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WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY EXTRA • 1C IN ONE EAR • 1B FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015 142nd YEAR, No. 208 ONE DOLLAR Hoax sparks school turmoil Mass-shooting threat causes peninsula lockdown Chinook Observer AHS’ GASSER WINS NO. 700 Baseball coach leads the list of Oregon winners C By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian onsidering that Astoria owns a 26-2 record against the Tillamook Cheesemakers over the last nine years, the odds were pretty good Thursday night for Fishermen KHDG FRDFK 'DYH *DVVHU WR SLFN XS FDUHHU ZLQ 1R breaking his own record for the most wins tallied by a high VFKRROEDVHEDOOFRDFKLQ2UHJRQ And while the Cheesemakers gave the Fishermen a little more trouble than they normally do, a 700th win is a 700th win, as the coach racked up another milestone victory, 8-4, over Tillamook, in a Cowapa League baseball game at $LNHQ)LHOG *DVVHU WRRN 1R LQ VWULGH and passed the credit along to his players — including all those who KHOSHGZLQWKH¿UVW ³-XVW WKDQN \RX´ LV ZKDW *DV ser told his current players after the JDPH ³7KH RQH WKLQJ DERXW wins, is that I didn’t score one run, get one RBI, pitch one win or make RQH SOD\ ,W¶V MXVW ZDWFKLQJ NLGV SOD\IRU\RX “It was a good win for us,” he VDLG ³:H QHHGHG LW DQG LW MXVW happened to be kind of a milestone GHDO´ “It is a tremendous milestone for coach Gasser,” said Astoria +LJK 6FKRRO $WKOHWLF 'LUHFWRU +RZDUG5XE³7KHEHVWSDUWLVKH totally believes in the team concept — it’s not about coach Gasser, it’s all the kids and coaches through all the years who have led to his suc- FHVV´ As the winningest coach in Or- egon, Gasser previously coached at Canby (1977-78), Madison (1979- DQG /DNHULGJH He came to Astoria in 2006, and OHGWKH)LVKHUPHQWRWKHLU¿UVWVWDWH EDVHEDOOFKDPSLRQVKLSWKDWVHDVRQ With Gasser as coach, Astoria PDGHWKHVWDWHVHPL¿QDOV¿YH\HDUV in a row and appeared in the state title game four times, winning an- RWKHUWLWOHLQ$IWHU³UHWLULQJ´ as the Astoria baseball coach in 2010, Gasser returned for the 2013 VHDVRQ Thursday’s game Astoria is now 27-2 against the &KHHVHPDNHUVVLQFH%XWMXVW by forcing the Fishermen to play all seven innings, it was a milestone of VRUWVIRU7LOODPRRN2IWKRVH$V WRULDZLQVFDPHE\SOXVUXQV “They were making all the SOD\V´ *DVVHU VDLG RI WKH 0RRNV ³7KH\ SOD\HG D JRRG JDPH 7KH\ EDWWOH DW WKH SODWH UHDOO\ ZHOO They’re scoring runs — they’re MXVWJLYLQJXSDEXQFK´ And the group that helped Gas- VHUZLQ1RLVWKHVDPHJURXS that may be giving the coach more ELJYLFWRULHVLQWKHQHDUIXWXUH Astoria had a sophomore pitch- er throw four strong innings to pick up the victory; a sophomore out- ¿HOGHUZKRPDGHWZRRXWVWDQGLQJ FDWFKHVLQOHIW¿HOGDQGDIUHVKPDQ shortstop who had a key, two-out, WZRUXQVLQJOHLQWKHWKLUGLQQLQJ See GASSER, Page 8A /21* %($&+:DVK ² /RQJ Beach Police Chief Flint Wright said a telephone call that sparked a lock- GRZQ RI 2FHDQ %HDFK 6FKRRO 'LV trict campuses Thursday afternoon PD\KDYHEHHQDSUDQN By Thursday evening, that scenar- LRZDVORRNLQJPRUHDQGPRUHOLNHO\ “Today Long Beach Elementary received an anonymous call using technology to hide both the voice and the phone number,” the school GLVWULFW VDLG LQ D ZULWWHQ VWDWHPHQW “The recorded call said only that the caller had an automatic weapon and WRFDOO3ROLFHZHUHLPPHGLDWHO\ QRWL¿HGDQGWKHVFKRROZDVSODFHGRQ ORFNGRZQ$V D SUHFDXWLRQDU\ PHD sure, all other buildings were also SODFHGRQPRGL¿HGORFNGRZQZKLOH WKHVLWXDWLRQZDVLQYHVWLJDWHG´ See HOAX, Page 10A Over the top thrift? 6HDVLGHVHHVQHZ surplus of thrift stores By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group Photos by JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian 6($6,'(²,QWKHSDVW\HDU6HD side has seen an emergence of thrift shops and similar stores, and many store owners see that as an opportunity to give locals and visitors a multitude of LQH[SHQVLYHRSWLRQV There are at least 10 thrift stores in the area, not including a children’s consignment store in Gearhart, antique VWRUHVDQGQRQSUR¿WFORWKLQJH[FKDQJ es, like Father’s Closet at Welcome +RPH&KXUFK2WKHUVWRUHVWKDWRSHQHG ODVW\HDUVXFKDV1DWXUH¶V6SLULWFDPH and went in a matter of months, along ZLWK WKH +HOSLQJ +DQGV 7KULIW 6WRUH ZKLFKFORVHGLQ6HSWHPEHU &KHU\OH %DUNHU 6HDVLGH¶V 7UL&LW\ 6SD\1HXWHU7KULIW6KRSERDUGSUHV ident, said there has not been a time in recent memory when this many thrift VKRSVZHUHLQWKHDUHD:KHQVKHVWDUW HGYROXQWHHULQJDWWKH6SD\1HXWHU 7KULIW 6KRS DERXW \HDUV DJR 5DJ and Bone was the only other thrift shop Astoria’s Ryker Helmerson, No. 1, high-fives Fridtjof Fremstad, No. VKH FDQ UHPHPEHU7KH 6SD\ 1HX 2, as he crosses the plate to score in the baseball game against WHU7KULIW6KRSLVWKHROGHVWLQWKHFLW\ Tillamook. The store started in 1968, moved to its Broadway location in 1988 and got its FXUUHQW QDPH 2FWREHU 5DJ DQG %RQHZDVHVWDEOLVKHGLQWKHPLGV At the start of each summer, Barker creates a brochure of thrift, resale and 9ROXQWHHU ¿UH¿JKWHU -XVWLQ %URZQ consignment stores in Gearhart and initiated the idea of honoring Boone 6HDVLGH 7KH UDSLG DGGLWLRQ DQG VXE at the dinner, and the community em- traction of several shops in 2014 made EUDFHGLW See STORES, Page 9A “I’ve been on the department for a few years and started to see how much ZRUNKHSXWLQWRLW´%URZQVDLG2QFH the community started discussing re- warding Boone for his service, they “agreed it should have been done a ORQJWLPHDJR´KHDGGHG ABOVE: Astoria’s Cade O’Brien, No. 4, makes a diving catch in the outfield during the baseball game against Tillamook Thursday. TOP: Astoria’s Head Coach Dave Gasser, center, hugs Bronson Holthusen, No. 12, after beating Tillamook in their baseball game Thursday. The win was Gasser’s 700th. µ\HDUVDQGFRXQWLQJ¶DV+DPOHW¿UHFKLHI Bill Boone honored for 40 years of service By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group HAMLET — For 40 years, Bill Boone has volunteered his time to serve others through the Hamlet Vol- unteer Fire Department, gaining a pro- found and valuable knowledge of the community and eventually rising to the UROHRI¿UHFKLHI On April 11, Boone was recognized for his service during the monthly Hamlet community potluck dinner at Hamlet’s community center, with DERXW SHRSOH LQ DWWHQGDQFH $V D thank you, the community gave him an DQWLTXH ¿UH QR]]OH WKDW ZDV SROLVKHG and mounted on a piece of wood con- taining a placard engraved with a thank you to Boone for dedicating “40 years Everyday People Photo courtesy of Shelly Clooten Paul Weaver, chairman of the board for the Hamlet Historical School- house, left, presents Hamlet Vol- unteer Fire Department Chief Bill Boone with a special award as a thank you for the “40 years and counting” Boone has served the community through the agency. Sticking with it Boone, who grew up in Portland, MRLQHGWKHÀHGJOLQJ¿UHGHSDUWPHQWLQ D\HDUDIWHUKHPRYHGWRWKHDUHD “I volunteered with them at that point, and then I just stayed with it,” KHVDLG :KHQKH¿UVWMRLQHGWKHGHSDUWPHQW there was a strong sense of community DQG FRXQWLQJ´ WR WKH FRPPXQLW\ 7KH LQWKHWRZQ6RPHRIWKDWZDVORVWRYHU goal was to surprise him with the gift, See BOONE, Page 9A DQGWKH\SXOOHGLWRII%RRQHVDLG MONDAY Helping parents