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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 Dog recovers after being Lawmakers roll out billion-dollar trampled by Gearhart elk ‘student success’ proposal By ROB MANNING Oregon Public Broadcasting A corgi survived the encounter Oregon would enact a new tax on businesses and raise more than $1 billion annually for public schools under a legislative proposal released after more than a year in development. Three leaders of the Joint Committee on Student Suc- cess briefed reporters on a House bill aimed at priori- tizing early childhood edu- cation, student mental health and district initiatives to improve graduation rates and other priorities. Committee members vis- ited 77 schools, hearing from teachers, administrators and students, to identify the highest priorities in funding schools. They said they’re focusing the billion-dollar investment on a few prob- lems they heard discussed everywhere they went. A chart shared by commit- tee leaders Thursday outlined three main components: • $400 million per two- year budget cycle on early childhood priorities, includ- ing full funding for Early Childhood Special Education. • $600 million per bien- nium on “statewide invest- ments,” such as drop-out By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian GEARHART — “Sammy,” a 12-year-old c orgi, is one lucky dog. He survived an encoun- ter with an elk herd in late March outside his home at Ninth Street and North Cottage in Gearhart. Attuned to the elk popu- lation from years of living on the North Coast , Joanne Dreier listened for the herd before going out. She checked all the windows, opened the garage door and Sammy walked ahead. Suddenly, a herd of about 80 elk emerged from the thicket. Instead of making a turn toward the golf course, the herd stopped and two lead females approached. “There were several seconds where everybody was just standing still and I was trying to keep Sammy from going further,” Dreier said. While not usually responsive, the herd will eventually move away. “But these females were intent on getting rid of this dog,” Dreier said. “I think it was because there were calves in this group. The two females, one of them in particular, came forward and charged at him.” When the dog’s short legs got caught in the tall side grass, he leaped in the air and realized he was in big trouble, she said. The lead female lifted her leg and came down on Sammy with her hoof. “I was hysterical by this time and I ran over and grabbed him,” Dreier said. “I thought his back was broken.” Holding the dog, she backed away toward the house. “The rest of the herd, thank goodness, didn’t really pay any attention,” she said. “Somehow they went to the golf course.” By this time, two golf course employees heard the commotion . “They called Joanne and Sam Dreier Sammy recuperates after an elk encounter. ‘HE WAS REALLY LUCKY. IF I HAD NOT GRABBED HIM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER FOR HIM. HAD THEY CHARGED ME, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE.’ be seen as isolated , but part of a larger effort to provide greater safety for residents and their pets when con- fronted with the elk . Gearhart and Warren- ton have been “ahead of the curve,” he said, in seek- ing solutions to the risk posed by interactions with wildlife. Sam and Joanne Dreier intend to partici- pate in further discussions as Gearhart joins a regional effort to control elk-human interactions. Despite a broken tibia and cracked ribs, Sammy is “his same jaunty self,” Sam Dreier said. “From his per- spective, he’s got a twinge of pain. But that’s going to be gone in a couple of weeks.” The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — No injuries or major damage were reported in a ﬁ re at a homeless camp behind Goodwill on Saturday night. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 56 44 45 Brief showers early; mostly cloudy THURSDAY 54 43 Assault • Around 9:30 a.m. on Fri- day, David Ethan Long, 48, of Warrenton was arrested by Astoria police on the 100 block of Forest Street for second-degree assault. Long Periods of sun with a couple of showers MONDAY Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. 58 42 Partly sunny with a couple of showers Periods of rain wise was contained in under an hour. It is unclear what started the ﬁ re, Alsbury said, though it appeared it was a tent that caught ﬁ re. There were also several propane tanks at the scene. allegedly punched and hit a 64-year-old Astoria man with a guitar in the basement of an apartment complex. DUII • At 11:45 p.m. on Friday, Richard Jasper, 48, of Ham- mond, was arrested by War- renton police at the inter- section of Paciﬁ c Drive and Enterprise Street for driving under the inﬂ uence of intoxi- cants, refusing to take a breath test and reckless driving. PUBLIC MEETINGS FRIDAY 54 39 Around 6:30 p.m., the Warrenton Fire Department responded to a ﬁ re that started about 400 feet away from the store , said Assis- tant Fire Chief Brian Als- bury. The ﬁ re spread to a few nearby trees, but other- ON THE RECORD FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT advocates have repeatedly said that the state has never addressed that new respon- sibility the way voters intended, with a new source of revenue. The committee’s goal has been to raise upward of $2 billion per biennium, and since they started working on the revenue side, they’ve focused on enacting a tax that would spread the cost across the largest possible group of taxpayers. The leading pro- posal is a Commercial Activ- ities Tax, likely tiered based on the size of businesses. One of the commit- tee’s vice-chairs, Rep. Greg Smith, R-Umatilla, said the smallest businesses would be exempt from the tax com- pletely. He said businesses earning between $150,000 and $1 million per year would pay a ﬂ at fee of $250, while the largest businesses would pay a percentage of revenue, between 0.37 per- cent and 0.45 percent. A presentation at the com- mittee Thursday evening offered two variations on the commercial tax that could allow businesses to deduct the cost of labor in exchange for higher tax rates, so that the revenue total would remain at $1 billion per year. Small ﬁ re reported at homeless camp behind Goodwill in Warrenton Joanne Dreier, owner of ‘Sammy’ our vet to tell them that we were on our way, ” she said. Sammy was taken to Bayshore Animal Hospital in Warrenton, where he was sedated and treated. “He was really lucky,” Dreier said. “If I had not grabbed him, it would have been over for him. Had they charged me, I don’t know what I would have done.” Her advice to dog own- ers is to keep dogs on a leash when outside, even at home. “We’re very grate- ful he wasn’t more badly injured,” she said. “It could have been a very bad day for all of us.” Sam Dreier said he hopes the incident will not prevention and supports for students with disabilities. • $1 billion per biennium for a “school improvement” fund, described as “noncom- petitive grants” toward spe- ciﬁ c goals, such as smaller class sizes, a longer school year and additional health professionals in schools. State Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, the committee co-chair, told reporters that the spending plan was the culmination of his 14 years as a legislator. He said he has repeatedly thanked Sen- ate President Peter Courtney for placing him on the joint committee. “I jumped at the chance,” Roblan said. “Even though the hours are long and the travels have been great, this is singularly the most import- ant thing for me, because it’s getting at the heart of why I came here in the ﬁ rst place.” Legislative leaders are working to address funding difﬁ culties that date back nearly three decades to Ore- gon’s passage of property tax measures. Ballot Mea- sure 5 shifted responsibility to fund schools away from local school districts and to the state Legislature through caps on local property taxes. But lawmakers and school Times of clouds and sun TUESDAY Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Rural Law Enforcement District Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., at Jewell School, 83874 Highway 103. Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexing- ton Ave., Astoria. Lewis & Clark Fire Depart- ment Board, 7 p.m., main ﬁ re station, 34571 Highway 101 Business. million Saturday’s Powerball: 15-33- 43-59-60, Powerball: 8 Estimated jackpot: $84 million Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-1-6-0 4 p.m.: 1-8-2-0 7 p.m.: 2-7-0-4 10 p.m.: 4-4-3-9 Friday’s Lucky Lines: 2-7-10- 13-20-24-25-29 Estimated jackpot: $31,000 Friday’s Mega Millions: 8-22- 24-38-64, Mega Ball: 21 Estimated jackpot: $120 million WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 8-5-9 Sunday’s Keno: 02-04-05-08- 11-12-15-19-20-24-29-33-44- 45-49-51-52-69-72-80 Sunday’s Match 4: 01-05-17- 18 Saturday’s Daily Game: 6-3-5 Saturday’s Hit 5: 07-08-09- 22-26 Estimated jackpot: $420,000 Saturday’s Keno: 04-07-08- 28-32-33-36-42-43-49-58-64- 65-66-68-71-75-77-78-79 Saturday’s Lotto: 07-16-17- 21-27-49 Estimated jackpot: $6.6 million Saturday’s Match 4: 02-03- 06-18 Friday’s Daily Game: 7-7-8 Friday’s Keno: 11-13-14-19- 24-25-28-31-46-47-49-50-51- 54-58-61-62-64-78-79 Friday’s Match 4: 05-09-13-24 LOTTERIES ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 45/56 Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 54°/45° Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40° Record high ............................ 81° in 2016 Record low ............................. 30° in 2011 Tillamook 45/53 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.62" Month to date ................................... 2.53" Normal month to date ....................... 1.42" Year to date .................................... 17.58" Normal year to date ........................ 26.26" Salem 45/59 Newport 45/53 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:53 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:41 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 8:46 a.m. Moonset today ......................... 11:39 p.m. Apr 12 Full Last Apr 19 Coos Bay 46/54 New Apr 26 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 11:01 a.m. 10:51 p.m. Low 0.0 ft. 2.5 ft. 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 Hi 77 53 72 72 78 71 86 51 85 71 77 89 87 73 85 72 78 73 80 78 77 71 66 60 79 Ontario 47/58 Burns 37/48 Klamath Falls 34/47 Lakeview 35/45 Ashland 43/53 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 59 53 55 61 55 55 58 59 55 58 Today Lo 40 37 45 45 47 34 44 44 45 46 W r r r r sh t r r r r Hi 51 49 55 58 54 47 55 57 53 54 Tues. Lo 33 31 43 44 46 29 41 42 45 46 W r c sh sh pc sh sh pc pc sh City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 58 58 61 60 61 55 52 58 61 61 Today Lo 40 43 46 47 45 46 41 45 46 38 W sh r r r r sh sh r r sh Hi 59 56 60 59 59 54 55 55 57 63 Tues. Lo 38 40 45 45 45 45 35 43 45 38 W pc sh pc c pc pc sh sh pc c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Today Lo 64 41 46 48 45 49 59 27 69 52 49 70 60 59 73 60 64 57 53 60 54 54 53 46 61 Baker 40/51 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Tonight's Sky: After sunset, the waxing crescent moon and Mars are within 5 degrees of each other. High 9.0 ft. 7.1 ft. La Grande 40/48 Roseburg 47/59 Brookings 45/56 May 4 John Day 40/46 Bend 37/49 Medford 44/55 UNDER THE SKY Time 4:05 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Prineville 39/51 Lebanon 44/55 Eugene 45/58 SUN AND MOON First Pendleton 43/56 The Dalles 46/59 Portland 46/60 W t r c s s pc s s pc pc s s s r pc r t pc s pc pc pc c sh t Hi 75 46 62 77 65 61 92 47 85 66 71 83 77 78 83 77 81 66 83 76 71 58 64 59 79 Tues. Lo 56 39 38 43 43 35 65 28 71 41 54 55 56 54 70 48 62 46 62 50 50 38 50 46 51 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c sh pc c pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc t c s pc s c s r pc pc c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 2-2-1-5 4 p.m.: 8-0-8-3 7 p.m.: 8-8-5-6 10 p.m.: 8-8-6-7 Sunday’s Lucky Lines: 2-8-9- 14-17-21-25-32 Estimated jackpot: $12,000 Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m: 3-2-5-0 4 p.m.: 6-0-4-2 7 p.m.: 0-8-6-6 10 p.m.: 3-7-3-9 Saturday’s Lucky Lines: 1-7- 10-16-20-23-25-31 Estimated jackpot: $10,000 Saturday’s Megabucks: 4-6- 17-18-28-42 Estimated jackpot: $10.4 OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a ﬂ ag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. 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