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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 Gov. Brown announces re-election bid for 2018 Sets contrasts with Trump Invalidated ban in Josephine County case ity. The governor has raised campaign funds in excess of $1.1 million since January in preparation for a showdown with orthopedic surgeon and state Rep. Knute Buehler, a Republican who announced his candidacy last month. Brown on Monday touted legislative accomplishments under her administration, including a $5.3 billion trans- portation package and expan- sion of the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s Medicaid program, to undocumented children. She also highlighted passage of the Oregon Promise, which allows Oregon high-school graduates to attend college for as little as $50 a semester, an increase in the minimum wage, and a pro- gram to phase out the use of coal. Buehler, who has raised $1.2 million, has criticized Brown for failing to address major problems in the state, such as the low high school graduation rate, and tax and spending reform. By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Just a year after winning election, Gov. Kate Brown announced early Monday that she would seek a fi nal term in offi ce in 2018. In a video blasted across social media, the longtime Democratic politician con- trasted her administration to that of President Donald Trump, while never mention- ing the Republican by name. “As your governor, it’s my job to make things better and stand up to anyone who would take our rights away,” Brown said. A former Oregon secre- tary of state, Brown ascended to the governorship in Febru- ary 2015, when former Gov. John Kitzhaber stepped down amid an infl uence-peddling scandal. Oregon’s unusual Oregon Court of Appeals affi rms ruling overturning GMO ban Gov. Kate Brown line of succession made Brown the fi rst openly bisex- ual governor in the nation’s history and Oregon’s second female chief executive. The state has no lieutenant gover- nor, so the secretary of state is fi rst in line after the governor. In November 2016, Brown was elected to complete the last two years of Kitzhaber’s four-year term. She defeated a Republican challenge by Salem oncologist Bud Pierce, who was a newcomer to politics. But those two years counted as her fi rst term, and in Oregon, governors are lim- ited to two consecutive terms in offi ce. Brown’s announcement Monday was merely a formal- By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI EO Media Group The Oregon Court of Appeals has affi rmed that a prohibition against genetically engineered crops in Josephine County is pre-empted by state law. Voters in Josephine County approved the ban in 2014, nearly a year after state law- makers passed a bill barring local governments from reg- ulating genetically modifi ed organisms, or GMOs. Farmers Robert and Shel- ley Ann White, who wanted to plant biotech sugar beets, con- vinced Josephine County Cir- cuit Judge Pat Wolke that the local GMO ban was unlawful in 2016. Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families, a nonprofi t, and Siskiyou Seeds, an organic FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 81 54 53 Clear Mostly sunny ALMANAC Full A brief afternoon shower or two; cooler 63 49 Salem 53/86 Newport 50/75 Coos Bay 53/81 New Oct 12 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:48 a.m. 12:44 p.m. Low 0.9 ft. 3.1 ft. Ontario 43/75 Burns 33/72 Klamath Falls 41/76 Lakeview 39/72 Ashland 51/85 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 71 71 74 76 69 74 82 78 67 71 Today Lo 36 41 57 49 55 41 51 53 50 53 W s s s pc pc s s pc pc s Hi 74 76 74 85 77 76 88 85 75 79 Wed. 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Prineville 40/79 Lebanon 50/86 W s pc pc pc sh s pc pc s s c s s s t s pc pc r pc s s s pc pc Hi 89 79 72 60 70 79 77 54 89 80 70 86 90 90 88 90 90 84 65 88 75 69 88 77 88 Wed. Lo 70 66 54 45 50 51 62 38 75 53 49 66 63 68 77 66 74 68 56 68 54 49 60 56 69 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s pc s pc s pc t pc pc t pc s s s sh s s pc t pc pc s s pc pc ON THE RECORD DUII • At 10:34 p.m. Friday, Richard Raterman, 49, of Warrenton, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Depart- ment at Oregon Highway 104 and Biwater Lane and charged with driving under the infl uence of intoxicants. His blood alcohol content was 0.17 percent. • At 1:57 a.m. Mon- day, Sue Ann Stuck, 39, of Astoria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Depart- ment on West Marine Drive just east of the R oundabout and charged with DUII. Her blood alcohol content was 0.20 percent. • At 12:08 a.m. Tuesday, Lynnie Charlene Taylor, 52, of Seaside, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce at 12th Avenue and Wahanna Road in Seaside and charged with DUII. Monday’s Megabucks: 8-11- 14-36-37-39 Estimated jackpot: $7.8 million Estimated jackpot: $120,000 Monday’s Keno: 09-14-17-18- 19-24-25-33-52-55-56-58-61- 62-64-67-71-73-76-79 Monday’s Lotto: 02-06-13- 28-44-47 Estimated jackpot: $4 million Monday’s Match 4: 05-10- 17-23 WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 8-3-2 Monday’s Hit 5: 04-17-23- 27-28 PUBLIC MEETINGS INSIDER eomediagroup.com The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS TSOP C LA U Y C O NT Renee was born in San Francisco to Richard evangelist for the game until the very end, invit- and Berenice Gross. 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ASTORIA 53/81 SUN AND MOON Sep 27 75 53 The state Legislature passed the pre-emption bill to avoid a county-by-county patchwork of restrictions for genetically engineered crops, said Scott Dahlman, policy director for Oregonians for Food and Shel- ter, an agribusiness group that opposed the GMO ban. “We think the L egislature has spoken very clearly on this issue,” he said. “Farmers should be allowed to choose what crops they grow.” Repeated attempts to over- turn the pre-emption law have been made since it was orig- inally enacted in 2013, but none have gained much trac- tion, Dahlman said. Because the Court of Appeals affi rmed Wolke’s rul- ing without opinion, the ruling doesn’t set a binding precedent that other courts must follow, said John DiLorenzo, attorney for the Whites. However, the decision is likely to be “persuasive” if the pre-emption issue should arise in other counties, since exist- ing case law would support the same outcome, DiLorenzo said. OBITUARIES SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/56° Normal high/low ........................... 66°/48° Record high ............................ 81° in 1899 Record low ............................. 38° in 1972 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.10" Month to date ................................... 2.68" Normal month to date ....................... 1.66" Year to date .................................... 52.74" Normal year to date ........................ 39.76" First FRIDAY farm, intervened in that case as defendants, allowing them to challenge Wolke’s decision before the Court of Appeals. The appeals court has now upheld the ruling without com- ment, but GMO critics vow to continue the battle in the legis- lative arena. “We’re still fi rm in our resolve to protect farmers in Josephine County,” said Mary Middleton, executive director of Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families. “We’re not giv- ing up, we’re not giving in.” Middleton said her organi- zation has decided not to pur- sue further litigation but will instead focus on persuading lawmakers to invalidate the pre-emption statute or other- wise allow Josephine County’s ordinance to be enforced. “The will of the people is being ignored,” she said. When passing the GMO pre-emption bill, lawmakers vowed to create a statewide system for overseeing GMOs, but instead they have left a “regulatory void,” Middleton said. & More! HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell TUESDAY Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, Clatsop Care Memory Community, 2219 Dolphin Ave., Warrenton. 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