3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018 Easom Property Management evolves into new real estate firm By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Easom Property Manage- ment, one of the largest rental firms in the region, has tran- sitioned to Community Prop- erty Management as owners Kent Easom and LJ Gunder- son look to slow down and relocate to Idaho. The new company, rep- resented by Portland real estate agent Craig Gilbert, is a property management arm of regional real estate firm Windermere. Easom, a former agent with Winder- mere Community Realty, said he has known Gilbert for a decade and thought he shared the same philosophy of doing right by property owners and tenants. “We’re wanting to slow down,” Easom said. “It’s a good opportunity to merge.” Easom Property Manage- ment started in 1996 manag- ing about 20 units, but has grown to 260 throughout Clatsop County. “We have units all over the spectrum,” Easom said. Rents range from $500 to $2,200, he said, and less than 10 percent are Section 8 low-income housing units. The company’s properties are almost entirely full, with a 1 to 2 percent vacancy rate. One of the largest properties the company manages, the 30-unit Villa Del Mar senior apartments in Warrenton, was recently put up for sale at more than $1.8 million. There are no immediate changes planned in the prop- erties or operations, Gilbert said. While moving out of the area, Easom and Gunderson will still play a role manag- ing the new company’s oper- ations in person and remotely. “Remote communications have become so easy,” Gil- bert said. “We have another managing broker that lives in Palm Springs.” Easom and Gunderson Regulators want more tax money to track medical pot Associated Press John Goodenberger The Franklin Apartments are part of the 260 units under the management of Community Property Management, formerly Easom Property Management. are active in the community. Gunderson is the president of the city’s Historic Landmarks Commission and Easom serves on the Astoria Plan- ning Commission. Trump’s trade war with China tough on many Washington state farmers By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — The trade war with China is mak- ing life difficult for many farmers across Washington. The state’s 1,900 wheat growers, who export the vast majority of their crop, are par- ticularly hurt. But so are cherry growers who just harvested their highly perishable crop. Washington stands to lose $480 million in agricultural exports to China because of retaliatory tariffs, accord- ing to the state Department of Agriculture. Mike Carstensen, a wheat grower whose farm is near Grand Coulee Dam, said that last year China was the No. 4 customer for his wheat. “To date they have bought zero,” Carstensen said of this year’s crop. Gary Bailey, a wheat farmer near the Washing- ton-Idaho state border, said he hasn’t sold any wheat to China since March. “I hope it doesn’t last too long,” Bailey said of the trade war. “We’ve developed rela- tionships with these countries and as we go along, they will be replacing our wheat with someone else’s. We want to keep those relationships strong and healthy.” President Donald Trump has raised duties on billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese imports, and China retaliated with similar penalties. Chinese leaders have tried to cushion the blow to their own econ- omy by targeting U.S. goods its importers can get from other countries. Mike Miller, a wheat farmer outside of Ritzville, about 60 miles west of Spo- kane, thinks the trade war has had minimal impacts on global wheat prices so far. “Other conditions in the world wheat market have caused a bump upward in prices that are not related to our own international trade policies,” Miller said. Poor wheat crops in Austra- lia and Europe have prices “on a little upward swing,” he said. More than 90 percent of the $600 million wheat crop in Washington is exported to other countries each year. Miller said farmers are eternal optimists who under- stand the federal government is seeking better trade condi- tions with China. “I just wish agriculture wasn’t being singled out in this retaliatory climate,” Miller said. SALEM — The Ore- gon Liquor Control Com- mission will ask state law- makers during the 2019 session for $7 million in recreational pot taxes per biennium to help track medical marijuana. The Statesman Jour- nal reported Thursday that the money would provide ongoing funding for the tracking program. Legislators pre- viously appropriated money to start the track- ing program and spokes- man Mark Pettinger says 23 positions have been authorized, including 16 inspectors. Commission Execu- tive Director Steve Marks said in a statement that their regulatory role over recreational and now medical marijuana, as well as additional over- sight responsibilities for hemp, has greatly expanded the agency’s work. Taxes collected on recreational marijuana sales are divided among recipients including schools and the Oregon State Police. State figures show Oregon has brought in more than $180 million in state marijuana taxes since collections began in 2016. Fun at the Fort! Labor Day Weekend (Sat/Sun) September 1 st & 2 nd , 2018 Come out and enjoy playing various games, attend JR Ranger programs, experience history on a free guided truck or battery tour, and get your picture taken with JR Beaver! 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM BBQ • Free Tours • Disc Golf w/Prizes • Corn Hole Badminton • Living History • No Day Use Fee JR Ranger Programs (11:30am and 1:30pm) 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Enjoy a BBQ Lunch Hot Dog, Chips and a Drink • Only a Buck! F ORT S TEVENS S TATE P ARK The 4-H Youth of Clatsop County wish to express their appreciation to the following buyers for making the 2018 Clatsop County Junior Market Auction a BIG SUCCESS! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2-B-Trucking 4 Z Ranch A1 Ready Mix A.F. Dick Manufacturing & Repair ABA Company Ag-Bag Forage Solutions Aldrich Point Dairy Alexandroff Dental Arnie’s Cafe Astoria Animal Hospital Astoria Dairy Queen Autio Company Autio Family Farm Autio, Marvin Baker’s General Store Balensifer Fisheries Bergman Construction Biamont, Tony Big Island Ranch Big River Excavating Blind Slough Cattle Co. Bornstein Seafoods Brim Aviation Brim’s Farm & Garden Buoy Beer Company Cary Johnson Custom Homes Clatsop Community Bank Clatsop Distributing Coastal Farm & Ranch Columbia Memorial Hospital Columbia Pacific Chiropractic Columbia River Bar Pilots Cowan Dairy Cross Cut Ranch Culver, Bradley Culver, Kelly & Jill Curtis Tractor & Machines DB Trucking Dennis Horton Trucking DiBartolomeo, Joe Dr. Hunter DVM Englund Marine & Industrial Supply Co. Falleur, Mike & Jody Fort George Brewery Fultano’s Pizza-Astoria Gilbert Block Gustafson Logging Hampton Lumber–Warrenton Hayes Butte Ranch Helligso Construction Henson Orthodontics Hollenbeck Properties Hunsinger Fish J Bar D Farm Inc. J&S Appliance & Home Furnishings J.M. Browning Logging J.M. Browning Trucking Jackson Family Jarvis, Wayne Jewell School District Jim Gedenberg Log Trucking Johnson, Betsy, Senator Jose Clinic Kinney & Sons Klemp Family Dentistry Knife River Knutsen Insurance Lawrence Oil Co. Lum’s Auto Center Manna Movers LLC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mays Land & Livestock McCall Tire- Warrenton Meadows Broadcasting Mendoza, Tony Mills, Steve Morisse Logging Morgan, Robert North Coast Truck Parts Northwest Ready Mix Nygaard Logging O’Grady, Pat Olney Saloon & Olney General Store P & L Johnson Mechanical Pape Machinery Phillips, Matt & Bree Pig-n-Pancake-Astoria 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET STEER Seller: Corrie Falleur Buyer: Triad Machinery • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pig-n-Pancake-Seaside Reed & Hertig Packing Reith, Jim Re/Max River & Sea Rickenbach Construction Rod’s Auto & Marine Electric Safeway - Astoria Sapp Family Sasaki, Norma Seppa, Mike & Jeanne Seppa , Scott & Heather Springer’s Garage Stahancyk, Kent & Hook Starley Family Dentistry Sweet Relief T & D Farm Teevin Bros. Land/Timber 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET Turkey Seller: Kassandra Young Buyer: Jackson Family 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET LAMB GOAT • J.M. Browning Logging Triad Machinery • J.M. Browning Trucking Tucker, Bert • Englund Marine & Industrial Two Old Goats Farm & Feed Supply Co. Wadsworth Electric • Fishhawk Fisheries Warrenton Fiber • Phil & Judy Layman Weyerhaeuser Columbia • Nellie Morgan Timberland • White’s Heating & Sheet Metal • North Coast Truck Parts • Nygaard Logging • Wickiup Ridge Construction • Scott Aaron Smith DDC • Wilco • Warrenton Fiber • Wilcox & Flegel Oil Co. • Woods Logging Supply Add-Ons: • Youngs River Trees • Thank you to the numerous Add-On contributors Buyer’s Fund: • A.F. Dick Manufacturing & Repair • • • • • • 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET SWINE Seller: Madelynn Weaver Buyer: Wilcox & Flegel Oil Co. 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET CHICKEN ROASTER 4-H GRAND CHAMPION MARKET CHICKEN FRYER Seller: Crystal Jimenez Buyer: Cross Cut Ranch A Special Thank you to: • Lisa Lamping Photography • Drs. Hunter & Ramsey DVM • Clatsop Community Bank Thank you to these businesses that paid the commission fees for the market auction: Seller: Jameson Linder Buyer: Hampton Lumber Warrenton Seller: Marlee Walter Buyer: Coastal Farm & Ranch Seller: Georgia White Buyer: Brim’s Farm & Garden