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THE ASTORIAN • TuESdAy, NOvEmbER 19, 2019
FANCY FOOTWORK
IN BRIEF
Helping Hands receives
$85,000 grant from state
Helping Hands in Clatsop, Tillamook, Yamhill and
Lincoln counties received an $85,000 grant from Ore-
gon Housing and Community Services to strengthen
winter shelter for people who are homeless.
The state gave over $1.7 million in grant money to
organizations across the state that provide shelter.
The funds aim to help organizations secure facil-
ities to operate shelters, increase the number of shel-
ter beds, expand operating hours, provide extended out-
reach, fund shelter staff and purchase bedding, mats and
blankets.
Housing authority seeks applications
for board vacancy
The Northwest Oregon Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners is seeking applications for an open seat.
The housing authority owns and manages hous-
ing for low- and moderate-income people and admin-
isters federal housing assistance programs in Clatsop,
Columbia and Tillamook counties.
The open seat is for a four-year term representing
Clatsop County. The board usually meets once a month,
rotating locations in each county.
To apply, visit the Clatsop County Manager’s Office
at 800 Exchange St., Suite 410, or the county’s website.
The deadline to apply is Dec. 13.
—The Astorian
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Patty Teague leads her dog Libby up the A-frame obstacle using a small treat at the dog recreational agility event at the Clatsop
County Fairgrounds on Saturday. The host of the event, Classy Canines 4-H Club, taught quick workshops to train the dogs to
run through tunnels, over seesaws and across narrow beams before holding timed races.
DEATHS
Nov. 18, 2019
De ZWART, Viola
Maxine, 95, of Asto-
ria, died in Astoria.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Nov. 16, 2019
LONG,
Cheryl
Anne, 65, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Nov. 15, 2019
PICARAZZI, Mario
Christopher, 65, of Simi
Valley, California, died
in Southern California.
Ocean View Funeral &
Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Oct. 8, 2019
MEYER, Roger B.,
68, of Astoria, died in
Portland. Omega Funeral
& Cremation Service of
Portland was in charge of
the arrangements.
BIRTH
Nov. 6, 2019
BUCKNER,
Ari-
anna, and BROWN, Wil-
liam, of Warrenton, a boy,
Maverick Brown, born at
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital in Astoria. Older sis-
ter is Kimberlynn Young,
of Astoria. Great-grand-
parents
are
Peggy
Massey and Burt and
Cindy Young, all of War-
renton, and Judy Brown,
of Astoria. Grandpar-
ents are Liz Young and
Sean Meldrum and Phil
and Martha Brown, all of
Astoria.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• William Micheal
Lynn, 62, of Warrenton,
was arrested Saturday on
the 300 block of W. Marine
Drive in Astoria for driv-
ing under the influence of
intoxicants, reckless driv-
ing and reckless endanger-
ment. Police say Lynn hit
another vehicle while pull-
ing out of a parking spot.
His blood alcohol content
was 0.11%.
• Christopher Joseph
Kietke, 46, of Astoria, was
arrested Sunday in Asto-
ria for driving under the
influence of intoxicants,
reckless driving and hit
and run of property. Police
say Kietke drove into a
retaining way on the 400
block W. Lexington Ave-
nue and drove away. His
blood alcohol content was
0.21%.
• Austin Micheal Bar-
ter, 22, of Astoria, was
arrested Sunday on U.S.
Highway 101 and Marlin
Avenue in Warrenton for
driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Union Health District of
Clatsop County Board,
8 a.m., Providence Seaside
Hospital, Education Center,
Room B, 725 S. Wahanna
Road, Seaside.
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 4 p.m., Port offices, 10
Pier 1 Suite 209.
Astoria Historic Landmarks
Commission, 5:15 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Sunset Empire Park and
Recreation District Board
of Directors, 5:15 p.m., Bob
Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Seaside School District
Board of Directors, 6 p.m.,
1801 S. Franklin.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., work session,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Shoreline Sanitary District
Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart
Hertig Station, 33496 West
Lake Lane, Warrenton.
WEDNESDAY
Seaside Tourism Advisory
Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
THURSDAY
Seaside Transportation Ad-
visory Commission, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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Audience members raise bidding numbers at the Liberty Theatre Gala.
Liberty Theatre Gala exceeds fundraising goal
Event raised
$324,000
By LUCY KLEINER
The Astorian
The Liberty Theatre
raised $324,000 at this year’s
Liberty Gala event Saturday
evening. The funds brought
the theater to a total of $1.62
million raised and a step
closer to the capital cam-
paign goal of $3.5 million,
which will support external
and internal renovations as
the Liberty expands.
The multiyear campaign
kicked off at last year’s gala,
where $300,000 was raised.
Jennifer Crockett, the the-
ater’s executive director, was
amazed to see the 2019 gala
bring in even more money.
“It’s crazy,” she said.
“Our goal going into this
was $250” thousand, though
when advance pledges
started nearing $300,000,
the team revised the goal
and aimed to beat what they
raised at last year’s gala.
Even with fewer guests
and auction items than
last year, this year’s gala
exceeded all expectations.
Combined pledges from
before and during the event
totaled about $315,000,
Crockett said. The fund-
raising team is still calcu-
lating how much money
was brought in by the raf-
fle, but they estimate roughly
$9,000, bringing the total to
$74,000 more than the initial
gala goal.
An elegant evening
About
150
people
attended, dressed in their
best to match the event’s ele-
gant atmosphere. The local
46 North Farm decorated the
setting in winter greenery,
folk-Americana duo Siren
Songs performed onstage
and a special appeal by state
Sen. Betsy Johnson rounded
out the evening.
Now, the campaign
approaches the halfway
point of its funding goal.
“We know that parts of
this campaign — to raise
$3.5 million — is going to
be hard. Capital campaigns
aren’t easy. I think we’ve
been really well supported
this last year,” Crockett said.
“But I know that the sec-
ond half is typically the hard
half.”
Breaking ground
Thanks to the campaign’s
early success, the theater’s
exterior construction is start-
ing immediately.
“We are breaking ground
on the front of the theater,”
she said. “We’ll have to bring
some people in through side
doors for some shows and
we’ll probably have to serve
some concessions from fold-
ing tables in the lobby. You’ll
see us a little dusty.”
The list of immediate
next steps for the theater’s
exterior includes plugging a
water leak, repairing plaster,
repainting, fixing the floor,
replacing poster cases and
more.
“Our historic chandelier
has been restored and will
hang. The box office is flip-
ping around to the inside and
the little kiosk is going to get
power and heat so we can
use it,” Crockett said. “Then,
I believe, the very last piece
will be the glass door.”
At the same time, con-
struction on the concession
stand will happen. Those
improvements are scheduled
to finish by early February.
“While all of that work is
happening, now our atten-
tion is turning to the stage
and the back area,” including
the dressing room, Crockett
said. “We’re finalizing plans
with the architect for that, so
that once we are done with
the front and done with con-
cessions we can start making
the changes we need to the
stage and the back areas.”
The plan is to have the
entire renovation project
completed by fall 2022.
“I am totally blown
away,” Crockett said. “We
have a really committed
steering committee, we have
consultants that are helping
us. The community is really
excited about this. I think
we’re going to be able to do
it. We have a lot of people
that really want to see this
project happen.”
Oregon’s population continues to show growth
By MEERAH POWELL
Oregon Public
broadcasting
Oregon’s
population
increased by more than
40,000 people over the last
year — or 1%, according
to an estimate out Friday
from Portland State Univer-
sity’s Population Research
Center.
Since 2010, the state has
added more than 400,000
residents.
Still, this year has seen
slower growth than in the
recent past. Last year, Ore-
gon’s population increased
by 54,200 people. The year
before that, the population
grew by 64,750.
PSU’s research center
said this slight slowdown
in growth mirrors “the
slowdown in employment
growth.”
The state’s aging popu-
lation and a declining birth
rate has also contributed to
the slowdown. In its report,
PSU said Oregon’s births
outnumbered deaths in the
past year by less than 6,000.
A continuing trend is
that the state’s growth relies
more on people moving to
Oregon, rather than new
residents being born here.
In this past year, the
number of people moving
to the state has been the
main factor of population
growth, accounting for 86%
of new residents.
The Portland metro area
accounted for nearly half
of the state’s growth from
2018 to 2019. Multnomah
and Washington counties
each added more than 7,000
new residents, PSU said,
and Clackamas County
added almost 4,000.
Other counties with a
large number of new resi-
dents included Deschutes,
with more than 4,000, and
Lane and Marion, both with
about 3,700 new residents.
The largest percentage of
growth occurred in Morrow
and Crook counties, with
6.7% and 3.2% growth.