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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020
IN BRIEF
Shipwrecked
Bicyclist injured in Astoria crash
A bicyclist was injured on Feb. 28 after being
struck by a vehicle on Eighth and Exchange streets in
Astoria.
The driver reportedly did not see the bicyclist.
The bicyclist was taken to Columbia Memorial
Hospital.
With two large excavators, Coastal
Towing and Salvage began to dig a
boat out of the sand at Arcadia Beach
on Thursday afternoon. The boat
washed ashore after it was abandoned
over the weekend when the two owners
and their dog were rescued by the U.S.
Coast Guard after facing rough seas.
Local police offi cers graduate
from Basic Police Class
Madyson Hanna and Dylan McCoy from the War-
renton Police Department and Jenny Thompson-Kiefer
from the Cannon Beach Police Department will gradu-
ate next week from Basic Police Class.
The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards
and Training’s 16-week class includes dozens of train-
ing areas, including survival skills, fi rearms, emer-
gency vehicle operations, ethics, cultural diversity,
problem-solving, community policing, elder abuse
and drug recognition.
The graduation will be held at the Oregon Public
Safety Academy in Salem on March 13 at 11 a.m.
— The Astorian
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Oregon’s jobless rate
hits another historic low
Oregon’s unemployment rate has been playing
limbo for the past several months and set another his-
toric low in January of just 3.3%.
The Oregon Employment Department revised
prior fi gures downward to 3.4% for the last three
months of 2019, so this is the fi rst time the state’s
unemployment rate has been consistently below 4%
since economists began using current methodology in
1976.
Transportation, warehousing and utilities work
grew fastest in the past 12 months, expanding by
3.6%. Information jobs expanded by 3.5%, primarily
due to growth in Oregon’s software sector.
Growth in construction work ground to a halt
during 2019, though, while manufacturing shed 3,200
jobs amid the trade war with China.
— The Oregonian
In Brief
DEATHS
March 3, 2020
Deaths
COVEY,
Arnetta
Francis, 93, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
TETLOW, John Z.,
49, of Carmichael, Cali-
fornia, formerly of Asto-
ria, died in Carmichael.
Simple Traditions Inc. in
Carmichael is in charge
of the arrangements.
Dec. 18, 2019
WALBRAN, Adaline
D., 91, of Tigard, for-
merly of Astoria, died in
Tigard.
BIRTH
Feb. 15, 2020
Birth
BANHAM, Devan and Amos, of Astoria, a girl,
Zion Kathryn Banham, born at Columbia Memorial
Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Rod and Lori
Blohm, of Palmer, Alaska, and Joel and Deborah Ban-
ham, of Plains, Montana.
ON THE RECORD
dence, recklessly endan-
On Attempted
the Record
murder
gering another person
William Frank Sat-
terwhite, 37, of Astoria,
was indicted Thursday
for attempted murder,
two counts of assault in
the second degree, rob-
bery in the fi rst degree,
kidnapping in the fi rst
degree, coercion, tam-
pering with physical evi-
and two counts of menac-
ing constituting domestic
violence.
Menacing
Timothy
Everett
Woodward, 34, of War-
renton, was arrested
Wednesday at Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital in
Astoria for menacing.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board, 6 p.m.,
Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave.
Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., 989 Broadway.
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.
Lewis & Clark Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 U.S. Highway 101 Business.
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Courtney, never one to
hide his feelings, was char-
acteristically blunt.
“This is a failed short
session,” he said . “I cannot
believe that. It’s a failed short
session because 11 elected
offi cials who are state sena-
tors would not come do their
job.”
Courtney’s remarks were
part eulogy for what he views
as the damaged institution of
the Legislature, saying that it
has been harmed by repeated
walkouts by Republicans.
Financial impact
Due to the stalemate , Ore-
gonians from one side of
the state to the other won’t
receive money that would
have been appropriated from
the Legislature.
There will be no $120
million to provide more
shelter and affordable hous-
ing for the 10,000 Orego-
nians struggling with home-
lessness, no $78 million to
cover costs at the troubled
state Department of F orestry
and start new projects to mit-
igate wildfi re. There will
be no $50 million for local
parole and probation offi ces,
centers for abused chil-
dren , and additional judges
for Deschutes and Douglas
counties.
Republicans agreed some
of the spending was vital.
House Republican Leader
Christine Drazan, in a video
posted to Twitter, noted that
Courtney and Kotek identi-
fi ed spending that was “most
critical to pass” and that
Republicans reviewed that
list.
“We agree,” Drazan,
R-Canby, said in the video.
Courtney and Kotek say
they want a special ses-
sion to get critical legisla-
tion done. Courtney said that
wouldn’t happen for at least
30 days, and if it does, leg-
islators have $1 billion in
general fund dollars to make
the adjustments they weren’t
able to complete during this
session.
“Some bills can wait till
next session,” Kotek told
reporters . “Some will have
to get done in a special ses-
sion. And we defi nitely
have to get back to the bud-
gets. So we are committed to
transparency and process,”
which she said was not pos-
sible given the timelines that
Republicans suggested by
coming back on Sunday.
Under the state’s consti-
tution, lawmakers must offi -
cially adjourn by 11:59 p.m.
on Sunday .
With the Legislature now
functionally over, lawmakers
have a modest pot of money
to use for the state’s most
urgent needs — approxi-
mately $75 million in an
emergency reserve fund.
The Emergency Board, a
panel of legislators empow-
ered to distribute money
when the Legislature isn’t in
session, will distribute that
money.
Kotek and Courtney said
they would convene the
board Monday . That’s how
lawmakers plan to allo-
cate $12 million to help vic-
tims of recent fl ooding in the
Umatilla b asin.
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‘It’s crazy’
Republican
leaders
agreed that the session was
a failure and also pointed
to how Democrats staged a
walkout in 2001. But they
blamed Democrats for the
dysfunctional environment
and accused them of abusing
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their supermajorities and not
compromising over cap and
trade .
As Democratic lead-
ers held a press confer-
ence in the harshly lit press
room in the bowels of the
Capitol, Senate Republican
Leader Herman Baertschiger
Jr., R-Grants Pass, spoke to
reporters through video chat.
He didn’t say where he
was, but a picture of ducks
fl ying over a pond hung on
the wall behind him.
Baertschiger said Repub-
licans called for budget
adjustments to be approved
earlier in the session in case
of a walkout over the green-
house gas reduction bill. He
reiterated that all along that
Republicans just wanted the
bill referred to a vote of the
people.
“It’s crazy,” he said. “It’s
crazy. It’s absolutely crazy.”
Baertschiger was dis-
missive about an executive
order from the governor’s
offi ce, saying such an act
would prompt an immediate
lawsuit.
Drazan said that denying
quorum remains an import-
ant tool to ensure that the
minority party’s voices are
heard. While she said she
didn’t consider the session’s
end a victory, she said her
caucus would stand by its
decision.
“When it comes down to
it, we are going to live with
it because that’s what leader-
ship looks like,” she said.
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L egislature can call itself
into special session when
a majority of members in
each chamber “has cause
to believe an emergency
exists.”
Brown said she was open
to summoning legislators
back to town, but only if
leaders brought her “a plan
for a functioning session.”
“I am open to calling a
special session if we can
ensure it will benefi t Orego-
nians,” Brown, a Democrat,
said in a written statement.
“However, until legislative
leaders bring me a plan for a
functioning session I’m not
going to waste taxpayer dol-
lars on calling them back to
the s tate Capitol.”
The governor is now
exploring using executive
power to enact limits on
greenhouse gas emissions.
“I have always been clear
that a legislative solution
was my preferred path to
tackle the impacts of climate
change for the resources
it would bring to our rural
communities and the fl ex-
ibility it would provide for
our businesses,” Brown
said in a written statement .
“However, I will not back
down. In the coming days,
I will be taking executive
action to lower our green-
house gas emissions.”
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