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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
Astoria Library updates user conduct policy
Razor clam dig OK’d
during Long Beach festival
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
When a Warrenton man
showed up at the Astoria
Library in February to pro-
test a D rag Q ueen S tory
H our, he had his phone out.
His plan was to pro-
vide a running commentary ,
broadcasting a live stream to
his social media followers.
His camera, though focused
primarily on his own face,
turned sometimes to cap-
ture the people attending the
reading, including parents
and their young children.
Jimmy Pearson, the
library director, couldn’t do
much about fi lming outside
the library, but he drew the
Chinook Observer
With sunny skies and
temperatures near 60 in the
forecast, a two-day razor
clam dig has been approved
on the Long Beach Penin-
sula this weekend, just in
time for the annual Razor
Clam Festival.
Likely marking the
close of the p eninsula’s
meager 2018-19 season,
which included only two
prior digging days, a large
and enthusiastic crowd is
anticipated.
State shellfi sh man-
agers with the Washing-
ton Department of Fish
and Wildlife approved the
dig on morning low tides
after marine toxin tests
showed the clams are safe
to eat. The opening had
been uncertain, since last
week levels of the plankton
species that can produce
toxic domoic acid were
fl uctuating.
The dig is approved
on the following beaches,
dates, and low tides:
• Saturday, 7:58 a.m.;
-1.1 feet; Long Beach,
Twin Harbors, Copalis;
• Sunday, 8:42 a.m.; -1.2
feet; Long Beach, Twin
Harbors, Mocrocks
• Monday, 9:25 a.m.;
-1.0 feet; Twin Harbors,
Mocrocks
“This is a weekend
opening that should not be
missed,” said Dan Ayres,
Department of Fish and
Wildlife coastal shellfi sh
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
Cooper Petit, 10, grabbed a razor clam pulled by his brother,
Byron, 8, as their mother, Angela, looked on during a
February dig.
manager. “The Long Beach
Razor Clam festival on Sat-
urday features clam dig-
ging and chowder contests,
clam digging lessons, and
live music — even pirates
and mermaids making an
occasional appearance.”
Although the beach in
north Pacifi c County, which
the state refers to as Twin
Harbors, has been highly
productive for clams this
season, Long Beach was
kept closed on all but two
days this winter because a
preseason census found the
clams were too small for
harvest. They have been
growing well, however, and
exceeded an average of 4
inches during a Feb. 17 dig.
As in past years, the
state is asking beachgoers
to take care to avoid nest-
ing snowy plovers.
“With barely 100 of
these birds still surviving
on the s outhwest Wash-
ington coast, it is vitally
important for beachgoers
to stay out of posted areas,”
Ayres said. “Snowy plo-
ver nests are nearly invis-
ible, so we want people to
give these birds the space
they need to live and thrive
during their nesting period,
especially near Midway
Beach and while walking
towards the north end of
Long Beach.”
Ayres recommends peo-
ple avoid leaving leftover
food or trash on the beach
— which attract predators
— avoid the dunes as much
as possible, and heed the 25
mph speed limit if driving
on the beach.
Diggers should hit the
beach about an hour or two
before low tide for the best
results.
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Irene Tanaka Kan, of Seaside, peacefully into backpacks for Head Start students, and
passed away at her home in Seaside on April delivered Sunday supper to elderly residents.
3, 2019. She was 83.
A long time member of the Seaside United
Irene was born to Eddie and Toshiye Methodist Church, she sang in the choir.
Her hobbies included baking, knitting,
Tanaka on Dec. 28, 1935, in Shoshone,
gardening and reading. Irene also
Idaho. After graduating as vale-
enjoyed traveling with friends
dictorian from Shoshone High
and family, taking trips across the
School in 1954, she earned her
country and around the world.
bachelor’s degree in home eco-
She is survived by a daughter,
nomics at Oregon State College in
Pamela Kan-Rice, of Moraga, Cal-
Corvallis in 1958.
ifornia; a son, Marc Kan, of Sea-
While at Oregon State , Irene
side; a sister, Nancy Paulson, of
met her future husband, War-
Lehi, Utah; and several nieces,
ren Kan, whom she married on
nephews and cousins.
June 21, 1958, in Shoshone, then
She was preceded in death by
moved to Salem, where they both
Irene Kan
Warren, her husband of 53 years,
worked at Oregon Fruit Products
and brothers, Clarence and Fred.
Co .
The Kan family is grateful to Caring for
In 1966, Warren and Irene moved to Sea-
side to run Kan’s Hankow Inn when his par- the Coast and Lower Columbia Hospice for
ents, Frank and Yok Ping Kan, retired. For enabling Irene to live out her life in the com-
25 years, Irene cooked at and helped manage fort of her home.
Friends and family are invited to cele-
the Chinese restaurant.
In the 1980s, the couple developed Sand brate Irene’s life at noon Saturday, April 20,
Dollar Square, a mini mall on Broadway at the Seaside United Methodist Church, 241
near the T urnaround. In 1992, they built and N. Holladay Drive, Seaside, followed by a
operated Cannes Cinema on 12th Avenue, reception at 1 p.m. at the American Legion,
and sold the movie theater in 2006. In 2000, 1315 Broadway, Seaside.
In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made
they opened a Microt el on U.S. Highway
in her memory to the Kan Family Scholar-
101, and sold the hotel in 2008.
A proponent of education, Irene vol- ship Fund at Seaside High School, 1901 N.
unteered at Seaside Heights Elementary Holladay Drive, Seaside, OR., 97138, Sea-
School, working with students for 30 years. side Public Library Foundation and Sea-
She was an active member of the Ameri- side Parks and Recreation Department
can Association of University Women and Foundation.
Caldwell’s Funeral & Cremation
its Women Interested in Going to School
Arrangement Center of Seaside is in charge
(WINGS) workshop.
She also helped pack food and supplies of the arrangements.
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UNDER THE SKY
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Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:26 a.m.
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SUN AND MOON
Apr 19
SATURDAY
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/36°
Normal high/low ........................... 56°/41°
Record high ............................ 81° in 1947
Record low ............................. 30° in 1967
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.07"
Month to date ................................... 4.67"
Normal month to date ....................... 2.87"
Year to date .................................... 19.72"
Normal year to date ........................ 27.71"
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tion, anyone being disrup-
tive or breaking library rules
could be asked to leave for
the day or even lose all priv-
ileges for up to three years.
“I’m very careful about
telling somebody to leave
the library for the day,”
Pearson said. “It doesn’t
happen all the time or even
very often.”
The library experiences
an infl ux of people who are
homeless leaving the Astoria
Warming Center with their
belongings during the emer-
gency shelter’s winter sea-
son. With few to no options
elsewhere during the day,
the library has become a ref-
uge , providing a dry, warm
place to rest, read and access
the internet.
Irene Tanaka Kan
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
line when it came to fi lm-
ing and photographing peo-
ple inside.
“I take library privacy
very seriously,” Pearson
said ahead of a Monday
night City Council meet-
ing, where he presented an
updated set of the library’s
standards of conduct.
“Parents have the right
to not have their kids
video taped.”
The
City
Council
approved the updated pol-
icy, which is not very dif-
ferent from what the library
had in place before. It just
codifi es the rules, Pearson
said.
The approval will give
the rules a little more heft .
Depending on the viola-
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Sally Banta was born Aug. 5, 1933, in
Portland, to Stephen and Harriet (Miller)
Honan. She was raised in Seaside, and grad-
uated from Seaside Union High School.
During her youth she loved horseback riding
and caring for her younger siblings.
She married John A. Banta on May 1,
1954. They started their marriage in Seaside,
and then moved to Gearhart to raise their
family.
She worked at the Seaside Library, her
love of books and people making it the per-
fect fi t for her. She retired after 35 years, but
never lost her love of books, and was an avid
reader. She loved the time spent with her sib-
lings listening to guitar music and singing.
They played many competitive games of
pinochle.
Sally and John took their children on many
car and camping trips. Later, Sally and John
traveled the Northwest extensively, as well as
several trips to Alaska in their motor home.
Sally loved family gatherings and holidays,
Christmas being her favorite. She was most
happy when her whole family was together.
She leaves behind her devoted husband of
65 years, John; daughters, Jane, Susan and
Mary; sons, John (Jo) and Lee (Teri); eight
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren;
brother, Mike Honan; sister, Patricia Ross;
and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as
her extended Banta f amily. She was preceded
in death by her parents, and sisters, Connie
and Margaret.
Visitation will be Wednesday, April 17,
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Hughes Ransom
Mortuary in Seaside. A p rivate burial will be
held.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission,
4 p.m., Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1,
Suite 209.
Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District,
5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm
Community Center, 1225
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
Avenue A,
Seaside School District
Board of Directors, 6 p.m.,
1801 S. Franklin.
Youngs River Lewis & Clark
Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101
Business.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., work session,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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