Tough night for North Coast teams Hunting Bigfoot in NY SPORTS • 7A PAGE 4A 143rd YEAR, No. 84 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Three vie for top law of¿ ce 'HPRFUDWLF candidates for 2UHJRQVHFUHWDU\ of state debate in Seaside By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Jessica Reierson, left, Sydney Randall, center, and Jake Reierson, right, react to a display at the KOA haunted house Saturday night. TERRIFIED FOR A GOOD CAUSE Haunted house scares up funds for food bank, kids with cancer W $55(1721²6FUHDPV¿OOHGWKH.2$FDPSJURXQG¶VDFWLYLWLHVFHQWHURYHUWKHZHHNHQGDVIDPLOLHVIURP DOORYHU2UHJRQOLQHGXSWRJRWKURXJKWKH*KRXOVLQWKH0LVWKDXQWHGKRXVH 0RUHWKDQDGR]HQYROXQWHHUVGHFNHGRXWLQWKHLUVFDULHVWDWWLUHDQGPD\EHDIHZJKRVWVKHOSHGSXWRQWKH HYHQW 7KHKDXQWHGKRXVHZLOOFRQWLQXHSPSP)ULGD\DQG6DWXUGD\QLJKWV7LFNHWVDUHSHUSHUVRQRUWKUHHFDQVRI IRRG3URFHHGVEHQH¿WWKH&ODWVRS&RXQW\)RRG%DQNDQG.2$&DUH&DPSVZKLFKRIIHUFKLOGUHQZLWKFDQFHUDFKDQFH WRJHWDZD\ 2WKHU.2$HYHQWVKDSSHQLQJ+DOORZHHQQLJKWLQFOXGHFRVWXPHFRQWHVWVWULFNRUWUHDWLQJDQGSXPSNLQFDUYLQJ — Joshua Bessex 6($6,'( ² 7KUHH 'HPRFUDWLF FDQGLGDWHV IRU 2UHJRQ 6HFUHWDU\ RI State met in a congenial debate Sat- urday in front of union leaders at an $)/&,2FRQYHQWLRQLQ6HDVLGH 7KHFDQGLGDWHVLQFOXGHGVWDWH6HQ 5LFKDUG 'HYOLQ IURP (XJHQH VWDWH 5HS 9DO +R\OH IURP (XJHQH DQG /DERU &RPPLVVLRQHU %UDG $YDNLDQ $)/&,2 VSRNHVPDQ 5XVVHOO 6DQG HUVVDLGORQH*23FDQGLGDWHDQG/DQH County Commissioner, Sid Leiken, ZDVLQYLWHGEXWGLGQRWUHVSRQG 2UHJRQ ZLOO HOHFW D QHZ VHFUHWDU\ RI VWDWH LQ 1RYHPEHU -HDQQH Atkins, who was appointed to the position when former Secretary of 6WDWH .DWH%URZQWRRNRYHUIRU*RY -RKQ .LW]KDEHU LV QRW UXQQLQJ IRU UHHOHFWLRQ See DEBATE, Page 10A North Coast offers new brew quest Beer 101 Pint Pass will allow visitors to enjoy range of beers By DANI PALMER EO Media Group Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian 2UHJRQLDQV ORYH WKHLU EHHU DQG YLVLWRUV ÀRFN WR 2UHJRQ EHFDXVH RI WKHRIIHULQJV 7KH 1RUWK &RDVW$OOLDQFH PDGH up of the Cannon Beach Chamber RI &RPPHUFH 6HDVLGH 9LVLWRUV %X reau, Seaside Civic and Convention &HQWHU DQG WKH $VWRULD:DUUHQWRQ Chamber of Commerce, is reviving the beer trail to celebrate that love of FUDIWEHHU 7KH%HHU3LQW3DVVZLOOJRRQ sale in early November at a cost of DERXWDQGSURYLGHVDJLIWFDUG from each of the participating restau- rants and brewpubs through the end of )HEUXDU\,WZLOOEHDQRQOLQHRQO\SXU FKDVHIRXQGDWEHHUSLQWSDVVFRP LEFT: A family walk s through the KOA Haunted House Saturday night. The haunted house will be open this Friday and Saturday. RIGHT: An undead head is held up by a deer in the KOA haunted house. See BEER 101, Page 10A From social services to police in C.B. H er career path didn’t lead her the way she had orig- inally planned, but Jodi Sy- monds, 29, eventually found her ZD\EDFNWRWKH¿HOGVKHORYHV Symonds is Cannon Beach’s QHZHVWSROLFHRI¿FHU6KHZHQW RQGXW\IRUWKH¿UVWWLPH2FW “I want people to know I’m KHUH IRU WKHP´ VKH VDLG ³,¶P here to make sure I’m safe, and WKDWWKH\¶UHVDIHDVZHOO,ZDQW to be that education piece for WKHFRPPXQLW\'RLQJRXWUHDFK and making them realize we’re here for them, we’re here to just make sure the community is VDIH´ Symonds grew up in Sea- side started in criminology at Portland State University before transferring to Humboldt State 8QLYHUVLW\ %HFDXVH +XPEROGW had just eliminated its criminol- ogy program, she switched to VRFLDOZRUNJUDGXDWLQJLQ Symonds began as a family service worker in Utah before coming back to work at Seaside +HDG6WDUWLQ6KHPRYHG WR WKH 'HSDUWPHQW RI +XPDQ Services in 2013 and, while in Child Protective Services, “learned an awful lot in a short DPRXQWRIWLPH´ She saw much good — “par- ents get back on track” to get WKHLU NLGV KRPH %XW VKH DOVR witnessed not -so -happy end- LQJV:DQWLQJWRKROGWKRVHDF countable for their actions, she decided to again go for police ZRUN It was her mother, Shannon, who encouraged Jodi and her twin brother, Joel, to investi- JDWH SROLFH ZRUN 7KHLU IDWKHU 6FRWWZDVDUHVHUYHRI¿FHUIRU Seaside, and their older brother, -RVHSK ZDV RQFH DQ RI¿FHU LQ *HDUKDUWDQG$VWRULD “I call him all the time and talk different scenarios,” Sy- PRQGVVDLG³+HLVDSOHWKHUDRI information on how to go about GRLQJWKLQJV´ Her spark was working with the Clatsop County Sheriff’s 2I¿FHDVD\RXWK6KHDOVRSDU ticipated in the law enforcement Explorer program and was a FDGHWDW)RUW6WHYHQV6WDWH3DUN Joel Symonds decided to JRWKHPLOLWDU\URXWH-RGL6\ monds said her family and IULHQGV DJUHH SROLFH ZRUN ¿WV KHUSHUVRQDOLW\7KHUHDUHVDIH ty concerns, but they’re proud RIKHU ³,¶PDJRJHWWHU´VKHVDLG³, MXPSLQKHDG¿UVW´ And while she may not know all the answers, she’s ZLOOLQJWR¿QGWKHP6\PRQGV said she wants people to know See SYMONDS, Page 10A Jodi Symonds