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COAST WEEKEND
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015
142nd YEAR, No. 217
ONE DOLLAR
Land use board upholds Oregon LNG denial
County Commission
had rejected permit
for pipeline in 2013
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
The state Land Use Board of
Appeals Wednesday upheld Clatsop
County’s decision to deny a permit
for Oregon LNG’s proposed pipe-
line, a potentially critical setback for
the $6 billion project.
The county Board of Commis-
sioners voted unanimously in 2013
to reject a natural gas pipeline. The
87-mile pipeline would run from
Washington state through portions
of Columbia, Tillamook and Clatsop
counties to connect to an export ter-
minal along the Skipanon Peninsula
in Warrenton.
Roughly 41 miles of the pipeline
would cut through Clatsop County,
making the county one of several
local, state and federal authorities re-
sponsible for vetting the project.
“Today’s decision marks a signif-
icant turning point for LNG on the
Columbia River,” Brett VandenHeu-
vel, the executive director of Colum-
bia Riverkeeper, a Hood River-based
environmental group that opposes
the project, said in a statement. “The
people of Clatsop County want clean
water, safe communities and strong
salmon runs. LNG development
would take us in the wrong direc-
tion.”
Opponents of Oregon LNG be-
lieve the Land Use Board of Appeals
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land use permits for the project are
necessary for state approval. The
Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission is also reviewing the project.
An attorney for Oregon LNG
could not be reached for comment.
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National Corp., a New York-based
holding company, could choose to
See LNG, Page 12A
Manhunt
ends for
assault
robbery
suspect
Police arrest
Anthony Victor
Lane in Seaside
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
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around 7 this morning carrying 3,004
passengers to the shores of Astoria.
The 952-foot-long vessel will be moored
along Pier 1 until about 4 p.m. today. The
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expected to arrive this year.
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Passengers gather at the balconies to take photos, see the sunrise and watch crews
dock the ship at the Port.
Longshoremen and crews from the Crown Princess
work to secure the ship to the pier this morning.
The man accused of assault and
robbery in a residence on the 300
block of Alameda Avenue in Astoria
April 3 made
an initial ap-
pearance
in
Clatsop County
Circuit Court
Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Anthony
Victor Lane,
30, St. Hel-
ens, is facing
charges
of
Anthony
first-degree
Victor Lane
robbery, two
counts of second-degree assault and
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charges may be added after a grand
jury meets today.
Law enforcement searched for
Lane since April 3. Oregon State
Police found Lane on the 1800
block of South Roosevelt Drive in
Seaside and booked him for a war-
rant arrest at 7:52 p.m. Tuesday. He
is being held in jail on $500,000
bail.
Three people were injured in the
assault. Astoria Police initially re-
sponded to a report of someone shot
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rived no one was shot, but two men
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head and body injuries.
A third person suffered injuries
from a chemical spray that was dis-
charged in the house at the time of
the assaults.
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pect entered the residence wearing
masks and demanded money and
cellphones. They struck the two men
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items from the home, according to
police.
See MANHUNT, Page 12A
Long Beach aims to ban dogs from ballparks
City expects to
implement leash
law in May
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DREN” sign posted outside
the ballpark, and the man and
his dogs are gone.
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about accumulating dog
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
waste, the city in early April
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decided to banish dogs from
Culbertson Park, the sur-
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— Until just a couple of Stanley Baseball Field. To
weeks ago, one Long Beach make that ban enforceable,
man spent nearly every sun- the city is developing an or-
ny morning playing with his dinance and revising the city
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Culbertson Park. While an GH¿QHZKHUHGRJVDUHDQGDU-
older lab loped around, the en’t allowed, require dogs to
man chipped golf balls to be on-leash in public, and re-
his dachshund, who would quire owners to clean up after
enthusiastically chase them them. Once the ordinance is in
down.
place, leaving dog waste will
Now, there’s a new “NO be an infraction that is punish-
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NATALIE ST. JOHN — EO Media Group
New rules require dog owners to keep their pets off play-
ing fields at Long Beach’s Culbertson Park.
Pooch Poop Problems
County Humane Society ani-
City staff and council mal shelter faithfully clean up
members say volunteers from when walking dogs, but some
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courteous.
At an April 20 city work-
shop, Long Beach City Admin-
istrator David Glasson said kids
sometimes pick up poop on their
shoes, and then transfer it to the
playground equipment. Athletes
step in the piles while playing
soccer or baseball, and city
workers have messy encounters
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“Dogs on the baseball
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son said. “We have a feces
problem.” According to city
Councilman Steven Linhart,
informal attempts to get irre-
sponsible dog-owners to pick
up poop have not been suc-
cessful.
See BAN, Page 12A