Local News

Return of the Logging Industry

Posted Tue, 06/01/2010 - 23:02 by kbrewer

-by Ben R.-

On Tuesday night, April 27, the Port of Astoria Commissioners all approved a five year lease of Pier 1 to Westerlund Log Handlers of Bremerton, Washington. The lease of the pier started Saturday, May 1st. Westerlund will provide the Port of Astoria with an estimated $1 million annually, debarking logs and loading them onto ships.


The Port of Astoria is leasing Pier 1’s 3.1 acres to Westerlund for $11,208 a month – around $134,500 a year. Westerlund plans to load one log ship a month – the Port will charge them $80,000 per ship to load, due to raised docking fees. An early termination fee of fifty percent of the remaining lease is in effect. All of these fees will go directly to the Port of Astoria.


A Roarin' Good Time: Prom 2010

Posted Tue, 06/01/2010 - 22:55 by kbrewer

-by Emily D.-

Papers advertising prom ticket sales were scattered all around the walls in the school, talk amongst the school revolved around prom for at least a week before the big event, and tickets along with “swag bags” and picture frames were purchased every lunch. To add to the craziness, Seaside and Illwaco schools held their proms in Astoria at the same time as ours. Many boutonnière and corsage orders were placed at the downtown floral shop, and guys were seen picking up their tuxes downtown. Prom is a major event at the end of the year for upperclassmen and those lucky underclassmen who were invited.

 

Business Leaders of Tomorrow Take a Tour of Nike

Posted Tue, 06/01/2010 - 22:51 by kbrewer

-by Emily D.-Photo Courtesy of: Mrs. O'bryan

On May 18, most of the Business Leaders of Tomorrow (BLOT) club members arrived at the school early in the morning to go to Beaverton to tour the Nike Headquarters. In previous years the BLOT club members attended the BLOT business conference. However, this year there wasn’t a conference. Club members voted on what trip to go on instead, and agreed on touring the Nike Headquarters. The trip was originally scheduled a few days after spring break but was postponed to May 18.

 

When the BLOT members arrived at the headquarters, they were directed to go into one of the conference rooms where three Nike workers arrived to talk to the club members. The Nike workers showed video clips of what the Nike Corporation does, which they had showed two weeks earlier to football player, Tim Tebow, who they recently signed. The workers also talked about their jobs at Nike, and the Nike business. Then they introduced the club members to another worker, Ted Winn, who had graduated from AHS.

The 2010 Raft Trips

Posted Tue, 06/01/2010 - 22:48 by kbrewer

-by Noah S.-

Enjoy spending time on a river bank where the weather is great and you can kick back, relax and drink tropical punch? Would you enjoy soaking the school teachers with buckets of ice cold water, and pull them into a river? Then sign up for the Astoria school raft trips. Spend two days rafting down the Deschutes river enjoy the sun and company of your friends.

 

To be eligible for the trip, all you have to do is complete four hours of community service which is assigned by Mr. Lockett then report back to him. The community service can be from painting a wall to cleaning massive propane tanks. A simple fee of $50 dollars and a permission slip is all that’s essential to go. The permission slip covers your safety, other people’s safety, river safety and just about every other thing that has to do with the words safety in it. Make sure to pack warm clothes for the night and under armor for rafting. Cotton and other fabrics aren’t recommended because they will get water logged and you will have an uncomfortable trip.