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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2016
Creating a vision: a new advocate for downtown Astoria
Heath will lead
historic district
association
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
After fundraising for polit-
ical candidates in her home
state of Texas and working
for nonprofi ts in Portland and
Seattle, Sarah Lu Heath said
she perked up after hearing
about an opening for director
of the Astoria Downtown His-
toric District Association.
Heath, 32, started last week
as the downtown association’s
new director, replacing Alana
Garner. Like her predecessors,
she has hit the ground running ,
meeting constituents and orga-
nizing one of its main events,
the Shore Style Wedding Faire,
in The Loft at the Red Building
in January.
Heath said she wants to
“continue all the good work
done before her. “And second-
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Sarah Lu Heath is the new director of the Astoria Down-
town Historic District Association.
arily, I think I’ll have the abil-
ity to do visioning work with
both the ADHDA and city of
Astoria to … create the vision
of where we want to go from
here, and involve all of the
stakeholders in making that
happen.”
with a bachelor’s degree in
cultural geography and worked
for a short time in political
fundraising, before stints with
REI, the Texas Public Policy
Foundation and the Blan ton
Museum of Art in Austin .
In 2013, she moved to
the West Coast to work with
JDRF, a nonprofi t funding
T ype 1 diabetes research. She
spent several months in Seattle
Hands on
Heath graduated from the
University of Texas in 2007
The public is invited to a
short service honoring those
who served and died at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7,
1941, marking the entry of
the United States into World
War II.
The memorial begins at 9
a.m. at the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center inside the
lobby area. The service will
move outside to the Pearl Har-
bor Memorial Bridge, located
adjacent to the convention
center, for a wreath laying
ceremony and a possible U.S.
Coast Guard fl yover at 9:55
a.m. American Legion Post
99 in Seaside is sponsoring
this event. Refreshments will
be served after the service.
Clatsop Post 12 American
Legion in Astoria is holding
a memorial and program at 4
p.m. Wednesday, with special
guest Spurgeon Keeth, a Pearl
Harbor survivor. An anniver-
sary cake will be served.
Associated Press
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
TUESDAY
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Newport
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Full
Last
Dec 13
New
Dec 20
Astoria Mayor Arline
LaMear will hold her monthly
Burns
18/29
Lakeview
20/30
Ashland
32/38
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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shows the railroad has esti-
mated its costs associated with
the derailment at about $8.9
million.
The railroad reported $1.7
million in equipment damage
and $176,811 in track damage
to the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, with the remain-
ing millions for response and
remediation costs.
Meanwhile, an intergov-
ernmental group made up of
offi cials with Mosier city, the
fi re district and a school foun-
dation is currently in negoti-
ations with the railroad over
compensation and other issues.
William Gary, a Port-
land-based attorney work-
ing with that Mosier group,
declined to say what kind of
“Meet the Mayor” event at
noon Wednesday at City Hall.
Residents are invited to
attend and discuss city issues.
DEATHS
REGIONAL CITIES
Tonight's Sky: At 2.9 million light-years away, the
Andromeda Galaxy which is visible to the unaided
eye soars high overhead this evening.
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Baker
20/28
Ontario
25/36
Klamath Falls
24/35
Progress
The downtown associa-
tion’s fi rst two directors were
interns with the AmeriC orp s
Resource Assistance for Rural
Environments program. Blaire
Buergler started in 2010 and
interned in Astoria two years.
Rebecca Frick took over in
2012 for one year.
Michele Reeves, a revital-
ization consultant contracted
by the group to assess down-
town, said that year that one
of the best things the group
could do to move forward was
hire a full-time director. Garner
became the downtown associ-
ation’s fi rst salaried director in
September 2013.
Garner organized the
group’s main fundraisers, such
as the Jane Barnes Revue drag
show and Pacifi c Northwest
Brew Cup. The events funded
her position and the associa-
tion’s efforts, including down-
town cleanups, plant-watering,
LaMear holds ‘Meet the Mayor’ event
La Grande
23/30
Roseburg
37/44
Brookings
40/50
Dec 28
John Day
25/30
Bend
22/28
Medford
36/44
UNDER THE SKY
High
7.8 ft.
7.5 ft.
Prineville
22/30
Lebanon
34/39
Eugene
33/42
Coos Bay
40/47
VANCOUVER, Wash. —
Six months after a train haul-
ing Bakken crude oil derailed
along the Columbia River
Gorge, Washington state, Ore-
gon and other offi cials are still
tabulating a bill to send to
Union Pacifi c Railroad.
Union Pacifi c said in a
statement that it is commit-
ted to absorbing all the costs
incurred as a result of the fi ery
crash in June in Mosier.
The railroad is not required
to disclose costs associated
with its cleanup efforts or how
much its insurance policy will
cover, The Columbian news-
paper reported. But an email
obtained by the newspaper
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Salem
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Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 7:43 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 11:57 a.m.
Moonset today ......................... 10:40 p.m.
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SUN AND MOON
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Breezy and chilly with
rain
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.69"
Month to date ................................... 1.68"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.43"
Year to date .................................... 78.18"
Normal year to date ........................ 59.05"
Dec 7
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 52°/37°
Normal high/low ........................... 50°/37°
Record high ............................ 63° in 1939
Record low ............................. 23° in 2013
First
FRIDAY
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breezy in the p.m.
Mostly sunny
ALMANAC
THURSDAY
described as a “scruff ball
from the streets.”
holiday celebrations and Novel
Efforts Downtown, a series of
lectures meant to help down-
town business owners.
Five months after Garner
started, Astoria was named a
Performing Downtown, the
highest designation possible
through the Oregon Main Street
program. Garner left for eastern
Oregon in the fall, with plans to
pursue a master’s in economic
development and historic pres-
ervation — and to one day own
her own historic building.
The downtown association
“had been driven exclusively
by volunteers for approxi-
mately 20 years, and we knew
that paid staffi ng would be the
only way to ensure sustainabil-
ity and continuity of the orga-
nization and its work in the
community,” said Dulcye Tay-
lor, president of the downtown
association, in a release about
Heath’s hiring. “We’ve come
a long way over the past few
years, and Sarah has the skills
and experience to help us take
it to the next level.”
Costs of train derailment along
Columbia River adding up
Observances mark Pearl Harbor attack
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before two years with the non-
profi t in Portland.
“With a career in fundrais-
ing, I wanted to do something
hands on,” Heath said.
In July 2015, she became
director of development for
Restore Oregon, a statewide
nonprofi t focused on preser-
vation. Heath said she’s now
lived in most of the “cool”
cities west of the Mississippi
River, but that Portland never
stuck to her ribs.
She grew enamored with
smaller towns like Port Orford
and Medford while traveling
with Restore Oregon. At the
Oregon Main Street Confer-
ence in Astoria in September,
Heath said, she learned Garner
was leaving.
“I did not share that thought
with anybody except myself
and my dog,” Heath said
during an introduction to the
downtown association’s mem-
bership Friday.
She comes with her
mixed-terrier
Commodore
“Boots” Jackson, who she
Oct. 27, 2016
LOGSDON, David Allen
Chandler, 62, of McMinnville,
formerly of Warrenton, died
in Portland. Crown Memo-
rial Center in Tualatin was in
charge of the arrangements.
Dec. 2, 2016
HALBROOK,
Marilyn
Jean, 78, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary & Crematory in Seaside
is in charge of the arrange-
ments. Visit www.hughes-ran-
som.com to share memories
and sign the guest book.
WATTERS, Sandra Lee,
70, of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary & Crematory in Seaside is
in charge of the arrangements.
Visit www.hughes-ransom.com
to share memories and sign the
guest book.
Dec. 4, 2016
HAWKEN, Lyman Gerald,
92, of Cannon Beach, died in
Seaside. Ocean View Funeral &
Cremation Service in Astoria is
in charge of the arrangements.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Youngs River Lewis & Clark
Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101 Busi-
ness.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
TUESDAY
Seaside Community Center
Commission, 10 a.m., 1225
Avenue A.
Clatsop County Fair Board,
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
5:30 p.m., Fairgrounds, 92937
Walluski Loop
Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer
District Board, 6 p.m., 34583
U.S. Highway 101 Business.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
compensation the government
agencies are seeking. “We are
in a confi dential mediation
at the moment,” Gary said.
“We’re working with the rail-
road to resolve a host of fairly
complicated issues.”
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Saturday’s Megabucks:
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Friday’s Pick 4:
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4 p.m.: 0-5-8-6
7 p.m.: 9-4-7-8
10 p.m.: 0-0-7-6
Friday’s Mega Millions:
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