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DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016 143RD YEAR, NO. 254 THE CANNON IS BACK AT THE BEACH ONE DOLLAR Water district to block dam road Liability at issue as debate on Warrenton dam’s future continues By ERICK BENGEL and DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The Skipanon Water Control District will barricade a gravel road over the Eighth Street Dam to reduce liabil- ity while hoping to close the dam by the end of 2018. Within several days, drivers will encoun- ter a barrier made of two concrete blocks joined by a chain and padlock, along with refl ective signage to warn them off. The city of Warrenton will be given a key to the padlock for emergency access and offi cial city use. Bruce Francis, the vice chairman of the water district’s board, was reluctant to give the city the key, but decided to do so as an olive branch. See DAM ROAD, Page 12A Submitted Photo Elaine Trucke and Clatsop County Historical Society member Matt Powers unveil the historic cannon, from which Cannon Beach got its name. Town’s symbol will be displayed at city’s museum Elementary school kids eat for free in Seaside Older students will see slight increase in costs By NANCY McCARTHY For EO Media Group By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian annon Beach’s namesake artifact is back . In coming weeks, the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum will swivel the cannon, which weigh s about 2,000 pounds, and have a permanent exhibit up in time for a mid-summer opening. For Elaine Trucke, the museum’s execu- tive director, the cannon’s return has been a long time coming. The cannon spent about four years being restored in Texas and then was stored at the Columbia River Maritime Museum C See CANNON, Page 8A Lyra Fontaine/The Daily Astorian The iron carronade and capstan, thought to be from a naval schooner that went down in the Columbia River in 1846, have returned to the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. An exhibit will be ready mid-summer. SEASIDE — There’s a saying that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but for Seaside students in kindergarten through fi fth grade, both breakfast and lunch will be free next year. Students at Broadway Middle and Sea- side High schools, however, will see a slight increase for meals. Breakfast prices will rise by 5 cents, and lunch will be 10 cents more, unless the meals are purchased by students in the federal free and reduced meal program. The Seaside School Board voted unan- imously last week to participate in a new provision offered by the federal School See LUNCHES, Page 4A Gun views fractious even as fewer bear arms This story is part of Divided America, AP’s ongoing exploration of the economic, social and political divisions in American society. By MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press NEW YORK — Wherever you look in this nation born of a bloody revolution of musket fi re, chances are there’s sharp dis- agreement over fi rearms. Democrats war with Republicans, and small towns are against cities. Women and men are at odds, as are blacks and whites and old and young. North clashes with South, East with West. “The current gun debate is more polar- ized and sour than any time before in Amer- ican history,” said Adam Winkler, a constitu- tional law professor at UCLA and author of the 2011 book, “Gunfi ght: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America.” In the midst of debate over the latest mass shooting, in Orlando, it’s easy to imagine that guns have always divided us this way. But a close look at survey data over decades shows they haven’t. There was a time, not that long ago, when most citizens favored banning handguns, the chief gun lobbyists supported fi rearm restric- tions, and courts hadn’t yet interpreted the Second Amendment as guaranteeing a per- sonal right to bear arms for self-defense at home. Today, in a country of hundreds of millions of guns, public opinion and See GUNS, Page 12A Jimmie Johnson fires blanks from a pair of revolvers as he celebrates his win in Victory Lane following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at the Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2012. The National Rifle As- sociation became the title sponsor of the 2013 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. AP Photo Tim Sharp Hours: Everyday 9am - 7pm Available for all of your routine healthcare needs, not just for emergency situations! 2120 Exchange Street, Suite 111 Astoria, Oregon 503-325-0333 www.urgentcarenwastoria.com We accept most insurances, off er a cash discount and also acept the Oregon Health Plan and Medicare. Located in the Park Medical Buidling East on Exchange Street