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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
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Schools hope grant leads to high-tech shop classes
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Local schools and Clatsop
Community College are hop-
ing a state grant will help buy
the equipment to create high-
tech, hands-on shop classes.
Clatsop County¶s ¿ Ye
school districts and the college
formed a consortium and ap-
plied last week for a $312,000
Career Technical Education
5eYitali]ation *rant from the
Oregon Department of Edu-
cation. The grant would help
by high-tech equipment such
as 3D printers, Yirtual welding
trainers and teacher training
to instruct students in mod-
ern-day trades.
Craig Hoppes, superinten-
dent in Astoria, said he met
last spring with state Sen.
Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose ,
and representatiYes from the
college, goYernor¶s of¿ ce and
Hampton Af¿ liates. They told
him of a program in Tillamook
where students get instruction
in robotics, welding, electrical
and other trades.
Hoppes and other educators
haYe gathered letters of sup-
port from Johnson, state Rep.
Deborah Boone, D-Cannon
Beach , and many local busi-
nesses, including Lektro and
Hampton Mills in Warrenton
and TeeYin Bros. in .nappa .
³We haYe oYer 1 partners
in the grant,” Hoppes said. “It
would proYide them oppor-
tunities to hire people right
out of high school with some
skills.”
Craig Hoppes
Terrence
Smyth
The grant is competitiYe,
Hoppes said, with only 25 per-
cent of applications receiYing
funding. .nappa Superinten-
dent Terrence Smyth said the
consortium could receiYe pre-
liminary approYal ne[t month,
followed by an appeals peri-
od for schools who don’t get
funding and ¿ nal noti¿ cation
mid-January.
Hoppes said Astoria High
School sends some students to
the Marine and EnYironmental
Research and Training Station
seYeral miles east, where the
college bases many of its ca-
reer technical programs. The
grant would proYide those
opportunities on high school
campuses, train staff to teach
with the new technology, put
students in touch with industry
professionals and proYide them
with dual high school-college
credits.
Smyth said the grant would
pay for high-tech equipment
placed in districts for eight to
12 weeks at a time, with dis-
tricts able to select technology
they want to keep.
“For many of these kids, its
the hands-on stuff that keeps
them coming back,” Smyth
said, adding he hopes the op-
portunities will help interest
students in a higher leYel of
career technical work, and the
higher leYels of academics that
come with it.
Smyth also hopes the grant,
with its equity language, will
draw more female students
into shops often dominated
by males. He said the consor-
tium’s grant is modeled after
Tillamook School District’s.
Following
Tillamook’s lead
Bruce Rhodes, a grant writ-
er in Tillamook, secured the
grant in 2014, with similar
support from local politicians,
manufacturers and high-tech
companies. The grant helped
Tillamook deYelop a career and
technical education center at
the high school, accessible by
local businesses and Tillamook
Bay Community College.
Tillamook’s program start-
ed with two pilot electiYes
last year which Rhodes said
split 60-40 between boys and
girls. This year, Rhodes said all
sophomores take a technology
class at the center, with more
adYanced sections being de-
Yeloped. Another component
of the grant allowed Tillamook
to buy kits and participate in an
underwater robotics competi-
tion.
“We’re making shop class-
es more strongly academic in
content, as well as the hands-
on component,” Rhodes said of
Tillamook’s new shop. “It’s not
just kids going out and making
gun cases, book cases.”
ODOT seeks $1 million for site purchase Prepare hotel guests
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon trans-
portation of¿ cials plan to ask
lawmakers in 1oYember for
authori]ation to spend up to
$1 million to purchase land
in southeast Salem and begin
initial planning to build a new
central facility to consolidate
operations in the area.
Staff at the Oregon De-
partment of Transportation al-
ready lined up a unique deal to
buy appro[imately 66 acres in
southeast Salem from the Ore-
gon Department of Corrections.
In addition to an unspeci¿ ed
amount of cash for the land,
ODOT would throw in reÀ ec-
tiYe material used to make signs
EO Media Group
Oregon transportation offi-
cials plan to ask lawmakers
in November for authori-
zation to spend up to $1
million to purchase land in
southeast Salem.
which the agency obtained
through a settlement with a con-
tractor.
“It’s apparently material that
is used in signage, and the De-
partment of Corrections has a
signage shop,” said Tom Fuller,
ODOT’s communications man-
ager. ODOT uses a different
type of reÀ ectiYe material for its
signs, Fuller said. The reÀ ectiYe
material came from a contractor
that oYercharged ODOT for ser-
Yices.
ODOT will present its re-
quest for $1 million to the in-
terim House-Senate Ways and
Means committee when law-
makers hold interim committee
meetings 1oY. 16-1. The Ore-
gon Transportation Commission
approYed the plan to request
the money at its Oct. 16 meet-
ing. Fuller said he did not know
when ODOT might request
money to build the new facility.
“We would haYe to eYaluate
whether it is cost effectiYe to
moYe forward once the studies
are done,” Fuller said, referring
to planning studies.
According to a recent ODOT
report prepared for the Oregon
Transportation Commission,
buildings at the agency’s e[-
isting compound in southeast
Salem — which includes a
maintenance facility, equipment
repair shop and stockpile sites
— are “functionally obsolete, in
poor condition and are located
in the À oodplain.”
The location in a À oodplain
means the buildings cannot be
rebuilt and the ODOT report
also cited concerns about the
pro[imity of industrial func-
tions close to Shelton Ditch,
a salmon-bearing man-made
canal.
You can help photograph .ing Tides this week
Through the .ing Tide 3roj-
ect, photographers help to doc-
ument the reach of the year’s
highest tides, the “.ing Tides,”
which take place Tuesday
through Thursday, 1oY. 24-2
and Dec. 23-25.
3eople can contribute to
citi]en science and help focus
attention on high tides and sea
leYel rise.
For the si[th year, the annual
project is being sponsored by the
CoastWatch 3rogram of the Or-
egon Shores ConserYation Co-
alition, Surfrider and the state’s
Coastal Management 3rogram,
along with local sponsors. Doc-
umenting the highest reach of
the tides reYeals information
about areas of the natural and
built enYironments, which are
subject to erosion and À ooding
now, and about what to e[pect
as sea leYel rises.
Anyone can help by taking
shots anywhere on the coast at the
highest point of the tide on those
days. These photos can focus on
any feature. Those that show the
location of the tide in relation to
the built enYironment, such as
roads, seawalls and buildings,
are especially useful in demon-
strating impending threats.
Subjects can be the outer
coast, or estuaries and lower riY-
er Yalleys affected by tides. The
ideal photo would be taken from
a location where the photogra-
pher can return later at an ordi-
nary high tide to take a compari-
son shot. 3hotographers are also
encouraged to focus on iconic
or easily recogni]able locations
and areas where the high water
is impacting infrastructure.
CoastWatch is making a spe-
cial effort to organi]e photogra-
phers to document the reach of
the .ing Tides in the Yicinity
of the new marine reserYes at
Cape Falcon, Cascade Head,
Otter Rock, Cape 3erpetua and
Red¿ sh Rocks. For information
about participating in the effort
to document the .ing Tides in
the marine reserYe areas, contact
Fawn Custer at 541-20-002,
fawn@oregonshores.org
Classes focus on small business owners
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop Economic DeYel-
opment Resources will hold a
raft of upcoming classes in 1o-
Yember to help small business
owners.
They include “Intro to
Facebook for Business,” which
teaches business owners how
to use social media for their
stores. The class is from 30 to
1030 a.m. 1oY. 3 at the South
County Campus in Seaside and
530 to 30 p.m. 1oY. 3 in
Towler Hall Room 105 on the
college’s main campus. Each
class costs $15 each.
“Look *reat in the Inbo[”
shares tips on social media and
email marketing. The work-
shop is from noon to 3 p.m.
1oY. 4 at the South County
Campus and costs $20.
“*et Organi]ed” helps
people organi]e ¿ les on their
computer. The class is from
30 to 1030 a.m. 1oY. 1 at
the South County Campus and
from 530 to 30 p.m. 1oY. 1
in Towler Hall Room 105 on
the college’s main campus.
“Ready, Set, Start Your
Business” helps prospectiYe
Recology changes hours
SEASIDE — Recology
Western Oregon has an-
nounced that effectiYe 1oY.
2, the Seaside Recycling
Depot is switching to win-
ter hours, from a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Sat-
urday. The depot is located
at AYenue S and Alder Mill
Road.
3articipants in the .ing Tide
3roject will post photographs
online at www.oregonkingtides.
net, where project information
and the submission form can be
accessed. Be prepared to include
the location, date, description
and direction of the photo.
For information about the
technical aspects of the project,
contact Andy Lanier at 541-934-
002 or andy.lanier@state.or.us
for a major tsunami
The Daily Astorian
The Oregon Of¿ ce of
Emergency
Management
will Yisit Astoria 1oY. 2 to
help teach hospitality pro-
Yiders how to keep their
guests safe in the eYent of a
major tsunami.
“Tsunami Safe Hospital-
ity Begins with Safety,” fo-
cuses on increasing tsunami
awareness by educating all
leYels of employees in the
hospitality industry, inform-
ing oYernight Yisitors of the
risk and increasing disaster
preparedness.
“Facilities that partici-
pate in the program will be
at the forefront of proYiding
safety for guests,” .aren
3armelee, geologic ha]ards
awareness coordinator said .
For more news and photos,
visit us online at
www.DailyAstorian.com
What will the
Oregon economy
look like in 2016?
M E D IC ARE
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O ffice: 503-738-7181
Cell/ Text: 503-440-1076
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TO ATTE N D :
F or M em bers:
D in n er & L ecture:$25 ea .
L ecture on ly: n o ch a rge
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D in n er & L ecture: $35 ea .
L ecture on ly: $15 ea .
entrepreneurs analy]e their
business ideas and learn the
basics of starting a new busi-
ness. The class is from 30 to
1030 a.m. 1oY. 1 at the South
County Campus and costs $20.
Email SBDC@clatsopcc.
edu, or call 503-33-2402, to
register. Fees for classes are
payable at class with a check
or credit card. For more infor-
mation on classes, Yisit www.
clatsoped.com
OP EN EN R OLLM EN T
Q u estion s or w an t
to E n roll?
Ann Chapatte, manager of
the OYerlook Motel in Lincoln
City, was managing her hotel
when Oregon was hit by a dis-
tant tsunami in 2011 from an
earthquake in Tohuku, Japan.
“We are right on the
beach,” she said in the re-
lease. “I watched Yisitors sit
on the beach to wait for and
watch the tsunami. I per-
sonally lost eYerything in an
earthquake. I take natural di-
sasters seriously.”
The Astoria presentation
happens from 2 to 3 p.m.
1oY. 2 in Towler Hall Room
310 on Clatsop Community
College’s main campus, 1651
Le[ington AYe. .
Hospitality industry busi-
nesses interested in participat-
ing can sign up for the pro-
gram at www.tsunamisafe.info
Joe Cortright
November 5
Joe Cortright is president and principal
economist of Impresa Consulting of Portland.
He is chair of the Governor’s Council of
Economic Advisors. Also he is director of a
new think tank called City Observer, funded
by the John S. Knight Foundation.
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