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BLACK LIVES MATTER »PAGE A2 »INSIDE 147TH YEAR, NO. 147 DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 $1.50 CORONAVIRUS Falcon Cove ends lengthy moratorium Residents differed over the need By NICOLE BALES The Astorian Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian Kayla Helligso, the senior class president at Astoria High School, gives the senior address at CMH Field. For Class of 2020, a drive into the future By HAILEY HOFFMAN The Astorian The Falcon Cove Beach Water District board voted unanimously Saturday to let a water moratorium expire . The vote came two weeks after Charles Dice, the water district’s system operator, announced that a water emergency would be extended for another six months while the district waited for a water rights permit from the state to begin integrating a well into the water supply. Property owners challenged Dice at two meetings in May after confi rming with the Oregon Water Resources Department that no permit is needed because the water dis- trict qualifi es for exempt use. Dice told property owners Saturday that the water district and its engineering consultant, Curran-McLeod Inc., “have managed to corral” the Water Resources Department and other government agen- cies and agree that the district does in fact qualify for exempt use. The water district declared an emer- gency in December 2018 after reporting that water production had been at record low levels for the past several years during late summer months. The board attributed the shortage to a spike in vacation rentals. The board also learned that more homes could be built in See Falcon Cove, Page A8 W ith honks replac- ing cheers and a fi eld instead of a stage, the Fish shop restarts at Port Astoria High School Class of 2020 graduated at a drive-in ceremony at CMH Field on Saturday afternoon. In the wake of the coronavirus pan- demic and to promote social distanc- ing, graduates and their loved ones fi lled parking spaces around the fi eld and listened in on car radios as class- mates gave speeches, received diplo- mas and fi nished a historic school year. ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ plays as students stand outside of their cars while being recognized by Astoria High School principal Lynn Jackson. A revival with a Dutch twist By EDWARD STRATTON The Astorian LEFT: Valedictorian Maggie Blaser receives her diploma after crossing the fi eld, escorted by her friends and family. RIGHT: Austin Nelson exits the fi eld, wearing a gas mask. A former co-owner of NW Wild Prod- ucts and her partner have opened a new, Dutch-tinged fi sh shop at the Port of Astoria’s West Mooring Basin. Roy Breur, a transplant to the Pacifi c Northwest from t he Netherlands, recently opened Port of Astoria Marina Seafood Market. He was advised on how to run the business by his partner, Amanda Cordero. She ran NW Wild Products with her ex-husband, Ron Neva, for a decade at the Port before he closed the shop last year and opened Hurricane Ron’s downtown. See Fish shop, Page A8 Frederick reaching new peaks Runner fi nds a lot to climb By GARY HENLEY The Astorian G eographically speaking, no one knows Clatsop County better than Nancy Frederick. With her faithful companion, “Pearl,” the 50-something school- teacher who is in 20-something shape has spent hundreds of hours running the trails, paths, old log- ging roads and abandoned rail lines . She runs everything off-road that’s on a map (or not), and fi nds remote peaks that sometimes only have a number and not a name. Her latest kick is making her way to the highest peaks in the county. “I started climbing the peaks of Clatsop County about three years ago,” she said. “There’s a list you can get online (listsofjohn.com). I just thought it would be a half-year endeavor, but I found there’s a lot to climb.” And “it’s harder than it sounds, because they all start looking the same. You have to fi nd them by Facebook Nancy Frederick is a teacher at Lewis and Clark Elementary School. looking at coordinates. Some take me two or three attempts, and a lot of trails are logging roads or behind gates. Some of the trails are 17 miles one way.” Facebook See Frederick, Page A8 For Nancy Frederick, the payoff of a trail is often the view at the top.
