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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 Retreat: Organization may consider returning in the future Continued from Page 1A Organizers estimated the fees would have cost the non- profit an additional $6,500. The re-enactment typically costs the group about $10,000 to stage. State parks offered to allow the group to keep gate fees — $20 per car last year with special prices for motor- cycles, bikes and those who arrived on foot. Friends of Old Fort Ste- vens, a nonprofit that raises money and recruits volunteers for the park, also will not pro- vide advertising services or volunteers for the event. They were asked by the state Parks and Recreation Department to discontinue the practice, said David Lindstrom, the nonprof- it’s secretary. “We take our signals from the parks,” Lindstrom said. “We don’t ask questions. We only do what they ask us to do or not do.” Organizers and park offi- cials alike became concerned last year in light of the national debate over the display of Con- federate flags. Last year’s event took place just three weeks after a deadly white nationalist rally with Confederate flags in Char- lottesville, Virginia, and a local controversy after a Confeder- ate flag and rebel decals were linked with an award-winning float at the Astoria Regatta. Organizers were taunted in Facebook messages in the weeks leading up to the re-en- actment, including derisive requests for participants to use real bullets during battles. In response, Warrenton police sent extra patrols to the park to help ensure safety. “Absolutely the national debate about the Civil War and its connection to the slavery issue has everything to do with OPRD making the decision it did,” Lindstrom said. “OPRD said you can have the event, but you’re funding it your- self. If you hold the event, the state is stepping into the debate about this, and that’s just not a position the state needs to take. That’s the OPRD’s decision, and I agree with it.” State park officials could not be reached for comment. Participants typically stage battles, fashion shows, medical demonstrations, speeches and church services throughout the three-day re-enactment — set Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian A Civil War re-enactment held at Fort Stevens State Park for 27 years will relocate. in 1863, the year Fort Stevens was built. Bishop said the site is irre- placeable in terms of edu- cational opportunities and the years of annual fam- ily vacations inspired by the re-enactment. “For us, it was the one key- stone that we could tie into,” Bishop said. “When some- one would say, ‘Nothing Civil War-related happened in Ore- gon,’ we could point to Fort Stevens.” Many people have partici- pated for decades and invested tens of thousands of dollars. Onlookers, even those who live near other re-enactment sites, come from all over the region to witness the battles. Organizers were denied per- mits at two other Oregon parks in recent years — Willamette Mission State Park and Milo McIver State Park — because the event “did not fit the scope and purpose of that park,” Bishop said. He did not spec- ulate why the state denied the permits or imposed the fees, saying that a number of theo- ries have been tossed around. The Confederate flag contro- versy is one of them. “On the East Coast they’re having problems, too,” Bishop said. “Part of it could be the political climate we’re in now.” The event’s departure comes after a six-year study that revealed Fort Stevens was the second-highest economic driver among more than 150 state parks. According to the study, 89 percent of spending came from visitors who trav- eled from more than 30 miles away. “I feel that it will obviously affect the number of people that come over the Labor Day weekend,” Lindstrom said. “I may be naive, but I don’t think, because of its overall popu- larity, it will affect the overall population of the park.” Bishop said he is optimis- tic the group will find a new location for this year’s re-en- actment. The organization is in talks to have the battle take place on private land in Colton, or it may move to a neighbor- ing state. While this year’s event will certainly not take place at Fort Stevens, the organization may consider returning at some point in the future, Bishop said. “Right now I would say the case is closed,” he said. “But I’m always hopeful we could work it out.” Merkley: ‘I don’t want to sell off our infrastructure’ Rev. Billy Graham, Continued from Page 1A the influence of the gun man- ufacturers and the massive amounts of money that they’re spending.” Immigration A couple of town hall attendees referred to the loom- ing deadline for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program allows undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, including more than 11,000 people in Oregon, to apply for two-year, renewable legal status and employment. In September, Trump estab- lished a March 6 deadline for Congress to work out an immi- gration deal before the govern- ment stops issuing permits for the program. “He wanted to use the issue of Dreamers not just as a con- versation about Dreamers and border security. He wanted to do a complete rewrite of the traditional values of immi- gration,” Merkley said of the president. Another attendee asked if R.J Marx/The Daily Astorian An attendee asks U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley a question at Tuesday’s town hall in Seaside. Congress could do anything to limit deportation raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Merkley said that he and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden have asked the Trump adminis- tration to observe “safe zones” around schools and court- houses and challenged some detentions. “We’ll keep pushing, but it’s under the president’s con- trol,” Merkley said. “That’s not a very satisfactory answer, I know.” Infrastructure Astoria City Councilor Tom Brownson asked Merkley about Trump’s $1 trillion dollar proposal to improve infrastruc- ture. 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Billy Graham, who trans- nist-controlled Eastern bloc. formed American religious Dubbed “America’s pastor,” life through his preaching and he was a confidant to U.S. activism, becoming presidents from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower a counselor to pres- to George W. Bush. idents and the most In 1983, President widely heard Chris- Reagan gave Gra- tian evangelist in his- ham the Presidential tory, died Wednesday. Medal of Freedom, He was 99. America’s high- Graham, who long est civilian honor. suffered from can- Rev. Billy cer, pneumonia and When the Billy Gra- Graham ham Museum and other ailments, died at his home in North Caro- Library was dedicated in 2007 lina, spokesman Mark DeM- in Charlotte, former Pres- oss told The Associated Press. idents George H.W. Bush, More than anyone else, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton Graham built evangelicalism attended. “When he prays with you into a force that rivaled lib- eral Protestantism and Roman in the Oval Office or upstairs Catholicism in the United in the White House, you feel States. His leadership sum- he’s praying for you, not the mits and crusades in more president,” Clinton said at the than 185 countries and terri- ceremony. By RACHEL ZOLL Associated Press SCHEDULE THE DAILY ASTORIAN A structure such as bridges and ports is apparent, the bill is structured so that the federal government can take credit for what state and local govern- ments pay, Merkley said. The senator also criticized the pro- posal’s reliance on private-pub- lic partnerships and the tolls people would have to pay as a result. “You can’t do a lot of infra- structure in that fashion,” Merk- ley said. “I don’t want to sell off our infrastructure. We get a lot more infrastructure when we do direct investment. We pay for it up front and we own it and we don’t pay tax for 100 years on the back end.” Throughout the town hall, Merkley summed up his core philosophy in four issues: health care for every citizen, affordable housing, job avail- ability and education. “You know, sometimes I feel like all we’re doing is rant- ing about all the things that are going wrong,” he said. “That’s why I really feel like it’s so important to talk about what would make our country work better.” Evening listings WEDNESDAY F EBRUARY 21 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 KATU News at 6 (N) Speechless Modern Family Amer. Housewife Match Game (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Jeopardy! (N) Wheel Fortune (N) The Goldbergs KOMO 4 News (N) Wheel Fortune (N) Jeopardy! (N) The Goldbergs Speechless Modern Family Amer. 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