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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 Funds:)(0$ZLOOVWDJHDMRLQW¿HOGRI¿FHQH[WZHHNLQ6DOHP Continued from Page 1A The state needed approximately $5.4 million worth of damage for the federal designation. Port most affected At least two-thirds of the reported damage in Clatsop County came from the Port, one of the largest waterfront landowners in the county. By Brown’s estimates, the Port recorded $830,000 worth of damage because of wind, waves and debris coming down the Columbia River and settling around the central waterfront. Robert Evert, permit and project manager for the Port, said the agency is still gathering damage esti- mates from tenants such as Bornstein Seafoods, which reported damaged pilings underneath the FRPSDQ\¶V¿VKSURFHVVLQJSODQWQHDU3LHU The city of Astoria reported more than LQ HURVLRQ GDPDJH DORQJ WKH &ROXP- bia waterfront, in addition to more than $8,000 reported by the Maritime Museum, highlighted by a row of partially uprooted locust trees east of the museum. State Parks and Recreation, which closed Ecola Park Road because of erosion, UHSRUWHGLQGDPDJH Could be awhile )(0$ZLOOVWDJHDMRLQW¿HOGRI¿FHLQ6DOHP next week, after which investigators will start PDNLQJ¿HOGYLVLWVWRIXUWKHUDVVHVVGDPDJH(YHQ LIHYHU\WKLQJZRUNVRXWZLWKWKH¿QDODVVHVVPHQW getting projects done can take a while, Brown said. She gave the example of Bond Street behind the Astoria Mini Mart, which became one- ZD\DIWHUDODQGVOLGHLQ,QWKHFLW\ replaced a water line displaced by the landslide to Marine Drive, which Brown said was covered by FEMA. She added that the landslide wasn’t cov- Submitted Photo ered, but remains a city project to return the street The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which closed Ecola Park Road because of erosion, reported $183,000 in damage from WRWZRZD\WUDI¿F December’s storms. Seaside: ‘We’re still the same community we’ve always been’ ,GRQ¶WWKLQNDQ\RQHFDQPHD- VXUH´ VKH VDLG ³,W¶V EURXJKW “My message to visitors is, us together. We’re happy that it’s my belief that we’re still the we live in a community that same community we’ve always can come together and support been,” Rahl said. “Seaside has Sgt. Goodding’s family and the been welcoming visitors for police department and all of our ZHOO RYHU \HDUV QRZ DQG ¿UVWUHVSRQGHUV´ Russ Vandenberg, the gen- what happened on Feb. 5 is unfortunately something that’s eral manager of the Seaside been happening in all parts of Civic and Convention Center, believes there will be little to no our country.” Ruth Swenson, a Sea- impact on tourism. “The general public will side Downtown Development Association board member, naturally have empathy for said the shootings have brought the Goodding family and ulti- mately be inspired on how a the community together. “We are a very close-knit small community like Seaside community, so this has affected pulled together to help support us in sadness and grief in a way one of our own,” he said. Continued from Page 1A worrying about where Businesses through- to go for the night. out Seaside offered sup- “This is like our port to Goodding’s fam- family,” Swenson said. ily after the shooting, “This hit home. We and hotels and camp- all feel like that. As a grounds provided free business community, or discounted lodging Jon the biggest thing we to visitors coming to Rahl think of is how do we pay their respects at the take care of our family. memorial service last So many donated time: Shilo week. Susan Hart, manager of donated rooms, restaurants Sunset Lake Resort & RV donated food — and that’s not Park, offered free camping at including donations to the the park during the days lead- Fallen Badge Foundation. The ing up to and days following question is: How do we take the memorial. Offering people care of our families? How do a place to stay was a way to ZH PDNH LW FOHDU WR RXU ¿UVW allow them to focus on remem- responders how much we love bering Goodding rather than and care about them?” Swenson, who is manager RI6HDVLGH¶V+LOOFUHVW,QQVDLG she has seen an outpouring of support from outside the com- munity. “On the Hillcrest Face- book page,” she said, “you’d be surprised at how many peo- ple wrote, ‘We’re so sorry for your loss,’ ‘We feel this is our second home,’ ‘How can we help.’ ³:H KDG ¿UVW UHVSRQG- ers who stayed with us Friday who came from everywhere who wanted to be here to show their support,” Swenson added. “We’ve had an outpouring of people who have visited Sea- side at one time or another and loved our town so much that they wanted to be there for us, too.” ³,W ZDVQ¶W DERXW WU\LQJ WR make a buck last week,” Rahl said. “Tourism is our liveli- hood here ... but when you have something like this it puts it in perspective.” Rahl stressed the fact that the incident was isolated and QRWDUHÀHFWLRQRIZKDWYLVLWRUV should expect when coming to Seaside. ³,I DQ\WKLQJ , WKLQN SHR- ple want to continue to show that they’re prideful in Sea- side and come and be here,” he said. 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