DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016
143RD YEAR, NO. 178
ONE DOLLAR
DORCHESTER
Kasich
wins straw
poll for
president
Conservative gathering in
Seaside aims to expand
political conversations
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Seaside’s Attikin Babb, No. 33, walks away as Philomath players celebrate after Philomath’s 55-45 win at the 4A State Championship
at Liberty High School on Saturday. More photos at www.dailyastorian.com
STILL PLENTY TO BE
PROUD OF AT STATE
Seaside comes up short in ¿nal as Warriors ground Gulls
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — As Donald Trump’s
ascent has thrown the Republican presi-
dential primary into disarray, the conserva-
tive Dorchester Conference this weekend
remained decidedly more moderate.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich came out the top
vote-getter in the presidential straw poll to
conclude the annual conference, with 46 del-
egate votes, followed by Texas U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz with 36 and Donald Trump with
33. Even Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders
managed three votes between them.
Lake Oswego City Councilor and
Republican Jeff Gudman took 75 percent of
delegate votes in the state treasurer debate
against Bend accountant and independent
candidate Chris Telfer. Democratic candi-
date and state Rep. Tobias Read from Bea-
verton did not participate. The debate was
moderated by new Republican gubernato-
rial hopeful Allen Alley, who along with
front-runner Bud Pierce made separate
presentations.
See DORCHESTER, Page 5A
OREGON GOVERNOR
HOPEFULS
Bud Pierce and Allen Alley
spoke at the conference.
See Page 5A
H
ILLSBORO — Seaside
endured another pretty
good-sized storm over
the weekend.
It came in the form of the
Philomath Warriors, who indeed
caused a little power outage
for the Seaside boys basketball
team late Saturday night, in the
championship game of the Class
4A state tournament.
In front of a standing-room-
only, packed house at Liberty
High School, the normally
high-energy,
high-scoring
Gulls were grounded for much
of the night, and had trou-
ble mounting their normally
potent offensive attack.
The Warriors — the No. 1
seed in the tournament — led
from start to ¿nish, but had to
hold off a furious fourth-quar-
ter rally by the No. 2 seed
Gulls in a 55-45 win.
FERC nixes
Jordan Cove
LNG project
)eds Pipeline bene¿ts
do not outweigh adverse
effects on landowners
The Daily Astorian
ABOVE: Seaside’s
Jackson Januik, No.
3, dives after a ball
collected by Philo-
math’s Logan Williams,
No. 11, during the 4A
State Championship at
Liberty High School on
Saturday.
See STATE, Page 10A
MORE INSIDE
Fishermen earn
fourth-place finish in state
tourney in win against
Cottage Grove.
LEFT: Seaside fans
cheer during the 4A
State Championship at
Liberty High School on
Saturday.
Lady Gulls fall to Banks
in consolation round.
See Page 7A
The Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission has denied applications for the Jor-
dan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline project
near Coos Bay.
Jordan Cove is one of two proposed LNG
projects on the Oregon Coast. Oregon LNG
has sought approval for a terminal on the
Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton and a pipe-
line that would link to a natural gas connec-
tor in Washington state.
The Jordan Cove project involved an
export terminal on the North Spit of Coos
Bay and a 232-mile natural gas pipeline that
would originate near Malin and serve the
terminal.
See JORDAN COVE, Page 10A
More than just the writing on the wall
Calligraphers
share art with
roots in many
world cultures
S
EASIDE — What is it
about the art of calligra-
phy that draws artists from
throughout the centuries?
“I love the free form, rather
than the more structured,”
North Coast calligrapher
Bev Gilbertson said ahead
of an exhibition by local cal-
ligraphers at Seaside Public
Library.
The art of Gilbertson, Kay
Aya, Rebecca Read and John
Rippey is on display in the
library foyer and community
room through April 26.
Calligraphy is an art with
roots in all cultures. Chinese,
Japanese and Arabic penman-
ship all have centuries of cal-
ligraphic history as strong as
the Western tradition of let-
ter arts. It is the design and
execution of lettering with a
broad tip instrument, dip pen,
or brush.
Modern-day
calligra-
phy is most familiar to us as
linen and paper art. We often
see it in wedding invitations
and sometimes incorporated
into ¿ne art pieces. Callig-
raphy continues to Àourish
in the forms of font designs,
hand-lettered logo designs,
cut stone inscriptions and
memorial documents.
Read works in her Gear-
hart studio and teaches cal-
ligraphy part-time at Clatsop
Community College.
She started her education
in calligraphy at age 14.
At 18, Read attended the
Oregon College of Arts and
Crafts in northwest Portland.
See ARTISTS, Page 10A
Rebecca
Read in her
Gearhart
studio as
she pre-
pares to
begin a
new proj-
ect. Read
teaches
calligraphy
part time
at Clatsop
Community
College.
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