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A MUSICAL REFORMATION WEEKEND BREAK • PAGE 1C 145TH YEAR, NO. 80 ONE DOLLAR WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 County schools struggle with absenteeism FORTY & EIGHT Improved model of antique train to be ready for holidays 24 percent of students not regularly attending, followed by Knappa with 22.3 percent and Jewell with 21.1 percent. Warrenton-Hammond School District was at 14.5 percent, By EDWARD the lowest in the county. War- STRATTON renton had posted a 9 percent The Daily Astorian chronic absenteeism rate in 2014-15 that doubled to 18.5 Clatsop County school percent in 2015-16 before districts showed mixed decreasing last year . results in addressing chronic Facing continual atten- absenteeism among dance issues, Asto- students last school ria this school year year . launched Strive for Astoria School Five, an attendance District closely fol- campaign with a goal lowed the state aver- for students to miss age, with nearly 20 no more than a week percent of students of school the entire Craig missing at least 10 year. Hoppes percent of possible Astoria Superin- school days last year, tendent Craig Hop- a 1 percent increase from the pes said the campaign has prior year , according to fi g- raised awareness about atten- ures released by the state dance, an issue the school dis- Department of Education. trict plans to highlight often Seaside School District led throughout the year. the county in chronic absen- See SCHOOLS, Page 7A teeism last school year with Seaside led the county in missed school days Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Jeff Daly makes adjustments to the foam board he is using as a template for the remodel of an antique train . Students and teachers drop, cover and hold on Seaside schools prepare with earthquake drill By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — As every- one at Seaside High School waited for the Great Oregon ShakeOut drill to begin, biol- ogy teacher Suzanna Kruger went over some earthquake preparedness basics. “When you feel shaking and you drop, you also need to?” Kruger asked, leaving her zoology students to fi ll in the rest. “Cover the back of your head,” the students said in unison. “And when you are under the table, what do you need to do?” Kruger asked again. “Hold on to it,” the class said back. “In case the table moves.” At 10:19 a.m. Thurs- day, Kruger and her students By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian A s a child in the 1950s, Jeff Daly remembers hearing the bell and whistle of the American Legion’s Forty & Eight train during Astoria Regatta parades. “There was no way you didn’t know it was coming,” he said. “Kids were just enthralled with it, and you were really lucky if you could get a ride on it.” Driving through Gearhart one day in 2014, Daly noticed the nose of the train sticking out behind the Yankee Trader antique store just off U.S. Highway 101. K nown for restoring odd automo- tive remnants from Astoria’s history such as a 1948 Chrysler clown car, he acquired the train and towed it north. Daly hopes to have a new and improved train ready for the downtown holiday lighting ceremony next month, and fully equipped for a trip to next summer’s Burning Man gathering in Nevada. Returning World War I veterans in the newly cre- ated American Legion formed Forty & Eight in 1920 as an invitation-only honors society. See TRAIN, Page 6A See DRILL, Page 7A Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian The Compleat Photographer Students take shelter under a table at Seaside High School during an earthquake drill . T he Clatsop Voiture 547’s driving Forty & Eight train during an Astoria Regatta parade in the late 1950s. Dogs make a splash at Seaside pool Pups get free swim before renovations By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — At Sunset Rec, the cry “everybody into the pool” is usually met with cheers from chil- dren of all ages. On Thursday night, the cheers of delight were replaced by enthu- siastic barking . For one time and one time only, the city-owned and managed pool opened for dogs in a free swim to precede six weeks of renovations. Howls, cries and whimpers accompanied the activity — and those were only the owners. The dogs were poised and ready , espe- cially the many Labrador retriev- ers and labradoodles experienced in nearby ocean waters. “The big project is the replas- ter of the interior of the pool,” Sky- ler Archibald, executive director of Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, said. Along with a new pool surface, the district plans on adding under- water lights, new overhead lights and a renovated men’s locker room. The resurfacing, which hasn’t been done since the pool’s opening in 1976, is budgeted at $80,000. T he other repairs are about $35,000. Rules for the doggy swim were simple: “We don’t want them fi ght- ing with each other, but other than that, it’s fair game,” Archibald said. “Since we’re going to be cleaning and draining the pool tonight, they can do whatever they need to do.” Seaside’s Nissa Roberts brought Stella, a black Lab, who shook her- self off after one round in the water and prepared for another. “She’s a baby, so this is kind of new and exciting,” Roberts said. Seaside’s Michael Anderson was accompanied by three dogs, including one of the largest of the night, Goliath, an 8 1/2-year- old 177-pound Old English M as- tiff. “He swims in the ocean all the time, but he doesn’t really like the pool so much,” Anderson said. Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian See DOGS, Page 7A Playing fetch was a popular activity during the dog swim in Seaside .
