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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 Fire: Center will eventually need new gas sensors Continued from Page 1A Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian The Rally for Our Lives event in Astoria drew several hundred people on Saturday. Rally: Students say recent shootings have frightened them Continued from Page 1A “Our teacher, she talks a lot about guns, which I understand,” said Gohr Quin, 10, a Lewis and Clark Elemen- tary School student. An Astoria police officer stood watch at one of the street corners throughout the rally. Small barri- cades, which were not used, were stacked near the post office. People at the rally overwhelm- ingly vocalized their support for gun control legislation, with some exceptions. Lois Dupey, 61, of Astoria, stood on one of the street corners chanting, “Defend the Constitution” and hold- ing a sign that read, “Take out the Second Amendment and who will defend you?” A handful of protesters crowded her to challenge the statements. “Do you want kids to be killed by guns?” one man asked her. “Don’t touch me,” she snapped back. “The Second Amendment is under attack by the people who are using terrorist acts in our schools to take our guns away. Not OK,” Dupey said after the rally. “People get on this bandwagon and just don’t think.” Students at the rally said recent shootings and the need for routine lockdown drills have frightened them. “I don’t like the impending doom feeling like I could walk into school one day and watch my friends die,” said Leo Van Steenberg, 14, an Asto- ria High School student. Many at the rally questioned whether elected officials have the political appetite to change gun laws. “They’ll probably just put out a statement and say, ‘Hey, thanks for going out,’ and probably do nothing,” said Abby Ank, 15, an Astoria High School student. Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Cold and rainy conditions did not stop people from showing up to the event. NEW WARRENTON SELF-STORAGE “It’s electronics in a damp, wet, oily, smoky space, and so eventually those things are going to start wearing down,” he said. The fire simulator is still oper- ational. The college hopes to have the new computers installed and ready to go by fall term. Donaldson estimates between 600 and 900 students come through the fire research center each year. Along with students, the college trains members of the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, local fire agencies and large regional employers such as the Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill. The three-story simulator includes engine rooms, bunks, a kitchen and other parts of a ship rigged with burn props. Opened in 2002, it was paid for by a grant from the Office of Naval Research. Along with the central com- puter, Donaldson said, the center will eventually need new gas sen- sors monitoring the air quality in the building and helping protect against accidents. The funding for the fire cen- ter’s new computers will come from the college’s plant fund, said JoAnn Zahn, the college’s vice president of finance and opera- tions. Plant funds commonly pay for the construction, renovation and acquisition of capital assets. The college is also planning to use the fund, which includes about $2.5 million, to purchase the Marine and Environmen- tal Research and Training Sta- tion next school year and upgrade the campuswide computer sys- tem. 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