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A2 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020 IN BRIEF County distributing free face masks as virus precaution Clatsop County will distribute free KN95 face masks at drive-thru handout events at multiple loca- tions on Thursday. People can pick up masks between 4 and 7 p.m. at Elsie-Vinemaple Fire Station in Seaside, Seaside Fire Station, Gearhart Fire Station, Warrenton Fire Station, Astoria Aquatic Center, Knappa Fire Station and West- port Fire Station. Masks will also be distributed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 27 at Cannon Beach City Hall. People are asked to stay in their cars and hold up fi ngers to show the number of masks needed. The county is also working with local chambers of commerce to distribute free masks to local busi- nesses, governments, service districts and social ser- vice providers. Legendary salmon mosaic re-created at Goodman Park SEASIDE — The city’s biggest fi sh is long gone, but a reproduction of the classic “Safeway salmon” lives on at Goodman Park. Members of the Seaside Parks Advisory Committee met at the 12th Avenue park early this month to unveil the re-creation of an 84-foot-wide and 8-foot-high tile mosaic created by artist Richard Kennedy for the exte- rior of the original Safeway on Holladay Drive at the corner of First Avenue. The original mosaic was completed following its fabrication in New York and shipment to Portland in 1962 by the six mosaicists, among them Pete and Mario Ferrarin, known for their historic mosaics at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood. — The Astorian Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian UNITY TRIBUTE TRAIN Cottage Bakery in Long Beach changes hands LONG BEACH, Wash. — After nearly 50 years, a preeminent Long Beach Peninsula institution is chang- ing hands. Earlier this month, Bob and Judi Andrew offi cially turned the keys of the Cottage Bakery over to new owners, Jeff and Casey Harrell and Mark and Lindy Swain, Casey’s sister and brother-in-law. The sale comes about 46 years after the Andrews’ bought the bakery in 1974. The sale had been in the works for more than a month, and came after staff shortages forced the bak- ery to close for a day on April 21, and then again from April 30 through May 6. — Chinook Observer In Brief TOP: The Unity Tribute Train — a parade of emergency responders and other community leaders — traveled up Ridge Road in Warrenton on Wednesday night. The event was organized by Spruce Up Warrenton and the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the front-line workers in the coronavirus pandemic. LEFT: A Warrenton police offi cer passes by a home near Fort Stevens. Oregon bids goodbye to coal power plants DEATH June 16, 2020 Death NEWELL, Cynthia Jean, 60, of Warrenton, died in Portland. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. MEMORIAL Monday, June 22 Memorial NIKKILA, Norma M. — Visitation from 10 a.m. to noon, Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary, 1165 Frank- lin Ave. Graveside service follows at 1 p.m., Ocean View Cemetery, 575 18th St. in Warrenton. CORRECTION Wrong hospital — A woman swept into the ocean Correction in Cannon Beach on Tuesday was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria before being fl own to a Portland area hospital. An In Brief item on A2 Thurs- day incorrectly said she was taken to Providence Sea- side Hospital. ON THE RECORD Burglary harassment. On the Merrick Record • Brandon Criminal Carr, 41, was arraigned Wednesday for burglary in the fi rst degree. Harassment • James Edward Hahn, 43, was arrested Wednesday in Astoria for trespass • Gerald Glen Lut- cavich, 61, of Seaside, was arrested Wednesday under the Astoria Bridge for criminal trespass in the second degree. PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Astoria City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. TUESDAY Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. PUBLIC MEETINGS 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 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, 2020 by The Astorian. 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But keeping the lights on has come at a cost. The plant can burn up to 8,000 tons of coal a day, making it the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state. In 2019, the plant sent roughly 2.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That production — both of energy and emissions — will come to an end in just a few months. The Portland General Electric-owned facility, the last coal plant operating in Oregon, will close by the end of 2020. And though about a third of the electricity used in Ore- gon will still be created by out-of-state coal, Board- man’s closure will mark the end of an energy era. Located 160 miles east of Portland along the Columbia River in Morrow County, the Boardman Coal Plant oper- ates within the environmen- tal rules set down by both the state and federal govern- ments. It is nowhere near the end of its design life. “There’s no expiration date for a plant like Board- man if it’s well-maintained,” said Portland General Elec- tric spokesperson Steve Cor- son. Yet, the company made the unprecedented decision to shut it down. “It was the fi rst volun- tary plant closure in the U.S. of its kind,” said Rebecca Smith, a senior policy ana- lyst at the Oregon Depart- ment of Energy. The Portland General Electric coal-fi red power plant in Boardman is expected to close in 2020. The plant no longer pen- ciled out economically and environmentally, according to Corson. In 2010, Oregon passed strict emission con- trol laws. Meeting those reg- ulations would require Port- land General Electric to make more than $600 mil- lion in upgrades to the plant, a signifi cant investment that “over the long term … just wasn’t going to make sense,” said Corson. Portland General Electric instead made cheaper, short- term fi xes that limited sul- fur and nitrogen emissions, then started making plans to shut the plant down within a decade. “2020 ended up being the Alternative fuel sources longer use coal to power the Boardman plant, the com- pany had to decide what to do with the facility. The company briefl y considered using natural gas as a fuel, but that did not please regulators nor cus- tomers. And while cleaner than coal, natural gas would still produce signifi cant car- bon emissions. Corson said the company then considered torrefac- tion as a fi nal option before closing the plant for good. Similar to roasting coffee, torrefaction chars woody biomass to a level similar to charcoal. This torrefi ed wood can then be used as an energy-dense fuel with a much smaller carbon foot- print than coal. Torrefi ed wood “cer- tainly could be a viable Once Portland General Electric decided it would no See Coal, Page A3 compromise date,” said Cor- son. “It gave our employees at the plant time to plan for the transition. It also gave us time ... to think about how our resource mix would change with Boardman leav- ing the picture.” Boardman isn’t the only coal plant facing pressures both economic and cultural. There are nearly 600 coal- fi red plants still operating in the U.S., though more than 200 others have closed in the p ast two decades due to declining revenue or envi- ronmental regulations. Those regulations are an attempt to reduce the effects of burning coal, the larg- est human-made contribu- tor to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. VOLUNTEER PICK OF THE WEEK Gracie Adult Staffordshire & Fre e Est Fast ima tes Call me ti Any Jeff Hale Painting • • • • American Pit Terrier Blend Spirited, earnest & eager for life’s gifts -- especially love, especially joy. 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