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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 Veteran:+H¶VWKH¿UVW1DWLRQDO*XDUGVPDQ to receive the Silver Star since World War II Continued from Page 1A QRQSUR¿W QRQSDUWLVDQ RUJD- nization focused on helping veterans speak out on national issues, including environmen- tal concerns. Through Vet Voice, Matthew =HGZLFN DQG ¿YH RWKHU YHWHU- ans took a trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April to meet with Oregon senators and discuss re- authorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The fund, signed by Pres- ident Lyndon B. Johnson 50 years ago, expires in September. Congress began considering re- newing the fund on Earth Day, April 22. ,W EHQH¿WV SDUNV DQG PRQ- uments across the country, in- cluding in Clatsop County. The Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area was formed as part of the fund. 2WKHUORFDOEHQH¿FLDULHVDUH/HV Shirley Park in Cannon Beach, city park restrooms and Broad- way Park improvements in Sea- VLGH EDOO¿HOGV LQ $VWRULD DQG restroom developments at the Hammond Mooring Basin. The LWCF is funded by a portion of revenues from off- shore oil and gas royalties. “The senators thought it was incredible a veteran’s or- ganization was in support of the LWCF. That was really a surprise to them,” Zedwick said. “They really enjoyed having the lands and parks as a part of healing and taking care of our troops.” Submitted Photo — Matthew Zedwick Sen. Jeff Merkley, signs a poster to support the Land and Water Conservation Fund while Rick Hegdahl, the Pacific Northwest director for Vet Voice Foundation, left, and Mat- thew Zedwick watch. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Matthew Zedwick stands at Tapiola Park in Astoria. The park received a nearly $4,000 grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1972 for park improvements. Voice Foundation, said his orga- nization looks at environmental issues such as the LWCF from a veteran’s point of view. Protecting the outdoors for returning veterans is a new take on supporting the troops, he said. “Veterans return from war DQG ¿QG D ORW RI KHDOLQJ IURP spending time outdoors,” Heg- dahl said. 2QHRIWKH¿UVWWKLQJV=HG- wick did when he returned from his deployment in Iraq, was take an outdoor excursion with his cousin to Smith Rock, where they hiked and climbed together. Being outdoors provid- Healing in the outdoors ed Zedwick an opportunity to 5LFN +HJGDKO WKH 3DFL¿F re-establish and heal. Such ex- Northwest director for the Vet periences are critical for veter- ans, Zedwick said, especially for those who suffer from post-trau- matic stress disorder. Sometimes, he said, what soldiers need is to break away from society, and get outdoors where they can feel at peace with themselves and share their thoughts and experiences. “It meant the world to me,” Zedwick said. ‘Doing my job’ Zedwick joined the Oregon Army National Guard in 1998 as a senior in high school in Corvallis. His time in the Na- tional Guard has taken him to Germany, Mongolia and around 2UHJRQWRKHOS¿JKWIRUHVW¿UHV On June 13, 2004, in Iraq, Zedwick and other members of the infantry were patrolling a main supply route north of Baghdad when they approached a Land Rover SUV with a bomb planted in it. The SUV explod- ed and Zedwick threw himself over his squad leader, saving the man’s life. “I injured myself and contin- XHGWRJLYH¿UVWDLGWRP\EXG- dies, helped evacuate them and went back to pulling security and doing my job,” he said. His actions that day earned him the Silver Star, the third-highest military medal for YDORU +H EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW 1D- tional Guardsman to receive the Silver Star since World War II. At the time, Zedwick re- Cruise: 20 ships are scheduled to visit in 2016 Continued from Page 1A Princess, used in the “Love Boat” television series. Lawes DGGHG KLV ¿UVW WULS WR$VWRULD as a cruise ship captain was on the Sea Princess in the mid- 1990s. He is supported on the bridge by 11 other navigational staff split up on a watch system, work- ing four hours on, eight hours off. On the 8 a.m. to noon shift 7KXUVGD\ZDVUG2I¿FHU'HQ- nis Cernakovs, from Latvia, keeping watch. “Passengers are our priori- ty, to keep them safe,” Cerna- kovs said, keeping watch over passengers going up and down the gangway. About 50 to 60 able-bodied seaman work on the decks of the vessel, he added, JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian ZKLOHVL[RUVRRI¿FHUVVWD\RQ While it was moored at the Port of Astoria, a fishing vessel and carrier vessel pass by the the bridge at all times. $ÀRDWLQJFLW\ Built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani in Monfalcone, Italy, the Crown Princess is 952 feet long, 195 feet wide and cov- ers 19 decks in total. It’s a most- ly self-contained resort, with more than 1,500 cabins between Decks 8 and 14. In the bottommost decks are crew quarters, with a medical center on the fourth. Passengers enter the Crown 3ULQFHVV WKURXJK WKH ¿IWK GHFN into the Piazza, an opulent, three-story lobby reminiscent of a grand hotel, aside from sound of an idling engine in background. Spread across the ship are nine restaurants, cafes and other dining options, from steak and seafood to pizza and ice cream. For entertainment, it has four pools; seven spas; age-specif- 952-foot-long Crown Princess. “We will have two weeks of dry dock in Victoria,” Hotel General Manager Claudio Maz- zoni said. Before its most recent cruise, the Crown Princess, too big for the Panama Canal, took a 45-day trip from Fort Lauder- dale, Fla., around Cape Horn on the southern tip of the Americas and north to Los Angeles. There are 20 to 25 new cruise Stopover The Crown Princess, on its ships going into the Mediter- transition between its central ranean and Caribbean, Cruise American and Alaskan cruise Marketing Manager Bruce Con- markets, started its most recent ner of Sundial Travel said April tour in Los Angeles April 25, 21 during a cruise ship report stopping in San Francisco be- to the Port of Astoria Commis- fore cruising to Astoria Thurs- sion, which means other ships day. It left Thursday night for DUHEHLQJSXVKHGLQWRWKH3DFL¿F Canada, stopping in Victoria Ocean market. In his formula for revenue DQG¿QLVKLQJWKHZHHNORQJWRXU off Saturday in Vancouver, Brit- from the cruise ships, taken from Cruise Lines International Asso- ish Columbia. ic children’s areas for toddlers to teens; eight showrooms and clubs, including a wine bar and DFLJDUEDUDFDVLQR¿WQHVVVWX- dios, jogging tracks and a mini golf course; a movie theater; art galleries; roaming photogra- phers and a photo studio; and a wedding chapel. ciation, Conner assumes about 80 percent of passengers leave the ship, each couple spending $125, translated to about $150,000 for the 3,000 passengers who visited Astoria Thursday. “With this season, they should see, at the minimum, 1,500 cruise guests visiting Sea- side and Cannon Beach,” Con- nor said, adding the passengers come for the entire region, not just Astoria. While only 17 more ships are coming to Astoria this year, he said, about 20 are already scheduled for 2016. As of this morning, the Crown Princess was pulling into Victoria, while the Seven Seas Navigator, op- erated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises, is scheduled to pull into Astoria Sunday. King: She describes herself as a ‘radio cowgirl’ Continued from Page 1A And there is the late Leona Woods Marshall Libby, a physi- cist who worked on Hanford’s B 5HDFWRUWKH¿UVWODUJHVFDOHQX- clear reactor that was part of the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. The only woman at the B Reactor at the time, she had her own tiny bathroom. The “Daughters of Hanford” project uses photography, a geo- mapping application and art to complement the women’s his- tories. King, 36, a jumble of de- monstrative energy, described herself as a “radio cowgirl” who is comfortable “on a back of a horse, or up a dirt road, or in a pickup.” She said her back- ground — she is from Roy, Wash., a small, rural city near Tacoma — has helped her con- nect during interviews with ru- ral people in the Mid-Columbia King said, “that’s a problem.” The cleanup at Hanford has been contentious. On Tuesday, for example, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the Depart- ment of Energy has been mis- managing the cleanup for three decades. In a letter to the depart- ment’s inspector general, the senator asked for an examina- tion of what he called wasteful contracting practices at a waste treatment plant that is behind schedule and over budget. King believes Hanford is too important to ignore. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian “I think the big thing is, we Anna King, a Richland, Wash.-based journalist who cov- ers the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, speaks at the Co- can’t ignore it. We can’t hide our head in the sand,” she said. lumbia Forum Thursday. “We have to face it. It’s hard. It’s region who can be reluctant to — and information often must be tough. It’s not fun. It’s not sexy. “Nuclear cleanup is kind of extracted from layers of U.S. De- speak with the news media. Reporting on Hanford can partment of Energy bureaucracy. dirty, gross work. But we have ³,IZHFDQ¶W¿JXUHRXWZKDW¶V to do it. It was the legacy that we be frustrating. Access to the 586-square mile site in the desert going on; if they won’t release were handed, and who knows is restricted — she recently took documents; if we can’t ask good how our history would have a public tour to gather material questions and get good answers,” been different without it.” ceived recognition for the honor by being featured in the “Amer- ica’s Army” video game. His likeness was also depicted on an DFWLRQ¿JXUHDVSDUWRIWKHFDP- paign for the video game. In 2008, Zedwick and his wife appeared on the TV show “Deal or No Deal,” and won $227,000. Breaking the ice While meeting with Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merk- ley, D-Ore., Patty Murray, D-Wash., and other lawmakers in D.C., Zedwick broke the ice by sharing another interesting fact about his life. He told the senators about his 1-year-old pet bobcat, Elliot. Zedwick and his wife, a vet- erinarian, adopted the 35-pound, female bobcat from outside of Missoula, Mont., and raised it from when it was 3 weeks old. Bobcats are legally bred in Montana and are allowed as pets in Oregon. “We would stop talking about politics and talked about the bobcat,” he said. Zedwick went on the D.C. trip with veterans from Califor- nia, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington. All indications are the LWCF will be reinstated with bipartisan backing, but the veteran group still wanted to add their voice in support of the fund, and meet with lawmakers face-to-face. “The folks we took were thrilled to be there and Matt was a joy to be around,” Hegdahl said. The LWCF is more than just for conservation, Zedwick said, it is also important for hunting DQG¿VKLQJODQGVIRXQGDURXQG Astoria, where the Zedwicks plan to raise a family. “This will always be our home,” Zedwick, who moved to Astoria in 2010, said. “We plan on living in Astoria the rest of our lives.” Zedwick and his wife are ex- SHFWLQJWKHLU¿UVWFKLOGDER\RQ Sept. 10, a day before Patriot Day. Taking his son camping and ¿VKLQJ RQ WKH ODQGV KH VHUYHG to protect is an encouraging thought for Zedwick. “I want to share those experi- ences that I had with him. I want him to be able to have some- thing to pass on to his kids,” Zedwick said Race: Both candidates have strong ties to schools, community Continued from Page 1A “A vote for Jan Horning will give the majority to the progressive board mem- bers,” the site reads. “A vote for her opponent will block any possibility of student health services. Restore a progressive majority to the Astoria School Board.” According to the Clatsop County Clerk and Elections Department, Rickenbach is a registered Republican. Rickenbach Rickenbach, 41, a stay-at- home mom who’s been liv- ing in the district since 1997 and whose husband, Jared, runs Rickenbach Construc- tion, said she’s been involved in the district ever since her kids started school. She has three children in the district and a fourth starting kinder- garten next year. She has a degree in health science from Ricks College (now Brigham Young University — Idaho). She administers a “Ricken- bach for ASD School Board” Facebook page. She helps her husband’s company and volunteers with numerous entities, in- cluding the Boy Scouts of America, the School Dis- trict’s budget committee, as a teaching aide at her chil- dren’s schools, mentoring students at AHS, helping coach the Astoria Middle School track team, Astor Parents Club and through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rickenbach said she has no major issues or an agen- da. She said she believes the district has been addressing issues, such as the achieve- ment gap facing low-in- come and Hispanic students through efforts to bring math tutors for Hispanic students to Emerald Heights, and through the health and well- ness district and board goal established after the health center was voted down. The goal has led to counselors from Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare meet- ing with existing clients in schools. Rickenbach said she is excited by that, but would like to see more access for other mental health provid- ers. Horning Horning, 56, has lived in the Olney neighborhood since 1991; has two sons who graduated in 2005 and 2006 from AHS; and is married to David Horning, a project supervisor for the Oregon Department of For- estry. She provides on-call clerical help for Clatsop Community College, where she attended school; regis- tration services for patients for the emergency room and urgent care clinic at Co- lumbia Memorial Hospital; special education teaching assistance for Northwest Regional Education Service District; and substitute teach- ing. She previously taught at Cannon Beach Preschool and was secretary at AMS from 2001 to 2012. Horning said her involve- ment with school groups has waned since her chil- dren graduated, but she’s still involved with American Association of University Women. She served on the Olney School Board in the mid-1990s, the district’s Parent Teacher Association, the Boy Scouts and other groups. Horning, who also runs a Facebook page for her campaign, said she’d like to see the return of librar- ians and more community involvement in schools, such as literacy nights for children and their parents to share their writing. Her FDPSDLJQ ÀLHUV DOVR IRFXV on improving the gradua- tion rate, communication with the community, pro- moting science, technolo- gy, engineering and math- ematics education; starting an anti-bullying campaign; and resuming dialogue on a school-based health center. Horning said she ran for Position 5 not to oppose Rickenbach, but because it’s only a two-year unexpired term, allowing Horning to gauge her effectiveness at working with the school board. During her time on Ol- ney’s School Board, Horning said she clashed with parents over her support of adding a school counselor students could meet with, because of similar fears over loss of pa- rental control. “It just didn’t make sense to me that they would deny that right to a child,” Horn- ing said. “I guess I’m more about children’s rights than about parent’s rights.”
