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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 Program: Voters will decide on education funding package Continued from Page 1A Superintendent Craig Hop- pes said he learned from state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scap- poose, about the grant and how it funded a similar career-tech- nical center at Tillamook High School. Astoria administered the grant, recruited students and sent Fromwiller to Indiana for a week of training with Amatrol Inc., a company that supplies techni- cal and hands-on learning equip- ment for students in the trades. Astoria’s Curriculum Direc- tor Melissa Linder said the dis- trict is piloting the program while the partners igure out how to share the equipment between ive districts around the county. The last countywide coali- tion on career-technical educa- tion was the Area Vocational Center. Funded by the North- west Regional Education Ser- vice District, the campus offered automotive, welding and horti- culture programs to high school- ers from across the county. It closed in 2002-03 amid bud- get constraints, a similar fate of many career-technical programs across the country. By the next academic year, Clatsop Com- munity College had signed on to offer dedicated high school classes in automotive, weld- ing and ire science, albeit at a diminished level from the old vocational campus. Expanding options The pilot program starts less than two months before vot- ers will decide on a much larger career-technical education fund- ing package. Measure 98, on the Novem- ber ballot, would require the state Legislature to set aside $147 million — an average of $800 per student — to expand career-technical programs, early college courses and dropout prevention. The measure could mean nearly $479,000 for Asto- ria, $355,000 for Seaside and $222,000 for Warrenton-Ham- mond, according to inancial consulting irm ECONorthwest. While critics decry the measure as an unfunded man- date, advocates say the fund- ing is needed to help improve Oregon’s 72 percent gradua- tion rate, the fourth-worst in the U.S. last year. According to the state Department of Education, students who participated in a career-technical program gradu- ated at a 15 percent higher rate in 2014 than peers who did not. Kristin Wilkin, head of the college’s vocational campus for more than six years, has said at least 69 percent of students who took career-technical courses at the college after its program started stayed throughout the academic year. Nearly a quarter went on to earn a certiicate or degree from the college. Measure 98 appears set to pass in November. A recent poll by nonpartisan survey irm iciti- zen showed 64 percent of Ore- gonians support the measure, with 19 percent in opposition and 17 percent undecided. Whale: Visitors should not touch marine mammal Citizens: ‘This is the irst Continued from Page 1A The whale came ashore only 2 miles south of where it was irst found on an Arch Cape beach Friday. The whale’s stom- ach was initially bloated with gas, but delated midday Satur- day, leaving stomach contents and a stench that illed the air. Because of tide patterns, Chan- dler and Tiffany Boothe of the Seaside Aquarium and a team of researchers from Portland State University were unable to access the whale Saturday. By their return the next day, the whale had washed back into the ocean. “Where it washed ashore at Arch Cape, it was on a cobble beach,” Cox said. “With no sand there to create that extra friction, Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian A dead humpback whale washed up on Short Sand Beach Wednesday at Oswald West State Park. it loated out to sea.” Chandler noted the mammal had been dead for some time and its tissues likely rotting, which could make understanding its cause of death more dificult. Potential reasons for whale deaths in general include lack of prey, diseases, biotoxins and trauma through ishery gear entanglement or collisions with vessels. Oregon State Parks and Rec- reation staff will be on hand at Short Sand Beach at 1 p.m. Sat- urday and Sunday for free inter- pretive talks, whether the whale washes back out or not. Staff will talk about the importance of whales in the marine environ- ment and the food source they provide when they wash ashore, Cox said. Visitors are advised to park at North Short Sand Trailhead on U.S. Highway 101. Follow trail signs to Short Sand Beach, then walk north. According to the parks depart- ment, visitors should not take any pieces of the whale or touch it and pets should be kept away from the shore. Researchers with required federal permits can collect tissue from the mammal. Port: Property has been used for races, homeless camps Continued from Page 1A The Port faces the choice of whether to cancel or continue the sublease with Oregon LNG, and whether to keep leasing the property from the state for $129,000 a year. When conversation on the lease came up, commissioners Bill Hunsinger and Stephen Ful- ton said the commission should speak in an executive session closed from the public. Com- missioner James Campbell disagreed. The Port Commission last discussed the Oregon LNG lease and called an impromptu executive session in June. The Port’s attorney, Tim Ramis, said whether to keep the conversa- tion in executive session is up to the Port Commission. The con- versation remained public. Fulton said he wants to wait and see what Oregon LNG does, and keep them on the hook for the sublease. “I would like to see that money go to the Common School Fund,” he said of the statewide education fund where lease payments from state lands are deposited. Hunsinger said the commis- sion was promised an appraisal of the property before making any decisions. Hunsinger has argued that Oregon LNG was required to return the property in the same condition as when the company leased it in 2004. He has accused Oregon LNG of allowing the property to go from industrial to wetland because of a lack of maintenance, and said the Port needs to reach out to former maintenance staff about the his- toric condition of the property. The property has been used for races, mudding, under- age drinking, homeless camps and a dumping ground for any- thing from household trash to cars. The Port recently blocked access to the peninsula via King Avenue over the trespassing concerns. THE DAILY ASTORIAN W EDNESDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 Port Commission Chairman Robert Mushen said Executive Director Jim Knight made clear in a report to the commission that the Port has no reasonable case against Oregon LNG for damaging the property. Com- missioner John Raichl said noth- ing was stopping the Port from maintaining the property. “Why don’t we sit here and throw away $129,000 for noth- ing?” Campbell asked, urging a vote for a property he said does nothing for the Port. Fulton and Hunsinger wanted to table the matter, while Campbell and Mushen wanted to vote. Raichl appeared sup- portive of voting, but agreed to table the vote for another meet- ing in October to allow more research, as long as it would not hurt the Port inancially. In other news: • The Port Commission voted to have environmen- tal consulting irm Maul Fos- ter Alongi respond to ques- tions from other parties such as McCall Oil and Chemical Corp. and ExxonMobil Energy about its proposed solution to historic underground petroleum contam- ination leaking into the Colum- bia River. The proposal is to build a sheet pile wall between piers 2 and 3, ill and cap the area to prevent petroleum from leaking out. Maul Foster has also been exploring injecting a permanganate solution into the underground petroleum contam- ination, turning it into a manga- nese-based rock. • Mushen responded to an anonymous letter sent to The Daily Astorian, mayors and fel- low commissioners accusing him of having a drinking problem and anger issues. Mushen denied the claims in the letter and said he is taking medication that requires him not to drink alcohol. “Cow- ardly acts like this are unneces- sary,” he said of the letter. Mushen received comments of support from Campbell and Raichl. place where thousands irst set foot on American soil’ Continued from Page 1A Anderson’s parents pur- chased the property in 1950. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1960, and Ander- son is working to secure its future as part of the National Parks system. Getting the go-ahead Naturalization ceremo- nies for new citizens are often hosted at courthouses or immigrations ofices, Anderson said, but signii- cant historic sites are some- times used for a special touch. Given the property’s historic role in immigration to the Northwest, Anderson thought it might be appro- priate to host a citizenship ceremony there — espe- cially if it could fall on (or near) U.S. Citizenship Day, on Sept. 17. That’s the date the U.S. Constitution was signed into law in 1787. After coming up with the idea, Anderson had to seek approval from the U.S. Cit- izenship and Immigration Service. The agency agreed that it was a itting place to welcome the new citizens, who all reside in Washing- ton or Oregon. After Astoria Regatta Queen Aubrey McMahan sang the national anthem, Anderson welcomed the new citizens and their fam- ilies to the ceremony. “This is the irst place where thousands irst set foot on American soil,” she said. The hourlong cere- mony also featured speakers from the U.S. Public Health Service, National Parks Ser- LISTINGS A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach vice, and the U.S. Citizen- ship and Immigration Ser- vice. The American Legion Post 12 Color Guard from Astoria provided lags and ambiance. United goal The new citizens may have hailed from a half dozen very different coun- tries, but the goal of U.S. cit- izenship united them. Maria Melgar, 18, came to the U.S. as a child from El Salva- dor where she led violence and poverty. She inally received her citizenship at the ceremony. “It’s my American dream that I’ve always had,” Mel- gar said. “I’m not going to be sent home from where I’m from. There’s a better future for me here.” Melgar now calls Scappose home. Homa Kazemi, originally of Iran, started the ceremony with a serious expression etched on her face. By the end, it had given way to an indelible smile. How did she feel now? “Very happy. So happy,” she said, as she posed for a picture with her son Fabod, 7, and her husband, Farhad, who became a U.S. citizen July 5. Liz Vigil came to the cer- emony from Longview. She is originally from Mexico. She attended with her young son. “I’ve lived here all my life, so it already feels like home,” she said. Now, she added, citizenship makes it real, her place here, secure. “Now I’ll be able to vote. I’ll be able to make a differ- ence,” she said. Evening listings WEDNESDAY S EPTEMBER 21 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune Goldberg (SP) (N) Speechless (P) (N) Modern (SP) (N) Black-ish (SP) (N) Designated Survivor "Pilot" (P) (N) KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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