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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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es, and a smaller studio will sit on
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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-
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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
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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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