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March 2, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 3 Professor talks about pondering and protecting fish How does a baby fish get from its birthplace to the location where it will settle and grow? Scott Heppell, associate professor of Fisheries at Oregon State University, ponders and explains those kinds of questions for a liv- ing. Heppell’s studies in juve- nile rock fish has led him to question the size and space or Oregon’s marine reserves and protected areas. Heppell and his team are among the first to research the size and scope of the re- serves for the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve near Port Orford on the southern Or- egon Coast. He will speak on his find- ings during a presentation before the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Pine Grove Community House, Photo courtesy Sunset Empire Purchase of an electric bus is being considered by Sunset Empire Transportation District. Residents are urged to give it a ride. Transit district offers free rides aboard electric bus Scott Heppell, associate professor of Fisheries at Oregon State University, with Cape Perpetua and the Cape Perpet- ua Marine Reserve in the background. 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. Friends of Cape Falcon Ma- rine Reserve are co-sponsor- ing Heppell’s presentation, which is part of the council’s periodic speaker series. The talk is free and doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information on the speak- er series, visit the group’s Facebook page, www.face- book.com/lnwc1. News Briefs Hunters group prepares for annual banquet The Clatsop County Chap- ter of the Oregon Hunters Association will have its an- nual fund-raiser and banquet March 17 at the Clatsop Coun- ty Fairgrounds. Tickets are $50 and include dinner and a raffle ticket. Youths 17 and younger are $35. Numerous items will be raf- fled and auctioned, including firearms and hunting, fishing and camping equipment. One-year memberships are $35 for individuals and $45 for families and includes a subscription to Oregon Hunt- er magazine and the Oregon Hunter’s Calendar. All tickets must be pur- chased prior to March 12 by filling out a banquet form or by calling Wendell Locke at 503-359-3535. Funds raised go to local wildlife habitat conservation projects and youth activities. OHA is the state’s largest Oregon-based pro-hunting organization, with 10,000 members and 26 chapters statewide. Dems vote on delegates and platform ‘planks’ The Clatsop County Dem- ocratic Central Committee has voted to continue its fight against fossil fuel facilities on the coast and recommends a new plank in the party plat- form: Oregon’s inclusion in a presidential popular vote in- terstate compact. The committee, which met Jan. 29 in Astoria, decided the national popular vote compact is essential to en- sure their presidential elec- tors vote based on the pop- ular vote count within the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 2000 and 2016 pres- idential elections are ex- amples of the second-place finisher in popular vote be- coming president, they said. The Clatsop Democrats also chose a slate of voting delegates to attend the con- vention. The elected delegates are Jerome Arnold, Jan Cough- lin, Jim Coughlin, Andy Da- vis, Bryan Kidder, Jan Mitch- ell, Tiffiny Mitchell, Kathleen Sullivan, Larry Taylor and Doug Thompson. Sunset Empire Transpor- tation District invites the public to a demonstration of what an electric powered bus is all about and the opportu- nity to ride one. “Technology is rapidly evolving with electric bus- es and (the district) wants to make sure that we con- tinue to look into and eval- uate if electric propulsion will work for us going for- ward,” said Jeff Hazen, ex- ecutive director for Sunset Empire. The tests will be conduct- ed on Route 10 from 8:51 a.m. to 3:37 p.m. Monday, March 5, and the public can ride it during those hours for free. “We chose Route 10 to test performance as there are sev- eral hills on that route,” Ha- zen said. Complete Coach Works is providing the electric bus used in this demonstration. For more information, con- tact Mary Parker at 503-861- 5370. Subscribe Start the new year right. Order a subscription for yourself or someone else. A full-year subscription to The Columbia Press is just $26 by mail in-county. A full-year subscription outside Clatsop County is just $35 by mail. An online subscription is only $22 for a whole year! Name: ___________________________________ Address: _____________________ Please send payment to Phone: ___________________ The Columbia Press Email: ____________________ 5 N Hwy 101 #500 In-county Out-of-county Online subscription ____ ____ ____ Warrenton OR 97146 You can also pay in person at The UPS Store
