T he C olumbia P ress
March 16, 2018
French influence is topic of talk
A talk on how the North-
west was influenced by
French-speaking people is set
for 1 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at
Fort Clatsop.
“From the Great Lakes to the
Lower Columbia: French Ca-
nadians and Metissage” is the
title of Robert Foxcurran’s talk,
which is part of the monthly “In
Their Footsteps” free speakers
series.
Foxcurran, a retired Boeing
historian, is co-author of the
2016 book, “Songs Upon the
Rivers: The Buried History of
the French-Speaking Cana-
diens and Metis from the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi
Across to the Pacific.”
Pacific Northwest histo-
ry was heavily influenced by
French-speaking people, Fox-
curran contends. The Lewis
and Clark Expedition included
George Drouillard, Toussaint
Charbonneau, Francois Labi-
che, Jean Baptiste Lapage and
Pierre Cruzatte in the perma-
nent party that wintered at
Fort Clatsop.
More French Canadians were
employed on this voyage’s ear-
lier Missouri River segment.
Later, many French speakers
came Northwest with the fur
trade and Catholic missions.
An abundance of French geo-
graphic names can be seen on
Oregon and Washington maps.
His book will be available for
purchase at the event, which
includes a book-signing after-
ward.
The program is in the Netul
River Room of Fort Clatsop’s
visitor center.
Air Force jazz band offers free concert
The U.S. Air Force Band
of the Golden West’s jazz
ensemble, The Command-
ers, will perform a free
concert at 2 p.m. Saturday,
March 17, at the Liberty
Theater, 1203 Commercial
St., Astoria.
The Commanders are
one of seven performance
groups that make up the
Band of the Golden West,
west Warrenton Drive. Tara A.
Massey, 32, of Warrenton was
arrested on suspicion of driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants and for resisting arrest.
• Traffic stop, 12:30 p.m. March
10, Harbor Drive at Skipanon
Drive. Driver cited for failing to
register his vehicle.
• Traffic stop 5:11 p.m. March 10,
Highway 101 at Harbor Drive.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
• Traffic stop, 1:37 p.m. March 12,
Highway 101 at Marlin Avenue.
Jessee Scott Ferrara, 47, of
Ocean Park, Wash., was cited
for criminal failure to carry and
present a driver’s license and
driving while suspended.
F ire and s erViCe Calls
• Electrical arcing and smoke,
12:27 p.m. March 6, 1600 block
Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Smoke alarm going off, 1:14
a.m. March 8, 100 block West
Harbor Drive.
• Smoke alarm going off, 6:06
p.m. March 8, 32600 block
Turlay Lane.
• Illegal open burn, 3:57 p.m.
March 11, south of 91500 block
Highway 101.
m ediCal Calls
• Male with chest pain, 2:15 a.m.
March 5, 1000 block King Salm-
on Place.
• Male who has passed out, 6:31
p.m. March 5, 600 block South
Highway 101.
• Female fall patient, 8:09 p.m.
March 5, 2000 block Southeast
Azalea Avenue.
• Female fall patient, 10:14 a.m.
March 6, 2000 block Southeast
Azalea Avenue.
• Female who has attempted sui-
cide, 3:05 p.m. March 6, Clatsop
Behavioral Respite Center.
• Male with altered mental state,
6 p.m. March 6, 600 block South
Highway 101.
• Out of control male juvenile,
10:05 a.m. March 7, 800 block
which is stationed at Travis
Air Force Base, Calif.
In addition to perform-
ing for civilian commu-
nities throughout Califor-
nia, Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Nevada, Arizona
and Utah, the band sup-
ports 13 Air Force bases,
eight Air Force Reserve
wings, and six recruit-
ing squadrons in over
250 annual performanc-
es for 1.5 million listeners.
Building: Drones, graphic arts, auto shop,
welding, fish studies and more to be offered
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don’t think I’m a four-year
college student, but I can see
myself going someplace like
MERTS,” Clatsop Communi-
ty College’s marine and envi-
ronment training campus.
“It would have been nice to
get some of that training be-
fore paying for college,” Wil-
Public Safety Calls
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Southwest Cedar Avenue.
• Male who’s not feeling well,
3:16 p.m. March 7, VA Clinic at
Camp Rilea.
• Male who’s passed out, 7:40
p.m. March 7, 100 block South
Highway 101.
• Elderly male who fell and is
injured, 4:09 p.m. March 8, 400
block Enterprise Street.
• Female who fell and is request-
ing transport, 2:10 p.m. March
9, 700 block East Harbor Drive.
• Male who has collapsed, 3:53
p.m. March 9, 600 block South
Highway 101.
• Male with diabetic problem,
12:43 p.m. March 10, 300 block
South Main Avenue.
• Female fall patient, 11:16 a.m.
March 11, 0-100 block North-
west Elm Avenue.
• Male with possible stroke, 5:39
p.m. March 11, 500 block North-
west Ridge Road.
• Female with sprained ankle,
8:26 p.m. March 11, Coast Guard
Air Station.
liamson said.
Josh Jannusch, a science
teacher, assistant principal
and the North Coast coordi-
nator for STEM (science, tech-
nology, engineering and math
education), gave the school
board an update Wednesday
night on career training in the
district.
The new building, a 120-
foot by 60-foot steel building
worth $76,000, has been do-
nated by the owner of R&M
Steel of Caldwell, Idaho. Local
businesses may donate some
labor and materials, but the
district will have to pay to
construct it.
Four district teachers are
being certified to teach ca-
reer-oriented
classes
in
graphic design, natural re-
sources and manufacturing/
technology and others will be
hired and certified for auto
and welding classes.
A maintenance shack at
the north end of campus will
come down during spring
break and construction will
begin in the summer. The
first classes in the new build-
ing are expected in fall 2019.
“Our major issue was al-
ways space,” Jannusch said.
Board member Dan Jack-
son asked whether students
will graduate from the pro-
grams job-ready.
“Part of the process is ca-
reer exploration,” Jannusch
said.
Students who have taken
three levels of auto technolo-
gy courses “should be able to
walk into Jiffy Lube and be
hired,” Principal Rod Heyen
said.
A student in last year’s un-
derwater robotics program
was hired by the Columbia
River Maritime Museum to
maintain its remotely oper-
ated vehicles, Heyen said.
Another student in an in-
ternship program sponsored
by Hampton Lumber was
hired by the company and
has moved up in the ranks.
Students who get involved
in the high school’s fish
hatchery program would
have a leg up on entry-level
fisheries jobs or more likely
to be accepted into the fisher-
ies study program at Mount
Hood Community College,
Jannusch said.
A big part of the ca-
reer-training grant will fund
summer programs. One is
a “Coastal Drone Academy”
conducted in partnership
with Career Technical High
School, a charter school in
Lincoln City.
Another is “Girls Build,” a
training program targeting
girls ages 8 to 14.