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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020
Farmhouse: ‘Demolition is forever’
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The preservation society sent the board a
proposal in November to potentially split the
cost of moving the farmhouse offsite, esti-
mated at $10,000 each.
Rachel Jensen, the executive director
of the p reservation s ociety, said what they
really wanted in November was a delay so
the preservation society could have more
time to create a strategy.
However, she believes the board has
“farmhouse fatigue ” from going over all the
different options.
“We really just needed more time. B ut by
the time it was really on our radar and we
had the capacity to work with it, they were
already well far down their path,” Jensen
said. “So, we understand that, but we also
can’t stand by and not take a stand if we’re
the preservation society.”
Anticipating a planned burn this month,
the p reservation s ociety sent a letter to
county commissioners last week asking
them to halt the burn and consider better
alternatives.
The letter outlines the top three reasons
not to burn the house and asks the county
to work with the preservation society to
develop a plan for the John Jacob Astor
Experiment Station s uperintendent’s house.
The preservation society argues the house
is a signifi cant historic resource that should
be restored and reused. They argue it can
even be renovated for housing and put back
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A farmhouse at the county fairgrounds could
burn.
on the tax rolls.
The letter also asks commissioners to
confi rm the farmhouse has been tested for
hazardous materials like lead and asbestos,
which can cause an environmental hazard
when burned.
The F air B oard’s records show asbes-
tos was removed from the farmhouse in
2013. John Lewis, the fair manager, said the
board has looked at all options for the house .
The board explored selling the house to a
private buyer last April, saying the farm-
house did not fi t into their priorities or stra-
tegic plan.
“We feel like the community should be
well aware of what’s happening because
demolition is forever and so it’s a big deci-
sion to make,” Jensen said.
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King tides: Photo archive being developed
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“But, bit by bit, we’re really developing a
useful photo archive people can use to track
things,” Johnson said.
There are still gaps, however.
The project has almost no photos in the
dunes near Florence down to the north end
of Coos Bay.
“Not only is it not as satisfying (visu-
ally) but, yeah, you have to walk miles and
miles out on the dunes in winter when it may
well be storming,” Johnson said. “So, under-
standably, there are a lot fewer photos in
places like that.”
The most dramatic photo opportunities
occur where high tides interact with infra-
structure: waves almost breaking over U.S.
Highway 101 at Waldport, or climbing up
the stairs at a state park.
Less visually interesting, and more diffi -
cult to access, are places like marshes and
mudfl ats in estuaries where sea level rise is
a threat to crucial, natural habitat, Johnson
said.
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“It makes for less visual appeal, but
watching the potential loss of estuary and
lower river marshes is one of the most
important things to document,” he said.
In many ways, “if you get the message
(about sea level rise), you get the message,”
Johnson said. “And you can get the message
from a photo in Newport or Astoria. You can
extrapolate your awareness to where you
are.”
But, he added, “It has much more of an
impact if you’re seeing a place you know.”
Investigators specifi cally took issue with
the city’s use of the term “combat fi refi ghter”
for volunteers to keep them engaged while
they completed the required training to com-
bat structure fi res. Most of the fi refi ghters in
Warrenton are volunteers, supported by one
paid fi refi ghter, a training offi cer and the fi re
chief.
“There are no control measures in place
that would prohibit a ‘combat fi refi ghter’
from participating in fi re suppressions, res-
cue or both inside of a building or structure
without” the required training, the investiga-
tion concluded.
Investigators found the city struggles to
provide the proper number of trained fi refi ght-
ers or maintained equipment for responding
to structure fi res, and confusion over when to
use lights and sirens during responses.
“The lack of clarity regarding this ele-
ment can place the responding truck/engine
to the hazard of vehicle collisions or acci-
dents,” the investigation concluded.
The investigation also found a lack
of clarity in the city’s standard operating
procedures.
“There was a signifi cant level of frus-
tration communicated during the employee
interviews regarding the lack of (standard
operating guideline) development or any
policy development during the last seven
years,” the investigation concluded.
Investigators called on the city to create
new guidelines and solve the defi ciencies
by Jan. 23. City Manager Linda Engbretson
said in an email that the city has requested an
extension on the deadline as it updates inter-
nal operating procedures.
“I will note that employees are required
to wear appropriate protective equipment at
all times when responding to fi re incidents,”
Engbretson wrote. “The employee who was
not wearing turnout pants is no longer with
the department.”
Warrenton has a month from receiving
the citations to pay or appeal them. Engbret-
son did not comment on which action the
city would take.
Among other changes, investigators
called on the city to include adequate fund-
ing to calibrate and replace key pieces of
fi refi ghting equipment. Several city depart-
ments recently came before the City Com-
mission detailing their budget constraints.
The fi re department did not take part because
of the recent change in leadership.
Shannon: ‘Only thing I have left is to win a Grammy’
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“I think my demographic of people will
probably appreciate more songs from the
’60s and ’70s, so I’ll probably focus on a
few from then, maybe some Beatles, but
also some classic love songs, too. I’m step-
ping outside of my repertoire. It will be a fun
show to hear old songs you haven’t heard in
the way that I’m going to do it.”
Shannon, originally from Spokane, Wash-
ington, comes from a family of music educa-
tors and performers. Her grandparents were
music teachers, and her grandfather was the
concertmaster of the Spokane Philharmonic.
Her mother, Patricia Shannon, sang and
danced. A friend of hers, a jazz musician,
introduced Shannon to the classics.
“He started playing Sarah Vaughan and
Ella (Fitzgerald) and all the greats,” she
said. “That’s when I heard Miles Davis for
the fi rst time and started listening to Charles
Mingus and Thelonious Monk.”
Shannon hunted the library as a teen-
ager looking for vinyls and other record-
ings, memorizing the greats and learning the
structure and improvisation in jazz.
“You can create something that doesn’t
exist yet over something that exists,” she
said. “It’s like there’s some kind of creative
power. That’s what I wanted. That’s what I
was so curious about.”
Shannon followed her mom, a local art
gallery owner, to Astoria in 1996 when she
was 19. She participated twice in the 2000s
in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, a program
bringing young musicians together with
experienced professionals at the Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C., and spent time
in the industry in Los Angeles and the East
Coast.
But “home is where your mom is,” Shan-
non said of her recent return to the North
Coast.
Aside from Decades of Love — the Val-
entine’s Day show on Feb. 14 — Shannon
is planning a future concert in the region
with Euphoria, a Brazilian groove collabora-
tion between her and trumpeter Derek Sims,
and working on another record with guitar-
ist John Stowell.
“The only thing I have left is to win a
G rammy,” Shannon said.
That and passing the love of music along
to her 3-year-old daughter, Violet, who
Shannon said already has perfect pitch and
creates her own melodies.
“She loves the microphone, so I’ll prob-
ably have her up for a song,” Shannon said.
“And of course, she’ll steal the show.”
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