COAST WEEKEND: THE JANE BARNES REVUE TURNS 7 INSIDE
144TH YEAR, NO. 195
DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
ONE DOLLAR
Outlook
up for
youth
camp
Naselle correctional
facility may stay open
EO Media Group
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Astoria Police Officer Jason Robinson, left, and Sgt. Chris McNeary chat with members of the community during the Coffee
With A Cop event Wednesday at the Columbia Memorial Hospital and Wellness Pavilion Coffee Shop in Astoria. Coffee With A
Cop is a national effort hosted by police departments aimed at building relationships with the community.
Astoria Police use
social media, Coffee
with a Cop for outreach
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
T
wo Astoria landmarks laid in ruins on a
cloudy December day in 2010. Astoria
Police Chief Brad Johnston, then a ser-
geant, took photos of what used to be Gun-
derson’s Cannery Cafe and the No. 10 Sixth
Street building, both destroyed in a four-
alarm fi re.
Johnston decided to share the photos with
the public, acting upon an idea he’d had for
some time. Foregoing supervisor approval,
he created a Facebook page, wrote a brief
introductory post and shared the photos on
the page.
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
See ASTORIA POLICE, Page 9A
The Astoria Police D epartment hosts Coffee With A Cop on Wednesday .
As water level rises, so does
cost of living on the coast
By CANDICE RUUD
The News Tribune
TACOMA, Wash. — When
Julia Lundblad lies in bed at
night in her Titlow Beach home,
she can hear the water sloshing
up under her house. It took some
getting used to, but she loves it.
And she said her neighbors
are used to a little water fl ood-
ing into their kitchens when con-
ditions are right.
“They said, ‘Well, if it comes
in, we know it’ll go out again,’”
Lundblad said. “It takes a special
soul to live down here.”
Because the small commu-
nity lies in such intimate prox-
imity to the Puget Sound, home-
owners with mortgages have to
carry fl ood insurance. But the
cost of that insurance, if you can
get it, can be exorbitant. Some
homeowners said they’ve been
told to expect their monthly pre-
miums to see huge spikes over
the next several years.
Also recently, fl ood maps that
the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency uses to determine
fl ood risk — and help inform
insurance rates — have changed
in Tacoma’s coastal areas, with
base fl ood elevation levels rising
up to several feet. FEMA’s new
fl ood maps went into effect in
Tacoma earlier this month.
Almost 280 homes are
affected by the map changes,
said Sue Coffman, a city build-
ing offi cial. She held an informa-
tional meeting for homeowners
See WATER, Page 9A
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Naselle Youth
Camp appears poised to escape the budget-
ary hangman yet again, as local legislators
express confi dence the correctional and edu-
cational facility will be funded in the state
budget .
Gov. Jay Inslee proposed closing the
camp, as did his predecessor, Gov. Christine
Gregoire. The governor’s 2017-19 operating
budget proposed transferring at-risk youth
from the Naselle Youth Camp to Green
Hill School in Chehalis or Echo Glen Chil-
dren’s Center in Snoqualmie. The camp is
run by the state Department of Social and
Health Services’ Juvenile Rehabilitation
Administration.
Established in 1966, Naselle Youth Camp
is the main employer for Naselle and among
the largest employers
in Pacifi c County. The
youth camp includes
more than 100 employ-
ees and can hold up to
81 juveniles.
Although the youth
camp wasn’t explic-
itly mentioned in the
House budget released
Monday, state Rep.
Brian Blake, D-Aber-
Rep.
deen, said he is “very
Brian Blake
optimistic” the facil-
ity will maintain its place in the coming
two-year state spending plan as details are
fi nalized.
Last week , the Senate Majority Coali-
tion Caucus released its budget plan for the
new biennium. Senate Bill 5048 includes the
funding needed to keep the youth camp open
and operating, according to a press release
from the caucus, which is predominantly
composed of Republicans.
S tate Sen. Dean Takko, D-Longview —
not a member of the caucus — said there
continue to be compelling programmatic and
fi nancial justifi cations for the youth camp . In
recommending the camp’s closure, the state
Offi ce of Financial Management overesti-
mated monetary benefi ts that would result,
Takko said.
“Early in the session I was told by staff that
the savings fi rst imagined by the OFM were
about double what could actually be expected,
See YOUTH CAMP, Page 9A
Lui Kit Wong/The News Tribune
Julia Lundblad looks out of her living
room at a view of Puget Sound at Titlow
Beach in Tacoma, Wash.
EO Media Group/File Photo
State Sen. Dean Takko, D-Longview
‘Room to grow’ the Cannon Beach Arts Association
New director offers
vision for the future
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH — As an artist and
newly minted program director of the Can-
non Beach Arts Association, Cara Mico does
not have a preferred medium.
Instead, when asked, she started to list all
of the different ways she likes to create art:
oil and acrylic, piano, dance and literature.
Her answer is refl ective of her overall
vision for the arts association to diversify
the defi nition of what art can be in Cannon
Beach.
“Art is translating. No matter the inter-
pretation, it’s still just understanding the
world,” Mico said. “It’s all art to me.”
The Cannon Beach Arts Association sup-
ports, funds and enhances the arts and art-
ists in the city and the region through educa-
tion, events and exhibits, and has been doing
so since 1986. The association provides art
scholarships, an internship and an individual
artist grant. The summer camp, for which
the Stormy Weather chamber grant is desig-
nated, draws a mix of local and out-of-town
students.
The association’s previous director, Jane
Brumfi eld, stepped down in December to
open the new Imprint Gallery and Studio in
Cannon Beach.
Mico’s journey into the world of art
started in Portland when she was child. She
started drawing and painting at a young age,
but didn’t realize she could make her talents
into a career until high school.
Brenna Visser/The Daily Astorian
See DIRECTOR, Page 9A
Cara Mico stands in the Cannon Beach Arts Association in front
of paintings done by Meagan Sokol.