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JOSHUA BESSEX
THE DAILY ASTORIAN
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION //
Agreement
reached on
warming
center
Volunteers work with
neighbors, merchants
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The Daily Astorian/File Photos
A Civil War re-enactment at Fort Stevens in 2014. Hundreds of
participants are expected for the annual event this weekend.
Volunteers at the Astoria Warming Center
left City Hall Thursday night with an approved
good-neighbor agreement in hand.
The agreement, the second draft of the doc-
ument that center board members circulated at
a community meeting Wednesday night, clar-
ifi es some language and addresses concerns
and incorporates suggestions voiced by down-
town merchants and neighborhood residents.
Though not a formal condition of approval,
the agreement was suggested by city staff as a
way to get the center and the neighborhood on
the same page and address past issues.
The agreement will inform the Asto-
ria Planning Commission’s decision on a
one-year conditional use permit that would
allow the center to continue operating out of
the basement of the First United Methodist
RELIVING HISTORY
CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENT AT FORT STEVENS AMID
A NATIONAL DEBATE OVER CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
A
battle dating back to the 19th cen-
tury will rage on at Fort Stevens
this weekend, with symbols that
are as divisive today as they were when
they nearly tore a young nation apart.
Hundreds of participants are prepar-
ing for the 27th Annual Fort Stevens
Civil War Re-enactment and Living His-
tory. Battles, fashion shows, medical
demonstrations, speeches and a church
service will all take place at the fort —
built in 1863 during the war — starting
Saturday morning and ending Monday
afternoon.
The annual re-enactment comes at
a time of renewed national debate over
Confederate symbols and a drive by
some to remove monuments to Confed-
erate leaders. It will kick off three weeks
after a deadly white nationalist rally with
Confederate fl ags in Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia, and a local controversy after a
Confederate fl ag and rebel decals were
linked with an award-winning fl oat at
the Astoria Regatta.
Participants at Fort Stevens insist
their re-enactment is an accurate por-
trayal of history.
“Our biggest fear is that these people
are trying to erase history and bury his-
tory. The war was terrible, but this was
part of our history,” said Don Benson,
who will play a Union cavalry soldier
this weekend. “There’s this cloud hang-
ing over us and the future of this hobby
that we all love.”
See WARMING CENTER, Page 7A
‘Great adventure’
The non profi t Northwest Civil War
Council hosts a handful of re-enactments
throughout the state, the most antici-
pated one taking place each year at Fort
Stevens. Onlookers come from all over
the region to witness it, some despite the
fact that they live near another re-enact-
ment site .
Charter school
welcomes
eager parents
See FORT STEVENS, Page 7A
A Confederate flag on display during a Civil War re-enactment at Fort Stevens in 2014.
This year’s event comes during a renewed national debate over Confederate symbols.
Cannon Beach Academy
holds an open house
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH – Students, their fam-
ilies and residents gathered for an open house
Thursday to celebrate the beginning of the
Cannon Beach Academy’s fi rst school year,
as well as the end of the four years of work it
took to make it happen.
It was the fi rst public unveiling of the
school after a summer’s worth of renova-
tions. To the backdrop of a potluck and live
music, students and their families explored
classrooms and met the teachers who will be
welcoming on the fi rst day of school Tuesday .
“We’re really happy to see this succeed,”
said Dania Nolazco, whose younger brother is
See ACADEMY, Page 7A
Transportation package includes money for Highway 26
Repaving project
between turnoffs for
Jewell and Hamlet
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Oregon’s new $5.3 billion transpor-
tation package contains $10.8 million to
repave U.S. Highway 26 between the turn-
offs for Jewell and Hamlet.
The project is one of three in Clatsop
County funded by the long-awaited cash
infusion from Salem to help repair and
improve the state’s highways and roads.
The transportation package, approved
by the state Legislature and signed into
law by Gov. Kate Brown, will also fund
the replacement of the deck on the Lewis
and Clark River Bridge. T he state has
already performed extensive work on the
substructure, with a more light weight vari-
ant compatible with the components of the
92-year-old span.
“This bridge is one of the premier his-
toric bridges in the state,” said Lou Torres,
a spokesman for the Oregon Department of
Transportation . “If this project is not done,
the deck will continue to degrade and may
require signifi cant maintenance to remain
in service.”
The third project involves engineering
work to replace a culvert on Oregon High-
way 202 along the Youngs River at m ile-
post 3.6.
The law’s projects were inserted into
the larger State Transportation Improve-
ment Plan covering 2018 through 2021.
See HIGHWAY, Page 7A
SADDLE
MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK
202
CLATSOP
STATE
FOREST
202
Necanicum
Junction
CLATSOP
Jewell
26
103
U.S. Hwy. 26
repaving project
N
Jewell
Junction
2 miles
26
53
TILLAMOOK
Source: Oregon Dept. of Transportation
Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group