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145TH YEAR, NO. 86
ONE DOLLAR
On Friday nights, one less light
Athletic directors
disappointed by
league changes
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
Changes announced by the Ore-
gon School Activities Association
this month will result in smaller
leagues, less competition and
scheduling nightmares, local high
school athletic directors believe.
The OSAA plan realigns the
six-class system, moving schools
up or down to refl ect enrollment . It
takes effect at the beginning of the
next school year.
The main point of contention is
an unbalanced number of schools
from class to class — the 6A level
has 53 schools, with just 33 at the
5A and 4A levels, 35 in 3A, 49 in
2A and 85 in 1A.
All Clatsop County high
schools will remain at their cur-
rent levels (Astoria and Seaside in
4A, Warrenton 3A, Knappa 2A and
Jewell 1A).
See CLASSES, Page 7A
Local schools
will remain in
the same clas-
sifications,
but league
changes
could be
problematic.
Colin Murphey
The Daily Astorian
Maritime
museum
taps Jones
BOO!
City councilor, former
Coast Guard commander
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Revelers started Halloween fun early over the weekend with a zombie crawl and haunted house in downtown Astoria.
Halloween is Tuesday. See more photos online a DailyAstorian.com
Astoria City Councilor Bruce Jones has
been hired as deputy director of the Colum-
bia River Maritime Museum.
Jones, a former Coast Guard commander
who has been a trustee of
the museum since 2014,
replaces Dave Pearson,
who recently left to be exec-
utive director of the World
of Speed motorsports
museum in Wilsonville.
T he maritime museum,
one of Astoria’s main
Bruce
attractions, has built a repu-
Jones
tation as one of the premier
institutions of its kind in the U.S. It sits along
the Columbia River near the 17th Street
Dock and has been experiencing record
attendance.
“I’ve loved the museum since we moved
here, and I’m very passionate about our mis-
sion,” Jones said.
Jones was speaking with the muse-
um’s executive director, Sam Johnson, two
weeks ago about the future of the museum
and whether to hire another deputy director.
Johnson had originally planned to put off a
decision until January.
“At the end of the conversation, he said
that when he learned about the opening, that
he’d like to be the next deputy director of the
See MUSEUM, Page 7A
Astoria fi re
chief to retire
Coordinator boosts emergency management
Looks forward to
children becoming
Fighting Fishermen
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
C
latsop County has added a sec-
ond full-time employee to its
emergency management offi ce.
Vincent Aarts was hired as emer-
gency management coordinator
after spending four years at a sim-
ilar post in Columbia County. He
replaces Tom Manning and Bijan
Fayyaz, who both worked part time.
Aarts has spent his fi rst couple
of months studying the county’s
emergency operation plan and what
role he would play should
Netherlands along with his
the emergency operations
mother, worked for an engi-
center ever be activated.
neering fi rm that serviced a
“There’s been a lot
booming oil industry in the
of learning,” Aarts said.
country during the 1980s.
“Although I only came
He returned to the U.S.
from over the hill in Colum-
to earn bachelor’s and mas-
bia County, the hazard pro-
ter’s degrees in the 1990s
fi le in Clatsop County is
and became a wildland
much different.”
fi refi ghter. The 10 years of
For instance, 5 inches
bodily wear and tear even-
Vincent
of rain in one day in his
tually compelled him to
Aarts
former county constitutes
pursue a career path that
a disaster. The same can-
was related, but easier on
not be said in Clatsop County, the knees.
where that precipitation level sim-
“I was looking for some-
ply means a dicey morning winter thing broader,” he said. “I really
commute.
enjoyed the work of responding to
Aarts, 45, was born in Illinois but emergencies.”
moved to Indonesia when he was 8
See AARTS, Page 7A
years old. His father, a native of the
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Ames will stay through
March as interim chief
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
Astoria Fire Chief Ted Ames has
announced his retirement.
Ames, who served as fi re chief for the
past fi ve years, will retire
at the end of November but
will serve the fi re depart-
ment in an interim role
through March.
Though
Ames’
announcement was not a
surprise to city leaders, it
does come at a time when
Ted
Astoria is short a number of
Ames
department heads. In addi-
tion to replacing Ames, City Manager Brett
Estes must fi nd a new police chief, a new
public works director and a new community
development director.
See AMES, Page 7A