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WHS, KHS athletes move on Real estate, home improvement WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS • 10A 142nd YEAR, No. 233 AT HOME FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 ONE DOLLAR City Lumber owner to take on Flavel home Greg Newenhof agrees to pay $221,901 for historic property has agreed to pay $221,901 in cash for the long vacant mansion at 15th Street and Franklin Avenue. The Flavel home, a historic but ne- ³,SODQWR¿[LWXSDQGPRYHLQWRWKH JOHFWHGUHOLFRI$VWRULD¿QDOO\KDVDQHZ house,” Greg Newenhof said Thursday owner. evening. Greg Newenhof, who with his broth- Newenhof, who lives two blocks er, Jeff, owns City Lumber Company, away on 17th Street and frequently walks By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian GREEN LIGHT and drives by the Flavel home, said he helped a conservator work on the prop- erty when she was preparing for the sale. “I’ve always just enjoyed that look to the house and thought, ‘Wow, neat house,’” he said. See FLAVEL HOME, Page 9A The Flavel home at 15th Street and Franklin Avenue went up for sale after the owner agreed to sell in December. Daily Astorian File Swim because you love it! 6HQDWHJLYHV¿VK commish go-ahead to Buckmaster by 18-12 vote By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Senate vot- HG 7KXUVGD\ PRUQLQJ WR FRQ¿UP WZR controversial appointees to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Com- mission. The sport- ¿VKLQJ LQGXVWU\ and some recre- ational anglers lobbied hard to stop Gov. Kate Bruce Brown’s ap- Buckmaster pointment of Astoria resident Bruce Buckmaster to the commission because of his work on behalf of the FRPPHUFLDO ¿VKLQJ LQGXVWU\ EXW WKH 6HQDWH YRWHG WR FRQ¿UP %XFN- master. The Senate also voted 27-3 to FRQ¿UP -DVRQ $WNLQVRQ RI -DFNVRQ- ville to the commission. Senators voted XQDQLPRXVO\ WR FRQ¿UP RWKHU DS- pointments by the governor to various boards and commissions. During a committee hearing earlier WKLV ZHHN VSRUW¿VKHUV VDLG WKH\ ZDQW the governor to appoint a commission- er who works in their industry. It is unclear how Brown might respond to that request, but the Senate Commit- tee on Rules held back the governor’s two reappointments to the commission — Holly Akenson of Enterprise, and Michael Finley of Medford — because senators said they were concerned com- missioners did not do enough to prevent budget problems at the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife. 7KH VHYHQ ¿VK DQG ZLOGOLIH FRP- missioners serve four-year terms and are appointed to represent the state’s Congressional districts. Brown ap- SRLQWHG%XFNPDVWHUWR¿OOWKHSRVLWLRQ representing Oregon’s 1st Congres- sional District, after former Gov. John Kitzhaber left that position vacant for more than two years. Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, carried the Buckmaster nomination. Buckmaster previously owned a salm- on feed company and served on the board of Salmon for All, a group that UHSUHVHQWVFRPPHUFLDO¿VKHUPHQSUR- cessors and other businesses on the See BUCKMASTER, Page 9A JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Taylor Christie, a junior at Astoria High School, swims during single-pool-length drills at the North Coast Swim Club practice at the Asto- ria Aquatic Center Wednesday. North Coast Swim Club takes drive, fun, discipline HOW TO JOIN Those interested in joining or sponsoring the North Coast Swim Club are encouraged to visit www.swimnorthcoast.org for more information and contact details. By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian W ith a stopwatch in hand, Alex Reed paced along- side the 25-yard-long pool in the Astoria Aquatic Center Tuesday night yelling out lap times as a dozen swimmers made their way through the water. Reed, entering his third year as head coach of the North Coast Swim Club, understands every second matters to the swimmers who are pursuing state champion- ships and invitations to national meets. “It takes a lot of discipline to grind out a tough two-hour work- JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian In this long-exposure photograph, Jacob Hulti, a student at Astoria High School, swims the length of the pool during a timed drill at the Astoria Aquatic Center. out,” Reed said. “These kids are pretty incredible.” Reed coaches advanced swim- mers in the Gold training group six nights a week. Beginners are placed in the Bronze group taught by Monica Feigert, who also works at the Aquatic Center. Intermediate swimmers are in the Silver group coached by U.S. Coast Guard res- cue swimmer Brad Simmons. A total of about 40 children — 6 years old to high-school age — participate in the North Coast Swim Club, a year-round compet- itive swim club that follows stan- dards, rules and regulations of USA Swimming Inc. The club draws children from across the Lower Columbia region, including mem- bers of the Astoria and Seaside high school swim teams. “I grew up swimming. It’s the sport I kept coming back to. I love that day in and day out, yearlong grind,” Reed said. “It’s a lot of work and a lot of hours, but watch- ing these kids grow up as individu- als, makes it all worth it.” See SWIM CLUB, Page 12A Interest in remodeling library, old hotel remains Developers pitch potential fallback for Heritage Square the vacant Waldorf Hotel next door and XVLQJWKHWRSÀRRUVRIWKHKRWHOIRUKRXV- ing. Ted Osborn, the president of the Lower Columbia Preservation Society and a retired architect, has shared draw- By DERRICK DePLEDGE ings for a renovated library and hotel The Daily Astorian with housing. He has said he would con- sider developing the housing portion of As Astoria looks to Heritage Square a project. for a new library and mixed-use housing Others, including developers work- project, some have not given up on ren- ing with Suenn Ho, the Portland urban ovating the existing public library and, if designer behind the Garden of Surging possible, the old Waldorf Hotel. Waves at Heritage Square, have also The City Council this week adopted shown interest. JRDOVIRUWKHQH[W¿VFDO\HDUWKDWLQFOXGH City Councilor Cindy Price was un- looking into a new library with housing at able to convince the council to add the +HULWDJH6TXDUHDGH¿QLWLYHFRXUVHDIWHU option of renovating the existing library months of uncertainty about a location. WRWKHJRDOVIRUQH[W¿VFDO\HDUEXWVKH Behind the scenes, though, some re- does want an alternative to Heritage main interested in working with the city Square. Courtesy of Jeff Daly to expand the aging Astoria Public Li- The Waldorf Hotel sign behind some railings inside the Merwyn Building. brary at 10th and Exchange streets into See REMODELING, Page 12A