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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2016 Parade: 2,000-3,000 people attended event Continued from Page 1A they left home and they came back, and we’re here tonight.” Seaside’s Mark Brooks carried Bronson Brooks on his shoulders, the youngster cele- brating his first parade. Seaside resident and chamber ambassador Cyn- thia Miner was among those giving out cookies, hot cider and cocoa for guests to enjoy. The weather, on the cusp of a downpour, didn’t faze her a bit. “We’re excited,” she said. “This is what we’re used to.” Seaside’s Visitor Informa- tion Specialist Ken Heman manned the loudspeaker in front of the holiday tree. “It actually stops raining just before the parade, and starts raining after,” Heman said. “You can tell who the true Oregonians because they are standing in the rain with no umbrellas.” Parade through town Lo and behold, shortly after 7, the rain paused and the parade kicked off from First Avenue on Necanicum Drive. In the lead were students from Seaside schools, wear- ing the Gulls’ red and white and celebrating the passage of the bond to move schools out of the tsunami zone. The procession stretched down Broadway, past Finn’s, Zingers, Sharky’s and around the bend. Honking horns from Sea- side Fire and Rescue heralded the convoy to follow, includ- ing the big trucks of the Clat- Joe Mabel/Submitted Photo The downtown waterfront in Hoquiam, Washington as seen from across Riverside Avenue from the Polson Museum in 2009. Oil depot: ‘Whatever we do, we expect it to be appealed’ Jeff Ter Har/For The Daily Astorian Jobs touted sop County Sons of Beaches. Thomas the Train, Snoopy and more cartoon favorites drew cheers, along with trucks from Pacific Power, FedEx and local businesses — about 30 in all. Miss Oregon Alexa Mather greeted the crowd, accompanied by local Miss Oregon scholarship program contestants. An ornate rendi- tion of Santa’s Workshop was followed by a manger scene presented by Seaside’s River of Life Fellowship. Seaside’s Michelle Hughes marched in Seahawks’ foot- ball fanwear with family members from Kennewick, Washington, to cheer on their favorite team. “They’re going to go to the Super Bowl, of course!” Hughes laughed. As the parade turned down Downing and the last floats moved through the crowd, onlookers gathered for the tree-lighting and car- ols. Voices rang out, singing holiday favorites including “White Christmas,” “Win- ter Wonderland” and “Here Comes Santa Claus.” Santa time Who were the luckiest kids at the parade? Leilani, Leila and Keoni Durham were first in line for Santa Claus, accompanied by their parents, Mona and Brian Durham of Warrenton. Leila was looking forward to a new bed comforter and Keoni was poised to ask Santa for a toy train. Sandy McDowall of the Seaside Chamber of Com- merce estimated the parade drew about 2,000-3,000 peo- ple from “all over.” “I love the holidays in Sea- side,” McDowell said, join- ing the chamber ambassadors serving cider and cocoa. “There’s nothing like a lit- tle bit of ‘sunshine,” chamber President Brian Owen added. The rain did hold through the entire length of the parade. And by its end, the holi- day lights shined bright on Broadway. Tour: Beach Bill anniversary to be lauded Continued from Page 1A Murdy-Trucke also dis- cussed part of Cannon Beach’s rich history, includ- ing the difficult routes peo- ple endured to get to town before the highway system was built. “They were determined to get here, despite it being just a trail,” Murdy-Trucke told the group. “That kind of spirit has stuck around.” Commissioners then toured the outside of the rus- tic West-Bouvy log cabin, originally constructed by for- mer Gov. Oswald West in 1913 as a summer home for his family. The home sold in the 1930s to the Bouvy fam- ily, and descendants of the family still own the home today. After an arsonist burned the home down in 1991, the family had architects rebuild the home as a replica of the original cabin, according to Murdy-Trucke. “It is believed by some that the inspiration for West’s beach law was his sum- mer retreat,” Murdy-Trucke wrote. Beach Bill celebration to come Oregon Parks and Recre- ation will work with the Ore- gon Coast Visitors Associ- Continued from Page 1A Colorful floats and costumes were the order of the day at the Seaside Parade of Lights. Lyra Fontaine/The Daily Astorian Oregon Parks and Recreation Department commissioners tour the historic West-Bouvy log house in Cannon Beach. The house was built by former Gov. Oswald West in 1913. ation and Travel Oregon to organize a yearlong celebra- tion for the Beach Bill 50th anniversary in 2017. West is considered the “Father of the Oregon Beaches,” according to a state parks document from 1977. West introduced a beach bill in 1913 declaring the ocean shore from the Washington state line to the California state line a public highway, providing groundwork for the Beach Bill. Dry sand area could still be privately owned until 1967, when the Beach Bill was signed by Gov. Tom McCall. The bill guaranteed that the public has free and uninter- rupted access to the beaches along Oregon’s 362-mile shoreline. The ocean shore also became administered as a state recreation area. The tour’s final stop was at the dunes by the Breakers Point condominiums, the site of several contentious dune grading requests in past years. Homeowners have expressed frustration about the dunes’ obstruction of their views of and access to the ocean. Houston-based Contanda says the project would bring jobs and economic benefits to the region and the facility would be built to the strictest local, state and federal safety and environmental protocols. “We’re confident that we can safely build and oper- ate the facility in a way that protects our employees, our neighbors, and the environ- ment, using the environ- mental impact statement as a guide,” Contanda spokes- man Paul Queary said in a statement. “We look forward to receiving permits from the city so we can start construc- tion, put people to work, and provide the community with tax revenue and other eco- nomic benefits,” he added. An environmental review completed by the state and Hoquiam in September pro- posed dozens of measures to offset or reduce impacts, but said there would be sig- nificant impacts to tribal resources and to health and safety if a crude oil spill, fire or explosion occurs that could not be avoided even with such measures in place. “The variety of impacts that are discussed and dis- closed give the city of Hoquiam the evidence it needs to deny the permit,” said Kristen Boyles, an attor- ney with Earthjustice repre- senting the Quinault, whose reservation sits about 30 miles up the coast from the pro- posed site. The tribe says moving mil- lions of gallons of crude oil by train and tankers through the region put the tribe’s safety, treaty-reserved fishing rights and way of life at risk. An environmental review found that increased vessel docking and traffic in the nav- igation channel would restrict access to tribal fishing areas, and that proposed measures such as giving advance notice of vessels would reduce but not eliminate that impact. Consultant Hoquiam City Adminis- trator Brian Shay said the city has hired an independent con- sultant to review the project OREGON CAPITAL Map: The goal is to identify multiple species in a single test from one sample Continued from Page 1A That technology is evolv- ing, said Michael Schwartz, the Forest Service’s director of the National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation in Missoula, Montana. Cur- rently, he said, scientists can detect only one species at a time in a stream sample. He said the goal is to identify multiple spe- cies in a single test from one sample. A rough estimate for when that might be possible is about a year, he said. The trove of information has the potential to be so vast that questions not presently imag- ined might arise. “Any time science under- takes large projects like this, the payouts can be in directions you don’t expect,” Schwartz said. Ultimately, he said, the pub- licly available information could be used by someone with an iPad or other device who could go to a section of river and see what species it contains. Genesis The Aquatic Environmen- tal DNA Atlas for the west- ern U.S. has its genesis in a smaller-scale project called the Bull Trout Environmen- tal DNA Atlas involving five states — Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Wash- ington — where the feder- ally protected fish is found. That effort, Isaak said, has discovered bull trout in areas where they were thought not to exist. Isaak also has been work- ing on something called the Cold Water Climate Shield to identify streams that could serve as a refuge for cold water species, such as bull trout, if global warming con- tinues. That map uses mil- lions of temperature record- ings going back decades and has expanded to include most of the western U.S. Stream temperatures in lower ele- vations have risen several degrees over the past 30 years, Isaak said. The DNA Atlas has been confirming the kind of species present as pre- dicted by the Cold Water Cli- mate Shield, Schwartz said. What scientists ultimately hope to do is combine all the information from stream temperatures, DNA Atlas sampling, topography and weather patterns to get more insights into species distribu- tion patterns and even how entire ecosystems function. “The data sets can be big- ger because computers are bigger,” Isaak said. Even for Isaak, who is called a visionary by his col- leagues, the leaps in technol- ogy that make his ideas possi- ble can be mind-boggling. “It’s just been an ongoing revelation,” he said, recall- ing 15 years ago using pencil and paper to make streamside observations. “It still seems like magic to me that you can go take a water sample and you have instruments pow- erful enough to discern what species are present.” INSIDER and write a draft decision. He says he typically accepts such decisions. The public com- ment period ended a week ago, and a decision isn’t likely until January, he added. “Whatever we do, we expect it to be appealed,” Shay said. Hoquiam previously issued a permit for the oil ter- minal project in 2013. The Quinault and groups such as the Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation chal- lenged it, and a state hear- ings board reversed the per- mit. The city and Department of Ecology began an environ- mental review in 2014 that was released in September. That analysis proposes tug escorts, setting up oil spill prevention and response plans and other measures to lessen environmental impacts, but says that “no mitigation mea- sures would completely elim- inate the possibility of a spill, fire, or explosion, nor would they completely eliminate the adverse consequences.” The U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service recently told the city that it agrees with the Quinault Indian Nation that denying the permit “is the only defensible decision.” It says the “proposal poses risks to our communities and to unique natural resources that cannot be fully mitigated, including U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service trust resources.” At one time, three oil ter- minals were proposed for the Port of Grays Harbor. U.S. Development noti- fied the port last year that it would not renew a lease option for a proposed oil ter- minal. Renewable Energy Group, formerly Imperium, told state and local regulators late last year that it dropped plans to handle crude oil as it pursues an expansion project. In the meantime, the Hoquiam City Council in 2015 approved a ban on any new crude oil storage facil- ities within city limits. The tribe argues that the project should be covered by that ban. The Quinault tribe and others have also challenged the review of the project in court. Last month, the Wash- ington Supreme Court heard arguments in the case. We’re investing in Salem coverage when other news organizations are cutting back. Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! REWARDING CAREER Outside Sales The Daily Astorian is seeking an outside salesperson who is passionate about helping local businesses be successful. 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