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145TH YEAR, NO. 68 ONE DOLLAR DailyAstorian.com // WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2017 KNIGHT CANCER COLLABORATIVE Art and nature blend at new cancer center Driver in fatal Seaside crash drank heavily tion estimates a 160-pound man would need to consume seven alcoholic drinks in one hour to reach a blood alco- hol content of 0.15 percent. That level of intoxication for By JACK HEFFERNAN a driver, the CDC has found, The Daily Astorian can lead to substantial impair- ment in vehicle control. Corrissa Barnett’s blood Barnett weighs 103 alcohol content was more than pounds, according to court three times the legal limit Sat- documents. In a 2014 drunken-driv- urday night when she allegedly ing arrest, Buzzard crashed an SUV into a said, she recorded a Seaside bus stop shel- blood alcohol content ter, which killed one of 0.31 percent. The man and critically misdemeanor charge injured another. was dismissed after The legal alcohol she completed a DUII limit for drivers in diversion program. Oregon is 0.08 per- Barnett was taken cent. Roughly fi ve Corrissa to a hospital after hours after her arrest, Barnett the Saturday night Barnett recorded a blood alcohol content of 0.26 crash prior to being booked percent, Clatsop County Dep- in Clatsop County Jail. Peo- uty District Attorney Dawn ple arrested in the county with Buzzard said in court. The a blood alcohol content of measurement indicates that 0.25 percent or greater must she likely had a higher blood be medically cleared before alcohol content at the time of being taken to jail. These sit- uations occur several times the crash. The federal Centers for See BARNETT, Page 7A Disease Control and Preven- Three times over the legal limit, prosecutor says Photos by Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Crews with P&C Construction needed a crane to back in Richard Rowland’s 2-ton mosaic of a plane tree to pins on the side of the radiation therapy chamber at the Knight Cancer Collaborative . Local ceramicist created a 2-ton mosaic By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian L ocally famed artist Richard Rowland looked on Friday as crews used a crane to back his 2-ton mosaic into place on the side of the radiation therapy cham- ber at the Knight Cancer Collabo- rative in Astoria. With the help of Colum- bia Memorial H ospital and a small army of volunteers, Rowland spent the p ast year sculpting in clay a plane tree — a genus of North American orna- mental trees and a representation of the hospital’s patient-centered ethos. Rowland’s mosaic was the centerpiece among the works of around 20 local and regional art- ists the hospital incorporated into the cancer center, a partnership with Oregon Health & Science University that has expanded che- motherapy and brought the fi rst radiation therapy center to the North Coast. Community center “I try to be a member of the community,” said Chris Laman, director of the hospital’s pharmacy and project manager on the can- cer center. “Doing this project, I wanted locals involved in making the cancer center.” Randy McClelland, the hos- pital’s director of strategic ser- vices, was in charge of gathering artwork for the cancer center. He had worked with Rowland in the past and mined his connections to come up with a diverse list of art- ists and mediums . See ARTWORK, Page 9A ARTISTS EXHIBITED AT CANCER CENTER • Christina Amri, crystal • Rick Cassidy, acrylic • Howard Clarke, anagama ceramics • Brand Dichter, anagama ceramics • Drea Rose Frost, mixed media • Lam Quang and Kestrel Gates, paper and light • Sam Hoffman, anagama ceramics Submitted Photo Seabirds steer clear of bright bird-scaring lines intend- ed to reduce the bycatch of endangered albatross in West Coast longline fisheries. • Kirsten Horning, monotype • Terry Wakako Inokuma, ceramics • Randy McClelland, anag- ama ceramics • Roger McKay, oil on canvas • David Lee Meyers, photog- raphy • Brad Mildrexler, stoneware • Henk Pander, oil on canvas • Lillian Pitt, mixed media • Ray Propst, photography • Greg A. Robinson, wood • Richard Rowland, anagama ceramics • Jan Shield, acrylic on canvas • Miki’ala Souza, monotype • Chris and Susan Spence, photo collage • John Stahl, watercolor • Noel Thomas, w atercolor Ceramicist Richard Rowland said he spent about one year designing and building a 2-ton plane tree exhibit for Colum- bia Memorial Hospital’s new Knight Cancer Collaborative. Lam Quang and Kestrel Gates of HiiH Lights created plane tree-inspired paper light fixtures that hang over the lobby of Co- lumbia Memorial Hospital’s new Knight Cancer Collaborative. Fishermen, researchers collaborate to protect West Coast seabirds Research to reduce threat of fi shing gear By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian Fishermen and research- ers are working together to zero in on ways to keep West Coast fi sheries from threaten- ing endangered seabirds. A recent study found long- line fi shermen for sable- fi sh, or blackcod, can greatly reduce their chances of tan- gling with endangered short- tailed albatross and other sea- birds through a combination of methods that fi shermen say are easy to incorporate. “The real hope is that we have a thriving fi shery that has fewer impacts on alba- trosses and other sea birds and that we have options and tools for fi shermen to use that are practical and help them fi sh better,” said Amanda Gladics, lead author of the study and a coastal fi sher- ies specialist based in Asto- ria with Oregon State Uni- versity’s Oregon Sea Grant program. See SEABIRDS, Page 7A Fireworks fl ip-fl op unlikely on peninsula Survey does not sway elected leaders By AMY NILE EO Media Group LONG BEACH, Wash. — A recent survey that showed 80 per- cent support for changing the rules for Fourth of July fi reworks has not swayed elected leaders, at least not for now. Almost 600 people answered an informal questionnaire by the Not a Ban, a Better Plan group. Prob- lems during Independence Day cel- ebrations in 2015 and the mess left behind along p eninsula beaches prompted the group to start its work, member Vicki Vanneman said. Two years later, survey results from Ilwaco, Long Beach and unincorporated Pacifi c County show more than half of those who responded — 53 percent — favor allowing fi reworks on fewer days around the July 4 holiday. More than a quarter — 27 percent — want to ban them entirely. The fi ve-member group hopes to see fi reworks restricted to no more than three days around the holiday . “Many communities in the state have fi gured out how to regulate and enforce this change,” Vanneman said. Almost two-thirds of Washing- ton’s population lives in areas that have limited or banned fi reworks, according to Washington State Patrol fi re prevention data. On the penin- sula, people can light them on all eight days allowed by the state, from June 28 to July 5. No new rules, for now County leaders have considered cutting the time for fi reworks but are not planning to take any action, Commissioner Frank Wolfe said. The three commissioners want to keep laws for fi reworks consistent across the peninsula, in part, because it makes them easier to understand and enforce, he said. If the county changes the days on which people are allowed to light them in unin- corporated areas, the cities of Long Beach and Ilwaco would have follow suit to keep rules the same. See FIREWORKS, Page 7A Natalie St. John/EO Media Group A survey by Not a Ban, a Better Plan found broad support for restricting fireworks on the peninsula around the Fourth of July.
