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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018
Washington state farmers turn Pacific Coast Seafoods fined for
out to protest pesticide bill
waste-dumping into Columbia
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. —
Washington state farm-
ers pushed back Thursday
against a proposal to require
growers to give the state
Health Department up to a
seven-day notice every time
they spray pesticides.
A delay in reacting to bug
and disease outbreaks would
devastate crops, farmers told
the Senate Labor and Com-
merce Committee.
“Mummy berry, botrytis
fruit rot, powdery mildew,
aphids, mites, spotted wing
drosophila and other dis-
eases and pests can get out of
hand in much less time than
this,” Whatcom County berry
farmer Rob Dhaliwal said.
Senate Bill 6529, intro-
duced by Seattle Democrat
Rebecca Saldana, provoked a
rare level of opposition from
farm groups. Major com-
modity commissions and
small organic farmers alike
testified against the bill.
Asked by a senator to rate
the bill’s threat to agriculture
on a scale from 1 to 10, east-
ern Washington wheat farmer
Nicole Berg answered “10.”
The bill must pass the
committee by Feb. 2 to stay
alive for this session. Some
senators said they doubted
the legislation was ready to
advance. Saldana conceded
that there was strong oppo-
sition, but said she wanted
to talk with farmers to
refine her proposal between
now and next year. “This is
something I’d like to con-
tinue to work on,” she said.
Some farmers said they’d
be happy to talk, but were
also leery about where it
would lead.
The bill’s premise,
according to its preamble,
is that pesticide applications
are a “consistent source of
pesticide exposure and pose
significant risks to commu-
nity members.”
Other provisions of the
bill would require making
public each month the type
and amount of pesticide
applied for each spraying.
Farmers and pesticide appli-
cators not filing the right
information could be fined
$7,500.
Farmers objected to hav-
ing to reveal their manage-
ment practices to compet-
itors. They also said they
were worried the informa-
tion would be used against
them in lawsuits.
“Pesticide drift events
are already illegal and they
are rare,” Dhaliwal said.
“We’re not going to expose
our employees to some-
thing we don’t want our kids
around.”
Under the bill, farm-
ers would have to notify the
Health Department four busi-
ness days before spraying, so
weekends and holidays would
extend the lag time. Health
officials would then be obli-
gated to give rural residents
and schools within a quar-
ter-mile a two-hour notice.
Saldana said she wanted
to “empower those folks that
are nearby farms to have the
information from a public
health perspective.”
“I’ll just say that’s my
interest, making sure people
have information, so they can
make decisions,” she said.
Representatives
from
the Washington State Labor
Council, Columbia Legal
Services, Washington Envi-
ronmental Council, Wash-
ington Education Associa-
tion and Washington State
PTA endorsed the bill at the
hearing.
Farmers and pesticide
applicators stressed they
don’t know four or more days
in advance whether the wind
and rain will let them spray.
“Most often aerial applica-
tors are Minutemen for grow-
ers,” said Gavin Morse, a
Warden applicator and pres-
ident of the Association of
Washington Aerial Applica-
tors. “Wind and environmen-
tal conditions do not operate
on a schedule.”
The Daily Astorian
The state Department
of Environmental Quality
has fined Pacific Coast Sea-
foods $2,150 for discharg-
ing too much seafood-pro-
cessing waste from North
Tongue Point into the Colum-
bia River.
In December 2016 and
January 2017, the company
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the property. The agency has
canceled its lease, allow-
ing boatbuilder Hyak Mari-
time to purchase the property
from Washington Develop-
ment Co.
Pacific Coast Seafoods is
operating out of a former sea-
plane hangar at North Tongue
Point while rebuilding a plant
in Warrenton that burned
down in 2013.
Jetty work to cause closures on Cape D
The Daily Astorian
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers will begin rehabil-
itating the North Jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia River
in February, closing access
to some parts of Cape Disap-
pointment State Park in Wash-
ington state.
The jetty, North Jetty Road
and nearby parking lots will
be closed Feb. 12 to Oct. 30
and March 17 to Nov. 1, 2019.
Benson and Waikiki beaches
will remain open during
construction.
The Army Corps con-
structed the jetty system
between 1885 and 1939. The
system consists of three rub-
ble-mound jetties including
North Jetty, South Jetty and
Jetty A that together total 9.7
miles. The jetties minimize
navigation channel mainte-
nance and make passage safer
for vessels transiting between
the Pacific Ocean and the
Columbia River.
Baked Alaska fined for liquor license violation
The Daily Astorian
Baked Alaska was fined
by the Oregon Liquor Con-
trol Commission for liquor
license violations.
A server at the restaurant
in October failed to verify the
age of a minor who reason-
ably appeared to be under 26
years old before serving them
alcohol. The restaurant will
pay a fine of $1,485 or serve
a nine-day liquor license
suspension.
The violation was aggra-
vated because Baked Alaska
had been given a chance to
purchase
age-verification
equipment as an offset to a
previous violation more than
two years ago that could have
prevented the most recent
violation.
Port of Astoria seeks budget committee applicants
The Daily Astorian
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
discharged wastewater that
exceeded its allowed daily
limits of oil, grease and other
potentially harmful waste. If
not properly managed, the
contaminants can threaten
fish and other aquatic life.
The Port of Astoria was
recently fined for wastewa-
ter monitoring and treat-
ment violations at North
Tongue Point when it leased
The Port of Astoria is seek-
ing four candidates to serve on
its budget committee.
The budget committee is
comprised of five Clatsop
County residents and five Port
commissioners.
Applicants should have
experience working with bud-
gets. Send letters of inter-
est and a brief resume to Judy
Dodge Fattori, the Port com-
mission secretary, at the Port of
Astoria’s main office at 10 Pier
1, Suite 308 in Astoria. Appli-
cations are due by noon Feb. 2.
Periods of rain
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Mary Evelyn Jenkins passed away peace- cousins.
fully, surrounded by her family.
Jenkins spent her life as a career waitress,
She was born and raised in Wilton, Maine. starting with Carl’s Jr. in Southern California,
She was the last of six children born to Charles and finishing in Oregon at Rob’s Restaurant,
R. and Doris P. (Wilton) Brooks.
and retiring from Arnie’s Cafe.
Her life was her family. Mary
She was preceded in death by her
will surely be missed. Her loving
parents; two brothers, Robert and
smile and glowing personality have
Raymond; two sisters, Grace and
brought joy to everyone who has ever
Pearl; one son, Patrick Collins; and
met her. She was truly an example of
two grandchildren, Josh Lampien
God’s graces and love. Not too many
and Phillip Collins.
people know a real-life angel. Mary
She is survived by her husband,
was just that.
J.P. (Jim) Jenkins Jr.; her twin sis-
ter, Martha Hill (Jack); two daugh-
Visitation will be held Friday,
ters, Addie Heiner (Gary) and Gayla
Feb. 2, 2018, from 1 to 5 p.m., at
Mary Jenkins
Medus (Dana); six sons, Ted Col-
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary.
lins (Lynadda), Carl Collins (Bev),
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday, Feb. 3, 2018, at 11 a.m., at the
Tim Collins (Debbie), Harold Col-
lins (Stephanie), Pat Jenkins (Nathalie), and Jim Caldwell’s Mortuary Chapel. Burial will follow
at Ocean View Cemetery.
Jenkins III (Darla); 43 grandchildren; 47
Please sign our online guest book at cald-
great-grandchildren; one great-great grand-
son; and numerous nephews, nieces and wellsmortuary.com
ON THE RECORD
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
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Year to date ...................................... 8.69"
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Warrenton
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Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 48°/39°
Normal high/low ........................... 51°/38°
Record high ............................ 63° in 2015
Record low ............................. 17° in 1950
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Mary Evelyn Jenkins
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DUII
• At 12:18 a.m. Thursday, Seth Palme-
no-Arroyo, 26, of Portland, was arrested
by the Astoria Police Department on Indus-
try Street near the West Mooring Basin and
charged with driving under the influence of
intoxicants. His blood alcohol content was
0.19 percent.
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