143rd YEAR, No. 73 ONE DOLLAR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 Cruise connections FRIDAY EXTRA • 1C Raising the Dough OPINION • 4A WEEKEND EDITION Reserve price set at a reduced $180,000 By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian Mary Louise Flavel’s vacant and decaying property on the north side of Ninth and Commercial in downtown Astoria is going on the auction block at a discount. The historic 8,125-square-foot M&N Building has been listed at $180,000, according to Realty Mar- keting/Northwest, a Portland broker tapped by Flavel’s conservator, down from the last asking price of $324,400. The auction is the latest step to help bring closure to the long-running con- ﾀLFW EHWZHHQ WKH FLW\ DQG )ODYHO RYHU the famous family’s derelict property. In May, Greg Newenhof, the co-own- er of City Lumber, paid $221,901 in cash for the dilapidated Colonial Re- vival-style home on 15th Street built in 1901 for Capt. George Conrad Flavel, Mary Louise Flavel’s grandfather. The city and Flavel’s conservator — Caroline Evans, of Portland — had agreed last December that the elder- ly Flavel would sell the home and the M&N Building and would eventually sell or bring her property on the south side of Commercial Street up to code. The vacant Flavel properties have been an embarrassment to a city that proudly shows off the Flavel House Museum, a Queen Anne-style man- sion that was home to Capt. George Flavel, the celebrated Columbia River bar pilot and family patriarch. Downtown Flavel property up for auction Astoria City Hall prepares for the ‘big one’ with quake drill By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian When the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Oregon Coast ruptures, Astoria’s biggest problem won’t be the tsunami but the earthquake and its consequences: landslides, col- lapsed buildings, downed power lines, broken gas mains, disrupted water and sewer service and impass- able roadways. It won’t be a pretty sight. 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Astoria coach Howard Rub was just glad to get that all-important second win in league play. $IWHU WZR VWUDLJKW ｿQLVKHV DW LQ OHDJXH the Fishermen are in good shape to extend their season past October. U.S. Department of the Interior sends comments to FERC By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian Lewis and Clark National His- torical Park has expressed concern about potential adverse impacts of Oregon LNG’s proposed terminal and pipeline project on the park’s visitors and natural, cultural and sce- nic resources. During the public comment peri- od for the Federal Energy Regulato- ry Commission’s draft environmen- tal impact statement of the $6 billion project, park staff gave input on the project to the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service. “We’ve been commenting infor- mally (on the LNG project) for the last couple of years,” Scott Tucker, the park’s superintendent, said. 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The department also encouraged FERC staff to conduct a site visit of the park and trail “in order to experience the historical, natural, cultural, and scenic resources that warranted Con- gressional action to protect them in 1958, 1978, 2002, and 2005.” The commission’s draft state- ment, released in August, concluded that the LNG project would result in adverse environmental impacts on ZDWHU TXDOLW\ DQG ｿVK DQG ZLOGOLIH habitat, but that the energy compa- ny could minimize these impacts to OHVVWKDQVLJQLｿFDQW OHYHOV WKURXJK mitigation. The commission closed the for- mal public comment period Tuesday DQG LV VFKHGXOHG WR UHOHDVH WKH ｿQDO draft environmental impact state- ment in February. Visitors The LNG project includes a facil- ity to liquefy natural gas, two storage tanks, a loading terminal for tankers and additional support facilities. A new 87-mile pipeline, which would connect to an existing pipeline in Woodland, Washington, would con- vey natural gas, primarily from Can- ada, to the LNG terminal on Warren- ton’s Skipanon Peninsula. As designed, the terminal would be 3 miles from the Fort Clatsop Vis- itor Center and 2.1 miles from the park’s northwest corner. The pipe- line would pass approximately 95 feet from the easternmost boundary Lewis and Clark park concerned about LNG aftermath Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria players, including Ryan Palek, No. 81, Ryker Helmersen, No. 8, and Samboy Tuimato, No. 33, celebrate after a shutout victory over Tillamook Thursday night. SHUTOUT! A happy homecoming win for Astoria, 32-0 Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Astoria’s Carter Wallace breaks a tackle during the first quarter of the football game against Tillamook at CMH Field Thursday. Derrick DePledge/The Daily Astorian The M&N Building, a Flavel proper- ty at Ninth and Commercial streets downtown, is going up for auction. See SHAKEOUT, Page 10A See PARK, Page 9A See AUCTION, Page 10A See FISHERMEN, Page 8A
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143rd YEAR, No. 73 ONE DOLLARFRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015
Cruise connectionsFRIDAY EXTRA • 1C
Raising the DoughOPINION • 4A
WEEKENDEDITION
Reserve price set at a reduced $180,000
By DERRICK DePLEDGEThe Daily Astorian
Mary Louise Flavel’s vacant and decaying property on the north side of Ninth and Commercial in downtown Astoria is going on the auction block at a discount.
The historic 8,125-square-foot M&N Building has been listed at $180,000, according to Realty Mar-keting/Northwest, a Portland broker tapped by Flavel’s conservator, down from the last asking price of $324,400.
The auction is the latest step to help bring closure to the long-running con-
the famous family’s derelict property.
In May, Greg Newenhof, the co-own-er of City Lumber, paid $221,901 in cash for the dilapidated Colonial Re-vival-style home on 15th Street built in 1901 for Capt. George Conrad Flavel, Mary Louise Flavel’s grandfather.
The city and Flavel’s conservator — Caroline Evans, of Portland — had agreed last December that the elder-ly Flavel would sell the home and the M&N Building and would eventually sell or bring her property on the south side of Commercial Street up to code.
The vacant Flavel properties have been an embarrassment to a city that proudly shows off the Flavel House Museum, a Queen Anne-style man-sion that was home to Capt. George Flavel, the celebrated Columbia River bar pilot and family patriarch.
Downtown Flavel property up for auction
Astoria City Hall prepares for the ‘big one’ with quake drill
By ERICK BENGELThe Daily Astorian
When the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Oregon Coast ruptures,
Astoria’s biggest problem won’t be the tsunami but the earthquake and its consequences: landslides, col-
lapsed buildings, downed power lines, broken gas mains, disrupted water and sewer service and impass-able roadways . It won’t be a pretty sight.
So even though Astoria — unlike Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon Beach — may not be replaced by the Pa-
stops shaking, the city has plenty of danger and damage to prepare for.
year, the city has signed up for the Great Oregon ShakeOut, a disaster drill scheduled for 10:15 a.m. on Thursday .
“We’ve all seen the horrible pic-tures of the Japanese tsunami. And we know that the big Cascadia event is going to be coming. There’s no doubt that eventually it will come. It’s not if, but when,” Astoria Mayor
Arline LaMear said. “So we all needto be really prepared for taking care of ourselves.
“We don’t know what buildingsare going to be left standing after ahuge earthquake, so you can’t real-ly say, ‘Go to these buildings.’ Wedon’t know what roads will be avail-able. So people really need to take
Drop, cover, hold on during Great ShakeOut
By GARY HENLEYThe Daily Astorian
Tthe home team Thursday night at CMH
Astoria’s 32-0 win over Tillamook showed the fans, the rest of the Cowapa League … and most of all it showed the Fishermen themselves that they’re turning into a pretty darn good foot-ball team.
Among the highlights:Astoria’s tough and talented defense is just
out since 2009;The Fishermen have put themselves in a
berth since 2012;And the team has developed a nice 1-2 punch
(Wallace and Englund, respectively) teamed up for 223 rushing yards in Thursday’s victory.
Yes, it was good vibes all around follow-
homecoming at CMH Field.Astoria coach Howard Rub was just glad to
get that all-important second win in league play.
the Fishermen are in good shape to extend their season past October.
U.S. Department of the Interior sends comments to FERC
By ERICK BENGELThe Daily Astorian
Lewis and Clark National His-torical Park has expressed concernabout potential adverse impacts ofOregon LNG’s proposed terminal and pipeline project on the park’svisitors and natural, cultural and sce-nic resources.
During the public comment peri-od for the Federal Energy Regulato-ry Commission’s draft environmen-tal impact statement of the $6 billionproject, park staff gave input on theproject to the U.S. Department of theInterior, which oversees the NationalPark Service.
“We’ve been commenting infor-mally (on the LNG project) for thelast couple of years,” Scott Tucker,the park’s superintendent, said.
The National Park Service istasked with preserving for publicuse and enjoyment the park’s 3,400acres, including the site of Fort Clat-sop, where the Lewis and Clark Ex-pedition wintered in 1805-1806.
“There is a great deal of local,regional, and national interest in rec-ognizing and preserving the resourc-es of the Lewis and Clark NationalHistoric Trail and Lewis and ClarkNational Historical Park,” accordingto a letter Tuesday from the InteriorDepartment to the commission .
The Interior Department rec-ommended that the commissionconduct further analyses to betterquantify the project’s impacts. Thedepartment also encourage d FERCstaff to conduct a site visit of thepark and trail “in order to experiencethe historical, natural, cultural, andscenic resources that warranted Con-gressional action to protect them in1958, 1978, 2002, and 2005.”
The commission’s draft state-ment, released in August, concludedthat the LNG project would result inadverse environmental impacts on
habitat, but that the energy compa-ny could minimize these impacts to
mitigation.The commission closed the for-
mal public comment period Tuesday
draft environmental impact state-ment in February.
VisitorsThe LNG project includes a facil-
ity to liquefy natural gas, two storagetanks, a loading terminal for tankersand additional support facilities. Anew 87-mile pipeline, which wouldconnect to an existing pipeline inWoodland, Washington , would con-vey natural gas, primarily from Can-ada, to the LNG terminal on Warren-ton’s Skipanon Peninsula.
As designed, the terminal wouldbe 3 miles from the Fort Clatsop Vis-itor Center and 2.1 miles from thepark’s northwest corner. The pipe-line would pass approximately 95feet from the easternmost boundary
Lewis and Clark park concerned about LNG aftermath
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Astoria players, including Ryan Palek, No. 81, Ryker Helmersen, No. 8, and Samboy Tuimato, No. 33, celebrate after a shutout victory over
Tillamook Thursday night.
SHUTOUT!
A happy homecoming win for Astoria, 32-0
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Carter Wallace breaks a tackle during the first quarter of the football game against
Tillamook at CMH Field Thursday.
Derrick DePledge/The Daily Astorian
The M&N Building, a Flavel proper-
ty at Ninth and Commercial streets
downtown, is going up for auction.
See SHAKEOUT, Page 10A
See PARK, Page 9ASee AUCTION, Page 10A
See FISHERMEN, Page 8A
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