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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019
IN BRIEF
Federal grant funds Oregon
whale entanglement research
The state has landed a federal grant that will fund
research into whale entanglement issues off the Ore-
gon Coast.
The federal species recovery grant the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife received this month
— a total of nearly $270,000 that spans three fi scal
years — will allow researchers to delve deeper into
research that looks at how to avoid confl icts between
whales and fi shing gear.
California, Oregon and Washington state have
coordinated efforts to address confl icts between forag-
ing whales and fi shing gear, specifi cally commercial
Dungeness crabbing gear.
The research in Oregon, conducted by Oregon State
University in collaboration with the Coast Guard,
began this year with initial funding from the Oregon
Dungeness Crab Commission.
Researchers have tagged along on Coast Guard
fl ights to look at whale distribution off the coast. On
the fl ights, they make note of various environmental
factors such as sea surface temperature and salinity,
correlating that to where they see or don’t see whales
and where fi shing activity occurs.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley
praised the grant award
“Oregon has a proud history of conservation, and
fi shing is the lifeblood of our coastal communities’
economies,” Wyden said in a statement. “This import-
ant investment is a win-win on both fronts, protect-
ing threatened whales and ensuring Oregon’s fi sheries
continue to thrive.”
— The Astorian
BAG OF
TREATS
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Children watching the Astoria Regatta’s Grand Land Parade on Saturday scored candy and other treats. See more photos online
at DailyAstorian.com
Gearhart passes tsunami overlay zone
tsunami zone.
The designation, adopted
on Wednesday, will address
future zoning decisions and
refl ect the community’s risk
tolerance and its applica-
tion of mitigation measures,
according to a city staff
report .
Projects that have been
discussed include new evac-
uation route signs , evacua-
tion towers, new evacuation
maps and emergency supply
storage.
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
DEATHS
Aug. 12, 2019
HAMILTON,
Wal-
ter “Wally,” 66, of Sea-
side, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom
Mor-
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
Aug. 11, 2019
COULOMBE, Gerald
“Peanut,” 73, of Warrenton,
died in Warrenton. Ocean
View Funeral & Crema-
tion Service of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Aug. 10, 2019
CRYDERMAN, Dale,
55, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of the
arrangements
Aug. 8, 2019
PIUKKULA,
John
Elmer, 98, of Tigard, for-
merly of Astoria, died
in Tigard. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
MEMORIALS
Saturday, Aug. 17
CAMERON, Joyce —
Celebration of life starts at
noon, Olney Grange, 89342
Oregon Highway 202.
NELSON, Emily —
Celebration of life from 4 to
8 p.m., Camp Kiwanilong,
595 S.W. Ridge Road in
Warrenton. For details and
information, go to emily-
nelson.home.blog
ROBERTS, Stephen
Allen — Remembrance
and celebration of life from
4 to 8 p.m., Astoria Moose
Lodge, 420 17th St. All are
welcome.
TURMAN,
Shirley
Elaine (Hart) — Cele-
bration of life from 12 to
4 p.m., Coho Room, sec-
ond fl oor, Duncan Law
Building, Oregon State
University Seafood Center,
2021 Marine Drive.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• Tyson Reed, 45, of
Portland, was arrested Fri-
day for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants.
His blood alcohol content
was 0.14%.
Theft
• Christopher Wayne
Cox, 28, of Ocean Park,
Washington, was arrested
Friday in Warrenton for
unauthorized entry into
a vehicle and theft in the
third degree.
• Rachel Schaefer, 37,
of Seaside, was arrested
Saturday at Walmart in
Warrenton for theft in the
second degree.
Criminal trespass
• Kevin Hebert, 55, was
arrested Friday behind
Ocean Crest Chevrolet in
Warrenton for criminal
trespass in the fi rst degree.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning
Commission, 10 a.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial
St., Astoria.
Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District,
5:15 p.m., workshop, Bob
Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A,
Seaside.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225
S. Main Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire De-
partment Board, 6 p.m.,
main fi re station, 34571 U.S.
Highway 101 Business.
WEDNESDAY
Wickiup Water District
Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road,
Svensen.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial
St., Astoria.
THURSDAY
Warrenton Planning Com-
mission, 5 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
Seaside Transportation Ad-
visory Commission, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
GEARHART — The
City Council unanimously
approved a tsunami hazard
overlay zone to help pre-
pare for a Cascadia Subduc-
tion Zone earthquake and
tsunami .
The city’s decision comes
after the state Legislature
overturned a 1995 prohi-
bition on constructing new
public facilities within the
At the state level, a new
law lifted restrictions on new
public buildings in tsunami
zones . Gov. Kate Brown
signed the bill into law in
June, adding in a signing let-
ter that “House Bill 3309
restores much needed fl exi-
bility, while ensuring that our
coast communities remain
safe.”
“It’s really our local rule,”
Gearhart City Attorney Peter
Watts said. “I’m not sure
why that law was passed.
It seems counter to every-
thing you’ve been doing, but
I’m sure there’s some story
somewhere.”
Gearhart’s new rules come
with “exceptions built into it”
and will not impact the deci-
sion of where to place a new
fi re station, should voters
approve a bond to fi nance
the project , City Administra-
tor Chad Sweet said.
“We’re doing our best to
place it in the place that’s
best, ” he said.
Brown changes course on wetlands bill
Governor issues
her vetoes
By HILLARY BORRUD
The Oregonian
Gov.
Kate
Brown
trimmed her veto list down
to just two line-item vetoes
on Friday, the deadline
for the governor to decide
which if any bills to kill
after the 2019 session.
The governor vetoed
a provision in House Bill
5050 that would have pro-
vided $500,000 to the Asso-
ciation of Oregon Counties
to issue grants for E astern
Oregon counties to plan
expansions of cities’ urban
growth boundaries. In a let-
ter Friday, Brown said a
state agency should handle
that process.
Brown also vetoed part
of House Bill 2377 that
would have cut $5 million
in funding for the Oregon
Medical Board’s rainy day
fund.
The governor’s deci-
sion not to veto a bill to
relax wetland protections,
an action she had consid-
ered, angered some conser-
vationists on Friday. House
Bill 2437 will allow a 60 -
fold increase in the amount
of material farmers can
excavate from agricultural
ditches without a state per-
mit and allow the material
to be dumped in wetlands.
The bill was sponsored by
state Sen. Betsy Johnson,
D-Scappoose.
In a letter, Brown
acknowledged the bill “sig-
nifi cantly increases the
Hillary Borrud/The Oregonian
Gov. Kate Brown, shown here at the state Capitol earlier this
year, announced her vetoes on Friday.
allowed removal and dis-
posal of materials in wet-
land areas without scien-
tifi c basis for the new limit
…” However, Brown said
she also heard from law-
makers, conservationists,
the Oregon Farm Bureau
and county commission-
ers “that the current system
is completely unworkable
and unused, and that is the
greater risk to wetlands and
wildlife habitat.”
Two of those lawmak-
ers, Rep. Susan McLain,
D-Forest Grove, and Rep.
David Brock Smith, R-Port
Orford, praised Brown’s
decision to sign the bill
into law . They described
the law as “the product
of a long, thorough work-
group process where con-
servation groups, farmers,
state agencies, and others
came together to fi gure out
how to best resolve confu-
sion over whether farmers
need a fi ll and removal per-
mit to maintain their drain-
age ditches.”
Bob Sallinger, conser-
vation director at the Port-
land Audubon Society, said
the new law will pare back
Oregon wetland regulations
that could have allowed the
state to counteract some of
the environmental deregu-
lation advocated by Presi-
dent Donald Trump.
He pointed out the gov-
ernor made a point of crit-
icizing Trump for rolling
back environmental regula-
tions, at a ceremony at the
Oregon Museum of Science
and Industry in May where
she signed House Bill 2250.
Under that law, Oregon gov-
ernment agencies will track
any weakening of federal
air and water protections
and recommend changes to
state law to compensate.
“As we sign the Oregon
EPA into law, we send a
signal to Washington, D.C.,
that rolling back federal
environmental laws only
creates uncertainty,” Brown
said in a press release at the
time. “By working together
with other states, we can
take a leadership role in
preventing the erosion of
core laws that protect our
environment.”
Sallinger said he spoke
with Brown’s staff at the
event about the importance
of rejecting the wetland and
ditch bill.
“It’s pure hypocrisy for
her to now turn around
and buckle under pres-
sure,” Sallinger said. “This
is exactly the kind of stuff
the Trump administration is
going after.”
Brown also decided not
to veto $4 million in state
funding to help replace
dams in Newport, as she
was considering doing ear-
lier this week.
That news was fi rst
reported earlier Friday by
the Newport News-Times,
which cited an interview
with Rep. David Gomberg,
D-Otis, who pushed back
against the governor’s plan
to line-item veto the money.
Gomberg told the newspa-
per that Brown called him
Thursday evening to deliver
the news.
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