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143rd YEAR, No. 104 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Ilwaco hospital boss heads for CEO position in Seaside Sawa will take over at Providence Seaside in 2016 By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group ILWACO, Wash. — Ocean Beach Hospital CEO Kendall Sawa will be WKH QHZ FKLHI H[HFXWLYH RI¿FHU IRU Providence Seaside Hospital in Sea- side in January. Sawa is an employee of Peace- +HDOWK D 9DQFRXYHUEDVHG QRQSUR¿W A better life Catholic hospital system that runs hospitals and clinics in Oregon, Wash- ington and Alaska. He has worked at Ocean Beach Hospital since October 2012, under a “management agree- ment” that allowed PeaceHealth to take over day-to-day operation of the ¿QDQFLDOO\GLVWUHVVHGSXEOLFKRVSLWDO Originally from Canada, Sawa is a married father of two, and a registered nurse. In 1997, he moved to Alaska to See SAWA, Page 5A in sight Kendall Sawa No go for crab Oregon and Washington delay crab season because of domoic acid The Associated Press After an earthquake ravaged Port Au Prince, Haiti, Baker and two of her younger siblings were adopted by Nat and Kris Baker in Colville, Washing- ton, who had already adopted one of her sisters . Baker came to America as a bi- OLQJXDO\HDUROG¿IWKJUDGHUEXWVKH only spoke Creole and French. Placed in the ninth grade upon arrival, Baker said she studied days, nights and weekends to learn English and graduate at 18 with her peers. A self-declared fan of fashion, Baker spent a year at Pensacola Christian Col- lege in Florida studying business man- agement in hopes of one day opening her own clothing store. But she said the university was too expensive, and she moved back to Colville to work off her student debt. One of her friends told her PORTLAND — Oregon and Washington have joined California in delaying the start of their com- mercial crab seasons after dangerous toxin levels were found in the crabs. 2I¿FLDOV VD\ HOHYDWHG OHYHOV RI domoic acid were found in crabs in all three states. The toxin is natural- ly produced by microscopic algae in WKH 3DFL¿F 2FHDQ EXW WKH PDVVLYH bloom of algae caused by warming ocean conditions this year has led to more toxins produced and consumed E\VKHOO¿VK California had already delayed the Nov. 15 start of its season after ¿QGLQJGDQJHURXVOHYHOVRIWKHWR[LQ Oregon on Friday delayed the Dec. 1 start along its entire coast, after testing in recent weeks showed higher toxin levels in the southern half of the state. Oregon Department RI )LVK DQG :LOGOLIH RI¿FLDOV VDLG delay of the season will allow com- pletion of additional testing to make sure toxin levels are safe. $QG LQ :DVKLQJWRQ RI¿FLDOV RQ Friday also said they’re delaying the season along parts of the coast where it starts on Dec. 1. 7ULEDOFUDE¿VKHULHVLQ*UD\V+DU bor and the adjacent ocean area are RSHQDQGRI¿FLDOVVDLGWKHFUDEWKHUH is safe and toxin levels are lower. It’s unclear how long the delays ZLOO ODVW 2I¿FLDOV VD\ WKH\¶UH FRQ tinuing to test crab samples. Dungeness crabs are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. In 2014, the industry har- vested nearly $170 million worth of Dungeness crab along the West Coast. Crab seasons have been delayed in the past, but mostly because the crab were not full enough, said John &RUELQ D ¿VKHUPDQ ZKRVH FRPSD ny has two Dungeness crab boats in Warrenton, Ore. Domoic acid has been found in crabs for decades, usually at very low concentrations that pose no risk, Corbin said. But elevated levels that are toxic to humans are only found every dozen years or so. “This year they’re full enough, but we want to make sure the crab is good quality and safe for the public,” he said. “When things are right, we will go at it.” See GRADUATES, Page 10A See CRAB, Page 10A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Graduates Thamar Baker, right, Nayeli Ramirez Estevez, left, and their friend Sally Joseph, center, take a photo before the Tongue Point Job Corps Center graduation ceremony Friday. Graduates of Tongue Point Job Corps look to the future By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian T he graduates of Tongue Point Job Corps Center, clad in green, lined the front of the gym in the former World War II-era air- plane hangar . Along with family and friends gathered Friday IRUJUDGXDWLRQWKHJUDGXDWHVOLVWHQHGDV\HDUROG¿QDQFHVWXGHQW Thamar Baker sang the national anthem, complete with a hint of the Creole accent she took with her from Haiti nearly six years ago. Brandon Jones hugs Cassy Keys during the graduation ceremony. Job Corps, the federally subsidized job-training program founded 50 years ago, takes all manner of students. They WUDLQLQVSHFL¿FWUDGHVDQGOHDUQWREHJRRG employees, as they try to escape poverty and break into the American middle class. A recent analysis by the U.S. Depart- ment of Labor found Tongue Point to be the sixth best center out of 127 national- ly at helping students catch up on their HGXFDWLRQ WUDLQ LQ VSHFL¿F WUDGHV DQG transition into full-time employment af- terward. Many graduates, already on to the next stage of their lives, don’t make it to grad- uation. Katrina Morrell-Gasser, a spokes- woman for Tongue Point, said Friday that 308 students over the year were placed in a job, the military or advanced training pro- gram. She said the center averages about 90 percent of graduating students placed in a job, with an average wage of nearly $13. A hiJhÀ ier From Rub to Riley, O’Bryan keeps coaches on game W e all hear the question at one time or another in our lives: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s highly unlikely that “ assistant director of football operations at the University of Nebraska” would have been one of Hilary O’Bryan’s top responses. Yet there she is, on page 86 of the 2015 Nebraska football media guide: “Hilary O’Bry- an, assistant director of foot- ball operations.” “I would have never guessed that, or that I would be in Nebraska,” said O’Bry- an, an Astoria native and 2008 graduate of Astoria High tor Howard Rub. “I have coach Rub to thank for getting me started,” said O’Bryan, who was a three- sport star at Astoria. “He got me an interview at Oregon State right after high school School. “But I’m so glad it’s graduation. I got a front-desk worked out that way.” student position (in the OSU 2¶%U\DQLVLQKHU¿UVW\HDU Athletic Department), so if with the Cornhuskers. And it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t so is head coach Mike Riley. have had the opportunity to That’s not a coincidence. work at the front desk, and O’Bryan also served as Ri- probably never would have ley’s assistant at Oregon State, met coach Riley. before the coach was hired by “Helping coach Rub Nebraska last off-season. throughout high school has And going back to her high transitioned into my career school days, O’Bryan was the and what I love to do.” student-assistant for Astoria See O’BRYAN, Page 10A football coach/Athletic Direc- Submitted Photo Nebraska’s “OSU Connection.” From left to right, Huskers’ Director of High School Football Relations Chris Bras- field, Hilary O’Bryan and head coach Mike Riley. All three came to Nebraska from Oregon State.
