143rd YEAR, No. 149
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016
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Square
plan goes
on a diet
Costly streetscape,
underground parking
are casualties of cuts
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
Emcee Daylight Cums struts down the runway in a refashioned wedding dress during the opening of the La Fête Fashion Show Saturday.
FASHION CENTS
Local designers get crafty for a cause
Lose the fancy streetscape. Forget the
expensive underground parking.
The Astoria City Council, if it moves
ahead with a new library and housing project
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reduced.
A pared-down project would still run
about $20 million to $26 million, according
to Kevin Cronin, the city’s community
development director, but that could be more
palatable than the initial estimates of $29.7
million to $38.7 million.
“As we go through this process, we’re
going to have to look at trade-offs,” Cronin
told the City Council Monday night.
Removing the streetscape component
would save between $2.3 million and $3.4
million, while eliminating underground
parking would cut between $5.2 million and
$6.2 million.
Shaving contingency costs and trimming
open-space elements of the project could
also bring the price down.
Story and Photos
See SQUARE, Page 10A
By JOSHUA BESSEX
The Daily Astorian
Council
rebuffs late
cell tower
maneuver
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odels strutted down the
runway during the second
annual La Fête fashion
show fundraiser Saturday night
at the Masonic Temple.
Challenged to only use items
found at the Deja Vu Thrift Shop,
local designers created a variety
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fur to wedding dresses. Emily
Johnson won the Judges’ Choice
with a set of dresses made from
sewing patterns while Mary de
la Salandra won the People’s
Choice competition.
The event raised nearly
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which assists survivors of
stalking, domestic and sexual
violence.
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display at Deja Vu thrift store.
Astoria city attorney
made request on
Verizon’s behalf
By DERRICK DePLEDGE
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria City Council on Monday
night declined a request by Verizon Wireless
to send a review of a new communications
tower at Shively Park back to the Planning
Commission rather than reject the project.
Verizon’s late request was relayed to
the City Council by City Attorney Blair
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thought was unorthodox.
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for Verizon?” City Councilor Cindy Price
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teered to present Verizon’s concept rather
than have the company make the pitch,
which could have been more adversarial
given that the public hearing had closed and
the council had tentatively moved in January
to reject the project.
ABOVE RIGHT: Leslie
Grelle walks down the
runway sporting an outfit
crafted from sewing pat-
terns during the La Fête
Fashion Show Saturday.
The outfit was designed by
Emily Johnson, who won
the Judges’ Choice.
RIGHT: Susan Oxley
shows off an outfit de-
signed by Trixie Leone at
the La Fête Fashion Show
Saturday. Leone’s theme
was based on the James
Bond film “From Russia
with Love.”
See CELL TOWER, Page 10A
Chamber taps tip-top locals
Those who help
North Coast
businesses thrive
receive awards
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
FEBRUARY 10-14, 2016
PORTLAND
CENTER
By KATHERYN
HOUGHTON
EO Media Group
WIN TWO
WARRENTON — The
Astoria Warrenton Chamber
of Commerce held its largest
annual banquet with a theme
that wrapped around the 50th
anniversary of the Astoria
Bridge.
On Saturday, more than
200 people connected to busi-
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the Astoria Golf and Country
Club in Warrenton to celebrate
TICKETS
See CHAMBER, Page 10A
to the Sportsmen’s Show
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Former and current public officials joined the Astoria War-
renton Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet. (Left to
right) Warrenton Mayor Mark Kujala, former Astoria Mayor
Willis Van Dusen, Willie and Sheila Holden, Rose and Rich
Mays, who is Clatsop County’s interim manager and the
former manager of Cannon Beach, and Astoria Mayor Ar-
line LaMear and husband Cliff.
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February 2nd and 10th and be entered to win
2 tickets to the Sportsmen’s Show at the
Portland Expo Center February 10-14
We can have 16 winners!
For more information call Holly Larkins at 503-325-3211 ext. 227