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Coast Guard breaks housing ground Gulls take Fish Invite, again NORTH COAST • 3A SPORTS • 4A 142nd YEAR, No. 200 TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Astoria backs off dog park Mayor cites budget woes at parks and rec By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian Photos by JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian The Astoria Column glows teal in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Column will remain lit throughout the month of April. ALIGHT WITH AWARENESS Ruh, roh. The Astoria City Council Mon- day night backed away from a dog park because of budget constraints DW WKH FLW\¶V 3DUNV DQG 5HFUHDWLRQ Department. 7KH FRXQFLO KDG PDGH ¿QGLQJ a dog park one of its goals for this year and had zeroed in on a poten- tial deal with Columbia Memorial Hospital to temporarily use John Warren Field, the former football ¿HOG RI WKH $VWRULD +LJK 6FKRRO Fishermen. %XW ZLWK WKH 3DUNV DQG 5HFUH ation Department already strug- gling with upkeep at existing parks, the council voted 4-0 at the request of Mayor Arline LaMear to remove a dog park from its pri- orities. See DOG PARK, Page 12A Cost of burials jumps By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Sharon Moore, a specialist in the SA Peer Center, speaks during a ceremony in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the Astoria Column Friday. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Members of the U.S. Coast Guard gather under the Astoria Column during an event in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month Friday. People gather at the base of the Astoria Column to listen to speak- ers during a ceremony in recognition of Sexual Assault Aware- ness Month Friday. The cost to bury a loved one at Ocean View Cemetery just got more expensive. Fees will jump by 40 percent through June and then go up an- other 10 percent in July. Annual fee hikes are also possible for the next several years. The Astoria City Council vot- ed 4-0 Monday night for the fee increases to help improve patchy maintenance at the city-owned cemetery in Warrenton. The average cost had been $1,660 for burial and $655 for cremation, which was consider- ably lower than public and private cemeteries in Oregon. The fees had not been increased since 1996. Budget cuts during the reces- VLRQ FDXVHG WKH FLW\¶V 3DUNV DQG Recreation Department to elimi- nate staff at Ocean View and ra- tion maintenance. See BURIALS, Page 12A Mink industry thrives despite threats Farmers bolster security, practice sustainability security, working for Ore- gon-based Fur Commission 86$ )O\QQ¶V UHVXOWV KDYH prompted the Canadian fur industry to solicit his services, and the European industry is By JOHN O’CONNELL looking into modeling its se- Capital Press curity program after his ap- proach. Kevin Flynn once evaluat- )O\QQ¶V SHGLJUHH LQFOXGHV ed U.S. military bases for se- 18 years in domestic law en- curity breaches and protected forcement, employment with convoys from attack. the U.S. Army military police Nowadays, Flynn puts and U.S. Air Force Security those battleground skills to Forces and private securi- use for mink farmers, check- ty contracting in the Middle ing their operations for vul- East. nerabilities and advising them +H¶VFRQYLQFHGIDUPVHFX MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI — EO Media Group how to avoid the threat of rity will become more import- attacks by animal rights ex- ant for other sectors of animal Joe Ruef holds a mink at his farm in Mount Angel. tremists. agriculture — and even for ,QWKH¿YH\HDUVKH¶VEHHQ farms that grow genetically broaden their focus. VDLG ³7KHUH ZDV GH¿QLWHO\ D in charge of mink industry PRGL¿HGFURSV²DVDFWLYLVWV ³,W¶V D QHZ DUHD´ )O\QQ vacuum there, where nobody was applying any of this to the IDUPV´ With U.S. pelt sales peak- ing at $400 million in 2013, the mink industry represents a tiny niche in U.S. agricul- ture. It remains, however, a large target for harassment by animal rights extremists, Fur Commission USA Ex- ecutive Director Michael Whelan said. He said mink producers were victims of 20-25 attacks per year from the late 1990s into the early 2000s. Since then, the num- ber of attacks has dropped dramatically, with about 15 recorded during the past de- cade; 13 of those occurred in 2013. See MINK, Page 12A