WORST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY LEAVES HORROR, SORROW PAGE 10A
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143RD YEAR, NO. 243
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Affordable
housing
meets
resistance
A SENSE OF PRIDE
Cannon Beach
residents suggest
‘less impacting’ sites
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH — Residents are
voicing objections and suggesting alterna-
tives as city oficials and a task force discuss
how Cannon Beach can provide affordable
housing.
The units would be for people working
in Cannon Beach with salaries about 70 to
100 percent of the county’s median income
— or the “missing middle,” those who can-
not afford high-end homes but are ineligible
for government subsidies, consultant Terri
Silvis said.
The affordable housing deicit, though
not unique to Cannon Beach, has affected
local workers, business owners and city staff.
With a grocery store and two breweries
opening, new jobs are abundant in Cannon
Beach, but affordable housing is not.
“Finding experienced people is very dif-
icult,” task force member and Martin Hos-
pitality vice president of operations Dave
Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria resident Alana Garner looks back at others marching in the Astoria Pride Parade Saturday. In addition to the parade, a
variety of shows and activities took place throughout the weekend. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com
See HOUSING, Page 10A
Parade, party
mark irst Astoria
Pride celebration
Craft3
president
was pivotal
partner
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D
ozens of people marched
along the Astoria Riverwalk
Saturday afternoon to cele-
brate gay pride.
The colorful parade from Mari-
time Memorial Park to 11th Street
was part of an inaugural three-
day event organized by the Lower
Columbia Q Center.
The emphasis was on pride but
organizers also recognized the
decadeslong struggle for equality.
Berdes forged a strong
bond with the city
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John Berdes, a banker who was pivotal to
Astoria’s rebirth over the past two decades,
died Sunday of lung
cancer.
As president and
CEO of Craft3 — an
unconventional lend-
ing institution —
Berdes was central to
the redevelopment of
Mill Pond, the resto-
ration of the Liberty
Theater and the reno-
vation of the Clatsop
John
Community College
Berdes
campus.
Craft3, based in Ilwaco, Washington, also
helped lift Pier 39, Fort George Brewery,
Bridgewater Bistro and the Astoria Armory.
Berdes, 58, died in Seattle.
Sharyn Hedbloom waves a Pride flag in the air while marching.
Astoria
Pride Parade
participants
walk along
the River-
walk. The pa-
rade began
at Maritime
Memorial
Park and
ended at 11th
Street.
Passengers aboard the Astoria Riverfront Trolley gaze
out at the Astoria Pride Parade attendees.
See BERDES, Page 7A
A free-spirited ixture in Astoria
Mazzarella is a
world-traveler,
but embedded
in community
I
t’s almost impossible to
spend even a short amount
of time in Astoria and not cross
paths with Andrea Mazzarella.
She’s a bartender at Alba-
tross & Co., the co-founder of
Good Bowl food cart, a volun-
teer at the Astoria Senior Cen-
ter, a student and former yoga
teacher at the Astoria Arts &
Movement Center, a “Draga-
lution” drag queen, a woman
about town and a free-spirited
ixture in the community.
For the inaugural Asto-
ria Pride — last week’s three-
day celebration of the local
LGBTQ community organized
by the Lower Columbia Q
Center — Mazzarella danced
in Friday’s Pride Gala with the
“Dragalution” team. On Sat-
urday, she helped set up, and
then marched in, the down-
town Pride parade.
“It was so fun! I couldn’t
believe how many people
showed up to walk with us
and to just watch,” she wrote
in a message. “It was really
heartwarming!”
Funny, loquacious and
self-deprecating, Mazzarella
Museum
of Whimsy
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Submitted Photo
Andrea Mazzarella is a
free-spirited fixture in Astoria.
has built a life for herself that
doesn’t require lots of money,
which she calls her “least
motivating factor.” “What I
do for money is not what con-
sumes most of my time.”
See MAZZARELLA, Page 7A
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