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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018
‘What do you think of the proposed new four-story
hotel on the Astoria Riverwalk near Ship Inn?’
“It’s going to totally
obstruct the view.
We’re totally com-
mercializing our
view.”
“I think four stories is
too high. I’m aghast.
When the state office
building went up,
the people clear up
on the hill got togeth-
er to make it go from
three stories down to two.”
“Couldn’t they put
it somewhere else?
Without a view?”
Jerry Schell, Astoria
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
David West, Astoria
Michael McGonigle, Astoria
Washington sees value in ‘Dreamers’
Contributions
to wildland
firefighting
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. —
Washington Lands Commis-
sioner Hilary Franz on Tues-
day sought to humanize the
uncertain status of residents
brought to the U.S. illegally as
children.
She was flanked at a press
conference by Noe Vasquez
and Christian Garcia Her-
rera, who are both 20 years
old and graduates of Tonas-
ket High School in north cen-
tral Washington state . Both
have been seasonal firefight-
ers for the Department of Natu-
ral Resources and neither have
much memory of their native
Mexico, having been brought
to the U.S. as preschoolers.
“I could see myself visit-
ing. But moving down there, I
don’t have lot of interest,” Gar-
cia Herrera said.
The Trump administration’s
deadline to end the Obama
administration’s
Deferred
Action for Childhood Arriv-
als passed Monday without
a change in the status of the
so-called “Dreamers.” Federal
judges in California and New
York earlier this year issued
preliminary injunctions block-
ing President Donald Trump
from canceling DACA. A fed-
Don Jenkins/Capital Press
Washington state resident Noe Vazquez talks about his
uncertain legal status Tuesday in Olympia as Public
Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz listens. Vazquez, who
has been a state wildland firefighter, said he was brought
to the United States when he was 3.
eral judge in Maryland on
Monday ruled that the Trump
administration’s withdrawal of
the executive order was lawful.
While the conflicting court
decisions work their way
up, the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services is tak-
ing applications from Dream-
ers to renew their status under
DACA, but is not accepting
new applications.
Some 689,800 people were
enrolled in DACA as of last
September, including 16,300
in Washington state, according
to immigration officials. The
largest concentration, 2,300,
were in the Yakima area, Wash-
ington’s most-valuable farm
region.
Oregon has 10,200 DACA
recipients, including 2,300 in
the Salem area.
Washington State Tree Fruit
Association President Jon DeV-
aney said there are no figures
to pinpoint how many DACA
recipients work in agricul-
ture in the state, though he has
talked to association members
concerned about key workers.
“I have talked to a number
of individuals who say they
have worried employees,”
DeVaney said.
“We support a legisla-
tive fix for those covered by
DACA,” he said. “DACA
needs to be addressed as part
of the overall situation on
immigration.”
Benefit night to raise money for Astoria Library
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Library will
be the focus of this month’s
Fort George Benefit Night.
All proceeds of sales
from the brewery and pub-
lic house’s upstairs pizzeria
will go a library renovation
fund to raise money to update
and improve the 50-year-old
building.
THURSDAY
Fort George Brewery
sponsors local nonprofits
on the last Tuesday of every
month. The benefit night runs
from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on
March 27.
FRIDAY
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Windy with periods of rain
SUNDAY
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Monserrat Padilla, coordi-
nator of the Washington Immi-
grant Solidarity Network, said
deporting Dreamers would
deprive agriculture of lead-
ers and discourage other farm-
workers from staying.
“I think it would have a
large impact on our agricul-
ture,” she said.
DACA recipients are
granted permission to stay in
the country for two years at a
time and work. About 79 per-
cent were born in Mexico and
about 29 percent live in Cal-
ifornia, according to federal
figures.
“It’s absolutely critical we
put a face on this issue,” Franz
said. “Who is better off if Noe
is deported? If Christian is
deported?”
The Trump administration
announced in September that
DACA would be rescinded
in six months. U.S. Attorney
General Jeff Sessions said at
the time that DACA was an
open-ended and unconstitu-
tional circumvention of immi-
gration laws.
The Trump administra-
tion said it was likely DACA
would be overturned by the
courts anyway, as was the
Obama
administration’s
Deferred Action for Parents of
Americans and Lawful Perma-
nent Residents.
Padilla said her organiza-
tion is advising Dreamers to
have a lawyer help them apply
to have their DACA status
renewed.
By AHMED
NAMATALLA
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Mindy
Woods fought her way out of
homelessness.
It’s a success story state
lawmakers and advocacy
groups are trying to replicate
by targeting perhaps the big-
gest challenge faced by the
homeless: rejection.
Woods, 52, slept on
friends’ couches for eight
months and had eight prop-
erty owners turn her down
before she found a landlord
willing to accept her Section
8 voucher, a federal subsidy
that helps low-income peo-
ple pay their rent.
“I have no criminal
record, no evictions,” Woods,
a Navy veteran, said in an
interview from the one-bed-
room apartment she finally
landed in 2016 in Edmonds,
north of Seattle. “There’s no
reason not to rent to me.”
The obstacles she faced
may soon be illegal in Wash-
ington state, where legisla-
tors have passed a bill that
prohibits landlords from
turning away tenants who
rely on Section 8 vouchers,
Social Security or veterans
benefits.
While Washington boasts
one of the country’s fast-
est-growing economies, the
flip side is a housing market
where rents have surged and
vacancy rates are the coun-
try’s lowest. Cities and states
along the West Coast and
elsewhere are grappling with
a rise in homelessness for
the same reasons. In counts
conducted in early 2017,
the West Coast spike was so
high that it raised the nation’s
overall homelessness figure
for the first time since 2010,
to nearly 554,000 people.
In Washington state, more
than 21,000 people lack sta-
ble housing, according to a
2017 federal study. That’s 29
homeless people for every
10,000 state residents —
fifth-highest in the U.S. —
compared with a national
average of 17, according to
the report.
The measure passed
Tuesday establishes a fund
to reimburse property own-
ers for any damages or lost
rental income caused by
tenants who rely on fed-
eral housing assistance. It is
advancing to Gov. Jay Ins-
lee’s desk.
Eleven other states and
Washington, D.C., have sim-
ilar laws, although not all
allow landlords to recover
potential losses, according to
the National Conference of
State Legislatures.
Two-year positions available on
Human Services Advisory Council
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
Washington’s housing
discrimination bill
heads to governor
Residents can now apply
to serve two-year terms on
the Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council.
The council advises the
Board of Commissioners
about needs for services for
those with developmental
disabilities, mental illness
and drug or alcohol addic-
tions. It helps select ser-
vice providers and educate
the public about potential
options.
The council has three
openings, and commissioners
will make the final appoint-
ments. Applications are
available at www.co.clatsop.
or.us, the county office at 800
Exchange St., Suite 410 or by
calling 503-325-1000.
CORRECTION
Mostly cloudy
Wrong unit — The Nehalem Bay Management Unit does not include Fort Stevens State Park. A
1A story on Friday on invasive plants incorrectly said Fort Stevens is part of the unit.
ALMANAC
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
43/52
Tillamook
45/52
Salem
41/55
Newport
45/51
Sunset tonight ........................... 6:10 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 6:42 a.m.
Moonrise today .................................. none
Moonset today ............................ 9:58 a.m.
Mar 9
First
Mar 17
Coos Bay
47/54
Full
Mar 24
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
12:20 p.m.
none
Low
1.4 ft.
Today
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Saturday, March 10
AHOLA, Shelley Elizabeth (Barnett) —
Graveside service at noon, Greenwood Cem-
etery, 91569 Oregon Highway 202. A potluck
luncheon immediately follows at the Olney
Grange, 89342 Oregon Highway 202.
Ontario
34/55
Burns
28/50
Klamath Falls
34/50
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
47
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Today
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Thu.
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City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
TINDELL, Beryl Louise — Celebration of
life service at 11 a.m., Seaside United Method-
ist Church, 241 N. Holladay Drive in Seaside.
Sunday, March 11
WOLF, Debra Ann (Kirts) — Celebration of life
from 1 to 3 p.m., Astoria Brewing Co., 144 11th St.
Lakeview
31/46
Ashland
43/56
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Hi
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39
71
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79
37
41
66
74
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80
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MEMORIALS
Baker
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REGIONAL CITIES
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
La Grande
38/51
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
Tonight's Sky: John Herschel's Birthday (1792).
High
8.3 ft.
6.4 ft.
March 5, 2018
JOHNSON, Margaret, 93, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Roseburg
45/57
Brookings
46/52
Mar 31
John Day
39/53
Bend
36/53
Medford
40/57
UNDER THE SKY
Time
5:21 a.m.
6:43 p.m.
Prineville
36/57
Lebanon
43/56
Eugene
40/57
SUN AND MOON
New
Pendleton
36/58
The Dalles
38/55
Portland
43/54
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.43"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.55"
Year to date .................................... 19.04"
Normal year to date ........................ 18.94"
Last
DEATH
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 54°/30°
Normal high/low ........................... 53°/38°
Record high ............................ 74° in 1905
Record low ............................. 26° in 1943
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 7
THURSDAY
Seaside Convention Center
Commission, 5 p.m., 415 First
Avenue.
Gearhart Planning Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., 698 Pacific Way,
Gearhart.
Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 02-08-
12-16-19-24-28-31
Estimated jackpot: $16,000
Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 1-4-
26-35-39, Mega Ball: 22
Estimated jackpot: $290 million
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s Daily Game: 8-7-4
Tuesday’s Keno: 03-11-13-22-
26-29-38-44-49-52-54-57-65-
69-70-71-74-75-77-79
Tuesday’s Match 4: 02-03-08-15
p.m., 698 Pacific Way, Gear-
hart.
LOTTERIES
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 7-4-1-7
4 p.m.: 5-2-6-2
7 p.m.: 7-1-7-3
10 p.m.: 3-6-5-1
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