JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net Independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson and her supporters have deliv ered 48,214 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in an effort to qualify her for the November General Election. Johnson needs to collect 23,744 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. “Coming onto the bal lot through the power of people’s signatures is one of the most meaningful – and foundational – elements of my campaign,” Johnson said. “As I’ve been traveling the state talking to Oregonians, one thing is very clear – they are ready for a real change, and there’s no bigger change than electing an independent governor loyal only to the people of Oregon.” Over the past several weeks, Johnson and her sup porters have been collecting the needed voter signatures, including conducting such an effort at a community event at the fairgrounds in St. Helens in June. She and her supporters delivered the voter signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office Tuesday, Aug. 16. “By delivering more than twice the number of signa tures needed, we’ve made it very difficult for the political establishment to imagine ways to keep me off the ballot,” said Johnson. “We’re going to put the people back in charge of the state we love.”Oregon law ORS 249.008(2) and OAR 1650110 allow the Oregon Elections Division to verify petitions based on a random or samples of the signatures rather than verifying all of the signatures. The number of random signatures selected is based on the number of signatures turned in for veri fication.
Customers can rent from the eight available scooters in the Sunsetscootersmz fleet. “You rent them for a certain amount of time and then you bring them back,” Burgan said. “Unlike other cities, we didn’t want them just left lying around. We re ally wanted to make sure that wasn’t our business model.”
Sunsetscootersmz has eight EScoot ers available for rent from the park ing lot of the Neah-Kah-Nie Bistro on Laneda Avenue.
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The 90 minute Garden tour and Tea Tasting expe rience is offered every Sat urday at 10am and requires a $20 per person ticket be purchased in advance on their website northfork53. comNorth Fork also offers drop in tea tasting expe riences for visitors every Thursday from 10am-2pm and every Saturday follow ing tours from noon-2pm. For art lovers, North Fork 53’s tea tasting room also features a gallery of original work by Manzanita painter Debbie“DebbieHarmon.does all of the art for our tea company. So many people love our brand because of her intricate drawings of plants, gnomes, ravens and all things north coast and magical. It seemed like a perfect fit for our tea room to showcase her actual paintings and furniture pieces.” says Ginger Edwards holding up one of the colorful tins her tea is packaged in. “I hope people driving the coast and exploring the North Coast Food Trail make a stop to try out the tea. You can find our teas in local shops and on our website but it’s way more fun to come and taste it in person.”
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The Oregon Elections Division staff will compare the petition signature to sig natures on file in the signer’s voter registration record, according to the Oregon Sec retary of State’s Office. If the signature does not have sufficient points of simi larity, it is rejected. The Secretary of State has until Aug. 30 to verify the signatures submitted by Johnson. Independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy John son, left waving, and her supporters, deliver boxes containing sheets with voter signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office in Salem.
“We have a known connec tion to a previously diagnosed case,” OHA Health Officer and State Epidemiologist Dean Sidelinger said. “This child did not get the virus at school, child care or another commu nity setting.” To protect patient confiden tiality, OHA is not disclosing the child’s sex, age, county of residence or how the child is connected to the previously diagnosed case, according to Sidelinger.TheOregon child was tested for monkeypox Aug. 11, and the test results were reported to public health Aug. 15. Since receiving test results, the local public health author ity, with support from OHA, has been conducting a case in vestigation and contact tracing to determine whether there are other exposures. During these investigations, public health provides guidance on how to avoid spreading the virus to others and offers vaccines to closeThecontacts.pediatric case is one of 116 presumptive and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Oregon, which also includes 112 men and four women. Illness onset ranges from June 7 to Aug. 9.
Ginger and Brigham Edwards of North Fork 53 Communitea Well ness are now offering farm to teacup garden tours and tea tasting experiences at their river side tea and wellness center in Nehalem. “So many more people have gotten into tea since the pandemic started” observes Ginger Edwards, owner and tea maker. “Since there are lots of new tea lovers out there I thought it would be a fun experience for them to see how we grow our plants and let them taste the tea right in our gardens”. North Fork 53 Communi tea Wellness is four acres of trees, herbs, flowers and tea plants nestled between the North Fork of the Nehalem river and Hwy 53 (thus their name). Situated about 9 miles from Manzanita Beach and Hwy 101, the vibe here is all about slowing down and relaxing in an organic way. “Wellness and tea go perfectly together”, notes co-owner and massage therapist Brigham Edwards. “People who come here for a massage or sauna love being able to relax in the gardens afterwards- now with the tea tours and tasting room we have a new way to let people check out what we do.”
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Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officials have confirmed the state’s first pedi atric case of monkeypox virus (hMPXV).Thecase is linked to an adult monkeypox infection that was confirmed last month.
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Riders can take the scoot ers out for as little as 30 min utes or up to overnight rentals that come with a charger. “The renter can incorpo rate the scooter into their stay at the beach,” Avritt said. Each rental comes with a helmet and a quick introduc tory lesson in the parking lot before riders are on their way. Since the business opened on August 1, the co-owners have reported receiving nothing but “interested eyes and“We’resmiles.”really excited that the City of Manzanita, with their forward thinking, is allowing us to do this,” Burgan said. “We’re really, really thankful for the City of Manzanita.”Weatherpermitting, Sun setscootersmz is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to close (when all scooters are rented out). Reservations can be made by emailing Wheeler)(Manzanita,identssunsetscootersmz.com.ride@Resofthe“threevillages”Nehalem,andcanalsoinquire about a locals discount. Stay up-to-date with Sunsetscootersmz on their Instagram and Facebook pages
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Chelsea Yarnell Contributor Lifelong best friends Taylor Avritt and Danny Burgan are bringing a new form of transportation to town.“Sunsetscootersmz,” an eco-friendly scooter rental company, allows customers to scoot around Manzanita and take in the sights. “We believe that this is something that serves the community, both the people that live here and the people that visit,” Avritt said. Avritt and Burgan came up with the idea after riding EScooters in larger cities. On a trip back to the Manza nita, Burgan noticed the lack of mobility services at the beach and Avritt pitched the idea of bringing EScooters to the“Iarea.thought it was genius,” Burgan said. “We grew up here; it’s our community and there’s not a better place to implement this. There’s so many parts of the city that you don’t see all the time. What we always like to tell people is to take some of the backstreets and check out the new houses or the state park; just go down
The cases are in seven of Oregon’s 36 counties 4 in Clackamas 1 in Columbia 1 in Coos • 20 in Lane • 1 in Marion • 73 in Multnomah • 16 in Washington About 27.6% of cases iden tify as Nationwide,Hispanic/Latino.thereare nearly 12,700 cases in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. They are among more than 38,000 cases in 93 countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sionofsinceingthatothercontinueweeks,backpreparingconcernsSidelinger(CDC).acknowledgedofparentswhoaretosendtheirstudentstoschoolinthecomingasmonkeypoxcasestoriseinOregonandstates.Butheemphasizedriskofmonkeypoxspreadinschoolsettingsislow,themostcommonmeansperson-to-persontransmisisdirectcontactwiththe rash, scabs or body fluids of a person with the COVID-19,”“Monkeypoxvirus.isnotSidelinger said. “This virus is not easily spread unless you have that prolonged, close, skin-to-skin contact with an infected Symptomsperson.”ofthe virus can include fever, swollen lymph nodes, chills, headache, muscle aches and fatigue. Not everyone will have these symptoms, but n
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Sunsetscootersmz co-owners Danny Burgan (left) and Taylor Avritt (right) have brought an ecofriendly scooter rental service to Manzanita.
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Tea lovers traveling the Oregon Coast have a new place to stop and ‘get their steep on’
Rising Tide Productions showing of Edward Albee’s Seascape will take center stage at the North Coast Recreation District (NCRD) Performing Arts Center in Nahalem Sept. 2-4, 9-10, 23-24 with shows at 7 p.m. and matinee showings on Sept. 4, 11, 25 with shows at 2 p.m.The production is be ing directed by Margaret Page with Professional ac tor George Dzundza as Artistic Director. Tickets are available at the door for $20.
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Staff From the coast to the mountain ranges in the eastern part of the state, Oregon is filled with some top-notch community colleges. One of them is right here in Tilla mook County, Tillamook Bay Community College. A report published Tuesday from the personal-finance website WalletHub named 2022’s Best & Worst Com munity Colleges, and four schools in Oregon made the top-20Tillamooklist.
‘Seascape’ an Edward Albee play is coming to NCRD
How does Oregon rank? According to College Board, it costs nearly three times less to attend commu nity college than a public four-year university, making it a more affordable option for education especially as Americans struggle financially due to rising inflation. To help determine where students can receive the best education at the cheapest rates, WalletHub compared 677 schools from the list of member institutions in the American Association of CommunityResearchersColleges.evaluated the schools on three key dimen sions: cost and financing, ed ucation outcomes, and career outcomes. They constructed these three dimensions using 19 total metrics with corre sponding weighted scores. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale. A school’s weighted aver age score across all metrics determined how high on the list it Someranked.ofthe metrics include the cost of in-state tuition and fees, average amount of grant or scholarship aid received, faculty salary, graduation rate, student-fac ulty ratio, and median salary afterWithattending.thosefactors and many more taken into con sideration, the four Oregon community colleges were ranked among the top 20. Below is the full list of the Top 20 Community Colleges State Technical College of MissouriNorthwest(MO)Iowa Commu nity College Alexandria(IA)Technical & Community College (MN) Manhattan Area Technical CollegeNebraska(KS)College of Tech nical Agriculture (NE) Mitchell Technical College (SD)Montgomery College (MD) Tillamook Bay Commu nity College (OR) Mt. Hood Community CollegeNaugatuck(OR) Valley Commu nity College Collegelege(HI)CollegeCommunityNorthwestern(CT)ConnecticutCollege(CT)ManchesterCommunity(CT)IrvineValleyCollege(CA)KauaiCommunityCollegeCapitalCommunityCol(CT)MoraineParkTechnical(WI)CollegeofSanMateo(CA)FoxValleyTechnicalCollege(WI)BlueMountainCommunityCollege(OR)ClackamasCommunityCollege(OR)
TBCC ranked 8th in nation for educational
Moonlight Madness is back after a two year hiatus, and this year the Tillamook Revitalization Association (TRA) is bringing back some fun events and adding some new twists to the annual event. It’s all happening Friday Aug. 26, from 4 to 10 p.m. in downtown Tillamook with live music, kids games, food, shopping and family fun on Second Street Plaza, handy to shops and stores offering Moon light Madness specials and some staying open later into the evening for shopping as Secondwell. street west of the plaza between Main and Ivy will also be closed to traffic with stores staying open and vendors and TillaWheels Car Club displaying their classic cars. The Joel Baker Band with Scott Casey and others will take the stage from 6 to 10 p.m. with DJ music and announcements throughout the evening. Bring the kids as TRA has some fun games and family activities all night long including LED lights and glow-in-thedarkWhenfun. it gets a little darker, check out the fire spinners and street performers. Shop the specials at local businesses or visit a vendor. As of press time TRA had secured over a dozen vendors for the event and numerous businesses are open and offering Moonlight Madness specials all night.Stop to buy some shaved ice or visit TRA’s Ice Cream Cart or check out one of Tillamook’s restaurants and make a night of it. Downtown will be bustling with family fun, shopping, eating, entertainment, so come out to Moonlight Madness and make it a family evening. Kids games and family fun are on tap for Moonlight Madness. Headlight file photo Bring the entire family
On a deserted stretch of beach a middle-aged cou ple, relaxing after a picnic lunch, talk idly about home, family and their life together. Suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures—lizards
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who have decided to leave the ocean depths and come ashore. Initial fear, and then suspicion of each other, are soon replaced by curiosity and, before long, the humans and the lizards (who speak admirable English) are engaged in a fascinating di alogue. The lizards, who are at a very advanced stage of evolution, are contemplating the terrifying, yet exciting, possibility of embarking on life out of the water; and the couple, for whom existence has grown flat and routine, holds the answers to their most urgent questions. These answers are given with warmth, humor and poetic eloquence, and with emo tional and intellectual rever berations that will linger in the heart and mind long after the play has ended Ryan Reyes as Leslie, Mark Johnson as Charlie, Pia Shepherd as Nancy and Kenia Goodman as Sarah. Photo provided by Rising Tide Productions
everyone will experience a rash or sores. The rash can affect the skin of the face, arms, legs and torso, as well as the genitals, in and/or around the anus (butthole), or in the Initially,mouth.the rash can look like a pimple with an area of red skin underneath it. From there, the pimples can get a little bigger, form indentations, and fill with fluid or pus. Typi cally, they then scab. It usually takes two to four weeks to heal over with fresh skin. OHA recommends people who test positive for monkey pox or who are awaiting test results isolate at home to avoid spread of infection to others. There are additional precau tions they and household mem bers can take to further reduce transmission risk that can be found on OHA’s If a clinician recommends that you receive an Orthopoxvirus test page. The CDC also has information on its Preventing Spread to OthersPeoplepage.who suspect they have monkeypox should con tact their health care provider to let them know before going in to be seen. Those who don’t have a health care provider can call 2-1-1 to get help finding a clinic or health care provider, or reach out to their local public health authority to find a clinic or provider.
Bay Community College (TBCC) in Tillamook, made the list as eighth overall. “We are very proud to be ranked the eighth best com munity college in the coun try,” said Dr. Ross Tomlin, TBCC’s President. “This ranking for TBCC validates all the great work being done by our wonderful, talented staff that are all passion ate about helping students succeed. I greatly appreciate all they do for our students. We also have very supportive communities throughout Tilla mook County that appreciate the work we are doing to help change lives for the better with education.”
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While they find trea sures wherever they go, Ronny prefers beach hunting, loves jewelry and coins; Tiffany prefers land and water hunting, as well as finding relics. “Dirt Fishing is vital in all areas,” Tiffany said. “Not only do we recover some really fantastic items, we remove all trash that our machines uncover that are buried in the earth.”Ontheir digs, Ronny uses a Garrett Ace Apex “Darla,” a Garrett pro pinpointer and a CKG Sand Scoop; Tiffany uses a Minelab Equinox 600 “Dyson,” a Garrett pro pinpointer and a CKG Sand Scoop.
Chelsea Guest Contributor One time, Ronny Calhoun found three gold teeth from the late 1700s. Another time, a Chinese coin dated in the late 1600s. His wife, Tiffany, once found a Civil War suspender clip and musket ball from the 1700s. How? By dirt fishing. “’Dirt fishing’ is a term for metal detecting,” Tiffany said. “Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing was started by us. We had always been into treasure hunting so we started a YouTube channel for our family and friends to see our adventures/ treasures. It has now led into a community of the most amazing people from around the world.” Ronny has been metal detecting on and off for the past 20 year. After moving back to Oregon, the couple thought that it would be fun to metal de tect on the beach together. “In the beginning, we shared a machine and found treasure together,” Tiffany said. “Three years later we have our own machines and still love finding treasure together.”
Arts with a specialty in chocolate from Southwestern Community College in 2017. “While there, I actually did [chocolate] sculptures with my instructor; some of them were up to seven-feet tall for charities,” he letsShu’sShumansupportivesometine’s[to“Then,fordecidedmakingShumanhold.puttookreturnedPost-college,said.ShumantoRockawayBeach,ajobatFredMeyer,andhisculinarydreamsonButafteracoupleyears,realizedhemissedchocolate.“ForChristmas2021,Itomakechocolatesmyfamily,”Shumansaid.Idecidedtosellsomethecommunity]forValenDaytoseeifIcouldgettraction.Peoplewereofit.”Withthepositivereaction,decidedtostartBigChocolates.“Themodelingchocolateyousculptwithit,”he said. “There are endless possi bilities; that’s something that I gravitate towards in express ingCurrently,myself.” Shuman makes four different flavored bon bon-style chocolates: lemon, cherry, and chocolate butter cream; and peanut butter.
“The biggest reaction I’ve had is that people are happy to have a fine arts chocolate that’s not too bitter and not too sweet,” Shuman said. “People are giving me suggestions for what they’d love to see. They’re almost going back to a childhood and enjoying it.” Every Saturday, Shuman can be found at the Tillamook Farmers Market where cus tomers can purchase choco lates for $1.50 a piece, four for $5, or a dozen for $15. Can’t make it to the Farmers Market? Shuman also delivers within Tillamook County.“Iwould love to be able to end up in a storefront and have enough room to ship across the United States,” Shuman said. “I also want people to be able to walk in and purchase chocolates.”
Ronny and Tiffany Calhoun of Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing have found numerous historical artifacts by metal detecting in Tillamook County. Photos courtesy of Pacific northwest Dirt Fishing
Through “dirt fishing,” Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing has dis covered a Chinese coin from the late 1600s.
Rockaway Beach chocolatier brings back the classic bonbon NKN grad, Patrick Shuman, operates BigShu’s Chocolates from his home in Rockaway Beach. Shuman currently sells bonbon chocolates at the Tillamook Farmers Market and by special order.
To keep up to date with BigShu’s Chocolates expan sion and offerings, follow the business on Facebook. To place an order, contact Shuman at 503-801-3223 or email yahoo.com.patrick.shuman@
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From his home in Rock away Beach, Shuman crafts hundreds of chocolates each week for his business Big Shu’s“MyChocolates.chocolates are not just for the people that love choc olates,” Shuman said. “It is a great way to indulge yourself or if you feel like you want to celebrate something.”
As a 2012 graduate of Neah-Kah-Nie High School, Shuman’s journey to crafting chocolates began during his time as a Pirate. “I did the hospitality, tour ism, and recreation program during my junior and senior year of high school,” Shuman said. “That’s where I figured out I wanted to get into the culinary field.”
Chelsea Yarnell Guest Contributor Up-and-coming chocolatier Patrick Shuman is bringing back an old-time favorite. “To me, a fine arts choco late, or a bonbon (chocolate with a cream filling), is a refined, fancy, elegant thing,” he said. “It allows for a range of creativity with seasonal fla vors; it’s not set in stone, you can fill with everything.”
Shuman attended a school trip to Southwestern Commu nity College in Coos Bay to visit their culinary institute. “When I went for a tour, the class was doing ginger bread houses and one of the students had burnt their Jolly Rancher stained-glass window,” Shuman said. “The student was trying to figure out how to fix it. The profes sor disappeared for a minute and then came back with a blowtorch. That’s when I decided this is where I wanted to be.”Shuman went on to receive his Associates of Applied Science in Baking and Pastry
As Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing, the couple follows the tides in Tilla mook and Clatsop County during the summer season, and travels for private digs during the fall and winter. “We will come to your property, free of charge, and show you what is under your feet,” Tiffany said. “[We] always gives the property owner all finds. They can either keep it, ask our advice, or allow us to have it. We encour age anyone to reach out to us, regardless if you have a machine or not.”
A 20 item collection of Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing’s finds will be on display at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum beginning on September 9. “It will be evolving exhibit as we uncover new items,” Tiffany said. “The current plan is to have Pacific North west Dirt Fishing items stay in the museum, but we have a schools.”oflong-termpossibleplanittravelingto Follow along with Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing’s finds by joining their group on Face book.
Oregon’s unemploy ment rate was 3.5% in July, unchanged from 3.5%, as revised, in June. The U.S. unemployment rate was also 3.5% in July. Oregon’s unemployment rate has tracked very closely with the national unemployment rate for the past two years, with both rates declining rapidly during May 2020 through early 2022 as the economies recovered. Over the past five months, unemployment rates for the U.S. and Oregon have averaged 3.6%, near record lows dating back almost 50 years. The labor market is tight, and many people have gotten back to work. Over the past two years, Oregon’s labor force participation rate rose rapidly. The share of the population 16 and older that is either employed or unemployed reached 63.5% in July, its highest rate in a decade.InOregon, nonfarm payroll employment grew by 4,200 in July, following gains averaging 6,300 jobs in the prior eight months. Monthly gains in July were largest in leisure and hospitality (+1,500 jobs), other services manufacturing(+1,400),(+1,300), and private educational services (+1,300). Retail trade (-700 jobs) was the only major in dustry that shed a substantial number of jobs. As of July, Oregon has regained 94% of jobs lost at the onset of the pandemic. The U.S. has regained 100%. Oregon’s private sector is close to a full jobs recovery, having regained 99% of pandemic recession losses. However, Oregon’s government sector has only regained 49% of the jobs it lost during March through JuneProfessional2020. and technical services was one of the fast est growing industries over the past two years. It added 1,900 jobs in July and has grown by 10,400 jobs since February 2020. Over the past 12 months, architectural and engineering services added 1,700 jobs, or 9.4%, which was the highest growth rate of the component industries within professional and technical services. Retail trade has inched downward since late last year. In July, it dropped to 209,000 jobs, which is back to where it was in late 2016. Over the past 12 months, the weakest retail trade sectors were building material and garden supply stores (-1,700 jobs) and general merchan dise stores (-2,400 jobs). .All numbers in the above narrative are seasonally adjusted, except for the component industries within retail trade and professional and technical services.
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ORS 247.035(1)(a) states that the residence used for voter registration is “the place in which habitation is fixed and to which, when the person is absent, the person intends to return.” This rule does not require a voter to occupy the voting residence full-time. The Secretary of State has recognized that some voters, such as “snow-birds” do not live full-time in their voting residence. Likewise, some County voters, including many of those Manzanita voters who were challenged, own homes in two different Oregon counties. They chose to vote in Manzanita because they had deep community involvement. The voter fraud claims against those 27 people were nearly 20% of all such claims in Oregon follow ing the 2020 election. Only two of those 140 cases are pending. In fact, voter fraud is extremely rare, especially in Oregon. Of 61 million votes cast from 2000 to 2019, there were only 38 convictions for voter fraud—a 0.00006% rate. As one of the 27 voters who were challenged, I thought Tassi O’Neil’s deci sion would discourage further attempts at voter suppres sion. Unfortunately, some Manzanita residents have again questioned whether all residents have a right to vote. Let’s be clear – All U.S. citi zens have the right to vote. If you are lucky enough to own two homes, you can choose which one, but not both, to use as your voting residence. You don’t even need to own property to vote in America. You can vote if you are home less, in college, or living in another country. America is a government of all the people. No citizen has a superior right to vote over other qualified citizens.
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We’ve just kicked off our 14th season working in southwest Alaska’s famed Bristol Bay region. Justin, the cofounder of Frigate Adventure Travel, began working in the commercial fishery at a young age, just as his family had since the 1960s. Together, Justin and I cut our teeth working as guides at fishing lodges for several years before starting our own business hosting guests from across the globe who travel to experience some of the planet’s best fishing in some of the wildest country that exists. This year marks a new milestone for us, as we purchased and renovated a lodge in Bristol Bay, representing an investment of funds, blood, sweat, tears, and elbow grease. As others have done before us, including many business owners in the commercial and sport fishing industries that call the Pacific Northwest home, we have tied our future to the health and prosperity of the Bristol Bay fishery. The bounty of Bristol Bay has supported the region’s residents for millennia, a thriving commercial fishery for 140 years and drawn sport anglers and adventure seekers since the 1940s. The Bristol Bay fishery supports 15,000 jobs and contributes $2.2 billion annually to the US economy. While many salmon stocks are facing significant threats from mining and climate change, Bristol Bay continues to produce wild fish in record-shattering numbers. The fishery has been so well managed that last year an astonishing 66 million wild sockeye returned to Bristol Bay – an all – time record…Until this year. The 2022 run isn’t over yet, but already over 76 million wild sockeye have arrived this season, a testament to pristine habitat and sciencebased management. The Bristol Bay fishery is the backbone of our and many other businesses and of the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in the region. All of this would be at risk if the proposed Pebble Mine were to be built. Targeted for the headwaters of two of Bristol Bay’s most productive river systems, the dark cloud of this massive proposed gold and copper mine has hung over the re gion for decades. That’s why a majority of residents of the region and most Alaskans op pose it. Yet, we find ourselves still fighting to protect Bristol Bay from this dangerous and unpopularThankfully,project.right now the Environmental Protection Agency is working to finalize long-sought protections for Bristol Bay and is currently holding a comment period on their proposal until Septem ber 6th. The agency has the authority to veto the Pebble Mine this year, and to provide durable protections for the re gion from the threat of Pebble or any other scheme to build large mines in Bristol Bay’s headwaters. It is time they listened to the public and did just that as soon as possible. As the 2022 fishing season continues in Bristol Bay, the subsistence and personal use fishers, the commercial fishing industry, sport fishing lodges and tourism operators, and more have a few shared wishes: a safe and successful fishing season and for the EPA to finish the job and put an end to the uncertainty that has threatened Bristol Bay for far too Katelong.andJustin Crump are the founders and owners of Frigate Adventure Travel and the owners of The Lodge at 58 North in King Salmon, AK. Outside of fishing season in Alaska, they reside in Rockaway Beach on the Oregon coast.
The EPA Can and Must Finish the Job of Protecting Bristol Bay
Kate and Justin Crump Rockaway Beach and King Salmon, AK
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Oregon will receive approximately $333 million from a historic $21 billion settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids — Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen.TheOregonHealth Author ity (OHA) has launched a new website to share updates and information on opioid settlement funds, which will be used to support opioid prevention, treatment and recovery efforts around the state. the settlement agreement outlines that the funds will be used for: Prevention programs. Naloxone distribution and education. Syringe services. Medication-assisted treat ment, treatment and services for pregnant and postpartum people. Treatment and services for incarcerated populations. Neonatal abstinences syndrome treatment. Warm handoff recovery programs and services. Leadership, planning and coordination.
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Thestatewide.governor will ap point the board based on the OSPTR Board membership requirements defined in House Bill 4098. The OSPTR Board is expected to begin meeting in late fall 2022. About $333 million will be awarded to Oregon from the Distributor and Janssen Set tlement Agreements over the course of 18 years, beginning this year. Forty-five percent of the opioid settlement funds will be allocated to a new Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment & Recovery fund managed by OHA; 55% will be paid directly to cities and counties with populations of more than 10,000. About $503 million is going directly to tribes from the Distributor and Janssen Settlement Agreements. All federally recognized tribes are eligible to participate in the Tribal Opioid Settlements, regardless of whether that tribe filed an opioid lawsuit. Oregon’s tribes are eligible to receive a portion of the $503 millionOregonsettlement.followed the model developed through the national opioid settlement to determine how much funding each eligible city and county would receive. This allocation formula is based on popula tion and public health metrics. Oregon anticipates receiving additional opi oid settlement funds from other lawsuits. However, the timing, amount and allowable uses of these funds have yet to be determined. Generally speaking, the funds must be used for opioid preven tion, treatment and recovery strategies that are listed in the settlement. They may not be used for other purposes. Cities and counties will decide how their funds are used.Oregon drug overdose deaths more than doubled between 2019 and 2021, an alarming trend driven largely by misuse of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, an OHA analysis found. Prelim inary data indicate this trend continued in 2022. A review of State Unin tentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) and Oregon death certificate data by analysts from OHA’s Injury and Violence Preven tion Section found that unin tentional/undetermined drug overdose deaths increased from 496 in 2019 to 1,072 in 2021. The 2021 figure doesn’t include all fourth-quarter overdose deaths, which are still being tallied and ana lyzed.The number of fentanylduedeathsdeterminedrespectively.andthanoverdosetional/undeterminedunintenfentanyldeathsjumpedmore600%between20192021,from71to509,Ofallunintentional/undrugoverdosein2021,47.5%weretofentanyl;in2020,caused32.1%of overdose deaths; in 2019, the drug was responsible for 14.3% of duringandopioids,undeterminedOverall,overdoses.unintentional/overdosesfromincludingfentanylheroin,alsorosesharplythattime,from280to739deaths–a164%increase.Unintentional/undeterminedstimulant–methamphetamine–overdosesdoubled,from325to658deathsbetween2019to2021.TheOregonDepartmentofJusticeprovidesadditionalinformationaboutthesettlementbelow:https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ will help various organizations and departments around Oregon to financially recover from di saster and emergency response efforts and to repair critical infrastructure from extreme weather events. Natural disasters and emer gencies can strike at any time, requiring emergency responses during and in the immediate aftermath of the event, accord ing to Oregon U.s. Sen. Jeff Merkley.“ThisFEMA funding, which is going to Oregon communities and agencies that have been impacted by wildfires, winter storms, and the COVID-19 pandemic, is crucial to ensuring our com munities are able to recover quickly and will support future preventative measures to protect Oregonians in ev ery corner of the state from natural disasters when they strike,” he said. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said the funding is welcome news for Oregon commu nities working hard on the response, recovery and rebound following natural disasters.“These federal resources are a must to help our entire state in the wake of weath er-related disasters and the fallout from COVID on emergency response statewide to the unprecedented public health crisis. I’ll always keep fighting to ensure Oregonians get similar federal assistance whenever disasters hit,” Wyden said. Award amounts and recipi ents follows below:
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The State of Oregon reached resolution with four of these companies in July 2021. The resolution consists of two agreements and is referred to as the Distribu tor and Janssen Settlement Agreements.The18-member, gover nor-appointed Opioid Settle ment Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (OSPTR) Board will be responsible for making funding decisions that align with approved opioid prevention, treatment and recovery strategies listed in Exhibit E of the settlement and Oregon’s Strategic Plan for Substance Use Services developed by the state Alco hol & Drug Policy Commis sion (ADPC). A portion of the state’s funds must go toward a uni fied and evidence-based state system for collecting, analyz ing and publishing data about the availability and efficacy of substance use prevention, treatment and recovery ser vices
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In addition, the site offers people the opportunity, if in terested, to apply to serve on the Oregon Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Board, which will determine how the state uses its share of funds from the settlements with the opioid industry.“These settlement funds will provide authority’ssionOHAdrugsbyingtheircountiesopportunitiesmuch-neededforcitiesandinOregontohelpcommunitiesbeginhealfromtheravagescausedthepervasivenessoftheseoverthelastdecade,”HealthSystemsDivistateopioidtreatmentJohnMcIlveen, Ph.D., said. “We’re looking forward to working with our local partners to get these funds distributed as soon as they become available.” The lawsuits hold opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers accountable for their role in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic and for aggressively market ing prescription opioids while simultaneously downplaying their risks to health care providers and the public.
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