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DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017 145TH YEAR, NO. 22 Flavel stake in Astoria is no more ONE DOLLAR A plant-friendly fl yover Sale takes last property out of fi nal heir’s hands By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Mary Louise Flavel has sold her last building in Astoria. Portlanders Lisa and James Long pur- chased Flavel’s building at the southeast- ern corner of Ninth and Commercial streets from her conservator, Caroline Evans, for $269,000. The couple will keep Bosnian restaurant Drina Daisy in place and restore the surrounding storefronts. Lisa Long, a Portland-area broker and owner of High Five Properties, said she and her husband have been visiting Astoria for some time, have friends locally and have always wanted to restore a vintage commer- cial building. “This is like my husband’s dream come true,” she said of James Long, a contractor. “He has a history degree. When he found out it was a Flavel building, he needed to have it.” She said the fi rst order of business is fi x- ing the building’s roof before winter, after which comes interior work to the offi ce space on the corner of Ninth and Commer- cial streets. See SALE, Page 4A Thinking outside the can Oregon food processors change as tastes evolve Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian A drone, piloted by Joe Aga of Seattle-based Ryka UAS, prepares to fly over Colewort Creek last week. The area, within the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, has been undergoing restoration efforts and the data collected by the drone will allow researchers to monitor the area’s progress. Find more photos online at DailyAstorian.com Drones help map plant species at Lewis and Clark By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian T he objects soaring above Lewis and Clark National Historical Park’s Colewort Creek last week were not some of the area’s native herons, eagles or hawks. Rather, they were a familiar form of 21st-century technology, and months of paperwork allowed them to migrate here. Researchers with the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Administration spent much of last week operating two drones in an effort to map out plant spe- cies . Mounted with a hyperspectral scan- ner, which uses the electromagnetic spec- trum to identify plant species, the drones helped researchers monitor the progress of an area that has undergone numerous res- toration projects since 2007. Natural Resources Program Manager Carla Cole said the Colewort Creek area serves as a living laboratory for scientifi c experiments due to its potential for salmon habitat use, water -quality measurements, vegetation surveys, soil analysis and native species plantings. “Our extensive plant community and elevational data from our ongoing monitor- ing efforts will assist the NOAA research- ers in ground-truthing their data for this study,” Cole said. “We expect the results of this study to have useful and immedi- ate management implications and to also be transferable to our partners throughout the L ower Columbia estuary.” The researchers fl ew the drones one day in June, three times last week and will be there once again for a day this fall. They will analyze the video over the winter and use it to help develop a library to track both native and invasive plants species near the creek. Also, a roughly fi ve -minute video collected by the drones will be avail- able at the visitor’s center. Surmounting obstacles Use of the drones this year did not come without a few bureaucratic obstacles. The National Park Service banned rec- reational and commercial use of drones in national parks in 2014, citing issues with users landing them on national mon- uments and fl ying them over wildfi res. See DRONES, Page 9A By ALIYA HALL EO Media Group THE DALLES — Russell Loughmiller has seen fi rst hand how the food -processing industry has changed over the years. He’s changing with it. Loughmiller’s Muirhead Canning Co. in The Dalles is one of the 1,016 food - and bev- erage -processing plants in Oregon and is part of a $500 billion national industry, accord- ing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. But Lough- miller, 42, who has been canning peaches, cherries and pears for 11 years, has noticed a steady decline in consumers’ desire for canned goods. “That affects me directly. I go into gro- cery stores and see that canned fruit is shrinking,” he said. “I feel like some of it is generational, and some of it is the availabil- ity of fresh fruit year-round.” Loughmiller bought the cannery in 2006, and employs 25 people. Like every industry, food processing has gone through many rapid changes in recent Joe Aga, left, and Robert Erdt of Seattle-based drone operating company Ryka UAS perform a final pre flight check on a drone before it flies over the Colewort Creek area to map plant species. See FOOD PROCESSORS, Page 4A Clatsop County Fair: critters, carnies, caramel corn Country singers, comedy, magic, bikers on tap By KAELIA NEAL The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian Tucker Delay, 5, carries a piglet to a warming lamp during setup for last year’s Clatsop County Fair. The Clatsop County Fair starts today, so get ready to enjoy live entertainment, win prizes and eat salty, fried foods and sticky, sweet treats . “We are offering all different types of things that will have an interest to everyone,” said fair Manager Kathi Mattinen. The f air has been operating for more than 100 years . “It’s a big community Colton Scheel weighs a Cornish Cross chicken for market at the 2015 Clatsop County Fair. thing,” said fair board Chair- man Jack Edwards. The fair is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today through Satur- day , with the carnival starting at 2 p.m. today and noon the rest of the week . Entertainment highlights include country band Mont- gomery Gentry and coun- try-rock group Showdown. A comedy show by Mark and Dre and a magic show by Elias Caress is scheduled daily. After missing last year, the BMX Freestyle Team is back for daily shows. There will also be local performances, including one by the Maddox Dance Team, which takes the stage 1 p.m. Friday . A new attraction is the Junk Queen’s tent sale, where ven- dors sell vintage home decor, crafts, antiques and more. See FAIR, Page 4A
