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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015 Woman dies after jump from bridge By The Daily Astorian A 54-year-old Astoria woman died early Wednes- day morning after she jumped from the Astoria Bridge, land- ing in the alley way between the Holiday Inn Express and behind the Dunes Hotel. Astoria Police were dis- patched to the incident at 4:25 a.m. 7KHZRPDQZDVLGHQWL¿HG as Carrie Barnhart. Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston said his department had responded to several pre- vious reports that Barnhart was suicidal. The most recent being on April 16, when po- lice found her on the Astoria Bridge intending to commit suicide. At the time, police trans- ported her to Columbia Me- morial Hospital for a mental health evaluation by Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare. Two hours later, police were asked to return to CMH and take Barnhart home since Clat- sop Behavioral was not go- ing to commit her, Johnston said. Wednesday morning, passersby reported the Mar- itime Memorial Park was blocked off while crews, in- cluding Astoria Fire Depart- ment, cleared the scene. Submitted photo Brian Kettner, pictured with his grand prize winning fish at last year’s Astoria High School fishing derby. The event is repeated Saturday at Coffenbury Lake. $+6¿VKLQJGHUE\LV6DWXUGD\ WARRENTON — The ¿IWK DQQXDO $VWRULD +LJK School Aquatic Biology Fish- ing Derby Fundraiser is from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Coffenbury Lake. Prior to the derby, Coffenbury Lake will be stocked with roughly 60 rainbow trout raised by AHS Aquatic Biology students. Tickets are $10 each and the top prize is a guided winter steel- All funds raised will direct- ly support the hands-on and beyond the classroom learning techniques that students active in the AHS Aquatic Biology Program experience. KHDG¿VKLQJWULSRQWKH2UHJRQ North Coast with David Johnson Guide Service (a $200 value). Other prizes include hundreds of dollars in local gift cards and gear donated by local businesses. 3A Downtown district joins Main Street Program The Astoria Downtown Historic District Association has been designated an ac- credited National Main Street Program by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The downtown association met the commercial district revitaliza- tion performance standards set by the National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the trust. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street pro- grams in recognition of their exemplary commitment to historic preservation and com- munity revitalization through the Main Street Four Point Approach, the foundation for local initiatives to revitalize their districts by leveraging lo- cal assets. “We congratulate this year’s nationally accredited Main Street programs for their outstanding accomplishment in meeting the National Main Street Center’s 10 Standards of Performance,” said Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center. The Main Street Four Point Approach includes standards such as fostering strong pub- lic-private partnerships, se- curing an operating budget, tracking programmatic prog- ress and actively preserving historic buildings. Astoria’s Downtown Asso- ciation continues to work with the city of Astoria, partnering organizations and volunteers, O P E N 2 4 / W 7 N O County to participate in statewide emergency radio exercise Clatsop County Emergency Management Division will be one of 27 counties statewide to participate in a radio operator exercise Saturday. The Amateur Radio Emer- gency Service “QuakeEX I” exercise is being hosted by the 2UHJRQ 2I¿FH RI (PHUJHQF\ Management. Radio operators will test maximum amateur radio emer- gency communications capabil- ities in each county. More than 200 people in the 24 counties along with 14 medical facilities will be a part of the exercise. In Clatsop County, the ex- ercise will take place between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the county’s Emergency Operations Center in Warrior Hall at Camp Rilea. The event is in preparation for “Cascadia Rising,” a large regional exercise designed to simulate a scenario like the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami that will drastically impact normal communication capabilities in the state. “We know that when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake strikes our state many of our standard modes of communication will be down making the work of the amateur radio operators ex- tremely important,” Andrew Phelps, director of the Oregon ment and response efforts. “This is the largest statewide emergency communication ex- ercise of its kind Oregon has ever conducted,” said Terry Pietras, OEM communications RI¿FHU ³7KLV WUDLQLQJ ZLOO SUR- vide a realistic experience that tests the capabilities of county and state amateur radio auxilia- ry emergency communications units to prepare for a worst case scenario like Cascadia.” 2I¿FH RI (PHUJHQF\ 0DQ- agement, said. 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M a i n • W a r r e n t o H n ot o n S T D eli b e e P R i n C r & l a t s c i g a r I C E S e t t e s o p C o u YOUR #1 SOURCE FOR TIRES W A NTED who collectively gave more than 4,500 hours to the down- town association last year. “It has been critically im- portant for ADHDA to be part of the Oregon Main Street pro- gram; utilizing their structure and resources to aid Astoria in revitalizing the organiza- tion and downtown energy,” the Downtown Association’s Board President Dulcye Taylor said of the accreditation. “Be- ing recognized on a national level is an incredible honor, validating that we are doing the right stuff here in our tiny, little town.” The Downtown Associa- WLRQ D QRQSUR¿W KDV VSHDU- KHDGHG VHYHUDO EHDXWL¿FDWLRQ projects; organizes events OLNH WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW Brew Cup, Second Saturday Art Walk and the upcoming Downtown Cleanup May 3; and continues to work with the downtown community to further improve and enhance downtown. Its 2015 Jane Barnes Re- vue, a cross-dressing cele- EUDWLRQ RI WKH ¿UVW (XURSHDQ woman in Astoria and a fund- raiser for the Downtown Asso- ciation, attracted an audience of 190 and raised $14,000 for its efforts. Membership in the Down- town Association is open to individuals and businesses re- gardless of location. If interest- ed in participating, contact Al- ana Garner at 503-791-7940 or Alana@astoriadowntown.com There will be a memorial showing of Seddy’s namesake movie,”Young Frankenstein” at the Columbian Theater on April 26th at 2:00pm. Everyone is welcome. Anyone wishing to honor his memory can make a contribution to Clatsop Animal Assistance at www.dogsncats.org He loved his work, because he loved each and every person who came through the door. Many coming ‘just’ to see Seddy. On his days off, he enjoyed chasing squirrels in the back yard and running through the surf at the beach near Surf Pines. But mostly he loved his job greeting people. He had many fans, and he will be deeply missed.