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144TH YEAR, NO. 46 WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 ONE DOLLAR OUR COAST AT WORK FRIDAY EXTRA! • 1C $99.7 MILLION Seaside schools send bond to voters for new campus out of danger zone COAST RIVER BUSINESS JOURNAL • INSIDE Astoria mother, teen die in crash Friends, co-workers grieve tragic loss The Daily Astorian An Astoria mother and her daughter were killed in a two-vehicle accident Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 30 east of Astoria . Sabrina J. Rainey, 38, and her passenger, her 14-year-old daughter, Jaden, died when Rainey’s 2009 Suzuki sedan, traveling east- bound, lost control while negotiating a cor- ner. The Suzuki crossed the centerline and was struck on the passenger side by a west- bound 1999 Dodge pickup, according to Oregon State Police . Rainey and her daughter were pro- nounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Dodge, Jordan L. Waliezer, 31, of Kelso, Washington, sus- tained minor injuries and was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital for treatment. The crash occurred at approximately 8:15 a.m. and caused both lanes to be closed at milepost 94 between John Day and Astoria. The highway fully reopened around 1 p.m. Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Astoria Police Department, Knappa Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Transporta- tion assisted on scene. The investigation is ongoing. Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Seaside School District Superintendent Sheila Roley speaks during a special meeting Thursday held to discuss the upcoming $99.7 million bond to move three Seaside schools . The Board of Directors approved sending the bond to the voters. By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian Measure 97 worries health care providers S EASIDE — Voters will get a say in whether they will pay to move three Seaside schools out of the danger zone. Citing dire need and tsunami risk, Seaside School District Q&A ON Superintendent-emeritus Doug THE BOND Dougherty presented a proposal for a $99.7 million bond Thurs- Doug Dougherty answers questions day for a new campus for all the about the $99.7 schools. Members of the Seaside million bond that will School District Board of Direc- be on November’s tors unanimously voted to bring ballot. Read more on the resolution to voters in the Page 10A. November election. “I’m really happy we’re mov- ing forward,” board Chairman Steve Phillips said after the meeting. “We have pared down to the actual needs of the district rather than the wants.” Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian See SCHOOLS, Page 10A The audience listens as the Seaside School District Board presents in- formation about the new Seaside school bond on Thursday in Seaside. By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Emergency responders recall Medix founder Dickson put an emphasis on fi eld treatment By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian When Owen David Dick- son founded Medix Ambu- lance Service in 1975, he intro- duced cutting-edge service and medicine to the North Coast . He put an emphasis on treat- ment in the fi eld more than simply transporting someone to the hospital. Most of all, emergency responders remember Dickson for treating everyone at Medix like family. “The company he ran — See CRASH, Page 10A everyone was part of the fam- ily,” said Astoria Police Offi - cer Kenny Hanson, who started his career with Medix . “That’s what it was really like. You were treated like family.” Dickson, 71, died last week. He was living with his wife, Jill, in Port Townsend, Wash- ington, where they moved after he retired from Medix in 2005. For three decades, Dickson ran Medix with a can-do atti- tude. He launched Medix at a time when other emergency services were failing, and fi refi ghters did not see them- selves as emergency medical responders. See FOUNDER, Page 10A Submitted Photo From left, Medix owner JD Fuiten, original owner David Dickson and Medix General Manager Duane Mullins. A corporate sales tax measure on Novem- ber’s ballot would ensnare some for-profi t medical providers, who say it could drive up the cost of care and limit the options for elderly and low-income patients. At the same time, providers say, similar practices with differ- ent corporate structures would escape the tax and be placed at a com- petitive advantage. “The unevenness of this tax is ridiculous,” Dr. Craig said Dr. Craig Fausel, Fausel CEO of the Oregon Clinic. “We totally sup- port that the state needs more reliable fund- ing. We would be willing to pay a lower level tax that included everybody.” Measure 97 would affect only “C” cor- porations, such as the Oregon Clinic, impos- ing a 2.5 percent tax on their Oregon sales exceeding $25 million. It is expected to raise $3 billion a year. Supporters say it largely targets massive, out-of-state corporations. Yet the proposal also means multi-million dollar tax hikes for certain homegrown, phy- sician-owned clinics in Oregon. See MEASURE 97, Page 7A
