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A2 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 Training day at Camp Rilea IN BRIEF County to distribute free masks to help combat virus Clatsop County will distribute free KN95 masks Thursday at multiple locations. The drive-thru handout events will take place between 4 and 7 p.m. at Elsie-Vinemaple Fire Station, Seaside Fire Station, Gearhart Fire Station, Warren- ton Fire Station, Lewis & Clark Fire Station, Astoria Aquatic Center, Cannon Beach City Hall and Knappa Fire Station. When people get to the front of the line, they will be instructed to stay in their car, hold up fi ngers to show the number of masks needed and roll down the win- dow to receive the masks. For more information, contact Clatsop County Emergency Management at 503-325-8645 or clat- sopemd@co.clatsop.or.us Oregon lawmakers, meanwhile, approved $94 mil- lion more to expand coronavirus testing and contact tracing, but deadlocked on $105 million more for the state to buy personal protective equipment for distri- bution to counties and tribes. The deadlock Wednesday by the 20-member Emer- gency Board could be resolved when the full Legisla- ture opens a special session Monday. — The Astorian DEATHS Aug. 5, 2020 In ADOLPHSON, Brief LeRoy Peter, 72, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Deaths Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. FERGUSON, Shawn, 59, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Aug. 4, 2020 BOCKOVER, Che- rie, 66, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes- Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Aug. 3, 2020 BARROWCLIFF, Kaden, 20, of Beaverton, died in Can- non Beach. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Aug. 2, 2020 CVITANOVICH, Mat- thew, 45, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ran- som Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. July 29, 2020 ROSHAY, Brittany, 30, of Seaside, died in Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian The 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade from Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington state worked in a role-play scenario at Camp Rilea to create a plan to build roadways around a beach and increase access for military forces. MEMORIALS First Baptist Church, 30 N.E. First St. in Warrenton. An online guest book is available at caldwellsmortu- ary.com CORRECTIONS Last name mis- spelled — Annalyse Steele is this year’s Asto- ria Regatta queen. Her last name was incorrectly spelled as Steel in an A1 story on May 23 listing the Regatta Court. Last name mis- spelled — Launa DeGi- usti is the administrator at Clatsop Retirement Village. Her last name was incorrectly spelled as DeGuisti in an A1 story on March 26. ON THE RECORD Assault the second degree and On the Record • Jonathan Taylor unlawful use of a weapon. Lisle, 21, was indicted Monday for assault in the fi rst degree and assault in the second degree. Domestic violence • Troy Wayne Skin- ner, 31, was sentenced Wednesday to more than one year in prison for crimes related to domes- tic violence. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping in Theft • Arrin Damien James Ruiz, 25, of Seaside, was indicted Wednesday for aggravated theft in the fi rst degree, burglary in the second degree, fi ve counts of identity theft, two counts of unlawful entry into a motor vehi- cle and theft in the sec- ond degree. PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., PUBLIC MEETINGS Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave. Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. TUESDAY Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., (elec- tronic meeting). 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. Seaside School District, 6 p.m., (electronic meeting). 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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Kate Brown crafted a bill in 2018 to enact sweeping limits on green- house gas emissions, leaders at an obscure state agency worked behind the scenes to discredit research they feared would persuade her to target one of the state’s most powerful industries. The research, published that March, calculated for the fi rst time how much car- bon was lost to the atmo- sphere as a result of cutting trees in Oregon. It concluded that logging, once thought to have no negative effect on global warming, was among the state’s biggest climate polluters. Researchers led by Ore- gon State University for- est ecologist Beverly Law found that the state could dramatically shrink its car- bon footprint if trees on private land were cut less frequently, a recommen- dation that pushed against the approach of Wall Street real estate trusts and invest- ment funds that cut trees at a younger age to maximize profi ts. The fi ndings alarmed for- est industry leaders in Ore- gon, who quickly assembled scientists and lobbyists to challenge the study and its authors. Among the groups leading the fi ght was the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, a quasi-govern- mental state agency funded with tax dollars that is, by law, restricted from infl u- encing or attempting to infl uence policy. Alan Sylvestre/Oregon Public Broadcasting A helicopter sprays water over a recently logged slope owned by Starker Forests near Philomath during a demonstration in 2015. Leaders at the institute worked behind the scenes for months to persuade lawmak- ers and the dean of Oregon State’s College of Forestry that the research was fl awed, informing timber lobby- ists of their efforts along the way, according to an inves- tigation by The Oregonian, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica. The institute needs to “develop a swift, fairly immediate, response so that this study doesn’t drive all of the initial narrative and so that it doesn’t drive early attempts at the state level to develop carbon policy based on what appears to me to be faulty science,” Timm Locke, the agency’s forest products director at the time, wrote in a May 2018 email with the subject line “Bev Law carbon BS.” “One rea- son I feel this way is that the Governor’s offi ce is noticing.” Then, Locke, a public employee, offered to help a timber lobbyist draft a coun- terargument “those of us in the industry can use.” The email is one of the thousands obtained as part of an investigation by the news organziations , which found that the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, created in the early 1990s to edu- cate residents about forestry, has acted as a public-rela- tions agency and lobbying arm for the timber indus- try, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so. Oregon’s biggest for- est owners have eliminated thousands of jobs, shrink- ing their contribution to the state’s economy while receiving an estimated $3 billion in tax cuts since 1991, a June story that is part of this yearlong investi- gation revealed. The timber industry has maintained out- sized infl uence in the state, thwarting attempts to restrict logging with the help of a decadeslong public opinion campaign. And through the institute, the timber indus- try executed that campaign from behind the veneer of the state government. The tax-funded institute spends $1 million annually on advertising that for years promoted Oregon’s logging laws as strong, even as many became weaker than in neighboring states, a review by the news organizations found. It worked to under- cut university research, challenging the validity of studies and the credibility of professors. Its executive directors sat through pri- vate industry deliberations about dark money attack ads that opposed Brown’s 2018 reelection. And, in 2019, its board discussed rushing a report in an attempt to stop ballot measures that targeted logging, the news organiza- tions found. Erin Isselmann, the insti- tute’s executive director since July 2018, defended the agency. Isselmann said she has operated “under the highest ethical standards.” After the news organizations obtained the emails, Issel- mann told board members she had solicited an opin- ion from the Oregon Depart- ment of Justice about the institute’s legal constraints. She declined to make it pub- lic, citing attorney-client privilege. Locke said in an inter- view that the line between lobbying and educat- ing at the institute was unclear. He said his push- back against Law’s study wasn’t an attempt to sway Brown’s carbon policy, “so much as to ensure that the policy was based on sound information.” Charles Boyle, a spokes- man for the governor, called the news organizations’ fi nd- ings “deeply troubling.” He said they merited “at the very least an investigation by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission or the secretary of state’s offi ce, and perhaps an audit to bring more facts to light.” “It is clear that they have openly disregarded the idea that OFRI is a public entity that should serve the inter- ests of Oregonians,” Boyle said. Please ADOPT A PET! ZEUS 17-year-old Blue American Shorthair Handsome is an understatement; sleek and silky with amber eyes and velvet tread. Steel on the inside where it matters most. 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