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143rd YEAR, No. 72
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
ONE DOLLAR
Hands-on
science
leads to
acclaim
for Cain
Astoria teacher
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national award
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Lee Cain,
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biology teach-
er at Astoria
High School,
will soon be
honored as one
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K-12 science
teachers in Or-
egon.
Lee
Cain, who
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teaches inte-
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biology, was nominated and recently
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in science and math for the 2015
Presidential Award for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching.
See CAIN, Page 5A
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Carla Cole, natural resources project manager with Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, shows a dragonfly larvae collected
from the Yeon Pond as part of a nationwide initiative called the Dragonfly Mercury Project.
Students help national park with
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The Daily Astorian
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Lunch program is
underfunded, staff
stretched thin
By KATHERYN HOUGHTON
EO Media Group
storia High School biology
students waded into the Yeon
easement pond near Sunset
Beach last week to collect
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tional Park Service project.
The larvae, known as nymphs, were
collected to determine their mercury lev-
els, which help show overall levels in the
national park ecosystems. High mercury
levels could be dangerous to the dragon-
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Students worked in teams to gather the
larvae out of the pond. While one student
used a net to grab the nymphs, another
handled them and others recorded the data
and made observations.
Cole Beeson, a sophomore student,
said his favorite part was scooping the lar-
vae with the net.
“You get to get in the water,” he said.
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on the national parks partnering with cit-
izen scientists, such as the students, to
compile the data. The students collected
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See DRAGONFLIES, Page 10A
Fight against
senior hunger
Carla Cole shows students how to bag dragonfly larvae collected from the Yeon Pond.
ILWACO, Wash. — Because of
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serves roughly 70 Long Beach Pen-
insula senior citizens a day is down
to one cook in the kitchen.
The Ilwaco Senior Nutrition Pro-
gram, which serves hot meals to
people 60 and older, is working off a
budget that only covers half of their
lunches. The cost of running a com-
mercial kitchen has jumped while
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State and federal programs provide
some funding, but aren’t intended to
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Those who use the program do-
nate what they can, but it isn’t enough
to cover the funding gap. There is no
formal income test. Verna Oller, who
bequeathed millions for a commu-
nity pool, was a frequent diner. The
program has a suggested donation
of $4 per person, but customers pay
whatever they can afford.
See HUNGER, Page 10A
New brewery goes ‘Public’ in Cannon Beach
Local craft beer
scene brews at
Lumberyard site
By DANI PALMER
EO Media Group
CANNON BEACH — The
beer scene in Cannon Beach
is brewing new businesses.
Ryan Snyder, owner of the
Lumberyard Rotisserie and
Grill, announced last week
that he’s transforming the
restaurant into Public Coast
Brewing Co ., slated to open in
February 2016.
“Twenty-two years ago,
I was living in Las Vegas
running taps in the back bar
of Holy Cow Brewery for
entrepreneur and Vegas leg-
end Tom Wisner,” Snyder
said. “The aroma of hops,
the bright tanks and the buzz
of a brewery in action left
an indelible mark on me and
I decided one day I’d open a
brewery. Public Coast Brew-
ing is the culmination of that
lifelong dream.”
Snyder unveiled his plans
for the restaurant and brew-
ery, to be located at 264 E.
Third St ., just days after
Pelican Brewing Co . held a
groundbreaking ceremony at
its new Cannon Beach loca-
tion on Sunset Boulevard.
The Lumberyard Brewing
Co . already exists in Arizona,
so Snyder came up with a new
name. Public Coast Brewing
celebrates Oregon’s 363 miles
of public coastline, as decreed
by legislature in 1967.
“As one of the only true
public coastlines in America,
the Oregon coast is open to
everyone, and the people are
warm and inviting,” said Sny-
der, who also serves as Mar-
tin Hospitality’s president. “I
wanted to build a brewery that
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spirit, and make craft beer
that’s both delicious and ap-
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proachable.”
Public Coast Brewing will The Lumberyard Rotisserie and Grill is closed for reno-
See BREWERY, Page 5A
vations. When it reopens in February, it’ll be Public Coast
Brewing.