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144TH YEAR, NO. 207
ONE DOLLAR
Town hall
attendees
focus on
president
Rep. Bonamici takes
questions in Warrenton
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — When U.S. Rep.
Suzanne Bonamici asked dozens of people
sitting in gymnasium bleachers how many
had never attended a town hall, more than
half raised their hands.
This
particular
town hall — Satur-
day at Warrenton High
School — came nearly
three months into Don-
ald Trump’s presi-
dency, which became
the event’s main
agenda item. Follow-
ing a brief introduction
U.S. Rep. Suzanne and speech, Bonamici
Bonamici
fi elded questions from
the audience for about
MORE
an hour. Of the nearly
20 questions, a dozen
INSIDE
centered on the presi-
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policies.
Some
members
of Congress, including Rep. Greg Walden ,
an Oregon Republican, have been berated
Photos by Damian Mulinix/For The Daily Astorian
Children in the 3 to 5 age group search for eggs during the Easter festivities at Tapiola Park Saturday.
EASTER FUN
IN THE SUN
Eggs, activities mark religious holiday
The Daily Astorian
See TOWN HALL, Page 4A
T
Needle
exchange
helps stem
disease
he rain stayed away for the annual Easter egg hunt at
Tapiola Park Saturday as about 700 area youth searched
out 5,000 brightly colored eggs. This may be the last year the
Astoria Parks and Recreation Department holds the event, as
it faces a funding shortfall. In South County, the hunt was on at
Broadway Park in Seaside, while across the river, Easter eggs
were scattered about Wilson Field in Ocean Park, Washington.
Opioid summit tackles
drug use, prevention
Staff from Astoria Parks and Recreation ex-
changed found colored eggs with toys and good-
ies following Saturday’s egg hunt in Tapiola Park.
ABOVE: Thousands of colored eggs were placed
around Tapiola Park for the Easter egg hunt
Saturday. Afterward, kids could exchange their
eggs for toys and goodies. BELOW: Youngsters
drew chalk drawings on the sidewalk at Tapiola
Park during the Easter festivities Saturday morning.
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Kim Toevs is the
sexually transmitted
diseases program man-
ager at the Multnomah
County Health Depart-
ment. The county
funds a needle -ex-
change program run
by Portland nonprofi t
Outside In that takes
in and distributes mil-
Kim Toevs
lions of used needles a
year, some of them from North Coast resi-
dents who drive to Portland for the service.
See SUMMIT, Page 4A
Adventurous youngsters had the opportunity to check out fire trucks pri-
or to the start of the Easter egg hunt at Tapiola Park Saturday morning.
New chef at Maggie’s brings eclectic menu
Showcasing
regional foods
S
easide isn’t just taffy and
antelope jerky these days.
Take a seat at Maggie’s
on the Prom and gaze at Til-
lamook Head while dining
on Cedar River Farms fi let
mignon or Columbia River
Chinook salmon with yuzu -
sake butter sauce.
Maggie’s new chef Jason
Lancaster, 40, said he always
wanted to live on the Oregon
Coast. Upon arrival in Asto-
ria fi ve years ago, the Seat-
tle native joined the Bridge-
water Cafe as a sous chef and
graduated to chef de cuisine.
At The Cove at the Peninsula
Golf Course in Long Beach,
Washington, he enhanced his
reputation with accolades that
included an Iron Chef Goes
Coastal award and a “Gerry
Frank’s Picks” selection.
When The Cove golf course
property sold, Lancaster turned
to his hobbies of surfi ng and
traveling while casting a net
for his next opportunity.
The timing was right as
longtime acquaintances Andy
and Sadie Mercer of Maggie’s
on the Prom were in the search
for a leader in the kitchen.
“When the job opened they
asked me if I was interested in
doing it,” Lancaster said. “I’ve
always loved this place, so I
jumped on it.”
Lancaster said he plans to
use fresh, local ingredients
while offering “a nice eclectic
menu.”
“I like to take a lot of differ-
ent ingredients and put them in
a contemporary environment,”
he said.
Lancaster seeks to focus on
fresh, local products, provided
by connections among regional
foragers and fi shermen.
“I have a good network,”
he said. “I really want to show-
case what we have here in Ore-
gon and Washington in a con-
temporary environment like
this restaurant. We have amaz-
ing products here — the fresh-
est fi sh, mushrooms, fruit,
huckleberries. You don’t even
need to search for it. It comes
through your back door.”
The uniqueness of the Ore-
gon and Washington prod-
uct “really sets us apart,” Lan-
caster said. “That’s one thing I
really want to bring to the table
See CHEF, Page 4A
R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian
Jason Lancaster is the new
chef at Maggie’s on the
Prom in Seaside.