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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018 Oregon park using old-fashioned horsepower for logging work A lighter touch than bulldozers By JEFF DUEWEL The Daily Courier GRANTS PASS — “Hup. Hup. Hup,” yelled Nick Rod- gers, hanging on to ropes attached to his Belgian work- horse, Maggie, who strained up a hill pulling a several-hun- dred pound log. “That’s a lot of horse- power,” said Vince Randall, Bureau of Land Management forester, overseeing logging of bug-infested trees at Cathe- dral Hills Park south of Grants Pass. Rodgers and his nephew, Bennett Rodgers, horse log- gers from Butte Falls, hope to get three or more truckloads of saleable timber out of the project. They consider any job with at least a truckload wor- thy of their time, with the cur- rent high timber prices. The 400-acre park with 10 miles of trails for horses, hik- ers and bicyclists is a perfect place for logging with horses, which use a lighter touch than bulldozers and cables and are quieter. “We could have done it faster with mechanized equip- ment, but because of the situa- tion here it’s kind of set up for horses,” Randall said. In fact the BLM would like to revive horse logging to some degree, Randall said. The Rodgers’ already took out close to 700 hundred trees around campgrounds at How- ard Prairie and Hyatt reser- voirs east of Ashland earlier this year. The BLM hadn’t done a contract with horse loggers in more than three decades before that, Randall said. He could see it happen- ing on an annual basis at Cathedral. “We’re really trying to make this work so we can get Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian ABOVE Astoria firefighters battle a blaze at a house on 14th Street Sunday afternoon. BELOW Smoke billows from a house on fire in Astoria Sunday afternoon. Basement fire in Astoria displaces five The Daily Astorian A house fire Sunday on the 660 block of 14th Street dis- placed two adults and three children. Astoria fire responded just before 3 p.m. to a fire in an exte- rior basement. After extinguishing it, fire personnel removed smoke from the rest of the building. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. After the fire, Jeff Newenhof — owner of City Lumber — donated plywood to help secure the building. BIRTH born at Legacy Good Samar- itan Medical Center in Port- land. Grandparents are Steve and Becky Roman of Astoria and Stan and Leslie Yeend of Beaverton. Great-grand- mother is Ethel Wilson of Astoria. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 63 48 47 Cloudy most of the time 62 51 Some sun, then turning cloudy Times of sun and clouds Timothy Bullard/Grants Pass Daily Courier Bennett Rodgers moves logs from Cathedral Hills Park with Percheron team Rook and Jody. “We’re in a bit of a pickle as far as forest health in south- west Oregon,” Randall said. “We’re overstocked with vegetation.” He noted in the distant past that fire swept through the area in 20-year intervals, but has been shut down in the last century by fire suppression. “The bugs are just trying to do what fire has done histori- cally,” Randall said. “We need to do more fuel treatments, that’s a given.” Rook, Jody and Maggie seemed plenty happy to help, dragging 18-foot lengths sev- eral hundred yards to a land- ing at the Espey Road parking area. At 2,000 pounds apiece, Percherons Rook and Jody can pull their own weight in logs, Bennett Rodgers said. In the right conditions, even more. “When we were up in the snow, they were pulling some pretty big logs,” he said. Cloudy with a few showers in the afternoon Salem 45/72 Newport 44/59 First June 13 Coos Bay 47/62 Full June 20 sop County Sheriff’s Office on U.S. Highway 101 and charged with DUII. • At 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Emil Eckstrom, 45, of Van- couver, Washington, was arrested by Seaside police on Lincoln Street and 10th Ave- nue and charged with DUII. • At 1:43 a.m. Saturday, Elizabeth Noel Entenman, 50, of Clackamas, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sher- iff’s Office near Oceanway Street in Seaside and charged with DUII. • At 7:23 a.m. Saturday, Erik Garcia, 35, of Beaver- ton, was arrested by the Clat- sop County Sheriff’s Office on state Highway 104 in Warrenton and charged with DUII. • At 9:34 p.m. Friday, Chad Michael Haderly, 32, of Scappoose, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office near Sunset Beach and charged with DUII and reck- less driving. June 1, 2018 NORLING, John Marshall, 67, of Seaside, died at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. La Grande 41/73 PUBLIC MEETINGS Baker 38/76 MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Ontario 53/85 TUESDAY Seaside Community Center Commission, 10:30 a.m., 1225 Burns 37/75 Roseburg 48/75 Brookings 46/62 June 27 John Day 42/74 Bend 39/73 Medford 48/80 Klamath Falls 40/74 Ashland 48/77 Tonight's Sky: Emerging in the eastern night sky are the three stars of the Summer Triangle - Vega of Lyra, Deneb of Cygnus and Altair of Aquila. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:26 a.m. 12:45 p.m. Low 3.3 ft. 0.6 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 73 68 61 68 60 73 76 67 58 61 Today Lo 38 39 47 41 48 40 48 44 44 47 W pc pc pc pc pc s pc pc pc pc Hi 76 73 61 71 60 74 80 71 59 63 Tues. Lo 42 42 46 42 52 44 51 46 45 48 W pc pc pc pc c pc s pc pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 66 74 69 72 69 61 69 69 67 73 Today Lo 41 45 49 48 45 46 45 44 46 41 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc Hi 67 76 73 75 72 63 70 72 72 78 Tues. Lo 44 48 52 48 46 50 47 43 48 45 W c pc pc pc pc c pc pc pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W s r s s s pc s pc pc s pc s s s pc s s c t pc s s pc pc pc Tues. Hi Lo 86 64 65 52 69 51 93 58 90 65 71 51 103 78 73 51 85 74 82 54 86 63 103 78 77 60 85 66 90 76 86 62 90 73 75 57 86 66 76 56 89 66 90 64 68 54 68 51 79 57 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc sh pc pc s pc pc t pc t s pc pc pc pc pc pc t s t s s pc c t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Avenue A., Seaside. Port of Astoria Commission, 3 p.m., executive session, 4 p.m., workshop, Port offices, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., 1131 Broadway, Seaside. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Estimated jackpot: $6.8 million Saturday’s Powerball: 23-25- 37-44-64, Powerball: 7 Estimated jackpot: $87 million Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2-2-6-0 4 p.m.: 1-6-1-2 7 p.m.: 4-5-0-5 10 p.m.: 5-0-9-3 Friday’s Lucky Lines: 03-08-09- 14-17-21-26-29 Estimated jackpot: $34,000 Friday’s Mega Millions: 5-24- 52-62-66, Mega Ball: 17 Estimated jackpot: $110 million 17-18-29-30-37-45-46-48-56-62- 69-71-73-75-77 Sunday’s Match 4: 01-06-15-23 Saturday’s Daily Game: 8-6-2 Saturday’s Hit 5: 02-14-26-29-36 Estimated jackpot: $320,000 Saturday’s Keno: 02-05-06-10- 11-27-31-34-35-39-44-46-48-50- 60-61-62-65-77-79 Saturday’s Lotto: 07-08-22-24- 31-48 Estimated jackpot: $3.1 million Saturday’s Match 4: 03-08-09- 10 Friday’s Daily Game: 3-9-8 Friday’s Keno: 04-05-07-10-12- 22-23-27-33-37-38-48-52-53-54- 59-61-67-71-75 Friday’s Match 4: 09-11-18-19 LOTTERIES Lakeview 40/74 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 UNDER THE SKY Today Hi Lo 86 62 55 51 80 60 90 59 84 61 74 58 100 74 73 51 86 74 78 59 79 57 107 80 81 61 86 65 92 76 84 62 90 73 69 59 80 64 76 58 80 63 94 67 69 54 65 48 78 61 Prineville 39/76 Lebanon 44/72 Eugene 41/71 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:02 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:26 a.m. Moonrise today ......................... 12:55 a.m. Moonset today .......................... 10:53 a.m. New Pendleton 45/76 The Dalles 49/77 Portland 49/73 DUII • At 2:41 a.m. Sunday, Richard Empie, 50, of Port- land, was arrested by Seaside police on Avenue K and Hol- laday Drive an charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driv- ing, refusing to take a breath test and third-degree criminal mischief. • At 11:35 p.m. Satur- day, Eric James Reposa, 45, of Lake Tapps, Washing- ton, was arrested by the Clat- DEATH Tillamook 42/62 SUN AND MOON 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 63 51 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 47/63 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. Trace Month to date ................................... Trace Normal month to date ....................... 0.31" Year to date .................................... 33.14" Normal year to date ........................ 33.67" High 7.1 ft. 7.0 ft. FRIDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 60°/50° Normal high/low ........................... 62°/49° Record high ............................ 84° in 1987 Record low ............................. 38° in 1976 Time 5:51 a.m. 7:44 p.m. THURSDAY 64 49 Mostly cloudy ALMANAC June 6 people comfortable with haz- ard and salvage tree logging out here,” Randall said. “I think the bugs are just getting started here. It could explode again this summer, is my fear.” Most of the bug damage is from flatheaded fir bor- ers, which have swept across southwest Oregon in recent years, fed by drought-weak- ened trees. While the Rodgers’ should get more than 5,000 board feet of timber, selling it to South Coast Lumber of Brookings, they’ll have to leave a lot of the most rotten stuff on the ground. The onslaught of fir-bor- ers leaves trees orange on top, visible driving out Williams Highway in the Applegate Valley. Annual aerial surveys indi- cate 127,000 dead trees in southwest Oregon in 2016 from fir borers, by far the most in 40 years. Last year’s cold, wet winter slowed the bugs down, but Randall said they’re back in force this year in their typical range below 3,500 feet. ON THE RECORD May 16, 2018 YEEND, Molly and Kelly, of Portland, a girl, Margaret Caroline Yeend, Last Timothy Bullard/Grants Pass Daily Courier Nick Rodgers, left, and his nephew, Bennett Rodgers, pose with Percheron team Rook and Jody and have been horse logging in Cathedral Hills Park outside of Grants Pass. OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 6-0-2-4 4 p.m.: 1-7-0-5 7 p.m.: 9-4-6-0 10 p.m.: 2-6-2-1 Sunday’s Lucky Lines: 01-06- 10-16-20-24-26-31 Estimated jackpot: $37,000 Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-9-1-5 4 p.m.: 2-3-4-7 7 p.m.: 7-5-0-4 10 p.m.: 9-7-8-0 Saturday’s Lucky Lines: 02-06- 12-16-17-22-26-31 Estimated jackpot: $35,000 Saturday’s Megabucks: 7-9-12- 26-37-44 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 4-3-8 Sunday’s Keno: 06-07-13-14-16- The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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