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»INSIDE 148TH YEAR, NO. 45 DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 $1.50 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Cruise ship Regatta heads for Astoria PORCH PARADE Extended stay during pandemic By EDWARD STRATTON The Astorian The Norwegian Cruise Line ship Regatta will arrive Thursday with 93 crew members and lay up at the Port of Astoria through at least April. Will Isom, the Port’s executive direc- tor, said the Regatta will be charged $75,000 a month. The federal Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention extended its no-sail order for cruise ships carrying more than 250 passengers through October. A CDC release on the extension noted that “data show that when only essential crew are on board, ongoing spread of (coronavi- rus) still occurs.” See Regatta, Page A2 Most schools continue with online learning Precautions to contain virus By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Astorian Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Assistance League volunteer Christine Lolich hands goody bags fi lled with treats to a car on the parade route. ■ From left, Christine Lolich, Saundra Clark and Sally Haserot from the Assistance League prepare and hand out goody bags for the Pandemic Porch Parade. Participants paid $10, passed by 13 diff erent decorated stops and answered trivia questions for a prize at the end of the route. The socially-distanced parade replaced the Assistance League’s annual Home and Chef fundraiser to support programs for local children. ■ From left, Mary Davies, Lori Hulti and Ramona Hunter run a Día de los Muertos at a stop on the parade at Pioneer Cemetery. ■ A decorated house on the parade route features witches, ghosts and trivia, asking, ‘What was Lewis and Clark’s dog’s name?’ ■ Dressed as Batgirl and a witch, Kayrori Gedenberg, left, and Jacqueline Denton wave to passing cars from the sidewalk at a stop of the parade. Neighbor appeals Pacifi c Seafood dorm By EDWARD STRATTON The Astorian HAMMOND — Pacifi c Seafood , after pulling back from a dormitory proposal in Astoria amid neighbor- hood appeals, faces a sim- ilar situation at proposed dorms in Hammond. Warrenton city staff recently extended by a year building permits set to expire Nov. 19 at Pacifi c Fabrication, a Hammond Clatsop County schools that had reopened to some or all students in Sep- tember will con- tinue with online- only classes MORE following a coro- INSIDE navirus outbreak at County the Pacifi c Seafood reports four plant in Warrenton. new virus The coun- cases • A2 ty’s virus count remains too high to allow in-person classes, wrote Tom Rogozinski, the super- intendent of the Warrenton-Hammond School District, in a message posted on the school district’s website. The school district’s leaders plan to continue distance learning for all students through at least Oct. 23. See Schools, Page A6 Astoria’s super discus thrower McMaster on track to beat school record machine shop Pacifi c Sea- food owns and hopes to use part of to house 70 work- ers from May through November. The seafood processor has struggled to fully staff the Warrenton plant, bus- ing workers in from across the region and using the federal H-2B visa program to attract foreign workers . The company has rented hotel rooms and other lodg- ing to house the seasonal workforce. John King, the general manager of the Warren- ton plant, said the company Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian See Dorm, Page A6 Astoria High School’s Colton McMaster is a top athlete in Clatsop County. By GARY HENLEY The Astorian olton McMaster is the Clark Kent of Astoria High School. He may look quiet, humble and unassum- ing , but put him in a foot- ball, basketball or track uniform, and he becomes Clatsop County’s latest super hero . Topping the list of his summer highlights was a sixth-place fi nish — nationally — in a virtual track meet discus competi- tion in May . “That doesn’t mean that I’m the sixth-best in the nation,” he said, “because there’s probably a whole lot of kids better than me who didn’t C compete.” McMaster also placed ninth in another virtual meet with his best throw ever. His mark of 173 feet, 6 inches, on fi lm and measured by his mom , bet- tered the Astoria school record by over 10 feet. The Fishermen school record is 163-5, a mark which still belongs to Jason Thiel, set in 1989. Track is not McMas- ter’s only sport . McMaster wrestled and played baseball through middle school, eventually trading those two sports for basketball and track. And that has turned out to be a pretty good deal. McMaster was one of the Cowapa League’s leading scorers in basketball last season. Oct. 17th & 18th Saturday: 9 am- 3 pm ◆ Sunday: 10 am- 3 pm Seaside Convention Center You Never Know What You’ll Find At A Collectors West Gun & Knife Show! 415 1st Avenue, Seaside collectorswest.com See McMaster, Page A6 $ 7
