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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 BACK IN TUNE Like a high performance car, a Steinway concert grand piano needs a tuneup. Clark Foerster a 6WHLQZD\ 6RQV FHUWL¿HG SLDQR technician, visited the Liberty The- ater Tuesday to tune up its Model D Steinway. With funds from nu- merous donors, the Liberty pur- chased the piano seven years ago. “All who have heard perform- ers on our Steinway Concert D pi- DQRNQRZ¿UVWKDQGKRZEHDXWLIXO the music created on it is,” Liberty Theater Executive Director Rose- mary Baker Monaghan said. “We are completing an upgrade to it to produce a richer, more lush sound which, in particular, will enhance classical pieces” Funds from the Edith Whiteman Charitable Trust assisted in this JOSHUA BESSEX photos— The Daily Astorian maintenance. Jinx Whiteman Patter- son of Arcadia Beach and Chandler, Clark Foerster, a Steinway & Sons certified piano technician, straightens and aligns Ariz., presented the contribution. hammers in the Steinway D grand piano on stage in the Liberty Theater Tuesday. 3A 4-H clubhouse changes owners By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A clubhouse at the Clat- sop County Fairgrounds is changing ownership to help the previous owner, the 4-H Leaders Association, save on insurance costs and have more funds for scholarship programs. On Wednesday night, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the termination of a lease agreement and owner- ship change of the clubhouse. The 4-H Leaders Associ- ation had owned the 1,440 square-foot clubhouse since 1997, when it was construct- ed through community fund- raising and local business donations, including work by the Tongue Point Job Corps students, according to the county. In 1997, the 4-H Leaders life resulting from to prepare Oregon the resumption of commerce Association entered a lease megathrust earth- and its infrastructure should guide the State of Oregon agreement with the county quakes and tsunamis for large earthquakes in the development and imple- for the land where the club- associated with Cas- emanating from the mentation of resilience policies house is located. cadia fault. It urges The lease was renewed in Cascadia subduction that address the risks posed by a creation and legisla- zone, a convergent Cascadia megathrust earthquake 2012 with new statutory in- tive consideration of plate boundary off and tsunami,” reads the resolu- surance requirements costing the Oregon Resilience the 4-H Leaders Association the coast of the Pa- tion. Plan and recommen- FL¿F 1RUWKZHVW WKDW +5ZDV¿UVWUHDG)HE about $2,500 annually to in- dations on responses separates the Juan and referred to the speaker of the sure the property, according State Rep. to Cascadia megath- to the county. de Fuca and North House’s desk, where it remains. rust earthquakes and Deborah Boone America plates. Since then, the 4-H Lead- Boone is also a sponsor on 48 tsunamis. “Be It Resolved other bills. For a full list of bills ers Association have reached The resilience plan, request- by the House of Representatives and their statuses, visit the Ore- out to the Clatsop County ed by the 76th Oregon Legisla- of the State of Oregon: That con- gon Legislative Information Sys- Fair Board for help in fund- tive Assembly in 2011, is meant cern for the protection of life and tem at https://olis.leg.state.or.us ing the insurance payments. Boone brings eight bills to state By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian State Rep. Deborah Boone from Cannon Beach is a chief sponsor of eight bills in the Or- egon legislature. One revolves around one of her highest prior- ities: implementing the Oregon Resilience Plan. House Resolution 5, spon- sored by Boone at the request of the Oregon Resilience Task Force, recognizes the risks and susceptibility of Oregon to cat- astrophic damage and loss of “It seems the best way to do this would be for the Fair Board to take over the build- ing and assume the insurance liability with an additional premium of about $300 an- nually,” Sirpa Duoos, a prop- erty management specialist, wrote to the county. “This would allow more revenue for student scholarships, which is an integral part of their mission.” The 4-H Leaders Asso- ciation is donating the club- house, valued at $47,870, to the Clatsop County Fair- grounds, who will be respon- sible for the insurance. The Fair Board and the 4-H Leaders Association are working on an agreement for continued use of the clubhouse, allowing it to be available for the fairgrounds when it is not used for 4-H activities. In other business: • The Board of Commis- sioners reappointed Russ Farmer to the County Bud- get Committee for District 1, appointed Paul F. Johnson to the Road District 1 Bud- get and appointed Cravelynn Weber to the Human Services Advisory Council. • The Board of Commis- sioners accepted the high ELGVIURPWKH6KHULII¶V2I¿FH public auction Feb. 9. Five parcels of land were sold for a total of $34,500 at the auction. Haystack Gardens to build apartments for workers building permit application. The proposal calls for a three- unit residential apartment build- ing with attached garages. Two four-bedroom units will occupy WKHVHFRQGÀRRUDERYHWKHJDUDJ- es, and a smaller studio will sit on WKHJURXQGÀRRU By ERICK BENGEL EO Media Group CANNON BEACH — Hay- stack Gardens may break ground on a new workforce housing project on East Gower Street this month, pending approval of a The project was approved by the Planning Commission in December and the design review board in January, City Planner Mark Barnes said. He estimates that anywhere from 10 to 14 people could occu- py the building, which will com- SULVHVTXDUHIHHWRQWKH¿UVW level and 1,999 on the second level, totaling 4,404 square feet. The project team includes Mike Skidmore, a Seattle archi- tect; Cannon Beach Landscape Service; and civil engineers from HLB Otak, a Gearhart company. Additional work will need WR EH GRQH WR UHFRQ¿JXUH DQG relandscape Haystack Gardens’ manicured lawn area, just west of where the apartments will sit. This will involve relocating the wedding trellis, according to site plans. 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