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VINE MAPLE IN THE AUTUMN LIGHT 145TH YEAR, NO. 90 WEEKEND BREAK PAGE 1C ONE DOLLAR WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017 County may revive voters’ pamphlets Guides are not required in odd-year elections By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian V oters are entitled to receive a ballot for Tuesday’s elections in Gearhart on vaca- tion rentals and Warrenton on a library levy. They are not, however, entitled to a vot- er s’ pamphlet that explains what is on that ballot. S ome offi cials and voters have an appe- tite to change that. Clatsop C ounty provided voters’ pam- phlets in odd-numbered election years, which don’t include primaries or gen- eral elections for state and federal candi- dates, starting in 2001 at a cost of more than $5,000. The county discontinued the prac- tice two years later because many candi- dates — leery of the fees and paperwork — did not submit their information for inclusion . Due to recent public support for reviv- ing the voters’ pamphlets , County Manager Cameron Moore has directed Clerk Tra- cie Krevanko to research potential ways to include pamphlets in future odd-year elections. “This has been requested many times over several different meetings through the See PAMPHLETS, Page 3A Wrestling set to crash the Armory Shows moving from the Astoria Event Center Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Carolyn Stock of Salem looks at a display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria of a boat that washed ashore near Cape Disappointment as a result of the 2011 tsunami in Japan. SCATTERSHOT APPROACH Planners make uneven choices for development in tsunami zones Students at Seaside High School are reminded every time they enter the classroom of the danger of tsunamis in a com- munity that is in such close proximity to the beach. By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian T his fall a child care center moved into a building in Astoria that Ore- gon State Police had left because it was in the tsunami inundation zone. This summer, Patrick Corcoran, a coastal hazards specialist with Oregon State University’s Sea Grant program, cir- cled articles in an issue of Warrenton’s weekly newspaper about apartment com- plexes planned in the inundation zone in Warrenton. One day, an event that hasn’t happened since 1700 will shake much of the West Coast. The “Big One” — the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami. But the North Coast is already in motion. Large apartment complexes are going up, permits are in process. There’s more development on the way. City offi cials in Astoria and Warrenton are working to answer questions about liva- bility. What should the cities look like in 10 or 20 years? What needs to be preserved? What needs to be built? What are the best locations for certain types of businesses? One question remains unanswered, Corcoran said: What does and doesn’t belong in the areas we know will be underwater? When communities attempt to answer that question, it’s a “scattershot approach,” he said. “This (Cascadia event) is some- thing that will happen to everybody, but until it does, nobody is in charge.” ‘A moving car’ Last year, 65 percent of voters in the Seaside School District approved a $99.7 million bond to move three Seaside schools out of the inundation zone. See TSUNAMI ZONES, Page 7A By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Add professional wrestling to the lineup of entertainment at the Astoria Armory. Pacifi c Northwest Professional Wrestling is moving into the community space after the recent closure of the Astoria Event IF YOU GO Center and will hold shows the last Sun- Shows will be held the last Sunday of day of each month, each month at the starting Nov. 26. Astoria Armory, Roger Jaime, beginning later this who runs the wres- month on Nov. 26. tling league and performs under the glam-rocker persona C.C. Poison, said he found out in The Daily Astorian about a week before his last show that his venue for the past decade would be closing. The event center had been operated by Port of Call Bis- tro & Bar owner Marvin James Sawyer, who was ordered out at the end of October . Seaside School District officials take a tour of the new site for three Seaside schools after a $99.7 million bond was passed last year to move them out of the tsunami inundation zone. ‘WE WILL LEARN TO THRIVE HERE IN CASCADIA, I AM CONFIDENT. BUT THE NEXT BIG ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR BIG LEARNING CURVE.” Patrick Corcoran | a coastal hazards specialist with Oregon State University’s Sea Grant program See WRESTLING, Page 3A Thai returns to Astoria New food cart at downtown pod By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Sopa and Robert Burns recently opened Mai Tong Thai Food at the corner of 13th and Duane streets. For the fi rst time in several years, Astoria has a Thai food option. Sopa and Robert Burns recently opened Mai Tong Thai Food, a new cart in the nascent pod of Astoria Station at the cor- ner of 13th and Duane streets. The food cart is the fi rst foray into business owner- ship for the couple, who started saving several years ago, and the fi rst Thai option in Astoria since Blue Ocean Thai Cuisine closed a few years ago. “It was my dream to have a business,” Sopa Burns said of Mai Tong, a nod to her family’s name. A native of northeastern Thailand, she has been working in the local food industry since marrying her husband and mov- ing to the North Coast a decade ago. She most recently worked at Nisa’s Thai Kitchen in War- renton and does all the cooking at Mai Tong. “Everything we make is fresh,” said Robert Burns, who after retiring from nearly 30 years at Pig ’n Pancake largely works for his wife . See THAI, Page 7A FALL BACK Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday at 2 a.m. when clocks are turned back one hour to 1 a.m. Sunrise and sunset will be earlier, which means more light in the morning.