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Local soldiers return from Middle East Members of Bravo Company, 741 Brigade Engineer Battalion, are home in Oregon, safe and sound. The troops from St. Helens, Scappoose, Rainier and surrounding areas arrived Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Portland International Airport and were greeted by family and friends. Emotions were high as the soldiers received hugs, kisses and handshakes from loved ones and community members. The troops were stationed in the Middle East for the past year serving as a security force element in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. They were mobilized during a community ceremony in October last year at St. Helens High School. In the following conversation, Company Commander Capt. Jake Allbright gives us insight into the troops’ assignments in Kuwait. The Chronicle: Specifically, where were the local troops stationed and what was their duty assignments?

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The Chronicle: What were the personal and duty challenges the local troops encountered and how did they resolve those challenges?

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Allbright: Bravo Company is comprised of citizen-soldiers from all civilian professions and military expertise. Through our diversity and skill sets we were able to adapt our training and proficiency to meet the requirements placed upon us while deployed. Our team is made up of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which provided a lot of experience and assistance to support our soldiers who were mobilized for the first time. This helped us to be successful not only forward, but also with maintaining good communication and connection with families back home as time allowed. We were in a forward operating environment during a dynamic time in history, in addition to the everchanging dynamic that COVID-19 not only presented us in theater, but also directly affected our families back home. The Chronicle: What type of danger did these troops face and why? Allbright: There are always inherent dangers with any mobilization, but overall we had a successful deployment to the Middle East and are happy to be coming back home to Oregon.

Jake Allbright: The soldiers of Bravo Company, 741 Brigade Engineer Battalion served as a security force element in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. They were responsible for base defense operations and convoy security while integrated with the mobile artillery assets within the Central Command Area of Responsibility to assist in providing stability to the region.

The Chronicle: How many of the troops were mobilized and from what cities in Columbia County?

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Commissioners discuss Halloweentown CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

Concerns about St. Helens’ Spirit of Halloweentown, the city’s fall signature community event, were raised during the Columbia County Commissioners regular public meeting, Aug. 26. Spirit of Halloweentown is an annual month-long series of celebrations held during the month of Oc-

tober in St. Helens and gets its name from the 1998 made-for-TV Disney movie “Halloweentown,” filmed in St. Helens. The festivities, including the annual large pumpkin lighting opening event at Plaza Square, have attracted as many as 10,000 people annually. Columbia County is currently in Phase 2 of the state’s reopening, which means that outdoor events at venues are capped at 250 people,

according to Gov. Brown’s orders issued to slow the spread of the pandemic. Columbia County Public Health Director Michael Paul told the commissioners that his office has been fielding many questions from residents about whether or not the city should continue with Spirit of Halloweentown plans. “We’ve been directing people to provide comments to the St. Helens

City Council,” Paul said. “We understand they’re still planning Halloweentown.” Commissioner Margaret Magruder asked Paul if Columbia County Public Health is required to approve plans for events such as Spirit of Halloweentown. She said she knew the fair board had to work with public health in order to meet requirements for the fair’s drive-in concerts, held in lieu of the Columbia County Fair &

Rodeo this summer. Paul said the public health department is not required to approve such plans. “We haven’t been approving plans, we’re reviewing plans,” he said. “We’re not actually approving plans. We can help to find an answer to something the organizer doesn’t

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Sexual Conduct Sentence

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A Columbia County man has received a 13-year sentence in federal prison and a life term supervised release for traveling across state lines to repeatedly sexually assault a 14-year-old victim. According to court documents, Gerald Ryan Davis, 37, of St. Hel-

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ens, used social media to find his victim and, beginning in December 2014, repeatedly traveled across state lines to meet in person and engage in criminal sexual conduct. Davis gave the victim alcohol during these encounters. Davis, who was 33 years old at the time, had previously been convicted in 2011 of sexually abusing a 17-year-old and was sentenced to probation. While on probation, he repeatedly violated his release conditions by contacting minor victims and was ordered to serve two years in prison. He was released in July 2014, five months prior to sexually assaulting the minor victim in this case. On Jan. 31, 2017, local police officers arrested Davis after executing a search warrant at his St. Helens home. While in custody, he admitted to sexually assaulting the minor. On March 1, 2019,

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Investigators said the female of this damaged white van crossed over three lanes of traffic into the path of an oncoming fullyloaded log truck.

Scappoose head-on sends 1 to hospital JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

A head-on traffic crash closed Highway 30 in Scappoose early Thursday morning, Aug. 27.

Scappoose Police say a female driver operating a white van traveling southbound on Highway 30 at Havlik Drive crossed over three lanes into the path of a fully-loaded log truck traveling northbound on Highway 30.

The female driver suffered nonlife threatening injuries, according to Scappoose Police Chief Norman Miller.

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Changes at former Gumm School CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

Columbia County has signed a three-year lease for the main floor of the historic John Gumm School building, located at 251 St. Helens Street. The lease is $5,580 a month for more than 10,000 square feet, according to Columbia County Commissioner Margaret Magruder. Four tenants currently occupy the main floor. They were all given a 30-day notice Friday, Aug. 28 to move out, according to the building owner and managing partner for the building, who said he did not want to be named. The 30,000-square-foot building is listed at $1.5 million and is currently owned by The Olde School, LLC, which leases out different rooms of the building to different tenants. Most tenants on the main floor were on month-to-month leases, except for one, but all leases included a 30-day clause, according to the building owner. There are three floors in the building; a basement, a main floor, and an upper floor, as well as storage units in the back. The county will begin to move in on Oct. 1. The building, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in September of last year, served as a school from September of 1919 until December of 1999, according to an article published in The Chronicle by Brandon Sundeen, a representative from the Columbia County Historical Society and Museum Association. The building and school got its name from former local resident John Gum, whom Sundeen describes as “an early and well-liked resident of St. Helens and Columbia City.” His headstone, when he died in 1883, mistakenly bore the name “John Gumm.” “The name stuck like the gum under the school’s desks and even though the building no longer bears the name, there are still references to John Gumm,

including John Gumm Way on the site of what was once the school’s athletic field,” Sundeen writes in the article. Columbia County Commissioner Henry Heimuller mentioned buying the building at the county’s Aug. 5 work session. The county will use the floor for additional office space, according to Columbia County Commissioner Margaret Magruder. “We have been looking since the pandemic started for some more space, not only for staff, but for public meetings, because we don’t have a spot to accommodate public meetings in our current facility. We want to protect our staff and protect the public and still keep our services available,” Magruder said. The plan is to move the 14 employees with the county’s public health department into the facility as soon as possible. Because the building has a large auditorium on the main floor, that space will also be used for county meetings that will give attendees enough space to physically distance, according to Magruder. Sage Cortez, owner of Hand and Fire, a ceramic and small batch pottery

company, currently operates out of the school’s former library on the main floor. According to Cortez, the space is approximately 800 square feet, which she occupied in May of last year. Cortez said they received their notice to move on Friday, Aug. 28. They must move out by Oct. 1. Cortez said the building’s owner has always been clear that the building is for sale, and her monthto-month lease meant she could be given notice to move at any time. However, the timing is still inconvenient for her. “I don’t have any hard feelings against the owner, it’s more so that the county is moving in, snatching things up from under us, putting us in a high-stakes situation. It’s not good timing any time, but especially during COVID when things are hard, it’s just another level of stress that doesn’t need to be there,” Cortez said. Cotez said her temporary solution is to move her business into the basement of her home until she can find another property. As the owner of a high liability company,

St. Helens Traffic Crash

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St. Helens Police and Columbia River Fire & Rescue responded to a two vehicle traffic crash Friday afternoon, Aug. 28, in front of the U.S. Post Office on Columbia Boulevard. Investigators said one person appeared to have suffered minor injuries. The cause of the crash had not been determined by press time. Police officers routed traffic around the crash scene for about 30 minutes during the

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The log truck driver was not injured. First responders, including Scappoose Fire & Rescue, Columbia Fire & Rescue and Scappoose Police, responded to the crash scene. Highway 30 was closed for about an hour and a half, Miller said, as crews extricated the injured female driver from the damaged van and crews off-loaded logs from the truck to another vehicle.

Traffic was rerouted off the highway through the adjacent Fred Meyer Shopping Center parking lot. Miller said the van was demolished in the crash. The specific cause of the crash had not been determined by press time. The identity and condition of the female driver, believed to be from Washington, was not immediately available. Highway 30 reopened following the traffic crash investigation.

Cortez said it’s hard for her to simply move into any available space. While preparations for the move are in the works, Cortez said she is in the middle of working on the biggest contract her business which must be completed by Oct. 15. Additionally, she and her

partner are rushing to get pre-approved for a home loan so they can move into a different place. According to the spokesperson, the county approached the owner about leasing the main floor. The building has other

tenants: several on the basement floor, and several storage areas in the storage building behind the school that several people rent out. The upper floor is unfinished, so it is not rented out, according to the spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to reveal exactly how many tenants are in the building. “This is the first time I have leased that much space to any single party. In the past 18 years I have leased to individuals, but not to large entities like that,” the spokesperson said. The same spokesperson said the county is still interested in buying the building, but there has been no official action taken on their part. The spokesperson said the building has been for sale since the day he bought it, which was back in 2002. “I hope it sells because I want to finish retiring,” the spokesperson said. The building is listed through Berkshire Hathaway. Interested parties can contact the building owner at (503) 936-0139.

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from the St. Helens Police Department. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation

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A few customers may have noticed we’re having some supply issues. If you’re coming in with a big order, I’d suggest you make sure you have everything you need on that list because I may not be able to get it. Right now, the demand for everything is so high, the supply chain cannot keep up. And it’s not just the shipping. They can’t make this stuff fast enough to ship. What is that attributed to? Well, for a while there, lumber prices dropped really low. It wasn’t even worth it to cut any timber ground because you weren’t making any money. Then Covid hit, and all the sudden people started buying lumber. They started working on all those DIY projects they’d been putting off ... people needed something to do while they were stuck at home, right? So, lumber became worth something again. Now they’ve got to cut it and they’ve got to get it out. A few mills changed what they were doing, so OSB is at a ridiculous price right now. Usually, if you want something cheaper than plywood, you go to OSB, but it’s priced right up there with plywood, if not more expensive. People are still buying it like crazy anyway, so it’s still hard to get. Some decking and outdoor woods are nearly impossible to stock. Cedar decking supplies have been a little easier to get our hands on lately and Douglas Fir has been a little

tricky to get at some points, but not terrible. The 12-footers have been oddly popular in the 2x6’s. As for feed, they’re only a week or so behind, but I haven’t run completely out of anything, yet. If you’re a feed buyer, I wouldn’t wait until your barrel is empty to come see me, but I wouldn’t panic if your barrel’s empty. I most likely have it. There’s just been a few items that they’ve been a little slow getting into their warehouse which makes it slow getting into mine.

Cattle panels are still a pretty hot commodity. We’re about two months out on another truck from them. Tartar products are still two to four weeks out. So, if you’ve got several DIY projects on your to-do list right now, go for the fencing project or siding project first. I’ve got what you need. If you’re doing any wire fencing, I’ve got most of that in, too. We’re steady on piping stock, and concrete has been really popular but I have not run out yet.

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Garden Plots: Carrots and potatoes CHIP BUBL Chronicle Guest Column

Storing carrots and potatoes Carrots do store well in the ground except for two issues, field mice (voles) and carrot root maggot. If you don’t have mice (or rats) and have seen no sign of carrot rust fly maggot damage (surface tunneling on roots that turns dark) then it is ok to leave them there until late January. After that, you need to bring them in to avoid them turning bitter in response renewed growth that leads ultimately to flowering. Also never store potatoes and carrots with either apples or onions. The ethylene gas given off by apples or onions will cause the carrots to get bitter and the potatoes to sprout. Squash and cucumber comments

Most gardeners have lots of winter squash. Varieties such as Acorn, Buttercup, Butternut, and Hubbard (to name a few) will store well for at least four months. Harvesting the oldest squash can start now. Clip the squash from the vine leaving a couple inches of stem except with Hubbard squash which store best with the stems removed. Wash squash with a mix of one part bleach to nine parts water, dry it off, and leave it in a room that is very dry for about two weeks. This will form a hard shell on the squash that will make it more resistant to storage diseases. Then put it in a dry garage or basement for long-term storage, Check the squash periodically to remove those showing any signs of rot. Keep the mice away. You can hold off harvesting the remaining squash while we have nice weather. But if we head toward an extended rainy cycle, harvest the squash before the rain starts so they won’t rot on the vine. Temperatures consistently below 50 degrees also reduce storage time. Freezing temperatures injure squash and cause decay. The towns along the Columbia from Scappoose to Clatskanie usually get the first fall frost around the last week in October but it can come sooner. Higher elevations may frost as early as the end of September. Finally, if the squash vines are consumed with powdery mildew, the squash aren’t going to grow well anyway, so get them out of the garden and into storage.

Powdery mildew is a fungus favored by warm, humid weather and early morning dew. I get a lot of calls about powdery mildew on squash and cucumbers. What gardeners discovered this year is that some squash got it and other varieties didn’t. Varieties

have been bred to be mildew resistant but are not always sought out by gardeners or growers of transplants. Next year, examine the seed catalogs for versions of your favorite squash and cucumbers that have powdery mildew resistance. Sulfur dusts and sprays can be used effectively if applied before the disease is really rolling. Some recent research indicated that milk sprays (1 part milk to 9 parts water) may help with the disease, again with a spray program started before the disease shows up, usually near the end of June at the latest. Another squash disease, angular leaf spot, can also be somewhat managed with resistant varieties. I have had a number of calls about bitter cucumbers. There are several factors that influence whether a cucumber will be bitter. First is breeding. The pickling lines are generally bitterer if eaten fresh than the slicing varieties. The bitter flavor disappears when they are pickled. Stress accounts for the bulk of bitter complaints. For a cucumber, stress can be low temperatures, moisture stress when it gets really hot, or an attack of powdery mildew. Cucumbers from the same plant can be bitter one week and ones that ripen the following week or so may be fine. The bitter flavor is concentrated on the stem end and in or just under the peel. Plant garlic next month

If you like garlic, get out there and plant some late this month or in October. Find a sunny, well-drained space, lime it with about 10#s per 100 square feet, add some compost and fertilizer and you are ready to plant. Go to a Farmer’s Market soon (they are about to end) and buy several

varieties of garlic. Get the names and label them in bags. Separate out the cloves from the bulbs and plant the biggest cloves from each variety. Mark your rows so you know what did well. Eat the cloves you didn’t plant. Space the rows about 12” apart and the garlic about 3” apart within the row and the cloves about 2” below the soil surface. Cover with one inch or so of compost or some other organic matter to keep rain from crusting the soil. Sit back and wait. You may not see tops until January but rest assured that the plants are doing just fine. Weed often. Fertilize after February and again in late April. Water as needed. If it is a “hard neck” garlic, pull the flowering shoots off when they show up in May or early June. Harvest in July. That’s it. Pressure Gauge Testing Free at the Extension office in St. Helens. Contact for questions and requests for accessibility-related accommodations: by phone (leave a message for Jenny Rudolph) 503 397-3462 or by email at Jenny.Rudolph@ oregonstate.edu. COVID restrictions are still in place at our office which is located at 505 N. Columbia River Highway, St. Helens, OR 97051. Free newsletter 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. Contact information for the Extension office Oregon State University Extension Service – Columbia County 505 N. Columbia River Highway St. Helens, OR 97051 503 397-3462 Email: chip.bubl@ oregonstate.edu

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Voices of the Community Biden’s Policies As a registered non affiliated voter, having read Joe Biden’s policy recommendations, I am appalled of how the progressive liberal socialist wing of the Democrat Party plans to reshape American politics. On page one they start with climate change and focus on net-zero emissions, then onto things like expanded social security (pg 73), focus on public schools and the de-funding of charter schools (pg 83), study of gun violence (pg 100), and even benefits for undocumented immigrants. Even reshaping the banking industry (pg 74) similar to 1995 which caused the recession in 2008 just so they can help those with lower incomes. Duh! Didn’t these people learn anything in the last 25 years? Or have they

been inside the beltway too long? Read Biden’s proposed policies and do the math for yourself before taking the big step towards socialism. There is good and bad but is it the right thing for America? Will Americans miss their freedoms? How will our indebted country pay for all their new government benefits? Why isn’t Biden talking of his (the DNC approved) policies? Has he actually read them? Joe Tuner Columbia City

Portland Violence “They’re (protest-rioters) not going to stop before Election Day in November and they’re not going to stop after Election Day,” VP hopeful Kamala Harris told Stephen

Colbert’s audience 18 June 2020. 11August Multnomah County (Portland) District Attorney Mike Schmidt said his office will not prosecute protest-rioters. Over 500 charges were subsequently dropped. Portland, Oregon, once the most beautiful city in the country is at risk. Mayor Ted Wheeler, DA Schmidt, and candidate Harris’s tacit approval is hindering Police effectiveness and morale, sure to inflate business liability insurance, and ushering in the Beirut style roll up doors covered in graffiti. Sounds like Watts. Bring in the National Guard and quell this anarchy. Put teeth into the penalties; Charge criminals. Demand restitution for the businesses harmed. Wayne Mayo Scappoose

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NHL Hockey Conference Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Planning for retirement. NewsHour Wk The Short List Pure Outdoor MLS Soccer Football Scoreboard College Football

Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home ››› “Hook” (1991, Children’s) Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams. Lawyer turns into Peter Pan to save kids from Captain Hook. Madam Secretary “Passage” ›› “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” (2009) Matthew McConaughey. (DVS) ›› “Last Holiday” (2006) Queen Latifah. A terminally ill woman lives it up on vacation.

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Jeremy C. Ruark / The Chronicle

STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

Prices at the pumps have increased nearly a dime a gallon in the past several days at stations in Columbia County. It is the first significant price increase in several weeks. A brief price check of several stations in Scappoose, St. Helens, Rainier and Clatskanie by the Chronicle found gasoline prices jumping from a low of $2.42 to a high of $2.68 a gallon for unleaded. The Oregon average has edged up half a cent to $2.67 in the past week week, according to the latest price survey by Oregon/Idaho AAA. By the numbers Oregon is one of 44 states where prices are within three cents of last week’s averages. Kentucky (+7 cents) has the largest weekly increase. Indiana (-5 cents) has the largest week-over-week decrease. For the 11th week in a row, Hawaii ($3.24) and California ($3.23) are the only two states in the nation with an average at or above $3 a gallon. The cheapest gas in the nation can be found in Mississippi ($1.85) and Louisiana ($1.87). This is the 23rd week in a row that one or more states has an average below $2 a gallon. In all, 11 states are below that benchmark, down from 13 a week ago. Oregon is one of 12 states where prices are basically the same as a month ago (within half a cent of the monthago average). The national average is half a cent more and the Oregon average is 2/10ths of a cent more than a month ago. This is tied for the smallest month-overmonth increase in the nation. Utah (+16 cents) has the largest monthly increase in the country. Colorado (-7 cents) has the smallest. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have lower prices now than a year ago. The national average is 40 cents less and the Oregon average is 39 cents less than a year ago. This is the 32ndlargest yearly drop in the nation. Connecticut (-58 cents) has the largest year-over-year decline. Colorado (-16 cents) has the smallest.

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