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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Port moves forward with Missing boater’s body discovered on Sunset Beach stormwater treatment plan The Daily Astorian The body of the woman who capsized while on a fishing trip last week near the North Jetty of Grays Harbor, Wash., was found washed up Tuesday afternoon just south of Sunset Beach in Warrenton. Someone on the beach re- ported seeing the dead body at about 1:30 p.m. An Oregon State Police trooper had to go out in the surf to pull the body out of the water. The woman, identi¿ed as Tina Pittman, 41, of Olympia, Wash., was ¿shing in a 0-foot Boston Whaler Thursday night with Thomas Miller, 68, when they capsized in the surf off of Grays Harbor. By Friday morning, the boat had washed up near Ocean Shores, Wash. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Friday night after covering 555 sTuare miles in 4 hours. The Coast Guard, after being tipped off by a beach walker, searched with an MH-60 Jay- hawk from Air Station Astoria, a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Grays Harbor and the 87-foot patrol boat Adelie from Port Angeles, Wash. The cause of Pittman’s death is an apparent drowning, accord- ing to state police. There did not appear to be anything suspicious about the death. Miller, of Olympia, has not been found. Clatskanie mayor’s husband arrested for indecent exposure The Daily Astorian The mayor of Clatskanie’s husband was arrested on multi- ple charges of public indecency, according to Oregon State Po- lice. State police investigated a re- port earlier this month of a man who frequented a Clatskanie drive-up coffee stand and had been exposing his genitals to at least one female employee. The man, later identi¿ed as Raymond S. Pohl, 64, the hus- band of Clatskanie Mayor Diane Pohl, cooperated with investiga- tors and was arrested for multi- ple counts of public indecency. Pohl had engaged in the in- decent activity for some time, state police said, usually while operating a blue 005 Chevrolet pickup. The pickup had a cano- py with rack and an Oregon li- cense of “SAR”. Oregon State Police are con- tinuing the investigation and believe there may be victims of similar conduct by Pohl. If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact OSP Sgt. Luke Schwartz at 503-731- 3030. Mayor Pohl has been em- broiled in the controversy in- volving Marvin Hoover, the city’s former police chief who retired in August after other police of¿cers reported that he made racist comments and ges- tures. Classes for parents, children offered The Daily Astorian Northwest Parenting has several upcoming classes for parents and their children. Lum’s Auto Center in War- renton will host a safety fair and child seat clinic from 10 a.m. to p.m. Saturday with activities and prizes. Learn about poisons, water, ¿re, pedestrian and hel- met safety. Astoria and Seaside li- braries host “Read for the Record,” at 6 p.m. Oct. , when families will gather to read “Not Norman: A Gold- ¿sh Story.” There will be store time, crafts, snacks and a free copy of the book. Asto- ria Public Library is located at 450 10th St., and Seaside Pub- lic Library is located at 1131 Broadway. Head Start recruits preschoolers The Daily Astorian By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Since being put on notice by the state Department of Environmental Quality about too much copper entering the Columbia River, the Port of Astoria has been developing a network of pipes and pump stations to capture stormwa- ter runoff. The Port Commission on Tuesday voted 4-0 to spend up to $50,100 on design and permitting of the stormwater system. In August 014, the state noti¿ed the Port it would have to adhere to Tier II Cor- rective Action requirements after two years of sampling revealed unacceptable lev- els of copper coming from stormwater drains near Piers 1 and 3. The state mandated that the Port turn in a treat- ment plan by last December, which it did, and install treat- ment by next June. In a bit of irony, the Port’s environmental engineer on the project, Ana Banasik from environmental consult- ing ¿rm Maul Foster Alongi, said copper is no longer an issue, as the Port has since been under the acceptable benchmarks. But the past matters more than the pres- ent, she said, so the devel- opment of a new stormwater system continues. Port staff submitted a stormwater treatment sys- tem that would gather run- off throughout the central waterfront and pump it to a series of bioswales on the southwestern corner of Pier 3, with ¿lters ¿led with oys- ter shells to take out, among other things, copper and oth- er metals. Similar systems have been used at other Ports for the same issues. “Our plan is to design a treatment system that can handle the entire central wa- terfront,” Banasik said, add- ing the Port could connect various facilities on the cen- tral waterfront to the system as needed. “The system is designed to treat a wide range of pol- lutants, much of it related to log-handling,” she said. Astoria Forest Products hopes to hook into the sys- tem, she said. The company operates a log-processing yard on Pier 3 and exports logs off of Pier 1. The com- pany received a separate agreement on development of the stormwater system. Banasik estimated the cost of the system at $1.5 million to $.5 million, adding the cost could sig- nificantly change based on how much earth moving and other work the Port has to do. She and Robert Evert, the Port’s permit and projects coordinator, said the easiest option would be to move dirt from Pier 3 to Tongue Point for storage and possible reuse on Port property. Aggressive bull elk attacks two Hammond residents The Daily Astorian A Hammond man and a teenage girl reported being chased by an aggressive bull elk Wednesday afternoon in the area of Seventh Street and Fleet Street. Sgt. Joe Warwick, from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division, said the elk was not provoked by either human. He believes the elk is competing with another bull elk and the fact the elk are in the “rut season” contributed to the attack. The aggressive bull elk has been identi¿ed and War- wick is attempting to locate the animal. Of¿cials are warning ev- eryone in the Hammond area to be aware of the presence of the elk and to stay away from them. If an elk attack occurs, residents are asked to contact their local law enforcement and Oregon Fish and Wild- life at 503-378-370. People should also nev- er feed deer and elk as it encourages interaction with humans and increases the potential for this type of incident with the bulls or with protective mother deer and elk, according to officials. For tips on living with deer and elk, visit ODFW’s website at www.dfw.state. or.us/wildlife/living_with/ deer_elk.asp Cormorant killing resumes despite legal ¿ght Island as part of a program to reduce the size of North America’s biggest cormorant nesting colony by 57 percent over four years. The killings come after a nearly two- month break that allowed adult birds to take care of their hatchlings. Associated Press Sue Cody/For The Daily Astorian Liz Visser poses next to the community gardens adjacent to Astoria Head Start at Capt. Robert Gray School. become popular. “This creates a positive community of par- ents willing to get the kids to school,” Visser said. The federal poverty guide- line for a family of four is $4,50 a year. There are three Head Start sites in Clatsop County: Sea- side, Warrenton and Astoria, which can serve 0 students. Warrenton has 114 of those slots. Each location has a morning and afternoon ses- sion of four hours, four days a week, Monday through Thurs- day. Meals are served in the dining rooms. Classes begin Monday. For more information, visit www.nworheadstart.org To register, call: Warrenton: 503-861-681 Astoria: 503-35-541 Seaside: 503-738-0873 Administrative of¿ce: 503-556-3736 SPA G H ETTI D IN N ER with salad & garlic bread Pow/Mia Day Friday Sept 18 th $ .0 0 7 4 pm ‘til gone 6 pm Pow/Mia Day Ceremony “K araok e D ave” to follow W A NTED U N ITED STA TES A IR FO R CE In Memory of James Michael (Mike) Harris 68th Birthday Saturday Sept 19 th 6 pm B IR T H D A Y C A K E & SN A C K S Happy Birthday M usic by Jack Berglund (N CCB) on the Keyboard & Piano T. 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PORTLAND — The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers has resumed killing double-crested cormorants so the birds eat fewer ju- venile salmon migrating down the Columbia River despite an ongoing legal battle with conservation groups. The Oregonian report- ed that contracted work- Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber ers shot 00 cormorants N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A last week on East Sand Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 H O BUR T D G ER S OG S Clatsop County Head Start is recruiting 3- and 4-year-olds to join its free preschool. Head Start’s focus is fami- lies with incomes at or below the federal poverty guidelines. There are about 100 openings available, said Liz Visser, Clat- sop area supervisor for Child & Family Development Programs. Now in its 50th year, Head Start addresses the health and education of the child and fam- ily, offering assistance in ¿nd- ing medical and dental care, vision and hearing screenings for the children, and nutrition- al advice. The whole family is included in the learning pro- cess, through home visits and involvement with social ser- vices. The program works with the Regional Education Service District on developmental, so- cial and emotional screening. “The more we work with the whole child, the bigger im- pact we can have on the child’s education,” Visser said. The teachers are busy set- ting up the classrooms with activity centers where the chil- dren can explore computers, books, a kitchen area, building blocks and hands-on stations. Parents are responsible for getting children to the cen- ters. Some stipends for gas are available. 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