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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press 2 students shot inside LA school, student suspect arrested LOS ANGELES — Two students were shot inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom this morning and police arrested a female student suspect, author- ities said. Gunfire erupted shortly before 9 a.m. at Salvador B. Castro Middle School just west of the city’s downtown, police said. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known, said Sgt. Edward Bernal of the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department. TV footage showed a girl with dark hair and wearing a sweatshirt being led out of the school in handcuffs. Bernal says a gun was recovered. “With the suspect in custody the sit- uation is under control,” Bernal told KTLA-TV. Man who drove van into Muslims in London convicted of murder LONDON — A man who steeped him- self in far-right, anti-Muslim ideas before driving a van into a crowd of worship- pers near a north London mosque was convicted today of murder and attempted murder. A jury at London’s Woolwich Crown Court deliberated for just an hour before finding 48-year-old Darren Osborne guilty of the June 2017 attack in the city’s Fins- bury Park neighborhood. A 51-year-old man, Makram Ali, was killed and 15 people were injured when a rented van plowed into worshippers gathering after evening prayers during Ramadan. Prosecutors said Osborne was moti- vated by extreme Islamophobia and saw Muslims as extremists or rapists in pedo- phile gangs. Top career diplomat to step down in blow to State Department WASHINGTON — The top career U.S. diplomat announced today he will step down, dealing a blow to the State Department as the Trump administra- tion confronts numerous international challenges. The State Department’s third-rank- ing official, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, informed agency staffers that he will retire as soon as a successor for his Senate-confirmed post is chosen and ready to assume the job. Shannon is a near 35-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and was the most senior department official to remain in his job after the transition from the Obama to the Trump administrations. He served under six presidents of both political par- ties since 1984 and was widely seen as a symbol of diplomatic continuity and pro- fessionalism during the tumultuous transi- tion last year. In an interview, Shannon, who holds the rank of “career ambassador” — the highest in the foreign service — said he was retiring for personal and not political reasons. US says Syria may be making new types of chemical weapons WASHINGTON — The Trump admin- istration says Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government may be develop- ing new, more sophisticated chemical weapons. U.S. officials say the characteristics of recent alleged attacks suggest Syria is pro- ducing chemical weapons despite a 2013 deal to destroy its program. The officials say it’s “highly likely” that Syria kept a stockpile of weapons. The officials also say Syria may be making new kinds of weapons, either to improve their military capability or to escape international accountability. The officials also say the Islamic State group keeps using chemical weapons such as sulfur mustard and chlorine. The offi- cials say the militants are using shells or improvised explosive devices to deliver the chemicals. The officials weren’t authorized to discuss the assessment on the record and briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. Closings: Downtown association is aware of closures Continued from Page 1A Abeco Office Systems and Columbia Chocolates, owned by Royal Latham, has been sell- ing off its inventory since the beginning of the year as he and wife, Teri, prepare to retire and transfer the copy sales and ser- vice business to their son, Pat- rick. Latham bought Abeco in 1993 from the Stramiellos, who he said had operated the Astoria Business Supply Co. since the late 1940s inside 1132 Commer- cial St., now the site of future a minimall under construction and called Astor Court. Latham relocated the business to 1254 Commercial St., a former sport- ing goods store. Neither the office retail, nor a chocolate business later acquired to accentuate greet- ing cards, were ever a main part of the business, Latham said. Abeco services about 1,500 copiers in the Portland metro area, east to Pendleton and south to Newport, he said. With competition from the internet and larger retail- ers, Latham sees an inexorable march toward a more tourist- and service-oriented economy downtown. “I think that’s what the city has to be geared for,” he said. “I don’t know how else to do it. I think they’re going to be chal- lenged with trying to define themselves.” Lynn Buckmaster opened Adagio at 1174 Commercial St. in 2001 after operating a simi- THE DAILY ASTORIAN T HURSDAY E VENING A (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 ‘Overall, (the downtown association) still believes that downtown Astoria is a great place to do business and we’re looking forward to welcoming new outfits to our district.’ Sarah Lu Heath Astoria Downtown Historic District Association’s executive director lar store in Cannon Beach called COLLiDE since the 1990s. After 30 years of running busi- nesses, Buckmaster said, she is ready to transition into advocacy on behalf of the world’s oceans. “My goal is to raise aware- ness enough so people will change their behaviors,” she said, adding that while the task is monumental, “I’m sure to fail if I don’t try.” Buckmaster prided Ada- gio on carrying only products made through fair and sustain- able practices and hopes Asto- ria can develop into a beacon for sustainable business, with more light manufacturing and locally focused businesses like maker- space Astoria Maker Industries. “I think the hospitality ser- vices, retail, hotels, restaurants, that type of thing … they’re not a living wage for their employees, not truly,” she said. “They’re a dead end, basically. We need more green jobs, and I think more creative enterprises — not just stuff.” Sue Allen Clarke opened In the Boudoir, a home decor store, five years ago in the Allen Building on the corner of 10th and Commercial streets. A few years ago they were joined by clothing boutique The Fox & Fawn, started by Alicia Phifer and later taken over by Ayla DeCoraggio. Both stores are closing next month. “I’m putting a lot of stuff online, freeing up time for per- sonal stuff,” Clarke said. Both Clarke and DeCorag- gio said it was a challenge get- ting enough foot traffic farther from the cluster of shops near the Liberty Theatre. Fox & Fawn probably filled a niche left by the closure of J.C. Penney, DeCoraggio said, but “there seems to be a trend where people are doing less actual buy- ing overall of consumables in general.” Lee’s Attic, an antique store at 1312 Commercial St., also has closing signs posted. The owner could not immediately be reached for comment. The downtown association is aware of the recent closures. “However, we’re excited to have seen several new shops come into downtown and find success like Good to Go and Naked Lemon,” Sarah Lu Heath, the association’s exec- utive director, said of the new sandwich shop and bakery on Commercial Street, along with Nourish Juice Bar in the Astor Hotel Building. Heath also pointed to the res- toration of two long-blighted Flavel family Commercial Street properties by new own- ers, with new businesses com- ing in, as a sign that downtown is still on a healthy track. “Overall, (the downtown association) still believes that downtown Astoria is a great place to do business and we’re looking forward to welcoming new outfits to our district,” she said. The downtown associa- tion recently issued a busi- ness cluster analysis calling for more local-oriented businesses, including a general clothing store and midbudget grocery outlet. “Later on this year we will be looking at some business recruiting,” Heath said, adding they will also look at how to expand the offerings of existing businesses, such as groceries at the Astoria Downtown Market convenience store. Audit: Found persistent shortage of foster homes Continued from Page 1A “substandard facilities” and using “improper … force against foster children.” On top of potential harm to chil- dren, the audit calculated $39 million in state legal settle- ments since 2006 over the state’s poor protection of neglected and abused kids. According to the audit, the problems start at the top. It found management at the Office of Child Welfare to be “disorganized, inconsis- tent” and a “high risk for children.” The audit pointed out the office’s tendency to constantly restructure and rebrand, rather than make substantive changes needed to improve services. The audit dug into four ini- tiatives that never delivered promised improvements: • The 2006 “Oregon Safety Model” was supposed to instill “a best-practice method of managing child safety throughout the life of a case,” according to the audit. But staff didn’t receive consistent training and man- agement resisted. “Some openly refused the change,” the audit said. “The resis- tance was tolerated (by upper management.)” • An initiative called “Differential Response” was meant to enable caseworkers to allow more children to stay with their biological parents. But “management turnover” and the agency’s decentral- ized implementation across 13 different communities “stalled” the effort, the audit said. Even its abandonment was botched: Auditors found when that was announced, central office staff respon- sible for the rollout were “caught by surprise.” • A years-in-the-making change to the OR-Kids com- puter system was supposed to improve data collection of complaints and other data critical to managing child welfare cases. Many staff said using OR-Kids took more time and was no more reliable than the previous data system. Auditors heard from staff who “report lost data, inconsistent and inac- curate search results, and inaccurate information dis- played.” OR-Kids was prob- lematic across the state, but around Portland, problems were so acute that the district office contracted with the Multnomah Education Ser- vice District for a separate database. Implementation of the MESD system proved lit- tle better, even after spending $20 million on it. Elsewhere in the state, auditors said rather than use the software, caseworkers posted sticky notes to their cubicle walls SCHEDULE A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach to track appointments with families. • The audit also looked at an unofficial effort to com- plete more child abuse inves- tigations in 2016, which the audit agreed did produce “big improvements,” as reported to the Legislature. But audi- tors concluded the improve- ments were short-lived, about three months, and were based on questionable management decisions, such as shifting caseworkers away from other work to focus on investigations and attempt- ing to motivate employees by threatening to deny them scheduled vacations. The audit also questioned the agency’s lack of a central screening center for reports of child abuse and neglect — an initiative the audit said could help coordinate efforts statewide. The audit counted 15 different hotlines through- out Oregon, serving 16 dis- trict offices throughout the state. Centralizing the com- plaints is a recommenda- tion dating back to previous reviews of Child Welfare — as far back as 2006. But the audit found it’s only now being seriously considered. But managing attempts at improvement were far from the only problems the audit uncovered. In terms of day-to-day operations at the Office of Child Welfare, the audit found a persistent shortage of foster homes due to lack of support and failure to recruit new foster parents. The audit stated starkly that the state has no plan to recruit new foster families and no data on how many fos- ter parents are needed. And once people become foster parents, the audit found that rather than support, the par- ents are frequently asked to take on work that should fall to caseworkers and may be called upon to accept “emer- gency” foster children who suddenly need homes. “DHS does not know the true capacity in cur- rent foster homes, what homes have openings, and what behavioral and special needs the family is trained and equipped to accept,” the audit said. The audit found reim- bursements for foster fami- lies are falling short. At the same time, the audit noted forces putting stress on the broader system of support for the state’s most vulnerable children: shrink- ing capacity at both Depart- ment of Human Services in its residential treatment program and in the Oregon Health Authority’s Children’s Mental Health Services program. Evening listings THURSDAY F EBRUARY 1 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Jeopardy! (N) Wheel Fortune (N) Grey's A. 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(L) Inside the NBA NBA Basketball Houston vs San Antonio Independence Day (1996, Sci-Fi) Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith. (5:30) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ('03) Arnold Schwarzenegger. U.S. Marshals ('98, Act) Wesley Snipes. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015, Drama) Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Dakota Johnson. Jumping the Broom ('11, Com) Laz Alonso, Paula Patton. Law & Order: S.V.U. "Lunacy" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Retro" Beat Bobby Flay Beat Bobby Flay Chopped "Tailgate Fate" Chopped "Tailgate Party" Chopped "Game Day Party" Beat Flay (N) Beat Bobby Flay Beat Bobby Flay Beat Bobby Flay Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop Flip or Flop (N) Flip or Flop House Hunters (N) House Hunters (N) House Hunters House Hunters World War Z (2013, Action) Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Brad Pitt. World War Z (2013, Action) Mireille Enos, Brad Pitt. (5:30) Terminator: Genisys ('15) Jason Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight With Don Lemon CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Cuomo Prime Time CNN Tonight With Don Lemon OBJECTified OBJECTified Special Report With Bret Baier OBJECTified OBJECTified OBJECTified Shark Tank Leno Garage "Living The Dream" (N) Leno Garage "The Car My Father Drove" Jay Leno's Garage "More Power" Jay Leno's Garage "Living The Dream" Paid Program Top Chef "That's a Lot of Schnitzel" Top Chef "Olympic Dreams" Top Chef "Restaurant Wars" Top Chef "Bronco Brouhaha" (N) Top Chef "Bronco Brouhaha" WatchWhat (N) Housewives Atl. The Harvey Girls ('46, Musical) John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Judy Garland. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing ('55) Jennifer Jones, William Holden. (5:00) Swing Time ('35) Fred Astaire. Days of Wine and Roses Jack Lemmon. Knowing (2009, Sci-Fi) Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Nicolas Cage. Battle Los Angeles (2011, Sci-Fi) Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Aaron Eckhart. 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