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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016
New group publisher to
lead The Daily Astorian
The Daily Astorian
Northwest
newspaper
executive David Pero has
been named group publisher
of The Daily Astorian and its
companion publications on
the Oregon Coast. He suc-
ceeds Steve Forrester, who is
retiring as publisher after 28
years in Astoria.
Pero, 59, will serve as edi-
tor and publisher of The Daily
Astorian. As group publisher,
he will oversee all operations
on the coast for the Asto-
rian, Seaside Signal, Cannon
Beach Gazette, Coast River
Business Journal and Chi-
nook Observer.
He will begin work in
Astoria on July 11.
“I really look forward to
joining The Daily Astorian,
which has such a great his-
tory of serving Astoria and all
of the coastal communities,
and to continuing that mis-
sion and tradition. It is an out-
standing family-owned com-
pany, with an excellent staff
in a terriic community. I
can’t wait to be part of each,”
Pero said.
Pero most recently was
chief operating oficer for the
Register-Guard in Eugene.
In that capacity, Pero was
responsible for day-to-day
operations of that fami-
ly-owned 55,000-circulation
daily newspaper, along with
several niche publications
and digital publishing. Other
responsibilities
included
inancial and budgeting over-
David Pero
sight, strategic positioning,
new business and commercial
printing development.
During Pero’s tenure at
the newspaper, it was twice
awarded the Oregon Newspa-
per Publisher’s Association’s
highest honor for overall gen-
eral excellence. Its website
was named best in the state
for several years. The news-
paper was also recognized for
excellence by several national
organizations.
Before joining the Regis-
ter-Guard in 2007, Pero spent
17 years in Beaumont, Texas,
as assistant to the publisher
of a 50,000-circulation daily
newspaper owned by Hearst,
a multinational media com-
pany. He was responsible for
general administration, new
product and business devel-
opment, marketing, legal,
personnel/human resources,
production,
technology,
and corporate communica-
tions. He also was respon-
sible for the proit and loss
for ive weekly newspapers,
as well as niche and digital
publishing.
Pero began his newspa-
per career in Florida as a
reporter and photographer.
He moved to the Clearwa-
ter Sun, a 40,000-circulation
daily, where he rose through
the ranks in newsroom man-
agement, eventually becom-
ing executive editor.
A graduate of the Uni-
versity of Florida with a
degree in journalism, Pero
also participated in continu-
ing education programs for
newspaper executives at the
American Press Institute and
the Media Management Cen-
ter at the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwest-
ern University.
Forrester, who will
remain as president and
CEO of EO Media Group
after retiring as publisher of
the Astorian, said his fam-
ily-owned company was
seeking a veteran newspaper
executive with strong busi-
ness credentials and experi-
ence in digital publishing.
“David Pero will bring
to this job two things that
are essential for our com-
pany,” Forrester said. “He has
worked in a family-owned
newspaper company, which
is the essence of what we
are. Secondly, his experience
in Texas and Eugene gives
him a strong grasp of all fac-
ets of our enterprise: news,
advertising, production and
circulation.”
Pero said he is an avid
college football fan and likes
all sports, including base-
ball and NASCAR. “In my
spare time I also am a bit of
history buff and like reading
historical novels and biog-
raphies,” he said. Pero has
been involved with youth
sports organizations and
United Way.
Pero and his wife, Vic-
toria, will relocate in the
Astoria area. They have two
grown sons.
No cars allowed in Astoria Basin
The Daily Astorian
The state Department of
Forestry has restricted motor-
ized access to the Astoria
Basin at Williamsport Forest
Road off of state Highway
202 to lower the risk of ire
and garbage-dumping.
With a dry spring and
recent high temperatures,
fuels are drier than average
for this time of year. These
conditions, along with con-
tinued vandalism and gar-
bage dumping, have led to
the closure of this access
point.
Access off of Svensen
Market Road is still open.
Forestry asks those who
recreate within the basin do
so responsibly and report any
violators to the local ofice
at 503-325-5451 or the Clat-
sop County Sheriff’s Ofice at
503-325-8635.
A new shoe for a good cause
The Daily Astorian
A 14-year-old local boy is
getting to design his own foot-
wear with the help of Nike Inc.
Chase Swearingen, a Jew-
ell resident and patient for epi-
lepsy at Oregon Health and Sci-
ences University’s Doernbecher
Hospital, is part of the 13th-an-
nual Doernbecher Freestyle. The
program provides patients the
opportunity to design footwear
and apparel auctioned and sold to
support other patients.
Swearingen and ive other
patient-designers will travel to
Nike World headquarters, where
they meet a design and develop-
ment team, brainstorm ideas
and begin sketching their
creations.
Josephine (Valadez) Estrada
Springield
Nov. 13, 1925 — June 11, 2016
Josephine (Valadez) Estrada, 90, passed and David Estrada, Alicia (Don) Mogenson,
away June 11, 2016, after a long battle with Aurora (Shawn) Hogarty and Mary Lou (Ray
Alzheimer’s.
Bonney) Estrada; and several grandchildren and
Jospehine was born on Nov. 13, 1925, in great-grandchilren.
Sacramento, California, and was the
She was preceded in death by her
second of 10 siblings.
husband, Jesse; a grandson, Teddy
She married Jesse Estrada in
Nance; and a daughter-in-law, Linda
1943. They lived in San Diego until
Estrada.
moving to Astoria, Oregon, in 1961,
The family would like to extend
where she was a homemaker. She
a special thank you to the staff
remained in Astoria until 2007, when
and friends at Bayberry Commons
she moved to Springield, Oregon, to
Assisted Living & Memory Care and
be near her children. While living in
Cascade Hospice for the loving and
Astoria she as involved at the Senior
dedicated care given to our mother.
Center, where she pursued her hobby
A funeral Mass will be held
Josephine
of oil painting. She also enjoyed cro-
Thursday, June 23, at 11 a.m. at St.
Estrada
cheting and gardening.
Alice Catholic Church in Springield,
She is survived by her children,
Oregon. A reception follows at the
Jesse (Elvia), Alfred (Sharon), George (Nilda) Mogenson residence in Springield.
Mother, daughter saved
from rough Seaside surf
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — The waves
at Seaside beaches were high
late Tuesday afternoon when
a mother and her 14-year-old
daughter went missing in the
surf.
“It was a mess, we were hav-
ing squalls at the time,” City
Manager Mark Winstanley said.
“The tide was going out and
going out hard.”
When the two drifted too
far into the water off the beach
near Avenue S, Seaside Fire and
Rescue was called after the pair
had not been seen for several
minutes. Without a distinct ref-
erence point, lifeguards Shara
Ford, Sam Whisler, Ben Hamar
and David Rankin entered the
ocean at the point thy were last
seen. They pair was found three
blocks south on the outside
breakers.
The mother and daugh-
ter, who were visiting extended
family from Utah, both had mild
hypothermia. One was taken to
the hospital for further evalua-
tion, according to David Rankin,
division operations chief of Sea-
side Fire Department.
“Our ire department contin-
ues to have very dedicated life-
guards and ireighters — many
of whom are volunteers — who
have put in a lot of time over the
last couple of years training for
ocean rescues in addition to all
the other ire, rescue, and emer-
gency medical training we are
required to do,” Rankin said.
“It was a cooperative effort
between the lifeguards and the
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Shara Ford, David Rankin and Sam Whisler with Seaside’s
newest beach rescue vehicle.
rest of the ire department, in
addition to Medix Ambulance
in responding to the incident
and getting both victims out of
the water and to the ambulance
safely,” Rankin said. “Ocean
rescues are typically chaotic,
fast-paced emergencies with
minimal information and are
manpower intensive.”
By Thursday afternoon, the
Seaside Fire Department’s Face-
book page was illed with appre-
ciation. “You guys rock,” said
Seaside High School grad Sha-
ron Mowick. “Thank you for all
your service.”
Others
echoed
the
sentiments.
“It’s dificult to ind peo-
ple once they’ve been washed
off the beach,” Winstanley said
Thursday. “If you see lifeguards,
you might say ‘thank you’ to
them. Their jobs are not just
picking up trash. Every summer
they end up doing beach res-
cues, and this is one where peo-
ple would probably have lost
their lives.”
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