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Westport man arrested on multiple charges

Photo: Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office

Douglas “Grant” Dickerson.

JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

Following a four-day investigation into a hit-and-run and kidnapping incident that would ultimately see the victim end up at a gas station in Clatskanie, a Westport man was arrested on Wednesday, August 7 on multiple charges.

Douglas “Grant” Dickerson, 65, was lodged into the Clatsop County Jail on two counts of Assault II, and one count each of Kidnapping II, Coercion, Menacing, and Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver. The menacing charge is a misdemeanor, while the rest are felonies in the state of Oregon, and the assault and kidnapping charges are subject to Measure 11 minimum sentencing guidelines, according to a Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Officials said the investigation began following a report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) on the evening of August 3.

CCSO deputies reported they were on scene with a 60-year-old woman at a Clatskanie gas station who had multiple injuries after reportedly being struck by Dickerson’s 2001 GMC Sierra pickup.

The woman told deputies she had been staying with Dickerson at his Robinson Road address in the small unincorporated community east of Astoria when he became violent towards her. She stated she was trying to flee the residence with the aid of her walker when Dickerson drove his pickup towards her and struck her as she tried to open his gate.

After she was struck, the woman told deputies Dickerson pulled her into the pickup by her hair and assaulted her again by striking her with her own walker, and then drove her to the Clatskanie gas station where a pump attendant intervened.

“Apparently one of the gas station

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Photo: Clatskanie Farmers Market

Opening Day at the Clatskanie Farmers Market this year.

Clatskanie Farmers Market benefits from three-year study

CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

In partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for Small Farms and Community Food Systems, The Clatskanie Farmers Market (CFM), along with four other rural farmers markets in Oregon, is benefitting from a three-year study funded by several different grant, to help their newest vendors become more successful.

One of the grants is a federal grant through the USDA’s Farmers Market Promotion Program, awarded to the Oregon Farmers Market Association (OFMA). Another is a grant through the Ford Family Foundation. The amounts from the grants are $247,000 and $45,000 respectively, although the money will not be sub-granted to any of the five markets individually.

However, in 2020, $4,000 will be granted to the markets for technical assistance and supplies. Also, each market is receiving compensation for time spent gathering data, and

the CFM board is using the funds to pay for a market manager.

The program is part of the Beginning Vendor Support Network (BVSN) which OFMA began in 2018 in order to study and support the role of farmers markets as small business incubators for their beginning vendors.

“We believe that farmers markets are a natural gateway to the local foods economy for food and farm entrepreneurs, and we want to help markets be the best they can be at supporting their newest vendors,” Kelly Crane, Executive Director of OFMA said.

The number of vendors at the CFM varies a lot, but their average number is about 20 vendors, with 11 new vendors this year, according to Sonia Reagan, board member of the CFM, as well as Treasurer of the OFMA. There are three major tangible benefits of the program, Reagan said. One of those tangible benefits is the training the market staff will receive.

“We get to send two people, all

expenses paid, to annual conventions,” Reagan said, adding they have already sent two people to the first of three annual conventions.

Another benefit is the market is able to use a free market management software, which will keep track of a lot of the vendors’ data, such as application forms, sales and invoicing, among other things. They will also get paid to collect the data based on the number of vendors the market has.

The third benefit is the ability to hire a market manager part time for the next three seasons.

In general, the benefit of the program is “getting really, really awesome support in how to organize and grow and operate our market,” Reagan said.

One of the reasons the Clatskanie Farmers Market was selected for the program is because they already had a strong history in collecting data at their market, according to Crane.

“They collect sales data from their vendors at every market, and they’ve been doing that since they

started,” Crane said. “They keep it confidential, but they use that aggregate sales data to make decisions about their market. They do an amazing job with that.”

Reagan said the market’s history of data collection traces back to 2015, the second season of the market, when the CFM board became aware of needing increased funding in order to grow the CFM. At that time, they decided to write a grant for the USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program.

“Before we even wrote that grant we knew we needed baseline data to track the success of our project,” Reagan said. She and her colleague got to work unofficially tracking data, including the number of visitors and sales.

“We had 100% compliance from vendors in turning in sales data,” Reagan said.

In 2015, they received a $90,000 grant from the USDA for a period

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Uncertainty over MTR Western contract raise CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

MTR Western, the agency Columbia County has contracted to provide buses for CC Rider, has informed the county transit service it wants to raise its hourly increase, but different people have provided different figures for what that increase should be.

According to Karen Kane, Public Affairs Coordinator for Columbia County, Jeremy Butzlaff, President of MTR Western gave $8 to $10 an hour increases as the desired figure, while the Nicholas Carlstrom, Director of Finance for MTR Western gave a figure of $4 an hour increase. The figures were not given in an official notice but were part of a conversation that Transit Administrator Todd Wood had had with MTR Western officials on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Kane also wanted to correct some misinformation that the agency threatened to pull their contract, saying the agency did not do so.

The reasoning behind the increase for the company is down to rising insurance rates, according to Kane. The company had informed CC Rider in June that their insurance rates were going to go up, but they never made a formal request for a rate increase.

“We’ve gotten conflicting information, so we’re going to wait until we’ve gotten something from them that explains the rate,” Kane said.

Aside from the conflicting information, the rate itself does not add up for CC Rider staff.

John Dreeszen, CC Rider

Jeremy Ruark/The Chief

CC Rider is facing uncertainty with MTR Western, the contracted agency that provides bus drivers for the transit service.

Transit Coordinator did his own calculations on the rate increase, and his figures did not yield an $8 to $10 increase.

“I think the question goes back to MTR, how did they do their calculations,” Kane said. “Two months into your contract, your insurance rates go up? It’s odd.

I’m not saying they’re not honest, I’m just saying, what are they looking at?”

The increase request comes four months after the Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved a new contract with the

agency on April 15 of this year, which was a wage increase from $40 to $58 an hour.

That new contract came after MTR Western had said in the fall of 2018 that they were going to need more funding. Before that time, in the three years the company has been contracted for CC Rider, they had never renegotiated a contract.

The reason CC Rider contracts out for drivers rather than hiring in-house is because of overall savings. According to Kane, CC Rider staff compared the cost of

having in-house drivers rather than contracted drivers before hiring MTR Western as the contracted agency. A lot of the cost savings is the PERS cost, which the county would not have to pay with a contracted agency like MTR Western.

“That’s still the case until we find out what they’re asking of us, and why,” Kane said.

Before the county knows of an exact cost increase, CC Rider staff will not know if they can meet the increase, according to Kane.

“It may be possible to meet an increase, but we don’t know how much they’re asking us,” Kane said.

CC Rider has been struggling financially for a while, making massive cuts to the service in February of this year in order to close the gap between revenue and expenses. As The Chief has previously reported, a large part of the financing gap stems from the fact that the service runs primarily on grants, rather than on a stable base of funding, such as a service district. There will be a measure on the November ballot to form a transit district for the service.

Kane said the cuts made in February were the bare minimum the transit service could sustain, and that they will have to cut even more if the November ballot measure does not pass.

“This additional cost is yet more on top of that,” Kane said.

Columbia County officials do not know when they will hear of a definite cost increase from MTR Western.

Staff representatives from MTR Western had not responded to requests for more information from The Chief before press time.

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‘A’ Street Project: Caution, limited parking

Illustration: ODOT

This is one of the conceptual drawings of the completed A Street Improvement Project looking north along A Street.

Courtesy photo

Susan Sherman working at the bank in the 1970s.

Photo: Monica Hastings

Susan Sherman working at the bank, present day.

Susan Sherman retires after 43 years CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

After 43 years of working at the bank now known as Umpqua Bank, and eight years serving as Chamber of Commerce Treasurer, Susan Sherman is now retiring from both positions. Her last day at the bank will be on August 23.

However, Sherman will be staying on with her position as Treasurer of Turning Point Community Service Center.

“She’s an absolutely amazing person. She donates so much time to her community. We’re broken-hearted that she’s leaving,” Monica Hastings, Umpqua Bank Manager said.

In April of this year, Sherman was awarded the Everyday Hero Award from the local Kiwanis chapter. Part of the reason she received the award was because of the countless hours she spends volunteering in the community.

Umpqua Bank offers its employees incentives for volunteering through its Connect program. One of those incentives is paid time off if the employee completes 40 hours of volunteer work. As Hastings told The Chief in April, Sherman had completed those hours by February of this year.

“Up to this date she has over 100 hours of volunteering in the community this year so far,” Hastings said.

In addition to paid time off, Umpqua Bank employees who complete a lot of volunteer hours are ranked according to hours worked, and Sherman has come close to the top position each year for the last several years, according to Hastings. She has been nominated the last four

years for volunteer of the year for Umpqua Bank.

Aside from volunteering, Hastings said she thinks Sherman might be the employee who has worked at the bank the longest. While ownership of the bank has changed, the facility that serves as the location for Umpqua Bank has always been a bank. Sherman started working at the facility in 1976, when the facility was called Western Bank.

Sherman said she has seen the facility go through a number of bank changes; from Western Bank to Western Bank, a Division of Washington Mutual; Klamath First Bank; Sterling Bank and then finally Umpqua Bank.

Around the bank, Sherman is known as “Mama Susan,” according to Hastings, who has worked with Sherman for the past 16 years.

“Even though I’m the manager, she keeps me in check,” Hastings said. “If I’m late to get out the door, she’ll yell and say, ‘get out of here!’”

One of Sherman’s quirks is that she is never without a pen, because she so frequently has to sign things as part of bank operations. Because Sherman can be so protective of her pens, Hastings said the team at Umpqua pitched in to buy Sherman one with her name engraved on it as a parting gift.

Along with the gift, the bank is planning a celebration on August 23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 150 people are invited, including community members, previous employees, and customers. Hastings said the celebrations will include some memorabilia, like old photo albums filled with some old pictures of Sherman from her

ARREST From Page A1 attendants saw him kind of being verbally abusive to her so they called the sheriff’s office,” Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin said. “I think my detectives were already looking for him so that kind of worked out well.”

Officials said the Menacing charge stems from threats the woman claims Dickerson made while driving to Clatskanie.

“He said he planned to drive her into the forest and kill her after getting some fuel,” officials said via press release. “More charges may be filed as Clatsop County deputies continue their investigation.”

The Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office said this is the fourth time Dickerson has been arrested by their agency in 2019. In April, Dickerson posted bail after being lodged for Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Menacing, following a confrontation with guests in his home.

In May, Dickerson was again lodged in jail for Menacing, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Reckless Endangering following a dispute with his neighbors.

Then, on July 14, Dickerson was arrested after neighbors say he threatened them with a rifle. He again posted bail and was released.

The Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the CCSO and Seaside Police Department in the investigation.

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early days of working at the bank.

“People will be able to look through some of the albums and see different employees that have worked here previously,” Hastings said.

Sherman said during her time at the bank, she has seen a lot of changes. When she started, the bank employed 17 people, and now there are four full-time employees.

“Because now, things are done electronically,” Sherman said. “We used to do everything there, balance the branch, run the statements, run the checks, we used to do it all.”

Sherman began as a bank teller, and worked her way up through the positions, including accounting, proof machine operator, and then lead. While Sherman was often recommended to be the manager, she said she never wanted that responsibility.

The people are what she will miss most about the job, both at the bank, and at the Chamber.

“When you work, you’re there more than you are at home. Even though some of the people have changed at work, they’re still my family, and that’s going to be hard for me,” Sherman said.

As for retirement plans, Sherman said she and her husband, Elvin Sherman, who is also retired, have no official plans, but they know they want to travel. Some of that traveling will include visiting their two sons, one who lives in Iowa, and one who lives in Indiana.

If Sherman will miss the people she works with, Hastings said the feeling is mutual.

“It’s hard to fill her shoes,” Hastings said. “We’re going to truly miss her here,”

JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

Rainier city officials have announced that the $12.2 million Rainier A Street Improvement Project is in high gear this week. On Tuesday, Aug. 13, work on relocation of the rail line and replacement of a storm drainage line was scheduled.

Crews will be cutting and removing sections of the existing street pavement between East 2nd and West 2nd to replace the storm water line on the south side of A Street.

Rainier Public Works Director Sue Lawrence said the rail line will be moved.

“It’s moving eight feet to the south from where it is right now – the railroad’s realigning it,” she said. “We’re redoing all of A Street.”

The crews will then move to the north side of the street to work on a water line tiein.

On Thursday, Aug.15, crews are set to begin working between East 2nd and East 4th to remove and replace rail lines. That work is scheduled to continue through Monday, Aug. 19.

Lawrence said the improvement project will cover

all of A Street.

“They’re rebuilding a significant portion of the roadway and sidewalks and everything down through A Street,” she said.

The street is an eightblock section of downtown Rainier that includes an active rail line bisecting the city’s main street and operates closely with vehicle traffic, pedestrians and bicycles creating a variety of safety hazards.

“Safety is our number one concern down there,” Rainier Mayor Jerry Cole said in an interview with The Chief in late June.

“With cars, trucks, pedestrians and trains coming together in Rainier, there are conflicts and people could be hurt or killed when that occurs,” Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Lou Torres said. “The broad expanse of asphalt on B Street and presence of trains is a dangerous situation.”

The planned safety improvements include: • Realigning the rail tracks, including “day-lighting” the tracks to eliminate the asphalt road surface over the track and exposing the railroad ties and aggregate

base.

• Constructing curb and gutter to physically separate the rail line from all other modes of travel.

• Improving railroad safety by adding new crossing gates.

• Constructing Americans with Disabilities (ADA) compliant sidewalks, adding filtered storm water collection for the roadway and railroad, new street lighting and upgrading city utilities.

Ongoing construction on A Street may mean traffic delays, limited available parking spaces, and a need for caution in the area with workers and equipment moving throughout the area.

Flaggers will be on duty to help safely move traffic and pedestrians through the construction area.

There will be access to businesses, residences, and other facilities throughout the construction, but city officials advised drivers to be prepared for delays and congestion associated with the project.

To learn more about the project, visit the web site at https://www.oregon.gov/ odot/projects/pages/projectdetails.aspx?project=19462.

Free fishing weekend Aug. 17-18 It’s free to fish, crab or clam in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18.

During these two days, no fishing licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin Endorsement) are required to fish, crab or clam anywhere in Oregon for both residents and non-residents.

Although no licenses or tags are required, all other fishing regulations apply including closures, bag limits and size restrictions. If you are fishing for salmon, steelhead or marine species like rockfish, remember to

check the Fishing section of the Recreation Report for the zone you want to fish to find the latest regulations.

Look for the latest on fishing conditions and regulations at ODFW’s Weekly Recreation Report, which is updated every Wednesday.

Trout and warmwater fishing are ideal for beginners; see the trout stocking schedule to find out when your local pond was stocked with hatchery rainbow trout.

If you’re in the mountains, combine a hike with a fishing trip and hike in to one of Oregon’s higher elevation

mountain lakes. These stay cooler in the summer which keeps trout on the bite. See ODFW’s guide to Fishing Oregon’s hike-in lakes.

If you are on the coast this weekend, ocean fishing for rockfish, tuna and coho salmon has been good. Surfperch can be targeted from beaches and jetties by those staying on shore (see How-to fish for surfperch). Or try crabbing, which is currently open along the entire Oregon coast (reminder to always double check ODA shellfish restrictions before clamming or crabbing).

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This September, volunteers will walk to fight suicide JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

Photo: Oregon State Police

The Cadillac rolled several times before resting on its passenger side, according to Oregon State Police.

One passenger dies in car crash CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

A single-vehicle crash involving a silver Cadillac Escalade occurred on Thursday, August 8 at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Highway 30 near milepost 39 in Goble, Oregon, according to Oregon State Police (OSP).

The vehicle, “was traveling eastbound when it left the roadway, went up the embankment and rotated/rolled multiple times before coming to rest on its passenger side,” according to a report by OSP. The crash resulted in the death of one person, Barry

Robinson Jr., 61, from Oregon City.

There were four other passengers in the vehicle. One passenger, Zyrone Powell, 23, from Oregon City was transported with serious injuries, the report states.

Three other passengers received minor injuries, including the operator, Michael Scarlett, 65 from Oakland, California, as well as passengers Coleman Ewell, 28 from Pleasantville, New Jersey and Clayton Ewell, 25, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the report states.

Eric Smythe, Division Chief of Operations for Co-

lumbia River Fire & Rescue (CRFR), said one passenger was transported by one of CRFR’s units to an area hospital.

“Life Flight was requested, but their ETA was too long, so that’s why we transported by ground,” Smythe said.

The other three passengers refused treatment transport, according to Smythe.

The crash resulted in the complete closure of Highway 30 for approximately two hours, with a detour provided, according to the OSP report.

The highway was then opened to one lane until approximately 8 p.m., according to Smythe.

By the end of 2018, Columbia County was reported to have the second highest rate of suicide per capita in the State of Oregon. Nationally, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. However, many believe suicide can be prevented.

In an effort to raise awareness around the fight for suicide prevention locally, volunteers from across Columbia County will join the quarter of a million people who will walk in towns across the United States in the annual Columbia County Out of the Darkness community walk.

The walk, hosted by the Scappoose Police Department (SPD), will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 21 at Heritage Park in Scappoose. The walk supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s education and support programs and its bold goal to reduce the annual national suicide rate by 20 percent by the year 2025.

Check-in and registration time is scheduled for 7:30 a.m., with the walk to begin at 9:00 a.m.

“Suicide touches one in

five American families. We hope that by walking we will draw attention to this issue and keep other families from experiencing a suicide loss.

Our ultimate goal is to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide,” event organizers said via press release.

The Columbia County Out of Darkness community walk is one of more than 550 Out of the Darkness overnight, community, and campus walks scheduled across the country this year. Officials said the walks are expected to unite more than 300,000 walkers and raise millions of dollars for suicide prevention efforts.

Last year, the walks raised over $21 million for the cause, with Columbia County’s walk raising over $12,000 of that total from 165 walkers and 23 teams.

Speakers at this year’s local walk will include SPD Chief Norm Miller, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) representative Angela Perry, Columbia Funeral Home manager Holly Houston, Columbia Community Mental Health’s Crisis Intervention Coordinator Brianne Mares, and co-chair Karen Blades.

“These walks are about turning hope into action,” AFSP CEO Robert Gebbia said. “The research

has shown us how to fight suicide, and if we keep up the fight, the science is only going to get better and our culture will get smarter about mental health. With the efforts of our courageous volunteers, and a real investment from our nation’s leaders, we hope to significantly reduce the suicide rate in the United States.”

Local sponsors for the Scappoose Out of the Darkness event include: Matt McHugh of Cascadia Home Loans, John L. Scott Real Estate, Guild MTG, Columbia Funeral Home, Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate – Scappoose Branch, Lea Chitwood of ReMax Power Pro’s, Healthy Smiles of Scappoose, Northwest Plumbing Services, Columbia NW Heating Inc., Sommers Financial, Columbia Pacific CCO, Columbia Community Mental Health, and Ticor Title.

Blades, who will speak at the walk, said she began participating because her husband attempted suicide twice in 2017, and that same year, a dear friend of hers lost her son.

“I participate to help others that are struggling, other families of people who have attempted or who have completed,” Blades said. “It’s helped me find support in our community.”

‘Froggy Robber’ pleads guilty to bank robberies Diego Sanchez-Lopez, 24, ver, Washington. of Clark County, Washington, • On April 30, 2018, known locally as the “Froggy 33,357 was stolen from the Robber,” pleaded guilty today Wells Fargo Bank located to six counts of bank robbery. at 7200 NE Butler Street in According to court Hillsboro, Oregon. documents, between NovemIn all six robberies, ber 2017 and April 2018, Sanchez-Lopez jumped over Sanchez-Lopez stole more the bank teller counter and than $87,000 from the followthreatened bank employees ing six banks in Oregon and with a knife.

Southwest Washington: Each bank robbery charge • On November 27, 2017, carries a maximum sentence $9,710 was stolen from the of 25 years in prison, a Albina Community Bank $250,000 fine and three years’ located at 2002 NE Martin supervised release. SanchezLuther King Jr. Boulevard in Lopez will be sentenced on Portland.

November 5, 2019 before • On December 27, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge $26,000 was stolen from the Michael W. Mosman.

Wells Fargo Bank located As a non-citizen and Courtesy photo at 8699 SW Main Street in lawful permanent resident, Wilsonville, Oregon.

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ALAN PAINTER Chief Guest Column

On January 5, 2011 Daniel Butts murdered Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter.

Through a series of endless hearings for the next seven years and several trips to the State Hospital where Daniel Butts received antipsychotic drugs to help him reach a level to assist in his own defense. In February of 2018, a series of competency hearings began to determine if Daniel Butts is, or will

in the near future, be found competent to stand trial.

After all the witnesses spoke for both sides which took nearly a week, a quick decision on behalf of Judge Grove was hoped for but not delivered. It would take several more months before our family would receive the news that Daniel Butts was found competent to stand trial. Good news “yes” but squelched once again by the stall tactics of the defense team.

No trial or hearing would

• Democrats Representative Maxine Waters (D - CA), calls on her followers to verbally assault members of the Trump Administration in public in order to isolate Trump and instill fear in anyone serving in his Administration to dissuade them from doing so any longer.

Democrats and their lapdog media use the Socialist/ Saul Allinsky/ClowardPiven Strategy play-book to take Trump down. The Deep State engages in a failed coup designed to prevent

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Trump from becoming President, then afterward, ensure that he would be taken out through a Democrat rigged impeachment hearing.

A mad-man who expressed hatred for Republicans shoots up a Republican practice baseball game nearly killing Rep. Steve Scalese, (R.- LA ) and leaving him with life-long painful reminders of the attack.

The Democrats and their media cohorts incessantly describe President Trump and his supporters as “White Supremacists”, “hate mongers”, “dangerous”, “heartless monsters who

• Mondays: • Oregon Hunters Association Columbia County Chapter membership meetings are held the second Monday of each month at the Kozy Korner Restaurant in St. Helens.

Meetings start at 7 p.m. or come early at 6:30 p.m. for some good food and visiting.

• Community Action Team Board of Directors meetings take place on the fourth Monday of every month unless the meeting would fall on a holiday, from 2 – 4 p.m. in the CAT boardroom, 125 N. 17th St., St. Helens.

• The American Legion Post 68 meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the

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happen until at least sometime in 2019. After receiving the competency news, our family prepares to go to trial.

We hear some rumblings about a possible plea deal, but nothing solid to substantiate those rumors.

After a while, our family is approached to consider taking a plea. Through a series of many more meetings with the DA and a retired judge, our family decides to take the plea. On March 26th, 2019, our family has their day in court to tell the

of

court and Daniel Butts how his decision on January 5, 2011 to murder Chief Painter changed all of our lives forever.

Daniel Butts was asked

by Judge Grove, if he understood the charges being brought against him. He vocalized that he indeed did understand, and he changed his plea from not guilty, to guilty of aggravated murder.

This brings me back to the original question: “What Now?” So, Daniel Butts has been

found competent, he understands the charges and he changes his plea to aggravated murder. If he was found competent, and he was, then one has to assume that the medication was effective and balanced him out. So, the question has to be asked, why is Daniel Butts still taking up residence at the State Hospital?

Keep in mind that this is the same facility that refused to treat him several times until Judge Grove strong armed them with the backing of

the Oregon Supreme Court.

At a cost of $1,320 per day (conservative figure), how does the State explain this to the taxpayers?

My understanding is that the DOC has a more than adequate medical facility to handle Daniel’s medical needs at a fraction of the cost. The taxpayers have paid enough to protect a murderer.

The State owes the Painter Family, the Citizens of Rainier and the Law Enforcement Community some answers.

What Now?

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rip children, at the border, from the arms of their parents” (illegally entering the country without permission and outside legal ports of entry. But they never say that). They invent false quotes accusing Trump of, “talking about exterminating Latinos” & “wanting mass murders to happen”.

Then Rep. Juaquin Castro, (D-TX) publishes the names and business interests of dozens of President Trump’s campaign donors because in his words these donors are: “fueling a campaign of hate”.

Finally, after 3 mass

shootings Democrats haul out their perennial solution: Democrats assure America that they are going to pass, “commonsense gun control”.

Kathy Fisher Scappoose

Complaints going unheard At the August 5th planning meeting, three of the (Columbia County Planning) commissioners voted in favor to allow a commercial flooring business to oper-

ate on their rural residential property on Berg Rd. in Warren. We were told that we can voice our complaints during the next six months to the planning office, at which time they will hold another meeting. We and other neighbors have complained about the noise for the last six months, but those complaints have fallen on deaf ears.

These three commissioners have approved hours of operation for this business to be from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

That gives neighbors only seven hours of quiet time.

The commissioners admitted

they are setting a new precedence for commercial businesses in a rural residential neighborhood. I’m asking Warren residents to please call or e-mail our planning commissioners to voice your concerns. It’s happening to us, and it could happen to you too. I don’t think other commercial businesses in Warren have six employees or operate at these extended hours. With this new precedence we are going to lose our much-valued rural quiet neighborhoods. Thank you.

Denise Kilgore Warren

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Legion Hall, 930 SE 5th St., Clatskanie.

Tuesdays: • The VFW meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at 960 SW 5th St., Clatskanie.

• The Columbia County Law Library will be holding Court Forms Clinics every Tuesday from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (weather permitting). Get help filling our court forms commonly used in the Columbia County courthouse. The forms are free and the clinic is free. Sign up is required and is available at the courthouse Mon. – Fri. from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. or at the Law Library Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. 270 S. First St., St. Helens.

Questions: 503-396-5344 or ccll@columbiacll.org or davis12000@aol.com.

Wednesdays: • Rotary Club of Columbia County – St. Helens meeting is held at the Warren Country Inn at 12 p.m. For more information, call 503-397-2341.

• Columbia SWCD meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., 35285 Millard Rd., St. Helens. December’s meeting will be held at 6 p.m.

• Lawyer in the Law Library is a series of talks about common legal problems. Meeting are on the second Wednesday of

each month from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. A lawyer will provide basic information and answer your questions about the topic of the evening. Columbia County Law Library, 270 S. First St., St. Helens. Call 503-396-5344 with questions.

• Port of Columbia County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting at 8:30 a.m. on August 28, 2019 at the Clatskanie Cultural CenterBirkenfeld Theatre, 75 S. Nehalem St., Clatskanie, Oregon. For questions or concerns please contact the Port office at 503-397-2888.

Thursdays: • The Veterans breakfast is held

the first Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Legion Hall, 930 SE 5th St., Clatskanie.

• The regular monthly Rainier Chamber of Commerce meeting is held on the second Thursday of every month at 12 p.m. at the United Methodist Church. Lunch is provided for a suggested $6 donation.

Fridays: • Veteran’s Breakfast at the Village Inn in the Banquet Room the first Friday of every month. Doors open at 7 a.m. and the meeting starts at 8 a.m.

Guest speakers will discuss topics that are important to local Veterans and their families. All veterans are

welcome to attend.

Saturdays: • NAMI Columbia County Support Group, National Alliance on Mental Illness, meets on the second Saturday of every month from 12 p.m.

– 2 p.m. at the Elks Veterans Bunker, 125 S. 13th St., St Helens, Oregon. For more information, contact Judy Thompson 503-397-6056 or contact NAMI Oregon at 503230-8009.

The Rainier Historical Museum is open every Saturday from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. It is located inside Rainier City Hall. Please enter the side entrance and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

•C orrections • •

In the Friday, August 9 edition of The Chief, the story on NEXT Renewable Fuels ground lease incorrectly stated that approval of the lease would be the last step before construction could begin on the facility. That is not correct, because more permitting processes will be required, according to Craig Allison, property and operations manager for the Port of Columbia County. Construction on the facility will likely begin sometime next year. The Chief regrets the error.

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Clatskanie Grows: Why some potatoes have hollow hearts Chief Guest Column by CHIP BUBL

Oregon State University Extension Service - Columbia County

Food Preservation classes: Contact the Extension office (503-397-3462) for details.

To register online go to: http://bit.ly/ColumbiaFoodPreservation.

These classes are $20 apiece. Drying Fruits, Vegetables, and Meat (August 20), The Science and Art of Canning Salsa (August 28).

The Drying class will be held at the Extension office and the Salsa class at the Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District Office, 35285 Millard Road, St. Helens, OR 97051

over the next several decades.

By the 1960’s, many poorly managed western Oregon fields were covered in the plant. Cattle and horses consumed tansy, especially in the spring when the pastures were lush. Since they (though not sheep or goats) are very susceptible to tansy ragwort’s liver damaging properties, it became imperative that management solutions beyond herbicides be found.

Biologists searched for insects and diseases that were

populations continued for a number of years. One year, I looked all over the place and couldn’t find a tansy plant to use in a county fair display.

But plants are a bit more resilient than insects. About 12 years ago, tansy began to recover. While populations are nowhere near those of the

Clatskanie Grows

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. Food Preservation recipes and fact sheets can be accessed online at: https://extension.oregonstate. edu/food/preservation Tansy ragwort, again Tansy ragwort is putting on quite a display right now.

Pastures, roadsides, and forest clearcuts are dotted with their brilliant yellow flowers.

As you may be aware, tansy ragwort was introduced into the Pacific Northwest in the late 1920’s in Tillamook (by ship from France) and it spread west of the Cascades

aging and a sign that their numbers are increasing.

Farms can lower their tansy problem by keeping their pastures vigorous. Tansy prefers bare spots to germinate in. In addition, the best time to spray tansy ragwort is in the fall. You are going after the small plants that will bloom

specific to tansy ragwort in its native landscape. Ultimately two insects, the cinnabar moth and the tansy flea beetle, were cleared for release in the United States.

To be a good candidate for release, the insects would have to have a very narrow range of plants they feed on.

Basically, they would have to be willing to die rather than feed on a plant not tansy ragwort or a very close relative.

These two insects began to work back tansy ragwort populations so that by the mid 1980’s, tansy ragwort was almost gone. But because of the insects narrow feeding preferences, insect populations dropped dramatically. This was expected. As tansy recovered, the insects recovered a few years later and knocked the tansy back again. That oscillation of tansy and moth/flea beetle

‘60s and ‘70s, they have become quite noticeable.

The expected increase of the cinnabar moth has not happened as fast as it has in the past. The caterpillars pupate in the fall, the cocoons lie around the soil over the winter, and the adult moths emerge in the late spring to mate and lay their eggs on tansy. The best evidence is that these insects don’t do well in cold, wet springs.

The cinnabar moth caterpillars are around. Look for them on tansy, an annual weed called goundsel, and on an ornamental called dusty miller. All of these plants are Senecio species. Let the caterpillars feed on these plants.

The flea beetle has a much longer recovery time than the cinnabar moth, but signs of leaf feeding on plants that will bloom in 2014 is encour-

next year.

We have much better spraying weather in the fall compared to mid-April to early May. Currently, there are no county ordinances relating to weed control. Please call me at the Extension office if you have questions.

Hollow potatoes Hollow centers are a peculiar disorder (not disease) of potatoes. It often strikes the largest, fastest growing tubers. However, you won’t notice the problem until you actually cut into the potatoes during dinner preparation.

The heart of the potato is either streaked brown or is actually hollow, hence the names of the disorder, “brown streak” or “hollow heart”.

Older books say hollow heart is caused by uneven

potato watering, especially on lighter (sandy) soils. That is part of the story but not the entire picture.

Newer research implicates my favorite mineral, calcium, in the disorder. Calcium is very important to cell wall integrity in plants. In addition, it is a mineral that is not moved easily from the soil up through the stems and into the various plant parts.

Finally, the roots and shoots compete for the available calcium with the shoots generally winning.

This plays out in the potato as follows: during rapid tuber growth, the plant is still trying to put out new leaves. Calcium is absorbed through the main plant roots and most of that goes to the leaves. Even water tends to encourage more calcium uptake. The tubers also have some roots that supply them directly. The calcium they absorb goes to the developing spuds. If you can give the tuber roots some soluble calcium at the time of most rapid tuber growth, you can dramatically lessen hollow heart. Commercial growers are using calcium nitrate as a soluble fertilizer run through their irrigation systems at this critical tuber formation period. Home gardeners can use soaker hoses and drop calcium nitrate next to them to achieve the same results.

Closer planting within the row may help as well.

Other possible solutions involves applying gypsum pre-plant to add calcium without changing the soil pH (which increases potato scab) and avoiding varieties more prone to hollow heart like Russet Burbank and Kennebec.

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 503397-3462 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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A luncheon will follow the Legion Hall Dedication Ceremony.

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TS No. OR12000002-17-5 APN 9987 TO No 190782029-OR-MSI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, SHAUN KILGORE AND SARAH PIKE, AS TENANTS

BY THE ENTIRETY as Grantor to TICOR TITLE COMPANY OF OREGON as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for RANLIFE, INC., Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of July 20, 2015 and recorded on July 21, 2015 as Instrument No. 2015006020 and the beneficial interest was assigned to RANLife, Inc. and recorded May 9, 2017 as Instrument Number 2017-004367 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Columbia County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 9987 LOT 12, BLOCK 93, CITY OF ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY,

OREGON. Commonly known as: 397 N 10TH ST, SAINT HELENS, OR 97051 Both the Beneficiary, RANLife, Inc., and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became due Monthly Payment(s): 10 Monthly Payment(s) from 09/01/2016 to 06/01/2017 at $1,333.36 11 Monthly Payment(s) from 07/01/2017 to 05/01/2018 at $1,333.11 7 Monthly Payment(s) from 06/01/2018 to 12/01/2018 at $1,325.62 2 Monthly Payment(s) from 01/01/2019 to 02/01/2019 at $1,339.12

4 Monthly Payment(s) from 03/01/2019 to 06/01/2019 at $1,679.28 Monthly Late Charge(s): 1 Monthly Late Charge(s) 06/24/2019 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $200,640.42 together with interest thereon at the rate of 4.25000% per annum from August 1, 2016 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on November 13, 2019 at the hour of 12:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the west entrance

to the Columbia County Courthouse, 230 Strand St., Saint Helens, OR 97051 County of Columbia, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due

(other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale.

Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic.

Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property

at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: 06/24/2019 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300Order Number 61252, Pub Dates: 08/02/2019, 08/09/2019, 08/16/2019, 08/23/2019, THE CLATSKANIE CHIEF

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TS No. OR05000042-19-1 APN 10751 TO No 190794313-OR-MSI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, JAMES R COWLES, A SINGLE MAN BY BARGAIN AND SALE DEED RECORDED 3/22/2007 as Grantor to COLUMBIA COUNTY TITLE & ESCROW SERVICES, INC. as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of November 29, 2017 and recorded on December 4, 2017 as Instrument No. 2017-011208 and the beneficial interest was assigned to UNITED SHORE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC D/B/A UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE and recorded February 28,

2019 as Instrument Number 2019-01424 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Columbia County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 10751 LOT 4, BLOCK 2, MAGNUS SAXON ADDITION TO ST. HELENS, IN THE CITY OF ST. HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 324 S 20TH ST, SAINT HELENS, OR 97051 Both the Beneficiary, United Shore Financial Services, LLC d/b/a United Wholesale Mortgage, and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became

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due Monthly Payment(s): 8 Monthly Payment(s) from 11/01/2018 to 06/01/2019 at $844.88 Monthly Late Charge(s): 1 Monthly Late Charge(s) 06/26/2019 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $150,946.73 together with interest thereon at the rate of 5.25000% per annum from October 1, 2018 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on November 15, 2019 at the hour of 12:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon

Revised Statues, at the west entrance to the Columbia County Courthouse, 230 Strand St., Saint Helens, OR 97051 County of Columbia, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary

of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale.

Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic.

Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to

place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: 06/26/2019 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300Order Number 61483, Pub Dates: 08/16/2019, 08/23/2019, 08/30/2019, 09/06/2019, THE CLATSKANIE CHIEF

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CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT MEETING NOTICE The Clatskanie People’s Utility District Board of Directors has scheduled the next regular Board meeting for Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 7 pm in the community room of the District’s administration building located at 495 E Columbia River Highway, Clatskanie. A Board Workshop will be held at 5:30 pm. An executive session may be called at the workshop and/or meeting, pursuant to: ORS 192.660 (2) (f) information or records that are exempt by law from public inspection.

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PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT BOARD WORKSHOP Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 5:30 P.M. I. NORTHWEST RIVERPARTNERS GUEST SPEAKER: Kurt Miller, Executive Director II. RATE HEARING – RATE CHANGE PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION: Paul Dockery III. AMI COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS & FINAL RECOMMENDATION: Marc Farmer IV. POLICY REVIEW: #111 Review of Annexation Petitions and #304 Vehicle Replacement Policy V. STAFF REPORTS

CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 7 P.M. I. PUBLIC COMMENTS II. CONSENT AGENDA · Minutes of Board Workshop, July 17, 2019 · Minutes of Regular Board Meeting, July 17, 2019 · Review payment of bills for July 2019 III. ACTION ITEMS § Resolution 19-03 Renewal of CFC Emergency Line of Credit IV. DISCUSSION / INFORMATIONAL ITEMS · Board Comments & Calendar V. EXECUTIVE SESSION VI. ADJOURNMENT

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NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING Clatskanie Park & Recreation District NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING The regular meeting of the Clatskanie Park &

Recreation District will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 6:00pm at 555 SW Bryant St, Clatskanie, OR, Port of Columbia County Offices (the Old

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REGULAR MEETING NOTICE: Rainier City Council will Meet Monday August 19th, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at 106 West B Street, Rainier Ore. Agenda Items include: Consider Approval of July 29th, 2019 Regular Meeting Minutes , Affordable/Senior Housing

Update, “A” Street UpdateODOT, Riverfront Trail Update, Fox Creek Update, Next Renewable Fuels Inc. Presentation, ODOT ‘A’ Street Presentation, Library Presentation, Consider Resolution for Surplus Property, Consider Judge

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BOARD WORK MEETING NOTICE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT The Rainier School District will hold a Board Work Meeting to discuss the Board/Superintendent working agreement, the Superintendent’s goals, and

Superintendent evaluation.

Meeting will take place on 8/21/19 at 6:30p.m. in the Rainier School District Board Room, 28168 Old Rainier Rd.

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8-1p.m. in the Rainier School District Board Room, 28168 Old Rainier Rd. Community members are invited to attend.

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Phillips Contract Update.

WORKSESSION: Rainier City Council will meet Thursday August 22nd, 2019 at 6pm at 106 West B Street, Rainier, OR. Agenda Items include: Budget and Policy Review

The Public Notice deadline is Wednesdays by noon.

PLAN MEETING NOTICE The Rainier School District will hold a Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) Meeting on 8/24/19 from

Middle School). Items on the agenda include, but are not limited to: General park maintenance and pool operations. Board Chair, Bruce Holsey

Late submissions are not guaranteed to make it into the paper.

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RJSHS History Clatskanie’s 5th Annual Garlic Festival Club raising funds JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

The Rainier Jr. Sr. High School History Club is reaching out to the community for support to help them fundraise some upcoming project.

First, for those who would like to sponsor the club’s 10th Annual Rainier Revisited Living History Reenactment, a $20 donation from any individual, business, or organization will see them listed on the club’s advertising posters, flyers, and schedules sent out.

“We give them credit for helping the kids and their program,” History Club advisor Andrew Demko said. “They have been recognized three times by the National History Club, one of the top ten clubs in the nation, so that’s been really exciting.”

The RJSH will be portraying the year 1853.

There is also an ongoing magazine fundraiser that Demko said both the History

Club and the Rho Kappa students are both participating in.

“That goes back into our kids’ programs and helps pay for honor chords, Rainier Revisited, and other activities, and every little bit helps,” Demko said. “It helps them buy uniforms, props, and everything else they need.”

To help the kids raise funds through magazines, citizens can visit: https:// www.efundraising.com/RainierHistoryClub1111 At the website, you can purchase or renew subscriptions of your favorite magazines like People, All You, TIME, and Sports Illustrated, at up to 85 percent off. There are also exclusive offers on restauraunt.com eCertificates.

Each time a purchase is made, the students will receive up to 40 percent of the proceeds.

“We just appreciate the community support and there’s been a lot of support out there,” Demko said. “The clubs really appreciate that.”

• Through August 16 • Stuff the Bus - Help send our most vulnerable youth back to school ready to learn and succeed in life. All supplies collected in your community will help students in your local school district. Donation sites include: Clatskanie PUD, Clatskanie Festival (Aug. 2-4 in

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STEVEN ROUTON For The Chief

Around here, garlic has become a prized commodity.

At a recent Market Saturday at Copes Park, one of the vendors hung up some freshly dug green garlic just to provide some color and, you know, atmosphere. After only a few minutes, a very lucky person spotted it and bought the “display”. That bunch of Deerfield, a five-star Purple Stripe garlic prized its spicy flavor, originally from Vietnam, didn’t last long.

Now, some might feel

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office July 22 • Joshua David Cook was arrested and arraigned for criminal driving with a suspended or revoked license and two charges of probation violation.

• Brittney Patra Delashmit was booked and released for contempt of court.

• Joseph Lee Giroski was booked and released for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Jay Ryan Gutierrez was arrested and arraigned on charges of criminal trespassing in the second degree and three counts of failure to appear in the second degree.

• Troy Michael Hannemann was arrested and arraigned on charges of coercion, driving under the influence of intoxicants and harassment.

• Jonathan Michael Hartman was arrested and sentenced for a

the park), Discounts & Deals, Dollar General, Hi School Pharmacy, Turning Point, Umpqua Bank and Wauna Federal Credit Union. Check your school website for supply lists.

August 17 • The American Legion Louis

felony probation violation.

• Richard Carl Howard was booked and released on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Bradley Barrett Hudson was booked and released on a hit and run vehicle/property charge.

• Joseph Keith Evans Klusman was arrested and sentenced for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

July 23 • Ryan Allen Carlson was arrested for failure to appear in the second degree.

• Tye Edward Holien was arrested on a warrant for violating his postprison supervision sanction.

• Matthew David Jackson was arrested and arraigned on two counts of failure to register as a sex offender.

• Larry James Juker was arrested and sentenced for driving under the influence of intoxicants.

• Joe Merrit Robbins was arrested on a warrant out of Clackamas County for failure to appear and charged with supplying false information.

• Jennifer Lynn Sheldon was arrested and arraigned on a felony charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

July 24 • Deshawn Andrew Combs

The local growers have been refining their techniques for years, some for decades.

While garlic has a reputation for “growing like weeds”, good garlic takes patience and meticulous attention to detail: bed preparation, mulching, weeding, adding nutrients, spring watering, weeding, removing scapes (blossoms) from the hardneck strains, weeding, careful harvesting, and finally curing and tagging. Did I mention weeding? Garlic is one of nature’s prima donnas. It doesn’t fare well with the competition of garden companions. If you want big garlic with skins intact and great flavor, you have to take care of it.

The Festival takes place in the middle of our usual Saturday Market, so if you want something special to accompany the featured product, we will have artisan breads and fresh vegetables.

Our local crafters will be out in force as well. We always have handmade soaps, art and crafts. Bring your appetite because we once again will be offering free garlic bites prepared on the spot. Artisan

bread toasted and hit with roasted garlic spread, garlic sauces, and gazpacho have all been on the menu of previous Festivals. We will also have food vendors to provide more substantial treats and, of course, pastries, cookies, and homemade toffee. The Festival will also feature live music and lawn games for kids of all ages.

So while this Festival will not be televised and you won’t need a map to navigate the site amenities, you will find extraordinary gourmet garlic. Savvy visitors will head for the vendors offering what is called “seed stock”.

This is the best of the best, and while you will be tempted to pop these in your roasts, soups, stews, pestos, salsas, hummus, salad dressings, and well, everything else, don’t.

Pop it in the ground instead.

Big, healthy cloves yield big, healthy bulbs. If you haven’t a clue about how, when, or in what to grow this bulb, ask a vendor that is selling beautiful garlic. Those bulbs didn’t get like that on their own.

Clatskanie Farmers Market Garlic Festival. See you there.

•C ommunity C alendar • • Larsen Post 68 will be honoring the Lifetime of Service to Country and Community given by T. Les Galloway in a ceremony dedicating the Clatskanie American Legion Hall in his memory. The dedication will be held at 1 p.m. at the Clatskanie American Legion Hall. A luncheon will follow the

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badly about missing that early season opportunity, but then most of us know the season of heirloom and gourmet garlic is around the middle of August and it’s that time again.

Mark your calendars: The 5th Annual Clatskanie Farmers Market Garlic Festival will be on Saturday August 17th from 10:00am-2:00pm at Cope’s Park on the banks of the Clatskanie River in Downtown Clatskanie, Oregon.

There are a handful of other garlic celebrations in the Northwest, but some of them are in June, when the garlic scapes are just being popped off and the garlic is either still in the ground or “green”. Other festivals feature carnival rides and peripheral attractions, but are a bit lean on the goods.

Clatskanie brings the fervor.

We will have thousands of bulbs. At last count there will be more than 30 different strains, everything from relatively mild softnecks like Italian Late and Nootka Rose to the powerful hot Rocamboles and Deerfield, a Purple Stripe. Around here, we take our garlic seriously.

Dedication Ceremony. Please join us in honoring this great man and patriot.

• Clatskanie 5th Annual Garlic Festival from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Cope’s Park in Clatskanie, Oregon. Several Oregon and Washington garlic growers will bring thousands of heirloom and gourmet hard neck and

soft neck garlic, representing 30 different strains, to the 2019 Clatskanie Garlic Festival. The bulbs have been carefully cured so they will stay fresh for six to ten months depending on the variety. Cooking garlic as well as seed garlic will be sold. Garlic varieties will go from fiery hot to mild and everything in between.

Pickled garlic, dried garlic scape sprinkles, garlic braids and artisan breads will be for sale. There will also be music, food, cooking demonstrations, vegetables, crafts and children’s activities. If you are a garlic lover be prepared to buy your year’s supply of garlic at this annual event.

a false report.

• Officers responded to a false residential alarm.

-An officer assisted a woman who was receiving harassing text messages from her ex.

• Drivers exchanged information after being involved in a twovehicle, non-injury accident on the bridge.

• A vehicle that was abandoned at a stop sign was towed as a hazard.

and appeared to be depressed.

An officer spoke with him, got him in touch with some services and transported him to a safe place.

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was arrested and arraigned on charges of interfering with making a report, two counts of fourth degree assault witnessed by a minor child, and two counts of harassment.

July 25 • Lawrence David Fraze was arrested on a warrant and charges of possession of methamphetamine and probation violation.

• Amber Nicole McColligan was arrested on a warrant out of the Oregon Department of Corrections and charged with parole violation.

• William Christopher Ziegler was arrested for failure to appear.

July 26 • Luke Isaiah Clark was arrested and sentenced for a misdemeanor probation violation.

• Julius Ray Pritchett was arrested and arraigned for possession of methamphetamine.

July 27 • Ashlie Meade was arrested on a warrant out of Multnomah County.

Rainier Police Department August 2 • A caller was worried about a barking dog that was chained to a fence at the post office. The dog

was apparently upset that he was left outside while his owner went to pick up his mail.

• Officers responded to a twovehicle motor vehicle crash on Highway 30 and Mill Street. Three people were transported with minor injuries and one driver was cited for driving uninsured.

• A woman went into a restaurant and acted as though she had paid for an order to go. Despite the fact she had no dough to pay, she grabbed the pizza and ran out the door. The case is being reviewed.

• A concerned citizen requested a welfare check on a male juvenile on the bridge. The juvenile turned out to be an adult, who was fine, but had no desire to speak with an officer.

• An officer checked on a couple of reportedly suspicious vehicles.

Both checked out okay.

August 3 • A violation of a protection order was reported. The report was forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for review.

• A vehicle was towed as a hazard after being left in the roadway at night. It later came back as a vehicle that was stolen out of Kelso – the following day. The reporting party eventually admitted they lied as they did not want their son to get in trouble. They were booked and released for initiating

August 4 • A caller reported a bird was loose in their house. The caller agreed to leave the room and to call a friend at a decent hour.

• A caller reported a suspicious circumstance after observing a tent near the marina. An officer checked the situation to find a citizen who was down enjoying the beach for the afternoon.

• A resident reported a person known to them had been making unauthorized purchases on their debit card. The report was forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for review.

• A citizen found a small dog wandering the streets. They were able to make contact with the owner via social media and the pup was returned home.

• A caller was concerned about a young man on the bridge. He stated he was having a bad day

August 5 • A caller reported seeing a man having an argument with a group of juveniles and said one of the juveniles was pushed. Police were unable to locate any of the parties involved.

August 6 • A caller reported a group of ‘tweakers’ had their music blaring.

Upon officer arrival, the only music that could be heard was from a boat on the river.

• Officers responded to an alarm at a local business. The doors were open, but the building was unoccupied. Officers secured the building and notified a manager.

August 7 • Officers checked on a man lying on the sidewalk. He had been sleeping and was okay.

• Officers checked on a man that was slumped over in a vehicle. He had used heroin earlier and was waiting for it to wear off.

• A motorist was assisted in getting his vehicle started.

August 8 • Officers responded to a business alarm. The building was secured.

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Volunteers continue work to recall Gov. Kate Brown

Steve Coalman holding up a sign that calls for Brown’s recall.

Stacy Hicks, (black shirt) from Clatskanie, obtaining signatures from William Whitson of Troutdale and Michael Lunn of Rainier.

A group of voters stop to sign petition.

Photos: Frank Perea/The Chief

Over the past few weeks, a group of volunteers have set up booths in Rainier, St. Helens and Clatskanie to obtain voter signatures to recall Gov. Kate Brown. Two fishermen showed up on Tuesday afternoon, August 13, after an allday fishing trip wanting to make sure they made it in time to sign. According to Diane Pohl, of Clatskanie, they are only one group of several gathering signatures in every county throughout the state. The ultimate goal is to obtain over 280,000 valid signatures from across the state by October 14.

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Claude Elvis Weaver Jr.

CLATSKANIE

Nov. 10, 1943 ~ Aug. 4, 2019

Claude Elvis Weaver Jr. was born on Nov. 10, 1943 in Vernonia, Oregon to Claud E. Weaver Sr. and Mary M. Reynolds Weaver. He passed away on Aug. 4, 2019 in Clatskanie, Oregon.

Claude graduated from Vernonia High School in 1962. After high school, he joined the Navy and served from 1962 – 1966. After returning from the Navy, he worked at the Wauna Mill, until his retirement, as a millwright from 1966 – 2006. He married his wife, Sherry M. White, on April 11, 1982.

He is survived by his six children: Joe (Cheryl) Weav-

19 great-grandchildren; and four brothers living in St. Helens, Oregon: “Dick” Martin (Barbara) Weaver; Tony (Ethel) Weaver; Tom (Vicki) Weaver; and Larry (Christi) Weaver.

He was preceded in death by his father Claud; mother Mary; sisters Mary Jones, Peggy Gamroth, and Judy Heckathorn; and brother Roy A. Weaver.

Family and friends are invited to a celebration of life potluck from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on August 24, 2019 at the American Legion Hall, 930 N. 5th St., Clatskanie, Oregon 97016.

er; Don (Cindy) Weaver; Kevin Weaver; Ramonda Willson; Ronald (Carry) White; and Eric White; 16 grandchildren;

John Alexander Nolan Aug. 4, 1943 ~ Aug. 8, 2019

John Alexander Nolan, 76, of Clatskanie, died on August 8, 2019 at Community Home Health & Hospice in Vancouver, Washington.

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of two years, which they used to promote and grow their market, according to Reagan.

The funding was successful, and Reagan said through their data, they found they had been able to grow their market substantially.

Before the grant, the CFM had a mix of about 25% food and 75% craft vendors, Rea-

gan said.

“By the end of the grant project we had reversed that to 75% food sales,” Reagan said.

This new grant will help CFM grow its market further.

Along with the training, software, and market manager, the program will embark on a project, which will be designed the first year and implemented the second year.

“It will be some kind of beginning vendor support initiative where we get to support our vendors in some specific way such as through

increased advertising,” Reagan said, although the CFM board of directors does not yet know exactly what the project will be.

Reagan hopes the program will help vendors be successful and move on to bigger and better things. She said some vendors have already done so.

“We’re hoping to positively contribute to the BVSN project as OFMA and OSU develop a toolkit which can support markets and their new and beginning vendors, both in Oregon and nationwide,” Reagan said.

Clatskanie residents see slight increase on solid waste collection JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

Clatskanie residents may have noticed a slight increase on their solid waste collection services the last two months, after the Clatskanie City Council unanimously approved the ask from Hudson Garbage District Manager Herb Bailey in June.

Bailey appeared before the council at a June 5th meeting to request a four percent rate increase due to the County Transfer Station rate increase, increased operational costs, and employment turnover. The increase, Bailey said, would amount to roughly $0.17 per customer, or $0.87 per week.

The new rates went into effect on July 1.

“We haven’t requested an operational increase for a few years, and our last request was related to the recycling debacle that we’ve seen across the country,” Bailey said.

According to Hudson Garbage documents, in May of 2018, the company received a 6.4 increase in garbage and recycling rates due to the “National Sword” policy that China implemented in 2017. The policy made it so that the quality of recyclable materials that China would accept would be much higher than they previously accepted, Bailey told The Chief at the time.

The latest increase, Bailey said, is largely down to increased operational costs.

“I just think the biggest thing for us is to maintain our operational expenses.

With that, it helps us maintain our equipment, so we can safely service our customers throughout the county,” Bailey said.

Additionally, although Bailey said Hudson Garbage has not historically seen a lot of turnover, he has seen some in the last two years.

He said the company wants to secure their wages, so they can remain competitive in what is currently a tough market.

“We’re competing with local partners in the community, whether it be Cascade, local trucking companies, or things like that,” Bailey said.

“With the unemployment rate as low as it is, it’s really a pretty competitive market.”

Bailey said he’s had a little bit of pushback from Clatskanie residents on the

increase, but not as much as he’d expected.

“I think people in general understand that expenses, fuel, labor, parts – they go up,” Bailey said.

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Alston’s Corner Assembly of God 25272 Alston Rd. 503-556-1961 Pastor Steve Berry Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin 204 C St., E Rainier503-556-5641 Rainier Assembly of God 74950 Rock Crest St., 503-556-8211 Pastor Jeff McCraken Rainier Community Church of God 321 W C St., Rainier, 503-556-5661 Rainier United Methodist Church Corner of 1st & ‘C’ St., 503-556-3440 Pastor Michele Holloway Riverside Community Church 305 West C Street, Rainier 503-556-1216; Pastor Paul Rice

Columbia Bible Church 10:30 a.m. Sunday 407 East Second St. Rainier, OR 97016 Robert Klukas 360-501-4060 Heritage Bible Church, Rainier Senior Center, 48 W 7th St., Rainier, Oregon 97048

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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

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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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Bethany Lutheran Church 34721 Church Rd., Warren 503-397-2050, Pastor Scott 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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Nehalem Valley Bible Church 500 North St., 503-429-5378 Pastor Gary Taylor Vernonia Christian Church 410 North St. 503-429-6522 Pastor Sam Hough St. Mary’s Catholic Church 960 Missouri Ave., 503-429-8841 Father Dale Waddil, Father Luan Tran

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If you know one of the former Clatskanie People’s Utility District customers listed here, please have them contact the Clatskanie PUD staff immediately. They can call the office at 503-728-2163 or email cpud@clatskaniepud.com to discuss their unclaimed funds. We appreciate your assistance in helping us to locate the following former customers:

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