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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 Senior center: The total Department of State Lands comes to Astoria Dec. 31 to Sunday after land created by placement of general fund to create two cost of the project was concerns about a lack of arti¿cial ¿ll or deposit atop positions. The Department of State state-owned submerged or The Oregon Department of notice. roughly $1.7 million Chris Castelli, a policy submersible land prior to May Lands administers natural State Lands will hold a public The Daily Astorian meeting tonight regarding waterways, including histor- ically ¿lled lands, waterway leasing, navigational access maintenance dredging and ocean renewable energy. The meeting is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., in Astoria. State staff will provide information and answer questions. Late last month, the department extended the deadline for comments on rulemaking surrounding historically ¿lled lands from Continued from Page 1A Before the makeover, “it was a very deplorable building,” Project Director Al Jaques said. The center’s interior mainly consisted of a large open space with a small craft area. The heating and electric systems were ineffective, and there wasn’t a separate area to treat members dealing with medical conditions. In addition to the dance hall and pool room, seniors can now enjoy a craft room, a well-furnished reception area and more natural light. The remodel also comes with a classroom for ENCORE (Exploring New Concepts in Retirement Education) classes, a health room (complete with a hospital bed), new bathrooms and a full commercial kitchen, where the nonpro¿t Columbia Senior Diners will cook regularly, John Ryan, the center’s board president, said. All the old services and activities — crafts, card games, board games, billiards, mahjong, pinochle, shopping trips, exercise classes and bingo — remain on offer. “The senior center is ‘coming home’ I like to say,” Executive Director Larry Miller said. “This is the center of some folks’ activity.” ‘The senior center is ‘coming home’ I like to say. This is the center of some folks’ activity.’ Larry Miller Erick Bengel/The Daily Astorian The new Astoria Senior Center sign glows neon on a recent morning as construction on the center nears completion. analyst for the department, said attendees at hearings in Astoria and Coos Bay expressed the need for more time to consider the proposed addition of a new adminis- trative rule division covering historically ¿lled lands. A new state law distin- guishes historically ¿lled lands and new lands for purposes of determining ownership and transfer of ownership of lands created upon submersible or submerged lands by arti¿cial ¿ll or deposit. +istorically ¿lled lands are de¿ned by the state as clip or CLICK! and ¿scal resources such as state-owned rangelands and timberlands, waterway leases, estates for which no will or heirs exist and unclaimed property. Twice a year, the agency distributes fund investment earnings to generate revenue for the Common School Fund. The agency also administers the state’s removal-¿ll law, which requires people removing or ¿lling certain amounts of material in waters of the state to obtain a permit. All rulemaking information is available at www.oregon- statelands.us 28, 1963. The department convened an advisory group representing broad interests to recommend changes and streamline efforts for how the agency handles clarifying ownership of such lands. 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