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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 144TH YEAR, NO. 242 ONE DOLLAR UN-BE-LIEVABLE! Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian The Knappa Loggers celebrate their 2A/1A state championship baseball title win over Reedsport on Friday. The Loggers rallied in the seventh inning to win 10-9. KNAPPA LOGGERS COME BACK IN THE SEVENTH TO WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP By GARY HENLEY The Daily Astorian K EIZER — What just hap- pened was this: A come- back of epic proportions, on the biggest stage possible. A New England Patriot Super Bowl-style, you-had-to-see-it- to-believe-it, monster rally that resulted in the second state cham- pionship in the last three years for the Knappa Loggers. The North Coast boys in Blue & Gold rallied from a 9-1 defi - cit after fi ve innings to beat the Reedsport Braves from the South Coast, 10-9, in the Class 2A/1A state title game, Friday afternoon at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer. ‘I can not believe what just happened.’ Jason Miller Knappa Loggers Trailing 9-3 entering their last at-bat, the Loggers scored seven runs on three hits, three walks and three hit batters in the bottom of the seventh to overtake the Braves. And moments after he drove in the game-winning runs with a two-out single to left fi eld, Knap- pa’s Reuben Acosta-Cruz said, “I haven’t been hitting it hard all day, but that one felt really good. I saw it hit the ground, then I saw Jason (Miller) rounding third, and I just started jumping up in the air. I couldn’t believe it. “I was excited, I knew the dog- pile was on me, and I just started crying. It’s crazy.” It took a while to dig Cruz out from under the pile of players, but that didn’t stop the celebration. It was just beginning. The pandemonium continued for a good 10 minutes, with the players posing for the post game photos, and a Gatorade bath for Knappa coach Jeff Miller. See KNAPPA, Page 10A Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian As his son Jason Miller slides in with the game-winning run, Knappa coach Jeff Miller begins the big Logger celebration that followed. More photos online at DailyAstorian.com/sports Odd Fellows Building buyer seeks to assure city Online petition, backlash breaks out over sale By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian The potential buyer of the Odd Fellows Building in downtown Astoria hopes to close on the sale in the next month or 45 days, but she said she is not sure yet what her plans are for the historic property . Tacee Webb, who lives in Ore- gon City and has led retail and brand-building ventures in Seat- tle and Portland, introduced herself to the local business community at the monthly Astoria Downtown Historic District Association meet- ing Friday and stayed afterward to answer questions. Since the news broke about the pending sale in May, Webb said her business partner Tommy Habetz, a co- owner in the Portland bar and sandwich company Bunk, is no longer involved with the project. Habetz was listed as the organizer LoopNet The potential sale of the Odd Fellows Building in downtown Asto- ria has sparked debate. and registered agent for a limited liability company named Oddfel- lows Astoria LLC registered with the state in April. “We had no plan of displacing anyone,” Habetz said in an email Friday. “There are no plans for Bunk to go to Astoria, although they are very delicious sand- wiches that would most certainly (be) enjoyed by the good people of Astoria. I’m certain of that.” Future plans On her social media, Webb had previously discussed ideas and future plans that included a music venue, bar and apparel spaces in the 93-year-old Odd Fellows B uilding. Webb said Friday that she is moving forward with buying the building, but her plans are “up in the air” since she has had to change how she will fund the purchase. She explained that the limited lia- bility corporation was necessary when she was trying to secure a state-backed Small Business Administration loan . The Odd Fel- lows B uilding is listed at $575,000. “We just needed that generic placeholder,” she said . She said she is, and has always been, the pri- mary buyer and developer . Webb is pursuing other fi nanc- ing now, but, if she had succeeded in obtaining the small business loan, Webb said Friday that her plan had been to let the non profi t Astoria Arts and Movement Cen- ter stay free of charge. Jessamyn West, the executive director of the movement center, which occupies a ballroom on the third fl oor and See BUILDING, Page 7A Parks are a passion for this interpreter LWACO, Wash. — Steve Wood knows how lucky he is. He is in love with his job as an interpreter at the Lewis and Clark Interpre- tive Center at Cape Disappointment State Park. “When I take my lunch break, I can stare out that big window at the mouth of the Columbia River. If I’m having an exception- ally bad day, I’m gonna go lose myself in the for- est. I get to work here,” he said as he motioned to the seemingly bound- less beauty of the park. “For me and my personality, parks are very important to me, to kind of maintain my well -being.” Wood moved around a lot early on in his career, with stops in a Col- I Brown airs opposition to Trump policies By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau PORTLAND — Gov. Kate Brown cas- tigated the Trump administration’s policies , while reiterating her commitment to curbing climate change, protecting immigrants and improving health care and education. Obama’s Affordable Care Act enabled nearly 1 million Oregonians to access health insurance. About 98 percent of children and 95 percent of adults in the state now have health insurance. “When I saw the Trump proposed health care … I call it the anti-health care bill,” Brown said, referring to the American Health Care Act. The Congressional Bud- get Offi ce estimates the fed- eral bill would reduce the number of Americans who are insured by 23 million. Despite a $1.4 billion Gov. revenue shortfall in the state budget, Brown repeated her Kate Brown goal of increasing the num- ber of people enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan without decreasing coverage. Brown made the comments during an appearance at the Portland City Club’s Fri- day Forum at the Sentinel Hotel. The theme of the event was “Governing under the Trump Administration.” orado and the East Coast before end- ing up in the Pacifi c Northwest. “I wanted to get a good sense of where I wanted to land, and I fell in love with the Northwest,” he said. Wood, who turns 40 this August, took his fi rst job with Washington State Parks 11 years ago as an inter- preter at Grayland Beach State Park in Westport, or as he calls it, “The next beach to the north.” Wood moved to the Long Beach Peninsula to take this job at the Lewis and Clark Inter- pretive Center nine years ago. Why did you become a parks interpreter? Damian Mulinix/For EO Media Group Brown also pledged to continue Oregon’s goals for reducing greenhouse gas emis- sions despite Trump’s controversial decision to pull the country out of the Paris climate agreement. His announcement Thursday has upset several of America’s allies, according to news reports. The governor also expressed disap- proval of federal Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ comment that likened education to car insurance. See WOOD, Page 7A Steve Wood is an interpreter with a passion for parks. See GOV. BROWN, Page 7A Oregon goals
