2 1 0 Naselle principal earns Eagle population 0 0 2 7 Achievement Award grows, terns shrink 6 4 9 2 NORTH COAST • Page 3 OPINION • Page 4 7 THE DAILY ASTORIAN 138th YEAR, No. 249 TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 75 CENTS Column speedglider protests his arrest Dell Schanze says the government is stifling his creativity lates city ordinances and would be considered a class-A misdemeanor, which can carry a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to one year By CHELSEA GORROW p.m. Monday, Schanze, with his 10-year-old in jail. The Daily Astorian son, Jordan, and friends around him, said the That ordinance was drawn up in 1998, after government was stifling his creativity. He an incident where individuals rappelled down The speedglider who jumped from the hopes the citizens of Astoria will work to the 125-foot structure. Astoria Column Saturday, and then posted change that. “They think they should have to do some- the video on YouTube, was “This is a sad part of society onthe thing about something that’s exceptional,” arrested. VIDEO where you find the most creative Schanze said. Instead, celebrate life, and be Two Clatsop County Sher- Web and exceptional among you and thankful for creativity and for people who put iff’s deputies arrested Dell you try to create an image that See GLIDER, Page 10 Schanze, 41, of Saratoga they’re lesser,” Schanze said. Springs, Utah, speedgliding “Did they arrest the birds that RIGHT: Dell Schanze, of Saratoga Springs, near the Peter Iredale Monday fly off the tower? There is no Utah, the speedglider who launched him- afternoon, after receiving a tip www. law against what I did.” self off the viewing platform atop the Asto- from a citizen. dailyastorian.com There may not be a law, but ria Column Saturday, gets a hug from his He was arrested at Fort there is an ordinance against son Jordan, 10, while friends record his Stevens and bail was set at $1,000. He has Schanze’s actions. release from the Clatsop County Jail after since posted bail and been released. According to City Attorney Blair Hen- posting bail Monday. Outside the Clatsop County Jail around 3 ningsgaard, paragliding off the Column vio- ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Dedication marks Peacock’s official nesting place Train depot opens new opportunities for Maritime Museum JONATHAN LINGEL — For the Daily Astorian Michael Haglund, an author, attorney and member of the Columbia River Maritime Museum board, describes the pilot boat Pea- cock’s 33 years of service in all conditions, particularly its abilities in the heavy seas characteristic of the Columbia River bar, at the dedication of the pilot boat in Astoria Saturday. he Columbia River Maritime Museum from more than 120,000 commercials ships. again. This time as woodshop for Clatsop Tdedicated the bar pilot boat Peacock It was donated to the museum in 1999, but Community College students enrolled in and opened up the old Astoria Train Depot was only just put on display at the east cor- the college’s historic restoration program to visitors Saturday. ner of the museum parking lot last October. and as a maritime educational center. Sam Johnson, executive director of the The inside of the Astoria Depot has been The museum has just begun to raise funds Maritime Museum, was among leaders of the hidden for even longer. The last time it was for these projects. The total estimated cost JONATHAN LINGEL — For the Daily Astorian event sharing details with visitors. open to the public was in the 1980s. It has to reopen the depot: about $2 million. Guests explore the options on display for the renovation of the Astoria Depot at Sat- The Peacock, built in 1964, saw 33 years since been used for storage. urday’s open house celebration. of hard service, ferrying bar pilots to and But a plan is in the works to put it to use • More photos, Page 10 By NANCY McCARTHY “Eighteen of us are going to “cast members” who will per- The Daily Astorian present to a jury why we want to form for 10 minutes before a become an All-America City,” National Civic League panel on Kansas SEASIDE — An 18-member said Mayor Don Larson. “Six- Friday morning. They gave a Seaside finds funds to team left for the All-America teen gave up their day jobs to go preview to the City Council competition in Kansas City, Mo. to Hollywood.” Monday night. City this morning in hopes of bring- Larson made the comment The presentation describes replace police vehicles ing fame – and maybe a little just before he took his place on See CITY, Page 3 fortune – to Seaside. a bench in City Hall to join other here City Council adopts transportation system plan By NANCY McCARTHY with two defeats of bond measures seeking The Daily Astorian funds for the police department vehicles, the we city couldn’t wait any longer. SEASIDE — The Seaside Police Depart- “When the electorate comes back and says ment will be able to replace its vehicles with ‘we can’t afford it’ or ‘we don’t want it,’ I’m come money from a city equipment replacement OK with that. fund that had been used to purchase machin- “But we have to make sure that the pub- Seaside sends team ery for other departments. lic understands that purchasing police vehi- to All-America The City Council agreed Monday night to cles is an imperative; the fleet has gone as far close the fund and dedicate the money to the as it can go. Two of the vehicles are spend- City competition police department. The fund will have an ing as much time in the garage getting repaired estimated $113,000 at the end of this fiscal as on the street,” Winstanley said. year on June 30. “We have to make sure that when we have Voters defeated a five-year, $301,000 bond an emergency, they get to the emergency.” measure in May that would have replaced By not being able to use the equipment seven police vehicles over five years. The replacement fund, other departments will have department has four vehicles with at least to find alternative methods of replacing equip- 100,000 miles and two others with more than ment, Winstanley said. 70,000 miles. “There will be an impact, but it’s the right The equipment replacement fund was used thing to do.” by city departments to purchase equipment, but In the past, the fund was used to replace the departments repaid the money over sever- a 30-year-old tractor used by the public NANCY McCARTHY — The Daily Astorian al years. Property leases paid to the city by works department; buy a printer for the city Those participating in the All-America City competition showed the Seaside City Council Mon- day night the presentation they will make to a National Civic League jury on Friday morning in Western Oregon Waste for its recycling station to print checks and utility bills among other Kansas City, Mo. They will talk about Seaside’s involvement in creating a skatepark, building a and by cell phone companies and other com- documents; install a computerized circulation new library and preparing for a tsunami and other potential disasters. In this scene, Seaside Library panies became the revenue source for the fund. See SEASIDE, Page 10 Director Reita Fackerell talks about why Seaside needed a new library. Listening are, from left, City Manager Mark Winstanley noted that Karna Cupples, McKenzie Cupples, Mayor Don Larson, Lois Larson, Fackerell and Darren Gooch. 2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 Obituaries John B. years. He was a fisherman most of sett) Borlaug. Patrick Finley from 1971 to 1975. He taught volunteer for the Hope Chest Thrift his life, fishing for crab, salmon and His parents sur- grades three and four in Clifton, Store in Nehalem. ‘Johnny’ Shelton albacore, working his way up off vive, residing in ‘Pat’ Voris Ariz., from 1977 to 1978, then Family members said she was never the back deck. In 1972, after some Portland. His Commercial fisherman, 56 grades five and six in Clinton, Iowa, happier than when she had a table full Commercial fisherman, 69 good fishing seasons, he bought the mother was a from 1979 to 1981. He taught the of people to nourish with the bounty John B. “Johnny” Shelton, 69, of Amel II, which he sold in 1975. He longtime resi- Patrick Finley “Pat” Voris, 56, of special education class at Seaside she was able to cultivate and gather Seaside, died Monday, May 23, had an aneurism and car accident, dent of Clatsop Warrenton, died Heights from 1982 until his retire- from the earth. 2011, in Sea- and after several years of rehabilita- County. Thursday, June ment in 2001. In addition to her husband, she is side. tion and recovery, he went back to F a m i l y 9, 2011, in Asto- He was a member of the Light- survived by two daughters, Amy He was born the fishing industry for a few more members said ria. house Christian Church, and also Norred of Boise, Idaho, and Tiffany Oct. 30, 1941, years. the strength, He was born attended the Seaside Assembly of Van Tuyl of Hillsboro. in La Grande, to He is survived by a brother-in- Brody courage and July 1, 1954, in God Church. He volunteered at the A memorial will be held at 2:30 Ray Shelton and law, Bob Campbell; twin nieces, Borlaug character that he Greeley, Colo., Cannon Beach Conference Center.