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SEASIDE BOYS FINALLY FALL TO VALLEY CATHOLIC SPORTS • 10A DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 144TH YEAR, NO. 162 $100,000 KNAPPA AUCTION HITS NEW MILESTONE ONE DOLLAR Commission will revisit gillnet rules Governor wants policy reversal By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau Photos by Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Students at Knappa High School created 15 paintings for the Knappa Schools Foundation’s 20th-annual din- ner and auction Saturday. The school’s metal shop created a garden gate and wooden benches. the fi rst week in April, Melcher said. The governor said she expected the commission to adopt permanent rules by April 3 that will be in line with her administration’s policy and with Washington state’s plan to phase out gillnetting. TIGARD — The day after Gov. Kate Brown released a By the gills letter admonishing the state’s A gillnet is a large, effi cient F ish and W ildlife C ommis- sion for its decision to con- net that traps fi sh by the gills. Sport fi shermen by tinue to allow gill- and large oppose netting in the main the use of gillnets, stem of the L ower as do environmen- Columbia River, tal groups, and Department of Fish there are a complex and Wildlife Direc- set of rules in place tor Curt Melcher for when and how said the commission many protected spe- will address the issue cies, such as Chi- again in March . nook, can be caught Melcher acknowl- Curt with gillnets at cer- edged the governor’s Melcher tain locations in the letter at the conclu- L ower Columbia sion of the commis- River. Commercial fi shermen sion’s meeting here Friday. The gillnetting rules will contend that taking away gill- be taken up again at the com- netting would jeopardize how mission’s scheduled meeting they make a living. March 17, or at a special meet- See RULES, Page 7A ing of the commission prior to Prime rib, salmon and some lively bidding By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian K NAPPA — Saturday was a milestone for the 20th-annual Knappa Schools Foundation dinner and auction, which eclipsed $100,000 for the fi rst time. A perennial sellout, the auction brought together more than 300 attendees for prime rib, salmon and some lively bid- on every- ‘We don’t ding thing from duck decoys, pink fi re- have to arms and cus- ask. They tom-made knives landscaping just do it.’ to packages, Seattle Mariners tickets Sen. Betsy and Mexico get- Johnson, aways. The com- bination of ticket D-Scappoose sales, raffl es and state senator speaking a silent and oral of the support from auction brought the Knappa Schools in nearly $69,000. Foundation The annual spe- cial appeal by state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, brought in more than $40,000. The event topped the previous record of more than $90,000 set two years ago. The foundation now has more than $1.2 million in assets. Students at Knappa High School, who bused tables Saturday, also contributed 15 paintings, an iron-wrought garden gate and two wooden benches for the auctions. Tiffany Boothe /For The Daily Astorian This loggerhead turtle washed ashore in Cannon Beach Saturday. On Sunday, it was transported to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport. ABOVE: The annual plea by state Sen. Betsy Johnson, a staple at the Knappa Schools Foundation’s annual dinner and auction, brought in more than $40,000 Saturday. BELOW: The Knappa Schools Foun- dation’s annual dinner and auction usually comes with some pink weaponry. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com Sea turtle is rescued in Cannon Beach Aquarium staff ‘swim’ turtle to safety By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — Efforts by Seaside Aquarium staff brought a loggerhead sea turtle to safety after washing ashore Saturday afternoon at Crescent Beach in Ecola State Park. “Usually when we get tur- tles they come in between November and January, so See AUCTION, Page 7A this one was a bit of a sur- prise,” according to the aquar- ium’s Tiffany Boothe, who “swam” the turtle through a cave to safety. “It took about two hours to get the turtle off the beach once we got the fi rst call,” Boothe said. “I had to hike down to the beach 1.5 miles, then get it through that small opening which opened up to Chapman Point. From there another staff member, Mollie Schmidt, helped me carry the turtle down the beach and over the dunes at Chapman Point.” See TURTLE, Page 7A The women behind the toe-tapping Originally a fundraiser County Historical Society with venues in both Seaside and Astoria. Concerts were held in October and February. When the historical soci- ety dropped out, the nonprofi t Lighthouse Jazz Society cen- tered the event in Seaside . “I’ve always felt it was good for Seaside and Seaside benefi ts from the festival,” Johnson said. The festivals merged in 1996 to one February event. “At the time the fest was formed, there were lots of fes- tivals popping up all over. Cal- ifornia had 25, Washington had 10, Oregon had several,” The festival began as a fundraiser for the Clatsop See WOMEN, Page 7A Johnson, Shook help bring jazz to Seaside I R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian Judy Shook and Ruth Johnson of the Lighthouse Jazz So- ciety at a Seaside Downtown Development Association pre- sentation. The women direct the Seaside Jazz Festival. f you hear a lot of foot tap- ping and see a lot of swing- ing and swaying in Seaside later this month, at least some of it can be attributed to the efforts of co-directors Ruth Johnson and Judy Shook. Both Seaside women have been instrumental — and that is the right word — in the devel- opment and promotion of the Seaside Jazz Festival for more than 30 years apiece. “One of the nice things for Judy and I is all the really nice people you meet who have been attend- ing jazz fests over the years,” Johnson said . “They’re like family. When the music starts, you have to quiet them down, because they’re so busy visit- ing about where they’ve been and what bands they’ve seen, that they forget that they’re there for the music.”
