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The past year saw a lot of changes for the Port of Columbia County, the county’s primary economic development driver.

Doug Hayes, executive director of the Port, discussed with The Chronicle some of those opportunities and challenges of the past year and the opportunities ahead.

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The City of St. Helens plans to add sidewalks to N. Vernonia Road to provide better pedestrian access to existing neighborhood.

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According to Hayes, there were three main tasks the Port was able to accomplish in the past year. Those tasks involved making progress on the Port’s rezone at Port Westward, breaking ground on the Devinaire airline hangar, and installing more infrastructure, Hayes said.

This past year, Hayes said, the Port made progress on resolving eight of the nine questions that environmental groups Columbia Riverkeeper and 1000 Friends of Oregon brought before the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and ultimately the Oregon Supreme Court regarding the 837-acre rezone at Port Westward in Clatskanie from agricultural to industrial land.

Hayes said the rezone, if finalized, will bring more economic development to Columbia County.

Over the past years, the Port and environmental groups have fought an ongoing battle on whether the rezone will take place.

The Port was also able to break ground on the Devinaire hangar at the Scappoose Industrial Airpark (SIA), which was also delayed due to various factors. Some of those issues, Hayes said, were the new requirements by the state fire marshal and new building code requirements from the state.

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After much public review, the City of St. Helens plans two specific street improvements as prioritized projects for the New Year.

The following is a conversation with the St. Helens Interim Public Works Director Sue Nelson about the street improvements.

Sen. Wyden enjoys a moment with members of the audience following the St. Helens town hall. See more photos at thechronicleonline.com.

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Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D) isn’t ready to predict how the U.S. Senate will vote concerning the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

“What I am hoping for is that Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer come to an agreement that will get us a fair process and I do believe it should involved witnesses,” Wyden told The Chronicle following a town hall meeting in St. Helens.

Wyden also would not reveal how he will vote concerning any U.S. Senate efforts to remove

President Trump from office.

“As an impartial juror, I am not going to announce how I would vote,” Wyden said. “I will let every senator decide how they are going to do it. I took two oaths.

One, to protect and defend the Constitution, and the second, to be an impartial juror. You heard me pledge that to the people tonight.

That means I am going to look at the evidence.”

During the Thursday evening, Jan. 2 town hall at at Meriwether Place, the Trump Impeachment, U.S. action in the Middle East, veterans concerns, health care, and vote by mail were issues brought up by audience members that Wyden addressed.

“I heard it all here,” he said. “I heard folks that had differences of

opinion with the Trump administration and we had clearly folks that are strong Trump supporters.”

Wyden also discussed rural community economics and his efforts to help develop affordable housing in St. Helens. He said that Columbia County is “democracy at its best.”

“There wasn’t a bad question in the house,” he said. “I really appreciated the fact that both points of view kept coming back to the question of fairness.”

State Sen. Betsy Johnson and State Rep. Brad Witt were among the 60 people attending the Wyden town hall. Columbia County Commissioner Margaret Magruder introduced Wyden and coordinated the question and answer session with the Senator.

The Chronicle: What are the street/road areas of the City that residents/business operators are asking for improvements?

Sue Nelson: We do not get a lot of requests for street improvements, but we have received one or two requests over the past few years for the City to pave some of the remaining gravel roads. At this time there are no current plans to pave any gravel streets. There are very few remaining and the cost to do this far exceeds any available funding.

The Chronicle: Heading into 2020, could you give us the range of specific City street projects planned and why those projects?

Ukulele lessons, small kitchen appliances available at Scappoose Public Library

Nelson: We are currently working on two projects. One is to build sidewalks on N. Vernonia Road to provide better pedestrian access to existing neighborhoods and to Campbell Park. This project was in response to two citizens that came to the City Council with concerns about pedestrians crossing N. Vernonia Road in unsafe locations to access the park.

The other project is to move forward with safety improvements at the intersection of South 1st Street and St. Helens Street. The improvements will include curb extensions that will shorten the pedestrian crossing distances and improve sight distance. This project was in response to one of the City Councilors requests to address the safety concerns, mainly concerning the sight distance for turning vehicles.

We also have a couple of smaller projects anticipated for 2020-2021, including some ADA ramp improvements, to address a couple of locations where there are no ADA ramps, and trench patching. The trench patching is pretty simple, just paving areas where the City has had to disturb pavement to do a repair or install a new water service, things of that nature.

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Aaron Cantwell of “Micah and Me!” leads a free children’s ukulele lesson at the Scappoose Public Library, on Monday, Jan. 6.

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Columbia County residents can now go to the Scappoose Public Library for more than just books.

Thanks to two grants received in December from the Columbia County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Public Library Innovation Fund, children can take free ukulele lessons every Monday at 4:30 p.m. at the library, and, starting in the spring, all library patrons can benefit from a new library of things, namely

small kitchen appliances to check out.

Children can take part in the ukulele lessons regardless of their residence, and the library of things will be open to St. Helens residents as well as Scappoose residents because of a reciprocal agreement that the Scappoose Public Library has with the St. Helens Public Library, Jeff Weiss, Scappoose Public Library Director said.

The grant from the Columbia County Cultural Coalition totals $2,000 and funds the free ukulele

lessons for children. While the library has always had ukulele lessons for adults, local parent Alexandra Collins wanted one for children too, and was able to reach out to Aaron Cantwell, St. Helens local who plays in the kindie rock band, Micah and Me!, to start a children’s group in September of 2019. At that time, lessons cost $10 for children.

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The Chronicle: What is the estimated price tag for those projects and how will they be funded?

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Ryan Garner, 17, left, has been selected as the St. Helens VFW Post and District winner of the Voice of Democracy contest. Garner has qualified to compete in the state title competition. The St. Helens VFW post also selected 7th grader Joshua David Nonamaker, right, as the Patriot Pen Essay Contest winner.

“What Makes America Great” was the theme of both essay contests.

Cornelius Pass: What must still be done JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

This past summer and fall, St. Helens and other Columbia County commuters endured the traffic impact of the $5.6 million Cornelius Pass Improvement Project.

The work occurred along the steep, winding and narrow section of NW Cornelius Pass Road, which has a long history of traffic crashes. The project was designed to reduce some of the rural road’s sharp curves, increase sight distance for drivers, improve road shoulders, and install caution signs, guardrails and barriers.

During the improvement project, the pass was closed to through traffic between Highway 30 and Germantown Road in Washington County.

The project detoured about 13,000 vehicle trips each weekday onto other roads.

Drivers faced road closures, alternative routes and traffic delays. After the reopening of Cornelius Pass Road in October, Multnomah County Communications Officer Mike Pulllen said more work would have to be scheduled due to weatherimpact delays.

The Chronicle checked back with Pullen to see what specific work is necessary and when that work would take place.

The Chronicle: Since the re-opening following the initial work, what issues have developed that need(ed) to be taken care of, and how are they being resolved?

Mike Pullen: Our contractor’s team removed hundreds of traffic signs. Due to staffing, some of these signs were up longer than we wanted. We reminded the contractor about individual signs that need to be removed.

The Chronicle: In the press release issued about the re-opening, additional work was listed that would need to be done. Could you list that work and specific details about each project?

Pullen: The contractor needs to complete work at two locations in 2020, which are both between Highway 30 and NW Skyline Blvd. The first location is near NW 8th Ave.

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During the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project, crews excavate the rock face on the S curves north of Skyline Boulevard.

There the contractor needs to remove a culvert that carries a creek under the road and replace it with a new culvert that fits the new road alignment. A curve in Cornelius Pass Road was realigned in that location.

There was a delay this year in having the new culvert built offsite. The culvert parts have been built and delivered, so we are more confident the work will be completed in a timely manner next summer.

The second location is the sharp S curves just north of NW Skyline Blvd. The contractor removed the rock face of the hill above the road and installed a protective steel net to prevent rocks from falling on the road. Next summer the contractor will realign the road to make the transition between the two curves smoother so that large vehicles keep all their wheels on the road going through the curves.

The Chronicle: When will the additional work take place and how long will it be before that work is completed?

Pullen: We expect that the contractor will work on the two locations at the same

time in July and August 2020.

The culvert work is “in water” work that can only be done when migrating fish are not in the creek. We expect the work will take about two months to complete. At this time, we expect the road will be closed to through traffic in that section for up to two months. We will have a better time estimate next spring.

The Chronicle: What is the updated cost for the improvement project with the additional work needed and how is that being funded?

Pullen: We do not have an updated cost for the project.

Some costs will go up. For example, signs have been removed and some will need to be reinstalled next summer. In 2020, the detour will be shorter. At this time, it is not known if the contractor or county will need to cover cost increases. We will work through this issue with the contractor.

Follow this continuing project online at thechronicleonline.com and in the Wednesday print editions of The Chronicle.

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Operators of the Oregonbased Les Schwab Tire Centers chain are looking at a possible sale of the company.

The company operates more than 400 tire centers, including the St. Helens Les Schwab Center along the Columbia River Highway and a tire center on SE 2nd St. in Scappoose.

In late December, the company operators issued a statement about the sale on the Les Schwab website that reads in part: “Nearly 70 years after Les Schwab founded our Company, its Board and Shareholders are seeking new ownership for the nation’s highest-ranked, most customer-focused tire retailer.

“Our incredible Tire Centers, and the company and communities we have built together, make us proud,” Les’ family said in the statement. ‘“As hard as it is to make the decision to sell this company, we are confident it will offer tremendous opportunity to build on all we have accomplished together for our customers, communities and our employees. We are excited to see what the future will bring.”’

Following The Chronicle’s inquiry about the online

announcement, Les Schwab operators at the company’s Bend headquarters sent us the following additional statement.

“The nation’s highestranked, most customerfocused tire retailer – Les Schwab Tire Centers – announced its intention to sell the company to position it for additional growth and success, Les Schwab CEO Jack Cuniff announced today.

The private company’s board of directors and its shareholders, who are all relatives of founder Les Schwab, decided to seek new ownership for the company.

They made the decision from a position of strength and based on the realities of being a family-owned business with five generations of family members.

“This company is strong,” Cuniff said. “We believe this is the best way to honor Les’ vision for the company and stores and support growth and innovation. Our owners are responsible stewards, and this decision was made after much consideration. It was not made lightly.”

The Schwab family shareholders said in a joint statement: “Given the complexities of a fifth-generation family business, and managing a company of our size, we

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are at an important point in the life of Les Schwab Tire Centers. As our family grows and ages, it is increasingly critical to us that ownership remain committed and aligned behind our Grandfather’s vision.

“After careful review and a lot of consideration, we concluded a new ownership group will help ensure future opportunity for our wonderful employees and secure continued success for the company as it grows. We believe a new owner – one with deep experience and resources – will carry forward the Les Schwab vision far into the future.

Known for its great value and high-quality products, innovative business practices and outstanding customer service, Les Schwab is a strong brand with deep local ties in the communities it serves. The company has a track record of living the ideals embraced by its founder, who started the company in 1952. Its stores are fixtures in hundreds of communities in 10 states across the West, where they sponsor youth activities and other local events.

The company has hired Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. to represent Les Schwab in the sales process, which is expected to take several months.

Convicted St. Helens sex abuse offender dies in prison STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) reports that former St. Helens resident James Allen Smith,77, died Jan. 2.

Allen was incarcerated at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) in Pendleton and passed away in the prison infirmary. The cause of death had not been released as of press time.

A DOC representative said Smith was convicted of four counts of sex abuse

and one count of attempted rape. He was sentenced to prison on June 14, 2012.

Smith entered DOC custody on June 14, 2012, from Columbia County with an earliest release date of Oct. 1, 2027.

According to a Chronicle online article posted Oct. 21, 2011, Smith was taken into custody on Oct. 10 charged with assaulting a 6-year-old female.

The DOC is responsible for the care and custody of 14,700 individuals who are incarcerated in 14 institutions across the state.

James Allen Smith.

State of the City address Jan. 11 The public will have the opportunity to hear a review of the accomplishments of the City of St. Helens and the St. Helens School District, and what can be anticipated in 2020, during the State of the City address on Jan. 11.

According to a release from the City and School District, the State of the City offers an opportunity for the public to engage with

City and School officials and share input about St. Helens. Information about community development, police, library, public works, recreation program, and School District projects will be shared during the presentation.

A follow-up survey will be available after the formal presentation, and attendees will have the opportunity

to ask questions and talk to officials one-on-one. Light refreshments will be provided.

The 2020 State of the City meeting is scheduled from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sat., Jan. 11, at the St. Helens Middle School Commons, 354 N. 15th St. in St. Helens.

For more information, call 503-397-6272.

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The intersection of NW Logie Trail Road and NW Skyline Blvd. during a 2018 snow storm.

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Snow levels could drop in Columbia County by Monday.

“It is a possibility and there are some models that suggest that snow levels could dip to the 500 foot range or so,” National Weather Service meteorologist David Bishop said. “Our forecast currently shows snow levels at 1,500 to 2,000,” According to Bishop, the Scappoose, St. Helens and Clatskanie area elevation is

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around 1,100 feet.

The current wet and cold conditions will dominate the forecast through the weekend into next week.

“We have a pretty decent low pressure system that is swinging in from Alaska,” he said.

While there has been a steady rainfall over the past few days, Bishop said the Columbia River, which winds it way past St. Helens and Clatskanie, is not at flood stage.

“River levels are expected to increase over the next 48 to 96 hours, but they will

be well below flood stage,” Bishop said.

Temperatures locally will range from the mid to upper 40s dayside and from the upper 30s to mid 40s nightside.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Oregon Cascades and the higher elevations in Southwest Washington this week for significant snowfall.

“If you are traveling through the weekend, check the road conditions, give yourself more time, be vigilant and be safe,” Bishop said.

funding will be partially from System Development Charges (SDCs). These are like impact fees that are paid by new development to help mitigate costs of increasing the capacity of the City’s various systems (transportation, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, water, and parks) to accommodate for growth.

The remaining funding will be from the ODOT Surface Transportation Block Grant Fund Exchange Program (STBG), formerly the Surface Transportation Program. These are federal funds that are allocated to the State who then “exchanges” them for State Highway Fund dollars. This allows for much greater flexibility in how and what the funds can be used for, but they are still limited and can only be

used for construction and/ or maintenance within the public right-of-way. The City has to apply to use the funds on an eligible project, then spend the money and submit to be reimbursed up to the maximum allowable.

That total available amount fluctuates each year, but is generally between $130k$150k.

The South 1st Street intersection project is estimated to cost $350k-$400k and will be funded partially from the STBG and partially from funding that the City Council authorized to be used for the project.

The final plans and specifications for either project are not fully developed so the costs could vary from the original estimates.

There are no specific locations or scope determined yet for the ADA ramps and trench patching projects so the anticipated budget is very preliminary. It could range from $25k to $75k for everything. Funding will be

from the STBG program.

The majority of the City’s road and transportation projects are funded from the STBG fund exchange program. With only an average of about $140k per year, it does not allow the City to perform large paving and roadway improvement projects each year.

In the past, we have compiled a few years’ worth of funding to be able to afford some of the larger paving projects. However, this means deferring other projects so that we can ensure there will be enough available funds to complete one larger project. It can be frustrating at times, because there are far more potential projects and needs than available funding. The City has no other steady funding source for transportation capital projects.

Read more about street improvements in the City of St. Helens at thechronicle online.com.

Children’s Theatre sets St. Helens audition

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The Missoula Children’s Theatre offers local children the opportunity to engage in a theater production.

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A chance for your child to be in the spotlight is just around the corner in St. Helens.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) will hold an audition for the production of Cinderella from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at St. Helens High School, 2375 Gable Rd. Organizers said the Missoula Children’s Theatre performance workshops offer children entering grades 1-12 the opportunity to learn to follow directions and to work as a team toward a shared goal.

Among the roles to be cast are Cinderella’s two stepsisters; the stepmother; the fairy godmother; the king; the prince; Cleo the Cat; Fido the Dog; beggars;

lords and ladies; mice; and pumpkins. Assistant directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage responsibilities.

Students grades kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to audition.

No advance preparation is necessary. Those auditioning for the St. Helens event are asked to arrive at the start time and plan to stay for the full two hours. Selected cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre touring productions come complete with costumes, scenery, props and makeup. MCT Tour actor/directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 4 to 8:15 p.m. each day.

The St. Helens School District is presenting the

Missoula Children’s Theatre residency.

The production, including a pumpkin coach, Prince Charming, a glass slipper and a dream come true are woven together by the magic of a Fairy Godmother when the Missoula Children’s Theatre and over 50 local students present an original musical adaptation of Cinderella at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17 and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. Helens High School.

Tickets are $8 for adults, and $5 for children and students.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre mission statement: The development of life skills in children through participation in the performing arts. Read more about the Missoula Children’s Theatre at https://mctinc.org/aboutmct/story-mct/.

Law Library: Immigration Law in 2020 A workshop entitled “Immigration Law in 2020” will be held at the Columbia County Law Library on Wednesday, Jan. 8 from 6-8 p.m. The law library is located at 270 S. First St. in St. Helens. The workshop

will be the 37th in our series of Lawyer in the Law Library workshops.

The speaker for the workshop will be local attorney Chelsea Strautman. The workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is

required. Your attendance and questions will be welcome.

For more information, please contact Law Librarian Brandee Dudzic at 503-3965344 or brandee@columbiacll.org

Air Guard night training The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will conduct routine F-15 Eagle night training missions through Jan. 11.

Night training allows the citizen-airmen pilots based at the Portland Air National Guard Base to stay current with mandatory Air Force requirements, according a release from the Guard.

Night flying is conducted as an essential training requirement for nighttime maneuvers. Training flights will be completed each evening before 10 p.m.

Specific flight routes have not been released The 142nd Fighter Wing The Portland Air National Guard Base employs around 1,500 Airmen who provide an economic impact

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Night flying is conducted as an essential training requirement for nighttime maneuvers.

of nearly $500 million to the region. The 142nd Fighter Wing defends our homeland with F-15 Eagle fighter jets, guarding the Pacific Northwest skies from northern California to the Canadian border, as part of Air Combat Command and the North American Aerospace De-

fense Command (NORAD).

The mission of the Airmen is to provide unequalled, mission-ready units to sustain combat aerospace superiority and peacetime tasking any time, any place in service to our nation, state and community.

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CenturyLink to refund $672,000 Oregon has reached a $4 million settlement with global telecommunications company CenturyLink.

The telecommunications company offers services in Clatskanie and St. Helens, as well as in the Portland area and Willamette Valley.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced the settlement in a release Tuesday, Dec. 31, stating that CenturyLink had engaged in deceptive advertising by door-to-door salespeople, deceptive billing practices, undisclosed fees, and failing to apply promised discounts to customer accounts.

Since 2014, Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) has received more than 1,200 consumer complaints about CenturyLink.

As part of the settlement, CenturyLink also will refund $672,000 to 8,212 Oregonians who were overcharged for their services, or did not receive the promised discount. The impacted Oregon consumers will be contracted by CenturyLink directly, but any consumers with questions can contact the Oregon Attorney General’s Consumer hotline at 877-877-9392.

“Purchasing internet, phone service and cable is confusing enough without false promises, and confusing prices and fees,” Rosenblum said. “Today’s settlement sends a clear message that hidden fees and other forms of unfair and deceptive business practices will

not be tolerated in Oregon.”

Specifically, Oregon consumers complained that CenturyLink charged more than the promised price, or they received multiple bills each month for different amounts, were billed for services after they had cancelled the service, or were billed for modems before they were installed.

Consumers also complained about the quality of service, Internet speed that was much slower than what was promised, or Inernet service so slow that it was unusable.

Under the settlement, which was filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, CenturyLink must: • Stop charging new customers the “Internet Cost Recovery Fee”, a fee that was not always previously disclosed to consumers until they received their first bill.

• Stop charging a “Broadband Cost Recovery Fee.” • Allow current customers to have an opportunity to transition to another plan without the fee.

• Clearly disclose all mandatory fees and charges in future advertisements.

• Stop charging cancellation and unreturned equipment fees if they are not disclosed at the time of sale.

In February 2014, Oregon DOJ opened an investigation of CenturyLink in response to over 1,000 consumer complaints, including complaints about the company misrepresent-

ing the price of services, failing to inform consumers of terms and conditions that could affect the price, and billing consumers for services they never received.

In 2018, complaints about telecommunication services topped Oregon DOJ’s top 10 consumer complaints.

The Chronicle contacted CenturyLink for a response to the DOJ settlement. The following is the company’s reply.

“We have appreciated the on-going and productive dialogue with the Oregon Attorney General’s Office.

While we disagree with the Attorney General’s position, we believe it is in the best interests of our company and our customers to amicably resolve these matters.

Toward that end, CenturyLink has entered into an assurance of voluntary compliance to settle disputed claims and avoid the distraction and costs of litigation. CenturyLink looks forward to continuing to serve its Oregon customers consistent with the company’s unifying principles of fairness, honesty and integrity.”

Oregon DOJ will continue to lead a separate securities class action lawsuit arising from the same conduct.

Rosenblum asks any Oregonian who believes they have received bills that include undisclosed fees to file a consumer complaint, or contact the Attorney General Consumer Hotline.

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Law Enforcement Appreciation Day BRAD WITT House District 31 Representative

I’m gratified to see so many people stepping up to participate in Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Established in 2015, January 9 is our opportunity to honor the men and women who serve in law enforcement and thank them for the daily sacrifices they make to protect our communities.

Law enforcement officers of every rank and file have chosen a profession that puts their life on the line every day for our communities. In 2019,

128 officers died in the line of duty in the United States.

The majority died of gunshot wounds after responding to a domestic-related call, serving a high-risk warrant or working on an investigative activity.

The death of a law enforcement officer devastates a family in many ways, emotionally and financially.

That is why I was honored to sponsor House Bill 2286 during the 2019 Legislative Session, which established a College Scholarship Fund for Fallen Public Safety Officers.

Now in Oregon, a college

scholarship fund exists for the children of public safety officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. The scholarships are for the cost of tuition and fees for four years of higher education. The program is funded by 10 percent of civil forfeiture proceeds. HB 2286 received unanimous support in both chambers of the legislature and was signed by Governor Brown on May 5.

It was one of many pieces of legislation that took effect on January 1.

Another way that the Oregon Legislature continues to honor fallen law enforcement

officers is through the Roadside Memorial Fund, which was established in 2011 allowing ODOT to receive and appropriate moneys to erect roadside memorial signs commemorating law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The Roadside Memorial program was expanded in 2013 to include members of the Armed Forces killed in Action.

This past session, Senator Betsy Johnson and I sponsored Senate Bill 528 adding firefighters to the Roadside Memorial program, like Scappoose fallen firefighter Robert

Hales. SB 528 also received unanimous support in both chambers, was signed by the Governor on June 7, and went into effect on January 1.

Next week, lawmakers will return to Salem for the final Legislative Days before the February short session.

Legislative Days are a time for informational committee meetings, receive reports from state agencies, hear updates on legislation implementation, and make final plans for the February Session.

It is my privilege to represent you in the Oregon House of Representatives, so if you

have a concern or comment or need help regarding a state issue or agency, please contact my office. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks for reading my newsletter, and remember, January 9 is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, so if you see a police officer, thank them for their service.

Brad Witt serves as State Representative for House District 31. He may be reached at 503-986-1431, and at Rep. BradWitt@oregonlegislature. gov. Rep. Witt’s website is http://www.oregonlegislature. gov/witt.

Columbia City Mayor’s Year in Review CASEY WHEELER Chronicle Guest Column

2019 started as a year of change for the city.

For the first time in a number of years we have a new city administrator and mayor. The transition went smoothly as we also added a new council member.

Highlights of the year include:

• Continued progress on the work on our streets, water and sewer systems thanks to our dedicated public works staff.

• Additional improvements and increased use of our community hall.

• Our volunteer community library was able to successfully negotiate improved access to increase the flexibility of hours for community members.

• Another clean opinion

audit on the city’s financial records and internal controls.

• Two successful Michael Allen Harrison fundraising concerts.

• A highly successful Columbia City Celebration with record attendance to benefit our community library along with a preparedness fair involving a number of community/county organizations.

• Community policing and outreach by our police department continued to be

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appreciated by members of our community.

• An office staff that is friendly, efficient and welcoming to members of the public who drop into the city office. They collected 293 pounds of food for the Columbia Pacific Food Bank in November to help those in need in our community.

• The establishment of the first Airbnb in the city.

• Our city parks (including our dog park) continue

to have a high level of use by our community and visitors.

I want to thank the many volunteers that serve on our committees, help with utility bill stuffing, work in the parks, assist the library and community hall and help with our events. We would not have the quality of life we do without your continued support. I truly appreciate each and every one of you.

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Finally, I want to invite you to my next “Meet the Mayor” session from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, at Columbia City Hall, 1840 Second St. This is an informal meeting where we can discuss any concerns or ideas you may have for improving our city.

Casey Wheeler is the Mayor of Columbia City.

Wheeler may be reached at 503-397-4010.

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Oregon child dies from influenza complications JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

The flu season has hit hard in Oregon with an increase in the number of flu related hospitalizations and the death of a child.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported that an Oregon child died after contracting influenza during the second week of December.

“There has been one pediatric flu death so far this season,” Oregon Health Authorities lead communications officer Jonathan Modie told The Chronicle.

No other details about the child’s death have been released.

According to Modie, the OHA doesn’t track adult flu deaths because flu deaths in adults are not nationally notifiable (e.g., required to be reported).

A key reason, Modie said, is because seasonal influenza may lead to death from other causes, such as pneumonia, congestive heart failure, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and it has been recognized for many years that influenza is infrequently listed on death certificates and testing for seasonal influenza infections is usually not done, particularly among the elderly who are at greatest risk of seasonal influenza complications and death.

“Some deaths — particularly in the elderly — are associated with secondary complications of seasonal influenza (including bacterial pneumonias),” Modie said. “Influenza virus infection may not be identified in many instances because influenza virus is only detectable for a short period of time and/or many people don’t seek medical care until after the first few days of acute illness.”

For these and other reasons,

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Infrastructure was another accomplishment of the Port over the past year, Hayes said. Infrastructure installations included a new taxi way at SIA as well as installing additional water and sewer lines at the airpark and working with the City of Scappoose to complete the project.

“They were great partners in that,” Hayes said.

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As case of the flu increase in the state, the Oregon Health Authority is recommending flu shots, and encourages people to take additional steps to protect themselves and their children from the virus.

Modie said statistical modeling strategies have been used to estimate seasonal flu-related deaths for many decades. Only counting deaths where influenza was included on a death certificate would be a gross underestimation of seasonal influenza’s true impact.”

Modie said the OHA doesn’t track flu hospitalizations by county, but does monitor influenza-associated hospitalizations in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, the Tri-County/Portland Metro area, along with reports of emergency department visits for influenza-like illness, positive flu tests as reported to the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System, and reported flu outbreaks around the state. Modie said the information collected gives the OHA a good sense of flu activity around the state.

Modie said the timing of flu is unpredictable and can vary from season to season.

“Seasonal flu viruses can be detected year-round,: he said. “However, seasonal flu activity often begins as early as October and November and can continue to occur as late as May.Flu activity most commonly peaks between December and February.”

The OHA encourages everyone to take steps to protect your families, co-workers,

neighbors and community from the flu.

Modie said cases of flu are on the rise across Oregon, but it’s not too late to get vaccinated. Other ways people can help prevent flu: • Stay home from work or school when you are sick and limit contact with others.

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue out when you are done.

• Wash hands with soap and water. Use an alcohol-based hand rub if soap and water are not available.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

• Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may have flu germs on them.

• Avoid getting coughed and sneezed on.

For parents concerned about the health safety of their children, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has helpful online tips at https://www.cdc. gov/flu/treatment/caring-forsomeone.htm.

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pleted.

There are two new tasks for the Port as well, and one of them will be to continue talks with Perry Technical Institute, based in Yakima, Washington, about establishing a satellite campus in Columbia County.

“Those talks are never short, it takes a while to talk to folks. We’re going to continue that,” Hayes said.

The fourth major task involves establishing an intergovernmental agreement with the City of St. Helens.

“The Port will supervise and market their industrial lands within city limits,” Hayes said.

Doing so would help both institutions bring in jobs to the county, Hayes said.

Overall, Hayes said he felt positively about the coming year.

“As I’m sitting here now, I don’t see anything that will be too much of an issue. We look forward to the new year, and we wish everyone a happy new year,” Hayes said.

Hayes mentioned four major tasks for the Port in the next year.

One of them is continuing the rezone, which will involve bringing arguments for the last remaining question to the Columbia County commissioners.

“Our plan is to get that back in front of the county commissioners in late February, early March,” Hayes said.

Hayes also mentioned completing the Devinaire hangar project, which he estimated would bring in about 20 jobs once com-

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To learn more about the 2019-20 flu season, go to the CDC webpage on frequently asked questions at https://bit. ly/33dtWgY. To contact the Oregon Health Authority, call 971-673-2315. To contact the Columbia County Health Department, call 503-397-7210.

As we hang up our new 2020 calendars and get started on our New Years resolutions, Oregonians are facing hundreds of new state laws that may impact our day-to-day lives.

The laws, enacted during the 2019 Oregon Legislative session, become official Jan. 1. Here’s a list of a few notable changes that Oregonians should be aware of.

HB 2509 Bans stores and restaurants from providing singleuse plastic bags at checkout, and requires them to charge at least five cents per bag if they provide paper or other alternatives.

SB 90 Prohibits restaurants from giving customers single-use plastic straws unless the customer specifically requests one, effective immediately.

SB 3 Allows community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees. Colleges would have to gain approval for each program through the Higher Education Coordinating Committee by showing that the program would address a workforce need not being met.

SB 320 Would allow Oregon to stay on daylight savings time year-round, but only if the federal government passes a law allowing the switch.

Washington and California also must agree to switch.

The bill would exempt the portion of Eastern Oregon that operates on Mountain Time.

HB 2005 Sets up a system for paid family leave in which Oregon workers can take off up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a new child or sick family member, or to recover from a serious illness or domestic violence. The leave would be paid for by a state insurance fund that employers and employees would contribute less than one percent of their paycheck to, similar to worker’s compensation.

Employers with fewer than 25 employees will not have to pay into the fund but their employees will still be eligible to apply for compensation during their leave of absence. The state will begin collecting funds in 2022 and employees will be able to begin collecting benefits in 2023.

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This is an example of an alternative bag shoppers may use now that Oregon has banned the use of plastic bags at grocery stores and restaurants. The new bag ban law took effect Jan. 1.

prohibits landlords from evicting month-to-month renters without cause after 12 months of residency.

HB 2393 Strengthens Oregon’s ‘revenge porn’ laws by making it a crime to distribute intimate photos or videos of a person without their consent.

Previously the law only covered posting such content to a website, but now includes other methods of electronic dissemination such as text message, email and apps. It allows victims to sue for up to $5,000 in damages.

HB 2328 Will make it easier for police to put car thieves behind bars. A 2014 court decision meant that prosecutors have had to prove that a person had knowledge the vehicle they were driving was stolen.

Now, they merely have to show the person disregarded a ‘substantial and unjustifiable risk’ that the vehicle might be stolen.

SB 861 Provides for prepaid postage on ballots, allowing Oregonians to vote by mail without paying for a stamp starting in 2020.

SB 9 Allow pharmacists to prescribe emergency refills of

insulin and related supplies instead of requiring patients who run out to wait for their doctor’s office to open to get a new prescription.

HB 2015 Allows an undocumented immigrant to obtain driver’s licenses. However, those who can’t provide documentation of citizenship will not be eligible to vote.

HB 3216 Allows a person to sue anyone who ‘summons a police officer’ as a way to discriminate against someone or cause them to feel harassed or embarrassed, infringe on the person’s rights or expel them from a place where they are lawfully located.

SB 998 Allows a bicyclist to yield or roll through, rather than come to a full stop, at stop signs and traffic signals.

SB 870 Adds Oregon to the National Popular Vote Compact. States belonging to the compact agree to award their Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote instead of the winner of their state. The compact will take effect once states representing 270 Electoral College votes join. Oregon brings the total to 196 votes.

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The St. Helens School District is joining Oregon’s 196 school districts to celebrate January as ‘School Board Recognition Month.’

“Our school board members spend countless hours of unpaid time working to provide the best possible education for our students,” St. Helens School District Superintendent Scot Stockwell said. “They also serve as the corporate board of directors for one of our community’s largest employers. Celebrating School Board Recognition Month is one way to say thanks for all they do.”

According to Stockwell, school board members represent their fellow citizens’ views and priorities in the complex enterprise of maintaining and running the community’s public schools and they also reinforce the principle of local control over public education, which is an important, highly valued aspect of education in Oregon.

“Too often the efforts of school board members go unrecognized,” Stockwell said.

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Stockwell said the board focuses on the following needs: • Creating a vision for what parents and citizens want their school district to become and how to make student achievement the top priority.

• Setting standards for what students must learn and be able to do.

• Assessing whether schools achieve their goals, and whether students are learning.

• Accounting for the outcomes of decisions and by tracking progress and reporting results.

• Aligning the use of the district’s human and financial resources.

• Creating a safe and orderly climate where students can learn and teachers can teach.

• Collaborating to solve

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• Focusing on continuous improvement by questioning, examining, revising, refining and revisiting issues related to student achievement.

“Even though we are making a special effort during January to show appreciation for our school board members, we recognize their contributions reflect a yearround effort on their part,” Stockwell said. “They are dedicated individuals who are committed to improving student achievement and to fighting for the best for all our students.”

The St. Helens School Board members are Kellie Smith, Melody Killens, Ryan Scholl, Trinity Monahan and Bill Amos.

The Board of Directors of the St. Helens School District is composed of five publicly elected community members who serve four-year at large terms. General board powers and duties include legislative or rule-making authority, judicial authority, and executive/ administrative authority as delegated by the Legislature of the State of Oregon and outlined in board policy BBA.

When the new year rolls around, looking back on the past year is something that most organizations do, including one that many Columbia County residents may overlook: the county’s animal shelter.

This past year has been an active one for the Columbia Humane Society (CHS). The Chronicle sat down with a representative from CHS to ask the organization a few questions about how the shelter did this year and the Columbia Humane Society’s goals for the future: The Chronicle: How many adoptions did the humane society process this year? How many people and families adopted animals?

Columbia Humane Society: CHS took in 215 animals this year and adopted out 260 animals this year.

The difference in numbers were animals that were carried over from last year.

The Chronicle: How many animals reside in the shelter now, as opposed to at the start of the year? Is that up or down from previous years?

CHS: We currently have about 10 cats and about 15 dogs that are at the shelter.

This is about the same as we started the year with.

The Chronicle: How much income were you able to generate this year based on fees, donations, grants and fundraising? How were you able to use that income?

CHS: We have an operating budget of $181,000.00 a year that money is used to fund the running of the shelter and the care of the animals that we help both in shelter and in the community.

The Chronicle: What is the current makeup of animals at the shelter?

CHS: We only have cats and dogs in the shelter.

The Chronicle: Is the Columbia Humane Society looking at doing anything different next year? What are short- and long-term goals for the future for the shelter?

CHS: We look forward to supporting the pets of Columbia County and beyond to the best of our abilities in 2020. We are going to work harder to generate more funds so that we can help more pets.

We are looking forward to expanding our enrichment program for both the cats and the dogs in the shelter. We are working on extending our behavioral program for both cats and dogs. We are talking about adding some more exciting and fun fundraisers in 2020 and expanding the Columbia County Dog Fair again also.

The Columbia Humane Society shelter is located at 2084 Oregon St. in St. Helens. The shelter may be reached at 503-397-4353.

Read more about the Columbia Humane Society at thechronicleonline.com.

Public Notices

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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Notice is hereby given, the Columbia County Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to NOON. The meeting will be held in

Healy Hall, at the Columbia County Road Department, located at 1054 Oregon Street, St. Helens, Oregon 97051. The meeting is open to the public and any interested persons are invited to attend.

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DISTRICT BOARD MEETING NOTICE The McNulty Water People’s Utility District is scheduled to hold a “District Board meeting” on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 7:00 pm. Meeting location: 34240 Millard Road in Warren, Oregon. The Public is invited to attend. See more details at http://www.

McNultyWater.com. An Executive Board meeting may follow regarding: A. ORS 192.660 (2) (e) to discuss real property matters B. ORS 192.660 (2) (f) to consider information or records exempt by law from public inspection C. ORS 192.660 (2) (h) to consult

with counsel regarding the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filled D. ORS 192.660 (2) (a) to consider the employment of a public officer, employee, staff member or individual agent. Pursuant to ORS 192.660 (4), representatives of the news media are specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberations during the executive session, except to state the general subject of the session as previously announced and described above.

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BOARD MEETING NOTICE The Fair Board Meeting will be held at the fairgrounds, in the 4H Building, 58892

Saulser Rd., at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2020. The public is invited and welcome.

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NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE VACANCIES The St. Helens School District No. 502 is seeking applicants for four (4) vacancies on the District Budget Committee. Each term has an initial three year appointment. Due to preexisting vacancies, not all vacancies have a full three year term remaining. Please see the District’s website for more information regarding vacancy details.

Applications are available for pick up at St. Helens School District Office, 474 North 16th Street, St. Helens, Oregon or online at http://www.sthelens.k12. or.us/ and will be accepted until the close of business on Friday, January 10th, 2020. Interviews and appointments will occur at the board meeting held on January 22nd, 2020.

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ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE The Columbia Soil & Water Conservation District will be holding their Annual Meeting on January 15, 2018 at 6:30

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY Juvenile Department In the Matter of IRINA EVGENYEVNA ZYRIANOVA, A Child.

Case No. 18JU08240 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO: Evgeny Zyrianov IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Columbia County Circuit Court at 230 Strand Street, St. Helens, Oregon 97051, on the 27th day of January, 2020 at 10 a.m. to admit or deny the allegation of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent courtordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the

order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated November 22, 2019. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Columbia County. Date of first publication: December 25, 2019. Date of last publication: January 8, 2020.

NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OF DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURTORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINTATE YOU PARENTAL RIGHTS to the above-named child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you are

currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Columbia Juvenile Department at 244 Strand St., St. Helens OR 97051, phone number 503397-0257 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information. IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN

ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Cara J. Smith Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice, 100 SW Market Street, Portland, OR 97201. Phone: (971) 673-1880.

CH19-1301

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY Juvenile Department In the Matter of IRINA EVGENYEVNA ZYRIANOVA, A Child.

Case No. 18JU08241 PUBLISHED SUMMONS TO: Natalia Zyrianova IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: A petition has been filed asking the court to terminate your parental rights to the above-named child for the purpose of placing the child for adoption. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY APPEAR BEFORE the Columbia County Circuit Court at 230 Strand Street, St. Helens, Oregon 97051, on the 27th day of January, 2020 at 10 a.m. to admit or deny the allegation of the petition and to personally appear at any subsequent courtordered hearing. YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM ON THE DATE AND AT THE TIME LISTED ABOVE. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING IN YOUR PLACE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST APPEAR EVEN IF YOUR ATTORNEY ALSO APPEARS. This summons is published pursuant to the

order of the circuit court judge of the above-entitled court, dated November 22, 2019. The order directs that this summons be published once each week for three consecutive weeks, making three publications in all, in a published newspaper of general circulation in Columbia County. Date of first publication: December 25, 2019. Date of last publication: January 8, 2020.

NOTICE READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR PERSONALLY BEFORE THE COURT OF DO NOT APPEAR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT COURTORDERED HEARING, the court may proceed in your absence without further notice and TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS to the abovenamed child either ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUMMONS OR ON A FUTURE DATE, and may make such orders and take such action as authorized by law. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS (1) YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED

BY AN ATTORNEY IN THIS MATTER. If you

are currently represented by an attorney, CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING THIS NOTICE. Your previous attorney may not be representing you in this matter. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY and you meet the state’s financial guidelines, you are entitled to have an attorney appointed for you at state expense. TO REQUEST APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU AT STATE EXPENSE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CONTACT the Columbia Juvenile Department at 244 Strand St., St. Helens OR 97051, phone number 503397-0257 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for further information. IF YOU WISH TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY, please retain one as soon as possible and have the attorney present at the above hearing. If you need help finding an attorney, you may call the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at (503) 684-3763 or toll free in Oregon at (800) 452-7636. IF YOU ARE REPRESENTED BY AN

ATTORNEY, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND TO KEEP YOUR ATTORNEY ADVISED OF YOUR WHEREABOUTS. (2) If you contest the petition, the court will schedule a hearing on the allegations of the petition and order you to appear personally and may schedule other hearings related to the petition and order you to appear personally. IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR, YOU MUST APPEAR PERSONALLY IN THE COURTROOM, UNLESS THE COURT HAS GRANTED YOU AN EXCEPTION IN ADVANCE UNDER ORS 419B.918 TO APPEAR BY OTHER MEANS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TELEPHONIC OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN ATTORNEY MAY NOT ATTEND THE HEARING(S) IN YOUR PLACE. PETITIONER’S ATTORNEY Cara J. Smith Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice, 100 SW Market Street, Portland, OR 97201. Phone: (971) 673-1880.

Mini boats make international connection STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

Last spring, a tiny island in the Republic of Kiribati received an unlikely visitor washing ashore from the Pacific: A five-foot unmanned mini sailboat designed and built by a team of 4th graders in Oregon that was launched from the coast of Mexico, 472 days and 11,000 nautical miles earlier.

“Miniboats may be small, but they are mighty.” ~ Nate Sandel, Columbia River Maritime Museum The boat is part of a fleet of GPS-equipped, seaworthy vessels that are cooperatively designed, built, launched, and tracked each year by elementary and middle school students in the Pacific Northwest and Japan as part of the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s Miniboat Program. The project involved 5th graders at Columbia City Elementary School in Columbia City.

Built from nautical roots, this one-of-a-kind education program introduces students to ocean science, international exchange, and the STEAM fields of science, technology, engineering, the arts and math, helping to inspire future careers.

Now in its third year and with more than 55,000 nautical miles traveled to date, the museum’s Miniboat Program is readying to launch this year’s fleet of

student-built boats — and the community is invited to get involved. On Jan. 21, the museum will host its first-ever “Miniboat Summit” where students from three schools will present their boats, conduct a sparkling apple cider christening, then make an official hand-off to the Columbia River Bar Pilots and U.S. Coast Guard, who will launch the small boats on their voyage to Japan.

“Miniboats may be small, but they are mighty,” Columbia River Maritime Museum education director Nate Sandel said. “They have the power to create substantial and lasting impact — in the community and well beyond. We’ve seen these boats capture the imagination of our students, but also many people from around the world, who encounter the boats, help with a rescue, or simply follow the boats’ progress online. It’s an exciting adventure we’re so happy to share during this year’s Miniboat Summit.”

Through the Miniboat Program, students take on roles as quartermasters, sail designers, keel engineers, cargo trackers, and documentarians. Along the way, they learn real-world skills and make friends overseas while they track their boats online, which are packed with mementos curated by the students. It was developed by the Columbia River Maritime Museum in partnership with the Consular Office of Japan in Portland, Educational Passages, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

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Columbia City Elementary School students painting one of the miniboats in December.

and is supported by Pacific Power, the U.S. Coast Guard, and many others.

“It’s not every day that you get to balance a keel, design a sail, or navigate the waters of the Pacific Ocean,” Pacific Power’s Clatsop County regional business manager said Alisa Dunlap said. “The Miniboat Program offers an extraordinary way for 5th-7th grade students in our region to learn crucial STEAM skills, discover future careers and build international connections that

will last a lifetime. We know STEAM skills are important part of building opportunity for the future, especially in the small communities we serve. We are excited to support a program dedicated to enriching the education of young learners and empowering them to try new things and explore their creativity.”

Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, debris from the country washed up on Oregon and Washington shores. One of those items, a fishing ves-

sel, is now on display at the Columbia River Maritime Museum. That boat and its journey across the Pacific Ocean became the inspiration for building Miniboat Program. Since the program’s start in 2017, 1,213 students on both sides of the Pacific Ocean have been involved in the launch of 24 miniboats, traveling a total of 55,236 nautical miles (and climbing daily). These boats are tracked daily and students are still building on the skills they honed to

launch them.

The program partners students in the Pacific Northwest with their counterparts in Japan, facilitating international exchange and cultural learning. It provides an exceptional learning opportunity that is enriched by international student cooperation, tackles complex ideas, and benefits from an ocean’s worth of possibility. In late November, Sandel traveled to Japan to deliver boats to students there and take part in launches from Japan.

This year’s participants include 7th graders from Warrenton Grade School in Warrenton, 5th graders at Columbia City Elementary School in Columbia City, and 7th graders from Wy’East Middle School in Vancouver, Wash. These three schools are partnered with three schools in Japan, including Tanesashi Primary School, Okuki Elementary, and Kanehama Elementary in Hachinohe City, in the Aomori Prefecture.

Follow the miniboat adventures on Facebook at CRMM Miniboat Program, or through the museum’s website at. www.crmm.org, and read more about the Columbia City Elementary School mini boats at thechronicleonline.com.

Miniboat Summit 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 21 Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Dr. Astoria

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Garden Plots: Planting flowering peas in 2020 Master Gardener™ class signups being taken for 2020 class in St. Helens The OSU Extension office in Columbia County will be offering the Master Gardener™ training again this spring. This year, we are trying a new schedule that allows people that work to attend. The classes will be held on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. and on alternate Saturdays from 9 a.m.

- 4 p.m. for about 10 weeks starting on February 5, 2020 at the Extension office in St. Helens. Cost of the program is $100.00 which includes a large re-source book. Some scholarships are available. Master Gardeners are responsible for providing volunteer gardening education to the community as partial payback for the training. If interested in the program, call the Extension office at 503 397-3462 for an in-formation packet.

Online registration is now available at https://tinyurl. com/ColumbiaMG2020. We can also send you an application and/or you can come into our office to sign up.

The new garden year starts soon. Here are some ideas to get you going

If have seen gardeners bend clear, corrugated fiberglass green-house sheets into a hoop over the seeded rows, kept in place by two rows of stakes with twine tied to the stakes across the top. Other gardeners use bendable PVC pipe or 10-guage wire hoops and clear plastic. Open ends of the tunnels for ventilation on sunny days. They generally get a great start in these mini-greenhouses.

Once the peas outgrow the tunnels, cover them with loose floating row cover or, if the weather has warmed, let them fend for themselves.

Eventually, the taller types of peas (both edible and flowering) will need a trellis of some sort.

Inoculate seeds so they will return nitrogen to your garden. Plant them about 2 inches apart. Rows should be 36-40 inches apart. Deer and slugs adore garden peas.

Protected peas

Gypsum, soil drainage, and Columbia County gardens

Edible and flowering peas can be planted in January.

Don’t confuse the two types as flowering peas are gorgeous and nicely scented but poisonous.

Peas are best planted in a well-drained location. They should be given some cold protection and soil warming.

Columbia County has a lot of clay-rich soils. These soils can be productive but have major limitations.

First, our clay soils are generally quite acid with native pH levels in the 5.5 - 6.0 range. Second, clay particles are the tiniest of all soil particles. Thus, pore spaces,

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Monday until the end of May. In addition to bringing the musical expertise to instruct children, Cantwell brings ukuleles for children to use for free while taking lessons.

Jeff Weiss, Scappoose Public Library Director, said the lessons were a way to expand children’s programming.

“Without a grant, we can’t afford to underwrite that expense, so the grant offered us to do lessons for free instead of for a fee,” Weiss said.

According to Weiss, paid ukulele lessons for children have seen as many as 20 attendees. Their adult ukulele group usually has 15 to 20 participants. The Monday, Jan. 6 children’s lesson drew a crowd of approximately 30 parents and children.

Lessons end in May because the grant is enough to fund five months of lessons.

However, Weiss said the library would like to keep the program ongoing with the help from business and community donations. While there are no specific plans yet to fundraise, Weiss said Collins would be approaching businesses to be sponsors after the grant runs out. Lessons cost the library $400 a month, and the library will have to raise $4,000 to continue the lessons for free from June till December.

Even for five months, the classes will expand children’s programming for the library and help children build musical skills, Weiss said.

“Developing music skills goes along with other activities and brain development,” Weiss said.

The library also received a $13,000 grant from the Oregon Public Library Innova-

which are so important for water drainage and aeration, are also very tiny in heavy clay soils. This leads to poor drainage and a lot of other resulting problems.

In certain parts of the United States, gypsum is widely used to improve clay soil drainage. What is less widely known is that this only works on sodic soils.

These are soils with a lot of sodium.

We have no sodic soils in

Columbia County.

So gypsum isn’t a quick fix for our drainage issues.

Best options for gardeners (or farmers as well) include:

• Make raised beds • Install tile drainage • Add of lots of organic tion Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, which will be combined with the Scappoose Public Library’s Friends of the Library contribution of $2,000, for a total of $15,000.

The grant will accomplish two goals: expand the exist-

add a new fridge, oven, stove and a new range installed for the oven. Weiss said he is rebidding all the electrical work, and how many items will be in the library of things depends on how much the electric work would cost.

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Two scientists in Washington tested a range of deer repellents and two application tech-niques for effectiveness in plant protection. They classed the compounds by their presumed effects on deer, i.e. pain (like hot pepper derivatives), taste (like some of the bit-tering agents like quinine), fear (rotting sulfurous compounds) and mixed messages that combined categories.

They looked at applications on trees and application around trees.

The best results (season long reduction in browsing) were for the powdered form of Deer Away® Big Game Repellent (active ingredient= “putrescent egg solids”) and Plant-skydd™.

Both are sulfurous-based products. There are now others that pack the same “decaying meat” message.

Application on the tree was far superior to application around the tree. All products tested were effective in the winter when the browsing pressure is lower.

However, in the spring, for their library of things, an air fryer, which will not be available for checkout until the spring. Other appliances will be added soon too, such as an ice cream maker, a pasta crank, canning equipment, an insta-pot, a food dehydrator and maybe a sous-vide, according to Rachel Lunden, reference librarian. Scappoose Public Library staff will work on collecting and cataloging items before they are ready to be available.

Lunden said the library of things was inspired in part

by Hillsboro Brookwood Library’s similar program.

To collect the items to be included in the library of things, Lunden researched by asking Hillsboro library staff which items were most popular. The air fryer came back as their most highly requested item.

Weiss said the new appliances will be a way to increase nutrition education

Other appliances will be added soon too, such as an ice cream maker, a pasta crank, canning equipment, an insta-pot, a food dehydrator and maybe a sous-vide ing kitchen inside the library meeting room and create a circulating library of small kitchen appliances to increase nutrition education opportunities and access to healthy foods, according to Weiss.

The library meeting room is used daily, Weiss said, for various meetings and other community purposes.

Its kitchen has a sink, and the grant will enable the library to

most protected for about three weeks but after that, all bets were off. The best products showed up to eight weeks of control. Don’t use on edible crops.

modest amounts of gypsum around acid loving plants like rhodo-dendrons and blueberries to improve calcium availability without making the soils less acid. A study some years ago indicated that gypsum added to new raspberry raised beds would improve plant survival relative to root rot, a scourge of our raspberry plantings.

Gypsum has been used to dust potatoes before covering the furrow to reduce the inci-dence of potato scab. And modest amounts can be added to the whole vegetable garden, assuming that there isn’t too much calcium there already.

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matter which will, over time, improve drainage • All of the above together But is there a place for gypsum? I think there is.

Both calcium and sulfur are often in short supply in our gardens. Gypsum is calcium sulfate. Gypsum also doesn’t increase soil pH like regular agricultural lime (which is calcium carbonate) will. It won’t lower it either.

So you can use

Weiss is currently working on getting bids for the electrical work that needs to be done to install a fridge and an oven, for which there will be an award presentation on Jan. 16. Once final bids are in, the library will be able to get more appliances, which will determine the budget for everything else, Weiss said.

As of now, the library has collected one appliance

The Oregon State University Extension office in Columbia County publishes a monthly newsletter on gardening and farming topics (called County Living) written/edited by yours truly. All you need to do is ask for it and it will be mailed or emailed to you.

Call 503 397-3462 to be put on the list. Alternatively, you can find it on the web at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/columbia/ and click on newsletters.

Many Extension publications available online Are you putting up salsa, saving seeds, or thinking about planting grapes? OSU has a large number of its publications available for free download. Just go to https://catalog.extension. oregonstate.edu/ . Click on publications and start exploring. The Extension Service offers its programs and materials equally to all people.

Chip Bubl works with the Oregon State University Extension Service – Columbia County. 505 N. Columbia River Highway in St. Helens. He may be reached at 503-397-3462, or chip. bubl@oregonstate.edu. opportunities and access to healthy foods for the residents of Columbia County. The program will accomplish this by working in conjunction with programs already in place, such as the food distribution program that happens on Tuesdays via the food bank.

The library of things was also inspired by another program the library has, according to Weiss, which are STEAM kits that children can check out. Those kits began with a grant from the northwest educational hub, and include things like a telescope, microscope, robotics kits, art kits and design kits, and Weiss said they have been very popular.

When the library of things program gets underway, Weiss predicts they will start checking each appliance out for a week and based on demand they may increase the circulation time.

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Rollover off Highway 30 STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

One person was hospitalized following a rollover motor vehicle crash on Highway 30 near Jones Road in Rainier.

According to Columbia River Fire & Rescue, the vehicle was found Friday, Jan. 3, 50 feet off the roadway and 18 feet over the embankment.

A chief, engine, rescue

and medic from CRFR attended to the two patients at the scene of the crash. A Scappoose medic transported one of the patients to a local hospital.

The rescue and engine crews mitigated any hazardous materials from entering the wetland area at the crash site.

The cause of the crash and the identity of those involved and their injuries had not been released by press time.

Tree hits car

Photo courtesy of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office

It was not your usual commute along Cornelius Pass Road for one driver on Monday morning, Jan. 6. Traffic was disrupted for a time after a small tree fell onto the driver’s car. According to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred at NW 8th Avenue and NW Cornelius Pass Road. The unidentified driver suffered minor cuts from falling glass, but declined to be taken to a hospital. Deputies remained on scene providing traffic control around the accident until the damaged vehicle was towed.

Columbia County Courthouse Art

Dana Belisle, “View from the David Hill Winery.”

Laura Blackwell, “Courthouse,” Watercolor.

The Columbia Arts Guild shows the work of local artists in the Gallery at the Courthouse straight across from the Assessor’s Office located on the ground floor

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in the courthouse annex. The artwork changes every month.

Stop by any time the courthouse is open Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at 230 Strand St, St Helens, OR 97051.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

St. Helens High School Sports Schedules Wrestling • 7 p.m. Thursday Jan. 9. St. Helens hosting Wilsonville • 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10. Pacific Rim Tournament at Seaside Swimming • 5 p.m. Thursday Jan. 9. St. Helens hosting The Dalles

Photo courtesy of Columbia Fire & Rescue

Crews at the scene of the rollover crash along Highway 30. In the bottom right of this photo you can see the vehicle on its top.

Basketball • 6:30 p.m. Friday Jan. 10. Girls varsity hosting The Dalles • 7 p.m. Boys varsity at The Dalles For game results visit www.osaa.org