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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2016
Group aims to preserve historic
134-year-old Springfi eld bridge
One of the
oldest bridges
in Oregon
By ELON GLUCKLICH
The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD — At 134
years of age, it’s one of the
oldest bridges in Oregon.
But since 1989, the
Hayden Bridge — a railroad
bridge alongside the much
newer bridge that carries Mar-
cola Road over the McKenzie
River — has been little more
than a thrill spot for teenagers
who climb on it and leap into
the water.
An Iowa nonprofi t organi-
zation wants to change that.
The North Skunk River
Greenbelt Association hopes
to raise nearly $100,000 to
re-deck the wrought and cast
iron truss bridge, according to
recently fi led documents with
the city of Springfi eld. The
bridge may date back as far as
1882.
The nonprofi t wants to add
side railings and security gates
to transform the structure into
a “heritage bridge” that recalls
its past as a rail line for hauling
logs from the Mohawk Valley.
“It has a lot of historical sig-
nifi cance,” Julie Bowers, the
nonprofi t’s executive direc-
tor, said. “The more we learn
about it, the more we realize
what a jewel it is in terms of
historic preservation.”
Since forming in 2010, the
North Skunk River Greenbelt
Association has restored or
crafted plans to restore more
than 30 historic bridges across
the country, mostly in the Mid-
west and East Coast.
Bowers said she stumbled
on Hayden Bridge in a 2014
news article about Weyerhae-
user Co.’s plan to demolish it.
The company had long owned
the bridge and a small parcel
of land at either end of it. She
contacted the company soon
after and fl ew out to Spring-
fi eld to discuss ways to save it.
Weyerhaeuser considered
dismantling the bridge and
moving it to Delaware, Bow-
ers said, at an estimated cost of
$1 million. The company was
eager to move it because of
the liability caused by bridge
jumpers, she said, but the cost
to move it was prohibitive.
“After it became clear
they were not going to pay to
remove the bridge from the
McKenzie, then we stepped
up and said, ‘Why don’t you
let us purchase it and see what
we can do?’” Bowers said.
Weyerhaeuser in June sold
the two narrow strips of land
on either side of a bridge for
$1, and gave the association
the bridge. Plus, Weyerhae-
user threw in a $25,000 dona-
Oregon state trooper
wounded by suspect
with troubled home life
tion for restoration work.
The nonprofi t’s members
include a certifi ed engineer,
and the owner of a Michigan
metal fabrication company
that specializes in bridge res-
toration. They’ll perform the
upgrades, once the association
can raise the full $100,000,
Bowers said.
Oregon has many bridges
that were built for rail lines
to haul logs or lumber from
remote valleys. Two of the
best known in Lane County
are east of Cottage Grove on
the Row River Trail, a former
rail line converted in the 1990s
to a bike and pedestrian path.
The two iron bridges were
restored by government agen-
cies as part of the rails to trails
project.
Bowers’ nonprofi t typi-
cally works with local gov-
ernments and communities to
raise money for its restoration
work.
In fi nancial fi lings, it
reported revenues of $251,000
for 2014. It spent $263,000
that year, almost all on bridge
projects. Bowers was paid a
minimal salary of $9,622 that
year.
Bowers hopes to start some
of the early site work for the
Hayden Bridge project in
2017, but the group is waiting
for land-use approval from the
city of Springfi eld and Lane
County.
Offi cer remains
in critical
condition
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Associated Press
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RICHLAND, Wash. — The Northwest’s
only nuclear power plant is reconnecting to
the regional power grid after an unplanned
shut down.
The Tri-City Herald reported that the
1,190-megawatt Columbia Generating Station
resumed late Saturday night.
Energy Northwest says power levels are
slowly rising and should reach 100 percent
within 72 hours of restarting.
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The Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife is kicking
off the fi shing new year with a
free fi shing weekend on Satur-
day and Sunday .
No licenses, tags or
endorsements are needed on
those days, but all other fi sh-
ing regulations apply.
Oregon offers some great
opportunities during the win-
ter months: Recreational crab-
bing is now open along the
entire Oregon Coast; the win-
ter steelhead season is heat-
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vation lakes and ponds were
stocked with trout as late as
this month.
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JONES, M. Eileen, 96, of
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The plant shut down following a malfunc-
tion at a substation.
The newspaper reported that the malfunc-
tion caused the line that connects the plant’s
main output transformers to the substation to
reject the load. A primary breaker opened too
slowly and a secondary system kicked in and
opened other breakers, causing the plant to
separate itself from the grid and shut down.
Columbia Generating Station sends enough
power to the Northwest grid to power a city
the size of Seattle.
DEATHS
O VER
ate temporary custody of their
son in September, saying the
boy was in danger of potential
abuse. She said Tylka spoke
about suicide in September
2015, drawing a call to police,
before leaving town for four
months.
Starks wrote in the cus-
tody request that they agreed to
joint custody in May but he had
been acting irrationally, impul-
sively and aggressively, con-
stantly pressuring the boy for
updates about what she was
doing.
She said the boy was cry-
ing when she picked him up
on Sept. 5 and that he told
her Tylka yelled at him and a
grandmother.
“I asked him what he meant.
(The boy) stated, ‘If I don’t tell
Daddy what you do, he yells at
me and sends me to the corner.
I told him no, and he yells until
I tell him,’” she wrote.
A judge denied Starks’
request for immediate tempo-
rary custody. They divorced in
April 2011, court records say,
but it’s not clear when Tylka
married Kate Armand. Starks
mentioned the marriage in her
custody request, however.
Mike Rowe, a spokes-
man for the police department
in Beaverton, said Tylka was
a cadet there between 2004
and 2006. Rowe said he does
not know why Tylka left the
program.
Earlier this month, an auto
dealer fi led a small claim
against Tylka, saying he owes
$450 for a down payment of a
vehicle.
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Tillamook
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SUN AND MOON
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12:14 p.m.
Mostly cloudy, a little rain
in the p.m.
Mostly cloudy with a
passing shower
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.94"
Month to date ................................... 9.70"
Normal month to date ....................... 8.34"
Year to date .................................... 86.20"
Normal year to date ........................ 65.96"
Dec 28
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/36°
Normal high/low ........................... 48°/37°
Record high ............................ 64° in 1980
Record low ............................. 19° in 1924
New
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the afternoon
Mostly cloudy
ALMANAC
FRIDAY
49
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PORTLAND — A Christ-
mas Day shooting that left a
woman dead triggered a car
chase and gunbattle in sub-
urban Portland that critically
wounded an Oregon State
Police offi cer and killed the
slaying suspect, who had a
troubled home life, authorities
and court records said.
Trooper Nic Cederberg, 32,
an U.S. Army veteran who has
been with the department for
seven years, underwent sur-
gery Monday and remains in
critical condition, state police
said on their Facebook page.
The incident began when
police in King City found the
woman’s body after respond-
ing to a call about shots being
fi red late Sunday, Washington
County sheriff’s Sgt. David
Thompson said.
The suspect, James Tylka,
30, was seen driving away and
offi cers pursued him, police
said. The chase ended with an
exchange of gunfi re about 20
miles south of Portland.
Authorities did not release
other information about the
chase and shootout, except
that offi cers from three police
departments were involved
and have been placed on paid
administrative leave, a routine
move.
But details emerged about
Tylka’s problems at home. He
was locked in a protracted dis-
pute with his former wife over
custody of their son and child
support payments, according
to court records.
Social media and court
records indicate he was mar-
ried to Kate Armand and that
the couple had a baby girl.
Tylka posted a photo on
Facebook early this month of
the couple kissing in happier
times and commented: “We
aren’t divorced.” Someone
responded that she hoped they
work things out.
Police have not released
the name of the woman he is
believed to have killed, but
Megan Armand told media
outlets that the victim was her
sister, Kate.
“We are still in shock and
devastated from last night’s
events,” she said in a state-
ment. “My heart is broken
from the loss of my only sister.
Our thoughts and prayers are
also with the wounded OSP
offi cer and his family.”
Several Facebook posts
by Kate Armand’s friends
expressed grief, describing
her as a good person and an
amazing mother to the nearly
1-year-old girl.
Tylka updated his Facebook
profi le photo shortly before his
death, displaying a picture of
the couple. He also updated
his cover photo, showing his
two children, a boy and a baby
daughter.
Tylka’s ex-wife, Sabrina
Starks, had fi led for immedi-
THURSDAY
Astoria City Council, 10 a.m.,
special meeting on marijuana
store appeal, City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Clatsop County Recreational
Lands Planning and Advisory
Committee, 1 to 3 p.m., fourth
fl oor, 800 Exchange St.
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