipurpose room, 820
S.W. Cedar Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board,
6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar-
ket Road, Svensen.
THURSDAY
Cannon Beach Parks Commit-
tee, 9 a.m., 163 E. Gower St.
Columbia River Estuary Study
Taskforce Council, noon, 818
Commercial St., Suite 203.
Cannon Beach Design Review
Board, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
Seaside Transportation Advi-
sory Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
Seaside School District, 6
p.m., 1810 S. Franklin, Seaside.
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