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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 Seaside: Seaside School District serves 1,550 students Continued from Page 1A If approved by district vot- ers on in November, the cam- pus would be built on portions of the 80 acres east of Seaside Heights Elementary School donated by Weyerhaeuser Co. “It shows the current Seaside Heights Elementary School and new addition, middle school and high school complexes, the roads,” Seaside School Dis- trict Superintendent-emeritus Doug Dougherty said Wednes- day. “Other than that, the actual work that goes into draw- ings of classrooms or interior pieces won’t be done until after the bond because they are so expensive to purchase from the architect.” Buildings will be either two or three stories, Dougherty said. Utilities and other infrastructure details will not be developed until after the bond is decided. Seaside School District serves 1,550 students from communities across south Clat- sop County. Gearhart Elemen- tary School, Broadway Mid- dle School and Seaside High School are located near sea level, endangering all students and school staff in the event of a tsunami. The buildings are rated by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Indus- tries as having a high probabil- ity of catastrophic collapse in an earthquake. The new campus could be used for the general public as well as students in an emer- gency, Dougherty said. Because of the slope, $2.75 million of the total budget must cover the cost of engineered pier foundations. In a fact sheet presented by Vote Yes for Local Schools, supporters of the bond said the major areas removed from the 2013 bond include replacement of Seaside Heights Elementary School, an auditorium, varsity football ield, varsity boys and girls soccer ields, varsity base- ball ields, a covered bleachers and locker room complex and all but the emergency shelter com- ponents that are required by law. Will there be add-ons? “We have no other plans at this point,” Dougherty said. “That’s all we can afford, unfortunately.” Submitted Drawing New Seaside School District campus as rendered by architects Dull Olson Weekes. Debate: Brown, Pierce are expected to debate again four more times Continued from Page 1A Brown said, summarizing a key difference in messaging between the two campaigns. Brown reiterated her sup- port for Ballot Measure 97, the proposed tax on certain corporate gross sales receipts, saying that additional invest- ment was needed in basic services, while Pierce said more broadly that promoting prosperous rural economies would have ripple effects in areas such as education and healthcare. In her opening statement, Brown said her vision for the state encompassed improving educational outcomes, invest- ing in infrastructure and pre- serving “the beauty and bounty of Oregon.” She touted her administra- tion’s “progress” in the past year and a half in implement- ing automatic voter registration and passing legislation to con- vert Oregon from coal to clean sources of energy. Pierce’s criticism of Brown began with his opening state- ment, in which he said Brown was “distant from the peo- ple” and seldom visited rural areas. He said he also wanted to address education, and also said improving mental healthcare, the state’s rural economies and homelessness were central to his platform. The economy The irst third of the debate focused around the economy. Brown, in response to a question about the effects of the increased minimum wage on rural business, defended the state’s mandated minimum wage increases, which will vary by area, saying she would not apologize for advocating for “working families.” Pierce, asked about recre- ational marijuana, said the state’s law legalizing recreational mar- ijuana was “well-crafted,” and that he supported local control over regulations. He also said he wished to bring the industry into mainstream banking, saying that a cash-only system was open to corruption. Brown, in an interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting last month, acknowledged con- sumers in Oregon would bear some of the burden should the measure pass. But in Saturday’s debate she said the measure was the only viable option to rem- edy the state’s projected budget $1.35 billion shortfall. Measure 97 is projected to pull in an addi- tional $6 billion in revenue per budget biennium. In a rebuttal, Pierce dis- agreed, citing igures from the Legislative Revenue Ofice esti- mating that the average family would pay $600 more annually in costs. Brown said she sought to improve education and infra- structure in rural areas, and touted the state’s recent invest- ment in “innovative technol- ogies,” citing cross-laminated timber and unmanned aerial vehicles. In response to a question about shrinking rural econo- mies and populations, Pierce said he wanted to renew natu- ral resource industries in rural areas and support entrepreneurs through incentives such as tax credits or enterprise zones. Land use In the second part of the debate, which centered on land use, Brown was asked to clar- ify her stance on the proposed designation of the Owyhee Can- yonlands in Eastern Oregon as a national monument. The incumbent said she sup- ported collaboration in coming to a decision. Asked to expand on her answer, Brown maintained a “process” needed to be in place for taking public input. She would not say explicitly whether she was for or against the designation. Pierce rebutted that the community around the pro- posed monument opposes the designation. “The people who lived on the lands overwhelmingly said no,” Pierce said, and said he opposed what he character- ized as an additional layer of bureaucracy. Pierce and Brown also dis- agreed more broadly about the federal government’s manage- ment of public lands in Oregon. Pierce said that he supported a gradual transfer of federal pub- lic lands to state and local agen- cies, a move Brown called unrealistic. “I think there’s a third way,” Brown said. She said the state was already cooperating with the federal government, and cited the state’s “good neigh- bor agreement” with the U.S. Forest Service regarding forest management. Urban-rural divide While Pierce said that employment and basic health- care can improve individual health, Brown said Pierce would “kick people off the Oregon Health Plan” and that she sought to remove barriers to healthcare. “Every time we have a bud- get cut in this state, we cut people or we cut services,” Brown said. Pierce objected, noting he was in favor of the recent Med- icaid expansion in the state, but that rural communities suffered from a lack of affordable health insurance. “All the great words in the world from the governor will not provide affordable insur- started listening to them. I looked into the profession and gathered as much informa- tion as I could about it, and found that law enforcement was everything I wanted in a career. “It only took three weeks of chemistry for me to start exploring other options.” Result of reinvention Queener has had to “rein- vent” himself a few times already. When he was a fresh- man at NHS, Queener was a lanky 6-feet-1, 210-pounder, and he saw limited playing time. Then he discovered the weight room, and it changed his playing career. “After that season, I found my way into the weight room and really started pushing myself to become the stron- gest and biggest I could be,” he said. The hard work started to pay off, and he received irst- team league defense honors that next season. He was sec- ond-team all-league the fol- lowing year on both sides of the line, followed by irst team on both sides his senior year. But one “smaller” honor fore- shadowed the next change in Queener’s life, when prior to his senior year, he won the bench-press competition at the Camp Rilea football training camp in Warrenton. “I’m 6-feet-4, 271 pounds today — exact same height and weight as my senior year of football,” he said. “I’m quite a bit stronger and faster now than I was in the glory days.” Queener’s football dreams nearly went up in smoke just two months prior to his senior year when he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus in his right knee. He had to make a choice. If he had surgery done right away he would miss his entire senior season. “I went to physical ther- apy religiously that summer and was able to get back on the ield in time for (the start of) practice,” he said, praising the work of his physical therapist Nathan Nagy of Astoria. “After so many years of training for high school football, training to try and walk-on in college, training in the weight room had become so routine I couldn’t imagine ever not training. It’s as much a part of my day now as eating or sleeping.” He now can squat 575 pounds, deadlift 700 pounds and bench press 455 pounds. Making milestones Queener was on the side- line, with his Comets jersey on under his jacket, when NHS played Wahkiakum for the KM Trophy in Week 1. Stand- ing there prior to the start of the game Queener was prob- ably thinking about his times playing for the trophy. “The KM trophy games will always have a special place,” he said. “The game we won the trophy in 2009 was my irst victory as a starter, and the game we defended the tro- phy in 2011 was my last high school victory.” And though his job at the Youth Camp is temporary, Queener doesn’t mind. “I am so thankful for the opportunity. It is close to home, pays well, and puts me in yet another opportunity to mentor young men and hope- fully positively impact their lives,” he said. “I’m a patient guy, and I’m enjoying every- thing that’s going on in life in the meantime. With the possibility of another job in local law enforcement in the future, Queener will be around the valley for a while. “My goal is to teach the kids the fundamentals of the game, like blocking, tackling, running, throwing and catch- ing, as well as introducing them to the philosophies used by the high school so that they’re ready to contribute to (that) team (in the future). “More importantly though, I’m trying to teach these kids competitiveness, work ethic, drive and self-motivation. Those skills will help them the most in football, and in life. I can personally vouch for that.” — Damian Mulinix ties to capitalize on their natural resources, Brown said that cli- mate change was the most sig- niicant issue, and that it was “imperative” that the Oregon Department of Forestry and other state agencies have ade- quate resources to collect data. Pierce called Brown’s response a “non-answer” and agreed that while climate change was an issue, he supported a “tri- ple aim” of lower carbon emis- sions, reliable supply of energy and lower costs. He said he wanted to help industries that rely on water thrive, but also encourage more “judicious use of water.” Brown, in a counter-re- sponse, also called Pierce’s response a non-answer and said that she wanted to preserve the state for future generations. “I don’t think we want to look like Idaho,” Brown said. “I want us to keep Oregon green.” Saturday’s debate was mod- erated by the Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Jour- nalists, with questions offered by representatives of the East Orego- nian, KTVZ-TV, Jefferson Public Radio and the Bend Bulletin Brown and Pierce are expected to debate again four more times before the Nov. 8 election: On Sept. 30, they will square off before the City Club of Portland. Coming October 2016 Queener: ‘I’m trying to teach these kids competitiveness, work ethic ...’ Continued from Page 1A ance,” Pierce said. He said that both health and educational outcomes could be bolstered by improved rural economies. “If we have prosperity in rural areas, prosperous families can take care of their children,” Pierce said, arguing that rural areas have been neglected by Brown’s administration. He also emphasized his background as a private citizen in contrast to Brown’s 25 years in state government and said her record was poor in those years. But Brown said the state needed to continue investing in education to improve outcomes, citing the state’s comparatively short school years and large class sizes. She pointed to her appoint- ment of an education innovation oficer, whom she said would provide school districts suficient resources to allow graduates to have a “plan.” She criticized Republicans’ response to the state’s low-car- bon fuel standard. “We put on the table an exemption for rural Oregon, but Republican legislators chose to align with the petroleum indus- try” and did not heed the wishes of constituents, Brown said. Asked about how she would balance healthy natural envi- ronments in rural communities while allowing rural communi- Assistance League the Columbia Pacif of ic PROGRAM OVERV IEW Operation School Bell: OSB is the signature program of Assistan League; providing new clothes for children ce grades K-12. The in need, schools identify the students and we supply 2 pairs of pants, 2 shirts, sweatshirt, jacket, underwear, socks and shoes to each child! Last year we helped clothe over 600 kids! Wish you could see their smiling faces! 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