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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2016 144TH YEAR, NO. 67 FISHERMEN CATCH BIG WIN AGAINST SEAGULLS ONE DOLLAR Betsy Johnson Tim Knoop Leaders brace for pension demands Higher rates will play out in 2017’s budgets The Daily Astorian The pension board has announced rate increases that will touch the budgets of nearly every county, city and school district in Oregon. The higher rates, released Friday by the Public Employees Retirement System’s board, go into effect in 2017. State Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, and Sen. Tim Knoop, R-Bend, who are work- ing on pension reform, said the higher rates would add signiicant costs to school districts and local governments. “School districts that are already struggling to make ends meet in their annual budgets will now have to factor in even greater PERS costs to the detriment of our students and teachers who need that money in the classroom,” John- son said in a statement Friday. See PERS, Page 10A Photos by Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Astoria’s Kyle Strange is ready to complete a touchdown pass Seagull Garret Kiser attempts to defend during Astoria’s homecoming Friday in Astoria. BELOW: Astoria eniors Sariah Dieffenbach and Samboy Tuimato pop a balloon that revealed their Homecoming King and Queen titles as Astoria faced off against Seaside during the Fishermen’s homecoming Friday at CMH Field in Astoria. Astoria defeated Seaside 50-12. More photos of the Clatsop Clash online at DailyAstorian.com Brown has favorable crowd in debate By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau here have been other, more memorable Clatsop Clash football games in recent years. Astoria’s 44-38 overtime victory in 2012, and Sea- side’s 30-29 win the following year come to mind. Friday’s Clash at CMH Field was deinitely not one for the time capsule. Because The Game That Could Get Ugly, did in fact, get ugly. The Fishermen opened up a big irst-quarter lead, and for the second year in a row, Astoria won a lopsided Clatsop Clash, 50-12. PORTLAND — GOP gubernatorial nominee William “Bud” Pierce and Gov. Kate Brown covered new ground, including wom- MORE en’s issues, in their sec- debate Friday at the INSIDE ond Democratic-leaning City Governor Club of Portland. says she Pierce, a Salem oncol- was a ogist and political new- domestic bie, is seeking to unseat violence Brown, a former secre- victim • tary of state who inher- Page 3A ited the governorship when former Gov. John Kitzhaber stepped down in February 2015 amid an inluence-peddling scandal. While Brown has been in politics for more than two decades, this is Brown’s irst bid at election to the governor’s ofice. See CLATSOP CLASH, Page 7A See DEBATE, Page 10A Astoria chalks one up in ‘ugly’ homecoming win By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian T Elvis lives on in Gearhart record bonanza Richard Moore shares double life, collections G EARHART — What hap- pens to an Elvis imper- sonator when he hangs up the suit? Gearhart’s Richard Moore rarely dons the garb of the Great One these days. Instead he oversees Play It Again, featur- ing “LPs, eight-tracks, 33s, 45s, 78s, shoes, TV, toys, VCRs, VHS tape, luggage, golf club hats, electronics and dishes,” in no particular order. Born in Roseburg, Moore moved to Clatsop County in 1991. He’s been at 1140 G St. in Gearhart since January, after 21 moves in 20 years, includ- ing six months at a warehouse in Warrenton. “I do have a few fans,” he said on a sunny Friday in front of his G Street hangar. How many records does he store? “I quit counting at 300,000,” Moore said. “There are between 80-90,000 in this building. All genres. You have to have some- thing for everybody.” A former Elvis imperson- ator, the Great One is what irst inspired Moore. “This is what got me started. The irst time I saw a television in 1957, it was Elvis. I thought, that’s going to be my job.” Elvis inspired Moore to take music lessons. “I studied banjo, iddle, guitar, and 60 years later, I still can’t play a guitar, banjo or iddle,” Moore said. Raised in Medford, Moore, 66, spent a third of his life in the Marine Corps until resettling on the North Coast. He still main- tains warehouses in Roseburg, Rogue River, Prineville, Albany and “all along The Dalles.” See MOORE, Page 10A Richard Moore carries on the spirit of Elvis in his record warehouse in Gearhart. Submitted Photo
