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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
IN BRIEF
Port hires consultant
for airport master plan
The Port of Astoria Commission has unanimously
approved hiring Mead & Hunt, a planning, design
and construction services consultant from Portland, to
update the master plan for the Astoria Regional Airport.
The plan will look at a number of aspects concern-
ing the airport, as well as developing a wildlife hazard
management plan.
The consultant will cost $486,717, with the major-
ity of the funding coming from the Federal Avia-
tion Administration and the Oregon Department of
Aviation.
Matt McGrath, the Port’s deputy director, said he
expects the plan to be wrapped up by the end of 2023.
NORDIC
LIGHT
County seeks feedback
on comprehensive plan
Clatsop County is asking residents to weigh in on
the county’s comprehensive plan as the process of
updating the document draws to a close.
Public meetings will be held at 6 p.m. on May 19 at
the Knappa High School Library and 6 p.m. on June 2
at the Jewell School Library.
A virtual meeting is slated for 6:30 to 8 p.m. on
June 14.
In addition, the county said it will off er a survey
online and in paper form. A Spanish version will be
available.
The feedback will be discussed at the Board of
Commissioners’ June 22 meeting.
Remains of Svensen woman found
The skeletal remains of a Svensen woman who dis-
appeared more than three years ago were found last
month on an island in the Columbia River, the Ore-
gon State Police Medical Examiner’s Offi ce has
determined.
On March 12, 2019, Maya Sanders went missing.
Investigators said the 29-year-old was last seen in the
vicinity of North Tongue Point.
Last month, Sanders’ body was found on Lois
Island, just east of Tongue Point.
Law enforcement had long suspected Sanders
went into the water. Video footage showed her walk-
ing out onto a pier, leaving the camera’s view, and not
returning.
No criminal activity is suspected, police said.
— The Astorian
CORRECTION
Incorrect day — The 4-H Association is holding a
In
Family Brief
Bingo Night fundraiser Saturday on the third
fl oor at the Astoria Elks Lodge. The doors will open at
6 p.m. An item on B8 on Thursday incorrectly said the
Correction
event would be on Friday.
ON THE RECORD
Assault
fraudulent use of a credit
On
the
• Dustin
Ryan Record
Aman- card and two counts of
sec, 40, of Hoquiam,
Washington,
was
arraigned on Wednesday
for fourth-degree assault
constituting domestic vio-
lence. The crime is alleged
to have occurred in Clat-
sop County in July 2019.
Aggravated
harassment
• Michael Wade Ham-
mond, 34, of Portland,
was indicted on Tuesday
for aggravated harass-
ment. The crime is alleged
to have occurred in April.
Robbery
•
Gretchen
Beth
Brooks, 45, of Seaside,
was indicted on March 3
for third-degree robbery,
harassment and third-de-
gree theft. The crimes are
alleged to have occurred
in March 2020.
Computer crime
• Jason Allan Carley,
46, of Warrenton, was
arraigned on Monday
for two counts of com-
puter crime, two counts of
third-degree theft. The
crimes are alleged to have
occurred in November
2020.
Theft
• Derrick Ray Max-
himer, 33, of Seaside, was
arrested on Wednesday
at Walmart in Warrenton
for second-degree theft
and fi rst-degree criminal
trespass.
• Michael Keith Mul-
vania, 32, of Portland, was
indicted on Thursday for
fi rst-degree theft, fi rst-de-
gree criminal mischief,
fi rst-degree
attempted
theft and second-de-
gree criminal mischief.
The crimes are alleged to
have occurred in Clatsop
County in April 2021.
•
Casandra
May
McCalip, 39, of Ilwaco,
Washington, was indicted
on Thursday for fi rst-de-
gree theft. The crime is
alleged to have occurred
in Clatsop County in
August 2021.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning Commission, Countywide
Advisory Committee, 9 a.m., (virtual meeting).
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board,
5:15 p.m., 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
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The fi rst night of lights at the Astoria Nordic Heritage Park, which is under construction off Marine Drive.
Arch Cape: Water district expects
to close on the property by June
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Astoria oversees a similar
system at its 3,700-acre Bear
Creek watershed, which pro-
vides the city’s drinking
water. However, there is no
public access or recreation
on the site.
Few coastal communi-
ties have full control of their
watershed. W hile the con-
cept of community forestry
is still somewhat uncommon
in the Pacifi c Northwest, Phil
Chick, Arch Cape’s water
district manager, believes
people will start to see more
in the future.
“It’s a very proactive
approach to drinking water
protection and our board
should be commended for
having that sort of fore-
sight,” Chick told The Asto-
rian. “This is really, at its
core, a natural infrastructure
project for water quality and
water quantity for the future.
“And that’s a big part of
how we received our fund-
ing for this and received
legislative support, because
this is more than just a con-
servation project. This is an
investment in natural infra-
structure and green infra-
structure ... to ensure we
have enough water and
enough quality water for the
future.”
The property will tie into
an additional 3,500 acres the
North Coast Land Conser-
vancy acquired for its Rain-
forest Reserve project above
Arch Cape and adjacent to
Oswald West State Park.
Chick expects the water
district to close on the prop-
erty by June.
Dan Seifer, the water dis-
trict’s board president, said
the board is grateful to the
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public process that will last
several months. The dis-
trict will work with the l and
c onservancy, Lewis and
Clark Timberlands and the
National Park Service to
complete the plan.
Chick said the recre-
ation component has been
concerning for some in the
community, which resulted
in some opposition to the
project.
“Just by the way it’s set up
here and Highway 101 and
the access points, this can’t
be a Yellowstone National
Park,” Chick said. “I don’t
think anyone has any wor-
ries that anything like that is
going to happen.
He said the goal with the
process is to maintain the
character of the land and
its traditional local uses and
gather community feedback.
Candidates: Both spoke of how government
can fail to take local needs into account
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Parents Organization, a group
with culturally conservative
views that has challenged the
Knappa School District’s cur-
riculum and approach to pan-
demic response.
Javadi and Gaither are
competing in the May pri-
mary to replace state Rep.
Suzanne Weber, a Tillamook
Republican who is giving up
her state House seat to cam-
paign in Betsy Johnson’s
former state Senate District
16. Johnson, a former Dem-
ocratic state senator from
Scappoose, is running for
governor as an independent.
Logan Laity, a community
organizer and small-business
owner in Tillamook, is unop-
posed in the Democratic pri-
mary for state House.
Both Javadi and Gaither
spoke of how government
can fail to take local needs
into account.
“I think sometimes gov-
ernment plays an important
role,” Javadi said, “but we
need to, over time, look at
the ways that the government
maybe has become more of
an obstacle than a help.”
The state’s land use laws
contribute to the housing cri-
sis, he said.
In some zones, laws pre-
vent property owners from
splitting their lots, where
roads and utilities are already
on hand, into smaller lots.
There are people, he said,
who own large lots and wish
they could sell off a couple
of acres for housing develop-
ment but are unable .
Javadi said he has spo-
ken with mayors who believe
that, if not for land use laws,
they could devise ways to use
existing land, or swap land
with the state, to have more
sites to build housing of vary-
ing densities.
He said that, regardless
of political party, he wants to
“just be available for individ-
uals in the district who have
a problem they need help
solving.”
Javadi recalled a time he
applied for a permit to con-
nect a commercial property
to U.S. Highway 101. After
a many-month delay, Javadi
reached out to Johnson. “We
gave her a call and just asked
if there’s any way we could
work within the system to
get that permitting,” he said.
“Within a couple of days, we
had a permit.”
Gaither said that the prev-
alence of substance abuse
is among his top concerns.
“We have a major epidemic
of addiction in this state,”
he said. “We don’t have
the resources to treat those
individuals.”
He pointed to the short-
comings of Measure 110,
passed by voters in 2020,
which decriminalized hard
drugs in Oregon, traded
drug arrests for tickets and
off ered a voluntary path to
treatment. But few off enders
have availed themselves of
services.
“It didn’t do what they said
it was going to do,” he said.
“Those people are suff ering.”
Gaither, who has worked
with inmates, believes that
people with severe sub-
stance use disorders need to
be placed where they have to
address their addiction.
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“On a personal level, it’s
kind of heartwarming in this
era of political discord to
have a collaborative eff ort
actually come together and
do something good,” he said.
“It’s been a long and diffi cult
process, but the end result is,
as I said, heartwarming.”
Katie Voelke, the exec-
utive director of the North
Coast Land Conservancy,
said the nonprofi t is excited
to see the water district pur-
sue the purchase.
“Arch Cape forest is a
great example for all the
small communities on the
coast,” she said. “Showing
there is a way to secure a
clean, clear abundant water
future for our towns.”
The water district will
begin developing a recre-
ation and access plan for the
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“We can’t continue to just
put people on the sidewalk to
sleep at night, say that’s OK,
and not treat their issues,”
he said. “We have to get
them into an area … where
there’s going to have to be
accountability.”
Gaither, who ran unsuc-
cessfully as an independent
for the Washington House of
Representatives in 2012, has
called himself a “Constitu-
tionalist.” He aligns himself
on social media with right-
wing views around guns and
mask and vaccination man-
dates. On Facebook, he has
alluded to a “RINO (Repub-
lican in Name Only) virus”
and does not support “middle
of the road” politicians like
Weber, Javadi and Johnson.
As of Thursday, Javadi
had received more than
$16,000 in campaign contri-
butions, many from business
groups.
Intisar Strategies, a Salem-
based company that provides
political consulting, is helping
with Javadi’s campaign . The
fi rm, which advocates for the
political center-right, worked
on Weber’s campaign, as well
as the campaigns of Clat-
sop County Commissioner
Courtney Bangs and Com-
missioner John Toyooka.
Gaither’s campaign com-
mittee had so far listed no
contributions.
Asked who should be the
Republican presidential nom-
inee in 2024, Gaither said
he would support U.S. Sen.
Ted Cruz , a Texas Republi-
can, and is aware that former
President Donald Trump may
run again. “Whoever’s going
to be ahead and try to get the
ideas and the policies to go
in the right direction, that’s
who I’m going to vote for,”
he said.
Asked the same question,
Javadi said, “Since I don’t
know who’s running on the
Republican side, I hope it’s
somebody diff erent than
Donald Trump.”
He said the Republican
Party has “let identity politics
and characters that don’t nec-
essarily represent some of the
more conservative values to
kind of run amok a little bit.”
Javadi said he doesn’t care
too much about who occu-
pies the White House. “I care
a lot more about what’s hap-
pening here on the Oregon
Coast, and if we can eff ect a
little bit of change in Salem,
then that’s where I want to go
to do it.”
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