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Vol. 132, No. 31 18 Pages
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BY AMANDA FRINK amandaf@thechronicleonline.com
SCAPPOOSE — After receiving approval from the City of Scappoose, it will be up to the voters in November to decide whether a parcel on the east side of town will be annexed into the city limits. At it’s meeting July 21, the Scappoose City Council performed the second reading of an ordinance to approve
the annexation of property to the city, amending the zoning map, and calling an election. During the first reading on July 7, Scappoose City Planner Stacey Goldstein presented councilors with David Young’s request to annex a five-acre parcel located at 33959 Vine Street, which would automatically rezone the parcel from Suburban Residential to Low Density Residential (R-1). Kirsten Van Loo, a representative for
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...IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE ... IT DOES SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO ... CONNECTING DEAD-END ROADS.
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– Jason Meshell Scappoose City Council
Young, stated that approval of the request would provide the first step toward eventual redevelopment.
The city’s Planning Commission recommended the council approve the annexation and zone change
ordinance so that it could be placed on the Nov. 4 ballot. “I think it makes a lot of sense for the City of Scappoose right now because it does something we’ve been trying to get to, which is connect dead-end roads,” councilman Jason Meshell said of the proposal. “And that connectivity — as we’ve talked about in the Transportation System Planning meetings — really increases the ability for people to get
around. It also would give us a long strip … of sidewalk that people could utilize, because a lot of the other streets are so narrow. So this actually is a good way to start on a long-term strategic process, and putting it out for them — the voters — so that we can upgrade those facilities and connect a lot of isolated areas on the east side to the main thoroughfare.”
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Participants in the Maritime Heritage Festival were treated to sunny skies and perfect temperatures. The free event was held at the public docks and Columbia View Park in St. Helens on July 25-27.
Students learn big from ‘tiny houses’ Car show benefits children’s eye health BY AMANDA FRINK amandaf@thechronicleonline.com
ST. HELENS — As the old saying goes, “Good things come in small packages.” For St. Helens High School, the “tiny houses” created by Joe Mauck’s building construction classes are delivering good things in the form of education and experience in several trades.
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Before coming to SHHS, Mauck taught building construction at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, where his students built a full-sized home every two years. At SHHS, Mauck’s curriculum has a budget of $1,400 per year, so a $4,000 grant from Lowe’s in 2011 was a pivotal part of launching the tiny house project. “What happens with the bigger schools that have the
ST. HELENS — About 140 cars and motorcycles were at the St. Helens Elks Lodge on Saturday for the organization’s annual car show. Offering raffle drawings, music, food and awards in several categories, the show’s proceeds are donated to the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic at OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute. Pediatric eye specialists at the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic provide medical and surgical care services to babies, children and young adults. With a main clinic in Portland and outreach clinics throughout the state, children receive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment services for a variety of eye and vision conditions. The clinic also provides vision-screening programs to school districts
money or have been running a program is they say they build houses, but really what they do is they frame it up, side it, and the contractors come in and do everything else,” Mauck explains. “They sub out primarily everything else. They might do the flooring; they may do the cabinets. But that’s it, because all the finished work needs to be done by professionals and See TINY, Page A3
throughout Oregon. “It went real well,” Elks secretary Buzz Shoemaker said of the event. “We had a good turnout and not many complaints. We were happy with it.”
Social media has local cops saying ‘Facebook ’em, Danno’ BY AMANDA FRINK amandaf@thechronicleonline.com
COLUMBIA COUNTY — Despite being faced with funding and staffing shortages, local police agencies still manage to solve crimes thanks to assistance through an unconventional source — social media. Thanks to the power of social networking sites such as the Columbia County Sheriff and St. Helens Police Department Facebook pages, anyone with internet access can become an armchair sleuth, potentially helping to find a missing person, track down a stolen item, identify a witness or capture a criminal. According to Columbia County Sheriff Jeff Dickerson, when he took office in
2009, CCSO had virtually necessarily picked up by the subscribers. no presence on the Internet. newspapers; etc. We find it “It’s been very effective,” Since then, the department makes our office much more he praises. “We have been has established a web page as accessible to citizens and using it for the better part of well as a Facebook page with allows them to comment on a couple years now — more more than 4,200 subscribers, issues, as well as giving us a and more now. We started out or “likes.” chance at attempting to help slow but increased our usage Dickerson quite a bit explains, “Social lately because media and the it’s so effecIT (SOCIAL MEDIA) HAS PROVED ITS Internet are tools tive.” we use regularly Moss says USEFULNESS AND IT’S THE WAY THE for the wide scope SHPD comWORLD COMMUNICATES, SO WE WILL of duties that fall monly uses under the office of the departCONTINUE TO DO IT. sheriff.” ment’s Face– Terry Moss St. Helens Police Chief He continues, book page to “We use Facebook post an image in attempt to genfrom surveilerate leads; to notify citizens the misinformed become bet- lance camera footage in order of public safety concerns; ter informed.” to identify the person(s) in to make announcements St. Helens Police Chief the video. affecting civil issues like Terry Moss says social media The chief notes that fingerprinting and concealed has been a valuable tool for there’s a misconception that handgun permits; to release his department as well. Their if the SHPD page posts a news stories that aren’t page currently has over 2,100 photo of someone it means
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that individual is a criminal, which isn’t always the case. Moss says the department typically asks Facebook users to refrain from leaving commentary on its posts, as oftentimes he says a reader’s two cents does not help the process and ends up starting a debate. He adds, “It’s funny when you read the comments from the public who think it’s mean, vindictive or cruel, or say ‘Don’t the cops have anything better to do than post on Facebook?’” Despite the criticism, Moss says social media is still a worthwhile tool. He remembers that one of the department’s most famous cases was solved with the help of social networking.
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