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Page 4A NATION/WORLD East Oregonian South Carolina dodges hurricane, gets slammed by epic rainstorm &2/80%,$6&$3² People across South Carolina JRWDQREMHFWOHVVRQ0RQGD\LQ how you can dodge a hurricane DQGVWLOOJHWKDPPHUHG Authorities struggled to get water to communities swamped by it, and with wa- WHUORJJHG GDPV RYHUÀRZLQJ bridges collapsing, hundreds of URDGV LQXQGDWHG DQG ÀRRGZD- ters rolling down to the coast, the state was anything but done ZLWKWKLVGLVDVWHU “This is a Hugo-level HYHQW´VDLG0DM*HQ5REHUW Livingston, head of the South &DUROLQD 1DWLRQDO *XDUG referring to the September KXUULFDQH WKDW GHYDVWDW- HG&KDUOHVWRQ³:HGLGQ¶WVHH WKLV OHYHO RI HURVLRQ LQ +XJR 7KLV ZDWHU GRHVQ¶W IRRO DURXQG´ 0XFKIHDUHG +XUULFDQH Joaquin missed the East Coast, but fueled what experts at the 1DWLRQDO 2FHDQLF DQG $WPR- spheric Administration called D³¿UHKRVH´RIWURSLFDOPRLV- ture that aimed directly at the VWDWH$ VROLG ZHHN RI UDLQIDOO has killed at least 10 people in South Carolina and two in 1RUWK&DUROLQDDQGVHQWDERXW WRVKHOWHUV$ERXW have been left without drink- DEOHZDWHU One of the latest to die was 0F$UWKXU :RRGV ZKR drove around a barricade and GURZQHG 6XQGD\ QLJKW +LV passenger managed to climb on top of the sedan, which VWDOOHG LQ WKH UXVKLQJ ZDWHU $ ¿UH¿JKWHU UHVFXHG KHU DIWHU VRPHRQHKHDUGKHUVFUHDPV ³6KHFDPHRXWWKHZLQGRZ How she got on top of the car AP Photo/Mic Smith Jeanni Adame rides in her boat as she checks on neigh- bors seeing if they want to evacuate in the Ashborough subdivision near Summerville, S.C., after many of their neighbors left, Monday. South Carolina is still struggling with flood waters due to a slow moving storm system. and stayed there like she did with that water— there’s a good Lord,” Kershaw County &RURQHU'DYLG:HVWVDLG %\ 0RQGD\ WKH KHDYL- est rains had moved into the PLG$WODQWLF VWDWHV$ORQJ WKH Jersey Shore, some beaches devastated by Superstorm San- dy three years ago lost most of their sand to the wind, rain and KLJKVXUI South Carolina authorities PRVWO\VZLWFKHG0RQGD\IURP search and rescue into “assess- ment and recovery mode,” EXW *RY 1LNNL +DOH\ ZDUQHG citizens to remain careful as a “wave” of water swelled downstream and dams had to be opened to prevent cata- strophic failures above low-ly- ing neighborhoods near the FDSLWDO “South Carolina has gone through a storm of historic SURSRUWLRQV´+DOH\VDLG³-XVW because the rain stops, does not mean that we are out of the ZRRGV´ Indeed, shortly after the governor’s news conference, two dams in two separate towns east of downtown Co- OXPELDEXUVWRQ0RQGD\DIWHU- noon, forcing the evacuation of VRPHQHLJKERUKRRGV James Shirer, who lives in the area, saw one of the dams, LQWKHWRZQRI)RUHVW$FUHVIDLO and a 22-acre lake drain in 10 WRPLQXWHV “It just poured out,” Shirer VDLG 7KHLQFKHVRIUDLQWKDW fell at Gills Creek near down- town Columbia on Sunday made for one of the rainiest GD\VUHFRUGHGDWD86ZHDWKHU VWDWLRQLQPRUHWKDQ\HDUV An Associated Press report- er surveying the scene by he- licopter saw the entire eastern side of the capital city awash LQ ÀRRGZDWHU 1HLWKHU WUDLOHU parks nor upscale neighbor- hoods were spared: One man- sion’s swimming pool was ¿OOHGZLWKD\HOORZLVKEURWK South Carolina is accus- tomed to water, but not like WKLV The state hosts 30,000 miles of rivers and streams that most- ly run from the Appalachians to the sea, according to the 86(QYLURQPHQWDO3URWHFWLRQ $JHQF\ ,W DOVR KDV DQRWKHU PLOHVRI³SHUHQQLDOZD- terways” — streams that are usually dry but can turn deadly LQ ÀDVK ÀRRGV 1RZ VZROOHQ by a week of rain, they have carved new channels through DQDJLQJLQIUDVWUXFWXUH According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, RIWKHEULGJHVZHUH VWUXFWXUDOO\ GH¿FLHQW EHIRUH WKLVVWRUP6RPHURDGVDQG EULGJHVUHPDLQHGFORVHG0RQ- GD\LQFOXGLQJQHDUO\PLOHV RI ,QWHUVWDWH 7KH JRYHUQRU said they will need close in- VSHFWLRQWRHQVXUHWKH\¶UHVDIH Some towns were entirely FXWRII$ERXWPLOHVVRXWK- east of the capital, all four roads leading into the county seat of 0DQQLQJ ZHUH FORVHG LVRODW- LQJSHRSOH0DQ\VPDOO- er communities in Clarendon County are in a similar predic- ament, Sheriff Randy Garrett VDLG “I’m the sheriff of a bunch RILVODQGV´*DUUHWWVDLG 7KH 1DWLRQDO *XDUG¶V Blackhawk helicopters were the best — and only — way to reach some places, and authori- ties were just starting to identify “vulnerable areas that may not be completely obvious,” said /LYLQJVWRQDWZRVWDUJHQHUDO Tuesday, October 6, 2015 BRIEFLY U.S. cargo ship with 33 aboard sank during hurricane; 1 body found -$&.6219,//()OD$3²7KHFDSWDLQRI WKHIRRW(O)DURSODQQHGWRE\SDVV+XUULFDQH Joaquin, but some kind of mechanical failure left WKH86FRQWDLQHUVKLSZLWKSHRSOHDERDUG helplessly — and tragically — adrift in the path of WKHSRZHUIXOVWRUPWKHYHVVHO¶VRZQHUVVD\ 2Q0RQGD\IRXUGD\VDIWHUWKHVKLSYDQLVKHG the Coast Guard concluded it sank near the %DKDPDVLQDERXWIHHWRIZDWHU2QH XQLGHQWL¿HGERG\LQDVXUYLYDOVXLWZDVUHFRYHUHG and the search went on for any trace of the other FUHZPHPEHUV 6XUYLYDOVXLWVKHOSPDULQHUVÀRDWDQGVWD\ZDUP %XWHYHQZLWKWKHZDWHUWHPSHUDWXUHDWGHJUHHV K\SRWKHUPLDFDQVHWLQTXLFNO\&RDVW*XDUG&DSW 0DUN)HGRUVDLG+HQRWHGWKDWWKHKXUULFDQHKDG ZLQGVRIDERXWPSKDQGZDYHVWRSSLQJIHHW ³7KHVHDUHWUDLQHGPDULQHUV7KH\NQRZKRZ WRDEDQGRQVKLS´)HGRUVDLG%XW³WKRVHDUH FKDOOHQJLQJFRQGLWLRQVWRVXUYLYH´ The ship, carrying cars and other products, had FUHZPHPEHUVIURPWKH86DQG¿YHIURP 3RODQG Afghans requested U.S. airstrike that killed innocents at Kunduz hospital :$6+,1*721$3²$IJKDQIRUFHVZKR UHSRUWHGEHLQJXQGHU7DOLEDQ¿UHUHTXHVWHGWKH86 airstrike that killed 22 people at a medical clinic in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, the top commander of American and coalition forces in $IJKDQLVWDQVDLG0RQGD\FRUUHFWLQJDQLQLWLDO86 statement that the strike had been launched because 86IRUFHVZHUHWKUHDWHQHG 7KHVWULNHZDVQ¶WVRXJKWE\86IRUFHV*HQ-RKQ )&DPSEHOOVDLGDWDKDVWLO\DUUDQJHG3HQWDJRQQHZV FRQIHUHQFH ³:HKDYHQRZOHDUQHGWKDWRQ2FW$IJKDQ IRUFHVDGYLVHGWKDWWKH\ZHUHWDNLQJ¿UHIURPHQHP\ SRVLWLRQVDQGDVNHGIRUDLUVXSSRUWIURP86IRUFHV´ &DPSEHOOVDLG³$QDLUVWULNHZDVWKHQFDOOHGWR eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians ZHUHDFFLGHQWDOO\VWUXFN7KLVLVGLIIHUHQWIURPWKH LQLWLDOUHSRUWVZKLFKLQGLFDWHGWKDW86IRUFHVZHUH threatened and that the airstrike was called on their EHKDOI´ The clinic was operated by the medical charity 'RFWRUV:LWKRXW%RUGHUV7KHDWWDFNNLOOHGDWOHDVW 22 people and wounded dozens more, setting the KRVSLWDORQ¿UH NORTHWEST Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Shooter rants in manifesto about having no girlfriend Some students, staff UHWXUQWRFDPSXV0RQGD\ ROSEBURG (AP) — The gunman who executed nine people at an Oregon community college before killing him- self ranted in a manifesto he left behind about not having a girlfriend and think- ing everyone else was “crazy,” a law HQIRUFHPHQWRI¿FLDOVDLG0RQGD\ 7KH RI¿FLDO DOVR VDLG WKH PRWKHU of 26-year-old gunman Christopher +DUSHU0HUFHU KDV WROG LQYHVWLJDWRUV he was struggling with some mental KHDOWK LVVXHV 7KH RI¿FLDO LV IDPLOLDU with the investigation but wasn’t au- thorized to speak publically because it LVRQJRLQJ +DUSHU0HUFHU FRPSODLQHG LQ WKH manifesto about not having a girlfriend, and he seemed to feel like he was very rational while others around him were QRWWKHRI¿FLDOVDLG He wrote something to the effect of: “Other people think I’m crazy, but I’m QRW,¶PWKHVDQHRQH´WKHRI¿FLDOVDLG The manifesto was a couple of pages ORQJ $OVR 0RQGD\ VRPH IDFXOW\ VWDII and students returned to the campus for WKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFHWKHVKRRWLQJZKLOH President Barack Obama announced he will travel to Oregon to visit privately ZLWKYLFWLPV¶IDPLOLHV Classes do not resume at Umpqua Community College until next week, but some students came to the campus to pick up belongings they left behind 7KXUVGD\ ZKHQ WKH\ ÀHG 2WKHUV PHW with professional groups to discuss their WUDXPDDQGJULHI A memorial was growing on the driveway leading to Snyder Hall, ZKHUH +DUSHU0HUFHU RSHQHG ¿UH %H- sides those who died, nine people were ZRXQGHG+DUSHU0HUFHUNLOOHGKLPVHOI DIWHUDVKRRWRXWZLWKSROLFH “It was hard not to focus on Snyder AP Photo/John Locher People pray outside of Snyder Hall at Umpqua Community College, Monday in Roseburg. The campus reopened on a limited basis for faculty and students for the first time since armed suspect Chris Harper-Mercer killed multiple people and wounded several others on Thursday before taking his own life at Snyder Hall. +DOO´VWXGHQW-RHO0LWFKHOOVDLG³:KHQ we got back, I think a lot of people were SUREDEO\ORRNLQJDWLWFKHFNLQJLWRXW VHHLQJZKDWLWORRNHGOLNH´ A group of eight held hands and bowed their heads in prayer in front RI WKH EXLOGLQJ (OVHZKHUH FOXVWHUV RI people chatted at picnic tables or near EXLOGLQJV In a courtyard near the center of cam- pus, a therapy dog sat on a blanket with LWVKDQGOHU$ZRPDQFURXFKHGGRZQ ZLSHGDZD\DWHDU At least one student injured in the shooting was among those who re- WXUQHG 0RQGD\ FROOHJH 3UHVLGHQW 5LWD &DYLQVDLG6KHGLGQRWLGHQWLI\WKHVWX- GHQW Reporters were barred from campus EXWWDNHQRQDEULHIWRXU6FKRRORI¿FLDOV designated an outdoor amphitheater as a makeshift memorial, open only to VWDIIDQGVWXGHQWVIRUQRZ)ORZHUVDQG balloons were positioned on tables, and markers were available for people to write messages on a banner that says, ³8&&6WURQJ´ ³,QHHGHGWREHKHUH´VWXGHQW0DG\- VHQ6DQFKH]VDLG³,QHHGHGWRFRPHDQG VHHP\IULHQGVPDNHVXUHWKH\¶UH2.´ Chaplains who had been on campus said they were both helping with and SDUWLFLSDWLQJLQWKHKHDOLQJSURFHVV “I’m going through the grieving pro- cess myself because this has touched everyone in the community,” chaplain 5XVVHOO:LOVRQVDLG³,I\RXGRQ¶WNQRZ someone that goes here, you know VRPHRQHWKDWNQRZVVRPHRQH´ 0HDQZKLOH2EDPDVDLGKHZLOOYLVLW 5RVHEXUJRQ)ULGD\DVKHRSHQVDIRXU GD\WULSWRWKH:HVW&RDVW1RDGGLWLRQDO details about his visit were immediately DYDLODEOH Obama has renewed his call for stricter gun laws following the shooting and has expressed exasperation at the IUHTXHQF\RIPDVVVKRRWLQJVLQWKH86 East Oregonian Page 5A Lawmakers mull ‘claw back’ IRUORVVRIWD[FUHGLWSUR¿W By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 6$/(0 ² 2UHJRQ ODZ- makers might consider leg- islation in 2016 to claw back VRPHRIWKHSUR¿WVUHDOL]HGE\ wealthy individuals and com- panies who purchased deeply GLVFRXQWHGHQHUJ\WD[FUHGLWV *RY .DWH %URZQ ODVW month asked the Legislature to review energy tax credits, DIWHU QHZV UHSRUWV WKDW RI¿- cials at the Oregon Depart- ment of Energy allowed tax credit recipients to ignore state price regulations and sell the tax credits at negotiated pric- HV Oregon issues tax credits as an incentive to renewable HQHUJ\DQGHI¿FLHQF\SURMHFWV WR KHOS RIIVHW FDSLWDO FRVWV Recipients can use them to reduce taxes, or sell them to UDLVH FDVK 0DQ\ WD[ FUHGLW recipients are governments and companies that do not owe state taxes, and the Leg- islature has passed laws that required the Department of Energy to adopt a formula to VHWVDOHVSULFHV7KHJRDOZDV WRHQVXUHPRVWRIWKHEHQH¿W from the incentives went to WKHHQHUJ\SURMHFWV “I’m thinking about a po- WHQWLDO FODZEDFN´ VWDWH 5HS 3KLO %DUQKDUW '6SULQJ¿HOG said after a meeting on the LVVXH RQ 6HSW %DUQKDUW is chair of the House Inter- LP &RPPLWWHH 2Q 5HYHQXH %DUQKDUWVDLGKHKDGQRW¿J- ured out the details, but the concept was based on ques- WLRQV DVNHG E\ 5HS -RKQ 'DYLV 5:LOVRQYLOOH DERXW “what our recourse is at this SRLQW´ Davis asked senior deputy legislative counsel Kate Toss- will whether the Legislature can make changes to tax cred- its which have already been issued to public and private organizations that pursued UHQHZDEOH HQHUJ\ DQG HI¿- FLHQF\SURMHFWV7RVVZLOOVDLG that tax credits are a matter of “legislative grace,” meaning that because lawmakers creat- ed the credits, they have some degree of discretion to make FKDQJHV DIWHUWKHIDFW 7KRVH changes would not breach a contract, and would not nec- essarily constitute a taking of VRPHRQH¶VSURSHUW\ It was unclear how much money might be at stake during hearings on the issue ODVWZHHN+RZHYHUDQDQDO- ysis of Oregon Department of (QHUJ\GDWDE\WKH(20HGLD *URXS3DPSOLQ0HGLD*URXS Capital Bureau suggests that the agency’s decision to ig- nore price regulations for one type of energy tax credit re- VXOWHGLQDVPXFKDVPLO- OLRQLQXQGHUSD\PHQWV Tax credit recipients have VROG URXJKO\ PLOOLRQ LQ tax credits issued through the state’s energy incentive program, which rewards al- ternative fuel projects, school UHWUR¿WV DQG WUDQVLW GLVWULFWV Purchasers would have paid DSSUR[LPDWHO\ PLOOLRQ if the Department of Energy had required them to follow SULFHUHJXODWLRQV,QVWHDGWKH SXUFKDVHUV SDLG DURXQG PLOOLRQ IRU WKH FUHGLWV 7KH energy department has also issued tax credits that could be sold in the future, and a senior economist in the Leg- LVODWLYH 5HYHQXH 2I¿FH WROG lawmakers legislation could impact a total of approxi- PDWHO\PLOOLRQLQHQHUJ\ LQFHQWLYHSURJUDPWD[FUHGLWV Founders Day Event RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 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