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Vol. 2, Issue 28
July 13, 2018
How Oregon became the champ of the Internet
Astoria-based company
solved a long-standing
problem, fostered trust
B y C indy y ingst
The Columbia Press
A nonprofit Astoria company has found a
solution to problems that long have pitted
commercial fishermen against cable com-
panies.
The Oregon Fishermen’s Cable Commit-
tee – a cooperative of fishermen, port di-
rectors and tech companies – has had re-
markable success in furthering Oregon’s
pre-eminence as a desirable place to land
cable.
Facebook is the latest company to sign
up, hoping to smooth the process of laying
cable from Japan to Oregon. They’ll work
with fishermen and prevent the possibility
of trawlers snagging their cables.
More submarine cables are severed or
damaged by fishing vessels than any other
cause worldwide.
OFCC has its roots in 1998, when the first
fiber-optic cable was laid across the ocean
to Pacific City.
See ‘OCFF’ on Page 4
Above: Fishing Vessel Ken &
Al, based in Warrenton, serves
as patrol off Rockaway Beach
while operators prepare to lower
a seaplow that will dig a trench
for a new cable.
Right: A remotely operated
vehicle will check the cable’s
placement on the ocean floor.
New shopping
area requires
zone change
The Columbia Press
Twenty acres of mostly vacant land
between Home Depot and Ocean
Crest Chevrolet could become War-
renton’s newest shopping area.
The Spur 104 project is cut up into
38 individual parcels owned by 22
families, individuals and investors.
Two parcels are owned by Oregon De-
partment of Transportation.
The land owners have joined forc-
es and on July 24 will ask Warren-
ton City Commissioners to rezone
their parcels to commercial mixed
use. Some of the parcels currently are
zoned residential; others are zoned
general industrial.
It’s a move the city’s Planning Com-
mission supports. In April, the city’s
planning director applied for a state
grant to help the eventual developer
design a unified project.
The area also is within the city’s ur-
ban renewal district and tax money
raised within the direct could be used
for improvements there as well.
Courtesy OCFF
See ‘Spur 104’ on Page 5
When given a choice, dogs prefer fat and cats want to eat carbs
B y s teve L undeBerg
Oregon State University
Dogs like fats and cats like carbs.
That’s the conclusion of a study into
the dietary habits of America’s two most
popular pets. The study sheds new light
on optimal nutrition for the animals and
refutes a common notion that cats want
and need a protein-heavy regimen, ac-
cording to researchers at Oregon State
University in Corvallis.
Findings were published last month in
the Journal of Experimental Biology.
“The numbers were much different
than what traditional thinking would
have expected,” said the study’s lead au-
thor, Jean Hall, a professor in the Carlson
College of Veterinary Medicine at OSU.
“Some experts have thought cats need di-
ets that are 40 or 50 percent protein. Our
findings are quite different than the num-
bers used in marketing and are going to re-
ally challenge the pet food industry.”
Dietary proteins contribute to import-
ant physiological functions such as blood
clotting, production of hormones and en-
zymes, vision and cell repair.
Protein also has the most power to make
the eater feel satiated; carbohydrates are
No. 2, followed by fat.
Hall’s research involved monitoring 17
healthy adult dogs and 27 cats over 28
days and used four types of food designed
to taste the same. With flavor out of
the equation, the animals could make
macronutrient choices based only on
what their bodies were telling them they
needed.
“Previous studies have shown that if
you don’t balance palatability between
foods, cats do in fact prefer to eat very
high levels of protein and dogs want to
eat a lot of fat,” Hall said. “When you
balance palatability, both dogs and cats
prefer significantly different macro-
nutrient content than what they would
choose based on taste.”
The animals studied by Hall and her
collaborators had four food choices:
See ‘Pets’ on Page 4