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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 Hike:7KH¿UVWSD\EXPSVWDUWVLQ-XO\ Continued from Page 1A PLQLPXPZDJH´%URZQVDLG ³2YHUWKHSDVWIHZZHHNV,¶YH done a lot of talking about KRZ LPSRUWDQW LW LV IRU KDUG- ZRUNLQJ 2UHJRQLDQV WR JHW D much needed raise in order to NHHSXSZLWKWKHULVLQJFRVWRI housing, rent, food and other necessities.” 'HPEURZ DQG 5HS 3DXO Holvey, D-Eugene, crafted the plan, contained in Senate Bill DIWHU D \HDU¶V ZRUWK RI UHVHDUFKPHHWLQJVZLWKVWDNH- holders, public hearings and negotiations. 7KHSODQKLNHVZDJHVRYHU a period of six years. The amount differs in each of three regions and is set according to a county’s population, median income and cost of living. The PLQLPXP ZDJH ZLOO UHDFK LQ WKH 3RUWODQG DUHD $12.50 in rural and coastal FRXQWLHVZLWKVWUXJJOLQJHFRQ- omies and $13.50 in the rest of the state by 2022. 7KH ¿UVW SD\ EXPS VWDUWV in July, from $9.25 to $9.75 VWDWHZLGH 3UHVLGHQW %DUDFN 2EDPD commended the Oregon Leg- LVODWXUH DQG %URZQ :HGQHV- day for approving the plan and FDOOHG RQ &RQJUHVV WR IROORZ suit. He said more than half of VWDWHVQRZKDYHZDJHVKLJKHU than the federal minimum. ³6LQFH , ¿UVW FDOOHG RQ Anna Reed/Statesman-Journal Sen. Michael Dembrow celebrates before Gov. Kate Brown signs Senate Bill 1532, increasing Oregon’s minimum wage according to a tiered system, at the state Capitol in Salem on Wednesday. &RQJUHVV WR LQFUHDVH WKH IHG- HUDO PLQLPXP ZDJH LQ 18 states and the District of &ROXPELD KDYH DFWHG RQ WKHLU RZQ´ 2EDPD VDLG LQ D VWDWH- PHQW³7KHVHHIIRUWVZLOOERRVW WKHSD\FKHFNVRIKDUGZRUNLQJ Americans and help support PLOOLRQV RI ZRUNHUV WU\LQJ WR make ends meet.” %URZQVDLGWKHSODQZRXOG help the state avoid “a number of potentially problematic bal- lot measures.” ,WLVVWLOOXQFOHDUZKHWKHUDOO of the initiative campaigns are dead. The Raise the Wage coali- tion announced Monday that it has suspended signature gath- ering to place a measure on the EDOORWWRUDLVHZDJHVWR VWDWHZLGH GXULQJ D WKUHH\HDU period. That measure also ZRXOGKDYHOLIWHGDEDQRQFLW- ies and counties setting higher ZDJHV &KLHI VSRQVRUV VDLG early in the campaign that the XQLRQEDFNHG LQLWLDWLYH ZDV intended to spur the Legisla- ture to action. “While this proposal diverges from our initial plan IRUUDLVLQJWKHZDJHLWLVRYHU- ZKHOPLQJO\ D ZLQ IRU 2UH- JRQ ZRUNHUV ² LQ ODUJH SDUW because it gives a raise to RYHU PLQLPXPZDJH ZRUNHUVWKLV-XO\´VDLG$QGUHD Miller, executive director of &DXVD 2UHJRQ ³0RVW QRWD- bly, this bill contains no carve- outs or exceptions for different FODVVHV RI ZRUNHUV OLNH IDUP- ZRUNHUVRUUHVWDXUDQWZRUNHUV or for people just starting out in their career.” 7KH1RZFDPSDLJQLV VWLOODQXQNQRZQ “We are still in discussions ZLWK RXU SDUWQHUV RI ZKLFK there are many,” said chief SHWLWLRQHU -DPLH 3DUWULGJH RI 3RUWODQG7KH\DUH¿JXULQJRXW KRZWRJRIRUZDUG:HDUHWU\- ing to determine our capacity WRJRWRWKHEDOORWDQGZDJHD ZLQQLQJFDPSDLJQ´ The plan approved by the /HJLVODWXUH LV ³WRR ORZ WRR VORZ DQG WRR OLWWOH WRR ODWH´ 3DUWULGJHVDLG³,W¶VQRWHQRXJK to bring people out of poverty.” Anthony K. Smith, Oregon state director for the National Federation of Independent Business called on the gover- nor to publicly oppose the $15 1RZFDPSDLJQ “It’s bad enough that this XQIRUWXQDWH ODZ ZLOO SURPSW VPDOOEXVLQHVV RZQHUV WR KDOW hiring, start cutting back hours IRU ZRUNHUV VWDUW HOLPLQDWLQJ overtime, or even make lay- offs, but her silence on the bal- lot initiative only adds to the anxiety Oregon’s entrepre- neurs are already experienc- ing,” Smith said in a statement. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Students: Wreck is protected by VWDWHIHGHUDODQGLQWHUQDWLRQDOODZ Continued from Page 1A “It’s an experience for VXUH´ VDLG 'DUE\ &XOOHQ D mechanical engineering major recruited to build the robot. “We’ve explored space, and ZHKDYHQ¶WH[SORUHGXQGHUZD- ter to any remarkable degree.” &XOOHQ DORQJ ZLWK IHO- ORZ HQJLQHHULQJ VWXGHQW DQG -HZHOO 6FKRRO JUDGXDWH -RQ- athan Kaminski, are novices to robot-building but largely in charge of assembling the submersible. Helping them DQG /DUVHQ ZKR VSHFLDOL]HV LQ WKH VRIWZDUH DQG ZLULQJ are Brenton Davis and Ashley Fish, lead members of War- renton High School’s under- ZDWHUURERWLFVWHDPDQG6DP Daire, another college student ZKR KDV EHHQ D SDUW RI WKH robotics teams at the college and Seaside High School. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Larsen said the team Georges Oates Larsen tinkers with pieces of the OpenROV in the physics lab of Clatsop hopes to have the submers- Community College on Wednesday. ible ready this summer for WKHLU ¿UVW PLVVLRQ H[SORU- LQJ WKH ZUHFNDJH RI WKH 6LO- via de Grasse, a packet ship carrying lumber that sank in WKH&ROXPELD5LYHUQHDU3LHU 39 in 1849. ³7KH\ NQRZ ZKHUH LW is,” Larsen said. “We’re just going and inspecting it.” After that comes the chal- lenge of taking the submers- LEOH LQWR PRUH RSHQ ZDWHUV Larsen said team members have signed nondisclosure agreements, searching for VRPH VKLSZUHFNV WKDW KDYH yet to be found. Meno: ‘He’s a ZRQGHUIXOPDQ ZLWKDYHU\ very big heart’ He gave so much Continued from Page 1A of some patients for so long that he’d eventually take care of their children, too. While juggling all of these responsibilities, my father still made time to send my PRWKHU ÀRZHUV IRU QR UHD- son and take me to breakfast every Saturday. In short, he’s DZRQGHUIXOPDQZLWKDYHU\ very big heart.” 0LNH0HQR¶VZLIH9LFNL Meno, self-employed clean- ing houses for more than 10 \HDUVKDVKDGWRVWRSZRUN since Mike’s stroke, she VDLG³VR,FDQWU\WREHZLWK him as much as possible.” She explained the stroke history and the insurance predicament. “Mike has had DWOHDVWWKUHHVWURNHVWKDWZH NQRZ RI RYHU WKH SDVW VL[ years. But in the past, the V\PSWRPV UHVROYHG ZLWKLQ 24 hours.” %XW ZLWK KLV VWURNH KLV most severe yet, the results ZHUH ZRUVH 9LFNL 0HQR explained, “He took a small fall in his (hospital) room ZKHQ WKH\ UHWXUQHG IURP 05, DQG WKDW¶V ZKHQ WKH stroke happened.” With this stroke, Meno lost the use of his left arm and leg. +HU ZLVK LV IRU 0HQR to be able to stay at this care center as long as it takes for him to recover enough to return home. But their insurance company is likely not going to pay for that to happen, she said, “They’re already request- ing that I get a hold of the state services, so they can look into our financial sit- XDWLRQ WR VHH LI ZH TXDOLI\ for Medicaid.” Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Darby Cullen and Jonathan Kaminski show what the finished OpenROV will look like. They plan to have the underwater exploration robot done by the summer. and other commodities des- tined for Mexico. “Only the Spanish carry ODUJH FDUJRHV RI EHHVZD[´ Williams said, adding the PDUNLQJVRQWKHEHHVZD[DUH Spanish. Based on the dating of porcelain found on the beach, KH VDLG WKH VKLSZUHFN RII of Manzanita most likely RFFXUUHG EHWZHHQ DQG 1700, and is likely spread out after being shifted by a large tsunami that hit the Oregon &RDVWLQ “This is not a salvage or a treasure hunt,” Williams said. 7KHZUHFNLVSURWHFWHGE\ state, federal and international ODZKHVDLGZLWKWKH6SDQLVK JRYHUQPHQWOLNHO\KDYLQJ¿UVW GLEVRQDQ\ZUHFNDJH Robotic assistance Over the past decade, the RZLQJ WR WKH GLYHUV ERDWV JRRGZHDWKHUDQGZDWHUFRQ- ditions needed to put together D¿HOGVWXG\ For the archaeological VRFLHW\ WKH VXEPHUVLEOH ZLOO DOORZPRUHGLYHVWKURXJKRXW the year as they try to docu- PHQW VKLSZUHFNV 2Q ODQG Submitted Photo Williams said, the archae- Beachcombers have long ological society needs peo- found marked blocks of SOH WR UHPDLQ YLJLODQW ZKHQ beeswax, like this piece combing the beach. found in 1915, that the in- “We need people on the vestigators with the Bees- EHDFK LI WKH\ ¿QG VWXII WR wax Wreck Project believe report it,” Williams said. are from the Santo Cristo “Don’t pick it up, put it in de Burgos, a Spanish gal- your pocket and go. Notify a leon coming back with park ranger. If it’s in danger commodities from Manila, RI EHLQJ ZDVKHG DZD\ OLNH Philipines, when it sank in something right at the surf the late 17th century. line, OK, pick that up and then tell a park ranger.” For more information %HHVZD[ :UHFN 3URMHFW KDV about the Maritime Archae- probably spent 20 days total ological Society, visit http:// LQ WKH ¿HOG :LOOLDPV VDLG maritimearchaeological.org Steve Bellinger, Ocean Beach Hospital physician assistant and captain/para- PHGLF ZLWK 3DFL¿F &RXQW\ Fire District 1, brought Mike Meno’s plight to the atten- WLRQRIWKH&KLQRRN2EVHUYHU in an e-mail recently. He ZURWH ³0LNH KDV VDFUL- ¿FHGDSRUWLRQRIKLVOLIHDQG PXFK RI KLV ¿QDQFHV WR RXU community.” He explained that Meno encouraged Bellinger to go EDFNWRVFKRRODIWHUWKH\¿UVW met in the late 1980s. Bell- inger recalled, “I did return to college and ultimately attended the University of Washington and became a physician assistant just like 0LNH , QRZ KDYH SURYLGHG medical services to our com- munity for almost 19 years.” Through Meno’s ded- icated tutelage, Bellinger said, “I feel I am one of the many indirect impacts Mike had on our community. I bring up my involvement not to highlight my deeds, but to highlight the vision and the impact that Mike’s visions had on our community and LWVLQGLYLGXDOV$V\RXNQRZ Mike also during his time as a medical practitioner on the peninsula built North Beach &OLQLF QRZ NQRZ DV WKH )DPLO\+HDOWK&HQWHU$JDLQ KHKDGDYLVLRQDQGWKLVZDV to provide healthcare ser- vices to the residents of the QRUWK HQG ZKLFK DUH SUH- dominately senior citizens.” Bellinger saidMeno ³VHUYHG DQG VDFUL¿FHG´ LQ his contributions to this com- munity. He encourages com- munity members to give back through the GoFundMe page. Cannon Beach: If directors are recalled, remaining board member or members ZRXOGDSSRLQWQHZGLUHFWRUV Continued from Page 1A The Beeswax shipwreck The archaeological soci- ety met in Astoria in Febru- ary and voted to adopt the %HHVZD[ :UHFN 3URMHFW DV WKHLU RZQ 6FRWW :LOOLDPV DUFKDHRORJLVWZLWKWKH:DVK- ington State Department of Transportation, is the princi- SDOLQYHVWLJDWRUZLWKWKHSURM- HFWZKLFKEHJDQLQ ³/HZLVDQG&ODUNWKHIXU traders in the area, the Indi- DQV EURXJKW WKHP EHHVZD[ to trade,” Williams told the annual meeting of the soci- ety in the Barbey Maritime &HQWHU ³(VSHFLDOO\ WKH IXU WUDGHUV NQRZ WKDW WKHUH DUH no honeybees. There’s no QDWLYH KRQH\EHHV DQ\ZKHUH LQ WKH 1HZ :RUOG 6R WKH\ DVNHG WKH QDWLYHV ZKHUH WKH\ JRW WKLV EHHVZD[ DQG WKH\ WROG WKHP WKHUH ZDV D VKLSZUHFN´ Williams said he is 99.9 percent sure the source of EHHVZD[ ZDVKLQJ XS RYHU the years on Nehalem Spit near Manzanita is the Santo &ULVWR GH %XUJRV D 6SDQ- ish galleon that started back IURP 0DQLOD 3KLOLSSLQHV LQ ORDGHG ZLWK EHHVZD[ Submitted Photo Mike Meno, a longtime healthcare provider on the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula who established the medical clinic in Klipsan and served on the Ilwaco City Council, has suffered multiple strokes and is being treated in Astoria. &O\GH VDLG WKH UHFDOO drive had a “chilling effect” RQ SXEOLF DZDUHQHVV RI the events prior to the termination. &DQQRQ %HDFK UHVLGHQW 6XVDQ 1HXZLUWK ZKR LQL- tiated the recall, called the challenges “for the best.” ³+RSHIXOO\ LW ZLOO VHWWOH this issue once and for all, HLWKHU ZD\´ 1HXZLUWK VDLG :HGQHVGD\ ³,I WKH WRZQ- IRON ZDQW WR UHLQVWDOO WKHP WKHQ VR EH LW ,I WKH\ ZRXOG like a fresh start after many years of the same guard, then so be it. At least there has been a lot of healthy conver- sation regarding the impor- tance of sitting on any board and the decisions they make. I believe this is particularly WUXHZKHQLWLQYROYHVOLIHDQG property.” The special election is scheduled for April 5. If directors are recalled, the remaining board member or PHPEHUVZRXOGDSSRLQWQHZ directors. There are several residents ZKR KDYH H[SUHVVHG LQWHUHVW LQVHUYLQJ1HXZLUWKVDLG ³%XW VLQFH WKH\ ZHUHQ¶W certain of the outcome, QRERG\KDVRI¿FLDOO\WKURZQ their hat in the ring,” Neu- ZLUWKVDLG 1HXZLUWK VDLG VKH ZRXOG be proud to serve “if people ZRXOGOLNHPHWR´ ³,¶OO ZDLW DQG VHH ZKDW kind of comments are made by the public and Fire 'HSDUWPHQW´ 1HXZLUWK DGGHG³,GRNQRZWKLV7KH volunteers are very apprecia- tive that all of this has come WR OLJKW DQG WKH WRZQ KDV VWRRGEHKLQGWKHP7KH\ZLOO GH¿QLWHO\KDYHDPXFKVWURQ- ger voice in their department in the future.” Lyra Fontaine contrib- uted to this report. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com
