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A2 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 IN BRIEF Fire in East Mooring Basin bathroom Police said three men and one woman with her baby were involved in allegedly setting cardboard on fi re after writing on the inside of the bathroom at the East Mooring Basin early Wednesday morning. James Robert Keiweg, 28, of Woodruff, Wisconsin, was arrested on a warrant out of Seaside and also charged with resisting arrest. Police said the woman had a 1-month-old baby under her clothes and fl ed to the woods. After she was found, she was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria and the baby was taken into protective custody. County sheriff’s deputy promoted to sergeant The Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce promoted senior deputy Bruce Scott to sergeant in the criminal division. Scott was hired as a deputy in 2010. Since then, he has served as an instruc- tor, fi eld training offi cer, High Angle Rescue Team leader and one of two drug recognition experts. He has also served Bruce as the association president. Scott Scott holds an advanced certifi cate from the Department of Safety Stan- dards and Training and earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice through Globe University. He will begin his new position on Oct. 1. — The Astorian First fall razor clam digs are good to go LONG BEACH, Wash. — Razor clam diggers can return to Long Beach and Ocean Park for a three-day opening beginning Friday morning. State shellfi sh managers with the Washington Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife approved the dig on morning low tides after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. No digging is allowed after noon for these digs. “We know people have been looking forward to dig- ging razor clams, and based on our surveys, we expect some great digging on Long Beach,” said Dan Ayres, the state coastal shellfi sh manager. — Chinook Observer US approves releasing nonnative insect to control thistle BOISE — Federal offi cials have approved turning loose a nonnative insect to feed on an invasive thistle that sprouts in everything from rangelands to vineyards to wilderness areas, mainly in the West. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will permit use of the weevil native to Europe and western Asia to control yellow starthistle, which is from the same areas. “Its fl owers have inch-long spines that deter feeding by and cause injury to grazing animals and lower the util- ity of recreational lands,” the agency said. There is little to no risk of the insect attacking native plants, the agency said. The weevils will initially be let loose in California, with additional releases in Idaho, Oregon, Washington state and possibly Nevada. The agency said Wednesday it is accepting permit applications to process this fall so weevils could be released in the spring. “We’re really excited about the release of this wee- vil,” said Jeremey Varley, of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Yellow starthistle “is not good to eat, and it’s toxic to horses.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture said yellow starthistle entered California before 1860 and is now one of the state’s worst pests. Idaho, Oregon and Washington state also have heavy infestations of the thistle that’s been found in 41 states. Drones used to fi nd hidden pot grows in Washington state PASCO, Wash. — Washington state authorities have seized 70,000 illegal marijuana plants from farmers’ fi elds this year after they were detected growing with other crops. The Tri-City Herald reported Thursday that Franklin County deputies have discovered illegal operations using airplanes and drones to fi nd darker marijuana plants among lighter foliage, mostly cornfi elds. — Associated Press PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad- way. TUESDAY Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room, 450 10th St. Warrenton City Commis- sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., Seaside Municipal Airport, 2797 U.S. Highway 101. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. R.J. Marx/The Astorian Students joined a rally in Seaside on Friday to address climate change. Climate strike draws a crowd in Seaside Part of rallies across the globe By R.J. MARX The Astorian SEASIDE — Hundreds turned out in front of the big orange chair in Seaside on Friday as part of a Global Climate Strike observed in cities throughout the world. The event, three days before the United Nations c limate a ction s ummit, attracted students, activists, drummers and sign-carriers, drawing honks of approval and waves from drivers sup- portive of the cause. Local organizers from Indivisible North Coast Oregon led the chants and calls for action in Oregon and Washington, D.C. Seaside’s Mary Blake described the crowd as “a combination of our commu- nity of all the different ages and enthusiasm and knowl- edge and will to speak to the No. 1 issue on our planet.” Carolyn Zimmerman, from Longview, Washing- ton, and Chris Williams, from Rockaway Beach, raised signs to passing cars. “We knew this was hap- pening and had to be here,” Williams said. Father Symeon Hadley , an Eastern Orthodox priest and Cannon Beach resident, said he attended because of his “concern for Mother Earth and to raise awareness and support for dealing with climate change.” Clatsop County Com- missioner Lianne Thomp- son called for bringing an approach of “love and respect” to the climate debate. “We have to save the planet and save the people,” she said. “Saving the planet is a team sport. We have to save the team.” Seaside high school- ers Amelia Gastelum, Kierra Gastelum and Tatum LaP lante were among the students who carpooled to Broadway and Roosevelt for the event. “It’s defi nitely a crisis,” LaP lante said. “Especially since we are younger, we’re going to be growing up. I t’s very important we make the world last as long as we can. We want to have fam- ilies and we want to have a world our families can grow up in.” In Seaside, attendance is at top of mind Signs visible in community By KATHERINE LACAZE For The Astorian SEASIDE — Anyone who has been out and about in Seaside during the past few weeks likely has noticed the white signs bearing pos- itive declarations about self- worth and self-love, such as “Don’t Give Up,” “It’s Not Too Late” and “You Matter.” The Seaside School Dis- trict purchased the signs through a grant from the Northwest Education Ser- vice District and started put- ting them up in late August as part of a campaign to both increase attendance and cre- ate a positive environment. “As a community, if we just have constant reminders that every person matters, I just can’t see where that’s a negative thing,” Seaside V ice P rincipal Jason Boyd said. One of the goals in the school district’s fi ve-year strategic plan is that by June 2024, all students K-12 will develop social and emotional skills to be positive com- munity members. There are three performance indicators for that goal, including “all students will attend 95% of school days,” the indicator which Boyd is monitoring. Boyd borrowed the idea for the yard signs from a sim- ilar community effort imple- mented in Newberg a cou- Signs in Seaside with positive messages are meant to help improve school attendance and create a better social environment. ple of years ago in response to the increasing teen sui- cide rate. Although the signs were intended as an anti-sui- cide campaign, the Newberg School District also saw a rise in their attendance rates, Boyd discovered. He is working to distrib- ute the signs to individuals and businesses throughout the s chool d istrict’s boundar- ies. Although he hopes it will have an effect on attendance similar to what Newberg experienced, the campaign is also about reinforcing the idea of treating people with respect. “In an environment that seems to be a little more ‘you vs. me’ than it’s been in the past decade, we’re a com- munity that’s going to sup- port everyone, even those we don’t agree with politically, socially, or even their life- style,” Boyd said. Getting students to school Last year, the school dis- trict team worked on several initiatives to gather data about Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild of Longview Presents attendance and start pro- moting awareness. The high school sent an “attendance nudge letter” to all house- holds, 464 in all, delineating between excused absences, unexcused absences and reg- ular attendance — or stu- dents attending school 90% of the time. Although some students can handle missing school without it negatively impact- ing their grades, teachers can’t give children the best education possible when they are not in class, Boyd said. “Everything is a building block, so it’s just that much harder to get the next piece,” he said. “And you don’t know what day is going to be the day that the light bulb comes on for that student to say, ‘Wow, now I know what I want to do for my career.’” The letters included com- ment cards for parents and guardians to fi ll out. They were asked if the letter pro- vided new information, if it infl uenced them to encour- age their students to attend school, and if they would work to help change the community’s culture regard- ing attendance and promote school as a priority. Boyd also experimented with a few programs that included tangible rewards. For one of them, the admin- istration picked random days to stop by all the classes and give a prize — such as a sheet cake or popsicles — to those with 100% attendance. Typically, about one-fourth of classes would be eligible. For another program, the school received a $50 gift card from Del’s Chevron and purchased hundreds of other $5 gift cards using another grant from the Northwest Regional ESD. Any stu- dent who met the attendance goal of 90% for a month was entered into a drawing for the $50 gift card, and those who weren’t picked still got a $5 gift card. The program was done for both the months of April and May, and the school saw the attendance rate improve signifi cantly. Although Boyd doesn’t anticipate bringing back either of those program this year, he feels they accom- plished their goal of “pro- moting attendance, rais- ing awareness, getting kids talking about it.” The high school’s reg- ular attendance rate rose from approximately 65% in 2017-18 to about 70.2% in 2018-19. Continuing the effort Looking ahead, Boyd is interested to see the impact of the sign campaign. He is hesitant to try multiple initia- tives at once or in quick suc- cession, as it deters their abil- ity to gauge the effectiveness of each one. The high school will con- tinue a few of the efforts implemented last year, however. In place of study lab, the school introduced 25-min- ute classes with about 30 to 34 students and two instruc- tors per class. 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