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Nearby orca pod struggles to survive Spring Breakdown on spinning wheels PAGE 7A NORTH COAST • 3A MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015 142nd YEAR, No. 189 ONE DOLLAR Recording illegal, not prosecutable, says DA µ(YHU\RQHNQHZ WKH\ZHUHEHLQJ recorded’ RZQUHFRUGLQJRQKLVSKRQH²LQSODLQ sight, he said. ³, VDZ WKH GLUHFWLRQ WKH FRQYHU- VDWLRQZDVJRLQJDQG,EHFDPHFRQ- FHUQHG 6LJOHU ZRXOG WKHQ KDYH WKH only recording, because that recording FRXOG EH VKRUWHQHG RU SDUVHG´ 6ZHHW VDLG³,QP\PLQG,WKRXJKWWKDWZRXOG EH2.EHFDXVHVKHKDGDUHFRUGLQJ, have a recording.” By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis has received calls from Josh Marquis Chad Sweet multiple people regarding the record- ing Gearhart City Administrator Chad 0DUTXLVVDLGKLVDQVZHUDOZD\VKDV 6ZHHW PDGH RI DQ 2FWREHU FRQYHUVD- EHHQWKHVDPH7KHUHFRUGLQJZDVLOOH- WLRQ EHWZHHQ 0D\RU 'LDQQH :LGGRS JDOEXWKLVRI¿FHZRXOGQRWSURVHFXWHLW former City Councilor Joy Sigler and EHFDXVHRIWKHVSHFL¿FIDFWVLQWKLVFDVH himself. 6LJOHUPHWZLWK:LGGRSDQG6ZHHW Dianne Widdop Joy Sigler LQ2FWREHUGXULQJWKHZHHNO\³&RIIHH With the Mayor” event at Gearhart City Hall on Wednesdays. 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See RECORDING, Page 11A IN THE If it’s spring break, it’s baseball TOP SPOT Cape D Coast Guard’s Shane Abold named sector’s Enlisted Person of the Year By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group Photos by JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Warrenton’s Brock Johnson, No. 2, throws a pitch in the rain during fifth inning of the baseball game against Woodburn, Wash., at Sea- side’s Broadway Field Friday. 7UDSSHUVGRZQWKH*XOOV:DUULRUVVWUXJJOH By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian S ome pretty good baseball teams from north of the ERUGHU LQYDGHG 6HDVLGH RYHU WKH ZHHNHQG IRU WKH annual Seaside Spring Break Invitational at Broad- ZD\)LHOG :DVKLQJWRQWHDPVIURP(OPD)RUW9DQFRXYHU+RFN- inson and Hoquiam all took part in the eight-school tourna- ment, hosted by the Gulls. )RUW9DQFRXYHUFDSSHGWKHWKUHHGD\HYHQWZLWKD ZLQRYHU6HDVLGH6XQGD\QLJKWKRXUVDIWHU+RFNLQVRQSRVW- ed a 7-3 victory over Warrenton, as the Washington schools ZHQWDFRPELQHGDJDLQVWWKH2UHJRQFRPSHWLWLRQ ,QWKHWRXUQDPHQW¿QDOH)RUW9DQFRXYHUUDSSHGRXW HLJKWKLWVDOOVLQJOHVZKLOHWKH*XOOVVWUDQGHGEDVH- runners. Seaside’s Dylan Wallis, No. 3, runs to first after a hit in the first inning of Sea- side’s baseball game against Fort Vancou- ver, Wash., at Broadway Field Sunday. See BASEBALL, Page 4A &$3( ',6$332,170(17 Wash. — A U.S. Coast Guard petty RI¿FHUDW&DSH'LVDSSRLQWPHQWEHDW RXWDERXWRWKHUSHRSOHZKHQKH ZDV QDPHG (QOLVWHG 3HUVRQ RI WKH <HDU IRU 6HFWRU &ROXPELD River, a region that stretches north to Grays Harbor and south to cover DOORI2UHJRQDQGH[WHQGVLQODQGRQ the Columbia, Snake and Willamette river systems. %RDWVZDLQ¶V 0DWH VW &ODVV 6KDQH$EROGZDVQRPLQDWHGE\WKH station at Cape Disappointment in ,OZDFR Abold has served as surfman, KHDY\ ZHDWKHU DQG WDFWLFDO FR[¶Q WUDLQLQJ SHWW\ RI¿FHU ERDUGLQJ RI¿- cer, partnership in education coordi- nator and in many other capacities. Abold “established himself as a model shipmate, peer, and mentor IRUWKHFUHZRI&RDVW*XDUG6WDWLRQ &DSH 'LVDSSRLQWPHQW´ ZURWH &DSW D.J. Travers, commander of Sector Columbia River. $FFRUGLQJ WR /W 6FRWW 0F*UHZ ZKRRYHUVHHVRSHUDWLRQVDWWKH&DSH Disappointment station, Abold had distinguished himself in particular by taking over duties as training pet- W\RI¿FHU ³8QGHU KLV VXSHUYLVLRQ ZH KDG SHRSOH REWDLQ DOPRVW FHUWL¿FD- tions in a year,” he said in a phone LQWHUYLHZ ³7KDW¶V SHRSOH JDLQLQJ FHUWL¿FDWLRQ DV FUHZ PHPEHUV DQG operators.” In his other duties, Abold oper- ated boats on many rescue missions WKDW VDYHG OLYHV ODVW \HDU 0F*UHZ added. $EROG ³OHG FUHZV LQ XQGHU- ZD\ KRXUV H[HFXWLQJ PLVVLRQV on the notoriously treacherous Co- OXPELD 5LYHU %DU´ 7UDYHUV ZURWH See ABOLD, Page 11A Art is about the practice, not the muse Artists must be ‘stubborn and persistent,’ says Andrea Mace Andrea Mace is the “post- er child for the Cannon Beach Arts Association,” she said. Before becoming the ex- ecutive director in 2007, 0DFH KHOG KHU ¿UVW DUW VKRZ ² ZKHUH VKH DOVR PDGH KHU ¿UVWSDLQWLQJVDOH²DWWKHDV- sociation-run Cannon Beach Gallery on South Hemlock Street. And she has submitted SLHFHV IRU WKH -XULHG 6KRZ 3URJUDP ZKHUH JXHVW FXUD- WRUVMXGJHWKHZRUNRIDVSLU- ing artists and choose some ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group Andrea Mace, executive director of the Cannon Beach Arts Association, stands before a painting by Carl Annala, whose work is on display in the Cannon Beach Gallery. Mace works 20 hours a week at the gallery. DUWZRUN IRU D PRQWKORQJ LQ- stallation. So, as a lifelong artist her- VHOI 0DFH VDLG VKH NQRZV ZKDW LW¶V OLNH WR KDYH WKRVH “Sorry, Andrea, you didn’t they actually chose your all-important phone calls: PDNH LW &OLFN´ RU ³:RZ piece!” 7R JHW DQ\ZKHUH WKH DUW- ist must be “stubborn and persistent” and should “keep putting yourself out there,” she said. Case in point: Mace applied for the association’s Individual Artist Grant three times before receiving it in 2006. Her grant project, “El- emental Grace: Where the Earth Meets the Sea,” com- ELQHG KHU EODFNDQGZKLWH fine art photographs of sites EHWZHHQ )DOFRQ &RYH DQG Indian Beach — developed in a dark room, the “old- VFKRROODERULQWHQVLYHZD\´ ² DQG KHU PHWDOZLUH EDV- NHWU\ GHFRUDWHG ZLWK VKHOOV and beads. See MACE, Page 11A