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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017
Visitors face Seaside Judge wants more
room tax hike in July water released from
dams to help salmon
The rate, last changed in
2002, stands at 8 percent. The
tax does not include vaca-
tion rental revenue and cov-
ers accommodations only,
excluding extra goods and
services.
Work has already begun
on the project, convention
center General Manager Russ
Vandenberg said.
“It sets the stage for our
project to move forward,”
Vandenberg said. “We are
now in selection for an archi-
tecture fi rm. We’ve hired a
project manager. Soon after
that we’ll hire a construc-
tion fi rm. It’s moving in the
right direction and I’m totally
ready and excited to get this
thing underway.”
The renovation’s design
phase could take six months
and construction up to two
years, Vandenberg said at
an earlier meeting. Vanden-
berg said he not only hopes
to recruit larger groups, but to
keep current clients.
“They’ve grown over the
last 25, 30 years and we hav-
en’t added any space in 25
years,” he said.
“You’ve really vetted this
very carefully,” Mayor Jay
Barber said before Monday’s
council vote. “You’ve had
good input from the lodging
owners in the community.
This is a big step forward.”
Money will
fund convention
center upgrades
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Visitors will
pay a little bit more for their
Seaside vacation this summer.
At Monday’s City Coun-
cil meeting, councilors unan-
imously approved a hike in
the city’s room tax from 8 to
10 percent in July, which will
fund $14.5 million in 30-year
bonds to pay for upgrades to
the Seaside Civic and Con-
vention Center.
The construction proj-
ect will add about 10,000
square feet to the existing
62,000-square-foot
facil-
ity, and renovate more than
13,000 square feet of the cur-
rent space.
“Implementing a room tax
increase requires some fore-
thought, because it takes a lit-
tle while for all of the prop-
erties to notify the different
people that they’re work-
ing with that the room tax
is going up,” City Manager
Mark Winstanley said. “This
will allow them 90 days to
implement that increase with
all their customers. ”
The city will collect the
R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center General Man-
ager Russ Vandenberg af-
ter the City Council voted
to implement a room tax
hike to finance upgrades.
“It sets the
stage for
our project
to move
forward,”
Russ Vandenberg
Seaside Civic and Convention
Center general manager
tax quarterly. Funds will be
used to fi nance principal and
interest on the convention
center’s construction cost.
Seaside’s original hotel
and motel tax was set at 5 per-
cent in the early 1970s.
Associated Press
PORTLAND — A fed-
eral judge in Oregon says
that beginning next year, the
government must spill more
water from dams on the lower
Columbia and Snake rivers to
improve the chances that pro-
tected salmon will survive.
U.S. District Judge Michael
Simon said in a ruling Monday
WEDNESDAY
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SALEM — Oregon State
Park offi cials say a record
amount of people camping out
may lead to a price hike for
popular campground sites, and
lower rates for least used sites.
The Salem Statesman Jour-
nal reported that House Bill
2318 would make park fees
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Both men allegedly left the
car and tried to fl ee from police
once they reached the build-
ing. Gates managed to make it
inside the apartment building,
while Lyons was taken into
custody near the car.
Gates then allegedly went
upstairs and locked himself
inside an apartment. After
staying in the apartment for
more than 1 1/2 hours, he sur-
rendered himself to police.
Gates faces numerous
charges, including two counts
of recklessly endangering
another person, second-degree
A man has been accused of
raping a woman twice within
the immediate vicinity of his
daughter.
Rene Geronimo Verduzco,
39, allegedly committed the
crimes last Thursday and Fri-
day. He has been charged with
two counts of fi rst-degree rape
and two counts of fourth-de-
gree felony assault.
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escape and fl eeing or attempt-
ing to elude a police offi cer. A
grand jury will decide whether
or not to indict him prior to
a possible arraignment next
Monday.
Gates is also facing harass-
ment and disorderly conduct
charges stemming from a case
earlier this month. He has been
charged for allegedly physi-
cally harassing his girlfriend.
Lyons has been charged with
resisting arrest and interfering
with a peace offi cer. He pleaded
not guilty to both counts at an
arraignment Monday.
HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4
We Service What We Sell
A grand jury will decide this
week whether or not to indict
Verduzco, whose fi rst arraign-
ment took place Monday at
Clatsop County Circuit Court.
He would be arraigned on the
indictment next Monday.
ON THE RECORD
DEATH
DUII
• At 8:18 p.m. Friday, Kendall Oscar Archer, 31, of Astoria,
was arrested by the Astoria Police Department at the intersec-
tion of Commercial Street and 10th Street for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants and hit and run. His blood alcohol con-
tent was .13.
• At 2:17 a.m. Saturday, Philip Allen Case, 51, of Warrenton,
was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce at the inter-
section of U.S. Highway 101 and Bailey Lane in Gearhart for
driving under the infl uence of intoxicants.
Assault
• At 8:34 a.m. Saturday, Amy Ridens, 46, of Seaside, was
arrested by the Seaside Police Department at the 800 block of
South Holladay Drive for fourth-degree assault and strangula-
tion. Ridens allegedly assaulted her husband after they argued
over who would use a car.
• At 2:35 p.m. Saturday, Joseph William Blackler, 35, of Asto-
ria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Department on the Asto-
ria Riverwalk just east of the Astoria Bridge for fourth-degree
assault. The victim was found with cuts to his hand and face after
fi ghting Blackler.
March 26, 2017
MALO, Violet May,
91, of Cannon Beach,
died in Wheeler. Cald-
well’s Funeral & Crema-
tion Arrangement Center in
Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
IN
Two Warrenton men have
been accused of fl eeing from
police after a traffi c stop.
Warrenton Police Offi cer
Tyler Johnston attempted to
stop Edward Frederick Gates
Sr., 38, and Isaac Daniel Lyons,
23, as Gates drove along South
Main Avenue near Third Street
at 11:49 p.m. Sunday. The offi -
cer allegedly then pursued them
about a half mile to an apart-
ment complex on the 100 block
of Southwest Cedar Avenue.
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Lakeview
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By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Man accused of rape in vicinity of his child
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along the coast, typically has
85 percent full capacity while
Humbug Mountain State Park,
six hours south of Fort Ste-
vens, is typically at 20 percent
capacity.
Oregon Parks and Rec-
reation Department Director
Lisa Sumption says she hopes
the change will encourage
people to visit new areas.
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:39 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:01 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 7:41 a.m.
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Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.39"
Month to date ................................. 13.83"
Normal month to date ....................... 6.58"
Year to date .................................... 31.71"
Normal year to date ........................ 23.97"
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more fl exible. The prices for
popular sites could increase
by $1 or $2 per night. Some
site prices would only see an
increase on certain dates.
Park offi cials say they will
use the extra money to offer
other discounts that will offset
the price.
Fort Stevens State Park,
Oregon’s most popular park
Two Warrenton men arrested after
fl eeing the police on Sunday night
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/44°
Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40°
Record high ............................ 79° in 1941
Record low ............................. 29° in 1991
First
FRIDAY
without created strong eddies
or other conditions that could
wind up endangering the fi sh
further.
Conservationists say the
extra water will help young
salmon migrate out to sea.
Simon is the same judge
who last year urged the gov-
ernment to consider breaching
the four dams on the Lower
Snake River.
Prices may be adjusted for camping
at some popular Oregon State Parks
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
that the salmon continue to be
imperiled and that the Army
Corps of Engineers must spill
more water for the fi sh at eight
dams. However, he declined
to require the corps to do so
immediately, as conservation-
ists requested.
Instead, he told the govern-
ment to spend the next year
studying how best to release
the right amount of water
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, Clatsop Care
Memory Community, 2219
Dolphin Ave., Warrenton.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Library Flag Room, 450
10th St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m. City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Astoria Traffi c Safety Adviso-
ry Committee, 6:30 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
WEDNESDAY
Cannon Beach Tourism and
Arts Commission, 1 p.m., City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Astoria Watershed Forest
Practices Open House, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
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