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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015
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Warrenton dam removal project delayed
CREST pulled permit application over timing concerns
Lofman said CREST would come
back before the city for a permit in time
for construction next summer.
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
Water Control District, which owns the CREST’s private engineers that the
Kurt Fritsch, the city manager, said
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concerned about some of the details an tions.
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WARRENTON — Removing the opportunity to ask for changes.
The City Commission voted in
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aging Eighth Street Dam on the Ski-
Some property owners want a wider April to add the Skipanon Water Con- more time to work on this and not feel
panon River in Warrenton will have to bridge to replace a gravel road over the trol District to the agreement. The War- rushed,” he said. “We’ve obviously tak-
wait until next year.
dam, which they believe would provide renton Planning Commission, which en more time, at this point, and pushed
The Columbia River Estuary Study better access and enable future devel- reviewed the permit in April, was ex- back the ability for them to let bids and
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tion with the city over concerns that bridge once the dam is removed.
month before CREST withdrew the
“And I think it also gives them some
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Warrenton Fiber, meanwhile, has application.
time to try to help (answer) some of the
approved in time for summer construc- questioned whether taking out the
“We decided to pull the permit to questions that were asked at the Plan-
tion.
dam will alter water levels upstream. give us some time to move through the ning Commission meeting.”
The Warrenton City Commission Stephen Fulton, who works on land process with the city where we’re not
The city had sought a bridge as part
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ect last year, but a procedural move in for Warrenton Fiber, has asked why lines,” said Denise Lofman, CREST’s access, which is now provided through
February to formally add the Skipanon the city would rely on assurances from director.
the gravel road over the dam.
CREST has agreed to replace the
gravel road with a one-lane bridge
that would be 54-feet long and 16-feet
wide, but some property owners want
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code, or wider.
Board members for the Skipanon
Water Control District have told the city
they want the dam removed and could
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government, was built in 1963 to help
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outlived its 50-year life span and has
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cant hazard.
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Administration to help restore salmon
habitat.
Entire Oregon Coast
closed to clamming
Submitted photo
The Astoria Regatta and Rose Festival courts visited High Life Adventure for some zip-lining fun. Front row: Tabitha
Ivan of Lincoln High School, Naomi Tsai of Cleveland High School, Sierra Hosea of Franklin High School, Talia Quatraro
of Metro East Lake Oswego High School, Clara Cannon of Metro West Valley Catholic High School and Elli Simotas of
David Douglas High School. Middle row: Oliva Berry of Grant High School, Lily Brodrick of Wilson High School and
Allison Bentley of Warrenton High School. Back row: Paris Sykes of Central Catholic High School, Cristell Gonzalez
of Park Rose High School, Tihanne Marshall of Benson Polytechnic High School, Amber Shackelford of Madison High
School, Devon Thompson of St. Mary’s Academy, Oliva Berry of Grant High School, Erika Manzo of Roosevelt High
School, Lily Brodrick of Wilson High School, Kahedja Burley of Jefferson High School, Regatta Queen Claire Helligso
of Astoria High School and Kimberly Castro of Astoria High School.
Rose Festival Court lives High Life in Astoria
Fifteen Rose Festival princesses
representing the high schools in the
Portland metro region were hosted by
the Astoria Regatta Association Tues-
day, led by organizer and Regatta Asso-
ciation board member Becky Johnson,
owner of Vintage Hardware.
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Court served as hosts, with special
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Midsummer Festival Court.
An Italian lunch at Fulio’s Restau-
rant kicked off the day, with intro-
ductions of the Astoria Regatta Court
royalty and officers of the Astoria
Regatta Festival Board. Each Rose
Festival princess was given a gift bag
filled with products donated by Asto-
ria Downtown Historic District Asso-
ciation member businesses. Following
lunch, the girls were treated to some of
the region’s top tourist stops, including
the Oregon Film Museum, Columbia
River Maritime Museum, the Astoria
Trolley and other stops in the down-
town area. A tradition is for the Regat-
ta and Rose Festival courts is a trip to
Clatsop Care Village, visiting with the
Public meetings
MONDAY
Cannon Beach Farmers
Market Committee Meet-
ing, 10 a.m., Cannon Beach
City Hall 163 E. Gower St.
Astoria City Council, 7
p.m., Astoria City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
TUESDAY
Cannon Beach Public
Works Committee Meeting,
9 a.m., Cannon Beach City
Hall 163 E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach Tourism
and Arts Commission Meet-
ing, 1 p.m., Cannon Beach
City Hall 163 E. Gower St.
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council,
4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange
St., Room 430.
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 4:30 p.m. executive ses-
sion (closed to public), 6 p.m.
regular meeting, old Port of-
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Astoria Historic Land-
marks Commission, 5:15
p.m., Astoria City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Shoreline Sanitary Dis-
trict Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart
Hertig Station, 33496 West
Lake Lane, Warrenton.
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The highlight of the day was zip-lin-
ing at High Life Adventure, who hosted
the court.
Dinner was provided by Fultano’s
Pizza, and the Rose Festival court
hopped on their chartered bus at 7:30
Tuesday night to head off to Cannon
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with the theme “Rockin on the River,”
is Aug. 5 through 9.
The Oregon Department
of Agriculture and the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and
Wildlife have extended the
closure of all razor clam-
ming to include the entire
Oregon Coast because of
elevated levels of domoic
acid.
The closure includes razor
clams on all beaches, rocks,
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mouth of the Columbia River
to the California border.
In addition, all shellfish
harvesting remains closed
from the Columbia River to
Tillamook Head, south of
Seaside on the north Oregon
Coast due to domoic acid.
That closure was ordered
May 8.
Meanwhile, recreational
mussel harvesting remains
closed from Cascade Head,
north of Lincoln City, to the
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er near Gold Beach on the
south coast due to elevated
levels of Paralytic Shellfish
Toxin (PST).
The harvest of bay clams
is open from Tillamook
Head south to the Califor-
nia border. This does not
include razor clams. Coastal
scallops are not affected by
these closures when only the
adductor muscle is eaten.
The consumption of whole
recreational scallops is not
recommended. Crab is not
affected by the closures.
Commercial shellfish prod-
ucts remain safe for con-
sumers. Samples taken from
commercial markets show
no biotoxins at this time.
Domoic acid and PST are
produced by algae and usu-
ally originate in the ocean.
ODA will continue to test for
shellfish toxins weekly, as
tides permit. Reopening of
an area requires two consec-
utive tests in the safe range.
For more information,
call ODA’s shellfish safety
information hotline at (800)
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