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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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