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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 Parade: ‘It’s all for the children’ Continued from Page 1A The festival includes the Queen’s Coronation today, the Seamen’s Memorial Friday, the Grand Land Pa- rade Saturday and a summer pops concert Sunday. The Daily Astorian A wheelbarrow ride In keeping with tradition, Claire Helligso, last year’s queen, and the rest of the Regatta Court rode out the Junior Parade in wheelbar- rows. “It was a little bumpy,” Helligso said. That, and leaning one side or another could make the wheelbar- row tip. Behind the court, chil- dren in strollers, on bicycles and on foot traveled the pa- rade route with adults and the occasional dog. Arlene Landwehr re- members when she and her brother were in the parade when they were young. She was dressed as Sacagawea and he was a Native Ameri- can, she recalled. Wednesday was the first time in a long time she had been to the Junior Parade. Her husband, Bill Landwehr — alias “Stubby,” of the As- toria Clowns — participated in the parade sporting red, white and blue hair. Kevin Leahy, the co-president of the Re- gatta, also has childhood memories of the parade. He remembers that when Astoria Regatta parade to disrXpt traI¿F Photos by Joshua Bessex/ The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Police Chief Brad Johnston takes a self- ie with the winner of the costume contest Katelynn McCauley. LEFT: From left: Dominic Nowlin, 3, David Nowlin, 10, Wyatt Jackson, 7, Sophie Alsbury, 8, Pay- ton Harper, 8, and Avery Biederman, 9, wait for the start of the Astoria Regat- ta Junior Parade Wednes- day. he was 4 years old, he was in a covered wagon, en- closed and away from the crowd. “And I said to my friends, ‘Wait a minute, why am I in here?’” Leahy recalled. Wonder Woman Katelynn McCauley won the costume contest and the honor of riding with Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston during the parade. McCau- ley, who is 4 years old, was dressed as Wonder Woman. “She was the best pas- senger I’ve had in a long time,” Johnston said. “De- spite my best efforts, I couldn’t make her dizzy,” he added. With the Astoria Re- gatta’s Grand Land Pa- rade beginning at noon Saturday, the Astoria Police Department is re- minding residents that traffic will be disrupted through downtown. Exchange Street will be closed between 23rd and 16th streets starting at 8 a.m. Saturday. Columbia Memorial Hospital, its urgent care and the Park Medical Building will be acces- sible from Marine Drive at 20th, 21st and 23rd streets. Exchange and Duane Street between 17th and 9th streets will have no on-street parking Satur- day until the parade ends. The no parking areas will be signed and any vehi- cles parked at those loca- tions will be removed by a tow truck, according to police. Owners will be re- sponsible for tow fees. The parade was spon- sored by the Kiwanis Clubs of Astoria and Warrenton, which also handed out free ice cream bars. Frank Spence joined Ki- wanis in 1968. He has lived At about 10 a.m. Sat- urday, all streets that travel north or south will be closed between Com- mercial Street and Frank- lin Street between 17th and 8th streets. The traffic disruptions will last until the parade ends and the streets have been swept. U.S. Highway 30 will remain open, but may have delays due to pe- destrian traffic and floats moving to the disband area. Traffic needing to get to or from the south slope of Astoria should use unaffected, alternate routes, police suggest. “We appreciate the community’s patience in dealing with the traffic disruptions that occur during the parade each year,” Deputy Chief Eric Halverson said. “Our goal is to limit the dis- ruptions for the motor- ing public, while pro- viding a safe route for people to view the pro- cession.” in Astoria for two years af- ter moving from his long- time home in Florida. For him, the parade has a very specific focus. “It’s all for the chil- dren,” he said. Zone: ‘It doesn’t give you room to breathe’ Continued from Page 1A Jeff Ter Har/For EO Media Group Competitors at the 2014 event. Seaside: Event brought in thousands of people last year Continued from Page 1A Camacho gained fame for his brash, hard play and tat- toos. He was the player fans loved to hate. “Not too many people like cheering for me,” he told a reporter in 2006. “But I like it like that. I like to spice up the crowd and get them going.” Faced with the prospect of a Seaside tournament without Camacho, one of his friends from Portland decided to rec- tify the problem. Tim Foksha started a Go- FundMe account, called “Let Dana Play,” to fundraise for Camacho’s plane ticket and lodging while he competes. In exchange, Camacho is partner- ing with 29-year-old Roman Onishchenko, also of Port- land. Onishchenko has tried to win the open division at the Seaside tournament since 2004 without luck, although he’s placed in the top 10 a few times, said Foksha, who is the player’s manager. “My goal for this year was to make two dreams come true,” Foksha said. “Onish- chenko will get a chance to play with someone at a very high caliber — arguably, the highest in the Northwest. And Dana Camacho will get some help from all of us who want to see him play another day. That is what the GoFundMe is about. It’s not about the mon- ey; it’s about us — the peo- ple and who we want to see again.” Fueled by social media Not realizing how many fans Camacho had, the group didn’t expect to get anything, Onishchenko said. To their sur- prise, by continually spreading the link to the GoFundMe ac- count through social media, such as the Seaside Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook Jeff Ter Har/For EO Media Group Thousands of people flock to Seaside each summer for the annual Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament, the world’s largest amateur beach volleyball tournament, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. page, they were able to raise about $845 between 28 donors as of Monday. The money was enough to purchase the plane ticket Camacho needed, and KLV DWWHQGDQFH ZDV FRQ¿UPHG a few weeks ago. For Onishchenko, who is working to become a profes- VLRQDO SOD\HU WKH ¿UVW \HDU he played in Seaside was the same year he started playing beach volleyball, “When I was at that tour- nament, I got so drawn into the sport,” he said. “It doesn’t get much better than being at a beach on the sand in warm weather playing a very active sport. The volleyball commu- nity is very close and friendly.” The annual volleyball event is hosted by the Seaside Cham- ber of Commerce and spon- sored by Bud Light. As of Monday, more than 1,300 teams of two had reg- istered for the tournament, which began in 1982 and is now the largest beach volley- ball tournament in the world. That number does not include the teams for the quad and sixes divisions, who have to register at the event. The tour- nament showcases a diversity of divisions and age groups, from 12-year-olds to senior citizens. The youth divisions in par- ticular have seen substantial growth in registration over the years, Chamber of Commerce Director Susan Huntington said. Beach volleyball became an emerging NCAA sport for women in 2009. Since then, with the inclusion of all three collegiate divisions, the sport has advanced to become a full- ÀHGJHG 1&$$ FKDPSLRQVKLS starting next spring. Many col- leges nationwide are now giv- ing scholarships for beach vol- leyball, and Huntington said she believes that has helped increase participation in the junior divisions. Prizes vary depending on the division; some winning teams receive prize money, while others receive prizes from event sponsors. The tournament, which takes place throughout more than 100 courts, can be viewed for free by the public. It runs daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. • For more information, visit www.seasidebeachvol- leyball.com The initiative would ex- pand warning areas west over WKH3DFL¿F2FHDQIURP to 50,000 feet above mean sea level. More worrisome to the Port is the creation of the Eel Military Operations Area from 11,000 to 18,000 feet along the Oregon Coast from Astoria to Lincoln City, along with a small portion over southwest Washington state. “This training airspace will help us produce the best air-to-air combat pilots, and serve our state and nation in times of peace and war,” Lt. Col. Alaric Michaelis from the Oregon Air Nation- al Guard said in a release Wednesday. “It also serves the mission of the 142nd Fighter Wing, as it provides unequaled, mission-ready aerospace superiority.” Photo courtesy of Oregon Military Department F-15 Eagles from the 142nd (background) and 173rd (fore- ground) fighter wings, based in Portland and Klamath Falls, fly over the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Air National Guard is proposing new training areas over the coast and central and eastern Oregon. have said there are a lot of jets coming to the airport in War- renton, often corporate repre- sentatives and people going to South County. Raichl said WKHUH DUH HYHQ MHWV WKDW À\ LQ visitors to the Big Creek Fish- LQJ&OXED¿VKLQJDQGKXQWLQJ Cramping airspace lodge near Knappa. 5HVWULFWLRQV RQ À\LQJ DW Campbell said similar that level would not affect the training zones have choked U.S. Coast Guard, Camp Rilea airspace in Nevada. He said or pilots based at the airport, the Port should oppose the Port Commission Chairman planned coastal training zone John Raichl said, but will af- and two others over central IHFWMHWWUDI¿FFRPLQJLQWRWKH and eastern Oregon. airport. The Aircraft Owners and Raichl, a member of the Pilots Association, an advoca- Aircraft Owners and Pilots cy group based in Maryland, Association, said he would has warned that the impact on be attending the Air National SLORWVFRXOGEHVLJQL¿FDQW Guard’s meeting Wednesday ³3LORWV PLJKW KDYH WR À\ on behalf of the pilot’s group many miles around the air- to oppose the training area. space when it is active, com- “They’re taking up the SOLFDWLQJ ÀLJKW SODQQLQJ DQG entire airway,” said Port increasing fuel requirements Commissioner James Camp- and operational costs,” Rune bell, who is also a pilot. “It Duke, the association’s direc- doesn’t give you room to tor of government affairs for breathe.” DLUVSDFHDQGDLUWUDI¿FVDLGLQ Commissioners and staff a statement last week. o o tw ea r Scr u b s & r F k M ed ica l a t o u r P a g L o ca tio n Bu ild in ttern s We n ow ca rry a n d pa N ew styles g da ily a rrivin ALL OF YOUR MEDICAL NEEDS AT BOTH LOCATIONS • C-p a p • Bi-p a p • Brea st p u m p s • H o m e Oxyg en Based on proximity The proposed training areas are based on proximity to the QGDQGUG¿JKWHUZLQJV of the Oregon Air National Guard in Portland and Klamath Falls, respectively. The coastal training area would be for the Portland unit, which is respon- sible for the Aerospace Control Alert mission extending from the Canadian border to North- HUQ&DOLIRUQLD7KHUG¿JKW- er wing in Klamath Falls is the only F-15 training school in the U.S. Air Force, training pilots from across the military. The Air National Guard is holding meetings across the state so the public can comment on a draft environmental re- view of the initiative released in late July. The meetings start in Tillamook Tuesday and move to the Loft at the Red Build- ing in Astoria from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, before moving to Condon, Burns and Prineville. • For more information on the Oregon Airspace Initiative, visit www.142fw.ang.af.mil/ • H o sp ita l b ed s • W h eelch a irs • Cu sto m P ro d u cts • a n d m u ch m o re Scru bs & Footw ea r a ll your fa vorite bra nds Show your m edica l ID /na m e ta g fo r a d d itio n a l d isco u n ts P A CIFIC C O AST MEDICAL SUPPLY 1062 MARINE DRIVE and 2158 EXCHANGE STREET (STE 106) ASTORIA SALES • RENTALS • DELIVERY 503-338-0349 • TOLL-FREE: 1-877-311-0349 HOME MEDICAL • RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS HOURS: MON-FRI 8:30AM-5:00PM CLOSED SATURDAYS • 24 HOURS ON CALL Accredited by The Joint Commission We gladly bill insurance