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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017
Two bills reversing GMO
pre-emption die in Oregon
Body in Brookfi eld
was Beaverton man
Lewis and Clark Bridge.
A postmortem exam-
ination and comparison of
teeth with dental records
helped authorities iden-
tify the body, Wahkia-
kum County Prosecuting
Attorney Dan Bigelow
said.
Though tests were con-
ducted, a cause of death is
still unknown due to the
condition of the remains.
Foul play is not sus-
pected, Bigelow said.
The Daily Astorian
The body found on a
beach near Brookfield,
Washington, earlier this
month has been identified
as a Beaverton man.
Recreational
boat-
ers found the body of
Scott J. Bagule y, 61 , on
the Columbia River shore
April 2. He disappeared
in July and his car was
located in a church park-
ing lot in Rainier near the
Questions still
loom about
pollination,
mediation
By MATEUSZ
PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Two bills that
would have allowed local gov-
ernments in Oregon to regulate
genetically engineered crops
have died in the Legislature.
Lawmakers
prohib-
ited most local governments
from restricting seed in 2013,
but Senate Bill 1037 and
House Bill 2469 would have
exempted genetically mod-
ifi ed organisms, or GMOs,
from that statewide pre-emp-
tion law.
State Sen. Michael Dem-
brow, D-Portland, said he’s
decided to let SB 1037 die
during the Thursday meeting
of the Senate Environment and
Natural Resources Committee,
which he chairs.
A legislative deadline pre-
viously killed HB 2469 in the
House Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee.
There are still too many
looming questions about the
extent of cross-pollination
of conventional and organic
crops from GMOs and the effi -
cacy of mediation aimed at
promoting coexistence, Dem-
brow said.
“I want to get a sense if
there are problems with con-
tamination or if there are prob-
lems with the mediation pro-
cess,” Dembrow said, adding
that he planned to hold an
informational session on the
matter.
Clatsop gets two
corrections deputies
Local class. Deputies Alex
Brown and Kyle Bush of
the Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office are listed as
two of the graduates.
The ceremony will take
place at 11 a.m. Lt. Matt
Phillips of the Clatsop
County Sheriff’s Office
will be the guest speaker.
The Daily Astorian
Two of Oregon’s 39
new corrections deputies
will work for the Clatsop
County.
The Oregon Public
Safety Academy in Salem
will hold a graduation April
21 for its Basic Corrections
J.C. Penney store closure
in Pendleton delayed
pected traffic and sales
have led to the postpone-
ment, though Mizerka said
she could not discuss busi-
ness locally.
The status of the Asto-
ria store was not immedi-
ately available.
J.C. Penney still intends
to close the stores July 31
— about six weeks later
than originally announced.
The store on Pendle-
ton’s Main Street is the
oldest J.C. Penney still
operating at its origi-
nal location nationwide.
The closure will affect 20
associates.
EO Media Group
The clock hasn’t struck
midnight yet for J.C. Pen-
ney in Pendleton.
The company plans to
close 138 stores across the
country, including locations
in Pendleton, La Grande,
The Dalles and Astoria.
Liquidation was supposed
to begin Monday, but has
instead been pushed back to
Monday, May 22.
Michelle
Mizerka,
Pendleton store man-
ager, confirmed the news
Thursday. Corporate offi-
cials say stronger-than-ex-
Confl icting testimony
The committee recently
heard
confl icting
testi-
The Daily Astorian/File Photo
State lawmakers have killed bills that would have allowed
local GMO regulation.
mony about the frequency
of cross-pollination among
genetically engineered, con-
ventional and organic crops.
While supporters of SB
1037 said they face mar-
ket shutdowns from the pres-
ence of biotech traits in their
seeds, opponents of the bill
said very few organic grow-
ers reported crop loss from
GMOs to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture .
No growers in Oregon have
taken advantage of a mediation
program overseen by USDA to
resolve GMO disputes, said
Barry Bushue, president of the
Oregon Farm Bureau, which
opposes the bill.
The right to self-determina-
tion among local governments
versus the effi ciency of state-
wide agricultural rules was
also debated during the legis-
lative hearing.
“We’re asking for fl exibil-
ity in Oregon,” said Mary Mid-
dleton, director of Oregonians
for Safe Farms and Families,
a group that supported a bal-
lot initiative banning GMOs in
Josephine County.
While voters in Josephine
County voted in favor of the
GMO ban in 2014, a state
judge has ruled the ordinance
is pre-empted by state law.
Middleton urged the com-
mittee members to “honor the
will of the people” by pass-
ing SB 1037, which would
retroactively make Josephine
County’s ordinance effective.
Proponents of SB 1037
argued that lawmakers passed
the statewide pre-emption on
local seed rules with the under-
standing that Oregon regula-
tors would step into the breach,
but that hasn’t materialized.
“Our farms remain at risk
of contamination because the
state has not put any protec-
tions in place,” said Carol Val-
entine, a Josephine County
resident.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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couple of showers
A shower in the morning;
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Gresham
Sept. 9, 1956 — March 26, 2017
Thomas Charles Durheim, 60, passed away will one day be resurrected.
Tom lived a simple life. He enjoyed walking,
on March 26, 2017 in Portland, Oregon.
He was born on Sept. 9, 1956 in Asto- riding his bike and his Oregon State Beavers!
Tom will be remembered as a wonderful
ria, Oregon, to his parents, Norman and Min-
and loving husband and father. He
nie Durheim. He was the youngest of
was humble, soft spoken and gentle.
fi ve sons. He graduated from Astoria
His family will fondly remember his
High School in 1974, and from Ore-
wonderful sense of humor.
gon State University in 1979.
Tom was preceded in passing by
He and his wife have been married
his parents, and his brothers, Benja-
34 years and have two grown sons,
min and Richard Durheim. He is sur-
Nathaniel (29) and Nicholas (25).
vived by his loving wife of 34 years,
Tom worked for Bonneau Prod-
Annette Durheim; his sons, Nathaniel
ucts for 33 years. After the sale of the
and Nicholas Durheim; his brothers,
plant, he went to work for West Linn
Don (Lorrie) and Gary Durheim; and
Paper Co .
Tom had a deep abiding faith i n Thomas Durheim numerous nieces and nephews.
Thomas will be laid to rest at Cliff-
God and loved reading his Bible,
side Cemetery in Sandy. A memorial
which he came to know well. He
believed God and believed his promises and is service will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017,
now in the presence of Christ, his savior, and at 2 p.m. at Trinity Bible Church in Portland.
Roseburg
36/63
Brookings
39/59
May 10
John Day
27/52
Bend
24/53
Medford
35/64
UNDER THE SKY
High
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7.0 ft.
Prineville
24/56
Lebanon
35/61
Thomas Charles Durheim
Periods of rain
Pendleton
35/57
The Dalles
37/62
Portland
39/60
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:02 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 6:29 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................ 11:32 p.m.
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Buffer strip
Helle Ruddenklau, a seed
grower in Polk County who
opposed SB 1037, said the
problem of cross-pollination
isn’t limited to GMO crops,
but farmers fi nd ways to
resolve the issue.
For example, if a neighbor
is planting a related seed crop,
Ruddenklau establishes a buf-
fer strip to distance her crop
from the pollen, she said.
“That’s a fi nancial burden
for us, but it’s a cost of being
a certifi ed seed grower in Ore-
gon,” she said.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
OBITUARY
TUESDAY
63
46
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/44°
Normal high/low ........................... 56°/41°
Record high ............................ 82° in 1926
Record low ............................. 29° in 1968
Last
MONDAY
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Counties oppose
The Association of Oregon
Counties opposed SB 1037
because genetic engineering is
a complex issue best left to the
state government, said Mike
McArthur, the group’s execu-
tive director.
“This is not the proper role
for a county government to be
engaged in,” he said.
Lawmakers created an
exception to the 2013 pre-emp-
tion bill for Jackson County,
which already had a GMO ban
proposal on its ballot at that
point.
McArthur said the gov-
ernment of Jackson County
is nonetheless not enforcing
the GMO ban due to a lack of
resources.
Craig Pope, a Polk County
commissioner, said he sympa-
thizes with the organic farm-
ing community but said county
governments need to focus on
public safety and other key
services.
“Continuing to hammer at
pre-emption is not going to
solve this problem,” Pope said.
The economic threat of
cross-pollination
among
organic, conventional and
GMO crops was also debated
at the Wednesday hearing.
Buyers of organic seed
have no tolerance for traces
of biotech traits, so the risk
posed by GMO crops is a one-
way street that can only dam-
age organic growers, said Don
Tipping, an organic producer
in s outhern Oregon.
“For us, this is an economic
issue,” he said.
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DEATHS
April 12, 2017
CABALLERO, Felix Gomez, 89, of
Longview, Washington, formerly of Asto-
ria, died in Longview. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 11, 2017
HAYDON, Ronald A., 76, of Hammond,
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