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Sunset Lake request denied Cowapa Player of the Year NORTH COAST • 3A SPORTS • 6A 142nd YEAR, No. 246 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015 ONE DOLLAR THERE ARE MANY PATHS TO GRADUATION JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Jensen Liu sets up a class selfie on stage during the Seaside High School graduation ceremony at the Seaside Convention Center Monday. Schools strive to improve diploma rates moving tsunami edge inland By ZANE SPARLING Capital Bureau SALEM — A proposed redraw- ing of the tsunami inundation line on the Oregon Coast increases the amount of urban land at risk for mas- VLYH ÀRRGLQJ E\ WR SHUFHQW according to the state Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (DUWK 6FLHQFH ,QIRUPDWLRQ 2I¿- cer Ali Ryan said the new tsunami boundary will place 28,000 struc- tures on the seaward side of the line, up from 20,000. Better technology, better maps and better risk assessment are spur- ring the adjustment — not a change in real danger, scientists say. In 1995, when the department ¿UVW WULHG WR PRGHO WKH XQGHUVHD HDUWKTXDNHV WKDW FDXVH GHVWUXFWLYH tidal waves, computers were unable to simulate the wave after it reached the shoreline. In their place, the de- partment relied on contour maps from the U.S. Geological Survey in order to estimate where the water would stop during a tsunami. Those maps were accurate only to the near- est 20, sometimes 40, feet. See TSUNAMI, Page 10A College commences search for new leader By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian H undreds of students around Clatsop &RXQW\ZHUHKRQRUHGIRU¿QLVKLQJWKHLU high school education over the past week. High schools handed diplomas to 116 stu- dents in Astoria, 95 in Seaside, 41 in Warren- ton, 25 in Knappa and nine in Jewell. Clatsop Community College had the county’s third-larg- est graduating class, with 58 of its students this \HDUHDUQLQJWKHLUKLJKVFKRROHTXLYDOHQF\DIWHU JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian passing the General Educational Development Evan Yokoyama looks out toward the crowd after receiving his diploma at the Seaside High *('H[DP School administrators, meanwhile, are rush- School graduation ceremony at the Seaside Convention Center Monday. LQJ WR KHOS PRUH VHQLRUV ¿QLVK E\ WKH HQG RI June, before graduation reports go to the state. Astoria High School Principal Lynn Jackson said he is optimistic his high school will have one of its highest four-year cohort graduation rates in a long time. The state bases the percent- age on freshmen coming into a high school and graduating there as seniors, while it uses a com- SOHWLRQUDWHIRUWKRVHDWWHQGLQJ¿YH\HDUVRUWDN- ing the GED exam. According to Astoria Regis- Knappa trar Sarah Price, 194 of the class of 2015 entered High School as freshmen four years ago; 50 transferred out; graduated and 104 graduated in four years. 25 students ³,¶YHJRW¿YHVWXGHQWVZKRGLGQRWJUDGXDWH Saturday. that we are hoping for them to graduate by the end of the month,” Jackson said. “Three of them EDWARD ,¶PFRQ¿GHQWZLOO´ See GRAD RATES, Page 10A Moving the line State proposes STRATTON The Daily Astorian Galizio’s last day is July 8 By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community College’s board of directors unanimously ac- cepted the resignation of President Lawrence Galizio Tuesday and start- HGWKHSURFHVVRI¿QGLQJKLVUHSODFH- ment. His last day is July 8. $IWHU ¿YH \HDUV DW WKH FROOHJH Galizio recently accepted a position as director and CEO of the Commu- nity College League of California, where he starts in mid-July. It was the last regular board meet- ing for Galizio, who said he will at- tend the July 14 board meeting as a past president to honor longstanding college board members. He will also preside over the college’s board re- treat July 2. Board chairwoman Rosemary Baker-Monaghan said the college intends to hire an interim president, a process the board discussed in a closed session Tuesday. See COLLEGE, Page 10A )RUPHUHOHFWLRQVFOHUN¿OHVPLOOLRQODZVXLW Fired county clerk alleges whistleblower retaliation $8,200,00.” The second mistake gave Cannon Beach voters incorrect in- structions in an at-large election for the City Council. By KYLE SPURR As a result of the errors, the Sec- The Daily Astorian UHWDU\ RI 6WDWH¶V 2I¿FH UHTXLUHG WKH county to distribute supplemental bal- Former Clatsop County Clerk lots, costing about $14,000. Maeve Kennedy Grimes wants more The lawsuit claims Kennedy than $1 million in damages and her Grimes immediately contacted the job back, claiming she was unlawful- 6HFUHWDU\ RI 6WDWH¶V 2I¿FH ZKLFK O\ ¿UHG RYHU HUURUV RQ WKH 1RYHPEHU directed her to proceed with the sup- general election ballot. plemental ballots. The suit alleges $ ODZVXLW ¿OHG LQ &ODWVRS &RXQ- Somers, however, ordered her to con- ty Circuit Court contends the former sider other options. clerk was dismissed in December due “Ms. Grimes felt torn between clear to whistleblower retaliation. direction she had received from the County Manager Scott Somers 626 6HFUHWDU\ RI 6WDWH¶V 2I¿FH DQG placed Kennedy Grimes on paid ad- what she believed to be Somers’ illegal ministrative leave in October after two demand that she ignore that direction,” errors were found on the ballot. Andrew Altschul, Kennedy Grimes’ One mistake left off a zero in the Portland attorney, wrote in the lawsuit. amount of a Clatsop Community Col- $OWVFKXOVDLGKH¿UVWFRQWDFWHGWKH lege bond measure as “not exceeding county in December regarding Ken- QHG\ *ULPHV +H ¿OHG D WRUWV FODLP notice on the county in April, before ¿OLQJWKHODZVXLW0D\ The lawsuit includes two claims each seeking an award of economic losses in EDFNSD\ORVVRIEHQH¿WVDQGRWKHUH[- penses to be proven at a jury trial and $500,000 in noneconomic damages. Somers said the county’s insurance agency is handling the lawsuit. The county manager said he is planning to meet with an attorney with the insur- ance company later this week. “It’s in the insurance company’s hands,” Somers said. “They are taking it seriously.” Somers completed an internal in- YHVWLJDWLRQ LQ 1RYHPEHU ZKLFK FRQ- FOXGHG WKDW WKH FOHUN¶V RI¿FH GLG QRW follow its established protocol for proofreading the draft ballots before the election. +LV¿QGLQJVGHWDLOHGDQLVVXHZLWK distractions and multitasking. The Maeve Kennedy Grimes Scott Somers proofreaders worked individually rather than following the procedure of reading out loud while another proof- reader reads along, Somers said. Altschul argues in the lawsuit that Kennedy Grimes had a set protocol with the election technician to take turns reviewing each proposed ballot and initial when the proof was ap- proved. Somers never asked her to document, change or update her pro- cedure, the lawsuit states. See LAWSUIT, Page 10A
