THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
NORTH COAST
North Head Lighthouse set for major repairs
State provides
$1.3 million for
next phase of
restoration
By KATIE WILSON
EO Media Group
CAPE
DISAPPOINT-
MENT, Wash. — Money
is now in place to continue
much-needed repairs to a pop-
ular tourist destination and an
important historical structure
on the Long Beach Peninsula
— though not as much mon-
ey as Washington State Parks
would like.
The department requested
$2.3 million to move into the
next phase of work on North
Head Lighthouse in Cape Dis-
appointment State Park near
Ilwaco, Wash. Instead, state
parks received $1.3 million.
Now, what they hoped to
accomplish in only two phases
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This 2009 photo of the base of North Head Lighthouse
shows substantial time- and weather-related damage suf-
fered by the iconic structure, which will soon see an up-
swing in exterior restoration work.
ished this spring — will be split
into three, said spokesperson
Virginia Painter. The funds re-
ceived from the state’s 2015-17
capital budget, which provides
money for various infrastruc-
ture improvements, will go
toward stone masonry repair
and replacement at the base of
the lighthouse tower as well as
throughout the lighthouse and
other rooms.
Since the parks department
received less money than an-
ticipated, project managers are
working to re-scope the project,
and will need to request more
money in the next biennium to
complete the next phase, Paint-
er said. There could be another
phase of work after that to com-
plete repairs and rehabilitation
to the surrounding grounds, she
added.
Still, the money will bring
them a long way.
North Head Lighthouse cel-
ebrated its 117th birthday June
6, and is one of the few such
structures to still have most of
its outbuildings intact.
Phase one work, which be-
gan this February and wrapped
up at the beginning of June, re-
placed and restored damaged
metal work throughout the
lighthouse and painted its red
roof black, the same color it
would have been over a centu-
ry before when it was operated
by the Lighthouse Keepers.
The parks department has
made other improvements to
that portion of the park. Last
year, contractors widened the
narrow North Head Light-
house Road, which leads to the
lighthouse, improved the park-
ing lot and carved out a paved
multiuse trail through the trees
parallel to the road.
Drought reduces hydroelectric output
the drop in power production
‘When you’re dependent on say
won’t lead to an immediate rate
for consumers and busi-
the weather, there’s always increase
SALEM — A drought
nesses.
doesn’t just mean less water. It
“The BPA doesn’t change
a lot of uncertainty.’
also means less power.
rates every day,” Proctor said.
On the Columbia and Snake
“Their purchase price doesn’t
— Joel Scruggs
Bonneville Power Administration spokesman
rivers, where infrequent rains
affect your price today. But the
and an almost nonexistent
rates you’re paying now will
snowpack have led to parched the dry year and we’re hopeful
It’s not the snow you see on affect the rates in the future …
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conditions, the amount of hy- wise we’ll manage accordingly.” is around all year. Instead, Proc- rates.”
droelectric energy generated by
The BPA, a federal agency tor said, rivers are fed by runoff,
Karl Kanbergs, team leader
government dams has dropped in charge marketing electricity usually rain or melted snow. And for the reservoir control center,
by almost one-third.
produced by the dams, provides while precipitation fed the Pa- agreed.
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dams on the Columbia and its the region.
the spring, the lack of snowfall the price goes up. That’s true for
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million megawatts of power, cludes major producers such as the second worst runoff situation
Scruggs, the BPA spokesper-
according to data from the U.S. the Dalles Dam on the Columbia, here in the last 55 years.
son, said the agency sets rates
Army Corps of Engineers.
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So on the Snake, one of the every two years. He said a pro-
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just 5.78 million megawatts.
this time last year.
estimated 25,000 cubic feet per
“I don’t think we want to play
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That’s primarily due to the second, compared to a normal with hypotheticals. We’re con-
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of it,” Bonneville Power Admin- Proctor, chief of hydrologic engi- stay that way through the end of right now,” he said. “When you’re
istration spokesman Joel Scruggs neering and power for the north- the summer.
dependent on the weather, there’s
said. “We’re prepared to handle western division of the Corps.
Both the Corps and the BPA always a lot of uncertainty.”
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The Sunset Highway, U.S.
26, is closing in both direc-
tions Monday night for demo-
lition work on the west side of
the Helvetia Road overpass.
Single-lane closures begin
in both directions at 8 p.m.,
with full closure in place by
10 p.m. All lanes are reopen-
ing by 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Both eastbound and west-
bound travelers will be di-
rected onto the Brookwood/
Helvetia off-ramps and the
on-ramps leading back to the
highway.
The U.S. 26 Northwest
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Project elements include:
• Constructing a new west-
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Brookwood Parkway exit
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• Reconstructing the west-
bound U.S. 26 entrance ramp
from Northwest Helvetia
Road.
• Widening the Northwest
Brookwood Parkway over-
crossing to accommodate
additional northbound and
southbound lanes over U.S
26.
• Extending the right-
turn lane from northbound
Brookwood Parkway to the
eastbound U.S. 26 entrance
ramp.
• Adding sidewalks and
bike lanes within the inter-
change area.
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Man injured after jump from Youngs River Falls
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A man suffered a broken
back, broken ankle and trauma
to his head after jumping from
the Youngs River Falls south
of Astoria Sunday afternoon.
Olney-Walluski Fire and
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and Medix responded to the
scene at about 6 p.m. Sunday.
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who pulled the man to shore
and kept him on his back.
“It took quite a few of us
to get him up the hill,” Ol-
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Tyson said the Youngs
River Falls are deceiving and
more shallow than people re-
alize.
“If they don’t jump out far
enough they hit a ledge,” he
said. “I’ve seen a lot of broken
arms and bumps to the head.”
Tyson said he would like to
see signs near the falls warning
people about jumping. Signs
have been posted in the past,
he said, but are often pulled
down.
“We would like to get
something that would be a
little more permanent,” Tyson
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