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Water rights transaction fee hike gains traction
the department who can process
those pieces of paper,” Snell said.
The bill is scheduled for a June
16 vote by the Joint Committee
on Ways and Means after recently
clearing its Natural Resources
Subcommittee with a “do pass”
recommendation, which bolsters
its chances of approval by the full
Legislature.
If HB 2295 does become
effective, it would mark the third
increase to water rights transactions
fees since 2009. But if it fails, those
fees would revert to 2009 levels.
The OWRD argues the latest
hike is necessary due to rising
salary, benefit and retirement
expenses, and points out that it has
signficantly reduced backlogs of
various transaction types in recent
years.
The Oregon Farm Bureau does
not oppose HB 2295 as long as
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Bureau
A linear irrigation system operates in a corn field in Oregon’s
Willamette Valley. A bill proposing to raise fees on many Oregon
water rights transactions by nearly 16 percent has unanimous-
ly cleared the Subcommittee on Natural Resources of the Joint
Committee on Ways and Means.
SALEM — A key group of
lawmakers has approved a 16
percent fee hike for Oregon
water rights transactions while a
more controversial proposal has
languished.
Fees for numerous water rights
transactions administered by the
Oregon Water Resources Depart-
ment would collectively be raised
by 15.88 percent under House
Bill 2295, which averts the loss
of 5.5 full-time staff dedicated to
processing such requests.
“People would have to be laid
off and transactions would go
through slower,” said Rachel Snell,
executive director of the Oregon
Water Resources Congress, which
represents irrigation districts.
“You’ve got to have people at
House approves ban on ‘lunch shaming’
Ex-girlfriend says man was
erratic before beheading mother
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The Oregon House
of Representatives has unanimously
passed a bill to prohibit school prac-
tices that single out pupils whose
parents don’t pay their school lunch
bills.
The bipartisan bill by House
Minority Leader Mike McLane,
R-Powell Butte, and Rep. Brian
Clem, D-Salem, now heads to the
Senate.
The two lawmakers proposed the
“lunch shaming” ban after seeing
widespread media coverage of
the phenomenon. Lunch shaming
can mean practices or policies that
shame, penalize or single out pupils
whose parents have failed to settle
up or are late in paying for their
children’s participation in the school
lunch program.
“Collection tactics by having
kids singled out is just something
we want to nip in the bud,” McLane
said.
The state’s largest school district,
Portland Public Schools, maintains
a policy that allows schools to stamp
the hands of pupils whose guardians
owe lunch money, or to give a
“gentle reminder” to the students.
“The student is singled out and
reminded to have their parents pay
the bill even to the extent of not
allowing the student to eat lunch
ESTACADA (AP) — The
ex-girlfriend of an Oregon man
accused of killing his mother on
Mother’s Day and then cutting
off her head and carrying it into a
store says her ex-boyfriend’s eyes
“did not look right” beginning two
months before the incident.
Court documents state Heather
Suydam noticed a drastic change in
Joshua Webb’s behavior before the
incident, The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reported Tuesday.
Suydam told authorities that
Webb called her on April 8 and told
her about an “odd, squid-pulsing
sensation” he was having in the
back of his head. This call came a
few days after Suydam said Webb
became “super religious,” but that
it was unclear what faith he started
believing in.
Webb, 36, remains held in jail
EO Media Group
Students at Hermiston’s West Park Elementary School are served
lunch in this file photo. The Oregon House has passed a bill ban-
ning school districts from collection actions that single out kids
when their parents don’t pay lunch bills.
“Collection tactics by having kids singled out is
just something we want to nip in the bud.”
guardians even before a student’s
school meal plan is in the red. The
stamp, for instance, can be applied
with principal approval when a
pupil’s account falls below $13.50,
the equivalent of five lunches.
Several other states have passed
similar legislation.
MOXEE, Wash. (AP) —
Washington, Oregon and Idaho
are on pace to set another record in
hop acreage, but reports indicate
supply is catching up to demand.
The Capital Press reports
USDA’s National Agriculture
Statistics Service estimates the
three states will harvest 54,135
acres this year, 6 percent more
than the 2016 crop of 50,857
acres.
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Forecast
TODAY
FRIDAY
A couple of
afternoon showers
A few afternoon
showers
73° 55°
63° 50°
SATURDAY
Pleasant and
warmer
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Mostly sunny and
comfortable
Mostly sunny
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75° 53°
84° 55°
90° 60°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
71° 52°
76° 57°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
69°
78°
103° (1933)
47°
52°
37° (1930)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.95"
0.72"
10.10"
5.92"
7.23"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
73°
79°
102° (1933)
51°
53°
37° (1930)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
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Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
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10:58 a.m.
First
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June 17 June 23 June 30
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Seattle
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July 8
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Wenatchee
66/53
68/53
Tacoma
Moses
62/55
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 70/53
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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75/58 Lewiston
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Astoria
73/58
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Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
64/58
Pendleton 68/50
The Dalles 76/57
73/55
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La Grande
Salem
71/53
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Albany
Corvallis 63/57
65/58
John Day
72/53
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
81/60
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Caldwell
Burns
81/59
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Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
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Vancouver
Walla Walla
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Medford
78/60
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Klamath Falls
73/50
Boardman
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REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today,
except a passing shower in the south. A
shower tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Clouds today.
Showers around across the north; partly sunny
in the morning, then mostly cloudy in the south
in the afternoon.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today.
Showers tonight. Showers tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Cloudy today and
tonight with a couple of showers.
Cascades: Periods of rain today; any time
across the north, during the afternoon
elsewhere.
Northern California: Sun and some clouds
today. Partly cloudy tonight. Partial sun-
shine tomorrow.
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According to the NASS, Wash-
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the national average with 38,921
acres. Oregon, with 8,045 acres,
is 15 percent of the acreage, and
Idaho, with 7,169 acres, is 13
percent of the estimate.
Hop Growers of America
officials say acreage has caught
up with the needs of small, craft
breweries and big brewers are
losing market share worldwide.
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on charges of murder and abuse
of a corpse in the May 14 death
of his mother, 59-year-old Tina
Webb. He is accused of killing
his mother, driving her vehicle
to a nearby city and carrying her
head into the town’s only grocery
store, investigators said. He is then
accused of running to the back of
the store and stabbing 64-year-old
Thriftway employee Mike Wagner.
Wagner and other employees
subdued Webb, who was covered
in blood and armed with a knife,
and tied him up with duct tape until
emergency responders arrived,
witnesses said. Wagner underwent
surgery for his injuries and is
recovering at home, his family
said.
Webb faces additional charges
in the stabbing of Wagner and death
of his dog at the family home.
Northwest hop acreage estimated
to increase by six percent
– Mike McLane, House Minority Leader, R-Powell Butte
but giving the student an alternative
meal of milk, fruit and vegetables,”
McLane said of the Portland policy.
“When you could be having lasagna
or something hot, you are singled
out, and that is embarrassing.”
The Portland policy prescribes
a series of steps to take to remind
there are no other new fee increases
that would skew funding for water
rights transactions more heavily
toward irrigators, said Mary Anne
Nash, public policy counsel for the
organization.
Currently, the total cost of
such transactions — which covers
roughly 35 staff positions — is split
evenly between the general fund
and irrigator fees.
A proposal to impose a new
$100 fee on all existing water rights
in Oregon, House Bill 2706, is also
before the Joint Ways and Means
Committee but it hasn’t been
referred to a subcommittee, which
is generally a necessary first step
toward passage.
While HB 2706 will technically
stay alive through the end of
the 2017 legislative session, it’s
expected to go no further this year,
said Snell of OWRC.
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National Summary: A mosaic of showers and thunderstorms will extend from the central
Great Lakes to the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts today. Showers will invade the coastal
Northwest. Most other areas will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 106° in Pecos, Texas
Low 25° in Truckee, Calif.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
97
Omaha
94
Philadelphia
81
Phoenix
108
Portland, ME
69
Providence
73
Raleigh
88
Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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San Francisco
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Seattle
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Tucson
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