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143rd YEAR, No. 151
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2016
ONE DOLLAR
A right
to dig
(asement ended 20
years ago on ChinooN
tribal burial grounds
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
EO Media Group
Photos by Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
From left, instructor Chris Gustafson, a graduate of Clatsop Community College’s historic preservation and restoration program and
a professional window restorer, teaches students Jay Dickason, Chelsea Billings, Hannah Phelps-Goodman and Alisyn Smith how to
remove the sash windows in the 131-year-old Flavel House Museum and contain their work area using corrugated plastic sheeting.
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By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
storia, NnoZn as the oldest
settlement Zest of the
RocNy 0ountains, is rife
Zith historic buildings dating from
the th and early 20th century
-ust as the city draZs tourists,
Clatsop Community College’s
unique historic preservation and
restoration program draZs students
from around the 8S Zanting
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See RIGHT TO DIG, Page 10A
TaNing pot
to the banN
Oregon bill Zould alloZ
marijuana spots get
¿ nancial services
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
to learn hoZ to restore those old
buildings
2ver the ZeeNend, students
restored nine sash ZindoZs on the
attic and turret of the 131-year-old
Capt *eorge Flavel +ouse
0useum, a 4ueen $nne mansion
completed in 1885 for river pilot
Flavel and his family Teaching the
ZorNshop Zas Chris *ustafson,
a professional ZindoZ restorer
See PRESERVATION, Page 10A
Chris Gustafson, top, graduate of Clatsop Community College’s
historic preservation and restoration program and a professional
window restorer, teaches students how to seal the historic sash
windows in the Flavel House Museum Saturday.
C+INOOK, Wash ² Paci¿ c County
Public 8tility District No 2 *eneral 0anager
Doug 0iller defended the P8D’s deci-
sion to dig in an area that contains remains
of ChinooN Indians, saying the district had
an easement that gave them the right to do
the ZorN Zithout giving notice, or seeNing
permission
+oZever, the ChinooN Observer has
learned that the district’s easement e[pired
20 years ago Furthermore, 0iller already
NneZ there Zas no easement Zhen he spoNe
Zith the neZspaper in -anuary
In late December, utility district ZorNers
replaced one failing utility pole at 0iddle
9illageStation Camp, a site Zithin the
/eZis and ClarN National +istorical ParN
in 0c*oZan, and another on Bill *arvin’s
neighboring property
Students in Clatsop Community College’s historic preserva-
tion and restoration program took over the attic of the Fla-
vel House Museum over the weekend. They restored the sash
windows in the attic of the 131-year-old mansion .
SA/(0 ² While voters have legali]ed
marijuana in Oregon, state and federal laZs
still largely restrict banNs and credit unions
from providing ¿ nancial services to pot-re-
lated businesses
An emergency bill e[pected to soon be
voted out of the House Business and Labor
Committee Zould remove criminal liability
for providing those services in Oregon,
though it Zould give no protection
against federal prosecution
“Currently, marijuana
businesses … have been
mostly denied access to the
banNing system because,
at a minimum, ¿ nan-
cial institutions that
provide such services
must spend heavily on
compliance infrastructure and
procedures to undertaNe the
required due diligence revieZ and moni-
toring of the business,” said Pamela Leavitt,
of the NorthZest Credit 8nion Association
“Without the ability to access banN
accounts, accept credit cards, or Zrite
checNs, businesses must operate using large
amounts of cash,” Leavitt said “This creates
safety risNs for businesses and surrounding
communities and maNes it more dif¿ cult
for local and state governments to collect
ta[es”
See POT, Page 10A
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Big picture needed before old
5ed /ion eDter\ cDn ¿ nd neZ life
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
7Ke 3ort of $VtoriD Zill
need a master plan before
offering up the former Seafare
restaurant, staff announced
at a Tuesday Port Commis-
sion ZorNshop The Port has
been trying for years to ¿ ll
the former Seafare, vacant
since the 2000s but formerly
a popular Zaterfront desti-
nation used in a dinner scene
for “Kindergarten Cop” in the
early 0s
“The strategic plan points
out that « before Ze go out for
an RFP (request for proposals)
in the central Zaterfront,
a master planning process
must taNe place,” ([ecutive
'irector -im Knight said
Knight said a strategic plan
relates to the Port’s goals,
Zhile a master plan provides
the technical information to
achieve them
The talN of a master plan
perturbed Commissioner Bill
+unsinger, Zho has related
the previous master plan from
See PORT, Page 10A
Gary Kobes, the Port
of Astoria’s airport
manager, who has
expertise in property
development, said if
the agency focuses
separately on the
Chinook or former
Seafare restaurant
buildings, lower right,
without a comprehen-
sive master plan, it
could erode the abil-
ity to maximize use
of the larger devel-
opment area running
east from Pier 1,
around the West End
Mooring Basin to the
Astoria Bridge.
Port of Astoria/Graphic