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HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES PAGE 7A 145TH YEAR, NO. 40 WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017 DOG PILE PROPERTY LINES INSIDE READERS SEND US PICTURES OF THEIR FURRY FRIENDS • INSIDE Cannon Beach is popular for Labor Day ONE DOLLAR FAMILY TRADITION THREE GENERATIONS SERVE THE LEWIS AND CLARK FIRE DEPARTMENT Study by vacation rental company By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — Vacation rentals are a sensitive subject on the North Coast, where some residents worry that catering to tourists drives up housing costs and erodes the quality of life in neighborhoods. For Cannon Beach, though, short-term rentals are a regional and national draw. A study by TurnKey Vacation Rentals, a property management company, ranked Cannon Beach fi rst in the state and fourth nationally as the most popular travel destina- tion for Labor Day weekend. The study used Google search data to identify the 250 top vacation rental destina- tions over the past year. To determine which locations would be popular for L abor D ay weekend travel, Turn- Key looked at travel keyword search trends — basically, how often people searched “Cannon Beach” in conjunction with other See CANNON BEACH, Page 9A Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Interior chief will not rescind monuments Lewis and Clark Fire Department cadet Emily Herndon, second from the left, finishes putting out a vehicle fire in this file photo. Herndon is the youngest in a family that has three generations represented at the f ire d epartment. By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian A s family members often do, Emily Herndon began telling a story that slightly embarrassed her mother, Christina. Seated inside a fi re truck at the Lewis and Clark Fire Department station on Logan Road, they recalled a particu- larly memorable medical call. Emily and her mother, grandfather — Capt. Kevin Miller — and uncle — Adam Miller — are volunteer fi refi ghters . A few weeks ago, they received a pager noti- fi cation. A medical help button at an elderly woman’s house had been tapped in the middle of the night, so the family responded. When they arrived on the scene, Kevin, Christina and Emily — unsure if those inside were either unconscious or asleep — banged on the walls and yelled out . They entered the home and began walking down a hallway, still banging May reduce size of Cascade-Siskiyou By MATTHEW BROWN and BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Thursday he won’t seek to rescind any national monuments carved from the wilderness and oceans by past presidents. But he said he will press for some boundary changes and left open the possibility of allowing drilling, mining or other industries on the sites. Twenty-seven monuments were put under review in April by President Donald Trump, who has charged that the millions of acres designated for protection by President Barack Obama were part of a “massive fed- eral land grab.” If Trump adopts Zinke’s recommenda- tions, it could ease some of the worst fears of Kevin Miller holds up a photo depicting three generations of the Herndon and Miller family that serve on the Lewis and Clark Fire Department. See TRADITION, Page 9A ‘AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE WE’RE ALL GIVEN SPECIALTIES. I BELIEVE THE L ORD MADE ME FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE DESIRE WAS THERE TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.’ Capt. Kevin Miller | member of a family that has served the Lewis and Clark Fire Department over three generations See MONUMENTS, Page 9A Truck crashes into Doughboy Monument Driver taken to hospital By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian An Astoria man crashed a gray Chevrolet Silverado truck into the Doughboy Monu- ment in Uniontown late Thurs- day afternoon, damaging the west side of the World War I memorial. “This has been hit before, but not to this extent,” said Astoria Fire Lt. Terry Corbit, a 27-year veteran of the department. Kent Johnson, 77, was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital and fl own by Life Flight Network to a hospital in Portland. He was conscious but unable to give many details at the scene, Corbit said. Preliminary information indicates Johnson suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash just before 4 p.m., Asto- ria Police Deputy Chief Eric Halverson said. Police responded to a report of a driver who had hit a curb and sideswiped another car before striking the monument on the corner of Marine Drive and Columbia Avenue. Angela Cosby, the director of the Submitted Photo See CRASH, Page 9A A truck crashed into the Doughboy Monument Thursday afternoon in Uniontown.
