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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!
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