Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 2015)
Meet the new Mouth of the Columbia Luminari Arts celebrates a year COAST WEEKEND MAKING THE DOLLAR • 4A 142nd YEAR, No. 207 THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Building Filling empty bellies, one at a time a better boatyard *URXSIRFXVHVRQ SUDFWLFHVSODFHPHQW By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Corri Buck hugs Chris Crone before handing out food and supplies to people in the parking lot at 12th and Exchange streets. $VWRULDZRPDQRQSHUVRQDOPLVVLRQWRIHHGWKHKRPHOHVV By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian O QHPRUQLQJODVW1RYHPEHU &RUUL %XFN VDLG VKH KHDUG D YRLFH IURP DERYH *RG ZDQWHG KHU WR PDNH OXQFK IRU WKH hungry. 6RVKHPDGHDKDOIGR]HQEROR- gna and cheese sandwiches, gath- HUHG VRPH EDQDQDV WDQJHULQHV cookies and candy canes, and went GRZQWRZQWR¿QGWKHKRPHOHVV )LYHPRQWKVODWHU%XFNRI $VWRULD LV VHUYLQJ WR IUHH EURZQEDJ OXQFKHV GRZQWRZQ VL[ GD\V D ZHHN )LOOLQJ (PSW\ %HO- OLHV²KHUSHUVRQDOPLVVLRQ²KDV D)DFHERRNSDJHDQGD*R)XQG0H DFFRXQWWKDWKDVUDLVHG 6KHKDVPRYHGIURPFROGVDQG- ZLFKHV WR KRPHPDGH SDVWD PDF- aroni and cheese, stews and chili. 2Q:HGQHVGD\OXQFKZDVFKLFNHQ enchiladas and rice. ³7KH VXSSRUW KDV EHHQ RYHU- ZKHOPLQJO\ SRVLWLYH´ %XFN VDLG JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian ³,WEULQJVPHWRWHDUV,¶PVRKXP- Corri Buck hands people towels from the back of her car in the parking lot at 12th and Exchange streets Wednes- EOHG´ day. Buck helps provide people with food, hygiene products and clothes six days a week. Filling Empty Bellies Getting help — her personal mission — has a Facebook page and a GoFundMe account that has raised $1,000. 7KHUH DUH DQ HVWLPDWHG KRPHOHVVSHRSOHLQ&ODWVRS&RXQ- W\ DFFRUGLQJ WR &ODWVRS &RPPX- QLW\ $FWLRQ ZKLFK KHOSV ORZLQ- FRPH UHVLGHQWV ¿QG IRRG KRXVLQJ DQGRWKHUHVVHQWLDOVHUYLFHV:KLOH WKHUHDUHJDSVVXFKDVVKHOWHUVSDFH IRUWKHKRPHOHVVIRRGLVJHQHUDOO\ DFFHVVLEOH 7KH &ODWVRS &RPPXQLW\$FWLRQ 5HJLRQDO )RRG %DQN GLVWULEXWHG D UHFRUG DPRXQW RI IRRG ODVW \HDU ² QHDUO\ PLOOLRQ SRXQGV ² ZLWK WKHKHOSRISDUWQHUVVXFKDVIRRGSDQ- WULHV PHDO VLWHV KRPHOHVV VKHOWHUV DQGEDFNSDFNSURJUDPVIRUFKLOGUHQ See MISSION, Page 10A ‘The support has been overwhelmingly positive. It brings me to tears. I’m so humbled.’ — Corri Buck Astorian woman who helps provide people with food, hygiene products and clothes six days a week in downtown 7KH 3RUW RI$VWRULD¶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including stor- DJH IRU ORJV E\ :HVWHUOXQG /RJ +DQGOHUV 1RZ 0XUSK\2YHUVHDV 86$//&ZKLFK RSHUDWHV $)3 OHDVHV PXFK RI Jim Knight the land. ³,¶P QRW VKXWWLQJ GRZQ´ .QLJKW VDLGUHLWHUDWLQJKLVVWDQFHWKDWWKHH[- LVWLQJERDW\DUGZLOOVWD\ZKLOHSODQQLQJ IRUDQLPSURYHGRQHDVORQJDVWKHVWDWH GRHVQ¶WVHHDQLVVXHDQGLPSRVH¿QHV ³, ZDQW WR KDYH WKH EHVW ERDW\DUG ZH FDQSRVVLEO\KDYHLQWKHEHVWVLWXDWLRQ´ .QLJKWVKDUHGDSUR¿WDQGORVVVWDWH- PHQWIRUWKHERDW\DUGLQFOXGLQJLWVUHY- HQXH DQG RSHUDWLQJ H[SHQVHV VKRZLQJ WKH 3RUW QHWWHG DQ DYHUDJH RI DQQXDOO\RYHUWKHSDVW¿YH\HDUV+HVDLG LW LQFOXGHG VWDII VDODULHV DQG ERDW\DUG HTXLSPHQWEXWGLGQ¶WLQFOXGHRYHUKHDG XWLOLW\DQGRWKHUH[SHQVHV +HVDLGWKH3RUWZDVSUREDEO\ORVLQJ D\HDURQWKHERDW\DUG ³,¶G MXVW EH KDSS\ WR EUHDN HYHQ´ .QLJKWVDLGDGGLQJWKDWPDNLQJPRQH\ RQWKHERDW\DUGLVQ¶WWKHKLJKHVWSULRUL- ty, as he’s learned the value of it to the FRPPXQLW\ )RU WKH VKRUWWHUP WKH ERDW\DUG FRPPLWWHH GLVFXVVHG KRZ WR LP- SURYH WKH %HVW 0DQDJHPHQW 3UDFWLFHV %03VDWWKH3RUW¶VH[LVWLQJERDW\DUG DQGZKDWWRFKDUJHIRULWVRSHUDWLRQIRU LWWREUHDNHYHQ BMPs (G*UHHQDFRPPHUFLDO¿VKHUPDQ DQG FRPPLWWHH PHPEHU EURXJKW D FRS\RIWKH%03VIURP3RUWRI,OZD- FR:DVKZKLFKFDQEHIRXQGRQOLQH DW KWWSELWO\,LMTRF *UHHQ VDLG WKH UDWHV GRFXPHQW DQG SURFHGXUHV ZHUH VLPLODUWR$VWRULD See BOATYARD, Page 10A &RXQW\&DUHHU)DLUKHOSVVWXGHQWV¿QGDSDWK By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Erin Burgess, a junior at Astoria High School, was ORRNLQJIRUKHU¿UVWMRE7KXUV- day. And she didn’t have far to look. $ERXW ORFDO HPSOR\- HUV DQG PRUH WKDQ KLJK school juniors and seniors PHW:HGQHVGD\DWWKH&ODWVRS &RXQW\ )DLU DQG ([SR &HQ- WHU IRU WKH LQDXJXUDO &ODWVRS &RXQW\&DUHHU)DLU Students threaded through WKHIDLUJURXQGV¶H[KLELWURXWH VXUURXQGHG E\ HPSOR\HU ERRWKV IURP WKH IRUHVW SURG- ucts, health care, law enforce- PHQW JRYHUQPHQW PDQXIDF- WXULQJ SURIHVVLRQDO VHUYLFHV UHWDLODQGWRXULVPVHFWRUV 6RPH VWXGHQWV DQG HP- SOR\HUVZHUHWKHUHWRPDNHDQ LPPHGLDWH FRQQHFWLRQ ZKLOH VRPH ORRNHG DW WUDLQLQJ DQG FDUHHURSSRUWXQLWLHV “I really like retail stuff,” Burgess said, adding in the early going, she didn’t really KDYH DQ\ SUHIHUHQFHV EH\RQG D SDUWWLPH MRE WKDW ZLOO ODVW through the school year and KHOSKHUVDYHIRUFROOHJH 7KHUH WR SLWFK VXFK D VLW- XDWLRQ DW OHDVW IRU WKH EXV\ VXPPHU PRQWKV ZDV 5HVRUW 0DQDJHU 6HUYDQGR 5REOHGR IURP:\QGKDP¶V:RUOG0DUN 6HDVLGH KRWHO FRPSOH[ 5R- EOHGR WROG %XUJHVV DQG RWK- HU WHHQV WKH EHQH¿WV IURP D VLJQLQJ ERQXV IRU QHZ IXOOWLPHUV WR WXLWLRQ UHLP- EXUVHPHQW ³:H UHFUXLW DOO WKH ZD\ IURP WKH /RQJ %HDFK :DVK 3HQLQVXOD WR &DQ- non Beach and Manzanita,” 5REOHGR VDLG DGGLQJ :\Q- GKDP VRPHWLPHV QHHGV WR look even farther afield to ILQG HQRXJK KHOS GXULQJ WKH VXPPHU Service Sector &ODWVRS&RXQW\¶VVHDVRQDO HFRQRP\LVHVSHFLDOO\JHDUHG WRZDUG HPSOR\PHQW IRU high-schoolers. ³7KH\¶UHHVVHQWLDOWRNHHS- LQJWKLQJVPRYLQJLQWKHVXP- PHU VHDVRQ´ VDLG 6KDZQD Sykes, a workforce analyst IRU WKH 2UHJRQ (PSOR\PHQW 'HSDUWPHQW See FAIR, Page 10A EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian Servando Robledo, the resort manager for Wyndham Va- cation Ownership in Seaside, pitches jobs to Erin Bur- gess, center, and Beth Mathre, juniors at Astoria High School. Robledo said his company offers signing bonus- es, tuition reimbursements and other benefits to help at- tract much-needed help during the busy season.