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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A ‘They shared a common bond. A bond with the sea’ Seamen’s Memorial honored fallen mariners By McKINLEY SMITH The Daily Astorian With the Astoria Bridge and the rhythmic constancy of the Columbia River as the backdrop, civilians and the military gath- ered to honor those whose lives were lost to the river and ocean. The Seamen’s Memorial — part of the Astoria Regatta — took place Friday morning at the Maritime Memorial, where the names of military men and women, cannery workers, ¿shermen and others are immortalized in granite. “They shared a common bond. A bond with the sea,” said Curt Nehring, a Columbia River bar pilot. As two bouquets of Àowers were thrown into the river, sev- eral boats assembled near the memorial blasted their horns. After the ceremony, U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Of- ¿cer Chris Sheppard searched the memorial for the plaque of his wife’s grandfather, Kenneth Berg, who had ties to the Paci¿c Shrimp Cannery. Sheppard had never met him, but they shared a connec- tion to the Coast Guard. It was important for the family that he saw the plaque today, he said. “Everyone kept telling me, ‘Oh, you would have loved the guy,’” Sheppard said. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Capt. Daniel Travers speaks during Seamen’s Memorial event Friday. Capt. Daniel Travers, left, and Curt Nehring, right, toss a wreath and a bouquet of flowers into the Columbia River during the Seamen’s Memorial event Friday. Public hearings set for Tsunami Hazard Overlay project The Daily Astorian Clatsop County’s pro- posed Tsunami Hazard Overlay project is com- plete and scheduled for review at two public hear- ings. The goal of the project is to develop a comprehen- sive plan through a public involvement process to in- crease resilience to a Cas- cadia event tsunami. The Planning Commis- sion will conduct a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. The Board of Commis- sioners will open a hearing 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23. Both hearings will be held at the Judge Guy Boy- ington Building in Astoria. The project is designed to reduce the threat to life and property and increase the community’s ability to respond to and recover from an offshore Cascadia Subduction Zone earth- quake and tsunami using new requirements, incen- tives and other measures covering the review and authorization of develop- ment within the tsunami hazard area, according to the county. For more information, visit the county’s Tsunami Hazard Overlay website at www.co.clatsop.or.us. Written comments may be submitted by 5 p.m. the day prior to each hear- ing by letter to: Board of Commissioners, 800 Ex- change St., Suite 410, As- toria, OR 97103; by email to comdev@co.clatsop. or.us; or by fax to (503) 338-3606. Researchers study home weatherization, good bacteria Associated Press EUGENE — Research- ers from the University of Oregon are studying how to keep beneficial bacteria in the home while weath- erizing to keep out the cold. The Register-Guard newspaper reported that UO architect Charlie Brown, microbiologist Jessica Green and others recently won a $1 million U.S. Envi- ronmental Protection Agen- cy grant to study 72 houses in Portland and Bend as they are weatherized over the next two years. Their theory is that heavily filtered, closed-off indoor air supplies are un- healthy because they de- prive occupants of good bacteria. The pair’s work corre- sponds with research into the role of bacteria in the human gut, which has re- cently been shown to affect weight and mood. Brown and Green have previously published on the microbiology of campus buildings and hospitals. Event revisits Tillamook burn The Daily Astorian Eighty-two years ago Friday, a steel cable drag- ging a Douglas fir rubbed against a snag and sparked a fire in Gales Creek Canyon. Thus began the Tillamook Burn, a series of wildfires that destroyed more than 350,000 acres of old-growth timber. The Tillamook Forest Center steps back in his- tory Friday, Saturday and Sunday with “Return from the Burn,” an interactive look into how the Tillamook Burn affected what is now Tillamook State Forest be- fore, during and after the fires. Each day runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with recur- ring activities: • Get a hug from Smokey Bear and receive a free goody bag from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Meet forest firefight- ers, if available during fire season, and spray a fire hose from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. • Create arts and crafts. • See a 1930 Ford Model AA pumper truck. A walkability tour and panel discussion tonight will explore issues of aging and mobility. The “roll and stroll” starts at 5 p.m. at the Garden of Surging Waves. The panel discussion begins at 7 p.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building. Alan DeLaTorre of the Port- land State University’s Institute on Aging, Noel Mickelberry of Oregon Walks and Elaine Friesen-Strang of AARP Ore- gon will guide the walkability tour. Along with DeLaTorre, Mickelberry and Friesen- Strang, the panel discussion will include Kevin Cronin, the city’s Community Devel- opment director; Michelle Lewis, of NorthWest Senior & Disability Services; Brian Mahoney, Clatsop County’s Aug ust 27 th 1 PM o r 6 PM CON CEAL CONCEAL CARRY CARRY PERM IT PERMIT CLASS CLASS Oregon – O rego n 34 - U States tah Utah - Valid Valid 35 States Best W estern : 5 5 5 Ha m b urg Ave, Asto ria O OR/Utah–valid R/U ta h— va lid in in WA W A $80 $80 or o r Oregon O reg o n only o n ly $4 5 $45 | Firea rm Tra in in gN W @ gm a il.com w w shauncurtain.com w .Firea rm Tra in in gN W .com ~ shauncurtain@gmail.com 36 0-921-2071 360-921-2071 carriers, branch lines, trol- leys, interurban lines and private railroads, primarily for logging. Kamholz also tells peo- ple about the Oregon His- torical Railroads Project, which will map all of Ore- gon’s historical railroads, from the state’s first wood- en tramway in 1846 to the present, and provide the in- formation online. The Tillamook Forest Center is located at 45500 Wilson River Highway, at milepost 22 on Oregon Highway 6. Army Corps seeks comment on dredge spoils The Daily Astorian PORTLAND — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on the handling of dredge spoils in the Columbia River near Astoria. The request concerns a draft environmental assessment of continued maintenance of the Columbia River federal navi- gation channel. The proposed maintenance includes putting dredge spoils on the eastern shoreline of Rice Island and re- handling material at an in-water site near Howard Island. The public comment period ends Sept. 7. Shoreline placement at Rice Island, located near river mile 22 next to the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Ref- uge, would rebuild and protect the existing upland placement site. It would also allow de- velopment of a forage area for streaked horned larks, which were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2013. In-water re-handling of dredged material is required near Howard Island, near where the Cowlitz and Colum- bia rivers meet, because shoal- ing is consistently forming too far away from the island for a dredge to directly pump that material to the existing upland placement site. Find the Corps’ draft envi- ronmental assessment at http:// tinyurl.com/p8rz45q Comments and questions regarding the draft document should be directed to Kate Michie at 503-808-4664 or Kathleen.Michie@usace. army.mil. Mailed comments to Michie must be postmarked by Sept. 7 and sent to: District En- gineer, U.S. Army Corps of En- gineer District, Portland, Attn: CENWP-PM-E/ Kate Michie, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Ore- gon 97208-2946. In responses, refer to the public notice number (CEN- WP-PM-E-15-05), title and date. If no response is received and postmarked by the closing date, a “no comment” response will be assumed. SeYeraO ¿shermen taNe diSs in CoOXmbia By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian The U.S. Coast Guard and other authorities on the Columbia River had a busy weekend with the Buoy 10 salmon fishery, along with the Oregon Tuna Classic tournament. The Coast Guard han- dled 19 cases over the weekend, most minor and none resulting in any inju- ries. “Probably the most no- table one was the capsized vessel out by the North Jetty that put five people in the water,” Coast Guard watch stander John Dodd said about a capsizing Sat- urday afternoon near Buoy 3 off of Peacock Spit. All the fishermen had on life jackets, he said, and several had personal loca- tor beacons activate when they hit the water, pinging their location as far away Walk, panel discussion to focus on age-friendly communities The Daily Astorian • Complete in the Tilla- mook Forest Center trea- sure hunt or Wheel of Forest game and win prizes. At 1 p.m. Saturday, na- ture educator Bruce Rottink offers a glimpse into log- ging before the chainsaw and the tools used to bring down giants, like oil bottles, falling wedges, cat chokers and a “Tillamook Diving Board.” At 1 p.m. Sunday, histo- rian Ed Kamholz provides a pictorial overview of the railroad development of Or- egon, including main line Public Health director; and Scott Tucker, superintendent of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. The events, promoted by the Lower Columbia Diver- sity Project, are sponsored by AARP Oregon, the Oregon Gerontological Association and Oregon Walks. 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