144TH YEAR, NO. 21
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2016
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INSIDE: TAKE A LOOK AT WHO’S WHO AND PROPERTY LINES
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Two tours of historic Flavel mansion on tap in August
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
Democrats
celebrate
Clinton’s
moment
T
he 115-year-old Fla-
vel mansion, known
for decades as a house
of mystery and a symbol of
faded glory, will open to the
public next month.
Greg Newenhof, who
bought the iconic residence
at 15th Street and Franklin
Avenue last year and plans to
make it his home, is hosting
two fundraising tours with
Clatsop County Historical
Society Executive Director
McAndrew Burns and John
Goodenberger, a local his-
torian and expert in historic
preservation.
Some people have waited
many years to see the inte-
rior, Burns said. Only the
See TOURS, Page 8A
Democratic presidential nominee Hil-
lary Clinton reaches toward the falling
balloons at the conclusion of the Dem-
ocratic National Convention in Philadel-
phia, Thursday.
Local supporters cheer
fi rst female nominee
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Greg Newenhof, owner of the Flavel home located on 15th Street and Franklin Ave-
nue, walks down the stairs . Newenhof has been working to restore the home and will
open the historic house’s doors to the public for tours in August .
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See a slider comparing how the Flavel home used to look
to how it looks now at DailyAstorian.com
Hillary Clinton, the fi rst female nomi-
nee for president by a major party , accepted
the Democratic P arty’s nomination Thurs-
day. For her supporters,
the accomplishment was
MORE long overdue.
“Quite frankly, I’m
INSIDE ecstatic,”
said Dulcye
Clinton
Taylor . “I think she’s the
promises a
best person for the job.
steady hand.
She’s the most qualifi ed
Page 8A
for the job.”
In a nation run by
white capitalist males, Taylor said, she’s not
surprised it took so long to have a woman
as a presidential nominee . Taylor, the owner
of Old Town Framing and president of the
See CLINTON, Page 8A
From farm
to preserve
Conservancy buys
Boneyard Ridge; will
add walking trails
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
Review deal nixed over contractor’s ODOT ties
Legislators say work
will move forward on
funding package
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The state plans to nix a contract
for a long-awaited review to assess the readi-
ness of the Oregon Department of Transporta-
tion for a massive infl ux of funds next year.
The decision came after stakeholders and the
Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John
Day, expressed concerns over the contractor’s
extensive relationship with agency employees.
Consultant John L. Craig, who won the
$350,000 contract to do the review, oversaw the
agency’s $1.3 billion outsourced bridge repair
and replacement program for six years. He
stepped down as program manager of Oregon
Bridge Development Partners just 13 months
2016 Clatsop
ago. He was chosen over another contractor that
had similar experience but offered to do the job
for more than $100,000 less
In an email to a review oversight commit-
tee, Tammy Baney, chairwoman of the Ore-
gon Transportation Commission, wrote that
delays in the contracting process had created
“an aggressive timeline that will not allow for
a thorough review.”
“In addition, the vending process has not
formulated a contractor that is viewed as neu-
tral,” Baney said. “To have a cloud over this
work before it even begins is unfortunate. At
this time I believe it would not be prudent to
proceed as I do not see the current process as
conducive to a successful outcome.”
The review oversight committee, made
up of transportation commissioners and for-
mer lawmakers, has asked the Department of
Administrative Services to explore options
for hiring a different contractor to conduct the
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See ODOT, Page 7A
Go
John L. Craig
North Coast Land Conservancy will per-
manently conserve Boneyard Ridge, a for-
mer commercial tree farm on Tillamook
Head, with the goal of helping the property
mature into a high-functioning temperate
rainforest.
The nonprofi t organization fi nalized the
$1.3 million acquisition of the 340-acre par-
cel on Wednesday.
The land is adja-
cent to Elmer Felden-
heimer State Natural
Area and Ecola State
Park and west of the
land
conservancy’s
Circle Creek Habitat
Reserve in the Necan-
icum River fl oodplain
west of U.S. Highway
101.
“The whole eco-
Katie
system gets to fl our-
Voelke
ish when you have
that scale and connectivity,” North Coast
Land Conservancy Executive Director Katie
Voelke said . “It’s one of those spots in the
world where a small purchase makes a huge
difference.”
Ted Ferrioli
See CONSERVANCY, Page 3A
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