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Clatskanie School District starts new year
Lightning sparks Rainier-area tree fire
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CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net
On Sept. 3 and 4, Clatskanie School District (CSD) students will begin a new school year. This year, the district is focusing on the social/emotional needs of students, soliciting feedback from parents and students about the district’s facilities and building a challenging curriculum with particular focus on mathematics, according to Cathy Hurowitz, CSD superintendent. There are also other important dates, changes and other useful need-to-know bits of information for students and their families. Orientation, registration, open house and the first day of school At Clatskanie Elementary School (CES), class begins for all students on Sept. 3. At Clatskanie Middle/ High School (CMHS), school begins for 7th grade, 8th grade and all new students on Sept. 3. All other students begin on Sept. 4. Before their first day, students at CMHS had to attend registration on Aug. 20. Kindergarteners at CES attended the school’s Kinder Kamp Aug. 12–23.
“Students who attended got a head start on the routines and expectations of kindergarten. They learned songs, played and got to know their teachers,” Hurowitz said. According to Hurowitz, CES has 70 registered kindergarteners. Both schools are continuing to register new students. Open house for CES will be Sept. 10 from 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Focusing on attendance, math, social/emotional needs and the future of the facilities This year, CSD will be paying particular attention to attendance. “I want to share how important it is to come to school regularly,” Hurowitz said. “When a student misses a day of school, they miss a lot of material. College and careers begin in kindergarten.” Other focus areas will be on improving math scores and making a positive climate culture at each school. “It’s all about providing a climate
and culture where kids feel cared about and care about each other and have a sense of belonging and feel safe at school,” Tiffany O’Donnell said. In order to do that at CES, O’Donnell said teachers will contact parents and guardians before the start of school to introduce themselves and talk to them about the importance of attendance. At CMHS, there will be a new student wellness room as well as individual and group counseling offered to students in need. Finally, CSD will be soliciting opinions from parents/guardians, students and other stakeholders about what they envision for the future of the facilities. “We want to hear what you want our schools to look like in the future,” Hurowitz
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A tree on Simmons road near Rainier caught fire after it was struck by lightning, according to a report from Columbia River Fire & Rescue (CRFR) CRFR said at around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, thunder and lightning rolled across the fire district. Firefighters from CRFR Rainier Station and Oregon De-
partment of Forestry responded to the tree fire to investigate, finding it had been split by a lightning strike and was burning inside. There were numerous lightning strikes reported throughout the area. It is possible there are more of these so-called “lightning trees” with fire burning in them. If you see smoke, please call 911.
A place for people to fall: Jordan Center to be revamped JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net
Sometimes those navigating the mental health system just need a place to land with like-minded peers who understand what they’re going through and have been there themselves. They need someplace to hang out, to connect, maybe play a few games, and to socialize when their illness might otherwise tell them to isolate themselves.
With that in mind, the Jordan Center will be seeing big changes this year in an effort to expand their program and make the building more comfortable, thanks to new direction from Columbia Community Mental Health (CCMH) and community partnerships with Wauna Federal Credit Union, NAMI Oregon and donor Peggy Hammond. The Jordan Center, located at 297 S. 1st Street, first opened in 2012 and has been a resource for CCMH clients and community members seeking support and alternatives to traditional mental health services. The center is named for Nick Jordan, a long-time, well-liked client who passed away from cancer. Hammond was his mother and is credited by those involved as being a major force in helping secure needed funds, as initial funding came from a state grant and private donors. “Peggy would say that this center was the key to him having quality of life,” CCMH Public Relations and Director of Development, Hope Wirta said. According to Wirta, the Jordan Center came about after several years of planning by a Consumer Council that was organized and mentored by Linda Pritchett of CCMH. The council incorporated ideas from the recovery movement, which focused on empowering mental health clients through peer support and other clientcentered, non-traditional methods. After the center opened, the peers working there splintered off and created their own organization and board, with a plan to become a private non-profit. However, this never came to fruition. So, in 2018, after spending some years floating the rent and bills, CCMH began taking a more active role in overseeing Jordan Center activities. According to The Jordan Center’s Clinical Director, Ben Weaver, those on the Jordan Center board have now been asked to be a part of an Advisory Council, who will continue to retain input into how the center is run. CCMH Executive Director Julia Jackson said CCMH stepped
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Wauna Communications Specialist, Michael Murdoch, CCMH Executive Director Julia Jackson, CCMH PR and Director of Development, Hope Wirta, and Jordan Center Clinical Director, Ben Weaver, stand alongside Nick Jordan’s photo inside the Jordan Center.
in to take ownership of the center, to ensure it had the finances and the staffing it needed, but wants to keep the program in line with the same community investment model it has always been, run by Peer Support Specialists and volunteers. “I would say we’re just in the infancy stages and have a really exciting future ahead of how we’re going to grow this center and we’re not going to do it on our own,” Jackson said. “I think there are some exciting possibilities with some of our other key partners and players in the community that we are absolutely going to approach and involve, whether on a staffing level, financial investment level, referral level – let’s get this place popping. Let’s have this be a main hub.” Jackson envisions the program will work much in the way the St.
Helens Recreation Center is operating to provide engagement for community members, with the Jordan Center’s eyes on supporting those with mental health struggles. “This could be so much more and that’s why we really stepped in. We want to get it there, but we’re going to do it through staying true to that peer model and community investment,” Jackson said. Wauna Federal Credit Union was the first to step in to pledge some funding, though a ballpark figure for what the work will require is still being figured out. Wauna’s Communications Specialist, Michael Murdoch, said he was originally approached for the project in the spring and, though he’d heard of The Jordan Center, he didn’t know much about it – which unfortunately, seems to be the norm. “One of the core values for credit
unions worldwide is community reinvestment,” Murdoch said. “That’s a very high-level thing for Wauna, specifically in Columbia County, because this is a place we’ve been for around 52 years. So, when it comes to something like this, I said, ‘Yeah, absolutely.’ We want to be involved on any level and that’s why I’m sitting here today, because we believe in community reinvestment.” Currently, the center is predominantly run and managed by Peer Support Specialist Kim LaPlante, who spends about 20 hours a week there. She keeps the building open, makes lunch (for which about 30 people show up regularly to eat and volunteer) and coordinates activities.
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County Tourism Initiative reviews progress, seeks additional funding
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Amanda Lowthian (left) and Alison Hart (right) speak to County Commissioners about what the Tourism Initiative has accomplished. The group requested $10,000 from the commissioners, which was denied for the time being, due to “lack of documentation,” as stated by Commissioner Henry Heimuller. CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net
Building up tourism in Columbia County is going well, although the Columbia County Tourism Initiative was denied their requested $10,000 contribution from county commissioners to continue to expand the project. The Columbia County Tourism Initiative started in collaboration with Travel Portland and the Columbia County Economic Team (CCET) and launched in July of 2018 in order to encourage more tourism development in the county. The program involves a steering committee of 22 members from all over the county, representing both public and private entities and interests. The committee’s request was denied at the Wednesday, Aug. 28 County Commission meeting, where Alison Hart, committee representative, presented on work the group has done in the past year. Commissioner Alex Tardif initially motioned to approve Hart’s request, but Commissioner Henry Heimuller did not second the motion, thereby denying the request, saying he needed to see more documentation before he could allocate funds. Before making the request, Hart, alongside Amanda Lowthian, representative from Travel Portland who manages the Regional Cooperative Tourism Program (RCTP), presented the county with the group’s accomplished tasks as well as tasks on their to-do list. Some of the high points included making progress on three significant projects, made possible by an $85,000 grant from the RCTP. One of those projects was creating a development plan for Prescott Beach, which
Hart said is mainly focusing on growing overnight lodging in order to increase tax revenue. Another project was increasing trail development on the Crown Zellerbach Trail. The third project involved making a master plan for the St. Helens Recreation Area, located near Salmonberry Lake, which was a joint partnership between the county and the City of St. Helens. Part of that master plan, according to Hart, involved an application for a regional trails project grant of $350,000, and the involved entities plan to go out for additional grant funding in order to grow that project. “This is money that was not seen in the county before the initiative took place and we worked collaboratively with our partners to make that happen and we will continue to do so,” Hart said. “That’s one of the value propositions of the tourism initiative, is that we’re able to pull together all of our partners and come to agreement on the type of projects in which we should be participating that have county wide support based on our steering committee input.” Other tasks the initiative has accomplished in the past year include finding funding outside of the RCTP, developing a strategic plan; engaging stakeholders and the community; forming partnerships and making a destination development plan, which they presented to the commissioners. The destination development plan is what the steering committee identified as the most important areas for economic impact for tourism in the county. These areas include downtown revitalization, building up lodging infrastructure, increasing wayfinding signage, infrastructure development, increasing access to cultural history and having visitor
information available at all the main entry points in the county. One of the aspects the destination development plan covered was the need for more stable funding. As both Hart and Lowthian explained, the $85,000 grant was a one-time grant. The initiative will now receive $28,000 per year as a pro rata share of the statewide transient lodging tax. The two said having a contribution from the county would form part of their stable funding. Commissioner Heimuller said the county has already contributed to the tourism initiative, such as by having some personnel building out the Crown Zellerbach Trail. “I want to be able to see the whole comprehensive package of what we address,” Heimuller said. “We have to be able to explain to all of the folks, not only the values of this, but the investment that we need to make and what we, the county are willing to [make].” Commissioners also discussed the use of the lodging tax, and Heimuller said there were very few hotels in Columbia County and asked about the existing partnership between existing lodging providers outside of camping. Lowthian answered that overnight lodging doesn’t just have to be hotels, but also things like rustic campgrounds with cabins. At the end of the discussion, Commissioner Tardif moved to approve the $10,000 in funds. “They can continue this work and continue to collect outside grants in dollars to help fund the projects that we want to do,” he said. However, Heimuller did not second the motion and denied the request, saying, “I haven’t seen any documentation whatsoever.” He said when he saw documentation, he might reconsider.
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Clatskanie High School class of 1954 held their 65-year reunion in June at Fultano’s in Clatskanie. Front Row (L-R) - Marge (Smart) MacDonald, Dawn (Lousignant) Johnson, Mary Lou (Miller) Baisley, Pat (Siltala) Winans. Back Row (L-R) – Roy Reeves, Eino Johnson, Del Freeman, Ben Sorenson, Don Baisley, Don Jacobson, Larry Hermo.
CENTER From Page A1 The Jordan Center will always be free, though donations are asked for, and no one will ever be turned away. It is a place open to all, whether they are clients of CCMH or simply a community member looking for someplace to connect. Those involved have already been at work cleaning up the building, and have plans to make the place more comfortable, beginning with a facelift and some more comfortable seating. The room in the back will be open for Warmline, a state-run crisis support line run by peers with lived experience and who have gone through peer support training, like those running the center locally. The Jordan Center will donate space and the support line will provide
Fall hours at Clatskanie Library Clatskanie Public Library will begin its fall hours on Saturday, Sept. 7. During the months of September through May, the library will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Regular hours of operation will remain the same times: Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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staffing. There are also plans to add a new TV to the center, as well as new flooring. So far, the work has been funded out-of-pocket by CCMH, but they are actively seeking financial investment and volunteers who are ready to come in and help. The center currently offers various activities, including relaxing arts, board games, crafts, beading, beginner’s yoga, healthy cooking on a budget and a Dual Diagnosis Anonymous meeting. To quote Jackson, “Recreation is recovery.” “Peer support is integral to recovery. Being integrated in your community, to be able to go out like the average Joe, to go engage in some games and some activity and some lunch – that is recovery and community integration,” Jackson said. “We’ll stay true to those principles and hope to be able to do it up on a whole other scale.”
Ultimately, Jackson said, she believes this kind of work is the next wave of what needs to happen in Columbia County in addressing the community’s mental health needs. What’s been happening up until now, she said, is that the behavioral health community supports the behavioral health community – and it needs to be acknowledged that this is not multiple sectors in silos. “This needs to be a crosssector investment and the base, tier one health of our community, which is mental health. The issue is out there – it’s happening to friends, families, neighbors. It’s not a behavioral health problem or a school district problem,” Jackson said. “This impacts all sectors, both private business and nonprofit. I think this is a really good example and it’s paving the way to show that there is already cross-sector investment in this.”
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The Clatskanie Arts Commission is celebrating its 30th Performing Arts Series with its annual Big Band in the Park Concert. Labor Day, September 2, 2019 in the Clatskanie City Park This free concert, sponsored by Larry and Donna Garlock, will be held in the Clatskanie City Park from 2-4 p.m. with music by the North Coast Big Band from Astoria. Hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, ice cream and beverages will be available for purchase as a fundraiser for the Clatskanie Arts Commission beginning at 1 p.m. In celebration of CAC’s 31st anniversary, free cake will be served at intermission. Please bring your own
chairs. Bleacher seating will also be available. Owners of vintage vehicles are encouraged to bring them for display on the grass behind the bleachers. Brochures and tickets for this year’s Performing Arts Series will be available at the park. CAC’s outstanding 31st anniversary season includes some of the past seasons’ favorite performers: Sunday, October 13 Electronic music by Veserium Sunday, November 17 Oregon’s Premier Band – The Oregon Symphonic Band Sunday, December 15 America’s Sweethearts’ trio Holiday Show
Digital defense against federal agent impersonation scams Oregon FBI’s partners at the U.S. Marshals Service are reporting a significant rise in the number of calls they are getting from concerned Oregonians upset about a new round of an old fraud. These people are reporting that they recently received an automated, threatening call – allegedly from the Marshals or other federal agents. The automated call states that the victim is going to be arrested based on a warrant issued by the IRS. That warrant is purportedly a result of the victim’s low credit score. The call goes on to say that the person can avoid arrest by paying a fine, and the recording will direct the victim how to make contact with someone who can help. Usually, the fraudster will ask for payment using a prepaid debit card or gift card.
Friday, January 31 The Lonely – Tribute to Roy Orbison Fri. & Sat. Feb. 28 & 29 Missoula Children’s Theatre – The Emperor’s New Clothes September 7 Sunday, March 15 • Westport Annual Reunion, open to Fernhill Bluegrass Band and all, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. or later will the Bloomer Family be held at the Westport Community Friday, April 24 Church Fellowship Hall. Parking is Pianist Sarah Hagen available and handicap accessible.
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A special promotional price will be available for 6 tickets or more if purchased by September 30. You may call 503728-3403 or visit our website, clatskaniearts.org. for further information about the upcoming season performances and tickets as well as directions to the Birkenfeld Theatre in the Clatskanie Cultural Center.
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Once the victim obtains the card, the fraudster will have the person send the number and PIN electronically or read the information over the phone. The funds can be moved off the card and into the scam artist’s hands before he’s even off the phone with the victim. Scammers use many tactics to sound credible. They sometimes provide information like badge numbers, names of actual law enforcement officials or federal judges, and courthouse addresses. They may also spoof their phone numbers to appear on caller ID as if they are really calling from the court or a government agency. Things to remember: Neither U.S. Marshals
nor other federal agents will ever ask for credit or debit card numbers, gift card numbers, or bank routing numbers. They also won’t ask you to make wire transfers. Don’t divulge personal or financial information to unknown callers. Report scam phone calls to your local FBI office or submit information online at https://tips.fbi.gov Authenticate the call by calling the clerk of the court’s office in the U.S. District Court in your area to verify that the arrest warrant is valid like the caller stated. For more information on cyber crimes, be sure to visit the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov
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A hamburger lunch and drink will be available for $5. Please bring finger foods and/or desserts to share. There will be books about Westport for sale from the Clatsop County Historical Society. Cash or check only. Please bring photos or memorabilia to share. • The Rainier Oregon Historical Museum will be showing the movie “Gods County and the Woman” in the Chamber Room at Rainier City Hall.
The first showing will start at 11 a.m. and the second showing will start at 1 p.m. The movie will show scenes of the Prescott Clark & Wilson Mill, Spirit Lake/Mt. St. Helens, Toutle River, and Cathlamet, Washington. In the museum upstairs, there will be presentations on the Benson cigar rafts and history of the local mills and logging from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. September 9 • 33rd Annual Barbara Bullis Memorial Golf Tournament at Wildwood Golf Course. Registration is at 7 a.m. and a Shotgun Start is at 8 a.m. Lunch will be provided.
Great team and individual prizes and raffle prizes also. Entry fee is $90 per player, $360 per foursome. Sponsorships are available. Contact Meagan Fawcett at meagan@ cpfoodbank.org or 503-333-8790. Feel free to visit the Barbara Bullis Memorial Golf Tournament Facebook page. September 12 • The Lower Columbia Genealogical Society will be meeting at 7 p.m. in the Somerset Retirement Apartments Dining Room, 2025 Tibbetts Dr., Longview. Mary Kathryn Kozy will be there to share her experiences.
ROHM presents film ‘God’s Country and the Woman’ You’ll have a chance to catch a film soon that reflects what logging was like in the 1800s in and around Rainier. On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Rainier Oregon Historical Museum will host a showing of “God’s Country and the Woman.” Organizers said the film allows watchers to “learn about the Simon Benson cigar rafts, what logging was like in the late 1800’s in and around Rainier, and how it progressed to what it is
today.” The movie will reportedly show scenes from the Clark and Wilson mill in Prescott, and the first scene of the move shows a giant tree being felled while Spirit Lake and Mt. St. Helens looms in the background. Admission is free, and the film will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the museum, located on the second floor of the Rainier City Hall at 106 West B Street. There will be presentations about cigar rafts and the
early history of local mills and logging operations in Rainier and surrounding areas held upstairs at 11:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m. ,12:30 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. “There will be a lot of history being shared,” Museum President Kay Heflin said. “Our museum has tripled in size since we opened two years ago. I have some interesting pictures of the Simon Benson log rafts that will be a part of my presentation.”
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Clatskanie Baptist Church 415 South Nehalem St., 503-728-2304 Senior Pastor Kirk Bennett 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. Sunday Sept. 1 Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 2: 4-13 New Testament Reading: Luke 14: 1, 7-14 Pastor Erik Huget Sermon Title: Crack Cistern Adult Bible Study at 9:15 a.m. in the Fireside Room Mayger-Downing Community Church 80071 Life Lane, 503-728-2305 Pastor John Thomas St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 100 SW High Street 503-556-5641 Great Vow Zen Monastery 79640 Quincy-Mayger Road, Clatskanie, Oregon 97016 Sunday Morning Program 10am 503-728-0654 Faith Lutheran Church 1010 5th Street, Clatskanie, Oregon 97016. 503-728-4604 Pastor - Mary Anthony
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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 Rainier 503-556-5641 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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Cornerstone Baptist Church 70024 Goble Rd. 360-562-6201 Pastor Fred Mathews
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Why an anti-trust safe harbor is the answer the news business needs OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
News consumption is growing exponentially, but for the past decade, the revenue to news publishers has been on a decline. This is, in large part, because of the unbalanced relationship between news publishers and tech platforms. But that relationship could be changing thanks to the bipartisan introduction of the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act” by House Antitrust
Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA). A bipartisan companion bill was also introduced by Senator John Neely Kennedy (RLA), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. The bill, which would provide news publishers a safe harbor in which to collectively negotiate with platforms like Google and
Facebook, could help news producers receive the fair distribution and monetization terms we’ve long been fighting to get from the duopoly. Because of their market dominance – and access to billions of users – the major tech platforms set the rules for news publishers and determine how journalism is displayed, prioritized and monetized. They also capture the vast majority of all digital advertising dollars because of their unique ability to collect consumer data across the web.
All of this has degraded the relationship between news readers and publishers and rewarded low quality “click-bait” over quality information from real journalists. It has also greatly reduced the financial ability of publishers to invest in newsrooms at a time when our society most needs great, substantive reporting. It is simply not possible for any individual news publisher to change the basic terms offered by the online behemoths. They are simply much too big
and much too influential. However, there is power in numbers, which is what we need in order to have a fighting chance. The antitrust safe harbor bill would provide a four-year window for news publishers to collectively negotiate for fair terms that would flow earned subscription and advertising dollars back to the publishers, while protecting and preserving Americans’ right to access quality news. Parameters included in the bill ensure that these negotiations would strictly benefit Americans and news
publishers at-large, not just one or a few publishers. If passed, this bill would allow our industry to more fully control our product by allowing market forces, not two companies, to determine how and for what price our content is offered. It would allow everyone from small local publications to major online publishers the opportunity to receive a return on their investment and therefore sustain quality journalism, which is necessary for an informed democracy and civic society.
Local law enforcement leaders call for action to correct SB 1013 JEFF AUXIER Columbia County District Attorney BRIAN PIXLEY Columbia County Sheriff
This July the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1013, a bill that narrowed the definition of Aggravated Murder and drastically reduced the number of murderers in this state who are eligible for the death penalty. While
reasonable minds can differ on the morality of capital punishment, we should all agree that our laws need to be clearly written and not cause unnecessary harm to victims. Unfortunately, this confusing law has done exactly that – harm victims. Sheriff Pixley and I are advocating for a special legislative session so that the law can be fixed. The sponsors of the bill said that it would not be retroactive and would only
• Society turning away from religion Although Arthur C. Clarke authored his novel Childhood’s End in 1953, its message is extremely relevant even today. In this sci-fi classic, Overlords appear in giant spaceships from another, far-distant planet, whose civilization is more advanced than ours. Over some years of rule, these beings bring about global peace, security and prosperity. However, it is mankind’s stubborn nature to make science preeminent (example, Darwinism), rather than religion, (example, the Fall). The proclivity to use only political dialogue, and an interest in the occult and paranormal phenomena, superseded the Scriptural foundation of the five thousand years-old concept of Divine Revelation in the novel. What might the reader of this letter suppose that the ultimate end result of this
apply to future crimes. That was important to ensure that victims won’t have to relive tragedies by having their cases reopened. Now it turns out that the bill is retroactive after all, and some victims may have to suffer the agony of having their cases reopened again. Sheriff Pixley and I will never fully understand what a family of a murder victim goes through, but we know enough to know that they shouldn’t have to go through
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thinking was, as the final pages of this forward-looking novel were turned? I present this question, because our present civilization exhibits the same subtle exclusion of God while seeking to address the pressing issues of these times. David Doerr Rainier
Missionaries to recount experiences This coming Sunday at 10:30 at the community church that meets in the grade school across the highway from the Grocery Outlet in Rainier a group of locals including teenagers that went to Fiji on a mission are going to recount their extraordinary experiences. Among other acts of God, a woman received her sight after prayer with an American teenager. Though I attend church in Scappoose, I invite report-
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my fellow District Attorneys and I met with the Governor to discuss a fix to Senate Bill 1013. We had a simple and modest request: call a one-day special session that makes it clear that the new death penalty laws only apply to crimes committed after the bill’s effective date. I was very encouraged by the governor’s willingness to hear our concerns. We have also spoken with Senator Betsy Johnson and our Representative Brad Witt. They
voted against this bill to begin with, in part to avoid this chaos and confusion. Brown and the legislators who supported this bill now must decide whether the assurances made on the floor of Oregon’s Capitol mean something. Families of murder victims deserve closure and finality. Sheriff Pixley and I hope you will join us in our call for a one-day special session to fix the state’s death penalty law and stop it from being retroactive.
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Green New Deal is a good deal “On Riverkeepers and climate change” (Aug 22) A new, detailed version of the Green New Deal’s energy plan shows it can more than pay for itself, with two-thirds of the cost paid by private investment (vox.com May 18, 2019). The remaining third will be massively counterbalanced by a $500 billion annual increase in US GDP (IPCC). That will be mainly because when solar and wind energy are scaled up nationwide, they’ll be “essentially free” by 2030 (Financial Times, UBS, Aug 2018). Clean energy will also create over 8 million
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it more than once. The law as it is currently written not only creates uncertainty for victims, but also for Columbia County law enforcement and prosecutors statewide. Regardless of where we stand on the death penalty, we all want truth in legislating. The death penalty bill as it is currently written fails in this regard, and Governor Brown should call a special session of the Legislature to fix it. Last Thursday, several of
high-wage, local, permanent (40-year) careers (Stanford University’s solutionsproject. org), many millions more than fossil fuels. The cost of doing nothing will be future climate disasters that will do over $160 trillion in damage to the US economy (Forbes, April 2019). Climate disasters have already cost US taxpayers over $1.6 trillion, now accelerating to hundreds of billions a year (NOAA. gov). Just a half-degree increase in global temperatures will cost the US $13 trillion and we’re already locked into at least a 2C degree increase (National Academy of Sciences). Clean energy will also cut back on the over $800 billion carbon pollution costs Americans every year in medical bills (forbes.com) and the over 200,000 American deaths it’s caused in just one year (MIT. edu). The Green New Deal’s energy plan means free energy, millions more good jobs, better health and a safe and
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Response to A. Painter: What’s next? As with anyone who loses a loved one no matter why my deepest sympathy goes out to you. Amazon has an excellent Grief Recovery Handbook by James/Friedman with recovery specialists. I wish I heard as much fire and passion for the many young women murdered in this county, or the endless child sexual abuse and generational incest. I remember an officers son back from a military discharge, sniper shooting off a hill...the first question I always ask is what was going on in their households-what “spirits” plague their community.
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If Daniel had to be “stabilized” on medications from a psychiatrist hospital [ drugged to appear “normal” ] how was he competent to stand trial and was it not the people who called 911 that said, “ He was looking at a car for sale and didn’t know if he was on drugs and mentally ill -before this happened ? I think the answer for What now in the worst state for treatment and the highest suicide in the US..a Port and woods ripe for drug and human trafficking and our youth out of control,lacking in education, accountability and moral values is to focus on how to stop this increased devaluation for life,by lack of empathy, diabolical narcissism, and hate for our Lord Jesus Christ. What now is what we all need to be doing to stop this epidemic. Honor your brother by helping make changes to the darkness that lives in this county.
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Clatskanie Grows: Blight, seed sowing and transplanting Chief Guest Column by CHIP BUBL
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Upcoming programs: Food Preservation classes: Contact the Extension office (503 397-3462) for details. To register online go to : http://bit.ly/ColumbiaFoodPreservation . This class is $20: The Science and Art of Canning Salsa (August 28) will be held at the Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District Office, 35285 Millard Rd, St Helens, OR 97051. 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 Tomato late blight We have had a very nice tomato season to date. As we move through August into September, the chance of rain increases. With it comes the risk of tomato late blight. The late blight fungus thrives in warm,
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moist conditions and can quickly ruin your tomato crop. The weather pattern that favors late blight is three or four days of continuously moist weather. It doesn’t have to rain hard. About 15 years ago, we had four days of a “coastal fog” that refused to budge. By the end of it, most of the tomato plants looked like they had been hit with a blowtorch. Leaves turn blotchy brown, stems blacken and the now inedible fruit turns a glassy olive color. There is little genetic resistance to late blight in current varieties with a few modest exceptions (“Legend” and “Peron”).
But you can help to reduce the spread by doing the following: • Never overhead (sprinkler) water at night!! It can accelerate the disease even in dry weather. • Prune out leaves that don’t look right and destroy them. • Use a copper fungicide (generally considered to be organic) as a preventative now and again if you see a wet weather ahead. • Clean out weeds and do some moderate pruning to improve air circulation around your plants. None of these steps by themselves can stop the disease if conditions really favor it but, by slowing it a bit, can give you a week or two of extra harvest.
Seed saving basics Given the interest in heirloom varieties, many gardeners have begun saving seeds from their own garden. It is important to know some terms that can help you decide if the seed is worth saving: Self-pollinating: If the plant self-pollinates, then the seed could be saved and be reasonably true as long as it is not a hy-
cross, the breeder is looking to incorporate some specific characteristic like disease resistance or other culinary characteristics into the line. Hybrid varieties will not come true from saved seed even if the plant is selfpollinating. Hybrid plants produce seeds that show one of the parents’ characteristics or a jumbled mix of both parents. This is not the controlled cross that produced the hybrid in the first place. Hy-
Clatskanie Grows brid seed variety (see below). Some examples of self-pollinating plants are tomatoes, peppers, green beans, peas, lettuce, chard, and beets. Some seeds that are very hard to save are squash. They are not selfpollinating since bees move pollen between plants. To save squash seed, pollination has to be controlled by very complicated techniques (call for details if interested). Hybrid seed: Plant breeders have been crossing two distinct breeding lines to create hybrid varieties for at least 80 years. With the
brids are generally labeled as F1 or F2 on the seed packages. Hybrids can be excellent seed for you to grow but you cannot recreate them so don’t bother to save their seed. To save tomato seed, pick out a fruit that is “true to type” and well-matured. Scoop out seeds from the jelly-like pulp. At this point, some seed savers ferment the seed/pulp mixture in juice from the tomato for several days. Then they wash the seeds and dry them on a paper towel. I have scooped seeds and spread them direct-
ly onto paper towels to dry. It seems to work just fine. I label the paper towel and when the seeds are dry, scrape the seeds into a container. I have even been known to place the entire towel into a labeled envelope for storage. Seeds need to be dry going into storage. Generally, seeds are best stored in the freezer in envelopes or bottles in freezer bags. Seeds can be stored in the refrigerator but care must be taken to make sure they stay very dry. Some gardeners are interested in native plants. There are good books on seed propagation of natives. Most seeds need to go through a cool, moist period (called stratification) of a certain length before they are ready to germinate. Call for more information on this topic if you are interested. Don’t ever take seeds from rare plants unless you are engaged in an effort to recover the populations. There are several good books on the subject of seed saving. One is Seeds to Seed: Seed Saving Techniques for the Vegetable Gardener by Suzanne Ashworth. OSU has a nice fact sheet on the subject that can be found at https://extension.oregonstate. edu/gardening/techniques/ collecting-storing-seedsyour-garden Plan to transplant this fall Fall is an ideal time to transplant evergreen shrubs and perennial plants. The trick is to get the beds ready now. Remove the existing sod and work the ground. It may help to water the area at least eight hours before you start to till or spade it so that the soil isn’t so hard. Amend the soil with gen-
erously with good compost (four inches worked in) and lime (if the shrubs or plants like lime). The beds can be covered with clear or black plastic to try and reduce the number of weed seeds. Then, when the weather starts to turn cooler and moist, transplant, divide and conquer. 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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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 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: 503-3965344 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 hold meetings at 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Port of Columbia County office, 100 E St., Columbia City. 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.
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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 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
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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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CITY OF CLATSKANIE CLATSKANIE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that by public sale via on-line dates 09/04/19-09/18/19. CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE Columbia NW Self Storage auction @ storageauctions. Bidder must comply with located at 75764 Heath Rd. com. One unit, unit # storageauctions.com The Clatskanie City Council will meet for a regular meeting on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 7:00 PM in the Clatskanie City Hall Council Chambers, (2nd floor), 75 S. Nehalem St. Agenda items include, but are not limited to: Approval of the minutes of the Aug 7th, 2019 regular
meeting; a presentation by Columbia Co. Tourism Initiative; a discussion have an additional check signer; Discussion on the PERS Employer Incentive Fund, Resolution authorizing a transfer of contingency funds . Recess regular session to go into Exec sessions: Executive Session per ORS
192.660(i); To review and evaluate the employmentrelated performance of the chief executive officer of any public body, a public officer, employee or staff member who does not request an open hearing. An updated agenda will be available at City Hall by August 30th, 2019.
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Clatskanie Park & Recreation District NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING The regular meeting of the Clatskanie Park & Recreation District will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at
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Challenges, progress with Cornelius Pass Project JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net
two weeks, what significant and specific work will take place?
Crews have encountered challenges, but continue to make progress at the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project. The project began in late July and is expected to be completed in late September. The pass is closed 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. The steep, winding and narrow section of NW Cornelius Pass Road has a long history of crashes. The project will reduce some of the rural road’s sharp curves, increase sight distance for drivers, improve road shoulders, and install caution signs, guardrails and barriers. The following is a conversation with Multnomah County Communications Officer Mike Pullen about the project.
Pullen: The contractor is working on some Saturdays and may work the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. In the next two weeks we expect the contractor will excavate to remove the culvert under Cornelius Pass Road near NW 8th Ave. and begin installing the new culvert. They should also be proceeding with excavating the cutslope above the S curves. These work items are to realign the curves to be less sharp.
The Chief: Is the improvement project still on time and on budget? Pullen: There have been schedule challenges and we are working with the contractor to make changes to keep the work on schedule as much as possible. We are still targeting to reopen the road in late September. The Chief: Over the next
The Chief: What traffic issues have been consistent, how have they been dealt with and by whom? Pullen: Some of the best news is that car traffic on the detour route over the West Hills has flowed fairly well and traffic delays have been manageable. Truck drivers continue to illegally use truck restricted roads in the West Hills. The Sheriff’s deputies in Multnomah and Washington counties have issued citations and signs are installed about the truck restrictions. Trucks should use the highways during the closure. The Chief: Are there issues that have developed along the alternative routes? What are those issues and how are they being resolved? Pullen: We have received
realigned. Drilled shafts are being built to support flashing warning beacons that will be installed on the curve approaches. Upcoming Work Permanent safety signs and guardrail are being fabricated for installation in September. Traffic Enforcement
Workers lay asphalt along Cornelius Pass Road as part of the improvements.
comments about short term traffic delays at the signal at Hwy. 30 and NW Newberry Road. The project team has responded to these comments and has made adjustments as needed. The project made a number of changes to traffic control along the detour route, including adding signs and removing vegetation to make signs more visible to drivers. The Chief: What worries or concerns you the most at this point? Pullen: The contractor still has some work items to complete before the road is reopened to traffic. We have an experienced contractor and we are working to resolve issues as quickly as possible. It is exciting to see photos of areas where sharp
Columbia River remains closed to steelhead retention through September Retention of all steelhead (hatchery and wild) will remain closed through Sept. 30 in the mainstem Columbia River from the mouth at Buoy 10 upstream to The Dalles Dam due to poor projected returns. The states of Oregon and Washington decided to extend the August steelhead retention closure for this section of
the Columbia River through September after the projected return of upriver steelhead was downgraded from the preseason forecast of 118,200 fish to 86,000 fish. This action expands on regulations adopted earlier this year to help reduce impacts to upriver steelhead which included area-specific retention closures, a reduced
bag limit (one fish when open), and a no-fishing sanctuary at the Deschutes River mouth.
curves will be realigned to be easier for drivers to navigate. And county maintenance crews have been able to repair potholes and degraded pavement areas during the road closure. Pullen also provided the following information in his weekly update about the Cornelius Pass Project. Back to School Traffic Aug. 28 was the first day of the Portland Public Schools academic year. There are some changes in K-12 school bus routes while NW Cornelius Pass Road is closed. Check out school bus routes for each school at the PPS Transportation website. With school in session, road users will see more traffic, including school buses.
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Be alert for changes in traffic and note the school speed limit by Skyline Elementary School on NW Skyline Blvd. The school is on the main detour route while Cornelius Pass Road is closed. Recent Construction Paving: The base layer of asphalt pavement has been placed at the new vehicle turnouts and at the NW Kaiser Road intersection, where the shoulder has been paved. NW 8th Ave.: The rock base has been placed where a curve in the road south of Hwy. 30 has been realigned. S Curves: Test drilling of the rock overcrop above the roadway has been performed. The contractor is evaluating the best method to remove rock above the road so that the S-curves can be
Sheriff staff from Multnomah and Washington counties have cited drivers for speeding and taking illegal truck trips on side roads. Only trips to a destination on a side road are allowed by trucks. Trucks need to use the highway for through trips. Dump trucks have been reported illegally using NW Newberry Road to reach a Metro-owned property. Metro (503-797-1700) has been contacted to get their contractor to stop this practice. 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. For more information visit, www.multco.us/compass and follow developments of the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project here online and in the Friday editions of The Chief.
Street closures for A Street construction until Labor Day
For the latest Columbia River fishing regulation updates, please visit ODFW’s Recreation Report at https:// myodfw.com/recreation-report/fishing-report/columbiazone.
6.3 quake felt off Oregon Coast A 6.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 178 miles west of Coos Bay on the Oregon Coast Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake at about 8:07 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of 3.3 miles. USGS stated they have received over 100 reports of people feeling the shake but there is not a threat of a tsunami from this earthquake. No immediate damage or injuries have been reported at this time. “The earthquake is on the Blanco Fracture Zone and this is where you have the Juan De Fuca Plate sliding
against the Pacific Plate,” said Althea Rizzo, Oregon Emergency Management Geological Hazards Program Coordinator. Rizzo said the area gets lots of earthquakes such as this larger one, but they are so far away from the coast they don’t have any impact other than reminding us that earthquakes can happen at any time. “There is no relation between this area and the Subduction Zone,” Rizzo said. “They are on opposite sides of the Juan De Fuca Plate.” “This is a great opportunity to spend some time this weekend talking to your
family about emergency preparedness,” Rizzo said. “Make a plan do something this weekend while you have the extra time to be better prepared. it could be buying extra bottled water, extra food and practicing your tsunami evacuation route.” For more information about disaster preparedness, visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency website at ready.gov. Rizzo also recommends that you contact your local fire department to find out if there is an active Community Emergency Response Team group in your city of town and how to get involved.
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Career Readiness Facilitator. CMHS will also be offering the new Alternative Program, offered to students grades 7 through 12, which will include two more new staff members: Dawn Warren, teacher, and Betty Davis, Educational Assistant. “Our Alternative Program will support students who are not or have not been successful in a traditional school setting,” Hurowitz said. “The program will be a hybrid of online, direct core instruction and project-based learning.” The program will take place at the old Community Building/Indian Education Building by the old middle school gym. Interested students should contact CMHS Principal Jim Helmen, or Dawn Warren. CMHS will also implement a new Modified Block Schedule this year, which will have block classes on Monday (Periods 1-3) and Tuesday (Periods 4-7) of 90-minute block periods. Students will have Periods 1-7 in 50-minute class periods on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. “The modified block schedule will allow teacher/ student contact 8 days in a 10-day period,” Helmen wrote in a letter to families and students. CES has something new to implement as well: a daily assembly starting the second week of school, according to O’Donnell. This will be a 15-minute assembly
which will take place every morning in the gym, where students will say the pledge of allegiance and hear daily announcements before going to class.
From Page A1 said. “We need feedback from all our stakeholders to develop a long-range plan. Listening sessions will be scheduled as well as a survey link on our website.” What’s new at the schools Each school will be welcoming some new staff this year. CES has a new principal, Tiffany O’Donnell, as well as several new teachers. Nicole Baldwin will be teaching 4th grade, Hallie Parker will be teaching 1st grade, Bill Leinonen will be teaching Kindergarten, Sara Newhouser will be teaching Kindergarten, Rachel Fuller is the new Resource Specialist and Matthew Thul will be in the ACE Classroom. CMHS has new staff as well: Joanne Kallunki, Counselor; David Ramsey, Life Skills; Glenn Rhodes, Science and STEM, as well as middle school P.E. and football coach. There will be some other staff changes at CMHS. Ryan Tompkins will be the new Dean of Students, overseeing all of grade 7-12 minor disciplinary and attendance issues and will also remain the Athletic Director. Anngie Froke will be the new Main Office Head Secretary, transitioning from being the College and
Communication This year, CSD will start using the REMIND Communication System for families and students, which will text, email or phone families to communicate information about the district. Some students who were involved in athletics may have used the system with coaches, but this year all teachers will have access to the system, according to Hurowitz. “This will allow more communication with the teachers and district. We will continue to use social media as well to share information,” Hurowitz said. Excited for a new school year Overall, school officials said they are looking forward to a new school year. “I look forward to an amazing new 2019-2020 school year as we work together to make CMHS a great place to learn and grow each day!” Helmen wrote in a back-to-school letter. “I’m really excited to see the kids, I can’t wait,” O’Donnell said. “We had a great Kinder Kamp. We can’t wait to see all the other new students.”
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A conceptual drawings of the completed A Street Improvement Project looking north along A Street. Image: Oregon Department of Transportation
Ongoing A Street construction in Rainier means traffic re-routing as of Wednesday, Aug. 28. Work on the $12.2 million street improvement project began Aug. 13. 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. The work could mean traffic delays, limited available parking spaces, and a need for caution in the area with workers and equipment moving throughout the area. Beginning Wednesday, contractors are removing pavement on the south side of A Street and blocking access to A Street via from Hwy 30 on both 1st Street and East 2nd Streets. Access to A Street is via East 3rd with exit at West 2nd Street. That will make A Street one-way westbound only.
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It also means parking on A Street will be limited. 1st Street and East 2nd Street are scheduled to reopen Monday evening. Construction on A Street recently led to a 48-hour boil water advisory for Rainier residents. The city’s water was cut off for six hours after a contractor broke a water main on Aug. 18, according to an official notice. Public works said it was necessary to shut off the water to maintain the city’s reservoir level. Concerns have been raised regarding the eightblock section of downtown Rainier that included an active rail line bisecting the city’s main street, and operating closely with vehicle traffic, pedestrians and bicycles, creating a variety of safety hazards. “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 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. To learn more about the project visit ODOT’s website.
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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. Rainier Police Department August 18 • Officers responded to a false residential alarm.
• Construction workers on A Street accidentally broke a water line. A frustrated elderly woman came out and chased one of the workers with her cane. Peace and water service were restored. • A caller reported a stray dog. • A reportedly suspicious person checked out okay. August 19 • A report was made of a missing juvenile. The juvenile was located and found to be safe and in good health. • A couple of people reported their mailboxes damaged as a result of a hit and run.
August 20 • Officers responded to a business alarm. An employee failed to secure the door. August 21 • Officers responded to a neighborhood disturbance. Peace was restored. • A caller reported receiving threatening messages from an unknown person / number. August 22 • Don’t cry over spilt milk. But do report it if it is stolen. The shoplifter was captured on video.
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CCMH employees and community members run from Hood to Coast
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Back row: Olice Owens, Chris Ward, David Richmond, Jacob Harley, Austin Sharp, Matt Remsburg. Front row: Marina Grozina gives a thumbs up, Elisha Codding, Julia Jackson, Hannah Larsen, Ronelle Landreth, Mary Tolman, with Brandee Dudzic down in front. JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net
It’s not often The Chief has the chance to acknowledge locals who run in the races that annually come through St. Helens. The familiar sight of weary runners navigating their way down Highway 30 is now a yearly staple as we adjust our traffic around them and patiently wait for a group
of runners to pass through an intersection. But who are these people? And why would they put themselves through such a grueling endeavor? This year, St. Helens’ own Columbia Community Mental Health (CCMH) gathered a team of runners to compete in Hood to Coast over the weekend, composed of employees, a board member and a few community members.
“As always, during those torture stretches where you’re running on broken legs at some ungodly hour, I always wonder why I keep doing this,” CCMH Executive Director Julia Jackson said. “199 miles from Mt. Hood to Seaside, a team of 12 passing the baton over 30 hours, three legs of almost 20 miles total … very little sleep, wet wipe showers, stuffed into the back of a Suburu, and
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CCMH Executive Director Julia Jackson stretches sore legs somewhere in the middle of the race.
constant foam rolling. And as always, I’m glad I did it. Pain is knowing you’re alive and pushing yourself further than you had before.” Board Vice President, Brandee Dudzic, said although challenging, she was glad she’d done it and thought it was important that the board be represented at such events. “As the CCMH Board of Directors Vice President,
I don’t just show up once a month for a meeting. I’m involved in so many ways, and the Hood to Coast relay was a wonderful opportunity to get to know the staff better,” Dudzic said. “I’m very proud of this team and the support we showed one another during this delightful little suffer-fest.” Jackson said Exchange 2 was the most difficult for the team, a leg of the race the
Smallmouth bass on the Columbia
Labor Day weekend fishing trips are a tradition on the Columbia River. It’s a great time to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends. This weekend, smallmouth bass fishing should be good on the Columbia River, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Smallmouth bass are golden green to bronze with dark vertical bars and blotches on the side. The upper jaw does not extend beyond the eye. In some locations, it has a red eye. Somewhat smaller than the largemouth, smallmouth bass in Oregon may reach 23-inches and exceed 7 pounds. ODFW said Smallmouth bass are adapted to flowing waters and do well in warm streams with deep holes and rocky ledges. They also prefer lakes and reservoirs with rocky shorelines and limited vegetation. Adult smallmouth feed mostly on fish and crayfish. The following advice was provided by ODFW. Much of what was written about largemouth bass also pertains to smallmouth. Like largemouths, smallmouth bass are less active and much harder to catch when the water temperature is below 50°F. Smallmouth are more likely to be found where cover consists of rock rather than vegetation or sunken wood. The best places to look for them are near rocky points, boulders, ledges, or drop-offs. In the spring they move inshore in lakes and reservoirs and into the shallows of streams as the water warms, according to ODFW. Spawning activity begins when water temperatures reach about 58°F. As with largemouth, the male aggressively guards the nest and fry, making them easier to catch at this time. Other
seasonal behavior is similar to that of largemouth bass, as are the angling techniques used to catch them, but because smallmouth are generally smaller, the lures used are also often smaller. Plastic grubs, crankbaits, and spinners are all effective. “Smallies” are slightly smaller than largemouth bass (Oregon state record is a little under nine pounds), tend to hang out in schools, and prefer cooler, clearer water. Smallmouth bass are more often found in deeper lakes and reservoirs where water temperatures stay cooler, and in moving waters such as the Columbia, Willamette, South Umpqua and John Day rivers. When it comes to strength, fight and acrobatics, smallmouth bass are considered top tier, behind only steelhead and Atlantic salmon (really!). And although other fish might fight harder, few will put on as good a show as a leaping and diving largemouth bass. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass are very opportunistic and can do well in a variety of lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers and sloughs. Best bass fishing seasons Pre-spawn typically begins in April when water temperatures are near 60 degrees. Fish tend to school up in shallow waters and feed heavily. This can be the best time of year to catch big bruisers that normally inhabit the deepest waters. Once spawning ends, bass are not as aggressive and can be more difficult to catch. Summer brings warmer water temperatures and the fish move into deeper, cooler waters. As long as water temperatures stay below 80 degrees, bass will remain
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