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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016 144TH YEAR, NO. 7 ONE DOLLAR Flavel’s M&N Building has new owners Warrenton couple hopes to lease storefronts By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian A Warrenton couple has purchased the building owned by Mary Louise Flavel at Ninth and Commercial streets, an investment that could help improve an eyesore downtown. Marcus and Michelle Liotta, who moved to the area from Portland earlier this year, bought the vacant building Friday for $135,000. They plan to set up their own busi- nesses eventually in two or three of the ive storefronts and lease the others. “We chose that building because we see potential in it. We know the history of it. We’d like to invest in Astoria and put some- thing into the community,” said Marcus Liotta, a 35-year-old technology marketing specialist at Ticor Title. “We both feel, by restoring a building like that, given its his- torical signiicance, that we will be contrib- uting to the city.” Submitted Photo See FLAVEL, Page 10A Cannon Beach park maps include comments from area residents. Cannon Beach ponders pocket parks, trail, city acquisitions By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian ANNON BEACH — A community garden, stream restoration and no bathrooms on the beach are all on residents’ parks wish list. At an open house for the city’s parks master plan, peo- ple marked their ideas for Cannon Beach parks, beach access and trails on large maps and spoke with plan- ners from design irm Otak. “Park planning is one of our favorites,” said Glen Bolen, Otak’s senior planner. “It’s rewarding.” Planners said commu- nity input gives validity to the parks master plan, mak- ing the city more likely to get grants and funds, and pro- vides a way for residents to share what they want the city to invest in. According to the marked-up maps, some would like the city to acquire the former elementary school land near NeCus’ Park and obtain Tolovana State Park from Oregon State Parks and C Short-staffed department seeks to beef up ranks By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian Submitted Photo See PLAN, Page 10A Summer, holidays put stress on Seaside oficers SEASIDE — Six months after the shoot- ing death of Sgt. Jason Goodding in Seaside, the Police Department remains short-handed ive oficers, despite recent hires, among them second-in-com- mand Lt. Bruce Holt and Oficer Bethany Workman, who starts today. The July Fourth holiday put particular strain on the depart- ment, Chief Dave Ham Dave said at Friday’s Sea- Ham side Chamber of Com- merce breakfast. “It was basically one big shift for all of our ofi- cers.” Retirements and Goodding’s death in Residents review potential park plans at a Cannon Beach open house. See OFFICERS, Page 10A Guide dog gives Warrenton man freedom Hartley inds a friend, navigator in Grover eorge Hartley, a man legally blind since 2007, decided last year it was time to get a service animal. “I’m bullheaded and stub- born,” said the 67-year-old Warrenton resident, who talked it over with his wife, Roxanne, and a family friend. “I knew I needed one. So I said, ‘Yeah, it’s time.’” Now Hartley and Roxanne live with Grover, an almost- 2-year-old yellow Labrador 8retriever. And the guide dog G has changed his life. “He’s simply amazing,” Hartley said. “I couldn’t get along without him anymore.” Hartley found Gro- ver in May through Guide Dogs for the Blind, a donor- funded nonproit that pairs trained canines with visually impaired people. Though they became fast friends, Hartley and Gro- ver had to earn their bond: For two weeks, they became acquainted with each others’ moves and signals at the Guide Dogs’ campus in Boring. The dog helps Hartley move through the world — especially the world of War- renton, where Hartley has lived since he was 5 years old. Strapped in a harness, Grover inds doors and seats, takes him up and down curbs, stops for cars, and winds through stores, shopping centers and whole city blocks. “He’s my eyes, basically,” Hartley said. A playful pup with the tam- est temperament, Grover is a near-constant companion for See HARTLEY, Page 10A George Hartley and his guide dog, Grover, a yellow Labra- dor retriever, on the back porch of their Warrenton home. Erick Bengel The Daily Astorian
