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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015 Council: The adjacent Sea stars: Epidemic is one of the largest marine disease events throughout the world neighbor, Seaside stars migrating and predators Continued from Page 1A School District, picking the animals off. Sampling results Volunteers and awareness Response agreed to the action Linked to many sea star program staff typically survey city access to a section of 21st Avenue currently occu- Barrett said after the pied by the Pooles. death of Bob and Marianne “I don’t want to give Poole, family members be- away something that we gan the process of cleaning might need in 50 years,” up the property for sale. Johnson said. City Attorney Dan Van Councilor Tita Monte- Thiel said the city could ro said she thinks the city grant a license instead of should receive some kind of passing a street vacation or- compensation before grant- dinance, but “that probably ing the street vacation. ZRXOG QRW VXI¿FH IURP D “I feel very strongly buyer’s standpoint.” DERXW P\ ¿GXFLDU\ GXW\ WR the taxpayers Neighbor of this town support and I really ‘I don’t A public don’t think we street may be want to can just give vacated ac- away the tax- cording to Or- give away payers’ prop- egon statute. erty,” she said. Before the city something City Coun- can grant the cilor Randy that we Frank agreed, request, how- ever, it needs to adding he might obtain the con- wants to con- sent of at least need in 50 sider the issue two-thirds the from his con- years.’ owners of all stituents’ per- abutting prop- spective. — Don erty. Public Johnson The appli- Works Direc- city council president cation submit- tor Neal Wal- ted to the city lace asked if FRQWDLQHG VLJQHG DI¿GDYLWV there were any public util- of consent from the Seaside ities under the property. If School District 10, as the so, the city would need to Seaside High School campus receive an easement from surrounds the Poole property the owners. to the south and east, and Barrett said he was un- from Paul and Jackie Do- sure. chow, who own the tax lot Van Thiel said granting north of the Poole property. this request could have fu- No other property owners ture impacts. “What will would be impacted. you say to the next person?” he asked. “Be careful. It’s a Council concerns policy consideration.” Before granting the The council requested a Pooles’ request, Council utilities study and agreed to President Don Johnson revisit the draft ordinance asked if there was a way at their next meeting Sept. the family could provide the 14. Continued from Page 1A three sites every three months and send their results to MA- RINe. Researchers look for le- sions and missing limbs. In July 2014, HRAP found 41 sea stars at that north boul- ders site and only 13 were healthy, showing no signs of the disease. When they do contract wasting syndrome, the sea stars begin deteriorating in a matter of days or weeks, Keyser said. The program’s east boulder at the Needles site turned out 42 sea stars in July 2015. In 2014, volunteers found 37 sea stars and 27 showed signs of the disease, including a Category 4 with severe tissue deterioration. Miner said MARINe found some diseased sea stars, but not many during a recent resam- SOLQJDW¿YHORQJWHUPDQGWKUHH short-term sites on the Oregon FRDVW ³1XPEHUV DUH GH¿QLWHO\ down from previous years,” she said. But results looked different in Washington. In June, researchers began seeing many sick sea stars in Washington’s intertidal waters DJDLQ)LVKHUPHQDUHVWLOO¿QG- ing signs of the disease when they pull sea stars up, Miner said. In California, the number of diseased animals was down in the spring. “It’s interesting,” Miner said. “Different places are do- ing different things.” Potential causes Sea star wasting syndrome Submitted Photo A sea star with lesions from sea star wasting syndrome hangs from a rock in Cannon Beach during spring 2014. hit the animals hard in Wash- ington in 2013. Keyser said re- searchers began seeing a local impact in 2014. Miner noted that there is a correlation with higher ocean temperatures in some areas, but not all. A warming ocean may make the sea stars more suscep- tible to disease or stress them out, she added. While sea star wasting syn- drome has been attributed to densovirus, Miner said it’s un- known if that is the same strain researchers witnessed in Cali- fornia before the epidemic. They haven’t been able to get good tissue samples, and emergency research fund- ing is scarce. Scientists have ideas about the cause of the virus, she said, but nothing GH¿QLWLYH “This is a lot of arm waving right now,” she said. “We just don’t know.” California’s event was tied to warm water, however, as researchers saw healthier sea stars in deeper waters, she add- ed. Keyser said wasting diseas- es have also occurred when sea stars overpopulate “but never to this extent.” The epidemic is one of the largest marine disease events worldwide, Miner added. The VXUYLYDO UDWH LV GLI¿FXOW WR GH- termine when there are also sea wasting cases, a warming ocean is hard to stop with man-made climate change and natural cy- cles like El Niños, Miner said. “That’s the trickiest thing,” she noted, “whether we’ll be able to change our ways enough to make a difference.” Warmer waters have af- fected other species, such as seabirds, impacting the entire ecosystem, Keyser said. Some studies have sug- gested the disease is spread via human touch. Keyser said more research is needed be- fore making any conclusions in Cannon Beach. Researchers sterilize their equipment and boats before going out. Miner suggested visitors and residents err on the side of caution when viewing sea stars. She added that important in- formation comes from the pub- lic. She encourages beachgoers to submit sightings of any sick sea stars to seastarwasting.org. As is the case in other mysterious die-off events, UHVHDUFKHUV ZLOO KDYH WR ¿QG more answers before taking any action. W arrenton Grade School office is now open for REGISTRATION Pa ren ts of in com in g K in derga rten stu den ts a re en cou ra ged to register a s soon a s possible. W e h a ve im porta n t in form a tion to sh a re w ith you a bout th e first da ys of sch ool. W a rren to n ’s H ea d Sta rt pro gra m is a lso a cceptin g a pplica tio n s fo r ch ild ren a ges 3 a n d 4 . W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A W e a re excited a bout this upcom ing school yea r a nd look forw a rd to w orking w ith you in the educa tion of your child. IF YOU H AVE AN Y QUESTION S PLEASE CON TACT US AT 5 03-861-3376 Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 The 4-H Youth of Clatsop County wish to express their appreciation to the following buyers for making the 2015 Clatsop County Junior Market Auction a BIG SUCCESS! • 3D Landscape • Hunsinger Fish • Springer’s Garage • Actech Inc. • J&S Appliance & • Starley Family Denistry • Ag-Bag Forage Solutions Home Furnishings • TD&M Enterprises, Inc • Aldrich Pt. Dairy • Jay Browning & Family • Teevin Bros. 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Buyer’s Fund: • Jon Englund • Englund Marine & Industrial Supply Co. • Phil & Judy Layman • JM Browning Logging • Pig-N-Pancake • Ed & Judy Fisher Add-Ons: • Thank you to the numerous Add-On contributors! 4-H GRAND CHAMPION SHEEP 4-H GRAND CHAMPION SWINE Pen of 3 Owner: Clay Englund Buyer: Wilco Owner: Matthew Ficken Buyer: Teevin & Fischer Quarry 4-H GRAND 4-H GRAND CHAMPION CHAMPION RABBIT FRYER ROASTER Pen of 3 Owner: Austin Lacy Buyer: Steve Olson Owner: Crystal Jimenez Buyer: Mike & Jeanne Seppa
