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Astoria gets ¿ rst win 10 years ago: Fort Clatsop burns SPORTS • 7A OPINION • 6A 143rd YEAR, No. 71 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 ONE DOLLAR THE BIG REVEAL A new leader sought for The Harbor Departing director placed on leave By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian The Astoria Column renovations become clearly visible as crews from Safway Services LLC. take down the scaffolding. The scaffolding is expected to be completely removed by today. Astoria Column restoration comes into focus By JOSHUA BESSEX The Daily Astorian T he scaffolding is coming down from around the Astoria Column, revealing the newly restored murals and nearly marking the end of the $1 million restoration project that began in May. The scaffolding is expected to be completely removed by the end of the day, but crews still need to install the doors and clean the interior of the Column, among other things, before it will be open to the public. The last restoration project on the 125-foot-tall monument took place in 1995. See before and after restoration pictures on the Friends of the Astoria Column Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/1OY6t9O The Harbor is searching for a new administrator. Executive Director Julie Soder- berg has left the region’s primary nonpro¿ t support agency for victims of domestic violence and sexual as- sault. Jason Schermerhorn, chief of the Cannon Beach Police Department and interim chairman of The Harbor’s board, said Soderberg an- nounced in a letter in late August her in- tention to move to Minnesota. She is an em- Julie ployee of the Soderberg Harbor until the week of Oct. 23, he said, but has been placed on leave. Early last month, Soderberg an- nounced in an email to community partners that the Harbor was going to suspend services for about 10 days. The outage ultimately lasted several hours, according to Chris Wright, a community resource specialist with The Harbor. “We are hoping this break in ser- vices will allow time for the board of directors to utilize outside resources to gain a new standard necessary for moving forward in a profes- sional manner,” Soderberg said in a statement the morning after the an- nouncement. See THE HARBOR, Page 10A Do not get your shovels out, just yet No clamming until at least mid-November By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group A Seaside man led law enforcement on a wild chase through a Cullaby Lake neighbor- hood Tuesday afternoon, crashing into a yard, breaking into a deputy sheriff’s home and allegedly assaulting the deputy’s wife before being arrested. The suspect, Donald Sanders, 34, is facing multiple charges including burglary, reckless driving, eluding, criminal mischief and ha- rassment. Clatsop County Sheriff’s 2f¿ ce Chief Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian LONG BEACH, Wash. — There won’t be any razor clam digs in Washington or Oregon until at least mid-November, state ¿ shery manag- ers say. Samples collected from beaches in both states show that levels of the marine toxin domoic acid are still above health department thresholds. In the last round of tests in mid-September, levels dropped slightly in Long Beach to 19 parts per million, only just below the Washington Department of Health’s threshold of 20 ppm. Now, those are back up at 41 ppm in the samples collected. “Mostly that’s a factor of which 12 clams get selected for sampling, I think,” said Dan Ayres, coastal shell¿ sh manager with the Wash- ington Department of Fish and Wildlife. It’s also possible the clams are still picking up additional toxin, he added. The algae that produces domoic acid is still present off the coast. See CRASH, Page 10A Crews work the scene after a car chase ended with the suspect driving on a yard at Cullaby Lake Lane. See CLAMMING, Page 10A Crews remove stairs and scaffolding from around the Astoria Col- umn Tuesday. Using a chain of people, crews from Safway Services LLC lower scaffolding from the top of the Astoria Column Tuesday. Driver captured after car crashes near home Seaside man tries to escape by running inside a deputy sheriff’s house By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian
