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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017
Fire engulfs Seaside home
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE – An adult and
a child evacuated a fire that
engulfed a house Wednesday
afternoon at 719 Avenue S in
Seaside.
The fire started around
1:30 p.m. and burned
through all of the two-story
house. Prior to evacuating
the home, the adult noticed
smoke coming from the main
floor. She attempted to con-
tain the initial flames, but
when the fire moved to a
nearby wall the two left the
home immediately.
The cause is still being
investigated.
“Judging by what we are
seeing right now, this house
will probably be a total loss
without going inside,” Sea-
side Fire Division Chief
David Rankin said.
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Local politicians and busi-
ness owners have donated
money to replace a missing
historical marker memorial-
izing an early 20th century
Indian independence group
that met in Astoria.
The weighty bronze metal
sign attached to a metal pole
at Maritime Memorial Park,
which recognizes the Ghadar
Party, went missing in Octo-
ber and has yet to be found.
State Sen. Betsy Johnson,
D-Scappoose, former Asto-
ria Mayor Willis Van Dusen,
Clatsop County Historical Society
The Ghadar Party plaque.
Lovekesh Kumar — owner
of Super Mart in Warren-
ton — and Bahadur Singh
— Kumar’s brother — have
donated $1,670 to replace
the monument. It is sched-
uled to be replaced by Febru-
ary, according to the Astoria
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment press release.
The sign memorializes
founders of the Indian liber-
ation movement who came to
Astoria from eastern India in
1913 and became mill work-
ers. They met in May 1913 at
the former site of the Finn-
ish Socialist Hall. Driven by
Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims
along the West Coast, the
movement eventually led to
India’s and Pakistan’s inde-
pendence from Britain.
“Having the means to
help recognize the work-
ers that inspired my coun-
try’s independence is a great
honor.” Singh said. “Immi-
grants sacrifice much to be
able to live freely and me
and my family are grateful
to live in a community that
recognizes that.”
A pair of historians
approached the city with the
story one year ahead of the
movement’s centennial anni-
versary. The sign was installed
during a 2013 ceremony.
“I am deeply disappointed
that someone would go
through the efforts of remov-
ing a sign that symbolizes the
sacrifices that these Indian
immigrants made to embark
on the noble cause of freedom
and liberty,” Van Dusen said.
“The history of these labor-
ers that contributed greatly to
the American economy and
for the rights of their peo-
ple back home deserve to be
recognized.”
Nehalem ranch praised for conservation work
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A Nehalem ranch has been
praised for its work around
wildlife conservation.
The Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife recognized
Karen Kuntz and her Foley
Peak Angus cattle operation
with the Riley Freeman award
during the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Association and Oregon Cattle-
men’s Convention and Trade-
show earlier this month in Bend.
Kuntz has worked with the
Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service and the Tillamook
Soil and Conservation District
to put a resource management
system in place and encour-
age diverse habitat across her
ranch, located in the Nehalem
River watershed.
Foley Peak Angus employs
techniques like rotational graz-
ing to maintain good field con-
ditions and to reduce sediment
and manure runoff into Tomlin-
C e l eb r a t e
son Creek, a tributary of Foley
Creek and the Nehalem River.
The ranch also maintains buffer
strips along waterways, provid-
ing good canopy and habitat for
wildlife and keeping tempera-
tures cooler for fish.
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Hansen left in
November
Memorial has
been missing
since October
EK
Henrikson’s experience
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By JACK HEFFERNAN applications for the job,
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County Manager Cameron
Moore said. The county
Clatsop County will have Planning Department must
a new community develop- often find balances between
ment director soon
development
and
after the calendar
environmental or his-
torical preservation.
turns.
Gail Henrikson
Henrikson’s most
will fill the position on
immediate challenge
Jan. 8. Heather Han-
involves filling a
sen left in November
staff that, when com-
Gail
after three years and Henrikson plete, includes five
full-time employees
has accepted a senior
planner position in North and one part-time employee.
Port, Florida, where she had Another employee left the
department around the
worked previously.
Henrikson, 50, of Astoria, same time as Hansen. Those
has a master’s degree in urban departures, plus temporary
and regional planning from absences due to illness and
the University of Wiscon- family emergencies, forced
sin, Madison and more than the department to shave its
13 years of planning experi- hours in December, Moore
ence. After moving to Asto- said.
ria in 2015, she most recently
“We just had a lot of
has worked as an ad designer things hit us all at the same
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time,” he said.
“I miss a lot of the com-
The department issues
plexities and challenges of permits for land use devel-
public service,” Henrikson opment in unincorporated
said. “You get to build a lot areas, updates the county’s
of relationships in the com- comprehensive land use plan
munity, and that’s something and ensures compliance with
I really miss.”
building codes.
Local donors pitch in to replace
vanished Ghadar Party sign
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