Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 2017)
7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017 Classes: ‘It’s going to be an absolute nightmare’ Museum: ‘Is going to be in good hands for the foreseeable future’ Continued from Page 1A “I think each classification should have a minimum of 40 schools,” said Astoria Athletic Director Howard Rub. Seaside Athletic Director Jason Boyd is concerned with the implications on playoffs. “I am not a proponent of putting 24 teams out of a 33-team classification into the playoffs,” Boyd said. “That doesn’t make any sense.” Locally, Astoria and Sea- side are now the big fish in a smaller pond — longtime 4A Cowapa League power Scap- poose will be bumped up to 5A, to meet the school’s rising enrollment. The OSAA decided not to replace Scappoose with another school, so the Cowapa League will be the only five- team league at the 4A level. As a result, scheduling could be a problem for the new-look Cowapa. Specifi- cally, in football it creates a bye week for one team each week after the league season begins. “It’s going to be an absolute nightmare,” said Rub, also the Astoria football coach. “If you look at everybody’s schedule now, wherever you see Scap- poose, you’d now have to put a bye. So a year from now, who are we going to find to play in Week 8? “In basketball and volley- ball, we might end up play- ing each other three or even four times. It’s a major issue. That’s why we as a league tes- tified at the OSAA meeting last month, to say, ‘let’s find a way to fix this.’” ‘Doing backflips’ At the Class 3A level, the current Lewis & Clark League was cut in half, with private schools going one way and the rest joining two other schools for the new Coastal Range League, comprised of Clats- kanie, Rainier, Taft, Warren- ton and Willamina. Catlin Gabel, De La Salle, Horizon Christian, Oregon Episcopal, Portland Adven- tist, Riverdale and Westside Christian will now comprise the Lewis & Clark League. “We are very excited to move into the Coastal Range League,” said Warrenton Ath- letic Director Robert Hoepfl, also the girls’ basketball Continued from Page 1A Heather Perkins The Astoria Fishermen defense swarms a player from Estacada during Friday’s play-in game. coach. “All of the schools in our new league participate in the sports that we do, and that will make for some great com- petition and consistency to our sports year.” The Warriors should be thrilled with the changes, especially in basketball. Last year’s standings in Lewis & Clark League boys basket- ball included first-place De La Salle, second-place Oregon Episcopal, third-place Cat- lin Gabel and fifth-place Port- land Adventist — all no lon- ger there. Chris Spencer, former Warrenton girls basketball coach and now the athletic director and boys basket- ball coach at Knappa, said, “I think everybody in the new Coastal league is doing back- flips, because they got rid of all the private schools in the Portland area. “I don’t how 3A and 4A are going to schedule, with not many teams in their leagues,” he said. “They created some travel nightmares, too. Rain- ier to Taft on a Tuesday night is going to be a very difficult scenario.” The Class 2A Northwest League was left largely unaf- fected. Former league mem- ber Portland Christian — which left the league a few years ago to join the 3A Lewis & Clark League — is moving back, along with Open School East, a small private school (90 students) in Portland. Playoff implications Spencer said the 2A level, with 49 teams, and 6A are the only true classifications. You look at 3A, 4A and 5A, they’re all in the low 30s,” he said. “In most states, that’s not even enough to have a state tournament.” With almost 50 2A schools in basketball and other sports, “it’s going to mean something when you win a state title or even get into the playoffs,” Spencer said. “All the leagues will be very balanced, with between seven and 10 teams, and that creates a real compet- itive level across the state.” One of the main points that athletic directors seem to agree on is that the OSAA erred when it went from four classes to six classes to begin with, following the 2005-06 school year. “I was not a fan of the six- class model — I wanted five,” Spencer said. “The leagues are weird, but everything is driven by football at the 4A and 5A level. As a whole, the five-class model would have made for a much more even system for the number of schools at each level. I just have a problem with 30 or 34 teams competing for a state title.” Rub prefers fewer classifi- cations. “When looking at it, five really works very well in Oregon, because of the dif- ferent geographic regions. An even number makes sense, but there’s part of me that thinks they should look at the old four-class system, and possi- bly create a better post-season system.” “From the Seaside stand- point,” Boyd said, “we were supporting the five-classifi- cation system, because that leaves all classes with at least 40-plus schools in their clas- sification. You could have a good playoff system, good- sized leagues, and at least you have an opportunity where you’re going to get games.” In general, Rub said, “nobody’s real happy with how it’s shaking out. The Cowapa League is not happy to lose Scappoose, and Scap- poose — although they under- stand the situation based on their current (enrollment) — really believe long-term they still belong in the Cowapa League.” Boyd agrees. “The gen- eral feeling for the Cowapa League is that we kind of got left out in the cold, right at the end. Twenty proposals, and the first 18 had the Cowapa with a six-team league, and the last two proposals, with everything getting settled in, they pull a team out and leave us with five.” Aarts: ‘There’s something about the feeling of the community’ Continued from Page 1A Taking the advice of a friend, Aarts went back to school in 2010 to earn a mas- ter of public administration degree in emergency manage- ment from Portland State Uni- versity. In three years there, he made connections with fel- low students that eventually led to the Columbia County job. “Those Columbia County commissioners have been shaking their finger in my face saying, ‘You poached one of our really good guys,’” Clatsop County Commis- sioner Lianne Thompson told Aarts at a recent commission- ers meeting. Now, Aarts, his wife, two toddler sons and one infant daughter live near Astoria — a place the couple has often frequented on week- ends for its history and mari- time atmosphere. “We love it out here,” Aarts said. “There’s some- thing about the feeling of the community, the friendliness.” At work, Aarts will take a number of projects off the plate of his supervisor, County Emergency Manager Tiffany Brown. But they will still keep tabs on what each other is doing in order to ensure leadership stability should one of them become incapaci- M ONDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM Ames: Served as Warrenton fire chief before taking Astoria job Continued from Page 1A Ames, well aware of the city’s situation, offered stay on as interim fire chief after retiring. “He wanted to be able to help bridge the gap,” Estes said. Ames served as Warren- ton fire chief for 16 years before taking the helm in Astoria in 2013. “The past five years with the city of Astoria have been the most challenging, yet rewarding years I’ve spent working as Fire Chief,” Ames said in a statement. “I leave with the incredi- ble satisfaction of knowing our work at the fire depart- ment has made a positive and SCHEDULE THE DAILY ASTORIAN A tated in an emergency. “We try to build redun- dancy into the program so we don’t have a lack of lead- ership in an incident,” Aarts said. He appears to be set for a long career of doing just that. “We’re looking forward to the day when our kids go to high school and become Fighting Fishermen,” he said. “We feel very much like we have come home.” museum,” Johnson said of Jones. The opportunity to hire Jones was a no-brainer, with his background in the Coast Guard and experience in per- sonnel management, John- son said. “He is absolutely one of the finest individuals I think I can name anywhere,” he said. Jones retired in Asto- ria after more than 30 years in the Coast Guard, the last three spent as commander of Sector Columbia River. He oversaw air, sea and land units along the Oregon and Washington state coast and up the river to Lewiston, Idaho. Part of his job was as captain of the port, with reg- ulatory oversight of regional maritime traffic. This will be his first staff position with a museum. “I’m very knowledgeable of the local maritime indus- try,” Jones said. “I feel like I have some expertise in our subject matter.” A career helicopter pilot, Jones went to work for Brim Aviation after leaving the Coast Guard, transporting Columbia River Bar Pilots by air to and from ships. He left in January after replac- ing Russ Warr on the City Council. The position at the maritime museum was the only one that would take him out of semiretirement, Jones said. Johnson and outgo- ing museum board Chair- woman Helena Lankton lauded Jones’ managerial experience overseeing hun- dreds of Coast Guard per- sonnel and his knowledge of the regional maritime indus- try, and said he will be a quick learner on how to run a museum. “He’s great on a lot of issues,” Lankton said. “Whatever he needs to learn, he’s a great administrator. He’s a smart cookie.” Jones holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian stud- ies and German from Wash- ington and Lee University, a master’s in public admin- istration from Syracuse University and training in national security and foreign policy from the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. Along with his trusteeship with the museum, Jones serves on the board of the Friends of the Astoria Armory. Pearson became act- ing director after the retire- ment of Jerry Ostermiller in 2008. When Johnson was hired in 2009, Pearson became the museum’s first deputy director. Part of the decision of whether to hire a replacement was the time- line of Johnson, who said he will be with the museum a maximum of five more years. “I’m 73, and Bruce is 57,” Johnson said. “If he works out well, he could be there a long time.” The museum will hold its annual membership meet- ing Friday, when Lankton will pass the gavel to attor- ney and trustee Michael Haglund. Lankton is con- fident the museum’s late founder, Rolf Klep, would be pleased with their new hire and the direction of the 55-year-old museum. “Rolf Klep has got to be looking down and going, ‘Yes,’” she said. “His museum is going to be in good hands for the foresee- able future.” at times dramatic impact on the lives of the people being served.” “We are grateful to Ted for his service and leadership in the Astoria Fire Depart- ment,” Estes said in a state- ment. “He has done a great job leading the Department and has been a tremendous asset to the city. The city of Astoria wishes him the best in his retirement.” Ames said he isn’t sure yet what he will do after his time with the fire department ends. He said he’s had two occupations his entire adult life: commercial fishing and “playing fire chief.” “How about something where I’m not in charge?” he joked. Evening listings MONDAY O CTOBER 30 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Wheel Fortune (N) Dancing With the Stars (N) KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! (N) The Good Doctor "Not Fake" (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News (N) Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Dancing With the Stars (N) The Good Doctor "Not Fake" (N) KOMO 4 News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel NBC News (N) KING 5 News (N) KING 5 News (N) Evening The Voice "The Knockouts Premiere" The 'Knockout' rounds begin. (N) The Brave "The Seville Defection" (N) KING 5 News (N) (:35) Tonight Show KOIN Local 6 (N) Evening News (N) Extra Ent. Tonight Kevin Can Wait 9JKL (N) Me, Myself & I Donuts (SP) (N) Scorpion "Queen Scary" (N) KOIN 6 News (N) (:35) Colbert KIRO 7 News (N) Evening News (N) KIRO 7 News (N) Ent. Tonight Kevin Can Wait 9JKL (N) Me, Myself & I Donuts (SP) (N) Scorpion "Queen Scary" (N) KIRO News (N) (:35) Colbert KGW News at 6:00 p.m. (N) Live at 7 (N) Inside Edition The Voice "The Knockouts Premiere" The 'Knockout' rounds begin. (N) The Brave "The Seville Defection" (N) KGW News (N) (:35) Tonight Show Modern Family Modern Family The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Supergirl "The Faithful" (N) Valor "Zero Visibility" (N) News at 10 (N) Mom Two and a Half Two and a Half This Old House Business (N) PBS NewsHour (N) Antiques Rd. "Our 50 States - One" (N) American Masters "Edgar Allan Poe" (N) Mark Twain's Journey WordsontheWind 6 O'Clock News (N) Family Feud Family Feud Lucifer (N) The Gifted "boXed in" (N) 10 O'Clock News (N) News (N) Page Six TV Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory FOX 12's News (N) 9 O'Clock News (N) Family Guy American Dad! The Game The Game Modern Family Modern Family Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Lucifer (N) The Gifted "boXed in" (N) Q13 News at 10 (N) Q13 News (N) The Simpsons Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Conan Friends Friends The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Modern Family Modern Family Q13 News at 9 (N) Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Two and a Half Two and a Half (5:15) NFL Football Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (L) (:20) SportsCenter Scott Van Pelt presents the day in sports. (N) NFL PrimeTime SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (5:15) NFL Football Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (L) (:20) SportsCenter (N) E:60 SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt Jalen & Jacoby NCAA Football The Loud House Henry Danger Henry Danger The Thundermans NickyRickyDicky Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends Friends (:05) Jessie Jessie Bunk'd Bunk'd Raven's Home Stuck in Middle Bizaardvark Raven's Home K.C. Undercover Liv and Maddie Bizaardvark Raven's Home Movie (:40) Addams Family Values (‘93) Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston. (:50) Hocus Pocus (1993, Comedy) Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler. The 700 Club (:10) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (‘12) Rufus Sewell, Benjamin Walker. (:20) FXM Presents Unfriended (‘15, Thriller) Matthew Bohrer, Heather Sossaman. (:10) FXM Presents Mama (‘13, Hor) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jessica Chastain. To Be Announced To Be Announced Project Runway (5:30) NCAA Football Idaho State vs. Montana State Press Pass (N) UFC UFC 182 Site: MGM Grand Garden Arena (4:30) To Be Announced UFC "217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre" (N) Speak for Yourself Skip and Shannon: Undisputed Opinions on the biggest sports topics of the day. TMZ Sports (N) NFL Films Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Cops Futurama South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park The Daily Show (N) The Opposition (N) American Pickers "Slim Pickings" Amer. Pickers "Creepiest Collections" American Pickers "Real Knuckleheads" American Pickers "40 Acre Pick" (N) (:05) Pawn Stars (N) (:35) Pawn Stars (N) (:05) Pawn Stars (:35) Pawn Stars The First 48 "Old Wounds" The First 48 "Deadly Premonition" The First 48 "Deadly Rap" Kids Who Kill Explores personal stories of young murderers. The First 48 "Murder on the Bluff" Say Yes-Dress Say Yes-Dress 90 Day Fiancé "All or Nothing" (N) 90 Day Fiancé "Tell All" The couples reunite for a tell all special. (N) Fiancé "Good Morning America" (N) 90 Day Fiancé "Tell All" Fast N' Loud "Rocking '76 G10 Van" FastLoud "Step Vanning into a New Era" Fast N' Loud: Revved Up (N) Fast N' Loud (N) Diesel Brothers (N) Fast N' Loud Tomb of 1,000 Roman Skeletons China's Valley of the Kings King Cobra Snake City "Country Club Killer" Snake City "Trailer Park Terror" Snake City "Country Club Killer" Maleficent (2014, Adventure) Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Angelina Jolie. Meet the Fockers (2004, Comedy) Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro. Bruce Almighty (‘03, Com/Dra) Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Jim Carrey. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (‘95) Paul Rudd, Donald Pleasence. Halloween (1978, Horror) Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Donald Pleasence. (5:30) Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Movie Law & Order: S.V.U. "Hothouse" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Behave" WWE Monday Night Raw (:05) Modern Fam (:35) Modern Fam Halloween Ba "It's All in Your Head" Halloween Baking "Sweet Screams" Halloween Ba "The Candyman Cometh" Halloween Ba "Extreme Halloween" Chopped "Spooked" Halloween Wars "Beware" Love It or List It Love It/List It "Mid Century Maternity" Tiny House, Big Tiny House, Big Tiny House (SP) (N) Tiny House, Big (N) House Hunters (N) House Hunters (N) House Hunters House Hunters X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, Adventure) Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman. Dracula Untold (2014, Fantasy) Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans. Movie Anderson Cooper 360 CNN Tonight With Don Lemon CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Anderson Cooper 360 CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Hannity Fox News Tonight Tucker Carlson Tonight Hannity Fox News Tonight Tucker Carlson Tonight Shark Tank American Greed: Scam American Greed: Scam American Greed: Scam American Greed: Scam Paid Program Real Housewives "Armenian Rhapsody" The Real Housewives "Mystic Mistake" Orange County Social (N) The Real Housewives (N) Dallas "The Beginning of the End" WatchWhat (N) Real Housewives Back to the Future (‘85) Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox. (5:00) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (:45) Gilda (1946, Suspense) Glenn Ford, George Macready, Rita Hayworth. (:45) Taxi Driver The Sixth Sense (1999, Thriller) Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Bruce Willis. Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013, Horror) Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Alexandra Daddario. The Night Before Halloween (4:30) Stickman Rancher (N) Red Steagall Horse Master Inside Reining Craig Cameron Rural Eve. News Rural America 'Live' "Gleaner" American Rancher Red Steagall Product Showcase
