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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 Burpee: Passion comes from his desire to see visitors who become enthralled Continued from Page 1A “I’ve always consid- ered myself a Northwest- erner wherever I’ve lived,” Burpee said. “There isn’t a more northwest story than Lewis and Clark and their interactions with the tribes here. It’s one of the things I like about this place.” After serving as a volunteer and later a park ranger at Fort Vancouver, Burpee worked at national parks and monuments in California, Georgia and Florida. He also spent two years as a National Park Service Bevinetto Congres- sional Fellow in Washing- ton, D.C. ‘Magic’ in parks Burpee, who describes himself as very positive, said his experience in the Park Service helped him over- come shyness. He speaks often of the “magic” within the parks and monuments where he’s worked. His pas- sion comes from his desire to see visitors who, as he did when he was 8, become enthralled. “You can see it in their eyes when they go, ‘Pow, I get it!,’ or it gets someone to think about something big- ger,” Burpee said. Most recently, Burpee spent 16 months as the superintendent of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Nevada. He always saw himself as a ranger, but realized that his gift for the job could allow him to take on more responsibilities. In other words, he could facilitate the “magic” at the park. “There’s a realization that, if park management does their job well, that’s what allows that to happen,” Burpee said. More time for creativity He was the first and only employee at Tule Springs for the first nine months. Among the number of tasks Burpee inherited was planning struc- tures like visitor centers and beginning outreach to the sur- rounding community. “I was fixing a fence one day and meeting with the mayor the other,” he said. At Lewis and Clark, a nearly 60-year-old park that hosted a record 284,531 vis- itors last year, Burpee hopes to have more time to think creatively. One of his major goals is to involve the local community, he said. Many of the park’s visi- tors each year come from out of the area. Bringing in new, temporary exhibits and estab- lishing new programs, such as youth groups, can be an effec- tive way to keep members of the local community coming to the park, he said. “It’s a place that, anybody can immediately come here and feel a difference in time, difference in place,” Burpee said, “even if you live just 2 miles down the road outside the park boundaries.” In addition, the park will reach out to other programs in the county by supporting efforts for tax credit funds and national registry nominations. “A national park is at its best when it is of the com- munity and not just a national park that happens to be in a community,” he said. While it’s hard to know where his career in the Park Service will lead, Burpee expects to stay at Lewis and Clark at least longer than some of his other stints. “It really does, for me, feel like coming home,” he said. “The lure of this community, of the Northwest, it would be hard to get me out of it, I think.” Grad rates: 1,300 more Oregon graduates in 2016 than previous year Continued from Page 1A Astoria Superintendent Craig Hoppes said Astoria High School continues to work on different avenues to help students finish. He said a big focus for educators now is on how much funding the county’s school districts will receive as part of Measure 98, which voters approved in November. The measure, seen as a support mechanism to improve the state’s gradua- tion rate, is expected to pump approximately $800 per stu- dent into adding career-tech- nical offerings, providing more college credit courses in high school and supporting dropout prevention programs. Hoppes said Astoria is hoping to boost the Gray School Campus Alternative Education Program. Astoria takes in students from dis- tricts around the county who for whatever reason don’t fit in traditional high school, providing them a self-paced opportunity to earn a diploma or study for the GED exam. Students in Jewell School District — which awarded 10 diplomas in 2015-16 — showed a marked improve- ment from the year prior, with 83.33 students com- pleting in four years, up 19.04 points from 64.29 per- cent in 2014-15. Warren- ton-Hammond School Dis- trict improved by 5.15 points from 69.09 percent in 2014- 15 to 74.24 percent this past year. Knappa School District improved by 3.6 points, from 66.67 percent in 2014-15 to 70.27 percent this past year. The state graduated 1,300 more students in 2016 than in the previous year. All demo- graphic groups improved their rates. Almost 90 percent of Asian students graduated in four years, but white, black, Hispanic and American Indian students all remain short of 80 percent. Seven- ty-eight percent of girls grad- uated in four years compared with 71 percent of boys. Gov. Kate Brown lauded the statewide improvement. “My goal is that students graduate high school with a plan for their futures, and we should cel- ebrate 1,300 more Oregon students charting promis- ing paths,” Brown said in a statement. “I remain com- mitted to improving Ore- gon’s graduation rates, and will prioritize investments in the upcoming legislative ses- sion that empower communi- ties and educators to improve graduation rates, particularly for historically underserved and rural communities.” Oregon Department of Education Deputy Super- intendent Salam Noor also praised the state’s progress. “It shows the dedication of our teachers and school administrators that gradu- ation rates are increasing across the board,” he said. “We are making progress, while recognizing there is still more work to do. We are pleased our state’s focus on improving graduation outcomes for all students is making a difference.” ‘We are making progress, while recognizing there is still more work to do.’ Salam Noor Oregon Department of Education deputy superintendent Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80 She wasn’t perfect: View- ers identified with her flustered moments and her plaintive cry to her husband: “Ohhhh, Robbbb!” Moore’s chemistry with Van Dyke was unmistakable. Decades later, he spoke warmly of the chaste but palpable off- screen crush they shared during the show’s run. They also appeared together in several TV specials over the years and in 2003, co-starred in a PBS production of the play “The Gin Game.” “There are no words. She was THE BEST! We always said that we changed each oth- er’s lives for the better,” Van Dyke tweeted. By LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Mary Tyler Moore didn’t have it all on her 1970s sitcom, but what she had was enough. A husband and kids, long the stock TV recipe for female contentment, were absent from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Instead, Mary Richards combined work, friends and lovers into an alternative ver- sion of a modern young wom- an’s full life. Feminism already had said it was possible. Mary made it mainstream with her charm and million-watt smile, showing America that an independent woman could be admired and embraced. She was so inspiring that even those lacking her per- fect balance of grace and, yes, spunk, imagined themselves achieving their own success. Moore, who died Wednes- day at 80, “influenced my career more than any other TV role model,” NBC newswoman Andrea Mitchell posted on Twitter. “She indeed turned on the world with her smile.” Marlo Thomas, who played another single women intent on a career in the 1960s sitcom “That Girl,” saluted Moore and their shared achievement. “I’m proud that we were in that groundbreaking sorority that brought single independent women to television. She will be deeply missed,” Thomas in a statement. Tam in the air In downtown Minneapolis, where Moore’s sitcom was set, Plucky producer Jerry Holt/Star Tribune Actress Mary Tyler Moore, standing beside a statue de- picting her legendary tam toss in 2002, tossed another tam as the bronze statue of her was unveiled on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Moore, 80, died Wednesday. fans laid flowers at the base of a statue that depicts the open- ing-credits scene in which she joyfully, triumphantly throws her tam in the air. Nichole Buehler, 35, who said she grew up watching the show with her great-grand- mother, called Moore’s char- acter “a strong, independent” working woman. Moore also was a daring actress whose talents extended beyond comedy, said Rob- ert Redford, who directed her to an Oscar nomination in the 1980 family drama “Ordinary People.” “The courage she dis- played in taking on a role ... darker than anything she had ever done, was brave and enor- mously powerful,” Redford said in a statement. Moore, who gained fame in the 1960s as frazzled wife Laura Petrie on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” went on to win seven Emmy Awards over the years. As Laura, she traded in the housedress of countless sitcom wives for Capri pants that were as fashionable as they were suited to a modern American woman. But it was as the plucky Minneapolis TV news producer on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-77), that Moore truly made her mark. Mary Richards was com- fortable being single in her 30s, and while she dated, she wasn’t desperate to get married. She sparred affectionately with her gruff boss, Lou Grant, played by Ed Asner, and addressed him always as “Mr. Grant.” And millions agreed with the show’s theme song that she could “turn the world on with her smile.” The series ran seven seasons and won 29 Emmys, a record that stood for a quarter century until “Frasier” broke it in 2002. “Everything I did was by the seat of the pants. I reacted to every written situation the way I would have in real life,” Moore told The Associated Press in 1995. Flu: ‘It picks on everyone equally’ Continued from Page 1A Clatsop County in the past few months have had flu-re- lated symptoms at the time of their death, Mazzarella-Tisch said. The causes of these deaths included other symp- toms, such as pneumonia, and no other deaths in the county were a result of the flu. Five children across the country, none in Oregon, have died as a result of the flu, Maz- zarella-Tisch said. Across the state, 726 people have been hospitalized so far, compared to 410 total last year. Public health officials say it is not too late to receive a flu shot. Vaccines typically take up to two weeks to take full effect and may not immu- nize all types of flu strains. Residents can receive vacci- nations at the health depart- ment for free or at local clin- ics and pharmacies. Other preventative steps include wearing face masks, especially if you have the flu and are out in public, washing hands, avoiding contact with your face or mouth and stay- ing home as much as possible. Children under 5 years old, pregnant women, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems should visit the emergency room if they experience symptoms. All other cases are encouraged to visit local clinics. At a Seaside City Council meeting on Monday, Fire Chief Joey Daniels said two residents were flown from Providence Seaside Hospital because of the flu and that many in his department are missing work due to symptoms. “There are five strains of bronchitis and pneumonia going around, so watch out for friends and family,” he said. “It’s striking everyone from infants to the elderly. It picks on everyone equally.” R.J. Marx contributed to this report. College: Invalidation means board’s vote is 3-3 Continued from Page 1A JoAnn Zahn, the college’s vice president of finance and operations, contacted gen- eral counsel Karen Smith with the Oregon Community Col- lege Association. According to the college, Smith said pub- lic meeting law does not allow votes by email. Monaghan said she and college President Christopher Breitmeyer, who was also not at the meeting, had assumed it was all right for Moberg to submit a vote by email. “It’s too bad, because honestly everybody was operating in good faith,” Monaghan said, adding Moberg had sent an apology to the board. The invalidation means the board’s vote is 3-3, leaving the college as a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The deadline for the 15 counties and approximately 130 taxing districts in the class-action lawsuit to vote on withdrawing was Wednesday. The college has contacted John DiLorenzo, an attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the law firm handling the lawsuit for Linn County, to find out if an extension is pos- sible for submitting an opt-out letter. “No response has been received at this time,” the col- lege said in a news release. The college “does not expect any flexibility in the date but are awaiting a response.” Reached by phone, DiLorenzo said he received an opt-out notice from the college Tuesday, followed by another email Wednesday rescinding the decision. He said the Linn County Circuit Court has indi- cated that Wednesday was the deadline to send a letter opting out, and that he expects about 95 percent of the original tax- ing districts included in the lawsuit to remain as plaintiffs. The Clatsop Community College Board’s 4-3 vote to opt out of a timber law- suit against the state is invalid be- cause one member voted by email. AP Photo Don Ryan Think newspapers are dead? Think again. You may not read a printed newspaper every day, but if you live on the North Coast, The Daily Astorian impacts your life. Inserts for shopping, stories on Facebook, a digital version for on the go. A print copy for those who love information and want in-depth coverage of big issues. 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