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4C THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 PARTING SHOTS A weekly snapshot from The Daily Astorian and Chinook Observer photographers Pilings are shown lit by the lights of moored cargo ships in the Columbia River Feb. 2. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Students at Astor Elementary School jump rope in the gym. Jump rope: Area recently passed $100,000 mark on fundraising Continued from Page 1C “That’s my goal each year, is to beat Brian,” said Barnes, who’s been a part of Jump Rope for Heart and its variants at St. Mary Star of the Sea, in Harrisburg and at WGS the past two years. Babbitt, whose been a part of Jump Rope for Heart for at least 20 years, said it’s not so much about the mon- ey raised, but rather another JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian way in which to get the kids active. Each grade participating takes a turn jumping rope in their gyms. At Astor, Babbitt orga- nizes students into waves, each jumping for 25 or more seconds or more be- fore passing off their ropes to the next group. Mean- while, he demonstrates var- ious jumping techniques. At WGS, Barnes arranges her Students at Astor Elementary keep busy during Jump Rope for Heart. students into different sta- tions, including single, lim- bo, long, snake, hurdle and helicopter on the ground jump-roping, along with a jump rope race and the ice cream soda jumping rhyme. Model schools “I can’t speak highly enough about Kathy and Brian over at Astor,” said Emily Anderly, a youth market director for the AHA who coordinates Jump Rope for Heart at 190 schools be- tween Medford and Castle Rock, Wash., and from the cost to the western side of the Cascade Mountains. Babbitt dedicated this year’s event at Astor to Larson, a PE teacher who brought Jump Rope for Heart to Astor and kept it going until her medical re- tirement in 1999. Anderly said she looked up the re- sults over Larson’s years with the program and found that her students had raised around $70,000. Anderly said the entire territory recently passed the $100,000 mark on fund- raising, including $80,000 online and the rest through the paper donations of four schools she has the data for. The fundraiser is trying to move donations mostly on- line, where kids can set up fundraising accounts and solidity donations via email and social media. Anderly said the AHA won’t know the final figure until April or May. Bears: They travel by their noses Continued from Page 1C on the Long Beach Peninsula, though there has been little reported activity in the past couple weeks. “The same safe practices apply whether you are talking about black bears or grizzly bears,” Smith said. “We urge that people in bear country know how to manage bear at- tractants. Bears travel by their noses in search of food. We FREE PUBLISHED THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH January 2015 recommend the use of bear-re- sistant garbage containers and advise that the cans should be put out on the morning of pick up, not the night before. Feed pets indoors whenever possible, and don’t leave food for pets or livestock in areas accessible to bears. Beehives are another prime target for bears, and are best protected behind an electric fence. Bird feeders are another source of calories sought out by bears. When out recreating, ess in the Chronicling the Joy of Busin n Columbia-Pacific Regio keep food in bear resistant con- tainers and away from camp- sites and consider carrying bear spray in areas of high bear use. At Western Wildlife Outreach we want people to know that in warmer weather any time of the year, bears may become active.” Western Wildlife Outreach is a reJiRnal nRnSrR¿t that conducts outreach programs on bears and living safely with bears and other large carnivores. striverbusinessjournal crbizjournal.com • facebook.com/coa Volume 10 • Issue 1 stry spo allenges Inside: Indu copes with ch Shellfish farm an conditions oce nging s optimistic despite cha tlight: Taylor remain NATALIE ST. JOHN — EO Media Group A bear pauses to eye a human encountered on a city street in Ilwaco last year. Available at a newsstand near you NEWS County makes a splash PacifIc in the pot biz page 10 NEWS Seaside Muffler and Off-Road 21 revs up its reputation page BOAT OF THE MONTH The Sadie out of South Bend, Wash. page 24 crbizjou rn a l.com