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143rd YEAR, No. 36 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Cannon Beach pitches charter VFKRRO again 7XUQHGGRZQWZLFH DFDGHP\IDQVZRUN to answer concerns By DANI PALMER EO Media Group Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Astoria School District counselor Meche Brownlow, center, and Astoria High School Senior Bella Marincovich, right, arrange students into a single-file line during a kindergarten readiness camp Monday at John Jacob Astor Elementary School. LEARNING TO LEARN .LQGHUJDUWQHUVJRWR school early — to learn how to be at school &$1121%($&+²$FURZGRI URXJKO\VSLOOHGLQWRWKHKDOOIURPWKH 6HDVLGH6FKRRO'LVWULFW7XHVGD\HYH- QLQJIRUDKHDULQJRQDSURSRVHGFKDUWHU VFKRROLQ&DQQRQ%HDFK7KH&DQQRQ %HDFK$FDGHP\ZRXOGVHUYHVWXGHQWV IURPNLQGHUJDUWHQWR¿IWKJUDGH 7KH GLVWULFW LVVXHG WZR SUHYLRXV GHQLDOVWRWKHDFDGHP\LQFLWLQJ ODFNRIDQDGHTXDWHORFDWLRQDQGVHFXUH VWDUWXSIXQGV :LWK WKHVH TXHVWLRQV DGGUHVVHG E\ 5\DQ+XOOSUHVLGHQWRIWKHDFDGHP\¶V ERDUGRIGLUHFWRUVPDQ\&DQQRQ%HDFK UHVLGHQWVDWWKHPHHWLQJVDLGWKH\KRSHG IRUDGLIIHUHQWRXWFRPH Real estate agent Alaina Giguiere VDLG &DQQRQ %HDFK QHHGV D VFKRRO WR DWWUDFW \RXQJ IDPLOLHV WR WKH DUHD ³,W LVYLWDOWRWKHVWUHQJWKDQGYLDELOLW\RI Cannon Beach that we have a school WKHUH´VKHVDLG See SCHOOL, Page 4A By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Riverwalk Inn may ¿nally get new operator L HDGLQJ D JURXS RI \HDUROGV DURXQG John Jacob Astor Elementary School 0RQGD\ FRXQVHORU 0HFKH %URZQORZ LQWRQHV WKH SULGH RI EHLQJ DQ$VWRU 1DYLJDWRU PHPRULDOL]HGLQDVFKRRODQWKHPVKHFUHDWHGWR KHOSHQFRXUDJHJRRGEHKDYLRULQVWXGHQWV ³,I \RX¶UH DQ $VWRU 1DYLJDWRU FODS \RXU KDQGV´VLQJV%URZQORZVWRSSLQJSHULRGLFDOO\ WRFKHFNLIWKHNLGVKDYHKHOGDVWUDLJKWOLQHDQG UDLVHWKHLUKDQGVEHIRUHDVNLQJTXHVWLRQV Through a grant from the Northwest Region- DO (GXFDWLRQ 6HUYLFH 'LVWULFW %URZQORZ DQG KHUDVVLVWDQWVDUHUXQQLQJNLGVWKURXJKWKHJDP- XWRIVRFLDOVNLOOVIURPVKDULQJWR\VDQGEHLQJ NLQGWRUDLVLQJKDQGVDQGVWD\LQJLQOLQH ³,W¶V WR SUHSDUH LQFRPLQJ NLQGHUJDUWQHUV DQG WKHLUIDPLOLHVIRUVFKRROWRJHWWKHPUHDG\QRWDF- DGHPLFDOO\SHUVHEXWVRFLDOO\´%URZQORZVDLG +XQVLQJHU.QLJKW VSDURYHUSHUFHLYHG lack of transparency Pilot points %URZQORZXVHVVRQJVSOD\VDQGRWKHUSOR\V WR HQWHUWDLQ NLGV LQ WKH FDPS ZKLOH LPSDUWLQJ WKHEHKDYLRUVRIDJRRGVWXGHQW Astoria High School senior Bella Marin- FRYLFKYROXQWHHULQJZLWKWKHFDPSIRUKHUVH- QLRU SURMHFW FUHDWHV SRVWHUV7XHVGD\ GHSLFWLQJ the three rules of Astor Elementary: Be respect- IXO EH UHVSRQVLEOH DQG EH VDIH )ROORZLQJ WKH UXOHV KHOSV VWXGHQWV HDUQ 3LORW 3RLQWV D FDUURW XVHG E\ $VWRU WR HQFRXUDJH JRRG EHKDYLRU LQ VWXGHQWV 0DULQFRYLFK LQWHUHVWHG LQ EHLQJ D WHDFKHU KHUVHOI VDLG GXULQJ OXQFK 0RQGD\ VKH RYHU- KHDUGVWXGHQWVWDONLQJH[FLWHGO\DERXWWKHLUIRRG DQGHYHU\WKLQJHOVHVFKRROUHODWHGDQGUHPHP- EHUHGKHURZQH[FLWHPHQWDVDNLQGHUJDUWQHUDW WKHQHZQHVVRIWKHVFKRROH[SHULHQFH By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Beneath the sun-yel- low blossoms of invasive tansy rag- ZRUWSODQWVWKDWFRDWWKH¿HOGVRXWKRI 6HDVLGH D UHYROXWLRQ LV WDNLQJ SODFH Millions of native plants are growing ZLWKLQ DQG DURXQG WKH FOXPSV RI WDQ- V\ UDJZRUW 7KH\¶UH VPDOO QRZ EXW WKH\¶UHJHWWLQJELJJHU ³8QGHUQHDWK WKLV FDQRS\ « LV PDQ\ PDQ\ PLOOLRQV RI DOGHU´ VDLG 0HOLVVD 5HLFK WKH VWHZDUGVKLS GLUHF- WRUIRU1RUWK&RDVW/DQG&RQVHUYDQF\ Tansy ragwort is an invasive spe- FLHVWKDWSURGXFHVDONDORLGVZKLFKFDQ McKinley Smith/The Daily Astorian 7KH3RUWRI$VWRULDLVQHJRWLDWLQJ ZLWK0DUN+ROODQGHUDKRWHOLHUZLWK UHODWLRQVKLSV ZLWK WKH 0DUULRWW DQG RWKHU SURPLQHQW EUDQGV RQ D VKRUW term lease to operate the Astoria Riv- HUZDON,QQ +ROODQGHU WKH SUHVLGHQW RI +RO- ODQGHU +RVSLWDOLW\ RI %HOOLQJKDP :DVKKDVVDLGKHZDQWVWREULQJD 0DUULRWW WR $VWRULD DQG SRWHQWLDOO\ UHGHYHORSDERXWDFUHVRI3RUWSURS- HUW\LQ8QLRQWRZQ After a contentious meeting 7XHVGD\ 3RUW FRPPLVVLRQHUV XQDQ- LPRXVO\ SDVVHG D PRWLRQ WR NHHS QHJRWLDWLRQV JRLQJ ZLWK +ROODQGHU for a short-term OHDVH ZLWK QR WLPH OLPLW while having 3RUW VWDII FUH- DWH D UHTXHVW for proposals IRU WKH KRWHO¶V long-term oper- DWLRQ Details of WKH 3RUW &RP- Bill PLVVLRQ¶V FRQ- Hunsinger sensus that +ROODQGHUZRXOGEHWKHQHZRSHUDWRU IRUWKH5LYHUZDON,QQ²UHDFKHGDWD FORVHGH[HFXWLYHVHVVLRQLQODWH-XO\ ²VSLOOHGRXWDW7XHVGD\¶VPHHWLQJ &RPPLVVLRQHU %LOO +XQVLQJHU ZKRVDLGKHKDGUHFHLYHGDEDFNODVK IURPWKHSXEOLFRYHUDSHUFHLYHGODFN RI WUDQVSDUHQF\ UHJDUGLQJ WKH KRWHO EURXJKWIRUWKOHWWHUVDQGEXVLQHVVSUR- SRVDOVIURP$VWRULDQDWLYHDQG6HDWWOH EXVLQHVVPDQ:LOOLDP2UUDQGDQRWKHU QHZLQWHUHVWHGSDUW\7XHVGD\ See WEED, Page 10A Tansy ragwort is an invasive species that can grow abundantly in dis- turbed areas. See INN, Page 10A See CAMP, Page 10A ‘It’s to prepare incoming kindergartners and their families for school; to get them ready not academically, per se, but socially.’ — Meche Brownlow counselor Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Teaching assistant Annette Macareno practices writing names with future kindergartners, while others practice their motor skills during a kindergarten readiness camp Monday. &RQVHUYDWLRQLVWV¿JKWZRUULVRPHZHHG Tansy ragwort can threaten livestock By McKINLEY SMITH The Daily Astorian