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OPINION • 4A
143rd YEAR, No. 132
EXTRA • 1C
ONE DOLLAR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 • WEEKEND EDITION
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By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Construction crews will replace
a collapsed culvert along Highway
202 just south of Ordway Lane near
the Youngs River, raising hope that
the roadway might reopen by the end
of next week.
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ment of Transportation is bittersweet
for several property owners on the
other side of the highway. They
worry the two new culverts being in-
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land and potentially threaten their
homes.
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of Transportation staff and others
gathered Wednesday afternoon in
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room around s tate Sen. Betsy John-
son, who was trying to play arbitra-
tor .
The culvert collapsed amid heavy
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highway and sparking an emergency
repair.
Bo Miller, a hydraulics engineer
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tation, said construction crews are
installing sheet pilings on the river
side to isolate a construction site
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New body cameras record Astoria police on patrol
and pull out the failed culvert, a 36-
inch pipe.
On Monday, he said, Big River
Construction Inc. will start excavat-
ing to replace the failed pipe with
two 6-foot culverts. Miller said the
hope is to open the highway by the
end of next week.
See HIGHWAY, Page 8A
Seaside mother
pleads guilty to role
in daughter’s murder
She will testify
against boyfriend
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
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Sgt. Chris McNeary wears his Watchguard Vista body camera during an interview Thursday. The Astoria Police
Department purchased 12 body cameras and are in the process of implementing them.
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but will have the discretion over when to record, a bal-
ancing act between the public interest and privacy rights.
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on whether to turn on the cameras based on their assessments of
the encounters.
“Any time we are making contact with someone, we are likely
to record,” Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston said.
Law enforcement leaders and civil-rights activists have
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positive step toward transparency that can protect police and po-
tential suspects. In a climate of distrust nationally after high-pro-
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But some civil-rights activists are concerned about giving po-
lice greater surveillance power and have demanded restrictions.
The new body cameras in Astoria come six months after the
state Legislature passed a law requiring law enforcement to es-
tablish policies and procedures on the use of cameras.
The state law requires that police body cameras be set to re-
cord continuously to capture the entirety of interactions with the
public over possible crimes and violations, with exceptions based
on reasonable privacy concerns, emergency circumstances, or the
safety of police or others.
New cameras and software
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Sgt. Chris McNeary wears his Watchguard Vista
body camera during an interview with The Daily As-
torian Thursday. The camera records in high defini-
tion and has a coverage range of 130 degrees.
Astoria Police recently unveiled a dozen new body cameras,
part of a $50,000 purchase that includes four new vehicle-mount-
ed cameras and software from the company Watchguard Video.
Warrenton, Seaside and Cannon Beach p olice also use Watch-
guard Video equipment.
See BODY CAMERAS, Page 8A
The Seaside mother ac-
cused of having a role in her
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pleaded guilty Thursday in
Clatsop County Circuit Court
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criminal mistreatment.
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will be sentenced to more
than 15 years in prison, but
only after she truthfully testi-
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boyfriend Randy Lee Roden,
27, who is accused of mur-
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daughter.
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for April . If Wing refuses to
testify or is deemed to have
lied during her testimony, the
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set aside her pleas and she
would be back to square one
regarding her charges, accord-
ing to the plea agreement.
The couple allegedly com-
mitted the crimes between
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ter, Evangelina Marie Wing,
was the victim of homicide
and apparently died from
blunt force trauma. She would
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Wing is accused of man-
slaughter for the neglect and
maltreatment of her daugh-
ter, a factor in her death. The
criminal mistreatment charges
relate to Wing leaving her two
sons, ages 3 and 6, unattend-
ed with Roden over a period
of time that likely endangered
their health and welfare, ac-
cording to the indictment.
“She was a beautiful child,
full of life and promise,”
Judge Paula Brownhill told
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also were just sweet little
guys, and their lives have
changed forever because of
you. You are their mother.
It was your responsibility to
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do that.”
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Dorothy Wing, right, looks
over as her attorney, John
Gutbezahl, makes com-
ments during Wing’s plea
hearing Thursday.
Numerous injuries
The couple told investi-
gators about incidents where
the 2-year-old girl fell coming
from a bus stop, fell off of a
toilet and got in tussles with
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found injured the same day
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dead. The boys were hospital-
ized and placed in state pro-
tective custody.
Wing made numerous
statements about injuries to
her children that occurred
while she was at work. She
made statements about a bro-
ken arm that her daughter suf-
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again while she was out of the
house.
Wing was originally in-
dicted on counts of murder
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slaughter and six counts of
criminal mistreatment. She
was facing about 25 years in
prison. She was sentenced
Thursday to 35 months, out
of the pending 190-month
sentence, while she waits to
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Death penalty
Roden is serving a
100-month sentence at Two
Rivers Correctional Facility
near Umatilla for a probation
violation from a previous do-
mestic violence conviction.
He violated his probation
by possessing marijuana,
See WING, Page 8A
New cell tower at Shively Park brought into focus
Forester had challenged previous
depictions as inaccurate
By DERRICK
DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
Ron Zilli was right.
A new Verizon Wireless
communications tower at
Shively Park would be more
visible than the company and
city previously described.
Zilli, a forester who lives
near the historic park, had told
the city the 150-foot mono-
pole would be visible well
above the tree line and could
be seen from other parts of
the city. He has appealed de-
cisions by the Astoria Historic
Landmarks Commission and
the Planning Commission to
approve the project, arguing
that the tower is incompatible
with the park.
New photographic mock-
ups of the monopole from
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about visibility, and the City
Council, which will hear his
appeals on Jan. 19, will have
to determine whether the re-
vised mock-ups justify walk-
ing back the project.
See TOWER, Page 7A
New photo
simulations
suggest a
150-foot Veri-
zon monopole
proposed for
Shively Park will
be more visible
than previously
described.
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