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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 3A Astoria schools Melcher tapped to lead Oregon talk Advanced Fish and Wildlife Commission Placement SALEM — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commis- sion has chosen Curt Melcher to be the next director for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The decision was announced during the commission’s regular meeting in Salem. Melcher has served as ODFW interim director since September. Commission Chairman Mike Finley and Melcher will meet to discuss the terms of his employment later in February. Melcher was among three ¿QDOLVWV EHLQJ FRQVLGHUHG IRU the position following a na- tional search for candidates. 7KH RWKHU ¿QDOLVWV ZHUH (G- ward Bowles, Fish Division administrator, ODFW; and Krystyna Wolniakowski, for- mer director, Western Partner- In other news from the Wednesday board meeting: • Board Chairman Martin During a study session Dursse read a proclamation for Wednesday, Astoria School &ODVVL¿HG (PSOR\HH $SSUHFLD- Board and staff discussed the tion Week, March 2 to 6. possibility of changing some of • Hoppes reported that staff Astoria High School’s honors training on the school board courses to Advanced Placement goal based around creating a (AP). strategic plan for the district Both attract high-achieving started Thursday at Astoria Mid- students to college-level courses. dle School. It starts next week at Staff creates the curriculum for AHS, Feb. 26 at John Jacob As- honors courses, many of which tor Elementary School and April grant credit at Clatsop Commu- 2 at Lewis and Clark Elemen- nity College through the Coast- tary School. A parent meeting al Commitment program. AP will be organized in April, as the is a program operated by exam district works on various strate- provider College Board, which gies to get as many as possible creates curriculum, exams and to attend the meeting. audits classes before they get the • The district met Jan. 22 with designation. migrant recruiters to organize AP is the preferred norm for an English Language Learner many colleges and universities, (ELL)/Migrant summer school. some of which won’t take com- It is also working to provide munity college or honors cred- more interpreters for the district. its said Astoria School District • On the district’s goal to Superintendent Craig Hoppes. reduce the achievement gap AP courses have an exam at between students, it completed the end, separate from the stu- applications for Title IIA profes- dent’s grade, but required to sional development funds from receive college credit. the Oregon Department of Ed- If Astoria did offer AP courses, ucation. Once approved, the dis- he added, CCC would still be in- trict can begin providing train- terested in offering students credit ing for staff on parts of a plan through Coastal Commitment. to reduce the achievement gap Hoppes asked Honors En- between the general population glish teacher Clint Hill and lan- and underserved groups such as guage arts teacher Craig Randall, ELL and low-income students. who taught an AP English course • On the district’s health at Knappa High School last year, and wellness goal, it has creat- whether they would be willing to ed three subcommittees based teach an AP course. Both indi- around health services; health cated they would. promotion for staff; and family “It feels like what my honors and community involvement. class is already … and really all • The district continues to I’m missing is test prep,” said provide mental health services Hill. He added that he’d have to to its students through Clatsop GHGLFDWH VLJQL¿FDQW WLPH WR$3 Behavioral Healthcare, which exam preparation. has the state contract to service Randall said the AP title al- people using the Oregon Health lows the teacher to push kids Plan. Hoppes said the district is further. Even if Knappa stu- researching how to offer a menu dents didn’t pass the AP exam of local counselors, inside and last year but got good grades, outside of CBH, to come meet they earned CCC Coastal with students at a designated Commitment credit. space on campus. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian SEATTLE — U. S. Coast Guard crews responded to a report of a disabled vessel and assisted local law enforce- ment personnel with the arrest of a mariner in Ilwaco, Wash., Friday. After locating the disabled vessel and towing it to Sta- tion Cape Disappointment, Coast Guard personnel dis- covered safety and possible criminal violations aboard the mariner’s vessel during a search and rescue boarding, prompting the involvement of ERWK :DKNLDNXP DQG 3DFL¿F County Sheriff personnel re- G IFT R E G IST R IE S The Lower Columbia His- panic Council has been award- ed a planning grant of $30,000 through the Northwest Health Foundation’s Healthy Begin- nings + Healthy Communities initiative. As one of 25 commu- nities selected throughout Ore- gon and Southwest Washington, the LCHC will work with its CATHLAMET, Wash. — The arrival of the Oscar B, the $5.7 million ferry replacing the Ferry Wahkiakum on the Columbia Riv- er, will be celebrated with a com- mencement ceremony next month. Wahkiakum County will host the celebration of the Oscar B, named after former skipper and owner Oscar Bergseng, at 1 p.m. March 14 at the Wahkiakum Ferry 7HUPLQDO65&DWKODPHW Wash. The Oscar B, is scheduled to ar- rive Feb. 27, from Whidbey Island, where it has been constructed by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Wash. The boat builders plan to send the ferry down by sea, not land. In preparation of the new ferry’s arrival, Legacy Contracting Inc. of Salem is upgrading the ferry land- ings in Westport and Puget Island. The Oscar B will carry 23 pas- senger cars, nearly double the size of the Wahkiakum, which was in VHUYLFH VLQFH RSHUDWLQJ days per year. New features will include hy- draulic steering, a captain’s chair, updated electronics, ADA-acces- sible restrooms and overall U.S. Coast Guard approval. Made in the USA All metal Tom Baker 503-738-3452 W A NTED N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A ® ty violations were discovered. When the crew came across ¿UHDUPV DQG VPDOO TXDQWLWLHV of methamphetamine, local law enforcement and Coast Guard Investigative Service personnel were called in for assistance. A combined agency search of the vessel was conducted around 7:30 p.m., includ- ing the use of a Wahikiakum County Sheriff canine unit, with nothing additional found. The mariner was then arrested DQGWDNHQLQE\3DFL¿F&RXQ- ty Sheriff’s personnel on drug and weapons charges. Tha n You k ! A Get a Grasp on Medi- care class is being held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Columbia Memorial Hospital Education Center, 2021 Marine Drive. Prereg- istration is required. There are no sales pre- sentations, and no special offers, just free nonbiased Medicare information, in- cluding: a summary of Part A and Part B benefits; Medi- care choices; 2015 Medicare Updates and the Affordable Care Act; Part D benefits, “The Coast Guard values our partnerships with our local law enforcement agen- cies including the sharing of resources and expertise to perform our missions and VHUYHWKHSHRSOHRIWKH3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW´VDLG3HWW\2I¿FHU 1st Class John Bennett, the search and rescue controller at Sector Columbia River. “These joint efforts provide a level of effectiveness and PLVVLRQÀH[LELOLW\LQUHVSRQG- ing to dynamic and unique situations often faced by our crews.” and how to enroll; avoiding health care fraud; and other helpful resources. Plus, guest speaker Me- lissa Johnstone from North- West Senior and Disability Services will discuss pub- lic programs available for seniors, such as the Sup- plemental Nutrition Assis- tance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps) and Medicaid long- term care benefits. For information, and to register, call NWSDS at 503-861-4200. The family o f E ILEEN ELECTROLUX VACUUM CLEANERS Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 is happy to announce that their 3rd annual “Accessorize with Assistance League®” sale held on Super Bowl Sunday is over (whew!) and it was truly the place to be. Now it’s time to thank all those businesses and individuals for all the donations, financial support and other help given to ALCP to make this event our most successful sale yet. T he proceed s generated from this sales event w ill go d irectly to O peration School B ell®, A L C P ’s signatu re program . O u r ongoing com m itm ent is to provid e m u ch need ed clothing for ou r school child ren in C latsop C ou nty. Ceremony for new ferry set w w w .in th ebou doirs.com C OLUMBIA P ACIFIC H olid ay In n E xpress of A storia – for u se of their banqu et room and help in preparing for the sale, T oni M itchu m of T oni’s B ou tiqu e, Saara M athew s of Finn W are, P eter R oscoe of Folio’s, Vintage H ard w are, B P O E for u se of their kitchen and nu m erou s A L C P m em bers for R affle item s and all the tim e d onated in preparation for this fu nd raising event. partners, the Astoria and Seaside school districts, Sunset Empire Parks and Recreation, Astoria Parks and Recreation and the NorthWest Regional Education Service District Migrant Educa- tion Group, to develop a long- term plan to improve health and education outcomes for Latino youth from birth through college. Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber A SSISTANCE L EAGUE OF THE sulting in the mariner’s arrest. Sector Columbia River watchstanders diverted two 47-foot motor lifeboat crews from another mission after receiving a report from the mariner stating that his 40- foot cabin cruiser, the Dea- no’s Dream, was disabled off of North Head Lighthouse around 11 a.m. He stated he believed a crab pot had fouled the propeller. The crews arrived on scene, took the vessel in tow and re- turned to the station in Ilwaco. During the routine search and rescue boarding multiple safe- 1004 Commercial St., Astoria, OR 97103 503-325-4400 FIN E L IN E N S A N D SO M U C H M O R E ! and wildlife. He has served as the deputy director for ODFW, accountable for all Fish and Wildlife programs leading over 1,200 employees. He was ap- pointed the interim director in September. Planning grant secured Sign up for Medicare by Hispanic council information class Instructors include Heidi Henry, board trainer and orga- nizational planner from Banner 1RQ3UR¿WV//&*UDG\*RRG- all, director of development at the Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts; Kather- ine DeYoung, executive director RI &HQWHU IRU 1RQSUR¿W 6WHZ- ardship; and Kirk Harvey, direc- tor of programming at the Cen- WHUIRU1RQSUR¿W6WHZDUGVKLS The keynote presentation is “Seven Things You Should Know to Protect Your Tax Ex- empt Status,” presented by Joe Kroll, a tax exempt audit man- ager with the IRS. Early registration ends Fri- day. For more information, visit ZZZQRQSUR¿WVWHZDUGRUJ FDOO RUHPDLO7KH&HQ- WHU#QRQSUR¿WVWHZDUGRUJ Astoria’s Premier Bed & Bath Store Curt Melcher “I’m excited and humbled at the thought of this opportunity,” Melcher said. “It would be a great honor to lead the dedicat- ed, professional staff at an agen- cy that has so much to offer the state of Oregon.” Background on Melcher can be found at http://tinyurl.com/odfwmelcher. In other business, the com- mission amended rules for ODFW’s annual art contests for habitat conservation, wa- terfowl and upland game bird stamps so the rules are now all within the same administrative rule division. Commissioners were also briefed on the Mule Deer Initiative, an effort to ad- dress Oregon’s declining mule deer populations through habi- tat improvement, predator and travel management and other strategies. Coast Guard rescue turns into drug arrest 1RQSUR¿WWUDLQLQJSODQQHG TILLAMOOK — The Cen- WHU IRU 1RQSUR¿W 6WHZDUGVKLS is holding a training for board members on North Coast non- SUR¿WV IURP DP WR SP March 7 at Tillamook Bay Com- munity College, 4301 Third St. in Tillamook. An initial breakout session from 10 to 11:20 a.m. covers the attorney general’s guidance on board service, Fundraising 101 and meeting management. A second session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. covers un- GHUVWDQGLQJ ¿QDQFLDO LQIRUPD- tion, accepting charitable con- tributions and components of a long-range strategic plan. A third session from 1:20 to 3 p.m. FRYHUVZULWLQJ¿QDQFLDOSROLFLHV governing documents and new board member training. VKLS2I¿FH1DWLRQDO)LVKDQG Wildlife Foundation. “We are very pleased at the prospect of having Curt as the QHZGLUHFWRUDQGDUHFRQ¿GHQW he is the right person to lead WKLVSUHPLHUH¿VKDQGZLOGOLIH agency,” said Finley. As di- rector, Melcher would report to the commission and man- age a department with more than 1,100 employees, and a biennial operating budget of $345 million. Melcher replac- es Roy Elicker, who retired in September after serving seven years on the job. Melcher is a native Orego- nian, who graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He has devoted 28 years of his career to the protection and PDQDJHPHQW RI 2UHJRQ¶V ¿VK W IRKKUNEN T HOMPSON would like to express our gratitude for all the cards, donations to Suomi Hall, phone calls, flowers, food and outpouring of love at this difficult time. We would especially like to thank everyone who came to Eileen’s “Celebration of Life” and shared in honoring her life. Eileen lived life to the fullest and with SISU! She is a treasured mother, grandmother and aunt. Trifexis ® — Lynn, Leslie, Charlotte, Austin, Nancy & Daydre — didn’t work for us. Raffle prizes donated and their winners are listed: 1) Spa Package – Becky Wright of Malama Day Spa - Pedicure Gift Certificate & Ter Hars for cozy lounge top - Winner: Judi McElroy 2) Beauty Bliss – Gift Certificate from Classic Cuts – Winner: Beth Kandoll 3) Savvy Shopper – Hobo Bag and Italian Leather Pouch from Ellington Handbags Retail Store of Portland – Winner: Marilyn Gillbaugh 4) Let It Bloom – Living Wreath by Martin Gardening – Winner: Launi Roger 5) Abundant Pleasures – Garden Basket from Fairweather House and Garden – Winner: Sandra Bruce 6) A Night Out – Ann Taylor Sweater, purse and wine donated by ALCP members – Winner: Holly Dornfeld 7) Be Active – 1 Month Family Pass from Empire Sunset Park & Rec – Winner: Natalie Duffy 8) Eat, Drink & Be Merry – Gift basket of wine, cocktail glasses and mixer, Williams & Sonoma cookbook and other delectables donated by ALCP members – Winner: Cindy Leibel TH A N K Y O U E V E R Y O N E ! A ssistan ce L eagu e of th e C olu m bia P acific is a n on profit organ ization w h ose volu n teers raise fu n d s to assist ch ild ren in ou r com m u n ity. For m ore in form ation con tact: M ary D avies at 503-738-0313 I’ll see you again.