GETTING ARTSY AND TIPSY COAST WEEKEND INSIDE DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017 144TH YEAR, NO. 155 Convict in Warrenton murder could ask for parole ONE DOLLAR HATCHING A NEW FISH PLAN BIG CREEK HATCHERY PLANS TO REDUCE SALMON PRODUCTION By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian A felon convicted in a notorious murder on a Warrenton boat in 1998 could get the chance to argue he is entitled to parole. Anthony Scott Garner stabbed Dana Bai- ley in the head and chest after suspecting her of being a police informant, then set fi re to the Foxy Lady at the Warrenton marina as police arrived to investigate the crime. Gar- ner, who faced the death penalty, was con- victed in 2001 of two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to life in prison with- out the possibility of parole. The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Garner should get a new sentencing hearing in Clatsop County Cir- cuit Court because his attorneys failed to properly argue his case on appeal. The Court of Appeals in 2004 overturned one of Garner’s murder counts — for inten- tionally maiming Bailey — and his attorneys could have used the decision to argue for a new sentencing hearing before a jury to con- sider a sentence that allowed for parole. See GARNER, Page 7A Fish hatcheries on the Lower Columbia River Basin G WASHINGTON om Elo ch bia Rive r Astoria Warrenton OREGON 14 15 16 Longview C ka ni iv e r e R Cannon Beach 3 9 M ill Ck . s lat Seaside 3 miles 7 Gnat k ree g C Bi Pacific Ocean N 8 2 Creek 1 12 13 11 . Ck lu m y ath ern Ab 10 Co K Germ any C k. 5 4 s Riv e r ng Yo u nd Clark is a R. See GIRLS, Page 7A 6 L ew A project by local Mormon churches aims to help young women in developing nations remain in school during their menses — a time when, in many cultures, the custom is to isolate bleeding girls, who are viewed as “unclean.” Volunteers from the Relief Society, a wom- en’s group in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are assembling hundreds of reusable feminine hygiene kits that will be sent to places where such products are not readily available. On Saturday, about two dozen women from the Astoria and Warrenton wards gath- ered in the Mormon church on Niagara Ave- nue to stitch together drawstring bags for the girls to carry their supplies in. Wards in Sea- side and Long Beach, Washington, are also preparing kit materials, which will be com- bined with work done by congregations in Rainier, St. Helens and Scappoose. Lower Columbia River Basin State boundary River/creek Open water a n Riv er Long Beach By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Legend y s River Local churches make hygiene kits for girls in developing nations Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Jessica Wentzek and Dustin Manwaring, both hatchery technicians, sweep fish ponds last week at Big Creek Fish Hatchery south of Knappa. The hatchery south of Knappa faces a one-third reduction in salmon production by 2022. ra ‘We are all still girls’ Area hatchery and release sites 1. Youngs Bay SAFE Area Net Pens 9. Gnat Creek Hatchery 2. Tongue Point SAFE Area Net Pens 10. Skamokawa Creek Weir 3. Klaskanine Hatchery 11. Cathlamet Channel Net Pens 4. Deep River Net Pens 12. Elochoman Weir 5. Grays River Weir 13. Beaver Creek Hatchery 6. Grays River Hatchery 14. Mill Creek Weir 7. Big Creek Hatchery 15. Abernathy Creek Weir 8. Blind Slough SAFE Area Net Pens 16. Germany Creek Weir Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group NAPPA — Nestled in the hills south of Knappa and Svensen is the Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wild- life’s Big Creek Hatchery, which on aver- age releases 3.8 million hatchery fi sh a year into the Columbia River. Big Creek fi ts into a larger network of approximately 160 hatcheries produc- ing more than 100 million salmon in the Columbia River Basin. Sixty-two of the hatcheries receive federal funding from the Mitchell Act, which since 1938 has helped fund programs to mitigate the impact to fi sh from water diversions such as dams, pollution and logging. As fi shery managers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration adjust production of certain salmon spe- cies at the federally funded hatcheries to help their struggling wild counterparts, Big Creek faces a one-third reduction in its maximum salmon production by 2022. Big Creek For the past 7 1/2 years, Rob Dietrichs has managed Big Creek Hatchery for the state. Big Creek is one of Oregon’s larg- est hatcheries on the Columbia downri- ver from Bonneville Dam. The county See FISH PLAN, Page 7A Trump fuels Dems’ anxiety at start of Oregon session By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — President Don- ald Trump was omnipresent as state lawmakers commenced their 160-day legislative ses- sion at the State Capitol Wednesday. Outside the Capitol, hun- dreds of protesters stood on the building’s steps to rally against Trump’s executive order last week temporarily banning ref- ugees and visa holders from several predominantly Mus- lim countries from entering the country. Inside, state lawmakers began the process of policy- making as they face uncer- tainty about what policy changes could still come from the Trump administration, including a likely repeal of the Affordable Care Act and oth- ers that could affect the state’s federal funding. “My sense of it is with what is going on in Washing- ton, D.C., especially on issues like the Affordable Care Act, there is a growing sense that we are on our own,” said Sen- ate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland. “There is so much confusion back there, so much that is frankly dis- tressing to many Oregonians going on out there that there is a sense that we need to work together.” Revenue shortfall State lawmakers this ses- sion have to contend with a $1.8 billion revenue shortfall stemming from a reduction in federal contribution to subsi- dized health care for low-in- come residents, spikes in human services caseloads and rising state pension costs. But the tone of the session largely reverberated Wednesday with resistance to Trump. Hundreds of protestors assembled on the Capitol steps in opposition to Trump’s exec- utive order concerning immi- gration and urged Gov. Kate Brown to join other states in See SESSION, Page 7A Anna Reed/Statesman-Journal Hundreds attend an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump’s ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Wednesday.