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City also wants to intervene in Oregon LNG review
gas export terminal on the Skipanon
Peninsula in Warrenton.
The federal government’s com-
you want to kind of bite the bullet and ment period on the $6 billion project
think of it as an investment.”
has ended. But Astoria’s intervention
Last year, the council backed the motion contends that the project will
purchase of a new pumper truck for impact the city’s residents, services
more than $488,000. The city is us- and infrastructure.
ing lease revenue from the 17th Street
Among other concerns, Astoria
Dock Fund to pay for the truck.
maintains that the pipeline and ter-
In other business Monday night minal may call on the emergency re-
the council:
sponse resources of the city and that
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vene in the Federal Energy Regulato- natural resources at the mouth of the
ry Commission’s review of the Ore- Columbia River.
gon LNG project.
City Councilor Cindy Price re-
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pipeline between Washington state
Critics of Oregon LNG, includ-
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year in July to the capital improve-
ment fund and use the money as a
down payment for the ladder truck.
The Astoria Fire Department
The city might use some of the
might get a new aerial ladder truck.
money it expects to receive from car-
The department wants the new bon credits for less aggressive timber
truck to replace a ladder truck that is harvests in the Bear Creek watershed
nearly 30 years old and showing signs over the next decade to make the re-
of stress.
maining payments on the truck.
The Astoria City Council voted
“It’s getting old. It’s getting tired,”
Monday night to move ahead with Astoria Fire Chief Ted Ames said of the
purchasing a ladder truck for more existing ladder truck. “It’s been through
than $880,000.
two rounds of repairs since I started
The city would transfer $500,000 here in Astoria and it just left this morn-
of a projected $2.5 million carryover ing for its third round of repairs.
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“And it gets to the point where
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
Record-breaking year
for Jane Barnes Revue
The Astoria Downtown
Historic District Associa-
tion’s Jane Barnes Revue
was a show-stopping suc-
cess in its fifth year.
This year’s topsy-turvy
fashion show March 28
featured some of Asto-
ria’s finest men donning
wigs and dresses to cavort
down a 24-foot catwalk
at the Astoria Event Cen-
ter. The fundraiser attract-
ed an audience of 190 and
raised $14,000 to support
ADHDA in its mission to
encourage community in-
volvement and investment
in preserving the character
of historic downtown As-
toria while promoting its
health and future.
Originally meant to
celebrate Jane Barnes, the
first European woman of
Astoria, as part Astoria’s
bicentennial celebrations
in 2011, the Jane Barnes
Revue has become an eve-
ning of “Gentlemen Janes”
divulging their feminine
side while raising money
for the organization.
With the addition of a
live auction last year, the
Jane Barnes Revue has
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian File
Brad Smithart, performing as Lady Terrar, reacts while being motorboated by an au-
dience member during the Jane Barnes Revue at the Astoria Event Center Saturday.
transformed into ADHDA’s
second largest fundraiser,
after the Pacific Northwest
Brew Cup. The success of
the 2015 event was made
possible by the outpour-
ing of support from local
community sponsors, in-
cluding title sponsor Hol-
ly McHone Jewelers and
event sponsors Astoria
Coffeehouse and Bistro,
Baked Alaska, Buoy Beer
Co., Columbia Memori-
al Hospital, Fort George
Brewery, North Coast Dis-
tilling, North Coast Food
Web, Vintage Hardware,
Van Dusen Beverages, Sa-
lon Verve, Malama Day
Spa , T. Paul’s Supper Club
and the “Gentlemen Janes.”
Those interested in par-
ticipating and supporting
ADHDA’s efforts to en-
hance Astoria’s historic
downtown should contact
Alana Garner at 503-791-
7940 or Alana@astoriad-
owntown.com
Health screenings coming to Warrenton
WARRENTON — Residents liv-
ing in and around the Astoria/War-
renton area can learn about their
risk for cardiovascular disease,
osteoporosis, diabetes, and oth-
er chronic, serious conditions with
screenings by Life Line Screening.
Calvary Assembly of God will host
this community event on May 4 at
1365 S. Main Ave. in Warrenton.
Screenings can check for: The level
of plaque buildup in arteries, related
to risk for heart disease, stroke and
overall vascular health; high-densi-
ty lipoprotein (HDL) and low-den-
sity lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
levels; diabetes risk; bone density
as a risk for possible osteoporosis;
kidney and thyroid function, and
more.
Screenings are accessible for wheel-
chairs and those with trouble walking,
and free parking is available. Packages
start at $149, but consultants are avail-
able to create a package that is right for
the individual based on age and risk
factors.
Preregistration is required. To make
an appointment, call 877-237-1287 or
go to www.lifelinescreening.com
Public welcome to meet
with Councilor Herzig
The public is invited
to meet with Drew Her-
zig, Astoria City Councilor
for Ward 2, from noon to
1:30 p.m. Saturday in the
Flag Room at the Astoria
Public Library, 450 10th
St.
All are welcome to come
and share their thoughts,
suggestions, questions, and
concerns about Astoria.
For updates:
www.dailyastorian.com
meeting Monday night, want the city
to consider a resolution formally op-
posing the project.
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expected to weigh the project in May.
• Agreed to increase the pay rate
for the deputy police chief by 4 per-
cent and to move the deputy and
the police chief into the same salary
schedule as other police employees.
The rate increase addresses sala-
ry compression between the deputy
police chief and sergeants that had
discouraged a sergeant from seeking
promotion.
Last year, the council had agreed
to a 4 percent bump for sergeants to
address salary compression between
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Knappa begins search
for new superintendent
position for a district of
Knappa’s size and the eas-
iest to find candidates for.
KNAPPA — The Knap- Some districts have opted
pa School District Board of to share superintendents,
Directors on Monday hired he added, but the logistics
Greg McKenzie of Window of how they divide their
to Leadership LLC to start time can be a challenge.
Earlier in the meeting,
the search for its replace-
ment for Superintendent KHS Program Assistant
Tammy Goozee had ap-
Jeff Leo.
“It seems like we were proached the board to re-
lay her desire for
just here,” said
a dedicated prin-
McKenzie,
who
cipal at KHS, and
helped find Leo.
maybe a part-time
Leo
started
superintendent, a
with Knappa in
notion supported
2009 as principal
by others in the
of Knappa High
district.
School, while Jim
When Knappa
Carlile was inter-
was
undergoing
im superintendent.
budget cuts a cou-
In 2011, Leo be-
Jeff
ple years ago, Leo
came superinten-
Leo
said, he agreed to
dent, while re-
be superintendent
maining principal
as well, to save the dis- and principal of grades
trict money amid budget seven through 12 to save
money.
cuts.
“I sympathize with Tam-
On April 14, the Banks
School District Board hired my, but we just don’t have
Leo as its superintendent, the money,” board member
effective July 1. With 2 1/2 Ed Johnson said, echoed
months left in Knappa, Leo later by Leo, who said that
said he doesn’t even want anything Knappa does can’t
to start talking about his cost more than its current
situation.
resignation.
If the district looks for
The search for Leo’s re-
placement will start with a part-time superintendent,
a community meeting at McKenzie said, it’s relegat-
6 p.m. Monday in Knap- ed its search to candidates
pa High School’s library. desperate for a job or al-
McKenzie will facilitate ready retired. McKenzie
a public comment period, had previously helped Jew-
followed by school board ell, a district of around 150
deliberation before a de- students, hire Alice Hunsa-
cision is made on how the ker as a part-time superin-
tendent and Mike Scott as
district will proceed.
McKenzie recommended the full-time K-12 princi-
searching for a permanent pal.
Start the process now,
superintendent/principal
combination, while being McKenzie said, and Knap-
ready to hire an interim if pa could hire someone by
the right candidate isn’t mid-June and know by
June 1 whether it needs an
found initially.
“The next question interim. But he cautioned
becomes ‘What are we that the community needs
searching for?” he said, to be on board, or else it
adding that the superinten- will be difficult for a new
dent/principal is a common hire.
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
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