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Kiwanis hosts speakers on veterans program in remembrance of 9/11 CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

In honor of the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, the St. Helens Kiwanis DayBreakers hosted speakers Doug Walker and Shirley Walker, Chase Team 4 members of Run For the Wall, at their Tuesday September 10 meeting. They presented on their experience with this year’s Run for the Wall, a nonprofit organization which honors veterans, Prisoners of War (POW) and those Missing in Action (MIA), as well as those Killed in Action (KIA).

A Vietnam War Veteran, Doug Walker led the presentation, sharing photos of this year’s Run for the Wall which took place earlier this year.

The Run for the Wall, which celebrated its 31st annual run this year, is a month-long event that takes place in May, ending the Friday before Memorial Day. Participants travel by motorcycle from Ontario, California to Washington, D.C., stopping in cities throughout the journey and participating in different activities to honor veterans and POW/MIAs. This year, approximately 1,680 people participated, over half of whom were veterans, according to Walker. The group traveled 8,011 miles and to 14 different states.

They also raised approximately $30,000 throughout the trip, which was donated to organizations or handed back to the group’s Charitable Fund.

Walker said the typical day consisted of rising at around 7 a.m., traveling approximately 100 miles between fuel stops, having lunch and then participating in some form of ceremony that honored veterans.

Those ceremonies sometimes included parades.

“The cities we visited would often move their Memorial Day ceremonies to coincide with Run for the Wall,” Walker said.

Other efforts the group would participate in to honor veterans included going to Veterans Memorials. At the Veterans Memorial in Missouri, some participants met a 92-year-old veteran and a 100-year-old veteran who had both served in World War II. Participants also sometimes visited Gold Star families, which are families who have lost a family member in a war.

“We let them know their sacrifices are not forgotten,” Walker said.

Because the participants travel by motorcycle, they also created the Missing Man Formation, which

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Chase Team 4 members Doug Walker and Shirley Walker presented on Run For The Wall, an organization that works to promote healing among veterans and their families and friends.

Commission hears arguments on Deer Pointe Meadows

Building permit approved for mobile home park

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Port commissioners approve the lease at their port commission meeting, held at the Clatskanie Cultural Center.

Port approves NEXT Ground Lease CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

The Port of Columbia County has approved the ground lease for NEXT. In a vote of three in favor and two opposed, at their Wednesday, Sept.

4 commission meeting, port commissioners approved a ground lease for NEXT Renewable Fuels Oregon, LLC, a biofuels plant, to construct a biofuels facility at Port Westward.

Port commissioners also ap-

proved a memorandum of agreement with NEXT, mandating the facility will not take advantage of any tax breaks from the Enterprise Zone where the facility is located, meaning they will pay property taxes from the beginning of operations.

According to its website, NEXT Renewable Fuels turns recycled organic materials into renewable biofuels. Lou Soumas is the president and director of the company.

Commissioners Larry Ericksen, Robert Keyser and Chris Iverson voted for the lease, while Commissioners Nancy Ward and Chip Bubl voted against.

“The port has, as I can see, no dollars at risk,” Commissioner Keyser said. He added that if the project with NEXT did not work out, NEXT would still have to pay their rent per the terms of their lease.

“If they leave, we will have a pot of money to decide how to move on and market the property to the next [tenant],” Keyser said.

Not all port commissioners agreed with Keyser, Iverson and Ericksen.

Commissioner Bubl voted against the lease and read out a list of 12 concerns to support his vote. He listed concerns about the financial back-

ing of the project including a lack of knowledge surrounding affiliates of the project, a lack of documentation from private lenders and an absence of a deadline for financial support to be in place. He also said he thought an 80-year lease was too long. Additionally, Bubl mentioned concerns about the construction of the facility resulting in road problems as well as the location of the facility being in an earthquake-prone area. Bubl listed his final concern as being a lack of funds to cover damages in the event of an oil spill.

Commissioner Ward supported her vote against the lease by saying she thought the risk was too high.

“We have taken risks at Port Westward in the past and they have proven not to be as attractive as we had hoped they would be, and sometimes proven to be a total failure,” Ward said.

Ward then referred to Commissioner Keyser’s past comment that he gave the project a 51 percent chance of survival, saying, “When we have a commissioner who wants this project more than any of us on the board

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Deer Pointe Meadows was the focus of a hearing held by county officials in late August. The discussion was a continuation of talks held in late July stemming from a construction permit application at the mobile home park.

Exparte contacts, fire code The August meeting began with disclosures of exparte communications related to the matter. Columbia County Commissioner Alex Tardif said a discussion with a staff member regarding RV park septic system certifications had led to a mention of Deer Pointe Meadows, at which point he ended the conversation, not knowing how it might be

related to the current matter before the commission.

Commissioner Margaret Magruder said she spoke with Chief Steve Sharek, Clatskanie Rural Fire Protection District, prior to his writing a letter to the Columbia County Board of Commissioners regarding fire code concerns at the mobile home park. She said the substance of that conversation was captured in the fire chief’s letter, which ended with a recommendation that county planning and permitting processes should meet all standards and codes.

In the letter, Sharek requested that a recent Land Development Services staff report be clarified to reflect the lack of knowledge

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Correction: In last Wednesday’s Chronicle, an article about the Columbia County Tourism Initiative incorrectly stated that Columbia County Commissioner Henry Heimuller denied the initiative’s $10,000 request. Heimuller did not deny the request, but rather did not second the motion brought up by Commissioner Alex Tardif, stating he needed to receive more documentation before approving the request. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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DEQ approves air quality permit CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has granted Global Partners, LP, which also operates as Cascade Kelly Holdings, LLC, a renewal of its Standard Air Contaminant Discharge Permit for its Columbia Pacific Bio-Refinery (CPBR), at Port Westward in Clatskanie.

The permit will allow the facility to construct equipment to produce ethanol from wheat and to recover wheat coproducts after fermentation. The facility had previously been able to produce ethanol from corn, although they have not done so since 2009, according to the DEQ’s hearing officer’s report on the permit renewal.

CPBR has also applied for a second permit renewal, which is an air quality permit for transloading of crude oil. That permit has not yet reached the public comment period.

During the public comment period for the recently renewed air quality permit, DEQ received 276 written comments, 812 names of people either supporting or opposing the permit and 37 spoken comments at a public hearing that DEQ held in July.

Both permits have been sources of controversy since the first air quality permit was

introduced earlier this year.

The environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper as well as individual residents from Columbia County have criticized various aspects of the permits. DEQ received many comments regarding fears that this permit allows for circumventing the permitting process for the transloading facility, sharing equipment between the ethanol and transloading facilities, as well as other comments regarding climate change.

Liz Tehraar, Communications Director for Columbia Riverkeeper, explained some of the reasoning behind these concerns in a statement released to The Chronicle on July 24.

“The permit renewals contain overlapping components.

This is both confusing and concerning,” Tehraar, speaking on behalf of Columbia Riverkeeper, said. “Global’s overlapping permit applications for ethanol production and oil train shipments raise the concern that Global could obtain permits to build, buy, and operate additional tanks for one purpose (ethanol) while planning to use them for another (crude oil).”

Lauren Wirtis, Public Affairs Specialist for the Northwest Region of DEQ explained some of the overlapping elements in the two

The Columbia Pacific Bio-Refinery, at Port Westward in Clatskanie.

permits.

“The tanks are separated,” Wirtis said. “The tanks are allocated for ethanol and for transloading crude oil. What is shared is some of the lines through which those materials are transmitted.”

DEQ responded directly to comments regarding that the two permits would allow for the circumvention of the permitting process for the transloading facility.

“CPBR is required to submit a notice of intent to construct for modifications to the ethanol and transloading facility,” the report states.

“Because the facilities are considered separate sources of air pollution the transfer of equipment from one to the

other is considered a modification and is treated like new construction.”

Another type of comment DEQ responded to was a comment that items not be shared between the facilities. DEQ responded that air quality permits are issued for source.

“The fact that they use some of the same equipment doesn’t change the fact that the tanks are used for two different operations and therefore belong to two different sources and in-turn two separate air contaminant discharge permits,” the DEQ report states.

Dan Serres, Conservation Director for Columbia Riverkeeper, explained the reasoning behind their con-

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cern, which is mainly concern for the potential impact of oil trains through the county.

“We’ve been concerned for a long time about oil trains coming through Columbia County,” Serres said. “If one of them were to derail we could have another Mosier type of event.”

Serres also explained that Columbia Riverkeeper has concerns about Global itself.

The company purchased the bankrupt CPBR at Port Westward in 2013, which had already been an ethanol production plant. Since then, the company has been involved in some controversies. One of the major controversies occurred in 2014 when DEQ fined Global for shipping more oil

than its permits allowed.

In December of 2018, the Port of Columbia County also approved a change to Global’s lease to allow the company to move heavy oil in addition to ethanol and lighter crude.

“Their long-term plan is to move back to oil, otherwise they wouldn’t have asked the port for permission to handle oil,” Serres said.

Catie Kerns, the Vice President of External Communications for Global Partners denied these speculations.

“Since 2015 we have shipped only ethanol and currently have no plans to ship oil.

If we were to resume export of oils, we would communicate in advance with the local community,” Kerns wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “Neither of these permit renewals change our operations except for allowing ethanol to be manufactured from a locally grown commodity—wheat.

There are no modification requests to the transloading permit.”

The second permit, a transloading permit for oil, has not been open for public comment yet, but when it does Serres said that Riverkeeper will be engaging the public.

“I hope they press the pause button and really think this through,” Serres said about DEQ.

Update: Cornelius Pass Improvement Project

Crews are excavating rock for the S curve realignment during the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project.

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NW Cornelius Pass Road continues to be closed for a major improvement project.

The busy roadway closed for construction in late July for approximately 11 weeks to through traffic between Highway 30 and Germantown Road in Washington County.

This will detour about 13,000 vehicle trips each weekday onto other roads.

In a continuing series of special reports, The Chronicle is closely following how this project will impact traffic and commerce throughout the region and in Columbia County. See the related stories attached.

Significant work is occurring along NW Cornelius Pass Road as the improvement project moves toward completion, according to Multnomah County Communications Officer Mike Pullen.

Traffic Enforcement The Chronicle and other local news media reported on last week’s incident in which a Wal-Mart semi-truck got stuck on the curves on NW Old Cornelius Pass Road, blocking the project’s detour route for several hours. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office cited the driver for disobeying the restriction on trucks on that road.

There are no legal truck routes between Skyline and

S Curves Removal of the rock slope above the curves has begun.

The contractor is drilling instead of blasting the rock.

Flaggers will stop local traffic at times during this work.

Conduit for new flashing warning beacons is being installed.

Signs Crews are expected to install permanent safety signs south of Skyline Blvd. this week.

Guardrail Installation of guardrail above and below the S-curves will be a major work item this week.

NW 8th Ave. The creek has been diverted and fish removed in preparation for removing the old culvert next week. The new culvert will be made of pre-cast concrete which will be brought onsite. The road base in the realigned curve has been completed. Paving will occur after the new culvert is installed.

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Highway 30 until Cornelius Pass reopens.

To report an illegal truck trip, call the non-emergency number for Multnomah County’s Sheriff Office (503823-3333, Dial 5). Provide the location, date/time, license plate (if known) and vehicle description.

Skyline Elementary School Please drive with caution and obey the school speed limit when driving by Skyline

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Elementary School on NW Skyline Blvd. The school is on the main detour route.

The school is busier than usual, since it is serving as a bus stop for middle and high school students during the road closure.

For more information visit: www.multco.us/cornpass. Read a special series of reports about the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project here online and in the Wednesday print editions of The Chronicle.

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John Gumm turns 100 BRANDON SUNDEEN Columbia County Historical Society and Museum Association

One of the oldest St. Helens residents is turning 100 this fall. You won’t find the centenarian in an assisted living center, but rather in a prominent location overlooking the historic downtown.

The John Gumm school building will mark its 100th anniversary on Sunday, September 15 – the day that it first opened its doors to students a century ago, even though it wasn’t quite yet finished and required some additional exterior work. The property has been home to a schoolhouse since 1866 when the first building erected solely for school purposes was constructed in the form of a little log building. It was replaced in 1881 with a 30x60 ft. frame structure that sat where the current school sits today. The first school bearing the name John Gumm was built in 1902, with a major addition and remodel in 1911. This school stood until a devastating fire swept through the building in September 1918.

The current building was mostly complete when the school year started in September 1919. The St. Helens Mist reported, “The new building, which will provide ideal working conditions, should prove an incentive for the scholar and the very best effort is expected.” A short time later a marble slab was affixed near the entryway, engraved with the name of the school and the school board members, architects and contractors. Local citizens caused an uproar and demanded the slab be removed, stating that it should be a memorial to the benefactor only and not free advertising.

Apparently, their cries went largely unheard because the

slab remains today.

The school was named for John Gum, an early and wellliked resident of St. Helens and Columbia City. When he died in January 1883 in his early 50’s without children of his own, he left his estate to the school children of St. Helens and Columbia City.

Each school district received over $1,000 and was able to eventually build a school due to Mr. Gum’s generosity. When a headstone was erected in his honor high on the hill overlooking St. Helens, it mistakenly bore the spelling “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.

When he was 87 years old, William Colt recalled: “I attended John Gumm School from 1920-1927. I remember the first day of school when the present John Gumm school building first opened its doors. I was in the 1st grade… The grade school was downstairs, and the high school was upstairs. There was no library, no gym, and no cafeteria. Most of the students went home for lunch.

As I remember, there were around 25 to 30 students in each class.” The school eventually served thousands of students from kindergarten through twelfth grade in the 80 years that it served local children. It closed its doors in December 1999 and its students were shifted to temporary arrangements at the Junior High School until Lewis and Clark Elementary opened. Before closing it was featured in Disney’s Halloweentown.

Former student Flora Carter Holston summed up her feelings, and likely those

of many others, when she wrote, “As I think back on my childhood, I know that John Gumm Elementary School became my guardian each day. The lessons taught in this school have guided me for sixty years.

Here was a place to learn, set goals, work hard, play, and be a part of a child’s community… Friendships were made on the way to and from school. No one rode in a car.

We all just walked, in good or bad weather. The lessons taught in this school have guided me for most of my life. I found the joy of learning, understand the value of friendship, and know that hard work has rewards. It is an honor to have attended this school, and a pleasure to know that it continues to be a centerpiece of St. Helens.”

It would be a chore to attend any community function and to not run into someone that attended John Gumm, and if they didn’t, it’s likely that a parent or grandparent did. It remains a familiar and welcome site to all who visit downtown St. Helens. The Columbia County Museum Association will host a tour of the building from 4-5 p.m. on the afternoon of Thursday, September 19. That evening, cake will be served at the Columbia Learning Center in the hallway outside the St. Helens Public Library and at 7 p.m. a “Show and Tell” presentation will be hosted in the auditorium. Museum volunteers will share stories and photographs of the school’s history and invite community members to do the same. If you have memorabilia or photographs of the school, including class pictures, you are encouraged to bring them. Former students, teachers and staff are especially encouraged to attend and share their memories.

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced more than $7.8 million in federal grants that will support efforts to treat and prevent opioid addiction— one of Oregon’s most pressing issues as communities across the state face an increase in opioid-related deaths.

“I have heard heart-wrenching stories from Oregonians who have lost loved ones after a prescription for an injury or treatment turned into an addiction,” Merkley said. “The opioid crisis will require a multipronged approach, and that’s why in addition to introducing the Opioid Treatment Surge Act—which would require the drug companies that flooded the market with improperly marketed opioid drugs to pay for a dramatic increase in

treatment—I’ve used my seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fight for these grant resources. This funding will support programs that are critical to helping our communities respond to this crisis and save lives.”

“Oregon communities battling the opioid abuse that’s devastating families across our state can use these resources to make real gains in substance use treatment and prevention,” Wyden said. “These federal grants complement the bipartisan opioids legislation I worked as the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee to pass last year in response to what I heard from Oregonians in town halls, grocery store lines and ballgames. All these steps are needed urgently to reverse the

human cost of opioid abuse that surfaces far too often in Oregon homes and neighborhoods.”

Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die from an opioid overdose. In 2017, the last full year of available opioid data, 1.7 million Americans experienced a substance use disorder stemming from opioid prescription drugs.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 21 to 29 percent of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.

The $7.8 million U.S. Health and Human Services State Opioid Response grants will support prevention, treatment, and recovery services in Oregon, part of $1.8 billion distributed nationwide to address the opioid epidemic.

River City Children’s Choir set to begin new season The River City Children’s Choir will begin its 2019-2020 season at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 12 at the St. Helens Methodist Church, located at 560 Columbia Blvd in St. Helens.

The group will have a new director, Dr. Lynnda Fuller, a retired Scappoose music educator who hopes to build a strong youth choir in the community.

Columbia County students in grades 3-9 who enjoy singing are encouraged to attend this first

rehearsal. Choir members will develop their musical skills, learn a wide variety of music, perform in different venues, build new friendships, and have fun. Choir members need not have previous choral experience.

The River City Children’s Choir is a non-audition choir open to students in grades 3-9 and meets weekly from 6 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. Parents need to attend the first rehearsal to register their children and receive

pertinent information.

River City Children’s Choir is supported by River City Singers Columbia Chorale of Oregon, a nonprofit 501C3 organization and is not affiliated with the Methodist Church which is used as the rehearsal venue.

The River City Singers mission: “We are dedicated to fine choral performance, promotion of the arts, and arts education in and around Columbia County” guides the program for the children’s choir.

Deputy catches speeding motorcyclist CODY MANN headlightnews@countrymedia.net

Clatskanie City Council members had a bit of a chuckle during the monthly law enforcement update. It seems a speeding motorcyclist wasn’t as slick as he thought.

Chief Deputy Ryan Murphy, Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, told the council that a deputy spotted the alleged speeder blazing a trail down Highway 30 in the Clatskanie area around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4. The deputy attempted to make a traffic stop but terminated pursuit

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due to reckless riding by the motorcyclist.

Despite cutting off the pursuit, the deputy was able

to track the motorcyclist, who eventually turned down Kallunki Road and was caught. The motorcyclist did not resist arrest and had no weapons, and no force was used in the arrest, according to Sheriff Brian Pixley.

The suspect, who was later identified as 23-yearold Douglas Matthew Moyer of Longview, Washington was taken to the Columbia County Jail and charged with attempt to elude law enforcement, reckless driving and two counts of reckless endangering as well as second-degree criminal trespass for entering Port Westward’s property.

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Rainier proudly open for business as construction continues JERRY COLE Mayor, City of Rainier

The people and businesses of Rainier pride themselves as “The Spirited City on the Mighty Columbia.”

But a summer of construction that will result in a much needed and improved A Street has tried that spirit.

Through the construction disruption, the locally owned businesses and residents of A Street have been good natured and stoic with the confidence of the promise of a new and improved neighborhood. But that has come at a cost.

The multimillion-dollar A Street improvement project, overseen by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), will eventually bring a new vibrancy to A Street. Getting to that point has meant noise, dust and dirt, detours, and other hardships to residents and

businesses located along the heart of historic Rainier.

They have struggled to maintain access to their homes and establishments, suffered through loss of water service, had tranquil summer days pummeled by the noise and vibration of large pieces of equipment, and battled contractors who appear wholly focused on the project while seeming to not realize the discomfort and disruption that emanates from their work, disrupting the lives of the community.

The elected leaders of the city and city staff have vigilantly stood in support of Rainier and its residents and businesses, forewarning of weekend construction,

detours, and other interruptions to life in our peaceful community. The city council has demanded and gotten the presence of ODOT officials at city council meetings to give first-hand updates on the project and to answer the concerns of citizens and council members.

The ongoing construction and the attendant hardship have had an impact on almost everyone along A Street, but merchants and hospitality businesses and their employees have borne the brunt of the pain, with customer traffic precipitously dropping during the construction. That has meant more than lost busi-

ness revenue, it has meant decreased hours and tips for the hourly employees, the working men and women who we depend on to serve us food and beverage, help with everyday purchases, and provide professional services. The wages that pay their rent, feed their families, and shoe their children, have often been smaller than expected this summer, a time when good weather and the beauty of Rainier usually means an increase in traffic, customers and by extension, earnings.

Through it all, Rainier has remained open and will continue to do so as the construction moves to the final phase, the construction of a

new street surface and new sidewalks, making A Street an even more attractive place for recreation, relaxation, and patronizing true locally owned businesses.

Between that new day on A Street and today, despite the ongoing construction, as mayor of Rainier, I am encouraging everyone to come to our town, particularly A Street. Have lunch or dinner, shop our local merchants, stroll the river front, enjoy our family friendly park.

Support businesses that are truly local. Meet our friendly residents. Enjoy a day in our small but vibrant town and experience firsthand “The Spirited City on the Mighty Columbia.”

Honest and tough conversations can save lives PATTI AKINS Communications Consultant for Columbia Pacific CCO

One of the top 10 causes of death for Oregonians is suicide. Oregon has more deaths each year from suicide than motor vehicle accidents. There are more than 600 deaths by suicide and more than 1,800 hospitalizations due to suicide in Oregon each year. i The friends and family members (suicide loss survivors) left behind are forced to navigate the tragedy of loss. In many cases, suicide loss survivors are left in the dark. Too often the feelings of shame and stigma prevent them from talking openly.

Suicidal thoughts, much like other mental health conditions, can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation or background. In fact, suicide is often the result of pain from

an untreated mental health condition. Suicidal thoughts, although common, should not be considered normal and often indicate more serious issues.

Crisis resources • If you or someone you know is in an emergency, call 9-1-1 immediately.

• If you are in crisis or are experiencing difficult or suicidal thoughts, you can call the National Suicide hotline/ Lines for Life (Oregon) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

• If you are uncomfortable talking on the phone, you can text 273TALK to 839863 at Lines for Life in Oregon. They also have veteran’s and teen peer support available.

Know the warning signs Any person exhibiting these behaviors should get help immediately: • Threats or comments

about killing themselves, also known as suicidal ideation, can begin with seemingly harmless thoughts like “I wish I wasn’t here” but can become more overt and dangerous • Increased alcohol or drug use • Aggressive behavior • Social withdrawal from friends, family and the community • Dramatic mood swings • Talking, thinking or writing about death • Impulsive or reckless behavior • Putting their affairs in order and giving away their possessions • Saying goodbye to friends and family • Mood shifts from despair to calm • Planning, possibly by looking to buy, steal or borrow the tools they need to commit suicide, such as a gun or prescription medication

If you are unsure, a licensed mental health professional or your primary care provider can help assess risk.

These services are a covered benefit with many insurance plans, including Columbia Pacific CCO and Oregon Health Plan.

Risk factors for suicide Research has found that about 90 percent of individuals who die by suicide are experiencing mental illness.

A variety of things may put a person at risk of suicide, including: • A family history of suicide.

• Substance abuse -drugs and alcohol can result in mental highs and lows that exacerbate suicidal thoughts.

• Intoxication – more than one in three people who die from suicide are found to be currently under the influence.

• Access to guns.

• A serious or chronic illness.

• Gender – although more women than men attempt suicide, men are four times more likely to die by suicide.

• A history of trauma or abuse.

• Prolonged stress.

• Isolation.

• Age – people under age 24 or above age 65 are at a higher risk for suicide.

• A recent tragedy or loss.

• Agitation and sleep deprivation.

Can thoughts of suicide be prevented?

Mental health professionals are trained to help a person understand their feelings and can improve mental wellness and resiliency. Depending on their training, they may be able to provide additional ways to help including: • Psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy

and dialectical behavior therapy, can help person with thoughts of suicide by recognizing unhealthy patterns of thinking and behavior, validate troubled feelings and learn coping skills.

• Medication may also be used if necessary to treat underlying depression and anxiety and can lower a person’s risk of hurting themselves. Depending on the person’s mental health diagnosis, other medications may be used to alleviate symptoms.

One difficult conversation can save a life Have this crucial conversation with someone you love, you can talk with passion and strength around suicide prevention. The truth is, we can all benefit from honest conversations about mental health conditions and suicide, because just one conversation can save a life.

Voices of the Community Climate change caused by many things There is regular reporting in the media concerning “climate change.” And that topic is typically bound to the idea that human activity is the cause. Well, that is as far as it ever goes. There is never mention of the idea that as long as the number of people on the planet increases by the current rate of a billion souls every twelve-and-a-half years, that human activity

will present a bigger, more expanded footprint.

Furthermore, those who promote these media hypotheses blot-out any mention of the Divine Providence that is invoked in our Declaration of Independence. There simply is no debating whether it is true or not that God exists, and that our weather -- as it was in the Garden of Eden -- is a product of our distance in our relationship with God. Bottom line: Safeguarding our planet, with its present climate destruction must involve seeking and trusting in God. And we ought well to knock the rust off of the

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seldom mentioned theological concept of Divine Revelation -- an important part of Thomas Aquinas’ theological construction.

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Green New Deal not a good deal Recently in a letter to the editor of this publication Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s

Green New Deal was described as an “economic stimulus package”. That it is a “disgusting”, “blatant falsehood” to claim it will end air travel and eliminate beef. Just Google ‘AOC’ and ‘green new deal’ together for a whole slew of examples of AOC’s defense of her GND ‘eliminating cow farts’ and her claim that her high speed bullet trains will ‘eliminate the need for air travel’.

From NPR: “Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline”: “...overhauling transportation systems

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to reduce emissions...and expanding high-speed rail to a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary”.

From Drovers: “Democrats Green New Deal Wants to Eliminate ‘Farting Cows’.”

Quoting, again, from AOC’s own FAQ sheet, “We set a goal to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast...”. Or the New York Post: “AOC explains why ‘farting cows’ were considered in Green New Deal” wherein it is explained that “...the language POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Chronicle: PO Box 1153 St. Helens, OR 97051-8153

was later changed to ‘emissions from cows’.”

Also, again quoting that NPR article, “On top of all that, implementing all of these policies could cost trillions upon trillions of dollars”. NPR’s words.

This, “economic stimulus package”, if enacted would drain the American Taxpayers of “Trillions upon trillions of dollars”. You have NPR’s word on it.

Before you demand to be given something, make very sure what you are getting.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Obituaries Harold Gene Lowry

Jacquelyn “Jaci” Davis Harrington

Feb. 14, 1926 ~ Aug. 5, 2019

Much loved husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather, Harold Gene Lowry, also affectionately known as “Babe” or “Hal,” passed away the evening of Aug. 5, 2019, surrounded by his wife, Margaret Agnes, and many other family members. He was 93 years old.

Harold was born on the family homestead in Mollala, Ore., Feb. 14, 1926 to Bessie Alvera [Bracken] and Clyde Donald Lowry, Sr. Hal was a younger brother to Clyde Donald Lowry, Jr. who died during WWII at the Battle of the Bulge.

He was the older brother to Clydie Jean, Kenneth Ray and Ronald “Pete” Lowry, who have all predeceased him.

During WWII Hal served as a PFC in the Fourth Ma-

rine Division, serving in the Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Marianas Islands in Saipan, Tinian, Hawaii and Iwo Jima. While in Iwo Jima he was shot pulling a wounded man to safety during enemy fire. For his heroism, among other things he received 5 Bronze Star Medals, The Purple Heart, the WWII Victory Medal and a Presidential Unit Commendation Ribbon.

Hal attended the University of Oregon for two years and in the 1950’s Hal played baseball for Portland’s AAA team until moving to California. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, playing cards and talking about his war stories.

He was instrumental in starting a Marine Corps League and a VFW in Yucca Valley, Calif., and was a lifelong

Sept. 29, 1927 ~ Aug. 28, 2019

member of the Elks Lodge in Oregon and California. Hal lived in Oregon most of his life – specifically Tillamook, Portland and Salem/Keizer - but work took him to California where he also lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Palm Desert area.

Besides his wife, Hal leaves his children, Gayle, James, Barbara, Bradley, Michael and Mark; and longtime stepchildren, Robin and Ron. His daughter, Constance predeceased him. Hal also leaves behind several grandchildren, Jason, Jennifer, Jessica, Desiree, Chad, Shelby, Melissa and Taylor.

He also leaves several greatgrandchildren, Macayla, Dustin, Adriana, Keaton, Khamari, Elle, Kylenna, Amery, Isa and Charlotte.

Additionally, Hal had many nieces, nephews, cousins and longtime friends whom he loved. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

A service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Willamette National Cemetery. Following the ceremony, friends and family are invited to gather at the St. Helen’s Elks Lodge.

In lieu of flowers, Margaret asks that you make a donation to the Dementia or Alzheimer’s Association on Hal’s behalf. Thank you.

Christine Singleton

March 6, 1936 ~ Sept. 4, 2019 Christine Singleton was born on March 6, 1936, which she said made her 40 years old but in reality, she was 83 when she passed away on September 4, 2019. She was born in Bogata, Texas and moved to St. Helens, Oregon at age 10 with her parents Paul and Edith Fleming. She graduated from St. Helens High School in 1954 and married Mansuel “Bud” Singleton the same year.

Chris worked at the Columbia County Assessor’s office in St. Helens and then Popper’s Supply Company from where she retired. After she retired she moved to Pacific City, Oregon in 1989, where she lived with her longtime partner who preceded her in death.

Christine led a very active life. In her younger years,

she water skied the Columbia River and played tennis.

She remained an avid tennis fan her entire life. She was also an avid walker and did many walking tours across the county with her long-time friend, Sharon. She attended the fitness center in Pacific City with her many friends

most days and drank coffee with friends at the Stimulus which was really two ounces of coffee and the rest was whipped cream and chocolate. She remained in contact with her girlfriends from high school and they had regular get-togethers. She had a great sense of humor and she laughed all the time.

Chris is survived by their two children Lori J. Olson and Michael R. Singleton; and two grandchildren Aaron Nicole Singleton and Austin G. Olson.

Chris had many friends and loved them all and she deeply loved her children and grandchildren. She was an amazing mother, grandmother and friend and she will be missed by all her knew her.

The family will be having a private service for Chris.

Harold Richard Scudder April 12, 1933 ~ Aug. 27, 2019

Harold was born on April 12, 1933 in Prescott, Iowa. He passed away on Aug. 27, 2019. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. on Sept. 21, 2019 at Plymouth Presbyterian Church, 2615 Sykes Rd., St. Helens, Oregon 97051.

Mom left us 33 days before her 92nd birthday. She knew she was well loved and at peace when she passed.

This is a summary of her life.

A native Oregonian she spent the early years of her life in the Columbia City/St. Helens area. Graduating in 1945, from St. Helens High School, she married her grade school sweetheart Lyle in May of the same year. They made their life in Columbia City until moving to California in 1957 for a brief stay.

Returning to Oregon in 1962, we settled in the Beaverton area. Mom joined West Coast Telephone in the mid 1960’s, it later became GTE. Her career spanned 30+ years with positions including Operator, Accounts payable, Secretary, Engineering to finally Joint Pole Administrator for the Northwest Region.

She retired in the mid 1990’s to begin the next chapter of her life.

Mom had the travel bug, having previously visiting Hawaii and Rio de Janeiro while still working. So, she joined tours to England, Scotland and Ireland. She visited

Mexico, Spain and took a cruise to Alaska. She did well taking video’s, with her then 5 pound video camera but continued to cut off people’s heads with her 35mm still camera. She knew this problem existed, so she took 3 still photo’s each time to compensate. She used lots of film.

Mom then moved into the Beaverton house, she used as a rental, since the early 1970’s. Renovations began.

The interior and exterior got new paint, the ceiling’s were textured, and new landscaping, which included a dry creek bed. She had always wanted white tile counters

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Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church 1911 Columbia Blvd., 503-312-1072 Pastor Burkhardt Calvary Lutheran Church 58251 Division Rd., St. Helens 503-397-1739 Pastor: Mark Dennis Columbia River Foursquare Church 555 Commons Drive, St. Helens 503-397-0069 Senior Pastor Mike Cooke Christ Episcopal Church 35350 E. Division Rd., St. Helens 503-397-1033 Rev. Jaime Sanders Columbia Christian Center 235 S 15th St., 503-366-8028 Pastor Terry Luttrell St. Helens Community Bible Church 35031 Millard Rd., St. Helens Pastor Max Snook www.sthelensbiblechurch.org Christian Church 185 S. 12th St., St. Helens 503-397-2151 Pastor Justin Bruner First Lutheran Church 360 Wyeth St., 503-397-0090 Interim Pastor Randy Sinn First United Methodist Church 560 Columbia Blvd., 503-397-0061 Pastor Jared Maddox Plymouth Presbyterian Church 2615 Sykes Rd., 503-397-0062 Pastor David Hutchinson St. Frederic Catholic Church 175 S. 13th St., 503-397-0148

Father Nicolaus Marandu The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 2755 Sykes Road, St. Helens St. Helens 1st Ward Bishop Kent Dery 971-225-8727 St. Helens 2nd Ward Bishop Paul Erickson 971-8134000 Scappoose Ward Bishop Lorin Fielding 503-987-2179 Sunset Park Community Church 174 Sunset Blvd, St Helens Pastor Aaron Hiller St. Helens Church of Christ 295 S. 18th St., St. Helens Pastor Ivan Bissell 503-366-0967

Grace Baptist Church 58690 Ross Rd., Warren 503-397-0405 Pastor Dean Christensen Warren Baptist Church 56799 Columbia River Highway, 503-397-1005 Pastor Randy Thomas Warren Community Fellowship 56523 Columbia River Highway, 503-397-4387 Pastor Cary Wacker

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Clatskanie Presbyterian Church 215 South Nehalem Street Clatskanie, OR 97016 Phone: 503-728-2300 Clatskanie Presbyterian Church is a community of Christian faith that expresses a relationship with God, and the Holy Spirit for everyone individually and collectively.

Clatskanie Presbyterian Church Sunday 9/15/19 Old Testament: Jeremiah 4: 1112, 4: 22-28 New Testament: 1st Timothy 1: 12-17 Sermon title: Mercy Received Pastor: Erik Huget Adult bible study on Sunday’s at 9:15 a.m. in the Fireside Room

Grace Lutheran Church 51737 Columbia River Hwy., Scappoose 503-543-6555 Joshua Wiley Scappoose Foursquare Church 33404 SW JP West, Scappoose 503-543-5069 Pastor Daniel Schmoll St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church 51555 SW Old Port Rd., Scappoose 503-543-2110 Chuck Wood

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and wall to wall white carpet, in every room. She made it happen. We all had to remove our shoes when we visited.

Then she used her great passion for baking to fill her time. Tualatin Valley Fire Department #64 were her most ardent consumers. On a weekly basis. She also took goodies to her hairdresser’s clients. A group of retirees, in the early 2000’s, started having monthly home luncheons that she greatly enjoyed. We traveled to Tigard, McMinnville and Gales Creek for the 5 hour feasts.

Mom lived a busy full life.

We are honored that she was so well loved and appreciated by so many that knew her. She is survived by her daughters, Barbra and Shari Harrington of Beaverton and her sister Jeri Johnson of St. Helens.

Mom did not want a funeral or a memorial. If you wish to make a donation in her name the family has chosen the Oregon Humane Society @oregonhumane.org.

Arrangements by Springer and Son Aloha Funeral Home.

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Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti (11:30) College Football New Mexico at Notre Dame. (N) (Live) Paid Program Paid Program Grant’s Getaways Straight Talk KGW News at 5 (N) Brain Secrets With Dr. Michael Merzenich Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living This Old House -- 40th Anniversary Special John Denver: Country Boy Life and legacy of singer John Denver.

NewsHour Wk College Football College Extra College Football Arizona State at Michigan State. (N) (Live) College Extra College Football Oklahoma at UCLA. (N) Football Scoreboard College Football Stanford at UCF. (N) (Live) Football Scoreboard College Football Florida at Kentucky. (N) (Live) Just Roll With It Coop & Cami Coop & Cami Bunk’d Bunk’d Sydney to the Max Sydney to the Max Sydney to the Max Sydney to the Max Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Raven’s Home Friday Night Lights Timbers in 30 Rizzoli & Isles “Over/Under” Rizzoli & Isles Dr. Hope Martin returns.

Madam Secretary “The Ninth Circle” Madam Secretary “Tamerlane” 2 Broke Girls Mike & Molly (11:00) ›› “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” ›› “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (2012, Fantasy) Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman. Bilbo Baggins joins the quest to reclaim a lost kingdom. (DVS) ››› “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (2013) (DVS)

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Good Morning America (N) KATU News This Morning Saturday (N) (Live) (5:00) CBS This Morning: Saturday (N) Lucky Dog “Dahlia” Dr. Chris: Pet Vet Innovation Nation Hope in the Wild Contact Nick and Sarah follow a lead.

Major League Fishing Five anglers compete in elimination round 2 from Vidalia, La. KGW News at Sunrise (N) The Voyager Earth Odyssey Cat in the Hat Molly of Denali Curious George Sesame Street Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy Good Day Oregon Saturday (N) Big Noon Kickoff (N) (Live) College GameDay From Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. (N) (Live) Miraculous: Ladybug Miraculous: Ladybug DuckTales DuckTales Amphibia Big City Greens Good Day Oregon Saturday (N) Good Day Oregon Saturday (N) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond The King of Queens

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Jeopardy! (N) Wheel of Fortune (N) The Goldbergs Schooled Modern Family (:31) Single Parents Celebrity Family Feud (DVS) Extra (N) Ent. Tonight Big Brother (N) SEAL Team “My Life for Yours” S.W.A.T. “Trigger Creep” Expedition Unknown Expedition Unknown: Unearthed (N) Expedition Unknown (N) (:01) Contact Nick and Sarah follow a lead.

Tonight With Cassidy Inside Edition (N) America’s Got Talent “Live Results 5” (:01) Songland “OneRepublic” (N) Hollywood Game Night (N) PBS NewsHour (N) Nature Extraordinary abilities of squirrels. (DVS) Last of the Breed Willie Nelson.

Family Feud Family Feud MasterChef “London Calling -- Pt. 2” (N) BH90210 “The Long Wait” (DVS) 10 O’Clock News (N) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres. From PETCO Park in San Diego. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Bunk’d Bunk’d Raven’s Home Just Roll With It Bunk’d Bunk’d Coop & Cami Sydney to the Max The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory 8 O’Clock News (N) 9 O’Clock News (N) The Big Bang Theory Family Guy Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Full Frontal

KATU News at 6 (N) (Live) Jeopardy! (N) Wheel of Fortune (N) KOIN 6 News at 6 (N) CBS Evening News Extra (N) Ent. Tonight BattleBots (N) (Part 1 of 2) BattleBots (N) (Part 2 of 2) KGW News at 6 (N) Tonight With Cassidy Inside Edition (N) Travelscope Nightly Business Rpt. PBS NewsHour (N) 6 O’Clock News (N) Timbers in 30 Family Feud Family Feud (:15) College Football Washington State vs Houston. (N) (Live) Jessie Jessie Bunk’d Raven’s Home Family Feud Family Feud The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Family Guy Family Guy Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers

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(5:00) ABC News Democratic Candidates Debate Debate at Texas Southern University. (N) KOIN 6 News at 6 (N) CBS Evening News Extra (N) Ent. Tonight (5:00) Naked and Afraid Naked and Afraid “Ashes to Ashes” KGW News at 6 (N) Tonight With Cassidy Inside Edition (N) Travels With Darley Nightly Business Rpt. PBS NewsHour (N) MLB Baseball: Braves at Phillies Family Feud Family Feud College Football 150 - Football Is US HEAVY: Fury vs. Schwarz (N) Jessie Jessie “Space Out” Bunk’d Bunk’d “It’s a Blast!”

Family Feud Family Feud The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Family Guy Family Guy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

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KATU News at 11 (N) America This Week KOIN 6 News at 11 (:35) Game On! (N) Alaskan Bush People: Bushcraft Chronicles KGW News at 11 (N) Greta Van Susteren An Opry Salute to Ray Charles 11 O’Clock News (N) Graham Bensinger SportsCenter Raven’s Home Just Roll With It NCIS: New Orleans “Baitfish” › “Mr. Deeds” (2002) Adam Sandler.

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Dancing With the Stars “2019 Season Premiere” A new cast of 12 celebrities competes.

Grand Hotel (N) (DVS) KATU News at 11 (N) Jimmy Kimmel Live The Neighborhood The Big Bang Theory Bull Bull has renewed feelings for his ex.

Bull A woman is charged with murder.

KOIN 6 News at 11 Late Show-Colbert Fast N’ Loud: Revved Up (N) Fast N’ Loud “Chevy Chase” (N) (:02) Fast N’ Loud: Revved Up “Bullit in the Chamber” (N) American Ninja Warrior Top ninjas face stages three and four. (N) (DVS) Dateline NBC (N) KGW News at 11 (N) Tonight Show Antiques Roadshow “Salt Lake City” Country Music “Hard Times (1933-1945)” Country music grows in popularity. (N) POV Nick Nolan resurrects a dairy farm.

So You Think You Can Dance (Season Finale) (N Same-day Tape) (DVS) 10 O’Clock News (N) 11 O’Clock News (N) The Big Bang Theory (:15) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) (Live) NFL PrimeTime SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) NFL PrimeTime Raven’s Home Just Roll With It Bunk’d Bunk’d “Gone Girl” Coop & Cami Sydney to the Max Raven’s Home Just Roll With It 8 O’Clock News (N) 9 O’Clock News (N) The Simpsons Family Guy Bob’s Burgers The Game Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad Final Space Conan (N) Impractical Jokers

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Bachelor in Paradise (N) Bless This Mess black-ish NCIS “Daughters” (DVS) FBI Dana puts her career in jeopardy.

NCIS: New Orleans “The River Styx, Part II” Bering Sea Gold “Ready, Set, Gold” (N) (:01) Bering Sea Gold “Double Down” (:02) Undercover Billionaire “Episode 7” (N) America’s Got Talent “Live Finals” (N Same-day Tape) (:01) Bring the Funny “The Finale Results” American Experience “The Feud” Country Music “Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953)” Country stars of post-war America. (N) The Resident (DVS) First Responders Live (N) 10 O’Clock News (N) SportsCenter (N) (Live) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) SportsCenter (N) (Live) Bunk’d Bunk’d Raven’s Home Just Roll With It Bunk’d Bunk’d Coop & Cami Sydney to the Max The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory 8 O’Clock News (N) 9 O’Clock News (N) The Simpsons Family Guy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

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KATU News at 11 (N) Jimmy Kimmel Live KOIN 6 News at 11 Late Show-Colbert (:03) Bering Sea Gold “Enter A Titan” KGW News at 11 (N) Tonight Show Frontline The water crisis in Flint, Mich.

11 O’Clock News (N) The Big Bang Theory SportsCenter (N) (Live) To Be Announced Bob’s Burgers The Game Conan (N) Impractical Jokers

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Garage Sale 9/13 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 9/14 9 a.m. -2 p.m., at 1725 9th St. Columbia City.

Lots of RV things, hitch, car guard, brake pro, etc.

Dishes, cups, glasses anything you would need to furnish and RV or apartment.

Children’s toys, 12 ga. reloading equip., antique jigsaw and lots more.

BIG YARD SALE St. Helens-635 S. 10th St. Fri & Sat, Sept. 13-14, 9am4pm. Something for Everyone! Priced to Sell!

Spring Water Farm Is selling mushrooms and mushroom kits at the World Famous St. Helens Famers Market.

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Antique Appraisal Fundraiser Sat. 9/21, 10-1. $5/ item, limit 5 items.

Jewelry, coins, old paintings, musical instruments, toys, military, glassware, and more! First come, first served.

Refreshments avail for purchase. Proceeds go towards equipment fund.

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Public Notices PROTECTING YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW

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ST. HELENS SCHOOL DISTRICT 2019-20 LEGAL NOTICES 1.

Notice Regarding Student Records

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to parents/guardians of students in St. Helens School District No. 502 that the directory information provided may be published in accordance to School Board policy and shall be effective for the 2019-20 school year.

Directory Information is designated as: student name, address, telephone listing, electronic address, photograph, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, and dates of attendance; weight and height of athletic team members; degrees, honors or awards received; and the most recent previous school or program attended. Exclusion from any or all directory categories named as Directory Information or release of information must be submitted in writing to the school principal by the parent/guardian, student 18 years of age or emancipated student within 15 days of this annual public notice.

This announcement is in keeping with the guidelines established for the protection of student records and for the legitimate release thereof. The confidentiality of academic and behavior records of students shall continue to be upheld as a matter of District concern for student records and personal rights of individuals.

2.

Equal Education Assurance

In conformance to Federal Title 6, Title 9 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, St. Helens School District 502 has established the following policy regarding Equal Educational Opportunities: The St. Helens School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, color, national origin, disability, marital or parental status, linguistic background, culture, capability or geographic location in providing education or access to benefits of educational services, activities and programs in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Acts.

Superintendent Scot Stockwell is designated to coordinate compliance with these legal requirements and may be contacted at the District Office located at 474 N. 16th Street, St. Helens, OR for additional information and/or compliance issues.

3.

School District Seeks Youth With Disabilities St. Helens School District and the Northwest Regional Education Service District would like assistance in locating children from birth to age 21 with a disability who have not graduated from high school and are currently not attending or receiving other special services from public schools. Oregon and federal laws mandate educational services for children with disabilities. The Northwest Regional ESD provides educational services for eligible children from birth to kindergarten. Local school districts offer educational programs and services for eligible children from kindergarten through high school. Services provided are appropriate to each child’s disability. Parents/guardians or others who know a child age five through 21 with a disability who is currently not receiving educational services can contact Lori Thompson, Director of Student Services, at the St. Helens School District Office at (503) 397-3085. For children from birth to age five with disabilities, contact the Northwest Regional ESD at (503) 614-1446.

El Distrito Escolar Busca a Menores con Discapacidades Al Distrito Escolar St. Helens y al Distrito de Servicio de Educación Regional del Noroeste (Northwest Regional Education Service District) les gustaría recibir ayuda pars encontrar a menores desde el nacimiento hasta la edad de 21 años que tienen una discapacidad, que no se han graduado de la escuela preparatoria (high s c h o o l ) y que actualmente no están asistiendo ni recibiendo otros servicios especiales de parte de las escuelas públicas. Las leyes de Oregon y federates ordenan servicios educativos pars menores con discapacidades. El Distrito de Servicio de Educación Regional del Noroeste presta servicios educativos para niños que reúnen los requisitos desde el nacimiento hasta el kindergarten. Los distritos escolares locales ofrecen programas y servicios educativos pars menores que reúnen los requisitos desde el kindergarten hasta la escuela preparatoria. Los servicios prestados son adecuados para la discapacidad de cads menor. Los padres, tutores u otras personas que conocen a un menor entre las edades de cinco a 21 años con una discapacidad que actualmente no está recibiendo servicios educativos pueden comunicarse con Lori Thompson, Directora de Servicios Estudiantiles, en la Oficina del Distrito Escolar St. Helens al (503) 397-3085. Para niños desde el nacimiento a la edad de cinco años con discapacidades comuníquese con el Distrito de Servicio de Educación Regional del Noroeste al (503) 614-1446.

4.

Access to Student Information by Military or College Recruiters

St. Helens School District receives funds from the federal government under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. These funds are used in a variety of ways to provide additional help to students in greatest academic need. The law also requires that districts receiving these funds must, upon request, provide military recruiters, colleges and universities access to the names, addresses and telephone listings of secondary students.

It is important for you to know that a secondary school student or his/her parent or guardian may request that the student’s name, address, and telephone number not be released by the district without prior written parental consent. If you would like to make such a request, please contact your child’s guidance counselor.

5.

Education Rights of Homeless Children and Youth

St. Helens School District is actively seeking to enroll children and youth who are homeless.

• Who is considered “homeless”? Homeless children and youth are minors who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes children and youth who:

• are sharing housing with other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason;

• are living in motels, hotels, camping grounds or trailer parks due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;

• are living in emergency or transitional shelters, cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings;

• are abandoned in hospitals;

• are awaiting foster care placement;

• have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

• are migrant children and youth (as defined under NCLB Title IC-Migrant Education) who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

• What are the education rights of homeless children and youth? St. Helens School District provides equal and comparable access to all students regardless of their home living situation. Homeless children and youth have specific rights that include:

• Immediate public school enrollment and, when desired or feasible, at the student’s “school of origin” provided it is in the best interest of the student.

• Transportation services and meal programs.

• Education services and programs for which the student is eligible such as Title I, special education, programs for students with limited English proficiency, professional technical programs, and talented and gifted programs.

If you are homeless or know of a child or youth that is homeless and not attending school, please contact St. Helens School District’s Homeless Liaison, Jennifer Bartocci, for information and enrollment assistance: District Liaison: Jennifer Bartocci. Telephone: 503-366-7708. Address: 474 North 16th Street, St. Helens, OR 97051 6.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Annual Notice of Student Education Record Privacy

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive federal funds.

FERPA gives parents/guardians certain rights with respect to their child’s education records. When a student reaches the age of 18 or attends a post-secondary school or college, the parent/guardian rights transfer to the student and the student is then an “eligible student” under the law. Under FERPA, parents/guardians and eligible students have the following rights: 1) To inspect and review the student’s education records maintained by the school within 45 days of the school’s receipt of a written request. The request should identify the record(s) being inspected. The school is not required to provide copies of records and may charge a fee if copies are requested.

2) To request that a school correct records believed to be inaccurate or misleading. The request must be in writing and clearly specify: (a) the part of the record requesting to be changed, and (b) why it is inaccurate or misleading.

If the school decides not to amend the record, the parent/guardian or eligible student has the right to a hearing. After the hearing, if the school still decides not to amend the record, the parent or eligible student has the right to place a statement in the record about the contested information. The school is not required to consider requests for grade or disciplinary decisions, opinions of school officials in the education record, or the student’s special education determination.

3) To control the disclosure of student personally identifiable information from their education record, parents/guardians may request that the school, with certain exceptions, obtain parent/guardian written consent prior to the disclosure of student information. Exceptions which permit disclosure without parent/guardian consent include disclosure to school/district staff with legitimate educational interest; a person or company with whom the district has contracted to perform a special task (i.e. attorney, auditor, therapist); a person serving on the school board, a parent or student serving on an official committee such as a grievance or disciplinary committee or assisting another school official; and/or an official of another school district in which a student seeks to enroll. A school official has a legitimate education interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill a professional responsibility.

If you have questions concerning student records, please call your school principal.

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OFFICIAL NOTICE

In 1986, Congress passed the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA).

That law required inspection of all schools, kindergarten through twelfth grade, to identify any asbestos-containing building materials. The law further required the development of a Management Plan, based upon the findings of the inspection, which outlines our intent in controlling the potential for exposure to asbestos fiber in our schools.

The inspection in our schools was completed, and a Management Plan was compiled in 1989 as required, and some asbestos-containing materials were identified in our buildings. The materials are distributed in various locations and include floor tile, pipe insulation and mechanical areas not readily accessible to building occupants or students.

The Management Plan outlines in detail the methods used to maintain the materials in a safe manner. It also includes records of six month periodic surveillance inspections, three year re-inspections and records of all abatement projects that have been completed. The six month periodic surveillance inspections are conducted by district personnel in May and October of each year. The three year reinspection is conducted by a certified inspector. The most recent three year re-inspection took place in May 2018. There are no abatement projects planned for the 2019-20 school year.

A copy of the Management Plan is on file for your review at the school district maintenance office at 301 Saint Helens Street. Copies of individual building inspection reports are on file in each school’s administrative office.

CH19-1248

DISTRICT BOARD MEETING The McNulty Water People’s Utility District is scheduled to hold a “District Board meeting” on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 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.

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The Board of Directors for Columbia River PUD will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. The Board will meet in a retreat setting to discuss strategic planning for 2020 and any other business

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING, JUVENILE DEPARTMENT IN RE THE DEPENDENCY OF: ARMANI WALKER DOB: 08/27/2011 KAYLANI CURNAL DOB: 07/11/2010 NO: 19-7-02182-7 SEA 19-7-02183-5 SEA NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Kelsey Adrianne Walker, Mother and Kamau Kambui Leland James Curnal Jr., Father, and/or anyone claiming parental/paternal rights or interest in the children and to All Whom It May Concern: On August 9, 2019, a petition for Termination was filed in the above entitled Court, pursuant to RCW 13.34.080 and/or RCW 26.33.310

regarding the above named children. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL 206-477-2310, 8:00 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. Said Petition will be heard on October 28, 2019, at the hour of 8:15 a.m., at King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Room E-201, Seattle, WA 98104, before a judge of the above entitled court, at which

time you are directed to appear and answer the said petition or the petition will be granted and action will be taken by the court such as shall appear to be for the welfare of the said children. Dated September 3, 2019. BARBARA MINER, KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CLERK, BY: AMD, Deputy Clerk

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County Commissioners approve Tourism Initiative request nity like this,” Tardif said.

The next step for the initiative is to gather more funds, according to Daughtry. Their budget is a little over $80,000 a year, and they have already secured funds from Travel Oregon, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners and the City of Scappoose. They will be seeking out more funds from the City of Vernonia, the Port of Columbia County, the City of St. Helens, the City of Rainier and Columbia City.

“We have to come up with

the rest of the money, and that allows us to keep the committee together as well as produce some marketing materials,” Daughtry said.

Daughtry said he hopes the initiative will help drive tourism in the county.

“We’re really underperforming relative to other counties in the state. We’ve got all these beautiful spots and we’ve got to market them and make them more attractive and that’s what we’re working on,” Daughtry said.

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The Columbia County Board of Commissioners has granted the Columbia County Tourism Initiative its requested $10,000. The request was granted at the Wednesday, Sept. 4 Columbia County Board of Commissioners meeting.

The initiative also received $5,000 from the City of Scappoose.

At the county commissioners’ Aug. 28 meeting,

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Democratic U.S Rep. Suzanne Bonamici made a three-point stop in St. Helens this past week. The congresswoman toured Legacy Health Clinic, the City of St. Helens’ waterfront redevelopment site, and St. Helens Middle School, where she was slated to be met by State Rep. Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie).

Bonamici chose to visit Legacy’s new clinic on South Columbia River Highway to learn more about how the 20,500 square foot facility will serve the community.

Opened this past summer, relocated facility is designed to bring essential services together under one roof. It provides services in the areas of primary care, urgent care, imaging services like 3-D mammography, and laboratory services.

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or documentation indicating that fire officials were notified at each step of Deer Pointe Meadows’ permitting process throughout the years.

Sharek’s letter said it appears that the County has inconsistently enforced fire code regulations found within building codes as they apply to the permitting process.

Commissioner Henry Heimuller said he spoke with State Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) sometime after the July hearing and she asked him if there was a current, ongoing sewer failure at Deer Pointe Meadows, reportedly having heard that from a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) official. Heimuller said he

Alison Hart, representative for the Columbia County Tourism Initiative, originally presented on the initiative and requested $10,000 to support their future efforts.

Commissioner Alex Tardif motioned to approve the request, but Commissioner Henry Heimuller did not second the motion, saying he needed to see more documentation.

Chuck Daughtry, Executive Director of the Columbia County Economic Team (CCET), which spearheads

care is important to the people I’m honored to represent, but particularly in rural communities,” Bonamici said. “Access to healthcare has been a challenge here … with this brand new, big space here there’s a lot of potential for people to get the healthcare they need right in Columbia County without having to commute to the metro region.”

At the second stop, the congresswoman expected a briefing on waterfront development efforts by the City of St. Helens, which recently applied for an $11.1 million U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant that Bonamici advocated in favor of approving. She said investing in infrastructure benefits economic development in the city as well as creating health and recreation opportunities for the community.

The BUILD grant would then contacted county legal counsel, who confirmed that staff found a “minor” drainrelated issue at the RV park portion of the mobile home park, unrelated to building permit applications at hand.

Discussion and concerns Moving to deliberations, Magruder suggested taking into consideration the entirety of the mobile home park in ruling on the land use appeal regarding the single space for which building and electrical permits were requested.

Tardif agreed with Magruder, calling the case an interesting and fascinating example of the complex nonconforming land use issues in Oregon.

“I would have to agree that in this case, space 10 should be allowed a building permit, an electrical permit, and the ability to move forward with siting,” Tardif said.

the Columbia County Tourism Initiative, said the funds will help the initiative grow, and continue for at least another year.

“I think we’ve made a lot of progress,” Daughtry said about the initiative. “We’ve got private interests as well as government entities and we’re all working to improve the tourism economy in Columbia County.”

Heimuller wanted to clarify that his not seconding the motion at the earlier meeting was not a denial of

funds.

“It was making sure all the ‘T’s were crossed and ‘I’s were dotted before approving the request,” Heimuller said. “The Tourism Initiative is something we’ve always been supportive of.”

Tardif said he was excited about the county’s support of the initiative.

“I think this is a very exciting opportunity for the county to be a leader and participate in this and I look forward to the community benefitting from an opportu-

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U.S Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR1) meets with Legacy Health Clinic staff members.

finance most of the $12.6 million total project cost, according to previous reporting on the project. A 2018 grant application was rejected in December of this past year.

The project area is a 22-acre site that was formerly the location of Veneer Mill and

Boise White Paper, LLC. The goals are improving access to the waterfront, connecting the transportation system, and inviting private investment and economic development while preserving cultural resources and history.

Heimuller said he would support approving the permits, noting that issues with Deer Pointe Meadows have been intertwined with his time on the Board of Commissioners seemingly from the minute he took office.

He said the current owner is doing everything possible to bring the mobile home park into compliance. Heimuller added that he disagreed with the legal interpretation held

by Rainier-area resident Don Campbell, the park neighbor who filed the land use appeal against the building permits.

Campbell’s appeal is based on the argument that space 10 was one of 13 spaces that were blocked from park use by county officials during septic system repairs in 2017. Campbell said when nonconforming activities or uses are lost or abandoned, current criteria must be applied to the property.

Troubled history Living next to Deer Pointe Meadows, Campbell has closely watched a history of septic system failures at the mobile home park. He has expressed great concern in city, county and state meetings about the number of active spaces in the park and what he says is the likelihood of a major septic system failure if capacity isn’t restricted.

Initially established in 1965, a past owner illegally expanded the park from 33 to 46 spaces, according to county land use documents.

In 1996, Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved the expansion with a mandate that the failing septic system be repaired and able to meet DEQ standards for the increase in sewage from additional spaces.

Repeated septic failures at

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Bonamici, who serves on the education committee, capped off her tour with St. Helens Middle School, a new campus with some aspects still being finished. She said visiting schools is important for her to see how policies are working firsthand and hear from educators, administrators and often enlightening students. Bonamici stressed the importance of investing in K-12 schools to prepare students for the future.

“One of the things we talked about here today was the workforce and getting people who are healthcare providers to be in rural areas,” Bonamici said. “It’s a really good thing to get people who grew up in rural areas to see that in their future. These kids today we visit in middle school, they might be a doctor here someday, and it’s great to have them see that potential.”

involves motorcycles leaving a space for the “missing man,” a service member who has been killed in a war.

“For every leg there’s a different missing man,” Walker said.

The group participates in charitable giving, too.

Throughout the trip they run raffles, the proceeds of which are donated to the group’s Charitable Fund. This year, they were able to present Rainelle Elementary School in Rainelle, West Virginia with a $20,000 check, which will help fund a new school.

According to both Walkers, over the years, the group has been able to donate funds to the school multiple times.

In 2020, the group plans to expand its Run with another leg, which will run for two days to the “Sandbox” or the “Wall to Wall” leg, which will take place in Marseilles, Illinois. This leg will travel to the Middle East Conflicts Wall.

the park have resulted in discharges of untreated or partially treated sewage to the ground or surface waters on multiple occasions.

A county land use document states that previous failures, while many contributing factors should be considered, were caused mainly by too much wastewater and “high strength wastewater” that takes more effort and soil capability to process. Monitoring also revealed that flows were exceeding design limits during winter months because of water pipe infiltration as well as people running water to prevent freezing pipes.

According to the DEQ, in the past two years there were approximately four effluent discharge events on the ground surface at Deer Pointe Meadows. DEQ said standard warning letters

were issued and the facility corrected the problems.

A DEQ representative said the agency was at the site on Aug. 2 of this year and reconfirmed permit compliance.

Commission ruling “As we look at the nonconforming use, and Mr. Campbell’s suggestion that not using a space or a group of spaces during a period of vacancy that is there for modifications … his is an interpretation of nonconforming use that I disagree with personally as well as so far as I can see in the law,” Heimuller said.

The commissioners unanimously voted for tentative approval of both permit requests in separate motions. A final order was set to be approved during a future board meeting.

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his week was a rare occurrence. When we realized this week’s edition of The Chronicle would release on the 18th anniversary of 9/11, we wanted to do something special to honor the memory of that day in 2001.

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rhetoric is dividing our country. We see it every day on social media, our staff sees it in our comment section, and there are some days it seems there is no end in sight to the vitriol.

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that day, all of us were certain of our American heritage, of our pride in this country, and that we would all move forward as one.

It is our hope, with this tribute in your hometown paper, as we share our memories of 9/11 with each

other, we will remember that sense of unity those dreadful attacks once inspired. To quote reader Ben Tiscareno, of Hawk & Wolf Columbia Couriers, who shared our post seeking memories on social media, “The ocean of good will you carry and embody

in your actions dwarfs the division and anger spoken by a few. The American spirit beats strong in all of you. It was coming together in solidarity that helped us through those dark days in 2001, so perhaps some of us are ready to come together again.”

Today, regardless of our many differences and beliefs, let us remember that we are one community, one family, one America. Let us never forget.

went to school that my teacher explained to us that what had happened was a terrorist attack. I had never heard that term before.

Later, they had us write journal entries about what happened and how it had affected us. I remember people being very patriotic for the months and years afterward. Everyone had a flag on their front door, and the radio played patriotic songs. The most frequently played was “I’m Proud to be an American” by Lee Greenwood. I still have the song memorized.

morning. In a fog, I stared at the TV as my family was sleeping. Do I wake up my family? Do I take my son to preschool? Do I go to work?

I ended up going to work and sending my son to preschool. I worked at Nike at the time and I remember there were TV’s playing in every meeting room and in the cafe. That day was a blur and scary as it played out.

I remember wanting to go home and be with my family. I remember everyone I encountered had the look of fear on their faces.

As I looked into the eyes of perfect strangers I also saw kindness. It was like we were connected somehow through this nightmare of a day we all woke up too. We were all trying to carry on as best we could.

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a few faculty and students.

The few of us that were there, gathered in a classroom. A television was wheeled in and we watched for some time. We ended up going home early.

As we rode the MAX home, I remember a woman crying and saying that she just wanted to get to her children. The days that followed this terrible act were days full of patriotism and kindness. American flags were flying everywhere.

The stores were sold out.

Everyone had such pride in America. People started talking to their neighbors.

You would hug people that you had never met but you understood their pain.

I remember hoping we could hold on to how pure that feeling was.

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9/11 Staff Memories Julie Thompson Senior Reporter: I was a junior in high school, and my cousin and I were late to school that morning because my dad accidentally took off to work with our books in the car. My mother called the school and told them we’d be late, because he’d already sent the car out on a delivery and we had to wait for it to return to the store. Watching the morning news wasn’t a priority for teenage girls, so the first thing I heard about it was from my dad when I showed up to get our books.

“Did you hear the pentagon has been attacked?”

I don’t think I really processed what he meant by that.

The next thing I remember was sitting in the office waiting for my pass to go to class and watching two of the ladies behind the desk bent over a computer.

“See?” One said pointing at the screen. “That’s where the plane hit.”

I got to first block with about ten minutes left. All the lights were off, and the class was watching TV. I was just in time to see the first tower collapse. I would not see the second one fall in real time.

My second block was journalism, and my teacher, Miranda Bailey, was waiting for us by the door as soon as we walked in. She allowed us only enough time to put our bags down before she was handing us notebooks and cameras.

“Go cover this,” she said.

“This may be the biggest news day you’ll ever experience.”

We weren’t given a lot of direction on how, exactly, to

cover it. I walked down the hallways, staring into doorways, where each class was huddled around their television. I took photos. When I’d come to grips with what was happening enough to gather my thoughts, I started asking questions. The thing that still sticks with me most is that almost every boy I talked to was ready to go to war – and to lie about their age to do it if they had to.

I’d been going through a phase where I was obsessively studying anything related to WWII. I remember thinking about the boys who were too young to go to war and all of the brave things they did and how tragically many of them died. The thought of my friends going to war frightened me, but I thought about the women who pitched in – the nurses, the riveters - and knew I would go, too, if it came down to it.

The headline for the column I wrote for our high school paper, The Little Harvester, that week read: A new day of infamy.

Christine Menges Reporter: I was nine when the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 happened. I was living in California at the time, and I remember going downstairs, getting ready to leave for school when I saw footage on the news of planes hitting the twin towers in New York City.

I didn’t understand it at the time. I thought it had been an accident. It was only when I

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Amy Trull Marketing Consultant: The morning of 9/11 I first heard of the tragedy while getting ready for work in the

Office Manager: I was awoken by a phone call from my mother-in-law.

She told me to check the news because something terrible had happened in New York. I got up and turned on the television and I couldn’t walk away.

I was supposed to be getting ready to take the MAX to school into downtown Portland. I usually met my friend at the MAX stop but since I wasn’t there, she came to my house. As we watched the news, the second plane hit. We couldn’t believe it. It was hard to watch and hard to look away.

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9/11 Community Memories Judy Thompson: This memory is overwhelming. I was getting ready for work early morning and the TV coverage came on, the tower billowing with thick black smoke and seeing the huge hole in the tower.

I called my husband at his work on told him what I was seeing, he said that couldn’t be real, for a few seconds, we did not speak, then with disbelief, we knew what I was relaying to him was indeed happening. We need to share our memories. Thank you for gathering.

Tawnya Edmonds: I remember waking up in the morning. I turned on the news as I always did. On it I see utter panic. One plane already had hit the first tower. I was in awe! My senses came to me, and I quickly woke up my roommate shouting that our country is under attack!

She probably thought I was being over dramatic up until I went into the living room again after waking her, and the second plane hit. I started thinking of all the people. I remember watching people jumping out of the buildings. All I could do was cry.

This overwhelming sense of fear came over me. As I kept watching, there was reports of a third plane heading toward the Pentagon. All the emotions that I felt that day I’ve never felt before. In the days after, it was crazy not seeing planes leaving the airport. It was scary.

Everytime I drove 205 from work and back, I would cry. I was shook! Today I still feel emotional about it. I’ve got tears in my eyes writing this.

I hope we never have another event happen like this again, but I also know how easily it can.

Ben Tiscareno: I was in college, staying overnight at my girlfriend’s apartment. Her alarm clock was set to play the radio, which made a big difference, because in my apartment the alarm was an annoying electronic ‘beep-beep-beep!’ She was also a veterinary student, which meant her alarm went off ridiculously early, when most of campus was still soundly asleep. That morning it was tuned into the Rick Dees Top 40 morning show.

Ah Rick Dees; playful, entertaining, silly, sometimes pulling pranks. Instead of music or the usual DJ banter when the radio turned on that morning, he kept talking about fire and stairs.

Those were the first words I remember hearing from Rick Dees that morning - fire and stairs. He was on the radio interviewing someone who had run out of the first tower, before the second one was hit. Of course I didn’t know this at the time. I just knew he was talking about fire, and stairs.

My first thought was this

being some kind of odd prank Rick Dees was pulling. But his usual antics didn’t involve flames, or people in panic.

Then other words started coming through my sleep fog. “Airplane” and “bomb” were mentioned a few times.

Some people were trapped, and many repetitions of New York. Over and over, something in New York.

My brain began putting together the questions he was asking, and the answers coming over the radio. I stopped my girlfriend’s hand as she reached for the snooze button. Spoke my first words that morning, “Wait, listen a minute. This is... something is off. This isn’t normal.” She groaned and dragged herself off to get the morning started, into the shower. I sat up in bed and listened to the radio a few moments - I remember those voices felt like a tiny window into something much larger.

She didn’t have a television in her apartment, so I dressed and shouted into the bathroom, “Love you, be safe today. Something is very wrong in New York” before leaving. Our WSU campus is in the middle of Southeast Washington state, so I imagine she thought that was a very odd thing for me to say.

7 minute drive across a sleeping campus. Every minute seemed to matter. I left the radio on but it was the same tiny window of information coming through.

An airplane had hit one of the towers in New York, there was fire, and people were stuck. That was all I was getting. I suppose that’s all most of us knew at first. Got home, ran into my apartment and turned on the television.

All three of my housemates were out cold. There was yet no footage of the first building being hit, just rumors and video of the smoke pouring out. I quickly ran down the hallway waking my roommates up, telling them something bad was happening in New York. Like my girlfriend, they probably thought it was a very odd thing for me to say. Back into the living room I went. Had to see what was going on. Seconds before one of my roommates sleepily wandered into the living room to join me, the second tower was hit. The channel I was watching had a live video on the towers when it happened. Images forever burned into my memory, with horrifying crystal clarity. That’s when I remember the terror, the shock, the fear, really beginning to sink in. We are under attack. I just watched it happen live. There is no safe place anymore.

Every event which took place after the second tower being hit served to sink in that new reality. There is no safe place anymore.

Much of the following few hours are a trauma-induced mix of clarity and blurred memories. I’ve talked to enough fellow Americans to know a lot of us went through that. Couldn’t peel my eyes away from the television.

Two of my housemates were glued to it like I was. Some-

one made breakfast for us.

Probably our third housemate. I think I skipped my first class, but made it to my student office job at 10 am.

Half of the staff didn’t even come in. Its all anyone could talk about.

By late afternoon some sense of order and half-understanding was beginning to return. The trauma and terror did not lessen, not for a long time. But the conversations began to shift, and people were beginning to talk about what we were going to do.

To be safe. To recover and rebuild after this. The anger and thirst for vengeance came a little later that day.

But before that, our town and campus began to take on an incredible feeling of unity.

We were ALL Americans that day, deeply to our blood and bones. This was our country, and these were our people.

We were going to get through this, and we were going to come out stronger because of it. We all felt extremely vulnerable and unsafe, even on our campus in the middle of farming country. But we were going to watch each other’s’ backs and get through this.

Monica Jacquette: I was donating blood. I have something rare in my blood that is used for preemie’s. Like clockwork I had standing appt every 2 months.

It was early in the am and we were all watching it unfold and the coverage. The silence was deafening. Everyone was in shock watching the TV.

Erica Rolf Winnestorfer: I dropped my husband off early for work, and was heading back home and heard Daria on the radio say “We aren’t sure, but it looks like it might have been a terrorist attack.” I came home with my son and turned on the news; he was three and couldn’t understand why the news was on all day, and why I was so focused on it. I remember watching the second plane

hit, and later, the towers buckling. All I could think about was how the world would never be the same and that even though I had gotten out of the military a few years before, so many of my friends were still active duty and were going to war. Most have, some have died. It’s important to never forget.

Kathleen Jenkins: I was living in Alabama at the time. I was in school at PE class when over the radio there was an emergency announcement and we heard about the first plane. As kids we didn’t understand what was really happening yet. As the day continued we started to hear more about what was happening - to the point that teachers couldn’t teach because they themselves were listening to the radio or watching television. I remember getting home and seeing the video of the second plane and just the shock that I felt.

It’s one of those things you don’t forget. I remember how well we as a nation stood up TOGETHER and rallied to support our loved ones, our neighbors, and our community after that event.

Jubilee Beatley: I remember I was six and my Mom came and told myself and all my siblings to come watch the news and she would explain what was going on. We used to watch the news every morning together as a family so this didn’t seem to off. I remember watching the smoke billowing out of the tower. I remember the second plane hitting. I remember people jumping and the tower collapsing. We watched all day but to a six year old it seemed so distant.

What I remember the most though was my Dad was a night shift cop in Portland.

He didn’t come home that day in case a riot broke out.

My mother cried. I remember when President Bush made his announcement that we were going to war. My father didn’t come home for a few days and we watched the

riots and tried to pick him out in the midst of all the Riot Officers.

Bethany Hoffee: I was in Northern Idaho with my parents visiting family friends. I had known the couple we were visiting since I was in grade school, and their son and I were best friends, in fact we swore at 6 and 7 years old that we were going to get married when we grew up. That didn’t happen, but we always stayed close.

I was in their basement, dozing on an air mattress with my son who was just shy of 5 months old, I was awake, but didn’t want to get up yet cause my son Mike was still sleeping.

I heard footsteps running down the stairs and my Dad who is not a small man came thundering through the room to the bedroom where my mom was still asleep.

He threw open the door and yelled “A plane just crashed into the World Tower!” He then ran back upstairs to where the tv was.

All I thought was my dad had been fooled, it was probably a new trailer for a movie that was coming out soon, and in poor taste they made it seem like a live broadcast to get peoples attention. My dad thundering through the room woke up my son so I changed him and quickly headed upstairs to find out what was REALLY going on.

They had an open air layout of the main floor of the house, and from the top of the stairs from basement you could see the tv. The image that is burned in my mind is the image of the 2nd tower with a hole shaped like a plane like in a cartoon in its side, and people falling(later revealed to be jumping) from the windows. Later, firefighters rushing in to try and help those trapped, and then the ultimate horror, the tower collapsing in on itself, leaving little to no hope of any rescue for those still in the building.

Breakfast was subdued that morning, no one wanted to talk much cause everyone was in shock about the fact that not 1, not even 2, but 3 planes had crashed that day.

On the ride back to Oregon my parents kept the radio on cds, refusing to listen to the radio cause it was only repeating the few snippets that were known at the time, and they didn’t believe in getting worked up until more had come out and things were clearer.

I sat in the back seat, keeping my son entertained but in the back of my mind all I could think about was all those people, minding their own business living their lives, and they had been attacked. My husband was in the Navy, and being his spouse there is always the fear he wont come home.

I had also been the target of protesters and that sometimes your family wasn’t safe BECAUSE your family member was military so my safety wasn’t threatened by the attack as in my mind it was par for the course.

What made me upset and worried was innocent people who had nothing to do with the government, nothing to do with the military, had become targets and were killed because of it.

By the time I had gotten home to Oregon, it had been revealed(or announced I am not sure as I didn’t hear it on the radio) that Al Qaeda was behind the attacks, and that they were a terrorist organization from the middle east, and commentaries about those from the middle east and those countries ranged from anger to hatred. My heart sank, my husband was deployed on a 6 month tour, he wasn’t coming home, he would be lucky to come home for Christmas. My son’s first Christmas was going to be a dark one because everyone would be looking over their shoulder at every middle easterner with suspicion and fear.

I was willing to tell my story because I don’t want people to forget that day.

Another day in history like D Day, or the Attack on Pearl Harbor. After that day people were eager to name and identify the enemy, and I don’t blame for that it is easier to fight and protect when you know who it is. The enemy was an outsider to the country, so all outsiders start to be lumped together, all becoming the enemy. I don’t want the world we have now to become the normal and just accepted. Things may not have been perfect before 9-11, but the way people try to control everyone so harshly and demanding to be obeyed wasn’t there.

Jeremiah Dustin Harrington: I remember my wife waking me up saying a plane hit the world trade center. It was a nightmare. My son’s birthday is also 9/11. I remember getting that call that we are leaving for N.Y asap to help.

It was very emotional, sad and chaotic. It was like a war zone. It is very very difficult to talk about. I won’t ever forget.

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Police Reports The police blotter relates to the public record of incidents as reported by law enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information printed is preliminary and subject to change.

St. Helens Police Department August 15 • At around 2 a.m., Justin Alex Carr, 22, of St. Helens, was taken into custody for the crimes of Identity Theft, Fraudulent use of a Credit Card, and Computer Crimes near the intersection of St. Helens Street and S. 4th Street.

• At approximately 10:10 a.m., David Sean Anderson, 51, of Birkenfeld, Oregon, was arrested on an outstanding warrant in the 270 block of Strand Street.

August 17 • At approximately 9:05 a.m., Michael Leon Gilley, 35, of St. Helens, was issued a citation for

a felony.

• At approximately 1:21 p.m., Amy Lynn Schwirse, 26, of St. Helens, was arrested on an outstanding warrant in the 540 block of S. 12th Street.

• At approximately 2:48 p.m., Bryce Alexander Brewer, 26, of St. Helens, was arrested on an outstanding felony warrant out of the Oregon State Parole Board in the 420 block of S. 9th Street.

• Ryan Nicholas Califf, 23, of St. Helens, was arrested on an outstanding warrant near the intersection of Gable Road and Childs Road.

August 20 • At about 2:08 p.m., Payne Anderson Peterson, 20, of St. Helens, was arrested on an outstanding warrant on Highway 30 near Firlok Park Blvd.

• Daniel Joseph Osen, 69, of St. Helens, was arrested for an outstanding warrant in the 530 block of South Columbia River Highway.

August 21 • At about 12:57 p.m., Dedrick Lamar Thomas, 32, of Portland, was arrested for an outstanding

felony warrant issued by the Oregon State Parole Board in the 500 block of N. Columbia River Highway.

• At 7:50 p.m., Daniel Patrick Meredith, 44, of St. Helens, was arrested for violation of a restraining order at his residence, located in the 58000 block of Parkwood Drive.

August 22 • At around 11:38 p.m., Aaron Rusell White, 31, of Rainier, was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants near Old Portland Road and Construction Way. August 23 • At approximately 3:19 p.m., Devon James Kooyman Royea, 18, of Scappoose, was arrested for multiple charges following a domestic assault in the 450 block of S. 3rd Street. Kooyman’s charges include a misdemeanor Assault IV, menacing with no weapon, and strangulation.

August 24 • At approximately 12 p.m., Marcus Kelo J. Orozco, 23, of St. Helens, was arrested on a

warrant in the 90 block of Shore Drive.

• At approximately 12:05 p.m., Kyle Christopher Voltz, 27, of St. Helens, was arrested following numerous calls regarding his erratic behavior in the 770 block of West Street. He was charged with disorderly conduct.

was booked and released for a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended or revoked license while near the intersection of Deer Island Road and Oregon Street.

August 26 • At approximately 1:51 p.m., officers arrested Heather O’Conner, 36, of St. Helens, on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant in the 150 block of S. 13th Street.

August 23 • A large sack of garbage was hit and created a hazard on the on ramp to the bridge. An officer and public works cleaned up the mess.

• An officer responded to a three-vehicle, non-injury accident on Highway 30. One driver was cited for careless driving.

August 27 • Brandon John Hoge, 40, of Warren, was arrested for a parole violation at Campbell Park, located at 150 McMichael Street.

August 28 • At about 10:20 a.m., Jimmy Dale Broders, 63, of St. Helens, was arrested for Theft III, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, and Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine at the intersection of S. 14th Street and Tualatin Street.

• At about 11:19 p.m., Daniel Allen Cole, 39, of Deer Island,

Rainier Police Department

August 26 • Several power tools were taken from a shop.

• A concerned citizen thought that someone was attempting to sell stolen goods as they had people looking at boxes in the bed of their truck. The employees at the location remembered seeing the truck but stated they did not help the driver or look at any boxes.

• A hit and run accident occurred

at the boat launch.

August 27 • Officers were dispatched to a report of a violation of a restraining order. As it turned out, it was a couple going through a divorce and they were arguing over property. They agreed to separate, and peace was restored.

August 28 • An officer responded to a two-vehicle, non-injury accident on the bridge. No citations were issued.

• A caller advised that two dogs were running at large. Animal control was notified.

• A man went into a restaurant, ordered some food, and then began yelling about the bathroom not being in service. The man left the location and was not found to be in the area.

August 30 • An officer responded to a silent panic alarm. An employee accidentally activated it.

August 31 • Several tools were stolen from a residence.

Garden Plots: Planting garlic, burrowing rats and squirrels Chronicle Guest Column by CHIP BUBL

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Upcoming programs: Hunt to Home: Game Processing Saturday, September 21, 2019, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Columbia Soil & Water Conservation District office at Millard Road in St. Helens. $40 Are you a novice or seasoned hunter looking to improve your butchering and processing skills? Class includes hands-on butchery instruction, freezer wrapping, and a pressure canning demonstration. Preregister.

Got food preservation questions? Give us a call at 503-397-3462. You can also get your pressure gauge tested for free at the Extension office. Food Preservation recipes and fact sheets can be accessed online at: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/food/preservation

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. Get home and eat some and plant the rest.

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 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. Harvest in July.

That’s it.

Winter gardens should be covered, either with mulch or a cover crop. Both add organic matter and improve soil tilth. Cover crop roots can break up soil “plow pans”. The roots and leaves trap and hold nutrients and legumes in the mix fix nitrogen. However, cover crops grow very lushly over the winter and often are 3-4’ tall by the mid-spring.

You may have to wait for a dry spell before you can till the cover in and start gardening.

Mulches may add as much organic matter, though they can’t trap nutrients and fix nitrogen.

Worms are stimulated by a mulch blanket and do great work in aerating the soil pro-file under the mulch.

The biggest advantage to mulches is that they can be pulled back in the spring and transplants put in with a minimum of fuss.

If you work your garden area at all in the fall, add some lime. A good application rate is 100-150s per 1,000 square feet of vegetable garden. Lime takes about six months to fully react with the soil so the benefits will be ready when you start spring gardening. Gardens only need to be limed once every three

years.

It is not too late to plant a lawn, but get right on it.

Most grass seed mixtures are sown at the rate of 5s per 1000 square feet. Add one pound of seed for each week past September 15 to ensure a solid stand.

Don’t plant after October 15th. This would also be an excellent time to fertilize your lawn. Use lawn products with a mix of

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Copper is a great fall fungicide for fruit and berry plants. There are several trade names commonly available and the list of diseases slowed by this treatment is impressive. Apples, pears, cherries, peaches, blueberries, Marion and Boysenberries, and other species benefit.

The copper should be applied before the fall rains and prior to leaf drop.

Voles, also known as meadow mice, can do a lot of damage in gardens. They will gnaw and girdle young trees, eat bulbs and chew the roots of herbaceous plants. Holes about the size of a quarter indicate a problem. Keep the grass mowed around young trees to make the mice nervous and the predators happy. Try to col-

nothing coming out of them or going in. But it isn’t comforting. So, what might be making these holes?

There are several possibilities, two more likely than the others.

Rats make holes that are 2.5 to 4 inches wide. The holes generally connect to a modest tunnel system (sometimes old mole runs are used) or end under a protective concrete slab.

Rats need three things in

life: food, water, and shelter. But these items don’t need to be on the same property. Since rats are active at night, you might never see them. I advise my clients to look carefully for food sources, first on your property and then to adjacent properties. Rat project success often involves good neighborhood communication. Compost piles with fruit and vegetable waste and bird feeders are often their dinner table. When food is removed, rats may leave on their own. If not, trapping or baiting are really the only options and you have to be so careful not to injure wildlife, humans, or pets. Call me for more information on how to do either or both safely.

The next possibility is ground squirrels. These squirrels live in the ground though they can climb trees. But tree climbing is not generally how they find food which includes succulent vegetation, fruit, seeds, insects, carrion, and other odd things. Their populations have increased dramatically over the last 15 years. They make holes similar in size and location as rats. You may see them, if you observe stealthily, going in and out of the holes during the day. Their tunnels are more extensive that rats and have been known to undermine house supports and especially concrete blocks that hold deck posts. This is a native species (unlike the rat) and used to be common in Columbia County. But since they can affect crops, farmers (with the help of the Extension office from the 1940’s to the late 60’s) baited them aggressively and knocked the population back to almost nothing. For the first 15 years I was here, I rarely saw them. But they are back with a vengeance.

Their main control now are coyotes. For homeowners,

control measures are basically the same as for rats, i.e. appropriate baits and traps with proper safety measures.

Two other possibilities are rabbits and mountain beaver.

Rabbits seem to be increasing and do make holes but the holes are commonly hidden in dense brush. Mountain beaver (also known as “boomers” and they are not true beavers) are only found on properties nestled next to forests.

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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26th annual CASA Golf Classic raises $215k for children in foster care

Golfers get ready for a great day on the course.

CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties hosted their 26th Annual CASA Golf Classic presented by Fred Meyer Jewelers.

The tournament was held at Langdon Farms Golf Club on August 19th. The event raised $215,000 in support of CASA’s mission.

The audience was comprised of over 150 guests and golfers, including: leaders from Portland’s corporate and philanthropic communities, CASA’s Board of Directors, and fine jewelry vendors from all over the United States, including New York, Georgia and California.

In the words of Jon Cook, Fred Meyer Jewelers Vice President of Operations and CASA Board Member: “Fred Meyer Jewelers is proud to partner with CASA for Children for the 26th year of the CASA Golf Classic.

Over 3,000 children are liv-

ing in the foster care system in Multnomah, Washington, & Columbia Counties alone.

We are proud to support CASA for Children’s work in the community to help children who have been abused or neglected find safe, permanent homes.”

Thanks to this event, this year CASA for Children will serve 1,133 of our community’s most vulnerable children in foster care with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). A CASA is the eyes and ears of the judge and the voice of the child.

Moreover, a CASA works to secure safe, loving, and permanent homes for each of the children they serve.

All proceeds raised from the event directly impact our ability to serve more children with a CASA volunteer.

A CASA passionately and tirelessly works to guide a child through the trauma of the court system. Oregon

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law gives CASAs unusual authority as a ‘party to the case’ so that they are able to ensure that the system does not ignore a child’s needs and that the judge has the information to act in the child’s best interests.

A CASA is trained to work with judges, social workers, teachers, foster parents, and family members to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the child is front and center.

We look forward to another great event in the summer of 2020 – a save-the-date will be sent soon.

If you are interested in learning more about how to become a CASA volunteer, upcoming trainings, or future fundraising events, please contact Anne Marie Johnson, Director of Development and Communications, at 503.988.4170 or ajohnson@ casahelpskids.org.

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Columbia City Celebration planned this weekend, rain or shine

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At the event, catch the 7th annual gathering of classic cars.

The 25th annual Columbia City Celebration is happening this Saturday, September 14, come rain or shine according to organizer Chip Gardes.

The famous strawberry pancake breakfast begins at 7 a.m. and runs until 10 a.m.

Afterwards, stroll down to the Columbia City School for the big ‘Show and Shine’ car show with live music by the Decades.

In the Renaissance Fair area, folks in period costume will demonstrate their sword fighting skills along with exhibitions of the arts

and crafts of the era. Take a chance on winning a weekend at a beach house and then stop by the book sale and the bake sale to pick up some goodies to take with you.

The silent auction is always full of surprises and this year, the kid’s fun center is bigger than ever. There’s something for everyone – just take Hwy 30 to Columbia City and follow the signs.

All proceeds benefit the Columbia City Community Library, the only free library serving the citizens of Columbia County.

Columbia City Celebration Planned Events 1. Pancake Breakfast – A tradition since 1994 – our 25th consecutive year!

2. Book Sale – Over 7,000 books looking for a new home 3. Show & Shine Car Show – 7th Annual gathering of hundreds of classic old cars 4. Live Music - provided

by The Decades and the St. Helen’s Library Ukulele Band 5. Kid’s Craft Area – Sponsored by Resonate

Church. Kids will get to build and paint their own wooden toys. Also, lots of bead work and games.

6. Society for Creative Anachronism - A Middle Ages history reenactment group demonstrating the martial arts and science, with games, painting, and lots of photo opportunities.

7. Food Vendors and Bake Sale – Hamburgers, hot dogs and homemade baked goods 8. Silent Auction featuring hundreds of donations, some familiar and some unique.

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9. Emergency Preparedness Fair – Visit with first responders and learn how to prepare for the next “Big One” 10. Elks Children’s Eye Clinic – Free vision screening for toddlers and preschool age children 11. Art Show – Columbia Arts Guild presenting paintings, sculptures, baskets and more by local artists 12. Quilt Show – Members of the “Novel Quilters” will be displaying their creations depicting the novels chosen this year

13. Quilt Raffle – A queen-sized quilt designed

by Cathy Lundberg and made by members of the Columbia River Piece Makers Quilt Guild 14. Beach House Raffle – Win three days and two nights on the beautiful Long Beach Peninsula 15. Over 20 Local Craft Vendors selling hand-made crafts created right here in Columbia County 16. Non-Profits – St. Helen’s School District, City Hall, Port Commission, and more.

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Sports St. Helens Sports Boosters Club to induct Hall of Fame class of 2019 Anyone interested in golfing should contact Mike McCoy at golflion@live.com.

Cost is $80 per golfer, which includes dinner at the Elks Lodge during the Hall of Fame banquet.

The St. Helens Sports Boosters Club will induct its Hall of Fame class of 2019 at 5 p.m. on September 14 at the St. Helens Elks Lodge, located at 350 Belton Road.

Tickets are available for the banquet, which features a steak dinner. They may be purchased at the door.

Heading into the Hall of Fame this year will be Matt Lokken, Robin Van Devender Olsen, Susannah Sass, Gabby Susee, Kyle Boggs, and the 2014 state championship volleyball team.

Susannah Sass Sass was a second-team All-State infielder as a senior on the Lions softball team. She was honorable mention AllLeague as both a freshman and junior. Sass graduated in 2013.

Gabby Susee Susee was a first-team All-State middle blocker on the volleyball team as a senior, when she was also named Northwest Oregon Conference Player of the Year. She was also first-team All-NWOC as a junior. Susee graduated in 2014.

Matt Lokken Lokken excelled in football, basketball, and baseball during his time at SHHS. Following high school, he played for two years in the Florida Marlins organization. He graduated in 2007.

Kyle Boggs Boggs enters the Hall of Fame as a community member.

He covered SHHS athletics for seven years as sports editor at The Chronicle. He also served as Booster President for three years.

The 2014 St. Helens volleyball team

Robin Van Devender Olsen Van Devender Olsen was an All-League athlete in basketball and softball.

She was a point guard who could penetrate, dish, and deliver to her teammates.

She graduated in 1997.

Beat La Salle 3-1 in the state championship match to cap off a 21-4 season and win the school’s first volleyball title. The team was coached by Tom Ray. The following day will be the Neil Johnson Ken Bailey Memorial Golf Tournament at Wildwood Golf Course. It is a four-person scramble with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

SHHS sports schedules

Wednesday, September 11 • 4 p.m. Coed Varsity Cross Country NWOC District Preview at Blue Lake Park

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Friday, September 13 • 7 p.m. Boys Varsity Football Hillsboro at High School

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saying that he gives it a 50/50 chance of surviving, I think that is too big a risk to take.”

Some port commissioners responded to Bubl’s and Ward’s comments and concerns. Iverson said a lot of Bubl’s concerns were due to him being a new commissioner.

“If we approve this ground lease, [Soumas] still has a thousand hoops to jump through,” Iverson said.

“There’s every regulatory agency in our state and our federal government that he would have to comply with that are much more versed at these types of things than the

five of us sitting up here.”

Iverson re-stated he was confident in his approval of the lease.

“I think we’ve done more due diligence on this project than we’ve ever done with anybody,” Iverson said.

Keyser also said his 51 percent chance comment was not based on Soumas’ past projects, but on all the projects that have tried to site at Port Westward.

“That’s the highest number I’ve ever given anybody,” Keyser said.

The Sept. 4 vote is the latest development since NEXT first signed an Option to Lease Agreement in September of last year. Since then, the controversial project has been the subject of multiple port meetings, as well as an open house that NEXT held in July of this year at the Clatskanie Cultural

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Center Ballroom to educate the public about its operations.

NEXT has stated it will bring more than 200 jobs to Columbia County and has also stated it will not be using rail for operations. Because they will not be benefiting from the Enterprise Zone tax break, they will also be contributing to the tax base for public entities such as schools that derive their funding from that source.

Members of the public and port commissioners alike have highlighted those two points as positives for the project.

Some constituents and other entities, notably the environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper, have expressed concerns.

At the Sept. 4 meeting, Kate Murphy, a representative from Columbia Riverkeeper, listed environmental concerns the group has about

the project, namely questions Riverkeeper believes the port has not addressed.

Among concerns such as whether or not a pipeline would be required for natural gas at the facility, Murphy listed Soumas’ involvement with the TransMessis Columbia Plateau facility, which was involved in a 2015 environmental cleanup lawsuit.

“Riverkeeper is concerned that NEXT Energy has offered contradictory information to public agencies about their involvement in the TransMessis Columbia Plateau facility,” Murphy said.

Soumas also spoke briefly, saying the ground lease approval would be the start of the process for the facility.

“We will work very closely with the community through the next phase of this, which is permitting,” Soumas said.