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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015
142nd YEAR, No. 209
ONE DOLLAR
College auction rakes in more than $100,000
Special appeal by Sen. Johnson adds $36,200 to the foundation
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — The commu-
nity came together Saturday for the
Clatsop Community College Foun-
dation’s Arts & Experience Dinner
and Auction at the Astoria Golf &
Country Club. And the community
came away the winner.
Preliminary results have the auc-
tion bringing in a record $107,100,
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art, tickets, memberships, trips and
other experiences.
More than 40 businesses, com-
munity groups and individuals pro-
vided $32,000 in sponsorships for
the auction, which earned another
$36,200 from a verbal appeal by
state Sen. Betsy Johnson. The money
from the appeal will support:
• Simulation dummies and other
equipment to help train nurses.
• A diesel system training unit for
the college’s automotive program.
• Increased corrosion protection
for the college’s maritime sciences
training vessel, the Forerunner.
• Computers, a projector and
study aides in the adult literacy/GED
program.
• Portable display walls for the
CCC Art Center gallery.
• Communications, a generator
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ences program.
“They all speak directly to the
strengths of this college: get people
back into the workforce; capitalize
on indigenous strengths; partner
with the community and enhance our
sense of place; and lift up all learn-
ers,” Johnson said.
Community support
CCC President Lawrence Galizio
See AUCTION, Page 10A
Pamplin Media Group
The state has turned over more
than a million records covered
under a subpoena issued in the
federal investigation into former
Gov. John Kitzhaber and first
lady Cylvia Hayes.
More than
a million
State responds
to wide-ranging
subpoena for
Kitzhaber,
Hayes records
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Seaside’s Allison Kilday leaps over hurdles during the girls 100-meter hurdles event at the annual Daily Astorian Invitational track meet.
Kilday placed first in the event with a time of 15.96.
YOUTH HAS ITS DAY AT DAILY A INVITE
Frosh standouts storm the track at annual high school sports event
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
T
he promising future of Clat-
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was on full display this
weekend at Astoria High School.
And the present is pretty good, too.
Under sunny skies for a change,
a few hundred athletes were run-
ning, jumping and throwing Sat-
urday afternoon by the shores of
Youngs Bay, in the 27th annual
Daily Astorian Invitational track
meet.
The Fishermen were the host
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time since 2012. The “Daily A” is
an annual gathering for the schools
in the Lower Columbia region,
showcasing the best athletes in the
paper’s readership area.
And now it’s time to showcase
— and memorize — a few of the
names you’ll be reading about
for the next three years: Darian
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Darian Hageman goes airborne while competing in the long jump
event at the Daily Astorian Invitational track meet at Astoria High
School Saturday. Hageman set a new meet record with a distance
of 17 feet, 5 3/4 inches.
Hageman, Kaylee Mitchell, Taylor Cody Earley, Ben Stahly and Aus-
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Just one month into the 2015
season, the above athletes are win-
ning events, setting records and
posting impressive marks in some
fairly big meets. Two are ranked
No. 1 in the state in their respective
events.
One other fact: They’re all
freshmen athletes on the North
Coast. And for a select few, they
will end up standing on the podi-
um at Eugene’s Historic Hayward
Field, as placers in the state meet.
If not this year, then next.
“It’s great to be building a pro-
gram around that youth, for sure,”
said Astoria coach Garrett Parks,
the former Seaside sprinter who
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Invite as a coach.
“We have some great freshmen
throwers on the boys’ side, like
Tim Barnett … just youth across
the board,” he said.
See INVITE, Page 4A
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
Capital Bureau and The Daily Astorian
SALEM — The state has turned
over more than a million pages of
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ence-peddling investigation of for-
mer Gov. John Kitzhaber and his
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Portland issued a subpoena to the
state in February — served on the
day Kitzhaber resigned — for re-
cords dating back to January 2009.
Federal investigators are examining
whether the couple used the gover-
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vate consulting interests.
Matt Shelby, a spokesman for the
state Department of Administrative
Services, said the state “has produced
more than a million pages of records
to the federal investigators and there
is still more in the pipeline.”
Shelby said he did not have a tal-
ly for how much the state has spent
complying with the federal subpoe-
na. Among the biggest challenges,
he said, is searching through state
emails to identify records relevant to
the probe.
Earlier this month, Gov. Kate
Brown publicly released 94,000
emails tied to Hayes, which offered
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lady’s footprint on the Kitzhaber ad-
ministration.
See SUBPOENA, Page 10A
Clatsop County’s Crouter helps parent-child connection
As part of a small team
behind Northwest Parenting,
Teresa Crouter said she relies
on partnerships with a number
of local agencies involved in
caring for and educating chil-
dren.
Through Northwest Par-
enting, Crouter coordinates
different programs and oth-
er offerings for families and
children.
One of Northwest Parent-
ing’s newest partnerships is
with the P-3 Early Learning
Council on Clatsop Kinder
Ready, an informational pam-
phlet on how to be kindergar-
ten-ready and a series of free,
interactive workshops to help
prepare preschoolers and their
parents for kindergarten.
“Kindergarten just doesn’t
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
look like it did 20 years ago,”
Crouter said. “The standards
have changed. So how can we
get parents ready for it?”
In the workshops, retired
kindergarten teacher Diane
Teresa Crouter is a prevention specialist with the Clat-
sop County Juvenile Department and the coordinator for
Northwest Parenting.
Dieni will teach parents in-
expensive ways to build their
children’s academic
through games.
skills
“Some of it is so creative,
like watching her crumple a
ball of newspaper, and use it
to learn how to count,” Crout-
er said, adding that Dieni is
training others to run their
own workshops around the
county.
Parents get to take home
all the materials from the
workshops, which start Sat-
urday at the Seaside Public
Library and run two Satur-
days afterward, at Warrenton
Grade School May 2 and As-
toria Public Library May 16
(see information box).
Many hats
Along with coordinating
Northwest Parenting, Crouter
See CROUTER, Page 10A