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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018
Michael Foster Library
proposed in Astoria
Getting out the vote
School booster
taught, raised
money for
Astoria schools
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria School Board
next month will decide
whether to name the Asto-
ria High School library after
the late community booster
Michael Foster.
“The idea was presented to
me by a community member
that wanted to honor the contri-
butions that Michael Foster has
had over the years,” said Lynn
Jackson, principal of the high
school.
Foster, who died in 2016,
founded Astoria High School
Scholarships Inc., whose mem-
bers recommended dedication
of the library. Since 1977, the
group has awarded more than
$3.5 million in scholarships to
more than 2,000 graduates. The
group’s assets have climbed to
more than $8 million.
Jack Heffernan/The Daily Astorian
Tillamook County Commissioner Tim Josi speaks at a candidate forum Thursday at
Clatsop Retirement Village. Josi was one of three candidates for the state House Dis-
trict 32 position there along with John Orr and a representative for Tiffiny Mitchell.
Three county Board of Commissioners candidates — Mark Kujala, Pamela Wev and
Peter Roscoe — also spoke at the forum.
Portland interfaith leaders, youths
to push for state assault rifle ban
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — A movement
to ban assault rifles in Oregon
was launched in a Portland
church Thursday, with cler-
ics saying youths — many of
whom have been protesting
for gun control — will drive
the campaign.
Interfaith religious lead-
ers in Portland said they aim
to get enough signatures
on petitions to put a ban on
assault weapons before vot-
ers statewide in the Novem-
ber election.
There has been some
movement in just a few other
states in the wake of the Feb-
ruary shooting at a Florida
high school that killed 17
people, including:
• In Delaware, Gov. John
Carney called for state law-
makers to ban the sale of
assault-style rifles, say-
ing military-style weapons
like the rifle used in Florida
have no place in the hands of
civilians. Legislation is now
being drafted.
• In California, legisla-
tion is proposed that would
expand the definition of an
assault weapon to include
most semi-automatic rifles
bigger than a .22. But that
would require them to be
licensed like assault weap-
ons, not banned.
In Oregon, the campaign-
ers must gather over 88,000
signatures by July 6, and
they’re counting on youths
who have demonstrated for
gun control to help.
“Young people in this
country are crying out. This
is the moment in time where
we need to step alongside
them as adults and do our
part with them,” said Pastor
Mark Knutson of the Augus-
tana Lutheran Church in
Portland.
While a person must be
at least 18 to vote, even a
14-year-old can go out and
seek signatures, Knutson told
The Associated Press over
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The state Department of
Forestry seeks public com-
ment on a pilot online reser-
vation system for Northrup
Creek Horse Camp.
Campers will reserve sites
at the campground through
Reserve America, the same
reservation system used by
the state Parks and Recreation
Department. All campsites
will be reservation-only.
The new reservation pro-
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The Veterans Adminis-
tration will hold a meeting
in Astoria from noon to 1:30
p.m. April 3 on issues, con-
cerns and ideas to improve
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Clatsop Care Health District
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scheduling and transition and
care management.
The meeting will take
place in the Clatsop Post 12
American Legion dining
hall at 1132 Exchange St. in
Astoria.
in Knappa and charged with
driving under the influence
of intoxicants.
• At 8:32 p.m. Wednes-
day, Donald Walter Frades,
50, of Astoria, was arrested
by the Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office on Ninth and
Commercial streets and
charged with DUII and reck-
lessly endangering another
person.
cil, 4:30 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
Knappa School Board, 5:30
p.m., Knappa High School
library, 41535 Old U.S. Highway
30.
Jewell School Board, 6 p.m.,
Jewell School library, 83874
Oregon Highway 103.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Thursday’s Lucky Lines: 02-
05-10-16-18-23-28-29
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
6-4-6
Thursday’s Keno: 02-07-10-
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Thursday’s Match 4: 03-05-
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Lakeview
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Ashland
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OREGON
Thursday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 4-7-1-1
4 p.m.: 3-5-5-1
7 p.m.: 4-3-7-9
10 p.m.: 6-2-6-3
WASHINGTON
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services for veterans.
At the meeting will be rep-
resentatives from the Port-
land Regional Benefits Office
handling veterans benefits,
health care, patient advocacy,
suicide prevention, online
Ontario
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
with a debit or credit card. A
transaction fee of $8 would
be added to standard camping
fees. The public can reserve
campsites beginning on or
about May 1. Camping opens
one weekend before Memo-
rial Day through November.
The public can comment
on the changes from Mon-
day through May 4 at tinyurl.
com/ReserveNorthrup or by
mail at: ODF Public Affairs,
2600 State St., Salem, OR
97103.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
UNDER THE SKY
vides certainty to people trail-
ering a horse to the camp,
Ty Williams, Astoria District
assistant forester, said in a
release.
“This is a popular reser-
vation system that will be
familiar to many campers,
and should be a good fit for
this campground,” he said.
“It also allows ODF to pro-
vide focused upkeep when we
know the camp is being used.”
Reservations can be made
up to nine months in advance
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• At 1:04 a.m. today,
Richard Andrew Camacho,
35, of Portland, was arrested
by the Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office on Supple Road
Roseburg
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Brookings
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Apr 8
John Day
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Bend
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Medford
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Tonight's Sky: Caroline Herschel Birthday (1750).
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Prineville
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Lebanon
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Eugene
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Full
Pendleton
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The Dalles
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Portland
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:22 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 7:25 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 7:23 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 6:41 p.m.
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ASTORIA
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Astorian, graduated from the
high school in 1958, earned
a bachelor’s from Willamette
University and came back as a
teacher in 1962. After leaving to
teach with the State Department
in Afghanistan and earning his
master’s from the University of
Oregon, Foster again returned
to the high school as librarian in
1977. He retired in 1996.
Portland veterans office comes to Astoria
REGIONAL WEATHER
Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.08"
Month to date ................................... 1.54"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.74"
Year to date .................................... 20.15"
Normal year to date ........................ 21.13"
Mar 17
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Mostly cloudy, a shower
in the afternoon
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/39°
Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39°
Record high ............................ 74° in 1947
Record low ............................. 28° in 1988
New
MONDAY
“In my 22 years in the Asto-
ria community Michael, by far,
has had the most impact not
only in the schools but also
in service to the community,”
wrote Craig Hoppes, superin-
tendent in Astoria, in a letter to
the school board recommend-
ing the dedication of the library
to Foster.
Foster, a fourth-generation
Northrup Creek Horse Camp
goes reservation-only
the phone.
“This is going to be a
youth campaign,” said Knut-
son, who will be one of the
three chief petitioners of the
ballot measure.
Rev. Alcena Boozer, a
former high school princi-
pal and pastor emeritus of St.
Philip the Deacon Episcopal
Church; and Rabbi Michael
Cahana, of Congregation
Beth Israel, are the other
two chief petitioners. The
treasurer is Imam Muham-
mad Najieb, director of the
Muslim Community Cen-
ter of Portland and a Marine
veteran.
The anti-assault-rifle cam-
paign was launched with
a news conference at the
Augustana Lutheran Church,
which Knutson said is fitting.
He recalled the civil rights
campaigns of the 1950s
and ’60s, and how churches
played a role, including
one in Alabama where the
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
preached.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
The Daily Astorian
School boosters hope to dedicate the Astoria High School
library after the late Michael Foster, a former graduate and
teacher who founded a scholarship program for graduates.
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