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3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 5HJDWWDDGPLUDODLGHQDPHGIRU5RFNLQ¶RQWKH5LYHU Familiar names top festival dignitaries Kathy Koppen Dean and Kevin Leahy, co-presidents of the 2015 Astoria Regatta Fes- tival, have announced that the 2015 Regatta Festival admiral LV 3DW 5HLWHQ RI 3DFL¿&RUS Transmission; the Regatta Festival Grand Land Parade grand marshal is Willis Van Dusen; and the Regatta Fes- tival admiral’s aide is Andrew Bornstein. Reiten is president and &(2RI3DFL¿&RUS7UDQVPLV- sion. Prior to this position, Reiten served as president and &(2RI3DFL¿F3RZHUSUHVL- dent and CEO of PNGC Pow- er, and as an aide to the late Willis Van Dusen Pat Reiten 86 6HQ 0DUN 2 +DW¿HOG +H DOVR VHUYHG DV DQ RI¿FLDO in several different capacities at the U.S. Department of In- terior. He serves as chairman of Associated Oregon Industries and co-chairman of The Fresh- water Trust; he also serves on the Legacy Health System Board of Directors and the Oregon Business Council. He Andrew Bornstein earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with an em- phasis in economics from the University of Washington and completed executive train- ing at the Wharton School of Business, University of Penn- sylvania. Van Dusen, president of Van Dusen Beverages Inc., was elected mayor of Astoria in 1990, and served in that position for 24 years. He was on the Astoria City Council for six years prior to that, and has united disparate groups to complete countless communi- ty projects. The Van Dusen family ar- rived in Astoria in 1847, and established one of Oregon’s oldest family businesses in 1849. Originally known as Van Dusen Mercantile, the business has evolved over the years and has been the local Pepsi-Cola and Dr Pepper bottler since 1947. Born and raised in As- toria, Van Dusen graduated from the University of Or- egon with a degree in busi- ness administration. He has received numerous awards, most recently the 2015 Cit- izen of the Year by the Chi- nese-American Citizens *UD\ZKDOHV¶3DFL¿FFURVVLQJ OHDGVWRTXHVWLRQVRIRULJLQ By DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A study of the migra- WLRQ RI UDUH ZHVWHUQ 3DFL¿F gray whales has led U.S. and Russian scientists to question whether they’re a separate pop- ulation or simply California gray whales that have expand- ed their feeding grounds. Researchers for decades have considered the two sub- populations to be distinct, with different territories and genet- ics. California gray whales occupy mostly waters closer to North America, while the much smaller western Pacif- ic gray whale population was thought to roam the eastern Asia coast. Recently, scientists over two migratory seasons tagged ZHVWHUQ 3DFL¿F JUD\ ZKDOHV off Russia’s Sakhalin Island, hoping to discover exactly where they spend winters. The scientists were ex- pecting western whales to migrate to breeding and calv- ing grounds somewhere in the south China Sea, said Bruce Mate, director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University and lead au- thor of a research paper pub- lished this week in the journal Biology Letters. “It didn’t turn out that way,” Mate said. Instead, three whales with satellite tags were tracked swimming east and across the QRUWK3DFL¿FWR$ODVNDZDWHUV and into the migratory route of California gray whales, also NQRZQDVHDVWHUQ3DFL¿FJUD\ whales. “It made us realize that many of these animals were born in Mexico,” Mate said. :HVWHUQ 3DFL¿F JUD\ whales, once thought to be ex- tinct, are the most endangered of the large whales, Mate said. Only 150 remain as the result of overhunting. To protect them, envi- ronmental groups have cam- paigned against industrial activities such as oil and gas development off Sakhalin. Federal and international whale experts have consid- Craig Hayslip/OSU Marine Mammal Institute via AP Researchers approach a western Pacific gray whale for tagging near Sakhalin Island in Rus- sia in 2010. Research by U.S. and Russian scientists who tracked the rare whales across the Bering Sea and all the way to Mexico have led them to question whether they are a separate species or simply California gray whales expanding their feeding grounds. Craig Hayslip/OSU Marine Mammal Institute via AP A western Pacific gray whale near Sakhalin Island in Rus- sia in 2010. ered the two subpopulations of gray whales to be distinct because their territories were thought not to overlap, based on historic whaling data, and because of genetics analyses, Mate said. Those conclusions are being reevaluated, he said. The tagging project began in September 2010 and was done with scientists from the Institute of Ecology and Evo- lution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Kronotsky State Nature Biosphere Re- serve and the Kamchatka %UDQFK RI WKH 3DFL¿F ,QVWLWXWH of Geography. The scientists were startled when a 13-year-old male whale they named Flex swam east to U.S. and Canada waters. He was tracked to the Oregon coast until his tag was lost. A year later, a 6-year-old fe- male named Agent was tracked halfway across the Gulf of JO IN ! TO D AY Alaska before her tag was lost. A third whale, a 9-year-old female dubbed Varvara, was tracked all the way to Baja Mexico, where most Califor- nia gray whales breed and give birth. Varvara spent 42 days off Baja California and visited the three main breeding areas of the California gray whale. She then swam north and west and returned to Russia waters, crossing the Bering Sea near retreating sea ice in May 2012. Her trip took 172 days. The nearly 14,000-mile swim is the longest record- ed migratory journey by a mammal by more than 1,200 miles, Mate said. The bigger question, however, is whether the western whales are rem- nants of a distinct population of endangered animals or the westernmost feeding group of 1 1 9 Membership covers dependents listed on your tax forms, living in your home. s r AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. CALL US TODAY AT 503-861-5558 www.medix.org The marine board formal- ized a Waterway Marker Permit Program, which will inventory existing markers on Oregon’s waterways. Ad- GLWLRQDOO\ WKH UXOHV GH¿QH how the agency, its part- ners, and private individuals can apply and place their own regulatory and infor- mational markers for boat operation. The marine board adopt- ed a rule requiring visual distress signals in the ocean or coastal waters, and on the Columbia River west of the Astoria Bridge. Additionally, the marine board initiated the rulemak- ing process to consider Inland Navigation Rules and Lights and Shapes, to be consistent with recent changes in federal law. The Marine Board is funded by registration fees and marine fuel taxes paid by boaters. No general fund tax dollars are used to sup- port the agency or its pro- grams. Boater-paid fees go back to boaters in the form of law enforcement services (on-the-water enforcement, training and equipment), ed- ucation/outreach materials and boating access facilities. To view the staff re- port, visit http://tinyurl.com/ ov9ejjq Lost Lake Recreation Area to add information kiosk, toilets By The Daily Astorian The Oregon Department of Forestry plans to upgrade the Lost Lake Recreational Area in the Clatsop State Forest with a new permanent, concrete vault toilet building and a rustic, log-structured two-panel infor- mational kiosk. Installation of the toilet build- ing and kiosk will take place Monday. The new building will house two bathrooms that will be open for public use throughout the en- tire year. It will replace several portable privies that were avail- able only during the summer months. The main parking area for Lost Lake will be closed to vehi- cles and public access for several days during the upgrade work to provide for construction and op- erational safety. Parking will still be available along the roadside, and access to the lake will not be interrupted. Funding for the project comes in part from a grant provided by the Land and Water Conserva- tion Fund, which is administered through the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. A popular spot for anglers, hikers and nature enthusiasts, Lost Lake is located in the south- ern portion of the Clatsop State Forest about eight miles south of Elsie, Oregon, off U.S. Highway 26 near milepost 19. Se solicita a los padres, tutores legales, u otras personas que conocen a algun niño (en edad de cinco a 21 años*) con alguna discapacidad y que no se encuentre recibiendo servicios educativos, que contacten al distrito escolar de su localidad abajo enlistados. *Full year, per household. Hurry and enroll today. Call 503-861-5558 9-1-1 The Oregon State Marine Board last week approved a grant to help fund projects for the Oregon Youth Conserva- tion Corps and adopted rules for “slow-no wake” and wa- terway markers. The marine board ap- proved a grant to conservation corps to train, hire and assign 22 youths to enhance 23 boat- ing facilities in four counties. Additionally, the crews will be involved in Adopt-A-River cleanup projects and receive training on boating safety-re- lated projects. The marine board approved $40,000 in state boater funds, combined with $28,692 in applicant matching funds, for a project total of $70,692. After more than a year of consultation with law en- forcement partners, a rules review committee and com- ments from boaters, the ma- rine board adopted the pro- SRVHG GH¿QLWLRQ RI ³VORZQR wake,” which removes the 5 mile per hour and “max- imum” reference where it appears in conjunction with “slow-no wake.” The marine board also ini- tiated the rulemaking process to remove the reference to 5 miles per hour as it occurs with “slow-no wake,” and improve the general rule language for readability of the rules. El Ley de Oregon y la Ley Federal ordenan que se provea servicios educativos apropiados para niños con discapacidades. El NWRESD proporciona servicios educativos desde el nacimiento hasta el kindergarten para los niños que sean elegibles. Los distritos educativos locales proven programas educativos y servicios para los niños elegibles desde el Kindergarten hasta la Enseñanza Media Superior (Preparatoria). Estos servicios son proporcionados de acuerdo con las necesidades de cada niño y su discapacidad. L ife Ca re w /L ife Flight O N LY $ 00* IN AN EMERGENCY CALL Oregon Marine Board approves hiring youth Distrito de Servicio Educativo de la Región Noroeste (NWRESD) y los distritos escolares del Condado de Clatsop desean ayudar a ubicar a niños con discapacidades (reción nacidos hasta la edad de 21 años) que no say hayan graduado de la enseñanza preparatoria (educación media superior) y que actualmente no se encuentren recibiendo otros servicios de educación especial en las escuelas publicas. 5 9 OR STOP BY OUR OFFIC E : 2325 SE DOLPHIN AVE., WARRENTON (with his brothers, Kyle and Colin Bornstein) and exec- utive of Bornstein Seafoods Inc., a more than 80-year-old family-owned seafood com- SDQ\LQWKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW Working on a diverse array of strategic initiatives, most of his time is spent working with WKH ¿VKLQJ ÀHHWV WR HQVXUH D steady supply of product to the processing plants. Other areas of focus include cor- porate development, industry participation in policymaking, marketing and branding, as well as new business develop- ment. He also participated in the founding of Astoria’s new- est brewery, Buoy Beer Co. The Astoria Regatta Festi- val, with the theme of Rockin’ on the River, takes place Aug. 5 to 9. For information, go to www.astoriaregatta.com LOS DISTRITOS ESCOLARES BUSCAN IDENTIFICAR A LOS NIÑOS CON DISCAPACIDADES QUE NO SE ENCUENTREN RECIBIENDO SERVICIOS. L ife Ca re O N LY $ 00* At M edix Am bu la nce S ervice, w e ca re a bou t you , you r fa m ily a nd you r fina nces . Protect you r loved ones w ith a Lifeca re a nd Life Flight m em bers hip. fully recovered California gray whales. “I don’t have an answer to that,” Mate said. “I know ev- erybody would like me to. The sample size is just too small with three animals.” Biopsies and photo iden- WL¿FDWLRQV LQGLFDWH RI WKH western whales have made the crossing to North America, Mate said. However, there also is evi- GHQFHWKDWZHVWHUQ3DFL¿FJUD\ whales are not extinct, accord- ing to the paper. Four western JUD\ ZKDOHV GLHG LQ ¿VKLQJ nets off Japan between 2005 and 2007; a gray whale was stranded off southern China in November 2011; another was sighted in Mikawa Bay, Japan, in March 2012. More study is needed, Mate said, but a conclusion that they’re part of the eastern population could change how whales are treated and studied. Margaret Williams, Arc- tic program director for the World Wildlife Fund, had not seen the paper but said Thurs- day protecting critical gray whale habitat off Sakhalin from chronic pollution, noise and industrial disturbances re- mains important. “It doesn’t negate the big conservation effort to protect the habitat for this migratory species in a place that would otherwise be made more vul- nerable by offshore develop- ment,” she said. Alliance and the 2014 Busi- nessman of the Year award by the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce. He is president of Astoria River- front Trolley Association, a trustee of the Columbia Riv- er Maritime Museum, board member of the Oregon Soft Drink Association and board member of the Friends of the Astoria Column. He is also past-president of the Astoria Rotary Club, the University of Oregon Alumni Associa- tion, Pepsi-Cola Bottlers As- sociation and Mount Angel Beverages. Bornstein graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biolo- gy in 2002 from Santa Clara University in California, and a master’s degree in 2007 from the University of San Francisco. He is an owner r TM DISTRITO TELEFONO Astoria Jewell Knappa Seaside Warrenton-Hammond 503-325-0476 503-755-2451 503-458-6162 503-738-5591 503-861-3376 *Para niños menores de cinco años, favor de contactar al NWRESD al 503-338-3368 si habla ingles y Diane a (503) 738-2109 si habla español.
