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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 Hood to Coast: Many complained about effects from event “I can’t believe we’re having this conversation,” Councilor Dana Phillips said. “Against an organization that chooses to come into this com- munity and the millions of dol- lars of free advertising we get all over the world — you’re almost making them feel un- welcome.” “That would be a lot easier on the town and on our services,” “Although the Seaside he said. Chamber of Commerce and He took Hood to Coast or- many of the area’s lodging ganizers — none of whom were IDFLOLWLHV EHQH¿W ¿QDQFLDO- present —to task for failing to ly, many of us year-round respond to local concerns.“It business owners feel that the seems like every request we overall impact of hosting this have, they shrug or don’t re- massive event during the busy spond,” he said. summer tourist is negative,” %HQH¿WVWRWKHFLW\IDLOHGWR Hood to Coast wrote business owners in a match the costs, and runners ‘party time’? letter delivered to the council. may have diverted otherwise Many in the audience com- SUR¿WDEOH VXPPHU ZHHNHQG “For this reason, we request that the Seaside City Council plained about rude behavior business. resolve that future Hood to from runners, street closures In the face of August’s Coast events not be allowed and a lack of communication windstorm the morning of the to be scheduled during the with the organizers. race, Jeff Ter Har of Ter Har’s Business owners said orga- said he found “severe short- months of July or August, during the Memorial Day nizers arbitrarily closed streets, comings” with organizers’ or Labor Day weekends, or tapped into private power backup plan as runners “took during weekends hosting our sources and illegally sold wares over our street and blocked our annual car shows or the Miss on the street. businesses.” ³7KHKRWHOVVKRXOGEH¿OOHG Oregon Pageant.” Councilor Tita Montero said Councilor Randy Frank said with families, not with people Hood to Coast organizers failed the value of the Hood to Coast who are using us as a day-and- to provide contact information, event is “overstated.” While the a-half destination and party which led to “disastrous” con- world-class event “does put us time,” Steve Hinton of Taco sequences during the storm. “I on the map, what I don’t like is Time said. saw the lack of respect from Frank and others urged con- volunteers for personal proper- WKHTXDOLW\RIOLIHIRU¿UVWWLPH visitors, or those who just hap- sidering a late-September date ty, for people who live here and pen to book a room.” or a mid-to-late June event. people who visit here,” Monte- Continued from Page 1A ro said. “I was taken aback by all of that.” A ‘monumental’ event Councilor Phillips said when event organizers original- ly chose Seaside, the weekend before Labor Day was selected because it “was traditionally one of the slowest weekends in the summer.” Moving the date, she said, would affect both volunteer participation and the work- force, many of whom would be unavailable after the start of the school year. Weather would be another factor — too cold on Mount Hood in June, too stormy in Seaside in Septem- ber. “I am not opposed, in any way, to enter into a dialogue with Hood to Coast about the options for other dates,” Coun- cilor Jay Barber added. “I’m open to sitting down with Mr. Foote and others and discuss- ing it. But my business takes me all over the country. When I say I’m from Seaside, Ore- gon, invariably they say ‘I ran in the Hood to Coast to Seaside, and after I was there, I brought my family back because I love that little town.’ I think there’s D PXFK JUHDWHU EHQH¿W WR WKH Hood to Coast than just the im- pact that it has on that weekend. I am totally supportive of the Hood to Coast event.” ³:KHQ SHRSOH ¿QLVK D race, that is one of the most monumental things they’ve ever done,” added Jon Rahl of the Seaside Visitors’ Bureau. “There are pictures of racers at Tillamook Head all across the world. That’s something signif- icant we can never put a mea- surement on.” Seaside’s Piper O’Brien said +RRGWR&RDVWEHQH¿WVQRWRQO\ the city’s downtown core, but the Seaside Chamber of Com- PHUFHQRQSUR¿WVVFKRROVDQG student organizations. Overall, the event raised $557,000 for Providence Cancer Center. Broadway Middle School receives income from shower rentals and high-schoolers par- ticipate in Hood to Coast aca- demic and sports fundraising drives, she said. Longtime volunteer Doug Barker said moving the event date would have repercussions “all along the line.” “One thing I haven’t heard in any discussions, that to change the date in Seaside, you change the date all the way back 198 miles to Mount Hood,” Barker said. “You affect organizations, government agencies, police — a lot of people who have come to rely on that event this time of year. You could set off a real ¿UHVWRUP <RX UHDOO\ QHHG WR discuss this with people down the line.” In the end, without partici- pation from Hood to Coast, the session ended as it began, in division. “If I saw this and I’m Mr. Foote, I’d start looking for a new location,” Barber said. ³+H FDQ¶W ¿QG D QHZ ORFD- tion,” Councilor Frank said. “We are in the driver’s seat. We have to dictate to him what’s happening in our city, not him dictate to us what happens in our city.” Armory: There are lots of efforts to help skaters in the region Continued from Page 1A to help skaters regulate their speed. The process of building ramps, he said, has been in- grained from years of skating, and his family’s background in carpentry. The group received about $1,000 in materials from the Houses, who regularly pro- mote skate-related efforts. City Lumber gave discounts, and the park organizers received donations from locals, includ- ing a Street Fighter II console from Smithart. All ages Watching the skaters Mon- day was 4-year-old Lincoln Martell and his mother, Vashti. Munching on some Cheetos and nursing a cold, Lincoln had been skating the park last week with his father, and looked amazed at what other boarders were doing. “It makes me happy that my child is going to grow up in this town,” said Vashti Martell, a transplant from Portland who has been skateboarding for 15 years; her husband, John Dal- gren, has been skateboarding for 25. At the same time, she said, it is providing more pos- itive things to do, using a for- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Skaters stand on a ramp waiting for their turn to go. merly vacant building. If not for the park, skaters said Monday, they would have WR ¿QG FRYHU DW D SDUNLQJ JD- rage, schools — or just not skate at all until the weather improved. “It’s about time,” local skater Josh Jensen said. “It’s a rainy town. People don’t want us out and about their proper- ty.” Russ House, a member of the Facebook group “Skaters over 50,” said he even likes to ride the pipes at the Armory at times. Looking around the region, he said, there are a lot of efforts to help skaters, a historically marginalized sporting group. Long Beach, Washington, with the help of City Councilor Del Murry, is trying to build its own skate park. Cathlamet, Washington, recently held the seventh Downhill Corral Longboard Festival. Clats- kanie to the east and Nehalem to the south both have covered outdoor skate parks. “We pay attention to those things,” House said. “We want to bring a little of that here.” Julie House is speaking with Astoria High School to see if a senior wants to take on covering the Tapiola Skate Park as their senior project. But for now, come the fall and winter rains, skaters will have a dry place to shred. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Kai Dakers catches air off a ramp at the Armory Skatepark Monday. The ramps are built in a way that helps regulate the skaters’ speed. Playbook: Individuals, families should build earthquake kits Continued from Page 1A state, including from agencies such as the Federal Emergency events could kill as many as Management Agency, U.S. De- 25,000 people, destroy tens partment of Transportation and of thousands of structures and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, leave tens of thousands of peo- according to the playbook. The ple without shelter, according Department of State will even to the document. get involved, to manage of- Communications The situation will be worst fers of assistance from foreign 6WDWH RI¿FLDOV ZLOO DOVR ZRUN countries and international hu- in Oregon’s coastal counties: Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, to set up communications systems manitarian organizations. Douglas, Curry and Coos. Peo- so that emergency responders can 6WDWHRI¿FLDOVKRSHWKH\ZLOO ple who live on the coast will talk to cities, counties, tribal gov- be able to begin recovery work have as little as 15 minutes ernments and utility companies. — initial steps to restore basic warning before a tsunami. The state and local public works community services such as law Within minutes of the earth- employees will try to restore pub- enforcement, health care and quake, the playbook calls for lic services — such as potable wa- schools — within eight days, emergency management staff ter and sewer — where possible to although part of the work con- to notify Oregon’s adjutant serve survivors. sists of identifying long-term general, who oversees the Ore- The playbook checklist also recovery needs such as rebuild- JRQ1DWLRQDO*XDUGDQG2I¿FH includes a topic state emergen- ing systems to provide potable of Emergency Management. F\ RI¿FLDOV ZLVK WKH\ GLG QRW water and telecommunications. After the adjutant general in- have to plan for, but which they Have a plan forms the governor, the gov- know from experience they Although the playbook fo- ernor will notify the president must include in the response: or secretary of the Department handling bodes of people who cuses on how the state will re- of Homeland Security. Other died in the earthquake or tsu- spond to a Cascadia Subduction VWDWHRI¿FLDOVZLOOJHWLQWRXFK nami, landslide or other events =RQHHDUWKTXDNHVWDWHRI¿FLDOV said there are also actions that with federal agencies, and Or- that followed. egon will begin the process to “It’s hard for us to think individuals, communities and declare a statewide disaster to about,” Grogan said. “But it’s the state can take to increase begin the process of mobilizing extremely important to deal their chances of surviving the health care and other emergen- with it ... We know with Casca- major quake. cy services. “It’s still really important dia that’s going to be an issue, Ideally within two hours, so it’s important to deal with it for individuals to have a plan the governor — or secretary in advance.” and be prepared, as well, to of state or state treasurer, if the Grogan said emergency empower themselves during a governor is not available — is RI¿FLDOV VDZ ZKDW FRXOG JR disaster,” Grogan said. supposed to decide whether the wrong during the aftermath of Individuals and families damage is severe enough to ask Hurricane Katrina. Bodies laid should build earthquake kits the president to declare a major in the streets for a week, as state with enough food, water and disaster and mobilize help from and federal agencies disagreed other supplies to last two the federal government. over who was responsible for weeks. Grogan said Cannon “We know that if a Cascadia recovering the victims. Beach took an innovative ap- earthquake and tsunami hap- The playbook also lists ac- proach by creating a cache on pens, it’s going to be an auto- tions the state will take to set up high ground outside the tsuna- matic federal disaster declara- facilities to care for livestock mi zone where people can store tion,” Grogan said. and pets following the disaster, their emergency kits. The playbook calls for the and reunite the animals with the The state is also holding PRELOL]DWLRQRI¿UVWUHVSRQGHUV owners. The Great Oregon ShakeOut starting within minutes of the at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 15, to A week without help earthquake to evacuate people raise awareness and encourage It could take 24 hours to a people to plan for earthquakes. from the worst hit areas. The state will coordinate an aeri- week for Oregon to begin re- During the drill, people are al assessment of shelters and ceiving help from outside the supposed to drop to the ground, supply staging areas, identify “lifeline roadways, bridges and tunnels and facilitate debris removal” and work on getting supplies and emergency per- sonnel to earthquake and tsuna- mi-damaged areas. structures” such as schools, hospitals and police stations on the seaward side of the tsuna- More in the works mi line, and Ryan Hansen said Other state agencies are the agency plans to hold public working on projects that could meetings on the new proposed change make earthquake and line in March. A state board tsunami planning a larger factor could vote to adopt the new line in the way coastal communities in summer 2016. plan for future development. The redrawn line would Ali Ryan Hansen, earth sci- mean an additional 30 to 40 HQFHLQIRUPDWLRQRI¿FHUIRUWKH percent of land in coastal cit- Oregon Department of Geolo- ies would be off-limits for new gy and Mineral Industries, said “essential structures.” the agency is in the process of 2I¿FLDOV DW WKH JHRORJ\ updating its tsunami inundation agency and Oregon Depart- OLQH WR PRUH DFFXUDWHO\ UHÀHFW ment of Land Conservation and areas that will likely be sub- Development are also waiting merged under a giant wave. to hear whether the National Oregon does not allow Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- construction of new “essential ministration will award Oregon take cover under a sturdy desk or table, and hold onto it. a $600,000 grant to improve mapping and time estimates for tsunami evacuation routes. The state would also provide the tools for cities and counties along the coast to use in land use planning decisions. “The focus really is on more comprehensive planning and development of code at those local levels to increase resil- ience and reduce risk,” Ryan Hansen said. “It’s really about bringing these tools to the com- munities, and then providing the support they need to make these decisions.” The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group. Classified/Inside Sales The Daily Astorian is looking for an individual with excellent customer service skills, both in person and over the phone. Someone who brings an upbeat and “go get ‘em” attitude to the table, works well with a team as well as alone. This position requires great computer skills, accurate spelling, the ability to receive incoming classified advertising calls as well as calling advertisers back for ad renewals. Manage special monthly projects requiring cold calls. 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