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ASTORIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AT THE LIBERTY THEATRE DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 145TH YEAR, NO. 79 WINDSWEPT Roof collapses at old Astoria Ford after high winds COAST WEEKEND INSIDE ONE DOLLAR An uncertain future ahead for food carts near City Hall Vendors leave after questions about property By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian H igh winds whipped across the North Coast on Wednesday, toppling tree limbs, power lines and fences and causing the roof of a building that used to house Astoria Ford to collapse. Reports of the collapse along state Highway 202 off Youngs Bay came in just after 5 p.m. The front wall of the old portion of the building fell down and caused the roof to collapse. No one was injured. “My guess is just that the winds got in there, whipped around and caused the roof to collapse,” Astoria Police Sgt. Brian Aydt said. A power line stretching over the road in front of the building also came down. Police and fi re personnel redirected traffi c until 6:15 p.m. as they waited for Pacifi c Power to remove the line. Brandon Golightly, 35, works at J&S Appliance and Home Furnishings and is the younger brother of Lewis and Clark Fire Chief Jeff Golightly. When he arrived home from work at roughly 4:45 p.m. just across the street from the old Astoria Ford, he noticed that the front wall of the building was shak- ing. A few minutes later, he ran outside after hear- ing the commotion. Golightly initially helped divert traffi c away from the downed power line. Helping him was Matt Hansen, 22, and Trey Brown, 19, both off- duty Port of Astoria offi cers. Hansen was driving along the road with Brown in the passenger seat as the two headed to the beach to clam dig. Suddenly, though, they heard a com- motion, looked over and saw the roof collapse. “It came down fast,” Hansen said. By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian ABOVE: Damage to the roof of the former Astoria Ford dealership off Youngs Bay can be seen in the background behind an emergen- cy responder on Wednesday. BELOW: Visitors enjoy the view on an observation platform in Fort Stevens State Park amid strong winds. Some f ood cart vendors across from Asto- ria City Hall are looking for new locations as questions about the future of the property have put them on shaky ground. The property on the corner of Duane and 11th streets includes buildings that house a makeup store as well as a parking lot where the food carts Good Bowl, DJ’s Vinyl Vegan and Snackle Box have been located for the p ast two years. About eight months ago, Nourish Juice Bar joined the lineup. Unknown to most of the food cart vendors , the property was in the middle of a tax foreclosure process with Clatsop County. The foreclosure, set in motion by four years of unpaid taxes, was scheduled to go through earlier this month , but came to an abrupt halt when 1101 Pacifi c Avenue LLC paid thousands of dollars of taxes owed by property owner Frederick Smith. According to county records and Clat- sop County Assessment and Taxation Direc- tor Suzanne Johnson, Smith still owns the property but other parties now own the mort- gage and Smith’s debt. Smith could not be reached for comment. See FOOD CARTS, Page 4A See WINDSWEPT, Page 4A A community responds after a death on deck At an observation platform in Fort Stevens State Park, visitors strug- gle to hold on in the face of what the National Weather Service pre- dicted could be sustained winds on the North Coast up to 45 mph. Chinook benefi t for fi sherman’s family By AMY NILE EO Media Group CHINOOK, Wash. — Juan Albelo Mar- tinez was learning the ropes as a deckhand during his fi rst fi shing season at sea. The 38-year-old apparently lost his foot- ing and fell overboard while trying to untan- gle a line and died in early September , a few days shy of heading home after months of fi shing for albacore. Richard “Pat” Patana hired Albelo Marti- nez as a deckhand on his 54-foot fi shing ves- sel. He started in June, pulling fi sh from the water and hanging or stacking them in the boat’s blast freezer. See CHINOOK, Page 4A A Halloween Night Run, for those who dare Spooky tales and candy By KATHERINE LACAZE For The Daily Astorian The setting: the Astoria Riverfront Trolley. The time: 6:30 p.m. Halloween. Dressed in cobwebs and inhabited by ghosts, bats and skeletons, the trolley will take off near 17th Street — loaded with passengers and a conductor and driver in costume — and travel along the Astoria Riverwalk. Those who dare can join the thrilling one-hour night ride and hear spooky tales while indulging on candy. “We just have a blast with it,” said Paul Win- iarz, a member of the trolley operations board. Originally, the complimentary Hallow- een Night Run was part of a larger tradition that included a Halloween bash at the Astoria Armory and a night of spooky movies, activi- ties and food for families at Rogue Ales Pub- lic House. The trolley ride took place between festivities. When the Rogue discontinued the event, however, the trolley ride was already “such a ritual, we decided we would carry on,” Winiarz said. ‘Time to get theatrical’ One of the trolley operators, who had a knack for telling ghost stories, introduced sto- rytelling into the Halloween Night Run. For the past two years, North Coast children’s author Melissa Eskue Ousley — who uses locations in and around Clatsop County as the back- drop for some of her work — took on the job of entertaining passengers as they traveled from 17th Street, near the Columbia River Maritime Museum, to 39th Street, then to the Astoria Riv- erwalk Inn and back. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian See HALLOWEEN, Page 4A Costumed riders of all ages fill the Astoria Riverfront Trol- ley during the Halloween Night Run in 2015. Are you a member of Coast Community Radio? If so, Thank You! We hope to see you SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TH ! If not, please join us and become a member! Join today! Coast Community Radio Annual Complimentary Breakfast and Board Member Election A chance to nosh, mingle and vote with other members! Coast Community Radio: KMUN /KTCB /KCPB SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TH , 9 AM FELLOWSHIP HALL OF GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1545 FRANKLIN ST, ASTORIA Join Saturda y! P.O. 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