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Property Lines Thank you, Coasties! WEEKEND EDITION INSIDE 143rd YEAR, No. 43 INSIDE FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Music festival board do-over BLAZING NEW TRAILS 1eZ PePEers to LnFOXGe artLst, YoOXnteer reSresentatLYes By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian Lynette Rae McAdams/For The Daily Astorian People walk along the Discovery Trail on the Long Beach, Wash., Peninsula. Tessa Scheller, Warrenton Trails Association chairwoman and coalition organizer, points to the Discovery Trail as a dream trail the coalition hopes to create on the Oregon side of the river. &oaOLtLon¶s neZ naPe, YLsLon aLPs to sSaZn Saths EetZeen FoPPXnLtLes HOW TO JOIN Those interested in joining the Northwest Coast Trails Coalition, can contact Scheller at 503 -861-3669 or Tuck- er at 503 -861-4401. Download maps at http://bit.ly/1hIWjMM By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian L ast year, the grassroots non- Sro¿ t :arrenton 7raLOs $s- soFLatLon set oXt to EeFoPe a regLonaO groXS ZLth a ZLGer IoFXs 6LnFe then, the traLO assoFLatLon has GeFLGeG on a neZ naPe ² 1orthZest &oast 7raLOs &oaOLtLon ² anG a neZ SXrSose to assLst 1orth &oast FoPPX- nLtLes ZLth FreatLng anG PaLntaLnLng reFreatLonaO traLO systePs 7he neZOy estaEOLsheG FoaOLtLon LnFOXGes aEoXt PePEers IroP aOO Forners oI the FoXnty, IroP &annon %eaFh 3XEOLF :orNs, &OatsoS &oXnty 3XEOLF +eaOth anG /eZLs anG &OarN 1atLonaO +LstorLFaO 3arN 7essa 6FheOOer, the assoFLatLon¶s FhaLrZoPan anG FoaOLtLon organL]er, saLG the neZ naPe gLYes Ge¿ nLtLon to Zho they are as a FoaOLtLon rather than an assoFLatLon 7hey are no Oonger :arrenton-FentrLF, 6FheOOer saLG, they are regLonaO ³$s oXr naPe LPSOLes ² FoaOL- tLon :e are LnGLYLGXaOs reSresent- Lng organL]atLons Oarge anG sPaOO,´ 6FheOOer saLG ³,t¶s gLYen Xs soPe reaO oSSortXnLty to ZorN ZLth SeoSOe ZLth- oXt a Oot oI IorPaOLty ,t reaOOy has a regLonaO À aYor´ Trail vision 6teYen %OaNesOey, the FoXnty¶s heaOth SroPotLon sSeFLaOLst anG FhaLr- Pan oI the neZ FoaOLtLon, saLG the ¿ rst steS Ior the groXS Ls to get aOO traLO-re- OateG aFtLYLtLes Ln one SOaFe :orN Ls FentereG on EXLOGLng a ZeEsLte, GoLng oXtreaFh at SOaFes, sXFh as the $storLa 6XnGay 0arNet, anG eYentXaOOy organL]Lng SeoSOe to Go Pore traLO PaLntenanFe ³7he YLsLon Ls FonneFtLng the FoPPXnLtLes anG oXtGoor aFtLYLtLes ZLth Pore traLOs,´ %OaNesOey saLG ³,t¶s another e[aPSOe oI a YarLety oI Sart- ners FoOOaEoratLng ZeOO, anG thLs FoP- PXnLty MXst e[FeOs at that´ $Iter a SerLoG oI XSheaYaO anG XnFertaLnty EehLnG the sFenes, the $storLa 0XsLF )estLYaO has an entLre- Oy neZ EoarG oI GLreFtors (arOLer thLs Ponth, the oXtgoLng EoarG ² aIter annoXnFLng Ln -XOy that Lt haG resLgneG en EOoF ² aS- SoLnteG seYen neZ EoarG PePEers $GGLtLonaO PePEers ZLOO Ee aS- SoLnteG Zhen the neZ EoarG hoOGs Lts ¿ rst PeetLng ZLthLn the ne[t IeZ ZeeNs 'ZLght &asZeOO, the LnFoPLng EoarG SresLGent, saLG the IestLYaO or- ganL]atLon ZLOO EeFoPe tZo-tLereG, ZLth soPe PePEers oI the IXOO EoarG aOso sLttLng on a sPaOOer e[eFXtLYe FoPPLttee 6oon the IXOO EoarG Ls OLNeOy to FonsLst oI FoPPXnLty OeaGers anG arts sXSSorters, LnFOXGLng seYen IorPer EoarG PePEers anG three art- Lst-reSresentatLYes, .eLth &OarN, the IestLYaO¶s artLstLF GLreFtor, saLG 7he OeaGershLS oYerhaXO FoPes tZo Ponths aIter thLs year¶s See BOARD, Page 8A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Cyclists ride along the Warrenton Waterfront Trail Wednesday. 7he :arrenton 7raLOs $ssoFLatLon, IorPeG Ln , SosLtLoneG LtseOI to PaNe the transLtLon Ey aOreaGy Sart- nerLng ZLth OoFaO, state anG natLon- aO organL]atLons $s a resXOt, Lt has Eeen GeYeOoSLng a -PLOe traLO OooS throXgh :arrenton 6Fott 7XFNer, /eZLs anG &OarN 1a- tLonaO +LstorLFaO 3arN sXSerLntenGent, sXggesteG Oast year that the traLO asso- FLatLon aSSOy Ior a teFhnLFaO assLstanFe grant IroP the 1atLonaO 3arN 6er- YLFe¶s 5LYers, 7raLOs anG FonserYatLon $ssLstanFe SrograP , ZhLFh sXSSorts FoPPXnLty-OeG oXtGoor reFreatLon SroMeFts aFross the FoXntry 7hey Zere aZarGeG the yearOong sXSSort Oast IaOO 7Zo SarN serYLFe reS- resentatLYes heOSeG the groXS reEranG thePseOYes ZLth a PLssLon statePent $s the 1orthZest &oast 7raLOs &oaOLtLon, the groXS has re aSSOLeG Ior another year oI assLstanFe Dream trail 6FheOOer SoLnts to the 'LsFoY- ery 7raLO EetZeen ,OZaFo anG /ong %eaFh, :ash, as a GreaP traLO the Fo- aOLtLon hoSes to Freate on thLs sLGe oI the &oOXPELa 5LYer 6XFh goaOs are EeLng FasXaOOy GLsFXsseG 2ne SotentLaO traLO 6FheOO- er GreaPs aEoXt Ls IroP :arrenton GoZn to 6easLGe +oZeYer, sXFh a traLO ZoXOG go throXgh state- anG SrL- YateOy oZneG GXnes ³7here are seYeraO MXrLsGLFtLons %eLng aEOe to ZorN aFross those MXrLs- GLFtLonaO OLnes reTXLres that Ze haYe Sartners, anG that Ze ErLng soPe Fon- sLstenFy to that eIIort,´ 6FheOOer saLG &reatLng anG PaLntaLnLng traLOs oI- Iers Pore than a SOaFe to ZaON, 6FheOOer saLG 7raLO FonneFtLons are LPSortant to ELFyFOLsts, eTXestrLan groXSs anG eYen as tsXnaPL eYaFXatLon roXtes 7he EasLs EehLnG a regLonaO eIIort goes EaFN Pore than tZo years, Zhen the :arrenton 7raLOs $ssoFLatLon anG Sartners FreateG the 1: &oast 7raLO 0aS anG *XLGe 7he PaS oXtOLnes aOO hLNLng traLOs Ln &OatsoS &oXnty, GoZn to 1ehaOeP %ay Ln 7LOOaPooN &oXnty ³7hat Ls the geograShLF regLon Ze are OooNLng at,´ %OaNesOey saLG 7LOOaPooN &oXnty has Lt s oZn YersLon oI a traLOs FoaOLtLon, ZhLFh the &OatsoS &oXnty FoaOLtLon Ls FOoseOy SartnerLng ZLth, as Lt GeYeOoSs ³:hat Ls e[FLtLng Ls 7LOOaPooN Ls aOso GoLng soPethLng Yery sLPLOar,´ %OaNesOey saLG ³:e are FreatLng a Oarger regLon´ Mom tips off cops after son’s alleged mayhem 'XPS trXFN oZner EoOstereG Ey sXSSort By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group /(%$0, :ash ² 2ne OoFaO Pother Zasn¶t aIraLG to e[erFLse a ELt oI ³toXgh OoYe´ Zhen her son anG hLs IrLenG aOOegeG- Oy FoPPLtteG a senseOess anG FostOy aFt oI YanGaOLsP GXrLng the FoXrse oI a GrXnNen PLsaGYentXre 7hat FaOO heOSeG sherLII¶s GeSXtLes TXLFNOy arrest the tZo sXsSeFts, 7anner -eIIrey %XFhanan, , oI 5ayPonG, anG 'errLFN 7hoPas -XstLFe, , oI 3e (OO, Zho aOOegeGOy XseG a EXOOGo]er anG e[Fa- Yator to tear oXt trees, GLg XS a roaG, anG FoPSOeteOy Gestroy a GXPS trXFN EeOong- Lng to 5osEXrg trXFNer *reg 4Xeener A shocking scene 2n $Xg , 3aFL¿ F &oXnty 6herLII¶s BXGget Peter on Ior ¿ res /aZPaNers GoXEOe aPoXnt to ¿ ght ¿ res By +,//$5< B2558' Capital Bureau 6$/(0 ² 2regon has yet to EXrn throXgh Lts ¿ re¿ ghtLng EXGget, GesSLte ongoLng FatastroShLF ZLOG- ¿ res aroXnG the state ,n Zhat noZ aSSears to haYe Eeen a SrXGent GeFLsLon, state OaZPaNers anG a FoPPLttee oI Iorest OanGoZn- ers agreeG earOLer thLs year to Pore than GoXEOe the aPoXnt oI Poney EXGgeteG Ior the 2regon 'eSartPent oI )orestry to ¿ ght ¿ res to a totaO oI PLOOLon annXaOOy ³,¶P SOeaseG Ze GLG Lt,´ saLG state 6en BLOO +anseOO, 5-$thena, a PeP- Eer oI the EXGget-ZrLtLng :ays anG 0eans &oPPLttee ³:e haG Eeen ZarneG that ¿ res thLs sXPPer, ZLth the NLnG oI PoLstXre that Zas Sre- GLFteG, FoXOG Ee Sretty hLgh´ 7he sL]e oI the &anyon &reeN ¿ re Ln *rant &oXnty anG the *rL]]Oy ¿ re Ln northeastern 2regon ³are ZeOO oYer , aFres anG groZLng,´ he saLG ³$nG , thLnN Ze¶Ye SroEaEOy got another seYeraO ZeeNs or so at Oeast XntLO Ze get soPe gooG raLn´ See WILDFIRES, Page 8A Contributed Photo Vandalism resulted in tens of thousands in damage to equipment and trees in north Pacific County, Wash. GeSXtLes YLsLteG a ZooGeG area on the 7raS &reeN 0aLn /Lne OoggLng roaG, near /eE- aP Ln the :LOOaSa 5LYer 9aOOey, to LnYestL- gate a reSort oI a serLoXs YanGaOLsP LnFL- Gent at a ZorN sLte $t the sFene, ZhLFh Zas EehLnG a OoFNeG :eyerhaeXser gate, they GLsFoYereG that YanGaOs haG EasheG Ln the FaE oI 4Xeener¶s ErLght yeOOoZ :est- ern 6tar GXPS trXFN, then tLSSeG Lt onto Lts sLGe, GaPagLng Lt EeyonG reSaLr 7he eTXLS- Pent haG Eeen OeIt there oYer nLght, EeFaXse FreZs Zere ZraSSLng XS ZorN on a FXOYert SroMeFt Ln a FreeN 7he YanGaOs aOso OeIt Ee- hLnG SLOes oI torn XS earth anG sFarreG anG XSrooteG trees, rXLnLng PXFh oI the ZorN that haG Eeen Gone See MAYHEM, Page 8A GAME ON! PAGES 3A, 9A