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145TH YEAR, NO. 205 ONE DOLLAR DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2018 FIRE & RAIN Photos by COLIN MURPHEY | The Daily Astorian Jeff Daly’s iLLUMiNART took over Astoria on a rain-soaked weekend. The quirky public art project featured a fire-breathing dragon and images projected on several buildings on Friday and Saturday nights. Police, state urge people to avoid elk Warrenton town hall held amid rising concerns By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — There have been 49 police calls about elk over the past three years, Warrenton Police Sgt. Jim Pierce said. Most concerned the animals laying in the road, eating plants and trees, and damaging peo- ple’s property, but a few were about aggressive behavior. Amid rising concerns of human and elk interaction, Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer organized a town hall with state wildlife and police offi- cials Thursday. A similar town hall will be held in Gearhart. Issues increase in the fall when males rut and in the spring when cows give birth. Balensifer recounted how his wife had been charged and pushed into the brush by an elk while jogging on the Warrenton Waterfront Trail. The idea of an elk hunt had been discussed several years ago while redrawing urban waterfowl-hunt- ing maps, Balensifer said. A new state pilot program starting next year would allow cities that declare deer a public nuisance to petition the state See ELK, Page 5A Public art trail coming to Oregon By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian As a modern homage to the Ore- gon Trail, the Oregon Coast Visitors Association is developing a public art trail that will stretch from Astoria to the California border. The idea of the program is to con- nect and promote existing public stat- ues, murals and more in each of the Oregon Coast’s 27 communities. The visitors association is working to cat- alogue these pieces to create a com- prehensive map of all the art in the public sphere for a self-guided tour by next year. Some of what would be featured in Clatsop County includes the Asto- ria Column, the Lewis and Clark statue at the Seaside Turnaround, and the tufted puffin sculpture by Cannon Beach City Hall. Clockwise: A participant dressed up as the Astoria Column added to the festivities. • The fire-breathing dragon installation was a popular sight at the iLLUMiNART event in Astoria. • Jeff Daly makes adjustments to a projector in preparation for the art event over the weekend. • Jaclyn Otter braves the rainy weather to take in one of the projections at the Astoria Riverwalk. See ART:, Page 5A Manager sees equal value in numbers, people Gray joined historical society in December By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian P eople don’t often associate a love of numbers with a love of social inter- action. But for Emily Gray, Clatsop County Histori- cal Society’s recently hired business manager, those two factors drove her to the new job. “It makes me giddy and happy to be in an Excel spreadsheet, so I knew it was kind of a good fit.” Gray said. “I also get a chance to go out and interact with people in the museum.” Gray, 39, joined the historical soci- ety in December after working as a book- keeper at Warrenton Fiber. After growing up in Salem and moving around the Pacific Northwest, she settled in Astoria with her three sons in 2006. She soon enrolled at Clatsop Community Col- lege, where her father — Tom Gill — is the direc- tor of institutional research. Initially lamenting the lack of amenities compared to a larger city, she grew to enjoy Astoria. “We thought it was a great opportunity Alan Mossman See GRAY, Page 5A Emily Gray is the new business manager at the Clatsop County Historical Society. April 21st & 22nd Saturday: 9 am- 5 pm Ԃ Sunday: 10 am- 3 pm Clatsop County Fairgrounds You Never Know What You’ll Find At A Collectors West Gun & Knife Show! 92937 Walluski Loop collectorswest.com $ 7
