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Soderberg said the store
is taking a different focus,
providing more space for sur-
vivors of sexual assault and
domestic violence to sell their
own products, along with a
gallery to display their work.
They have also seen an influx
of higher-end donations
from sources like estates.
Next to Deja Vu, on the
corner of 10th and Duane
streets, will be the Sexual
Assault Peer Center, a long-
term support system. Part of
the building’s design will
allow people to go shopping
in Deja Vu and anonymous-
ly transition into the center.
Upstairs, the former offic-
es in the Van Dusen Building
have been knocked out and
replaced with a reconfigured
maze of frames still waiting
to be walled in. Boggs said
one of the hardest parts of
the remodel is packing stuff
downstairs and out of the
building, along with creating
Americans with Disabilities
Act access to The Harbor’s
new offices.
“If someone was to do-
nate us a brand-new eleva-
tor, that would be great,”
Boggs said, adding the proj-
ect still needs skilled volun-
teers to help defray the costs
of remodeling.
Offices for many
Boggs said there used to
be offices for insurance and
logging companies, along
with a doctor’s office and
an X-ray room.
The newly redesigned
Van Dusen Building will
easily surpass that variety,
with offices for The Harbor,
private lessees, domestic vi-
olence advocates, the Lower
Columbia Gender Alliance
and the Lower Columbia Q
Center, the first permanent
local meeting area for the
LGBT community. It will
also contain a children’s
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Cooper Boggs shows some of the offices during a tour of
The Harbor’s new building.
Submitted Photo
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Waesche, stopping in Astoria early last
month on its way to the Portland Rose Festival’s Fleet Week, helped demolish and frame
the inside of the Van Dusen Building that will become The Harbor’s new headquarters.
area, community class-
rooms and a kitchen.
Jeralyn O’Brien, chair-
woman of the gender alli-
ance, said the relationship
with The Harbor largely
started with a grant the
gender alliance wrote to
help The Harbor expand its
reach beyond women, with
outreach to the LGBT com-
munity and more domestic
abuse and sexual assault ad-
vocates.
Since demolition started
at the Van Dusen Building,
the gender alliance has pro-
vided labor and raised mon-
ey for the build-out through
events like T. Paul’s Forks
with Benefits dinner spe-
cials and Marco Davis’ Big
Gay Skate Night. The gen-
der alliance operates under
the auspices of The Harbor,
with volunteers training as
domestic abuse and sexual
violence advocates.
“The community has rec-
ognized the need,” said Tes-
sa James Scheller, a mem-
ber of the gender alliance
and governing board mem-
ber for Clatsop Community
College. “There’s a fairly
good-sized queer communi-
ty in Astoria.”
Going home
The Harbor, when it was
known as the Women’s Re-
source Center, originally
moved into the Van Dusen
Building from No. 10 Sixth
St. in the late 1990s. To save
money, the agency moved
into the Norblad Building at
1389 Duane St. in 2010.
In 2012, the late Pig
’N Pancake owner and
co-founder Robert Poole
gifted The Harbor the Van
Dusen Building. Since then,
Soderberg said, The Harbor
has been paying taxes on the
property.
The work doesn’t stop
once Deja Vu and the offic-
es are moved in. Soderberg
is seeking grant funding to
help restore the historical
landmark, built in 1923 by
Van Dusen & Co.
That means tearing off
the corrugated metal run-
ning across the original
transom windows, using
all original materials inside
and figuring out what the
building looked like when
first built.
Structurally, the build-
ing is as sound as the day
it was build, said Boggs.
“The concept is it will look
as close as it did to when it
was built.”
If anyone has a histori-
cal photo of what that looks
like, Boggs said, bring it
by.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
A hallway under construction in the upstairs of The Har-
bor’s new building.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Cooper Boggs walks through the construction upstairs.
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or to come off on national the backstory very well.”
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Cenci said. The new season show was positive, accord- officers do.
will be more geographically ing to Cenci. But the agency
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diverse, and will cover sev- did draw some criticism for guys to step up is they un-
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inal matter that wasn’t strict- law enforcement very well.
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following officers across the issues — at least one vocal that understanding, you’ve
state, including several lo- viewer felt that WDFW offi- got to be a part of something
cal staff members. Over the cers had gone too far.
like this,” Cenci said.
busy Fourth of July week-
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end, two-person teams could felt that we were off-mission make it clear that the ma-
be seen filming Capt. Dan in finding that person,” Cen- jority of people the officers
Chadwick, Sgt. Tony Leon-
etti and Officers Pat Ander-
son, Paul Jacobson and Todd
Dielman as they responded
to a variety of enforcement
issues and emergency situa-
tions on the crowded beach.
Cenci said that the film-
ing process is largely the
same as it was in the first
season, but they are includ-
ing more staff members this
time and trying to provide
more context for viewers to
help them understand why
the officers do what they do.
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crew around. You’ve got a work last year. Coastal taping is now underway for a sec-
number of pressures. The last ond season.
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Loggers sweep twin bill
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KNAPPA — Knappa’s
Junior State summer baseball
team racked up 29 runs Thurs-
day, to just two for Clatskanie
in a 14-1, 15-1 Logger sweep
at Teevin Field.
Knappa’s Reuben Cruz
had six hits on the day, Ja-
son Miller had five (includ-
ing two doubles and a tri-
ple), and Michal Goodman
had a double and a triple.
Dale Takalo tossed a com-
plete-game in the opener,
and Goodman threw four in-
nings of Game 2, with Mason
Hoover closing out the win.
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next Thursday, with a double-
header at Seaside.
All-Stars host state tourney
The Lower Columbia
12-year-old All-Stars host the
North Oregon State Tourna-
ment, Saturday and Sunday at
Columbia Field.
The tournament features
just three teams. Lower Co-
lumbia plays the Portland Cal
Ripken All-Stars at 10 a.m.
Saturday, followed by Lower
Columbia vs. West Linn at
noon.
The double elimination
tournament concludes Sun-
day.
Baseball, volleyball camps on tap
gion, ages 8-15.
The camp is $100 for the
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Ford Baseball Summer Day
Parents can contact coach
Camp will take place July Dave Gasser at 503-758-2195
20-22 at Columbia Memorial for more information.
Field.
The camp is for any play-
Volleyball
er in the Lower Columbia re-
The North Coast Volley-
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ball Camp is set for Aug.
4-6, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
each day at Astoria High
School.
This camp is open to all
boys and girls who will be in
grades 3-8 next fall. Cost is
$40 if registered by July 31,
$45 after July 31.
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and responsible stewards of
the state’s natural resources.
Cenci said the public likes
to see crime and action, but
last season’s most popular
episode was the one where
a very tall officer bent down
to shake hands with a very
small, young hunter who
had just come back from his
first successful hunt.
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