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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2018
Washington governor proposes Local businesses searched
major steps for orca recovery
after getting bomb threats
By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE — With sci-
entists warning that the
Northwest’s beloved killer
whales are on the brink
of extinction, Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee announced
dramatic plans Thursday to
help the population recover
— including $1.1 billion
in spending and a partial
whale-watching ban.
“We are undertaking
a herculean effort to save
these iconic creatures,” Ins-
lee said in a prepared state-
ment. “It will take action
at every level of the envi-
ronment across our entire
state.”
Starved by a dearth of
salmon, poisoned by con-
taminants, and buffeted
by vessel noise that hin-
ders their hunting and com-
munication, the orcas that
live in the waters between
Washington state and Cana-
da’s Vancouver Island have
failed to reproduce success-
fully in the past three years.
One grieving whale carried
her dead calf on her head for
17 days last summer in an
apparent effort to revive it.
There are 74 left in the
population, the lowest num-
ber since the 1970s, when
hundreds of orcas were cap-
tured in the region and more
Series of similar
hoaxes across the
United States
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Two local businesses
were evacuated Thursday
after receiving bomb scares
that were similar to other
hoaxes across the U.S.
The FBI warned that
emails were being sent pri-
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee walks past a photo of an
orca whale after he talked to reporters about his 2019-
2021 budget proposal on Thursday in Olympia, Wash.
than 50 were kept for aquar-
ium display.
Inslee, who is mulling a
Democratic presidential run
in 2020, detailed the plans
as part of his announcement
of his priorities for the 2019-
2021 state budget. The
money would go toward
protecting and restoring
habitat for salmon, espe-
cially Chinook, the orcas’
favored prey; boosting pro-
duction from salmon hatch-
eries; stormwater cleanup;
and quieting vessel traffi c.
Nearly $300 million
would go toward comply-
ing with a court order that
requires the state to replace
culverts that block the path
of migrating salmon.
Money would also sup-
port developing plans to
move or kill seals and sea
lions that feast on Colum-
bia River salmon where
they get blocked by dams or
other structures, and chang-
ing state water quality stan-
dards to allow more water to
be spilled over dams, help-
ing young salmon reach the
ocean.
Inslee called for a new
capital gains tax and an
increase in business taxes to
help cover the tab.
The governor also said
he intends to ban commer-
cial whale watching of the
local endangered orcas —
known as the southern res-
idents — for three years. He
stressed that whale watch-
ing will be allowed for
other whales in Washing-
ton waters, including non-
resident orcas that pass
through.
SATURDAY
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By EVAN BUSH
The Seattle Times
President Donald Trump
on Tuesday signed a bipar-
tisan bill into law that will
likely keep early earth-
quake-warning projects in
the Pacifi c Northwest on
track.
The bill reauthorizes the
National Earthquake Haz-
ards Reduction Program for
the fi rst time since 2004.
That program pays for core
operations at the Pacifi c
Northwest Seismic Network
and other earthquake-mon-
itoring projects around the
country. In the recently
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TUESDAY
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signed legislation, Con-
gress added emphasis on
developing earthquake early
warning systems that detect
seismic waves in advance
of strong and damaging
shaking.
The bill also directs fed-
eral agencies to gather infor-
mation on the ability of
communities to prepare,
recover and adapt to earth-
quakes and for researchers
to make a systematic set of
seismic-hazard maps.
U.S. Sens. Patty Murray
and Maria Cantwell, both
Washington state Democrats,
and Rep. Pramila Jayapal,
D-Seattle, sponsored the bill.
ALMANAC
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ASTORIA
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Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:51 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................ 12:35 p.m.
Moonset today ......................... 11:43 p.m.
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Dec 22
Coos Bay
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Brookings
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TOMORROW'S TIDES
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Time
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Matthew Lindstrom has
resigned from the Astoria
School Board.
board understand the time
commitment that it takes to
be a board member,” school
Superintendent Craig Hop-
pes wrote in a release about
the vacancy. “Applicants
should consider an average
of fi ve to 10 hours a month
time commitment for school
board work.”
Applications are available
at the Astoria School Dis-
trict offi ce at 785 Alameda
Ave. or at www.astoria.k12.
or.us. Applications are due by
noon Jan. 4 and can also be
emailed to choppes@astoria.
k12.or.us. Interviews will take
place Jan. 9.
Lindstrom’s replacement
would be interviewed next
month, appointed shortly
thereafter and serve out his
term through June. They
would have to run for elec-
tion in May to continue
serving.
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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
Klamath Falls
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REGIONAL CITIES
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
Tonight's Sky: Waxing crescent moon and Mars
within 3 degrees.
High
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6.6 ft.
Ontario
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Bend
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Medford
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UNDER THE SKY
Time
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6:47 p.m.
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Last
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Salem
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Newport
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SUN AND MOON
Full
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The Dalles
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Portland
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Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.06"
Month to date ................................... 2.99"
Normal month to date ....................... 4.34"
Year to date .................................... 56.38"
Normal year to date ........................ 61.71"
First
The Astoria School Board
is seeking a replacement for
Position 3 after Matthew
Lindstrom moved to Oregon
City for work.
Lindstrom was appointed
to the school board last
year after the resignation of
Shawn Helligso.
School board candidates
must be registered voters
who have lived within the
school district for at least
one year . They cannot be
employees of the school dis-
trict or a spouse of one.
“It is vital that community
members applying for the
REGIONAL WEATHER
Trump last year targeted
the early warning system
for budget cuts, but law-
makers on both sides of the
aisle rallied to bankroll the
programs.
Scientists are working
to build out the ShakeAlert
early warning system in the
Northwest, according to
Harold Tobin, the director of
the Pacifi c Northwest Seis-
mic Network and a Univer-
sity of Washington professor
in the Department of Earth
and Space Sciences. The
system is operational, but
only sends messages to civil
agencies and cities involved
in a pilot program.
Astoria School Board seeks new member
The Daily Astorian
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 55°/46°
Normal high/low ........................... 49°/36°
Record high ............................ 59° in 1969
Record low ............................. 11° in 1972
A Warrenton police detec-
tive and offi cer searched
the building, and employ-
ees chose to evacuate for the
day, Warrenton Police Chief
Mathew Workman said.
“The detective had already
heard there were several
threats around the country, and
we later found out that there
were hundreds around the
country,” Workman said. “We
erred on the side of caution.”
Local police have for-
warded information about
the threats to the FBI.
Trump signs bill to keep early
earthquake-warning system on track
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
marily to schools and busi-
nesses. Emails demanded
Bitcoin payments to avoid
explosions.
Police arrived at Wauna
Federal Credit Union in
Astoria around 1:30 p.m.,
and employees evacuated as
the building was searched.
Nothing was found, and the
threat didn’t appear credible,
Astoria Police Deputy Chief
Eric Halverson said.
Earlier in the day, a simi-
lar threat was made to Guild
Mortgage Co . in Warrenton.
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DEATH
Dec. 11, 2018
PASSETTI, Marion E., 86, of Seaside, died in Portland. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in
Astoria/Seaside is in charge of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• At 2:49 a.m. Friday,
Richard Ray Gale, 62, of
Astoria, was arrested by
Astoria police on 31st Street
near the Astoria Riverwalk
and charged with driving
under the infl uence of intox-
icants. Gale allegedly was
driving on the Riverwalk.
• At 1:18 a.m. Wednes-
day, David Bezhan, 19, of
Battle Ground, Washing-
ton, was arrested by Sea-
side police on Broadway
and Columbia streets and
charged with DUII and
minor in possession.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
LOTTERIES
Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 1-6-
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OREGON
Thursday’s Pick 4:
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4 p.m.: 5-5-1-0
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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.
WASHINGTON
Thursday’s Daily Game:
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Thursday’s Keno: 09-12-20-
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