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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 µ:LOG(GJH¶GUDZVFRQVHUYDQF\VXSSRUWHUVWR$VWRULD By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian More than 250 people cele- brated the release of “The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam The 3DFL¿F&RDVW´)ULGD\QLJKWDW the Red Loft building in Asto- ria. 7KH HYHQW VSRQVRUHG E\ WKH 1RUWK &RDVW /DQG &RQ- VHUYDQF\ KRQRUHG ³KHURHV RI WKH FRDVW´ LQFOXGLQJ WKH ODQG FRQVHUYDQF\¶V .DWLH 9RHONH 3URFHHGVEHQH¿W1&/&¶VFRQ- VHUYDWLRQZRUNRQWKH2UHJRQ &RDVW ,W ZDV WKH ¿UVW HYHQW WKH FRQVHUYDQF\KDVKHOGLQ$VWR- ULD9RHONHVDLGLQLQWURGXFWR- U\UHPDUNVDQGWKH¿UVWHYHQW to have an admission fee, in this case, $10 per person. Funds will be used to support WKH FRQVHUYDQF\¶V &RDVWDO Edge initiative, designed to protect lands between Tilla- PRRN+HDGDQG1HKDOHP%D\ to create a corridor of ecologi- FDOFRQQHFWLYLW\DORQJWKH2U- HJRQ&RDVW ,Q KHU RSHQLQJ UHPDUNV WR WKH FDSDFLW\ FURZG 9RHONH described having her “breath WDNHQ DZD\´ E\ QDWXUDO ZRQ- ders and wildlife, describing the head of a whale as it ma- MHVWLFDOO\GRYHLQWRZDWHUQHDU &DQQRQ%HDFK “I feel so grateful to be GRLQJ WKLV VPDOO ZRUN LQ WKLV VPDOO FRPPXQLW\ WKDW , OLYH LQ´ 9RHONH VDLG ³, KDG WKH humbling experience of being LQWKLVERRNDVDFRQVHUYDWLRQ KHUR7KHRQO\UHDVRQ,PDGH LWLQWKDWERRNLVEHFDXVH\RX have made it possible. 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Marx/The Daily Astorian Author Bruce Barcott, who wrote the introduction to “The 6FKXO] In a wide-ranging discus- Wild Edge,” essays and photos by Florian Schultz. sion he touched on national SDUNVRXUHQGDQJHUHGVSHFLHV $UFWLF PDUNHG E\ WKH UHOHDVH al-fronting mountains. ,PDJHV ZHUH GLVSOD\HG and how closed habitats can RIWKHERRNZKLFKLVDSKRWR- JUDSKLFMRXUQH\IURPWKHGHHS DV DXWKRU %UXFH %DUFRWW UHDG spell death for a species. “The ocean to the summit of coast- SRUWLRQV RI KLV LQWURGXFWRU\ animals need room to roam RXWVLGH WKH ERXQGDULHV´ KH said. 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Steve Wright, president SEASIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2015 AWARD WINNERS • Board member of the year: Robin Knoll • Volunteer of the year: Ruth Swenson • Business of the year: Seaside Brewing Co. • Corporate business of the year: Seaside Lodgings • Building blocks: Sea Star Gelato; Helping Hands Re-entry Outreach Centers • Chamber ambassadors of the year: Dolores and Bob Tomasso • Lifetime member award: Don Larson Katherine Lacaze/EO Media Group Past Byron Award winners Cheryle Barker (from left), Doug Barker and Sandy McDowell present this year’s re- cipient, Fred Loser, with the Byron Award during the Sea- side Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet and awards ceremony Tuesday night. of the Seaside Museum and +LVWRULFDO 6RFLHW\ %RDUG said Loser “has been an inte- JUDOSDUWRIPDNLQJ6HDVLGH¶V )RXUWKRI-XO\3DUDGHDVXF- FHVV´ /RVHU KHOSHG WKH 6HD- side Police Department and 6HDVLGH 3XEOLF :RUNV VWDII place cones, barricades and tape along the 1-mile route GXULQJ WKH GD\ EHIRUH DQG HDUO\PRUQLQJRIWKHHYHQWWR EORFN WUDI¿F IURP XVLQJ WKH route, according to Wright. 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