A2
THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, AuguST 6, 2019
IN BRIEF
Filling Empty Bellies drops one
lunch day for August
An Astoria nonprofit that has served lunch to the
homeless and others in need since 2015 is cutting down
on the number of meals it provides each week due to a
shortage of volunteers.
Filling Empty Bellies will continue to serve lunch
Monday through Thursday and on Saturdays through-
out August at Peoples Park off Marine Drive, according
to director Erin Carlsen.
Last week, the group thought it would have to cut
down to serving lunch only three days a week rather
than the usual six, but has since had several more vol-
unteers step up.
Carlsen sees the change in lunch service as an oppor-
tunity to tighten up the list of volunteers and ensure
that the lunches are predictably provided and staffed.
In July, some lunches were canceled or delayed, either
because of a lack of volunteers or because someone
had to drop out unexpectedly.
Carlsen said that, in general, “Summertime is really
hard because people’s schedules change a lot.”
In a Facebook post Friday, Carlsen emphasized that
Filling Empty Bellies is a nonprofit. Though the group
receives regular food donations from Columbia Memo-
rial Hospital and pizzas from Sahara Pizza, funding for
meals often comes out of volunteers own pockets, she
wrote.
“Most of us are working full-time jobs and squeez-
ing this outreach work into our free time and days off,”
she wrote. “Why do we continue to do it? I think it’s
because we share a common belief that humans, no
matter who they are or what they’ve done, deserve to
eat and drink water in order to stay alive. Pretty simple.”
“The reality is that most of the volunteers are people
who are barely making ends meet themselves and that’s
why they’re doing it, because they know what it means
to be hungry,” Carlsen told The Astorian.
Filling Empty Bellies also organizes laundry days at
the Mini Mart on the east side to give people a chance
to wash clothes.
— The Astorian
DEATH
Aug. 3, 2019
FOWLER, Linda, 76, of Seaside, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• Anthony S. Evans, 22,
of Astoria, was arrested
Sunday in Warrenton for
driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants.
• Jason Wesley Sicken,
39, of Astoria, was
arrested Sunday on the
300 block of Olney Ave-
nue for DUII and resist-
ing arrest. He was also
cited for refusing a breath
test.
• Maria Cruz-Reyes,
38, of Tillamook, was
arrested Saturday on U.S.
Highway 101 and Broad-
way Street in Seaside for
DUII.
Criminal trespass
• Steven Michael
Wolf, 42, was arrested
Sunday on the 100 block
of Alternate U.S. High-
way 101 for violation of
a restraining order and
criminal trespass in the
second degree.
Assault
• Joseph W. Taylor,
22, of Warrenton, was
arrested Sunday on the
400 block of N. Main
Avenue in Warrenton
for assault in the second
degree, disorderly con-
duct in the second degree
and harassment.
• Deresia Artui, 51,
of Astoria, was charged
Friday with assault in
the fourth degree. A man
was taken to Columbia
Memorial Hospital after
she allegedly threw a tool
used for shrimp process-
ing at a seafood plant and
lacerated the left side of
his face.
Burglary
• David William Nich-
ols Jr., 30, of Astoria, was
arrested Monday on T T
Larson Road in Astoria
for burglary in the first
degree and ex-convict in
possession of a weapon.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Seaside Community Center
Commission, 10:30 a.m.,
Bob Chisholm Center, 1225
Avenue A.
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 4 p.m., Port offices, 10
Pier 1 Suite 209.
Seaside Library Board,
4:30 p.m., Seaside Library,
1131 Broadway.
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, 5 p.m., Clatsop Care
Health and Rehabilitation,
646 16th St.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101
Established July 1, 1873
(USPS 035-000)
Published Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 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.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to
The Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR
97103-0210
DailyAstorian.com
Business.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Improvement
Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
Gearhart City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific
Way.
THURSDAY
Astoria City Council, 1 p.m.,
work session, City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Seaside Convention Center
Commission, 5 p.m., Seaside
Civic and Convention Center,
415 First Ave.
Cannon Beach Academy,
5:30 p.m., 3781 S. Hemlock St.
Circulation phone number:
503-325-3211
Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR
ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP
All advertising copy and illustrations
prepared by The Astorian become the
property of The Astorian and may not
be reproduced for any use without
explicit prior approval.
COPYRIGHT ©
Entire contents © Copyright,
2019 by The Astorian.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF
CIRCULATIONS, INC.
Printed on
recycled paper
Subscription rates
Effective May 1, 2019
MAIL (IN COUNTY)
EZpay (per month) ...............................................................................................................$11.25
13 weeks in advance ...........................................................................................................$37.00
26 weeks in advance ...........................................................................................................$71.00
52 weeks in advance ........................................................................................................ $135.00
Out of County Rates available at 800-781-3214
DIGITAL
EZpay (per month) .................................................................................................................$8.00
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
TROLLEY RETURNS
The Old 300 rolled along the Astoria Riverwalk over the weekend. For the first time this summer, the Astoria Riverfront
Trolley was able to run its entire route along the downtown waterfront over the weekend. A project to replace short
bridges that connect the base of downtown streets to overwater piers hit several snags — to the frustration of businesses
that rely on foot traffic down 11th Street and along the Astoria Riverwalk. The city originally hoped the first three bridges
at Seventh, Ninth and 11th streets would be fully replaced and reopened by the end of May. But contractors have only just
finished paving the streets. While the trolley tracks are open, the street ends are still blocked off by fencing. According to a
recent update from city engineering staff, however, the streets will be open to pedestrian and vehicle traffic on weekends.
Contractors will begin on the next set of bridges at Sixth, Eighth and Tenth streets this fall.
Columbia Memorial readies clinic in Seaside
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — Work is
underway on a new Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital pri-
mary care and urgent care
clinic at the former sites of
Dress Barn and Toys R Us at
the Seaside Outlet Mall.
Erik Thorsen, the hospi-
tal’s CEO, said in a state-
ment that the last commu-
nity health needs assessment
showed a need to do more
to meet the demand for pri-
mary care services. With
patients in Seaside, Cannon
Beach and farther south, he
said it “just makes sense to
the board to build a clinic in
Seaside.”
The future Columbia Memorial Hospital clinic at the Seaside Outlet Mall.
The hospital opened its
first primary care clinic in
the Warrenton Highlands
shopping center in 2013 and
added another clinic in Asto-
ria’s Park Medical Building
last year.
The Knight Cancer Col-
laborative, a partnership
with Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University for chemo-
therapy and radiation ther-
apy, opened in 2017 next to
the hospital’s main campus
in Astoria.
The new clinic in Seaside
will follow the model of the
hospital’s Warrenton clinic,
offering primary care, urgent
care and some diagnostics,
such as X-rays and labs,
according to Felicia Struve,
the hospital’s marketing and
communications director.
A Democratic defection killed cap and trade
Monnes Anderson
was influenced by
Boeing’s concerns
By AUBREY WIEBER
Oregon Capital Bureau
A state Senate Demo-
crat, not fleeing Republi-
cans, doomed Gov. Kate
Brown’s keystone environ-
mental policy that had been
in the works for more than a
decade, according to inter-
views and public records.
When Senate President
Peter Courtney announced
in June that his chamber
didn’t have the votes to pass
cap-and-trade legislation,
the credit for its failure fell
to a walkout by 11 Repub-
lican senators and a boister-
ous Capitol rally by the tim-
ber industry.
But Sen. Laurie Monnes
Anderson, a Gresham Dem-
ocrat, had already quietly
told Courtney she wasn’t
the expected “yes” vote sup-
porters had counted on. Her
defection meant Courtney
couldn’t field enough Dem-
ocratic votes to pass the
ambitious legislation.
Her little-known role
reveals the power of the
lobby and the nitty-gritty of
state politics that often turns
on one-on-one dealings
more than public statements
and committee hearings.
Monnes Anderson is a
73-year-old retired nurse
who won a House seat in
2000, then moved to the
Senate in 2004. She’s long
been a reliable vote for
Democrats, though lobbyists
say she also has a reputation
for being easily swayed.
That reputation made her
a political target as the cap-
and-trade plan appeared
headed
for
legislative
approval.
“Boeing came to me,”
Monnes Anderson said.
“People think I am easily
swayed. I think I am objec-
tive and open-minded about
the pros and cons about
important legislation.”
Democrats had been
pursuing cap and trade for
years, acting out of concern
that Oregon play a role in
laws over the Republican
minority.
Critical vote
That didn’t mean House
Bill 2020 was easy going.
An interim committee spent
months working up the pro-
posal. During the session,
legislators conducted 23
hearings and considered 116
amendments. In June , the
House passed the measure
36-24 after a floor debate
that exceeded six hours. Its
passage in the Senate was
considered inevitable by
even some of the bill’s most
vigilant foes.
Courtney needed 16 sen-
edged in an interview that
she didn’t have a great
understanding of the dense
policy, but was given pause
when Boeing approached
her with concerns.
Boeing’s Gresham fac-
tory employs 1,600 work-
ers. The facility gets its elec-
tricity from a wholesale
supplier rather than a pub-
lic utility. Public utilities got
free allowances in HB 2020,
in part because of a state
mandate forcing them to
move from coal power and
also because the state has
oversight of them. The state
has no way to see how pri-
vate suppliers rely on clean
‘BOEINg CAME TO ME. PEOPLE THINK
I AM EASILy SWAyEd. I THINK I AM OBJECTIVE
ANd OPEN-MINdEd ABOuT THE PROS ANd
CONS ABOuT IMPORTANT LEgISLATION.’
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson | a Gresham Democrat
reducing greenhouse emis-
sions and finance environ-
mental innovation. Legisla-
tion encapsulating the idea
had failed in one legislative
session after another, but
this year offered hope the
plan would finally become
law.
Brown won reelection
in part based on promis-
ing to pursue the program
and Democrats won enough
seats in the House and Sen-
ate to push through new
WANTED
Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber
Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA
Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500
ators to say “yes.” He had 18
Democrats to work with.
Two Democrats already
publicly declared they would
vote “no” — Sen. Betsy
Johnson, of Scappoose, and
Sen. Arnie Roblan, of Coos
Bay.
That left Courtney the
16 Democrats he needed to
move ahead, but Monnes
Anderson in May started
voicing concerns, triggering
an intense lobbying effort
by industry, environmen-
talists and the governor’s
staff. Monnes Anderson was
emerging as the critical vote.
Her concern was focused:
She didn’t want the legisla-
tion to hurt a major employer
in her urban district, Boeing.
Monnes Anderson acknowl-
or dirty energy production,
or ensure free allowances
would go toward stabilizing
energy rates rather than prof-
iting shareholders.
Boeing produced an anal-
ysis that determined HB
2020 would increase the
Gresham factory’s energy
costs by $1 million per year.
But text messages acquired
by the Oregon Capital
Bureau show when the gov-
ernor’s staff asked for that
analysis in an attempt to
address the matter, company
officials declined, saying it
was proprietary information.
Emails between Brown’s
chief of staff, Nik Blosser,
and Boeing representatives
See Cap and trade, Page A3