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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 Suspect: Kidnapper left girl in Astoria Monday Continued from Page 1A our investigation, but I think the charges speak for them- selves,” Astoria Police Depu- ty Chief Eric Halverson said. Deviney allegedly kid- napped the girl on Saturday in Sanger, Calif. He left the girl and his 2004 Nissan Pickup at McDonald’s in As- toria Monday evening. The girl was later re- united with her family, who drove up from their home in Sanger. Police said she is in good health. According to court doc- uments, the girl had been chatting on the social media application Instagram with Deviney, who she believed was an 18-year-old named James Russell, or “JR.” She told investigators she became upset with her mother on Fri- day and shared her feelings with “JR.” “JR” suggested they go on a one-day vacation, court records state. She snuck out that night with her overnight bag and went to meet “JR.” When she arrived, Deviney was wearing a hood, so she could not see his face, but he eventually admitted he was twice her age. “Once she realized the person she was meeting ac- tually was a 48-year-old man, she was already in the vehicle and under Deviney’s control,” Halverson said. The girl told Deviney she want- ed to go home. Court record reveal Deviney then took her cellphone — removing the SIM card that tracks location — and told her they were go- ing to Oregon. The girl told investigators they crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and stopped at some point at a Chevron, a Walmart, Lin- coln Beach and visited Long Beach, Wash. Deviney allegedly sexual- ly assaulted the girl at a rest area, where a sign read, “His- tory of Oregon,” according to court documents. At some point during their travels, court documents show, the girl was able to get her SIM card back and make brief contact with her mother. The girl’s mother told a Fresno, Calif., news outlet she received a text message from her daughter’s phone on Sunday. The message said the girl was scared, did not know where she was, and wanted to come home soon. The latest text message from the girl’s phone came from Seattle or along the Oregon-Washing- ton border, according to the report. While returning to Oregon from Washington, the girl told investigators, Deviney received a phone call from the police Monday. He then parked at the McDonald’s in Astoria and told her he was going to obtain a car part. However, court documents state, he then collected his belongings, including a sleeping bag, and À ed. The girl then entered the McDon- ald’s. Before his arrest, Deviney was reportedly spotted at the U Street Pub in Seaside and the Seaside Outlet Mall earli- er Thursday. “There is no indication Astoria was their intended destination,” Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston said. Johnston encourages par- ents to talk to their children about online safety issues and to monitor how their kids use the Internet, social media and cellular devices. If any parent needs help, Johnston said, a good re- source is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s website www. missingkids.com “This case highlights the bene¿ ts and the dangers of social media. The victim in this case did not have any way to verify the identity of the person she had been cor- responding with,” Johnston said. “However, once she was recovered, the Astoria Police Department was able to use social media effectively to communicate with the pub- lic.” Deviney is expected to be arraigned on the charges to- day in Clatsop County Circuit Court. Fees: Congress created the visitor fee system in 1965 Continued from Page 1A the Netul Landing and to help replace the park’s aging septic system. In addition, visitor fee revenue will help fund handi- cap accessibility. U.S. Congress created the visitor fee system in 1965 for the 131 parks. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park charged visitors $1 per visit in 1987. The current fees started in July 2001 with an increase from $2 to $3 per day. In 2005, the NPS allowed the park to raise its entrance fee to $5, but the superinten- dent at the time opted not to approve the increase since Fort Clatsop had just been destroyed in a ¿ re. Deferred maintenance Much like every other national park, Tucker said, his park is consistently faced with a backlog of mainte- nance work that goes unfund- ed each year. Entrance fees help with some maintenance, he said, but is still a fraction of the park’s budget — about $1.6 million annually. The park must compete for grants and collect dona- tions, he said, while roads and buildings continue to age and need upgrades. Deferred maintenance Submitted photo In this 2013 photo, Doug Graham, left, and Josh Fry, right, construct boardwalks to go over creeks and marshy areas along the Kwis Kwis Trail. — the cost of maintenance not performed when it was scheduled and is put off or delayed — totaled $4.3 mil- lion at Lewis and Clark Na- tional Historical Park in the fiscal year between October 2013 and September 2014. The majority of deferred maintenance at the park was for road repairs and paving, which reached $3 million of the $4.3 million total. De- ferred building repairs was $450,000, and deferred trail maintenance was $688,000. “They are very consistent numbers,” Tucker said. “Our budget doesn’t allow us to capture all the maintenance we need to do.” At the four national park Kicker: Taxpayers will get rebate in the form of credits against 2016 tax returns More for spending Meanwhile, the econo- mists project $19.2 billion available in resources — tax collections and lottery pro- ceeds — for the next two-year budget cycle starting July 1. “But it can sour over- night,” McMullen. “So far, we haven’t had a dollar in the door for 2015-17.” Not all of that amount is available for spending. Lawmakers must build into the next budget a carryover amount for the 2017-19 bud- get cycle, and put some mon- ey into a state reserve fund. The budget framework drawn up by the Legislature’s chief budget writers back on Jan. 14 envisioned $18.5 bil- lion in spending. That’s about $100 million less than pro- posed in the budget submitted by then-Gov. John Kitzhaber back on Dec. 1. But they also complied an gets of well-known parks such as Mount Rainier or Yellowstone, Moore said, the parks still come up short financially. Moore compares some of the nation’s parks to small cities, but without the support of a local tax base. “We have a bunch of little cities out there,” Moore said. “And we don’t have property taxes to tap into.” Community support Tucker considers Lewis and Clark National Histori- cal Park a strong economic engine for the Lower Co- lumbia region. Since its formation in 1961, the park welcomed its 9 millionth visitor earlier this year. In 2014, more than 240,000 park visitors con- tributed $119 million to the local economy and support- ed 211 tourism-related jobs. The park has had a 25 per- cent visitor increase since 2011. Although the entrance fees are increasing next year, Tucker believes it’s still a great deal for visitors. “The community was supportive of the park and supportive of increased fees, especially for it going back into the park,” Tucker said. “It will improve their expe- rience at the park.” CMH Urgent Care in Warrenton Open daily, 9am-6:30pm Continued from Page 1A Feb. 19 forecast. The actual amount will be determined in the next quarterly forecast in September. Taxpayers will get a re- bate in the form of credits against tax returns they will ¿ le by April 2016. Lawmak- ers reverted to the credit in 2011 and ended the practice of mailing checks. According to state econo- mists, Oregonians with me- dian adjusted gross incomes of between $30,000 and $35,000 – half the taxpayers earning more, and half less – would get a projected credit of $144. For an average taxpayer with adjusted gross income of $53,900, the credit is pro- jected at $284. The kicker is estimated at under 7 percent of tax liabil- ity. The most recent kicker was for $1.1 billion in fall 2007. That represented 18.6 percent of tax liability. sites statewide, the total de- ferred maintenance cost is nearly $68 million since Oc- tober 2014. Crater Lake National Park has the largest amount at about $48 million, ac- cording to the park’s Facility Chief Ray Moore. Most of Crater Lake’s maintenance is for its roads. Rim Road, which takes visi- tors around the lake, is sched- uled to start a major renova- tion in June, Moore said. “Budgets don’t always cover everything that needs to be done every year,” Moore said. “It’s sort of a never-ending fight unless we are able to get additional funds somewhere. You pick the most important things that need to get addressed now.” Oregon Caves National Monument had about $16 million in deferred main- tenance last ¿ scal year. At John Day Fossil Beds Na- tional Monument, deferred maintenance costs were $2.3 million last ¿ scal year and are already $1.2 million since October. The Tacoma News Tri- bune reported last month there is nearly $507.2 mil- lion in unfunded repair proj- ects at eight National Park Service units in Washington state, including Mount Rain- ier and Olympic National Park. Nationwide, deferred maintenance costs in 2014 totaled $11.49 billion for 407 locations, the newspaper reported. Even with the larger bud- 1639 SE Ensign Lane (near Staples and Petco) 503-338-4500 t www.cmhurgentcare.org Brian Davies/The Register Guard via AP, file University of Oregon graduates make their way through campus during the traditional Duck Walk preceding grad- uation ceremonies in Eugene in 2013. Oregon’s next state budget takes shape this week, when economists tell law- makers how much money they’ll have to spend. Even before the numbers come out, a wide variety of groups, including higher education advocates, are clamoring for their share of the pot. add-back list totaling $150 million, excluding what law- makers already earmarked for the state school fund. McMullen said that be- tween two state reserve funds and a projected ending bal- ance, the state budget will have $900 million unspent in various accounts by the end of the next cycle in mid- 2017. Lawmakers will now wrap up spending decisions, which typically take about 30 days after the forecast. Their target date for adjournment of the 2015 session is June 26; the legal deadline is July 11. Gov. Kate Brown issued this statement after the re- lease of the forecast: “I am pleased that strong economic growth will enable us to invest an additional $100 million in our public schools as well as fund early childhood, career technical, and STEM programs that support student success and reduce the opportunity gap. 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