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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015 Join the Great Backyard Bird Count The 18th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is taking place Friday through Monday. Anyone can count birds at any location for at least 15 minutes, on one or more days of the count, and enter their sightings at www.BirdCount.org. The informa- tion gathered by tens of thousands of volunteers helps track changes in bird populations on a massive scale. The GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society with partner Bird Studies Canada. During the count, visitors to Lew- is and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop, can learn about partici- pating in the count, record bird num- bers in the park and make plans to count birds in their own backyards. Binoculars will be available for loan within the park during this event. Along with the actual bird count- ing activities, a “pink heron scavenger hunt” will be ongoing using the Netul River Trail along the Lewis and Clark River, and a “Birds of Fort Clatsop” display is in the visitor center lobby. On Saturday, Mike Patterson will lead a birding walk starting at 9 a.m. in the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center lobby. Although leashed dogs are welcome at most of the park’s outdoor programs, cessible, although nonmotorized users might need assistance for about 200 yards. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, a bird- themed children’s crafts, face-painting and education corner will be available in the visitor center. Josh Saranpaa, a wildlife rehabil- itator with the Wildlife Center of the North Coast, will talk about the cen- ter’s work at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Netul River Room of the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center. This In Their Footsteps program will feature live bird spe- cies from the center such as common murre, rhinoceros auklet, northern ful- mar and American kestral. Park hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $3 per adult and free for youths 15 and younger. In honor of Presidents’ Day, Monday, the admis- sion fee to all National Park Service sites is free Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The weekend’s birding events at Fort Clatsop are sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Associ- ation and the National Park Service. For information, call the park at 503- 861-2471 or go to www.nps.gov/lewi or “Lewis and Clark National Histor- ical Park” on Facebook. Photo courtesy of Doug Swanson More than 20,000 European star- lings were found in the Colum- bia River estuary Christmas Bird Count Dec. 15, 2013, along with more than 8,500 in the Wahkiakum (Wash.) count later in the month. dogs are not allowed at this morning walk. Participants should dress for the weather. The walk is wheelchair ac- Ilwaco, Chinook ports land additional $2.4 million for dredging work By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group ILWACO, Wash. — One more year of channel main- tenance is in the bag for two 3DFL¿FFRXQW\SRUWV According to a work plan released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Feb. 3, the ports of Ilwaco and Chi- nook will receive about $2.4 million for dredging at Bak- er Bay and between Chinook and Sand Island. This is great news for Chi- nook and Ilwaco, said Guy Glenn Jr., port manager at the port of Ilwaco. “You work hard on it, but you never know and then this kind of news comes and it’s a very positive thing for our community,” he said Tuesday. In December, the Corps was allotted $2.9 billion for operations and maintenance projects. The money came out of a $1 trillion spending pack- age of which the Corps was funded at $5.5 billion. Of the $2.9 billion for op- erations and maintenance, OREE\LQJJURXS3DFL¿F1RUWK- west Waterways Association reports $1.1 billion came from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, a fund that small ports across the country have ar- gued should be utilized to aid Community meeting set to gather comments By NANCY MCCARTHY The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — A prelimi- nary plan to enhance the ex- perience of visiting the Mill Pond in Seaside will be pre- sented at a community meet- ing at 6 p.m. March 4 at the Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A. A local committee that is working on a citywide natu- ral history park, is suggesting that the Mill Pond area, on the south end of Seaside east of U.S. Highway 101, be devel- oped in four phases. Once the site of a logging operation, the 20-acre area, which contains two ponds, be- came known as the Mill Pond. It will be included in the nat- ural history park, which is en- visioned to stretch from north of Seaside to the south. Melyssa Graeper, coordi- nator of the Necanicum Wa- tershed Council, presented the Mill Pond plan to the Seaside Parks Advisory Committee Thursday night. Graeper said the enhance- ments were suggested by those attending an open house at the Mill Pond site last August. 7KH\ ¿OOHG RXW D TXHVWLRQ- naire that asked what people might want to see at the site. Although a rudimenta- ry path already meanders through the area, the pro- posed plan calls for enhanc- ing it all the way around the pond, which lies behind the city’s Public Works building. Other suggested improve- ments include restrooms, a covered picnic shelter, a parking area, a handi- capped-accessible bird blind, as well as a second bird blind across the pond, an observa- tion tower, small playground and a historical interpretation kiosk. “We want to leave the rest of it natural,” Graeper said. Much of the area is sur- rounded by trees and black- berry and other bushes. Some of the bushes between the pond and Les Schwab Tires would remain for people to pick blackberries. Several of those answering the question- naire said they often picked blackberries in the area, and they didn’t want to lose that opportunity, Graeper added. The improvements would be spread out in each of the four phases, with clean-up DQGSDWKEXLOGLQJLQWKH¿UVW phase and the possible acqui- sition of a few adjacent prop- erties to enlarge the area in the fourth phase. Grants to make the im- provements may be avail- able through local watershed councils and the state parks department, said Neal Wal- lace, Seaside Public Works director. In addition to the com- munity meeting March 4, the group plans to present the plan to the Seaside Rota- ry, Kiwanis and Lions clubs, the Seaside Chamber of Commerce and the Seaside Downtown Development As- sociation. Wallace, who is the city’s liaison for the parks advisory committee, called the plan, which has taken a few years to develop, “excellent work.” “I know how hard it is to pull these things together,” Wallace said. “It makes me happy to see it after such a long time.” Columbia Memorial Hos- FDQEH¿WWHGIRUD%UDV0RPV pital/Oregon Health and Sci- nursing bra, and a lactation ence University Cardiology area will be available. Chinook Observer file photo Clinic are holding an infor- Seen through the trees on Robert Gray Drive in Ilwaco, a dredge works its way toward mative Community Health the Port of Ilwaco. The navigation channel requires ongoing maintenance dredging to Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat- facilitate navigation by large fishing boats and Coast Guard motor lifeboats. urday at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski the Corps’ operations at small able to get $1.8 million in around 16 feet, but the Corps Loop. There is no cost for this ports. maintenance dredging. 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The channel The fair provides basic nance earmarks have dried up last fall. had been in a bad way, with health screenings, informa- and disappeared, that funding For theses two ports the Coast Guard vessels reporting WLRQRQORFDOKHDOWKDQG¿WQHVV KDV EHHQ HYHQ PRUH GLI¿FXOW dredging work in the access that they were hitting bottom, programs, and an opportunity to land. channels off the Columbia DQG ¿VKLQJ ERDWV IRUFHG WR to talk to local medical spe- 20% Discount Last year, after aggressive River is crucial to their con- edge carefully around each cialists and test one’s strength on Pet Dentals and focused lobbying, the tinued survival. other and shallow spots as and balance. Nursing mothers Port of Ilwaco, representing The Baker Bay channel they entered and exited the for the month both itself and Chinook, was has an authorized depth of marina. of February SEASIDE PET CLINIC F ebruary is P et D ental M onth Police arrested Heide L. Larson, 31, Seaside, for DUII in the 600 block of 18th Street. Larson’s blood alcohol content was mea- sured at 0.29, police reported. • At 12:42 a.m. Sunday, As- toria Police arrested William M. Mueller, 24, Racine, Wis., for DUII at 12th and Commer- cial streets. Mueller’s blood alcohol content was measured at 0.15, police reported. Crash • At 3:26 a.m. Monday, Or- egon State Police responded to a single-vehicle injury crash on U.S. Highway 101 milepost 36. A Chevrolet SUV, driven by Francis G. Shaw, 68, Nehalem, was southbound and swerved to miss several elk and lost control. The SUV crossed the northbound lane and went off the shoulder, striking several trees. Shaw and passenger Debra Reinhart, 52, Seaside, were transported to Providence Seaside Hospital with minor injuries. Two dogs were transported to the Cannon Beach Police Department’s kennel. AARP Foundation offers free tax help Beginning in February, the AARP Foundation is again providing free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate income through the AARP Founda- tion Tax-Aide program, giv- ing special attention the older population. Membership in AARP, or being a retiree, is not required to use this ser- vice. The program is offered at approximately 134 sites in Oregon, including in Astoria and Seaside. Tax assistance is available from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays at the Astoria Senior Center, 1555 W. Marine Drive. Walk-ins are welcome. For informa- tion, call 503-325-3231. As- sistance is also available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, by appointment only, at the Bob Seaside’s Mill Pond plan presented Health fair planned On the record DUII arrests • At 12:24 a.m. Friday, As- toria Police arrested Elle Mar- garet Wolf, 24, Astoria, for 'ULYLQJ8QGHUWKH,QÀXHQFHRI Intoxicants at 21st Street and 0DULQH 'ULYH $Q RI¿FHU LQL- tially stopped Wolf for driving with no headlights. • At 4:04 p.m. Friday, Astoria 3A Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A in Seaside. For information call 503- 738-7393. Both locations are handicap accessible. Preparation of tax returns under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules requires ad- ditional documentation from taxpayers this year. The good news is that for taxpayers on Medicare or Medicare Advan- tage for the full year, no fur- ther information is required. 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