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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 Crossing: Law will have support of her family rt sta The start is at the end of the concrete curb and fence by the sign and tree. te Sta te Rou Dismal Nitch Rest Area 401 Dismal Nitch Rest Area ce fen b cur tree Washington Columbia River ou te 4 01 rt sta Great Columbia Crossing 10K 5 mile splits 1 numbered markers on west/north side of bridge USATF Certification # OR12025LB Effective 09/14/12-12/31/2022 40 Mile 1 is 13 feet past marker #5. Mile 2 is 20 feet past marker #40. Mile 3 is 23 feet past marker #106. Mile 4 is 31 feet past marker #165. Mile 5 is 15 feet past marker #193. 2 oria Ast Before dawn on most weekday mornings, she walks from her Uppertown home — where she has lived since the early 1960s — to the Asto- ria Safeway and, before many customers have arrived, power walks the inside perimeter. “I think the latest I’ve ever seen her come in is around 8,” said Debbie Cutlip, a Safeway store clerk who has known Law for years. “She’s a wonderful lady,” Cutlip added. For about 40 minutes, Law does full laps, hitting the far corners of the store. Afterward, Law treads along the Astoria Riverwalk with her equally avid walking buddies, com- pleting her daily regimen. “Because I have the time, and I’m not working any- more, I ind that I try to get in between 2 and 5 miles a day,” she said. Family by her side Completing a 6-mile hike in one session is not some- thing Law is used to, but she’ll have the support of her family — which is really what she’s most looking forward to, she said. Law, who worked as a nurse for many years at the Astoria Clinic, Columbia Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital, began to take walking seriously back in the early 1980s, she said. “I just enjoyed being out- doors. It’s something you can do, you know, even at my age,” she said. But she doesn’t call her walking “serious.” “I call it fun!” she said. “In fact, it’s a kind of a challenge to me because I wonder how much longer I can do this.” Asked how it feels to be turning 90, she said, “No different than my younger years.” St at e R Continued from Page 1A er B egl unpaved lot 3 e emergency access way curb 106 ridg finish curb curb paved parking lot - M The Red Building N 99 ft Astoria Riverwalk 165 ild u d B 4 finish ing Re Mile 6 is exactly at the Astoria Riverwalk Inn sign. lot sin Ba 6 W 193 5 t y S parking lot St str u Ind t y S wa ria alk erw v i R alk rw ive sin ia R tor As Ba to As alk rw ive r rt Po G y wa ate R ria e Av e D rin Ma man hole covers sto / A Astoria, Oregon t d S En W M ne ari Dr Don Anderson/For The Daily Astorian A view from West Grand Avenue shows runners and walk- ers at the Great Columbia Crossing in 2013. HEALING OREGON with KINDNESS and COMPASSION “I am running for House District 32 to bring new ideas to the state and bring forth the kindness and compassion my constituents feel is needed to solve problems.” - Dr. Bobek Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Randy Roden’s defense attorney Conor Huseby questions Dorothy Wing on the stand Thursday in Clatsop County Circuit Court. Trial: Case is expected to last about two months Continued from Page 1A Roden is already serving an eight-year sentence after violating his probation from a 2013 domestic violence con- viction by possessing mari- juana, oxycodone and metha- done and failing to report that he moved in with Wing. Wing a victim? Roden’s attorney, Conor Huseby, has accused Wing of causing her daughter’s death through abuse, along with complications from the lesh-eating virus, methicil- lin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. He spent hours Wednes- day and Thursday cross-exam- ining Wing, looking to reveal inconsistencies in her previous interviews and testimony. He painted Wing as dishonest and a shoddy mother with a his- tory of abusing her children, whose life and relationship with Roden was falling apart around the time of her daugh- ter’s death. Wing had been charged in January with murder by abuse and six counts of criminal mis- treatment, Huseby said, and faced life in prison with parole after 25 years. “You pled guilty (to manslaughter) not because you felt responsible, but you didn’t want to serve a life sen- tence,” he said. Brown asked Wing about losing her daughter. “It’s ruined my life,” she said. “It’s taken a part of me that I will never get back.” She admitted to lying to police at times to protect her- self and avoid jail, and that she caused her daughter’s death by not getting her the help she needed. But she denied killing the child. After the abuse On Thursday, the prose- cution called the boys’ foster parents in Seaside and adop- tive parents in San Diego, who described heavily abused children who have nonethe- less gotten better over time. Wendy French, a foster parent with her husband Todd in Sea- side, picked the boys up from Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel shortly after their sister’s death. French said she didn’t have concerns about the lesh-eat- ing disease, but that neither of the kids were comfortable with being touched or taking their clothes off, hiding in small areas like the dryer and dish- washer. But the two got bet- ter over time, she said, and she never saw the older brother harm his younger sibling. The prosecution called Dr. Andre Nye, a family practi- tioner who assessed all three of the children between April and July of 2014. Nye noted no injuries and only minor skin issues with the boys such as eczema. He would have been required by law to report any child abuse. Prosecutors are expected to continue calling witnesses into the middle of next week. The case, which started Oct. 4, is expected to last about two months. • • • • • We are short changing our students by spending only 10.4% of the budget on education and 16% on administrative costs. In order to help attract quality jobs to our community, Dr. Bobek will work to reduce costs for local employers, enhance our transportation system, and expand educational opportunities. We need to be respectful of each other and our viewpoints for it is our diversity that makes our country great. Dr. Bobek is not a politician, but by running would like to make a diff erence. We all together can heal Oregon. Paid For By: Friends of Bruce Bobek Campaign • • • • A local small business owner, Dr. Bobek has seen fi rsthand how too much government intrusion can kill jobs and stifl e economic growth by driving up costs and punishing innovation. Dr. Bobek will work to cut needless government red-tape and demand accountability from government regulatory agencies. We should have a healthcare system responsive to all and at the same time aff ordable with a guarantee that no one will ever go bankrupt due to healthcare costs. It is time we all stand up and support needed mental health services to all who are in need. brucebobek.com
