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143rd YEAR, No. 69
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015
ONE DOLLAR
From kicker to queen
Plan of
action
,n waNe of traged\,
&latsoS &ommunit\
College discusses
how to react to crisis
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
With the recent shooting at
8mSTua Communit\ College on
their minds, students, facult\ and
staff of ClatsoS Communit\ College
SacNed a meeting room )rida\ to talN
about what to do in an emergenc\.
After a moment of silence for
the victims in Roseburg, i nterim
President Gerald Hamilton, Astoria
Police Chief %rad Johnston and col
lege staff talNed about the college¶s
caSabilities, the interSla\ with So
lice and the need for robust commu
nication.
Run, hide, ¿ ght
Photos by Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Paige Ideue, Alie Zagata,Samantha Wozniak, Whitney Westerholm, Kyna Lin and Alina Habegger.
Seaside¶s homecoming Tueen wears a football helmet
See CCC, Page 10A
Smith to
receive
mental
health
checN
By KATHERINE LACAZE
EO Media Group
S
(ASI'( ² Customaril\, high school
homecoming Tueens are crowned wearing
decorative dresses, fanc\ shoes and class\
coiffures.
Seaside senior Whitne\ Westerholm, on
the other hand, donned her bright red football
Merse\, Srotective gear and cleats when she re
ceived the title during halftime of the Seagulls¶
homecoming game at the end of SeStember.
³I tooN off m\ helmet to Sut on the crown,”
Westerholm said.
1ormall\, the 1\earold Slace NicNer
would have headed to the locNer room with
the rest of Seaside¶s varsit\ football Sla\ers
during halftime of the team¶s conference game
against Valle\ Catholic High School . However,
the homecoming ceremon\ detained her on the
¿ eld.
)ollowing high school tradition, female
members of the homecoming court rode golf
carts onto the ¿ eld to discover who was selected
Tueen, a Srocess accomSlished b\ each oSening
a Sersonal bag of balloons ² red for the Tueen
and blue for the Srincesses.
Westerholm oSened a bag of red balloons,
thinNing the\ were meant for a Srincess. She
looNed around to see who received the balloons
of a different color, onl\ to ¿ nd out, ³2h, ever\
bod\ has the blue ones,” she said. ³It tooN me
b\ surSrise.”
While it wasn¶t a life dream for her to be
crowned homecoming Tueen, ³ It was Nind of
cool,” she said.
³To be honest, an\ one of our girls could
have gotten it,” she added.
)or Westerholm ² a standout athlete who
Sla\s softball, basNetball and soccer ² Sla\ing
The best advice is to run, hide
and ¿ ght ² in that order ² John
ston said, droSSing bags that could
carr\ weaSons and NeeSing Shones
to communicate with loved ones, the
college and authorities.
P olice and the ClatsoS Count\
6heriff¶s 2f¿ ce train together on such
situations, Johnston said, and SeoSle
can e[Sect a resSonse in as little as
Attorne\s sSar over
Sace of the case in
alleged Niller¶s trial
Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian
Seaside placekicker Whitney Westerholm kicks a point-after.
on the football team was not done on a whim.
It¶s something she wanted for numerous \ears,
and that dream ¿ nall\ came true her senior \ear.
Since she started in August, Westerholm has
undergone the same training as her male coun
terSarts. She taNes the sSort and her SarticiSa
tion seriousl\.
³I don¶t want it to be a novelt\ act,” she said.
³I¶m not doing it because I¶m maNing a state
ment. I¶m doing it because I can, and I want to,
and the\ needed me when I started.”
So far, Westerholm is resSonsible for NicNing
Sointafter touchdown attemSts or PATs, and her
teammate and fellow NicNer Ta\lor %arnes han
dles ¿ eldgoal attemSts and the starting NicN
offs.
The PATs are ³Srett\ eas\,” Westerholm said.
³It¶s \ards, and it¶s not e[actl\ hard, coming
from m\ soccer bacNground.”
She hasn¶t missed one in a game \et.
See KICKER, Page 10A
Behavioral counselor helps kids cope
A
s a teacher in Virginia,
Jolene Wolfe said she felt
frustrated that the emotional
needs of her students were not
being met, undermining their
education.
³, de¿ nitel\ e[Serienced
frustration in having to focus
on standards so much, when
, could see m\ students were
struggling with more imSort
ant life issues,” she said.
1ow Wolfe ¿ nds herself
based at Warrenton Grade
6chool, Sroviding that behav
ioral suSSort to some of the
most challenging students in
the count\.
Wolfe, a \outh and famil\
clinician from &latsoS %e
havioral +ealthcare, Srovides
ever\da\ theraS\ to about
students in the consor
tium classroom, a combined
service of all ¿ ve &latsoS
&ount\ school districts taN
ing students who, because of
traumas the\¶ve e[Serienced,
cannot coSe with mainstream
classrooms.
Wolfe¶s Sosition is funded
through a one\ear grant from
Greater 2regon %ehavioral
+ealth ,nc. and is Sart of War
renton Grade 6chool¶s transi
tion to traumainformed care, a
frameworN for understanding,
recogni]ing and resSonding to
the effects of all t\Ses of trauma.
See WOLFE, Page 10A
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Jolene Wolfe is a behavioral support therapist for
local school districts, based at Warrenton Grade
School.
By DANI PALMER
EO Media Group
ClatsoS Count\ Circuit Court
Judge Cindee 0at\as gave the 'istrict
Attorne\¶s 2f¿ ce the goahead for a
mental health evaluation with alleged
Niller Jessica 6mith on )rida\.
Smith, 41, of Goldendale, Wash.,
aSSeared in court shacNled and in a
blue MumSsuit. She is accused of ag
gravated murder and attemSted aggra
vated murder for allegedl\ drugging
and murdering her daughter, Isabella
Smith, , and attemSting to Nill her
older daughter, Alana Smith, 13, in a
Cannon %each hotel in Jul\ 14.
Smith¶s attorne\ William )alls and
his cocounsel Slan to use a dimin
ished caSacit\ defense, and on Aug.
, oSSosed the state¶s chosen evalu
ator, 'r. Paul Guastadisegni, because
)alls claimed the Portlandbased Ss\
chologist lacNed the SroSer credentials
to do such an e[amination under new
state standards.
³)ranNl\, this is sandbagging,”
'istrict Attorne\ Josh 0arTuis said.
He said he sent Guastadisegni¶s
bacNground to )alls and cocounsel
/\nne 0organ in Jul\, si[ weeNs be
fore the status hearing in August. )alls
didn¶t oSSose the SroSosed evaluator
until the morning of that court date.
In resSonse, 0arTuis said the state
tooN e[tra steSs as a Srecaution, ensur
ing Guastadisegni has been temSorari
l\ and conditionall\ certi¿ ed to do the
evaluation.
³The state is entitled to its e[am
ination,” 0at\as told )alls, adding she
believes Guastadisegni is aSSroSriate.
See SMITH, Page 10A