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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 EO Media Group file A razor clamming day on the wide open sands of the Long Beach Peninsula is pictured sometime in the 1940s. The good minus tides coming up, combined with predicted sunny weather, may produce similar scenes. Razor clam:6RFLHW\VWLOOQHHGVWRIRUPDOL]HDVDQRQSUR¿W Continued from Page 1A groups online fundraiser page says, “let’s not clam up.” Representing clammers Once the society is fully formed and functional, it could represent the interests of recre- ational razor clam diggers from across the region, which for 3DFL¿FUD]RUFODPVPHDQVDQ\- where from Alaska to Califor- nia. A similar group in Oregon, the Clam Diggers Association of Oregon, maintains a message board with a variety of thread subjects — “Picking Mussel at Seal Rock” to “Learn to Dig Razor Clams” — but focus on more than just razor clams. Paul Strickland, an Olympia resident and one of the society’s two directors (the other is Alec Gardner from Seattle), said the society got its start after a group of people who enjoyed digging clams were chatting together. “And the idea cropped up … and we thought, well why not?” Harvest attracts he said. people and dollars “We have stakeholder groups The recreational harvest of like that for a whole variety of ¿VKHULHV ERWK FRPPHUFLDO DQG razor clams is not particularly controversial right now, but ad- recreational,” Ayres said. Leo: He stood out as an educator who could lead the district into the future Middle School for two years. He covered both positions as community, reviewed 23 superintendent. candidate applications and Leo taught math and coached conducted initial interviews the girls’ basketball team at As- with several candidates. Af- toria High School for four years. ter the initial interviews, the Before moving to Oregon, Leo ¿HOG ZDV QDUURZHG WR WKUHH taught math for eight years in candidates, whose back- Yuma, Ariz., where he was grounds were thoroughly named Coach of the Year for checked. Site visits to their Yuma County in 2004. districts were conducted by He has a master’s degree a team of two board mem- in educational leadership from bers. The candidates were Northern Arizona University then invited to the district and a bachelor’s degree in sec- to spend time meeting staff, ondary education from West- students and community. ern Montana College. During the district visit, the “In our effort to close the board conducted a second achievement gap and make edu- round of interviews with cation truly equitable for all stu- HDFKRIWKH¿QDOLVWV dents, we must increase our ac- ³:H KDG DQ H[FLWLQJ ¿HOG ademic support for students and of candidates for our super- our support to families,” Leo intendent position,” Board said in the release. “We need to Chairwoman Kathy Edison be proud of the strong relation- said in a press release. “How- ships we build with students, ever, at each step in the search staff, parents and community. process, Jeff Leo stood out as “I’m very excited about the an educator who could lead opportunity to be Banks’ next the Banks School District into superintendent. Schools thrive the future. We enthusiastical- when teachers, students and ly welcome Jeff to our Banks the community work together community.” in partnership to create a sys- Before becoming superin- tem where every student can tendent in Knappa, Leo was achieve their full potential. We the principal of Knappa High/ can do that here at Banks.” Continued from Page 1A Getting the inside story at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation Anna King April 30th In a series of 12 radio pieces, Anna King is bringing the underrepresented women’s perspectives of the Hanford nuclear site out of the shadows. As a Northwest Public Radio correspondent based in Richland, King is the only journalist covering the Hanford Nuclear Reservation full-time. She has closely followed the mammoth on-again, off-again disposal of nuclear waste at Hanford. vocacy groups have played huge roles for other species when it comes to management decisions or policymaking. Commercial and recreational salmon advoca- cy groups, for example, are ex- tremely vocal in debates about KRZWKRVHRFHDQDQGULYHU¿VK- eries are managed. Strickland and the other members of the Razor Clam Society felt there was nothing RXW WKHUH VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRU UD]RU clams even while there was a growing interest in this “obscure activity.” For an obscure activity, how- ever, it can bring a lot of people to the beach. Decades ago, as many as 300,000 people each year came to the coast to harvest upward of 13 million razor clams, ac- cording to WDFW. But disease and overharvesting hurt clam populations in the 1980s. In the 1990s, outbreaks of domoic acid, a potent marine toxin, lim- ited harvesting in Washington. In 2009, WDFW estimated that 250,000 came to dig, harvesting 2.5 to 3 million clams, some- times with only 15 to 35 days out of the entire year to do so. A study by the University of Washington and the NOAA West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health in 2008 broke down the economic ben- H¿WV WR FRDVWDO FRPPXQLWLHV looking at how much visitors hoping to dig their limit of razor clams spend on hotel accom- modations, camping, restaurant visits, groceries, gas and oil, transportation, ferry tolls and other retail transactions. A can- celed season affecting all clam digging on the coast could cost communities almost $22 mil- lion in lost revenue, they con- cluded. One of the things the Razor Clam Society hopes to show people the positive econom- ic impact of razor clam digs. Strickland would like to see the society sponsor an up-to-date study of the economic impacts of recreational razor clam digs on local communities. The society still needs to IRUPDOL]HDVDQRQSUR¿WRUJDQL- zation, a process that takes both time and money. “Without being a formal 501(c)3 organization we can- not tap into various corporate sponsors and other types of re- sources, respond to grants, RFPs (request for proposal) for gov- ernment agencies,” Strickland said. Representatives from the society intend to visit town and for the Long Beach Razor Clam Festival this weekend spread the word about the society and gar- ner support for it. 7R ¿QG RXW PRUH DERXW WKH Razor Clam Society or to con- tribute to the fundraising cam- paign, visit http://bit.ly/1PNK- hOw. Smith: Next status hearing set for May 12 Continued from Page 1A attempting to kill her 13-year- old daughter, Alana Smith, in a Cannon Beach hotel July 31. In addition to the notice on Smith’s mental state, the defense ¿OHGDQXPEHURIRWKHUPRWLRQV including one to bar the possibil- ity of the death penalty. The aggravated factor that the victim was younger than 14 opens the door for the death penalty. Marquis has not yet de- cided if he will seek the death penalty. Falls and Morgan note in their motion that social attitudes have begun to shift against the death penalty, “most particular- ly against the imposition of the death penalty on an individual judicially determined to have a severe mental illness.” writes, it is not possible for the 2WKHU PRWLRQV ¿OHG E\ WKH state to respond to the defense’s defense include standard re- other “boilerplate” motions. quests, such as allowing Smith The discovery deadline for to be free of restraints during all court proceedings and disclos- LQJ TXDOL¿FDWLRQV RI ZLWQHVVHV the state intends to call as an expert. Marquis wrote a letter March 19 to Smith’s defense lawyers and Clatsop County Circuit Court Judge Cindee Matyas expressing frustration over the defense’s failure to produce “ANY” discovery, or evidence, to the state. As a result, Marquis Jessica Smith, alongside her defense attor- ney William Falls, surveys the scene inside Courtroom 100 on the ground floor of the Clatsop County Courthouse in November. Daily Astorian file the defense was April 7. As of this week, Marquis said, he has received more than 480 pages of discovery from the defense. The defense has had all the state’s discovery for about six months, Marquis notes. The next status hearing in the case was set for 11:15 a.m. Fri- day, followed by another hear- ing May 12. Smith’s defense asked the court to cancel the hearing Fri- day, claiming it is unnecessary at this time, and would cause Smith to be transported from Tillamook County Jail without good cause. “It would put this case back in the media eye for no good reason other than to satisfy the state’s thirst for publicity, ZKLFK LQ WXUQ XQIDLUO\ LQÀX- ences the potential jury pool in this county,” Falls and Morgan wrote. 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