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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 3A School bus routes could face delays due to construction The Daily Astorian Oregon Coast Alliance/Submitted Photo Some of the ongoing road construction will af- fect school bus routes, the Astoria School District re- ported. One of the main arteri- als through Astoria, 15th Street, will be closed until Sept. 19 to school buses for water line upgrades and paving. The Irving Street Bridge is closed until Nov. 1. The Youngs Bay Bridge, by Bayshore Apartments, will be down to one lane at times. But the Oregon Department of Transporta- tion, the district said, has assured it will allow school buses to cross as soon as possible. “Transportation staff ask that you be patient with delays, especially in the af- ternoon,” the district said in a release. “The transpor- tation staff will have to re- route a few buses down 8th (Street) and across Irving (Street) but we do not an- ticipate changing any bus stops at this time. The district advised bus- es could run 30 to 45 min- XWHV ODWH WKH ¿UVW FRXSOH RI days of school, and 15 min- utes late during construc- tion. Bus routes are available under the quick link section of www.astoria.k12.or.us. Contact the transportation department at 503-325- 4550 for more information. Sand dunes near Breakers Point in Cannon Beach. Breakers Point dune grading gets a nod of two hearings held on the topic this summer. Bruce Francis, proper- CANNON BEACH — The ty manager of the Breakers Cannon Beach City Council Point Homeowners Associa- voted Tuesday to draft a new tion, said removal of Europe- ordinance to prohibit dune an grass and planting of na- grading while the city’s sand tive species will restore native management plan is in devel- dune prairie ecosystems. opment. Ocean views and beach ac- But the proposed ordi- cess were also concerns. nance comes after approval “The whole concept of of a controversial application Breakers Point was that you to grade dunes at Breakers could see the breakers,” con- Point. In a 4-1 vote, planning do owner Frank Patrick said. commissioners in late August Patrick said he can no lon- granted Breakers Point per- ger see the ocean from his mission to grade 13,700 cu- home, and can only see the top bic yards of sand west of the portion of Haystack Rock. The development, with the condi- loss of a view has decreased tion homeowners would not his property value, he added. seek permission for further Cannon Beach resident JUDGLQJXQWLOWKHFLW\¿QLVKHV Susan Neuwirth, who is not a sand management plan. The a Breakers Point homeowner, grading will take place south said the decision to grade the of West Fifth Street and north dunes will also improve beach of Ecola Creek, with graded access for all residents. material deposited onto the Friends of Dunes represen- middle and upper beach area tative Clay Newton expressed to the west. concerns with revegetation. The plan represented a He said only small areas of drastically scaled-down re- the project would be protected vision from the 73,400-cu- by the new native plantings. bic-yard dune grading re- The grading may also result in jected by the city earlier this sand blown onto neighboring year. properties. By DANI PALMER EO Media Group Views, habitat at issue Search for native plants At the commission’s re- quest, representatives of Breakers Point said they would begin looking for na- tive plants as soon as this week. 3ODQWVPD\WDNH¿YH\HDUV before they are fully estab- lished, although success could be determined after six months, Francis said, and pos- itive effects from the grading should last nearly a decade. The experimental nature of the project worried Commis- sioner Lisa Kerr. “Mr. Horning said sci- ence doesn’t change,” Kerr Look wh o’ s Roughly 75,000 cubic yards of sand have accumu- lated in the Breakers Point area over 15 years, accord- ing to geologist Tom Horn- ing, who represents Breakers Point homeowners. Normally the sand would blow into the forest, he said, but invasive European grass planted years ago is causing the sand to pile up into nearly 50-foot-tall dunes. “I believe our application is going to help take it back to a more natural state,” Break- ers Point homeowner Carol Keljo told the Planning Com- mission last week, the second 50! Kristen Hanthorn L O VE Y O U — M O M & D AD KS F H O BUR T D G ER S OG S Cu stom e r Appre c ia tion S AC SN K E EN T C A R ESH M ANNUAL RE HAM He added that the views are a homeowner’s privilege, not a right, as the beach is owned by the state. Cannon Beach resident Jan Siebert-Wahrmund said wait- ing for a more comprehensive sand management plan could help protect habitats, improve residents’ shared quality of life and provide better emer- gency protection. Grading would make little difference either way in a cat- astrophic quake or tsunami, Francis replied. P I CNIC S ATURDAY, S EPT. 19 1 1 AM -2PM a t Ba yshore Anim a l H ospita l BAY SH O R E A N G EL FU N D Q u ilt R a ff e pla ce Tick ets a re $1 ea . a t h betw een n ospita l ow a N eed n o t b n d Sept. 19th e p re sen t to w in P erfect fo r La b ra d o r lo vers o r h u n ters The Daily Astorian Clatsop Economic De- velopment Resources will hold a workshop Sept. 15 on using Microsoft Excel. The workshop will teach participants how to navigate worksheets, or- ganize data into rows and columns, format text and cells, write formulas and create charts. The workshop costs $15, payable at the work- shop by credit card. The first installment takes place at the South Count Center, 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 15. The second runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Towler Hall Room 105 on the college’s main cam- pus, 1651 Lexington Ave. Visit http://tinyurl.com/ qy78tjn for more informa- tion. Class takes lessons to businesses The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community College’s small business management program is taking applications. The program, started in 1979 and awarded the Excellence & Innovation Award earlier this year by the Small Business Admin- istration, lasts nine months and uses the participants’ businesses as the class- room, along with monthly advising sessions and net- working opportunities with other business owners. The program covers sales, mar- keting, finance, accounting and operational manage- ment. The cost of the program is $595, and space is lim- ited. Contact the college’s South County Center at 503-338-2402, sbdc@ clatsopcc.edu or 1455 N. Roosevelt Drive for more information. THOMAS NEIL LAUGHMAN December 26, 1953 - August 28, 2015 T ho m a s Neil L a u ghm a n , 61, p a s s ed a w a y u n exp ected ly o n Au gu s t 28th, 2015. He w a s b o rn Decem b er 26, 1953 in As to ria , Orego n to Pa u l F ra n cis a n d M a rtha A. (Ga rga n ) L a u ghm a n , the eighth o f their tw elve child ren . His fa ther w a s a civil s ervice m echa n ic fo r the Co a s t Gu a rd a n d his m o ther a ho m em a ker a n d rea d in g s p ecia lis t. T o m a tten d ed S ta r o f the S ea S cho o l in As to ria thro u gh 5th gra d e, w hen the fa m ily m o ved to S ea ttle, W a s hin gto n . He fin is hed his s cho o lin g in S ea ttle, a tten d in g O’Dea High S cho o l, b u t s p en t p a rt o f his s en io r yea r a t As to ria High, w here he reco n n ected w ith gra d e s cho o l frien d s . T o m w o rked va rio u s jo b s , b u t w a s a lw a ys p a rt o f a ro ck b a n d , o rigin a lly p la yin g d ru m s , b u t then p la yin g rhythm gu ita r a n d s in gin g lea d vo ca ls . F ro m 1971 thro u gh 1983, he a n d his frien d K evin W es tb erg w o rked a s a tea m , co m p o s in g o ver a hu n d red s o n gs fo r their b a n d s , a n d reco rd ed a n a lb u m in 1978. T o m p u t him s elf thro u gh u n d ergra d u a te a n d gra d u a te s cho o l a t the Un ivers ity o f W a s hin gto n , ea rn in g a Ba chelo r’s Degree in S o cia l S cien ces a n d a M a s ter’s o f S o cia l W o rk in 1981. W hile a t co llege, he en jo yed his w o rk a s a res id en t a s s is ta n t fo r M cM a ho n Ha ll, p la yin g o n the cha m p io n in term u ra l b a s ketb a ll tea m , a n d lea d in g s u m m er w o rk crew s o f u n d er-p rivileged yo u n g m en fo r the S ea ttle Pa rk Dep a rtm en t. After gra d u a tio n , T o m b ega n his ca reer a s a L icen s ed Clin ica l S o cia l W o rker a t W es tern S ta te Ho s p ita l in S teila co o m , W a s hin gto n . In his s p a re tim e, he s kied a n d p la yed b a s ketb a ll, a n d b o u ght his firs t ho m e. T o m m a rried Ja n a K a y Cla rk in 1985. T hey lived in Den ver, Co lo ra d o fo r s evera l yea rs , w here T o m d id Vo ca tio n a l Reha b ilita tio n Co u n s elin g. In 1987, they m o ved to Orla n d o , F lo rid a , en jo yin g their d rive a cro s s the co u n try in their co rvette. T o m a n d Ja n a ha d tw o child ren , K a thleen E vo n (K a tie), a n d S ea n T ho m a s . T o m co n tin u ed to w o rk a s a Vo c Reha b Co u n s elo r, a n d a ls o a s a S o cia l S ecu rity Dis a b ility Co u n s elo r, b eco m in g a n exp ert w itn es s in the co u rtro o m . He a ls o retu rn ed to s cho o l, w o rkin g to w a rd s a PhD. T o m en jo yed ro o tin g fo r his ho m e tea m s - the W a s hin gto n Hu s kies a n d the S ea ttle S ea ha w ks . He to o k u p s cu b a d ivin g a n d lo ved b ein g a fa ther. After he a n d Ja n a d ivo rced , T o m m a rried K im b erly Ha w ley in 1997. T hey m o ved to Ovied o , w here T o m en jo yed w o rkin g o n their ho m e, p o o l, a n d ya rd , a n d w here their d a u ghter, Ca s ey F ra n ces , w a s b o rn . T o m w a s fa m o u s fo r his p a n ca kes , ta co s a n d b a rb ecu in g - he lo ved to en terta in . He w a s a very in vo lved Da d ; en jo yin g L o o n ey T u n es , Ba rn ey & S ta r W a rs w ith the kid s , vis itin g them e p a rks a n d b ea ches , a n d b u ild in g them their o w n p la yro o m in the ga ra ge. T o m s tru ggled in the ea rly 2000’s , w hen his b u s in es s clo s ed a n d he a n d K im d ivo rced . He w o rked a s a co n tra cto r fo r the fed era l go vern m en t, a n d even tu a lly b eca m e a co u n s elo r fo r the m en ta lly ill a t the L a kew o o d Cen ter in Orla n d o . In 2009, he reco n n ected w ith a high s cho o l frien d fro m As to ria , L o is Ba rn u m , m o vin g b a ck to Orego n in 2011. He w o rked o n ce m o re rep res en tin g clien ts a t S o c. S ec. Dis a b ility hea rin gs , then o p en ed his o w n co u n s elin g o ffice w hen they m o ved to Cla ts o p Co u n ty in 2013. He en jo yed b ein g b a ck “ ho m e” , a n d w a s very ha p p y w hen his o ld er child ren b o th m o ved to the No rthw es t a s w ell. T o m go t to en jo y a tw o w eek vis it fro m Orla n d o b y his yo u n ger d a u ghter, Ca s ey, in Au gu s t, b efo re he en tered the ho s p ita l. T o m is s u rvived b y 10 s ib lin gs ; K a thy, Pa u la , Da n , Jo e, M a d elin e, M a ry, Bru ce, Vicky, Jo n a n d S u s a n , a s w ell a s their s p o u s es , n ieces a n d n ep hew s . His b ro ther, K im , d ied ea rlier. He is a ls o s u rvived b y his child ren ; d a u ghter K a tie (a n d Bra d E lkin ) o f Au b u rn , W A., w ho ga ve T o m his firs t gra n d child , a gra n d d a u ghter n a m ed Bla ke L ee E lkin , tw o w eeks b efo re he d ied ; his s o n , S ea n , o f As to ria , OR.; a n d his d a u ghter, Ca s ey, o f Orla n d o , F L . His p a rtn er, L o is , o f Ha m m o n d , OR. a ls o s u rvives . T here w ill b e a m a s s fo r T o m a t S t. M a ry’s S ta r o f the S ea Ca tho lic Chu rch, 1491 Gra n d Aven u e in As to ria , o n M o n d a y, S ep tem b er 7th, 2015 a t 11:00 a .m . It w ill b e fo llo w ed b y lu n ch in the a u d ito riu m . Co n trib u tio n s in T o m ’s n a m e m a y b e m a d e to the chu rch, o r to a n y cha rity tha t s u p p o rts the p o o r o r the m en ta lly ill. le w ill ta k said. “That may be true, but our knowledge and un- derstanding of science does change.” Kerr suggested moving forward with the grading as nearby streets were recently given permission for a similar amount of sand. However in voting against the proposal, Kerr said she wants to see the science of the city’s sand management plan before endorsing the Breakers Point proposal. Francis said Breakers Point homeowners will work with the Planning Commis- sion’s conditions and collab- orate with the city and state “in the future,” at which time the homeowners association would likely return for new dune grading permits. 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