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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018 Measures would give sweeping authority to sheriffs on guns Backers send a statement on gun rights By JONATHAN LEVINSON Oregon Public Broadcasting Voters in 10 Oregon coun- ties will decide on Second Amendment Protection Ordi- nances this Election Day. The ordinances state that county residents have the right to own semi-automatic weap- ons and high-capacity mag- azines, and the right to own firearms without any registra- tion requirement. The ordinances also call on county sheriffs to decide whether state and federal gun laws are constitutional, and prohibit the use of county resources to enforce any laws deemed unconstitutional. The measures were writ- ten and shepherded through the ballot initiative process by the Committee to Protect the Jonathan Levinson/Oregon Public Broadcasting Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin sits for a portrait in his office in Roseburg. Second Amendment, an orga- nization run by Coos County resident Rob Taylor. Members of militia groups like the Oath Keepers and the Three Percen- ters took lead roles as well. In Douglas County, Sheriff John Hanlin supports the ordi- nance before voters there, but says it’s mostly just a message. “The main purpose of the ordinance is sort of raising the flag in support of the Second Amendment of the Constitu- tion of the United States of America,” Hanlin said. And although Hanlin was clear that interpreting the con- stitution is not part of his job or something that he’s qual- ified to do, this isn’t his first foray into the issue. In 2013, after the Sandy Hook school shooting, the federal government was con- sidering restrictions on some types of gun sales. Hanlin gained national attention after he wrote a letter to Vice Pres- ident Joe Biden saying “any federal regulation enacted by Congress or by execu- tive order of the president offending the constitutional rights of my citizens shall not be enforced by me or by my deputies.” While Hanlin and the Sec- ond Amendment are both pop- ular in Douglas County, even some of his supporters are skeptical of the gun rights ordinances. Mitchell Randall said Han- lin is a family friend he’s known his entire life. And Randall said he trusts Han- lin, but is less sure about other sheriffs. “I don’t like the idea,” Randall said. “John Hanlin is the man … but I don’t know about those other guys.” In neighboring Coos County, Sheriff Craig Zanni technically has the power granted by the Second Amend- ment ordinances. Voters there passed a similar initiative with 60 percent support in 2015. Like Hanlin, Zanni supported the initiative with the caveat that it’s probably illegal. “I was very clear. I don’t think you can enforce it, but I think it makes a great state- ment,” Zanni said. “Leave us alone. If we’re not doing something wrong, why are you bothering to put more responsibility on us?” But not everyone sees the measures as a mere formality. Tom McKirgan spent 17 years as a police officer and is a member of the Three Per- centers militia. He’s the south- ern Oregon coordinator for Taylor’s Committee to Pro- tect the Second Amendment, and helped draft the Douglas County ordinance. Standing in front of his Camas Valley home with enor- mous campaign signs behind him, McKirgan said this isn’t just a statement. “They can’t use any county resources to enforce these dra- conian laws. So if they show up on my property and want to assist another agency with tak- ing my firearms, then there’s a $2,000 fine per incident on the officer and $4,000 for the agency,” McKirgan explained. “People are upset down here in the south because the peo- ple up north, they’re trying to tell us how to live down here …. And we’re just not going to take it anymore.” At a recent campaign event sponsored by the gun control group Moms Demand Action, Gov. Kate Brown said the law in Oregon is very clear. “We moved forward on legislation in the ’90s to clar- ify that any gun regulations need to be developed at the state level because of chal- lenges of enforcement at the local level from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,” she said. But Taylor said he and his committee are prepared for the courts to strike down the ordinances. They’ve already written an updated version without the controversial sher- iff clause if that happens. Bloomberg gives $1.5M to Snake River dams seen as oppose ban on grocery tax possible barriers to saving orcas Associated Press PORTLAND — For- mer New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.5 million to the campaign against a ballot measure in Oregon that would ban any future taxes on gro- cery revenue and items sold in supermarkets. The Oregonian said Mon- day that Bloomberg has not commented publicly on his donation, which was disclosed Friday. The donation was first reported by Portland’s weekly newspaper, Willamette Week. As New York City mayor, Bloomberg unsuccessfully tried to ban super-sized sodas. He also spent $5 million in 2017 to support a proposed soda tax in Chicago. Oregon’s Measure 103 proposes a state constitutional amendment to prohibit new taxes on grocers and most groceries, including food and soda. Taxes would still be allowed on alcohol, marijuana and tobacco. FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 60 55 51 Rain and drizzle early, then downpours Tillamook 51/60 Salem 50/61 Newport 50/58 First Nov 7 Coos Bay 49/59 Full Nov 15 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 1:07 a.m. 1:21 p.m. Low 0.1 ft. 3.3 ft. Today Lo 53 36 46 30 40 52 56 7 73 58 45 51 57 66 70 61 69 44 49 45 54 31 51 50 50 W s s t r pc pc pc pc r pc r s pc pc s pc pc s c s pc pc s c s Hi 78 57 58 46 61 59 68 21 85 61 58 71 80 77 84 76 85 64 52 69 58 52 73 58 71 Wed. Lo 62 51 43 31 36 43 41 10 73 44 38 53 58 60 72 62 73 56 41 59 49 42 53 55 61 Burns 25/53 Klamath Falls 28/56 Lakeview 27/55 Ashland 42/61 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 51 53 62 60 56 54 60 58 57 61 Today Lo 32 40 48 48 51 28 40 50 50 50 W pc pc pc c c pc pc c c pc Hi 49 57 60 60 59 56 61 60 58 60 Wed. Lo 43 45 51 53 56 35 46 55 53 55 W r r c r r c c r r r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 55 56 58 61 60 57 48 60 56 58 Today Lo 45 43 51 47 50 51 38 49 50 39 W c pc c pc c c pc c c pc Hi 59 60 60 60 61 59 49 58 60 61 Wed. Lo W 53 r 55 r 57 r 52 r 55 r 56 r 44 r 53 r 56 r 45 r Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc pc pc pc r s c sh r c s s t pc t pc pc r s r c s r s Oct. 29, 2018 VALENTINE, Franziska, 91, of Naselle, Washington, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Crema- tion Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Oct. 27, 2018 PLOWMAN, Peter D., 74, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Astoria. Grandparents are Marvin and Judy Walton of Diana, Texas, and Robert and Nancy Bickley of Coarsegold, California. Oct. 14, 2018 CALDWELL, Kristen and Jeff, of Astoria, a boy, Corbin Henry Caldwell, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Port of Astoria, 4 p.m., special session on Astoria Riverwalk Inn, Port offices, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Gearhart City Council, 6 p.m., work session on wildlife feed- ing, 698 Pacific Way. THURSDAY Northwest Oregon Housing Authority Board, 10 a.m., NOHA office, 147 S. Main Ave., Warrenton. Astoria Design Review Com- mittee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. LOTTERIES 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Mattresses, Furniture & More! DEATHS Oct. 16, 2018 WALTON, Lauren and Tra- vis, of Astoria, a boy, Jameson Stone Walton, born at Colum- bia Memorial Hospital in APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Assault • At 1:01 p.m. Monday, Dennis Alan Steele, 56, of Warrenton, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office on the 33240 block of Sunset Beach Lane and charged with fourth-de- gree assault. The alleged assault came during a domestic dispute. BIRTHS PACKAGE DEALS IN DUII • At 8:22 p.m. Monday, Madeline Bing- ham Miller, 29, of Wheeler, was arrested by Oregon State Police on state Highway 53 and charged with driving under the influ- ence of intoxicants, reckless driving and coercion. REGIONAL CITIES APPLIANCE 3 A 0 RS Washington state’s orca-rescue plan could include creating more fish habi- tat in Puget Sound and tak- ing another look at remov- ing lower Snake River dams, according to a task force’s pre- liminary proposals. Orcas don’t have enough fish to eat, especially Chi- nook salmon, according to a task force report. The group may recommend studying how much the killer whales would benefit by breaching Ice Har- bor, Lower Monumental, Lit- tle Goose and Lower Granite dams on the Snake River. Another proposal is to make more fish habitat in 66 orcas in 1973. The popu- lation peaked at 98 in 1995. The orcas are believed to be in poor condition and struggling to reproduce, according to the report. Inslee created the task force in May. Public attention on ocras increased in July, An orca nicknamed Tahlequah by a whale museum had a calf that lived for half an hour. Tah- lequah carried the calf for 17 days over more than 1,000 miles in “what was widely seen as a display of deep mourning,” according to the task force report. Orcas have become cen- tral in the long-running debate whether to remove the lower Snake River dams to produce more salmon. As of Monday, more than 653,000 people had signed an online petition to remove the dams to save orcas. Farm groups say the dams are important for barging wheat. ON THE RECORD Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Over By DON JENKINS Capital Press several basins in northwest and southwest Washington. Such projects in the past have included breaching dikes and flooding fields that had been used for agriculture. The 49-member task force, which was created by Gov. Jay Inslee, will meet next week to finalize its recommenda- tions. One task force member, House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chair- man Brian Blake, said Monday that there are more effective ways to help orcas than taking out the Snake River dams. “I personally do not support removal of the Snake River dams. I think it’s the wrong thing to be studying,” said Blake, D-Aberdeen. Some 76 orcas that travel between southern Alaska and central California spend most of the year in the Salish Sea and off the coast of Washing- ton. The first census counted Ontario 34/54 TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 72 51 62 44 60 56 78 21 82 66 64 76 76 80 84 75 82 56 71 59 78 52 72 55 63 Baker 32/49 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 UNDER THE SKY 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 37/52 Roseburg 47/60 Brookings 50/62 Nov 22 John Day 36/52 Bend 40/57 Medford 40/61 Tonight's Sky: The Pleiades is a cluster of several hundred stars and is low in the ENE. High 7.1 ft. 7.8 ft. Prineville 39/59 Lebanon 50/58 Eugene 48/60 SUN AND MOON New Pendleton 43/60 The Dalles 45/60 Portland 51/60 Sunset tonight ........................... 6:04 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:55 a.m. Moonrise today ........................ 11:28 p.m. Moonset today ........................... 2:04 p.m. Time 7:55 a.m. 7:01 p.m. Cloudy, showers around; breezy in the p.m. Mostly cloudy with a little rain Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 51/60 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.87" Month to date ................................... 6.57" Normal month to date ....................... 5.42" Year to date .................................... 45.25" Normal year to date ........................ 45.66" Oct 31 58 50 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 59°/46° Normal high/low ........................... 58°/43° Record high ............................ 72° in 1958 Record low ............................. 27° in 1971 Last SATURDAY 60 48 Mostly cloudy with a passing shower or two Rain ALMANAC FRIDAY 60 52 Task force recommends policy options HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-1-2-4 4 p.m.: 7-9-4-1 7 p.m.: 3-5-1-1 10 p.m.: 9-9-9-0 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 2-6-12- 15-18-21-26-32 Estimated jackpot: $24,000 Monday’s Megabucks: 8-17-21- 28-36-45 Estimated jackpot: $1.8 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 8-1-3 Monday’s Hit 5: 03-19-22-29-30 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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