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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018
What are you doing about holiday shopping this year?
“I’m making my
gifts.”
Stanley Kahn,
Astoria
“I am ordering
everything online,
and utilizing the post
offi ce for delivering
gifts, if need be. Or, if
local, I’ll give them in
“A little bit local,
and a little online, like
Amazon. I’m defi nitely
doing a smaller Chris-
mas this year.”
Kirsten Lippy, Astoria
person.”
THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Melody Frazier, Astoria
Bill to allow killing sea lions heads to Trump’s desk
In the past, Oregon and Wash-
ington state have gone through a
long regulatory process to get fed-
eral approval to kill sea lions.
The Endangered Salmon Pre-
dation Prevention Act had already
cleared the U.S. Senate. If it is
signed into law by President Don-
ald Trump, it would streamline
the approval process for the states
of Oregon, Washington state and
Idaho as well as several Northwest
Tribes.
The Columbia River Intertribal
Fish Commission welcomed the
news that several tribes, includ-
ing the Yakama, Umatilla, Warm
Springs and Nez Perce, will now
have the authority to manage sea
lions.
“I suspect many would wish the
times were different and this leg-
islation wasn’t necessary,” said
Jaime Pinkham, the commission’s
executive director. “But the reality
By CASSANDRA PROFITA
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Congress has agreed to make
it easier to kill sea lions threaten-
ing fragile runs of salmon in the
Northwest.
A bill approved by the U.S.
House Tuesday changes the
Marine Mammal Protection Act to
lift some of the restrictions on kill-
ing sea lions to protect salmon and
steelhead in the Columbia River
and its tributaries.
Managers say sea lion popula-
tions have grown so large that they
no longer need all the protections
that were put in place in 1972.
As their populations have
grown, more and more sea lions
have been making their way up
rivers and eating threatened and
endangered fi sh at choke points
like Bonneville Dam and Willa-
mette Falls.
is that this legislation has become
necessary.”
Under the bill’s new rules, the
total number of sea lions removed
would be limited to prevent dam-
age to sea lion populations.
Critics say sea lions are being
unfairly blamed for problems that
are actually caused by dams.
Fish managers say killing sea
lions is the best option for sav-
ing saving certain runs of fi sh that
can’t wait for changes to dams
because they’re already at a high
risk for extinction.
In a statement, U.S. Rep. Dan
Newhouse, R-Wash., said he wants
to make sure the money invested
in salmon recovery isn’t lost to sea
lion predation.
“Billions of taxpayer dollars
have been spent on salmon recov-
ery in the Pacifi c Northwest only
to see invasive sea lions take a bite
out of the population,” he said.
Hazard investigated at
Warrenton Grade School
Lawmakers return to interstate bridge
talks, with apologies and questions
By ANDREW THEEN
The Oregonian
PORTLAND — They
didn’t sing “Kumbaya,”
and no baked goods were
shared, but for the fi rst time
in years, a bipartisan group
of Oregon and Washing-
ton state lawmakers met
Tuesday afternoon in north
Portland to talk about the
interstate bridge.
Seven Washington law-
makers and fi ve guests
from the Oregon Legisla-
ture sat at the same long
table in a conference room
near Delta Park for more
than two hours. By the end
of the meeting, the law-
makers had agreed to con-
tinue talking about talking
about how to replace the
aging span over the Colum-
bia River.
That’s about all they
agreed on, but the meet-
ing was the latest sig-
nal fi ve years after a small
group of Washington law-
makers prevented that state
from funding its share of
the controversial Columbia
River Crossing project, the
states are taking baby steps
toward reviving potentially
serious talks to tackle the
bridge project once again.
From some lawmakers,
there was a thinly-veiled
hold your nose and bear it
element to the meeting.
“If we don’t start some-
thing it’s never going to
happen,” said state Rep.
Caddy McKeown, D-Coos
Bay, “and something needs
to happen, we all agree on
that.”
The public meeting
wasn’t without strong
words from Oregon’s
representatives.
State Sen. Cliff Bentz,
R-Ontario, who co-chaired
the failed effort to approve
the previous bridge project,
said he was “not enthusi-
astic” about going through
the interstate bridge talks
all over again. “I’m won-
dering if you guys can
convince us that you’re
for real,” he said to Wash-
ington legislators, add-
ing he was curious if the
state was at a point “where
they can get their act
together.”
Other lawmakers struck
a conciliatory tone, but
the meeting included an
undercurrent that both
sides hadn’t forgotten the
amount of legwork and
effort that went into the
previous attempt to build
a bridge, which included a
light rail extension to Clark
College in Vancouver.
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — Offi cials are inves-
tigating an incident involving a substance
found in a Warrenton Grade School stu-
dent’s backpack on Tuesday.
A hazardous materials team from the
Astoria Fire Department was called to the
school just after 10 a.m. The substance was
made from household cleaning supplies,
according to the school’s Facebook page.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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Breezy with occasional
rain
DUII
• At 9:14 p.m. Tuesday, Jacob Foster
Valencia, 25, of Hammond, was arrested
by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce on
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Periods of rain
Full
Salem
42/54
Newport
45/53
Dec 22
Coos Bay
43/57
New
Dec 29
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners,
6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Com-
mercial St.
Astoria School Board, 6:15 p.m., study session,
7:30 p.m., regular meeting, Capt. Robert Gray
School third-fl oor boardroom, 785 Alameda
Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road, Svensen.
Astoria City Council, 6:30 p.m., special session
on Fairfi eld Inn and Suites appeal, City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 7 p.m.,
Warrenton High School library, 1700 S. Main
Ave.
THURSDAY
Seaside Convention Center Commission,
5 p.m., Civic and Convention Center, 415 First
Ave.
Cannon Beach Academy Board of Directors,
5:30 p.m., 3781 S. Hemlock.
Seaside School District Board of Directors,
6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin.
Gearhart Planning Commission, 6 p.m., 698
Pacifi c Way, Gearhart.
Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
11:11 a.m.
11:23 p.m.
Low
3.7 ft.
1.1 ft.
Baker
25/36
Ontario
26/40
Burns
16/34
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40
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80
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59
75
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31
36
40
22
48
44
37
Lakeview
18/43
Ashland
31/53
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
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City
Olympia
Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Seaside
Spokane
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Yakima
Hi
49
48
50
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52
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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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.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 4-38-39-54-59, Mega
Ball: 12
Estimated jackpot: $262 million
WASHINGTON
Tuesday’s Daily Game: 9-7-3
Tuesday’s Keno: 04-09-10-12-14-17-21-33-36-
37-42-44-47-49-52-70-71-72-74-79
Tuesday’s Match 4: 11-13-15-24
OBITUARY POLICY
Klamath Falls
21/44
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
Hi
56
37
39
52
39
38
63
-2
81
44
50
64
67
52
74
53
66
42
57
42
55
34
60
50
44
OREGON
Tuesday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 5-0-0-8
4 p.m.: 3-9-7-0
7 p.m.: 6-0-1-3
10 p.m.: 0-5-7-0
Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 1-5-10-14-17-23-26-29
Estimated jackpot: $13,000
La Grande
30/40
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
Tonight's Sky: The Big Dipper is low above the
northern horizon after sunset. Before sunrise, it will
be nearly overhead.
Today
Lo
40
22
26
19
27
28
36
-9
69
29
36
39
50
48
67
44
57
32
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35
LOTTERIES
Roseburg
36/48
Brookings
41/56
Jan 5
John Day
27/44
Bend
31/49
Medford
29/53
UNDER THE SKY
High
7.6 ft.
7.5 ft.
Prineville
31/51
Lebanon
38/54
Eugene
38/52
Last
Pendleton
36/53
The Dalles
33/46
Portland
44/51
Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:49 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 11:40 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 9:41 p.m.
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
Mostly cloudy, chance of
a little rain
Tillamook
47/54
SUN AND MOON
Time
5:38 a.m.
4:33 p.m.
52
44
Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
47/53
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 1.37"
Month to date ................................... 2.71"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.72"
Year to date .................................... 56.10"
Normal year to date ........................ 61.09"
Dec 15
Breezy with periods
of rain
SUNDAY
51
44
G Road and charged with driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants and hit and run. He
allegedly was involved in an earlier accident
on U.S. Highway 101 Business.
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 54°/45°
Normal high/low ........................... 49°/36°
Record high ............................ 63° in 2014
Record low ............................. 18° in 1919
First
54
42
Cloudy and breezy with a
little rain
ALMANAC
SATURDAY
The team secured and removed the back-
pack. The substance was non explosive, and
no students or staff were in danger, accord-
ing to the Warrenton Police Department
Facebook page.
The police department is working with the
Clatsop County District Attorney’s Offi ce to
determine the next steps, Warrenton Police
Chief Mathew Workman said. The Warrenton
School District is also investigating for poten-
tial disciplinary action.
ON THE RECORD
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
AP Photo/Don Ryan
A California sea lion that was trapped at Willamette Falls waits to
be released into the Pacifi c Ocean near Newport.
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