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147TH YEAR, NO. 100 Housing authority flagged as ‘troubled’ DailyAstorian.com // TuEsdAY, FEbRuARY 18, 2020 $1.50 JUMPING ROPE, WITH HEART Findings of a federal audit By NICOLE BALES The Astorian The Northwest Oregon Housing Authority was flagged as “troubled” in January by the U.S. Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development following an audit report. The federal agency gave the housing authority, which helps low-income peo- ple in Clatsop, Tillamook and Colum- bia counties, a score of 52 out of a pos- sible 100 points for the fiscal year ending in June. Housing authorities are deemed “troubled” if they score between 0 to 60. Following an on-site review, the score dropped to 7. “It’s not a frequent occurrence, but it does … on occasion happen,” Leland Jones, a regional public affairs officer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said of the “troubled” score. The audit report was conducted under the Section Eight Management Assess- ment Program. The housing authority was given 13 recommendations to help come into compliance with federal regu- latory requirements. See Report, Page A6 States agree on salmon fisheries A search for consistency By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Astorian Sport fishermen will get a slightly bigger cut of the spring Chinook run this year as Oregon and Washington state work to keep regulations the same for both sides of the Columbia River. A group made up of commissioners from both states’ fish and wildlife com- missions had been meeting to review the Columbia River Reform Plan and reach greater consistency between the states regarding salmon fishing regulations on the river. There were concerns that the plan — also known as the Kitzhaber Plan after former Gov. John Kitzhaber — had not met its economic goals, nor had any gear been found to replace the commercial gillnets the plan phased off the river’s main stem. But review efforts were sus- pended in Oregon in January. Instead, the fish and wildlife commis- sions delegated the development of this year’s salmon fisheries to the directors of the state fish and wildlife departments. Curt Melcher, the director of the See Fisheries, Page A6 Photos by Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Kindergartner Axel Pitts leaps over his jump rope at the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser at Astor Elementary School on Valentine’s Day. The school raised around $9,000 for the American Heart Association. • Breezy Rush jump ropes on one foot around the gym while decked out in a pink dress and bow for Valentine’s Day. • Kindergartner Adaline Carrera leaps over her jump rope. Former physical education teacher Karen Larson started Jump Rope for Heart at Astor Elementary in 1981. • Second grader Paul Schacher stands with physical education teacher Brian Babbitt after he raised $1,200, the most of any student at Astor Elementary. Schacher and his older brother, Sam, have raised nearly $5,000 between the two of them in the past six years. Warrenton looks to ax carports Developers object to the requirement By EDWARD STRATTON The Astorian Edward stratton/The Astorian The Birch Court Apartments are one of the few complexes in Warrenton with carports, a requirement the city rarely enforces and is preparing to eliminate. WARRENTON — Nobody in Warrenton seems to like a mostly unenforced city code requiring apart- ments to have carports. Stan Johnson, a developer planning a 16-unit complex on state Highway 104 condi- tionally approved with car- ports by the Planning Com- mission on Thursday, called them a deal-breaker for his project. Facing a general senti- ment against carports, the city is poised to excise the structural accoutrement from its code. Kevin Cronin, the city’s community development director, said he heard noth- ing from developers about eliminating carports during a recent update of the city’s housing codes that increased the density and diversity of developable housing. See Carports, Page A6 Chiropractor teaches people how to treat pain Foster opens local practice By NICOLE BALES The Astorian A Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian Bradley Foster discusses the cycle of awareness, access and alignment in the body. local chiropractor looks to help people live their best lives by teaching them to be more engaged with their body and mind. Bradley Foster has been prac- ticing for nearly 20 years. He and his wife moved to Astoria last summer after she accepted a job at Columbia Memorial Hospital. They had spent about 18 years living in Chico and Paradise, Cali- fornia, but they left after the Camp Fire, which destroyed much of the area in 2018. Foster had a clinic in Chico. He recently opened his new practice in Designing Health in Astoria. Foster specializes in family practice and sports medicine and spent a lot of his career working with professional athletes. How- ever, he eventually learned he gets more satisfaction from working with everyday people. “I had this epiphany ... if I could help someone run a 5K like a minute or two, or 20 min- utes faster — that’s not the big- gest, coolest thing ever,” he said. But he believes it can help people become healthier and find more joy in their lives. See Foster, Page A6
