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Chevron shooting suspect killed when incident led to deadly use of force JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

A view of the St. Helens Chevron taken hours after the shooting.

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The St. Helens Police Department (SHPD) has confirmed the shooting suspect from the incident at the St. Helens Chevron early Wednesday morning is deceased, and the incident led to the deadly use of force by police.

SHPD officers responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 5:26 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the St. Helens Chevron located at 115 N. Columbia River Highway.

According to the Oregon State Police (OSP), the officers located the vehicle suspected of being involved in the shooting incident, and when they attempted to contact the driver, he or she fled down Highway 30 towards Deer Island.

Officers pursued until the suspect’s vehicle became disabled near milepost 35, where the suspect attempted to flee on foot. It was then the SHPD officer used deadly force, resulting in the suspect’s death.

As is policy, the SHPD officer involved in the fatality has been placed on administrative leave.

The suspect was confirmed de-

ceased at the scene and the ensuing investigation caused the prolonged closure of a portion of Highway 30 between milepost 35 and 36 for approximately a mile around the area.

It remained closed until around 6 p.m.

OSP said detectives are investigating the report of shots being fired from the suspect vehicle prior to, and during the pursuit.

“This was a very dynamic situation with several incident scenes, numerous witnesses, and a large volume of evidence,” OSP said via press release. “In an effort to maintain the integrity of the investigation, information is being withheld until OSP can ensure that witnesses have been interviewed, next of kin notification made and outstanding victims identified and questioned.”

OSP is the lead investigating agency and the SHPD said multiple scenes are currently being investigated.

Anyone with any additional information related to the incident is asked to please call the OSP at 503-375-3555 or 1-800-442-0776.

The Chief will update this story as new information becomes available.

Seely Mint strikes new deal with Burgerville

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Casey Garret, Alison Hart, Amanda Lowthian and Chuck Daughtry spoke to St. Helens City Council last week to ask for more funding for the Columbia County Tourism Initiative.

Tourism Initiative attains more funds CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

Over the past two weeks, the Columbia County Tourism Initiative secured an additional $15,000 in funds from two different organizations: Port of Columbia County and St. Helens City Council. The Port gave $5,000 for the current fiscal year and $5,000 for the next fiscal year. St. Helens City Council contributed $5,000 out of council funds for the current fiscal year.

The funds make up part of the overall $50,000 the initiative has gathered this year, Chuck Daughtry, executive director of CCET said, with a goal of $80,000 to continue the program for another year.

The initiative itself began last year in July of 2018 in collaboration with Travel Portland and the Columbia County Economic Team (CCET) 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.

Representatives Amanda Lowthian, Alison Hart, Daughtry

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Mike Seely, owner and operator of Seely Mint in Clatskanie, stands with his milkshake in front of Burgerville, which recently released a new Seely Mint product.

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Clatskanie residents who have ever bought Seely’s Dark Chocolate Mint Patties may not have known they were purchasing a locally-made product. The item comes from Seely Farm in Clatskanie, which devotes 450 of its 650 acres to growing heirloom Black Mitcham Peppermint and Native Spearmint, which is then broken down to form tea leaf and essential oil. The site also includes a facility to make its chocolate products and other products.

The entire operation is facilitated by Clatskanie resident Mike Seely, and the sweet treats, coated in dark chocolate and filled with a creamy mint filling, are part of a new deal.

On Wednesday, Oct. 9, Burgerville, a local fast-food chain, announced the release of six new milkshakes, all made with hyper-local ingredients. The menu debuted on Oct. 10, and features Classic Chocolate, Sweet Cream, Oregon Strawberry, Portland Cold Brew, Hazelnut Chocolate and Seely’s Mint Patty milkshake. The shake will be available at all 41 Burgerville stores year-round for the rest of the time that Burger-

ville is around, Seely said.

“I can’t divulge how many of them they expect to sell, but I looked at the number and I went, ‘Oh my gosh,’” Seely said.

The opportunity came about when Jamie Powell, vice president of product development at Burgerville, who had worked with Seely Mint during her former position in management at New Seasons reached out to Seely this past spring and asked him if he had any thoughts on some new flavors. Because Burgerville’s mission is to go with local products and clean ingredients, they thought Seely’s mint products would be a good contributor.

From that point, Seely shipped the company a bunch of samples and worked with Powell and her Burgerville team to develop the finished product.

“We threw out a couple of different ideas and they came back with, ‘we really like a peppermint patty milkshake,” Seely said.

“They’ve been really easy to work with.”

The milkshake will be made with Burgerville’s ice cream, which is sourced from a highend retailer, Seely’s peppermint oil and crushed up Seely’s mint patties. During the milkshake-

crafting brainstorming process, Seely said Burgerville did not try to change the recipe of the mint patties.

The other milkshakes have ingredients coming from local retailers and farms like Holy Kakow, Alpenrose Dairy, Liepold Farms, Portland Roasting and Ground Up PDX. Seely said his farm employs old-fashioned tactics for growing mint. While 19 people are employed to take care of Seely’s four products, including the patties and also mint tea, bark and melts, the farm itself is worked only by Seely himself along with his wife and son. (Seely has a daughter who also works on the farm but devotes herself to cattle raising.)

The primary ingredient in the shake is the mint patty itself, which is infused with Seely’s peppermint oil.

Seely Mint has contracted with other companies in the past as well. They sold a mint milkshake at the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo about five years ago, partnering with the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association. According to Seely, the shake was a hit.

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New Director: As Beck exits United Way, Catt takes the reins JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

Claire Catt has some big shoes to fill in her new role as Executive Director of United Way of Columbia County. She will step into the position that has, until Friday, Oct. 11, been filled

by Kathye Beck for the past 24 years.

Beck notified her board several months ago that she would be retiring, and a traditional interview process began. Catt, who had been working for Columbia Health Services (CHS) for the past two years, was excited when the board extended her the offer, but due to pregnancy and the birth of her newest child, she couldn’t start as soon as everyone wanted her to.

It could be considered a clear sign that Catt was the right person for the position, because she said the board was very flexible in working with her to fill the role.

“I’m really excited. The United Way office has right up the hallway a childcare center, so my baby can go to work and have childcare right beside me now,” Catt said.

Catt’s love of Columbia County is apparent when she speaks about moving from CHS to United Way. Prior to her time at CHS, she spent

about seven years working as a Nutrition Educator for the OSU Extension Service – both could be considered positions of service that require compassion and dedication to the community’s overall health.

“I love Columbia County.

I love raising my kids in Columbia County and I believe passionately in the work the United Way does, not only through the giving, but volunteerism and advocacy for those focus areas,” Catt said.

She admitted it’s been a difficult time to be a brandnew Executive Director for our local United Way, because she stepped in right in the middle of their capital campaign season. Right now, her job, in addition to learning about the daily tasks that Beck accomplishes, is working with employers to have their employees sign up for the 2020 donation year.

This will ensure they have everything in line for payroll deduction beginning in January.

She said she will always remember her first day as Sept. 11, and in just under a month, she’s been working on outreach. Catt said Georgia Pacific is a really strong partnership, as well as the local PUDs, but she’s also trying to build new partnerships with the county’s largest employers to provide a way for their employees to

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give locally.

“100 percent of what’s given in Columbia County stays in Columbia County,” Catt said.

United Way of Columbia County focuses on three areas: education, health and

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financial stability for all.

Some of the programs that are funded include home delivered meals, which involves giving funds to our local food pantries to facilitate that process. They also help fund the Dolly Parton Imagina-

tion Library, which provides a book a month to local children in the county aged zero to five years old. That program currently has about 1,100 children signed up.

“So, we need more families to sign their kids up, but that’s an example of one education specific project that’s funded through United Way,” Catt said.

“The Columbia Pacific Food Bank is a donor that receives money from United Way, as well as Columbia Community Mental Health and the Community Action Team for several programs, including their seniors and disability program and their parenting programs.”

Beck, who plans to take a vacation for the rest of the month after her last day, said she’s excited to see Catt take over. She was quick to say Catt has jumped in with both feet and is staying above water.

“I think she’s going to be great. She’s got energy and enthusiasm and great connections in the community, so I think she’s going to be a great person to make United Way grow and continue to increase the awareness in the community,” Beck said.

There is a retirement celebration scheduled to honor Beck, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 14, at Columbia River Reception & Events at Meriwether Place, located

at 1070 Columbia Blvd.

Anyone who has worked with Beck or knows about her impact on the community is welcome to come and celebrate with her.

“I’m excited to leave and start a new adventure, but I’m sorry to leave because I’m going to miss all the people I’ve worked with over the past 24 years,” Beck said. “It’s been a phenomenal adventure serving here at United Way and it’s been such a privilege to work with everyone to make a difference in the lives of the people of Columbia County.”

When asked about her goals as she steps into the role, Catt said her top priority is to continue the legacy that Beck has built, and to expand and build new partnerships and innovative programs.

“Give generously and give where your heart tells you to give in the future.

Really keep your eyes out,” Catt said. “United Way will continue to do programs such as Clatskanie’s Health and Safety fair, diaper drives and school supply drives, but hopefully, we’re also expanding and tapping into more opportunities for volunteerism. We want to get community members of all ages engaged with acts of volunteer service in our local community.”

CCSO announces first two Hometown Hero nominees

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Cassandra Gardner.

Lucas Young.

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The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is well into Round 2 of their Hometown Heroes campaign, and last week announced their first two candidates who are currently serving overseas.

The first is Cassandra Gardner, A1C, of the United States Air Force.

Gardner grew up in Goble and graduated from Rainier High School in 2017. While in high school, she competed on the Rainier swim team.

She has always enjoyed the outdoors. Some of Gardner’s favorite outdoor activities include camping, fishing, hunting and target shooting.

She especially enjoys riding

motorcycles with her dad.

Gardner is close to her family including her parents, Don and Angela Jacobs, her three sisters who are also graduates of Rainier High School, and her four nieces.

Gardner was married to Christopher Gardner this past July.

“Cassandra is currently stationed in Misawa Japan,” the CCSO announced via Facebook. “Let’s show Cassandra and the other 104 Hometown Heroes (and their families) how much we appreciate their hard work, courage and sacrifice.”

The CCSO’s second Hometown Hero is Lucas Young, E5/Electronics Tech-

nician Petty Officer Second Class, of the United States Navy.

Young grew up between Rainier and Clatskanie.

He attended both school districts but graduated from Piercing Arrow Private School in Clatskanie, Oregon. Young is a Clatskanie Troop 241 Eagle Scout and volunteered throughout Columbia County during his scouting career.

Young is an Instrumentation & Industrial Automation graduate of Perry Technical Institute. He is the son of Charles and Anna Young, and he married his wife Nikole in 2018.

He loves experiment-

ing with renewable energy and created his own solar rig back in 2015. Some of his other interests include hiking, camping, gun safety and private instruction, and being involved with veterans’ organizations. Young is an American Legion Post 68 member and VFW Post 379 member.

“Lucas is currently deployed in the Persian Gulf,” the CCSO said. “Let’s show Lucas how much the residents of Columbia County appreciate his sacrifice and service.”

The CCSO will be accepting donations on behalf of our own Hometown Heroes until Oct. 31.

Devinaire hangar project breaks ground at Scappoose Industrial Airpark

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Time change for farewell to St. Helens National Guard battalion JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

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Key Columbia County stakeholders, port staff and commissioners, and Sen. Betsy Johnson broke ground at the Scappoose Industrial Airpark on Oct. 7.

The Port of Columbia County held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Oct. 7 for a new hangar and office building at the Scappoose Industrial Airpark. The building will be built-to-suit for Devinaire LLC, and will be used as an administrative, operations and maintenance facility. The company provides private jet charter services from Portland to Seattle and other destinations in the Pacific Northwest, as well as aircraft maintenance and storage services.

The project plans call for 27,000 square feet of clear-span hangar space with complete utilities and fire protection and 4,500 square feet of office area. The project was initially stalled due to expensive state fire safety regulations for the construction of airplane hangars. The port has worked closely with the local and State Fire Marshal’s offices, State Building Codes Division, the City of Scappoose, and other key stakeholders over the last

year to implement a suitable and affordable solution for this project, possibly making it a model for new airport projects statewide.

“This has been a really long process, but one that needed to happen due to the complexity of the project,” said Devinaire’s owner Aaron Soule. “We’ve had many bumps in the road to get here, but we have had a great experience working with the Port of Columbia County. They’ve shown they are very pro-business, so we’re excited about that.”

Construction of the $3.25 million building is partly being financed by a $2.5 million loan from Business Oregon, with that total cost repaid by Devinaire through monthly lease payments to the port. When the building is complete, Devinaire will move its current operations from Hillsboro to the Scappoose Industrial Airpark, employing up to 20 people.

Port Commissioner Larry Ericksen said this is a testa-

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ment to what can happen when different leaders in the community come together.

“This is going to bring good jobs and a good tax base, and I’m really glad that the port is in a position to be able to do it.”

“Today is a significant groundbreaking because it welcomes another aviation company to the Scappoose airport,” said State Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose. “We believe that this is going to be the first in a series of groundbreakings as OMIC and the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation District takes off. Today is just one more step in an almost 40-year vision for the potential of this airport and we’re glad to have Devinaire in the neighborhood and look forward to a long and productive business relationship.”

Contractor JH Kelly was awarded the contract for the construction of the building, which is expected to be complete by May of 2020.

The St. Helens based Bravo Company 741 Brigade Engineer Battalion of Oregon Army National Guard will deploy to the Middle East this fall, and the community is invited to a special farewell ceremony in their honor.

The ceremony will now begin at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13 at St. Helens High School, located at 2375 Gable Road.

All are encouraged to attend. Those already involved include: Veterans of Foreign

Wars, American Legion Auxiliary, Elks Lodge, Elks Veteran Bunker, American Heritage Girls, Daughters of the American Revolution, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, law enforcement and first responders.

Vivian Rupe, Service Project Coordinator for American Heritage girls, has worked and partnered with all of the organizations mentioned above, and also partners with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) for their ‘Hometown Heroes of Columbia County” campaign. For Round 2 of the campaign, they are rais-

ing funds to not only support those who are already serving active duty overseas, but to support these local soldiers preparing to deploy.

“The sheriff’s department has been amazing at being a huge supporter and I’m thrilled to partner with them to give our soldiers all the love and support possible,” Rupe said. “Now that we have so many Columbia County residents being deployed and leaving their families, it hits home. They need our support before deployment, while they’re overseas, and when they return.”

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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

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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: 503-3965344 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 503396-5344 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.

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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.

•O bituaries • • Carl John Blodgett

Feb. 5, 1948 ~ Sept. 30, 2019 Carl John Blodgett was born on Feb. 5, 1948 in Portland, Oregon to Iola and Earl Blodgett. He passed away on Sept. 30, 2019 at his home in Clatskanie.

Carl was a veteran of the Vietnam war serving in the First Air Cavalry Division. He worked at the Wauna Mill for 44 years before his retirement in 2010. He married Linda Reed on Aug. 10, 1968. He was a devoted husband to his wife Linda; being married for 51 years. He was a loving father, grandfather, and great-grandfather to all of his children and grandchildren.

Carl was an avid sportsman spending much of his time hunting, fishing and attending sporting events.

He will be remembered by those that knew him for being a dependable, hardworking and genuine man. He loved his family and friends like no other and he always sent the message to everyone to do things the right way and never take shortcuts. Carl lived a great life and touched many people on his journey.

He is survived by his wife Linda; siblings Don Carnahan of Clatskanie, Kent Blodgett of Clatskanie and Lisa McCort of Vancouver, Washington; children Kendra Poor (Troy) of Clatskanie and John Blodgett (Sarah)

of Clatskanie; grandchildren Cameron Carson (Mekenzie), Kaitlyn Carson, Codi Blodgett, Dawson Howard, Cooper Blodgett; Crew Blodgett, Shelby Blodgett, Nathan Poor and Bethany Poor; and greatgrandchildren Kaydence and Landon Carson.

A service will be held at 11 a.m. on Sat., Oct. 12, 2019 in the Clatskanie High School Auditorium. Interment at Murray Hill Cemetery and a luncheon at the Clatskanie Cultural Center will follow the service.

Those that would like to donate can do so to the following organizations: Clatskanie Boosters, PO Box 1166, Clatskanie, OR 97016 or Longview Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 2067, Longview, WA 98632.

Margaret Elaine (Shannon) Koljonen Nov. 11, 1947 ~ Aug 8, 2019

Margaret was born on Nov. 11, 1947 in Lebanon, Oregon to parents Arne Vincent Shannon and Geraldine Margaret Cobler Shannon. She passed away at home in Westport, Oregon on Aug. 8, 2019.

George graduated from Knappa High School in 1964 and then joined the Marine Corps. Margaret, who graduated from Knappa in 1965, married George Koljonen on July 8, 1967 in Knappa, Oregon. They moved to California for 14 months where George completed his military commitment to the Marine Corps, after having served in Vietnam for 13 months. In 1971, they moved to Westport. They were married for 52 years.

Margaret initially worked as a secretary in the office at the then Crown Zellerbach paper mill, at Wauna, Oregon until she woke up one morning, sat up in bed and announced, “I’m going to be a NURSE!” She got up, got dressed and went in to Clatsop College in Astoria where she signed up for the necessary classes for two years and followed that with two years at Lower Columbia College Nursing School with a (CCRN) Critical Care RN. She worked in the ICU at Monticello and St. John’s Hospitals in Longview, Washington for 13 years until she was forced to retire by advancing Multiple Sclerosis.

Her father, Arne Shannon,

was the 1st Superintendent of the Gnat Creek Fish Hatchery which opened near Knappa in 1959.

Margaret is survived by her husband George; son Tim; daughter Katy; two granddaughters Kara and Natasha; two great-grandsons (twins) Aiden and Carter; one greatgranddaughter Allie; two sisters Barbara Shannon Fredericks of Bothell, WA and Carol Shannon Reeves of Westport, Oregon; and her caregiver of 11 years, Louisa Escobar, who considered Margaret and George to be her “Mom and Pops” and her daughter Maria Magdalena, who knew Margaret as grandma since she was born.

A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. on Oct. 19, 2019 at Union Hall in Westport, Oregon with a potluck to follow.

If you wish, donations may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Margaret Ann Calvert-Kasner Dec. 16, 1948 ~ Oct. 5, 2019

Margaret Ann Calvert-Kasner of Centralia, Washington passed away on Oct. 5, 2019.

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Student Success Act will improve schools CATHY HUROWITZ Superintendent of Clatskanie School District

The Student Success Act marks a turning point for education in Oregon. Our district has an important

role to play. We need your input to help develop a plan to best meet the needs of our students and our community. During this past Legislative session passed the Student Success Act (HB3427) which will substantially increase revenue

for K-12 schools. The passage of this act will improve our schools for years to come. To ensure that the funds are used to support students each District must apply for the funds. The funds have restricted use and Districts are responsible

for seeking community, staff, and student input for the use of the funds. The funds may be used in four key areas: 1.) increased instructional time, 2.) student health and safety, 3.) class size reduction, and 4.) a well-rounded education. In

the next few weeks students, staff, parents, guardians, and community members will be asked to fill out a couple of surveys providing input. We will rely on this input to put our plan together as we apply for the additional funding. Please

watch your inbox, our Facebook pages and websites for links to the surveys. If you have any questions please contact one of our schools or the Clatskanie District Office.

Thank you in advance for your input and support.

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• Support for anti-vax parade group Dressed in Anonymous costumes, a small group silently marched in the St. Helens Halloween Town Parade with signs and flyers.

The crowd greeted them with a mix of gratitude and indecency. The following days, they were taunted with hate speech on Facebook. I am appalled with the citizens of Columbia County, many being Christian, as wished harm to other human beings.

Seems that we are only worried about a handful of illnesses that vaccines have been created for. Have we have forgotten about the hundreds of other viruses and bacteria that can cause just as much damage, and what protects us from those? Why aren’t we concerned about 54% of our youth having chronic childhood illnesses, and where it is coming from?

Are auto-immune disorders, peanut allergies, autism, and toddlers with cancer so common that we just accept it?

Where was chronic childhood illness 70 years ago? Could the decline of disease and illness have been related to our improved sanitation, refrigeration, nutrition, hygiene and use of IV fluids when needed? Should we continue to put products into our children from liability free manufacturers who make $50 billion on vaccines alone?

Would we purchase other ‘safety products’ such as car seats knowing the manufacturer wouldn’t be liable for

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damage to our child? Many people simply aren’t aware of these things. The way I see it, the vaccine marchers are fighting for everyone’s child, whether you want to join the fight or not. At the very least, they brought awareness.

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Who is in control?

I would like to know who is responsible for the decision to bring Portland’s mentally challenged and drug addicts to our lovely community? Why are we allowing Portland to just dump their problems on us?

The County Commissioners, the Mayor and the rest of the tentacles of our local government cannot take care of our own people that are mentally unstable and drug-addicted, yet feel free to allow more to come here. They are building housing for them, our jails are filling with them, and a special clinic is being built just for them that our citizens will not have access to.

All this seems like just another thing that our local and county government has failed us in. Our elderly and our homeless veterans are underserved in the community.

WHY do we put them dead last in the equation? Why do we not have the funds to keep the meals at the Senior Center going or to have funds to help our elderly and disabled on low income to pay their energy bills so they don’t have to choose between buying medicine or food to sustain

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them and paying their energy bill? Most of these were once the hard-working people who helped build St Helens. Even the current situation places them on a waiting list with able-bodied people who sometimes know how to skirt the system. Why not implement a winterization program to help them reduce their energy bills such as Portland had done in the past? There are grants out there to get this done including the materials.

Our homeless veterans are being told there is no housing for them and they must wait.

How long must they wait, now that you are building homes for Portland’s people? Since the homeless veterans will not get access to the nice housing you are building for Portland’s people that are being bused to our community, I feel their wait for housing will be very lengthy, if at all. These are people who went and did a job a few of us would do if we were asked, yet still, they stand in line for resources that they have earned in my opinion.

What did the Portland people being bused here do to deserve special treatment? Nothing.

It seems to be all about the Benjamin.

St. Helens has its own beauty and the people are its strongest asset. There is a lot of talent here to make it an even better community. Politicians who want to make it like Portland, clearly do not have Columbia County’s best interest in mind, only their pockets in my opinion.. We need to stop the back door deals that are destroying our County and demand an honest accounting of where our tax dollars are spent. I tend to believe that its citizens should have more say

in what to keep and what to cut when it comes to budgeting programs.

We need to support things that are vital to our community like our EMS. Our EMS is stretched to its limit and we have no emergency care facility to speak of here. To dump more problems on our EMS will only make things worse for our community. Longer response times, more stress to our EMS personnel, more crime, and of course, stressing our resources even thinner.

Our EMS is very good at what they do with what they have, and yet getting support from the tentacles of government is lame at best. Our EMS put their lives on the line each day and should be protected with better equipment to keep them doing what they do. Why must they come with their hat in hand to our city and county government and hear they don’t have the funds? Give them what they need to do their job. After all, what good is anything for the community if the citizen’s safety is at risk?

Simply announcing a hearing when the majority of the people may not be able to attend and shoving projects like the Portland issue through is simply nothing more than a threat to our community and its citizens. Our citizens should have had a say in the Portland issue with a ballot, yet it was simply a back door deal. I wonder just who thought that would be a good thing for our community? Were they getting funds on the side from agreeing to the project? One has to wonder. I believe that the citizens deserve much more than the current tentacles of government are willing to give them and simply accepting what all

the tentacles of our local and county government will only make it worse. I sincerely hope that people will actually take note of what is going on in our community and vote those fat cats responsible for our community decline out of office come election day.

Lorene Nowling Deer Island

What is Measure 5-277?

It will provide stable funding for transit services in Columbia County by creating a Transit Service District, which will remain under oversight of the Columbia County Board of Commissioners. It will NOT create more staff, boards or another entity.

It provides a permanent tax rate of .18 cents per $1000 of assessed property value. That is about $34 a year on an average valued home. Far less than a daily cup of coffee.

Columbia County is the only county in the State that does NOT have a sustainable tax to operate public transportation. The County provided $135,000 in State lottery

funds used to match funds for State Transportation grants.

These grant funds can only be used to expand services, NOT to operate existing service and are NOT guaranteed.

Transit funding presently comes from 60% grants, which require matching funds; 25% from fares of passengers; 9% from contracts with employers; and 6% from state lottery funds and local city contributions.

This is NOT enough to operate a stable transit system or prevent service cuts. This affects not only commuters, but disabled, seniors, students & veterans who rely on public transportation throughout Columbia County. This results in less reliable service and a decrease in ridership overall.

I know, because I’ve taken the bus for 20+ years.

About now, you may be asking yourself, why should I care, I don’t use public transportation. Reliable public transportation increases livability for everyone. For every $1 spent on transit, $4 comes back into local communities. Even if you don’t use public transit, someone you know does or will in the near future. Maybe even you.

Pam Heimuller St. Helens

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Clatskanie Grows: Caring for roses and planting garlic Chief Guest Column by CHIP BUBL

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Food preservation season still 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 Lots of upcoming events:

Native Plant Sale in Scappoose. The Scappoose Bay Watershed Council is holding a native plant sale on Saturday, October 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at their greenhouse behind Scappoose High School (watch for signs). There is always a great selection of plants and nice prices. Proceeds benefit local restoration efforts.

Big-Leaf Maple Syrup Class in St. Helens There will be a maple syrup-making class on Sat-

urday, October 12. The doors will open at 9 a.m. and the class will start at 9:30 at the Extension office in St. Helens. The class will be led by Joe McGilvra, who has been tapping big leaf maples for their sap for several years. He has a lot to share. The class is free and open to all. Please call 503 397-3462 to register.

All About Fruit Show in Canby This is the premier show about fruit growing and tasting. The show will be Saturday, October 19 and Sunday the 20 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby. Admission charge is $7. It is put on by the Home Orchard Society, a collective effort by people who love to grow fruit. There are lots of classes and demonstrations.

Go to their website for more information. http://www. homeorchardsociety.org/ Oregon Mycological Society Fall Mushroom Show in Portland At the annual fall mushroom show on Sunday, October 27, from noon-5 p.m. you can view beautifully displayed specimens from around the region and talk to mushroom experts.

There will be vendors, books for sale, mushroom cooking samples, great speakers, and much more. At is at the World Forestry Center across the parking lot from the Oregon Zoo. Admission, $5 adults, $3 seniors/students.

For more information go to https://www.wildmushrooms. org/ Fall orchard cleanup There are several things that can be done nor to improve your orchard and fruit quality for next year.

First, see if you

is a common fungal disease called anthracnose that makes big wounds in apple limbs and shoots. This is the time to spray for that disease with a copper fungicide.

Copper, which is considered to be an organic spray, protects the trees against several bacterial and fungal diseases.

The

roll through. Final pruning is done in February. Roses benefit from a spray of copper after high pruning. The treatment will help to reduce rose diseases next spring. It also doesn’t hurt to cleanup leaves that have fallen as they are a disease inoculum source. As a last step in your fall rose maintenance, have some bark mulch circling the plants to ready pull up over the graft union in case we have a serious cold snap.

Garlic should be planted this month

Clatskanie Grows can get deer to eat fallen apples. That may reduce the problems with apple maggot, which makes tiny tunnels throughout the apple flesh. The maggots emerge from the fruit and pupate in the soil near where the apple fell. They don’t like deer digestion. This technique is less successful with codling moth which makes the big tunnel to the core.

Second, while the leaves are still on, remove any dead or dying limbs when you can see them. Third, there

stone fruits (peaches, plums, cherries, etc.) and apples benefit the most. Blueberries and the trailing berries like Marions and Boysens also benefit from fall copper. As always, read and follow all label instructions.

Rose care Roses should be highpruned to about knee high late this month. This keeps roses from being windwhipped as winter storms

Pick a sunny place that you can allow the garlic to grow until mid-July. Lime the soil at the rate of about 10 pounds per 100 square feet, fertilize with a bit of organic or conventional fertilizer, and work the soil (into raised beds if there is a concern about drainage in the winter).

You can order garlic or if you find good looking garlic at a farmers market, you can use it as well. Break the bulb into cloves and plant the medium to large cloves.

Garlic is generally planted with the clove tops about two inches deep and spaced about four inches apart within rows that are roughly a foot apart. Cover the surface of the soil with a light amount of organic mulch (sawdust, compost, etc.) and keep the bed weeded. Garlic roots will start to grow immediately but the tops may not show until early January. Keep weeding through the winter and spring, fertilize again

in February and late April, and bait for slugs if you see any top damage. Harvest in mid-July.

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

Offbeat Oregon History: Carrie Bradley’s sidekicks proved very bad at corpse disposal Chief guest column by FINN J.D. JOHN

On the morning of Nov. 25, 1881, two men were walking to work along the North End waterfront when they saw something incongruous in the river, just off the foot of Everett Street.

It was a pair of bare legs, sticking straight up out of the river, tied together with a piece of wire.

The two of them hurried on to work and reported what they’d seen to their supervisor, who promptly called the cops, and the coroner had to get a rowboat and paddle out to retrieve what was obviously going to be a very dead corpse from the drink.

The body turned out to be that of a man in his early 50s, with a trim gray mustache and crescent-shaped scars over each of his eyes. He was wearing nothing but a shirt and collar, and had a hand towel loosely knotted around his neck. And it couldn’t have been more obvious that he’d been dumped there — in addition to the wire around his feet, another wire had been used to tie a big rock around his neck to weight his body down.

The coroner soon discovered that the wires binding the feet had been attached to a rock as well, but it had slipped free, leaving the body free to float upright at the top of its tether after decomposition had filled its abdominal cavity with gas. So it had wound up with its feet and legs pointed straight up, sticking out of the river for all to see.

They also found that it had been beaten pretty severely with something heavy and blunt, but not badly enough to have been the cause of death.

Although this sure looked like a murder victim, after the body went unidentified for several days the coroner had it buried; remember, there was

TOURISM From Page A1 and Casey Garret presented on the Tourism Initiative to city councilors and port commissioners.

During their presentation, the initiative reviewed its progress to councilors, including three different projects: Prescott Beach in Rainier, Crown Zellerbach Trail in Scappoose and the new St. Helens Recreation Area.

Clatskanie residents in particular may have seen big changes come to Prescott Beach in the last year. According to Garret, the beach now has a large parking area, 50 overnight spots for tents and cabins, event venue space, a boat

no refrigeration technology in 1881, and the body had already smelled pretty ripe when it arrived.

But by the time it was buried, one or two people had come to view the body who knew exactly who it was.

One of those was Portland Chief of Police James Lappeus. If he didn’t recognize the vic, he certainly would have recognized his name; this was the body of James Nelson Brown, the county prosecutor’s star witness in a prosecution against Portland’s most notorious bordello madam, Carrie Bradley — who was a good friend of the chief’s, and had (according to a fairly credible rumor) paid him $500 to let her slip out of town on the quiet if the prosecution got too hot.

Which, it looked like, it would not, seeing as how its main witness was here stinking up the morgue instead of in the dock singing like a canary.

The other in-the-know visitor was one of Carrie’s bordello girls, 21-year-old Dolly Adams, and she definitely knew who he was. She was the prostitute whom James Nelson Brown had pressed theft charges against after he woke up following a night of passion with $6 missing from his wallet.

Dolly not only recognized Brown, she also recognized the towel that was knotted around his neck. She immediately hurried back to the brothel and told Carrie Bradley — who responded by rounding up all the towels in the house and throwing them into the parlor stove.

Well, Chief Lappeus may have been in on the swindle, but now that there was an obvious murder victim slabbed out in the morgue, there was a limit to how helpful he’d be able to be. The other city cops soon were working the case. Constable Sam Simmons started wandering around dock and transient dock, as well as a multimilliondollar master plan serving as a road map for future changes.

Both city councilors and Port commissioners seemed supportive of the initiative’s progress at their respective meetings.

“I’m a believer in ‘build it, and they will come’” commissioner Larry Ericksen said during the Port meeting on Oct. 9.

The initiative has been gradually building funds, obtaining $10,000 from Columbia County and $5,000 from the City of Scappoose.

The group has yet to ask the cities of Rainier, Clatskanie and Vernonia, as well as other public and private entities for support.

According to Daughtry, the initiative has now raised

Photo: The Oregonian

This photo of Carrie Bradley appeared in the Morning Oregonian after her trial.

asking hotel clerks if they’d had a guest with scars on his forehead, and pretty soon he stopped in at the National Hotel on Yamhill, and then the cat was out of the bag.

Carrie Bradley, eager to get her hands on Brown to shut him up, had sent her boyfriend, Pete Sullivan (who was also her “recruiter” of new prostitutes for her staff), out on the town with instructions to find James Brown and do whatever it took to get him back into Carrie’s place. Pete had gone out, accompanied by his young sidekick Asa “Ace” Nisonger (who was dating one of Carrie’s girls), and soon found his mark drinking and gambling at one of the other joints downtown — the Grotto Saloon on Morrison Street.

A casual suggestion that they all head over to Carrie Bradley’s place for a good time went over with a dull thud. No way, Brown said, was he going back to that place. So Pete surreptitiously sent ace back to the “Court of Death” to fetch Carrie.

Carrie soon arrived, accompanied, for some reason (maybe to identify him?) by Dolly Adams.

Brown, seeing Dolly, said, “That’s the girl I had arrested.”

Carrie, now that the identification had been confirmed, turned on the charm. She apologized profusely to Brown for all the trouble her girls had caused him, chatted him up, bought him a drink or two, and soon the four of them were carousing like old friends.

They got a bit loud about it, though, and when the saloon owner asked them to keep it down, Carrie suggested that they go back to her house, where they could sing and dance all they wanted. Brown said he’d rather not go back there, whereupon Carrie Bradley set her femme-fatalesexiness phaser on “kill” and let him have it: “But tonight, you go with me,” she purred, batting her eyes at him.

The upshot was, Brown walked into Carrie Bradley’s house for a second and final time.

Soon Brown was carousing in the whorehouse parlor, guzzling brandy laced with opium.

“Professor” Otto Jordan was hammering away on the piano, as usual, and the other girls were around as well; so if Carrie wanted to put the ice

approximately $50,000.

“We’re getting close to getting the funding we need for another year, we might be a little bit short, but we’ll adjust to fit our budget,” Daughtry said.

Representatives from the Tourism Initiative said the reason they were asking for funds was because they did not have enough funding from the Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) coming in to support their future work.

The TLT helped support the initiative at the beginning.

The next step for the initiative, according to Daughtry is to figure out a way to make the initiative sustainable.

“We’re not quite sure how we’re going to fund it,” Daughtry said. “Maybe a county-wide room tax, we just don’t know yet.”

SHAKE

on Brown that night she’d have to be subtle about it. She pulled Ace Nisonger aside and, claiming an attack of rheumatism (surely an odd affliction for a 28-year-old woman), asked him if there was any chloroform around; Ace told her they were fresh out. She handed him a dollar and sent him down to a late-night drugstore to buy some.

It took a lot of opiated brandy to do it, but eventually James Nelson Brown passed out. Carrie and Dolly carried him upstairs to bed with a little help from Pete Sullivan, and tucked him in. Then Dolly and Pete left the room … but Carrie stayed behind. She got out a hand towel and one of the two fifty-cent bottles of chloroform that Ace had brought back for her, soaked the towel in it, and tied it securely around Brown’s face.

Then she left him to die in her bed.

Meanwhile, Pete Sullivan and Ace Nisonger had left the house and were off gambling and drinking elsewhere. They hadn’t been ready to call it a night when Brown passed out, and apparently they weren’t aware of what Carrie had in mind for him; so they’d taken the party down the road.

Around 3 a.m. they staggered home, headed off to bed with their respective ladyfriends, and were rudely awakened at around 9 a.m. after Dolly knocked on Carrie’s door and said, “He’s dead.”

Sullivan rushed to Brown’s room and, sure enough, there Brown was, dead in bed with a chloroform rag knotted around his face.

Then the door burst open and Carrie Bradly stormed in, a pair of brass knuckles wrapped around her right fist. Straight to the corpse she went, and started savagely pounding it with the knucks.

“You two are in this as deep as me,” she told Pete and Ace. “You have to help me get rid

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The mint patties are also sold at Bertucci’s, Fred Meyer and New Seasons. At New Seasons, the mint patties are a top 40 product in all their stores across the US and Canada. The mint farm has also formed partnerships with other ice cream companies, including Tillamook, Alpenrose, Salt and Straw, and Ruby Jewel all of which use Seely’s mint oil.

Seely said the main difference between his mint farm and other farms is that they harvest at a three to five percent bloom in order to get the optimum flavor out of the mint leaves. Not enough bloom, and the mint

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Mike Seely holds the Mint Patty milkshake.

leaves would not be ripe for harvest, too much bloom and the mint oil would be bitter, according to Seely.

Other farms, according

of him.”

So Pete went down to the cellar with the fireplace-ashes shovel to try to dig a grave.

He got just a few inches into the ground before giving up.

Carrie sent Dolly to fetch her ex-boyfriend, Charley Hamilton — they’d split up fairly acrimoniously some time before, and she’d tried to get him arrested for assault and for trying to light her house on fire, but apparently they’d patched things up.

Hamilton took over corpsedisposal duties. He waited for dark and then, calling in a hack driver he knew, he propped up the dead guy in the back and they took him down to the river, tied him neck and feet to a couple big rocks, and heaved him overboard.

The ensuing murder trial had Portland spellbound. Carrie tried to pin it on Dolly, but nobody believed her. Dolly turned state’s evidence and got off with a few weeks in jail; Carrie was sent up the river for a 12-year stretch on a manslaughter conviction. Released after five years, she moved with Sullivan to Mount Shasta, Calif., and set up a new brothel there. They lasted about five years; but eventually Pete was arrested and sent back to prison for enticing girls into prostitution, and Carrie shot herself.

(Sources: Murder & Mayhem in Portland Oregon, a book by J.D. Chandler published in 2013 by The History Press; archives of Portland Morning Oregonian, 12 Feb 1882 through 19 Jun 1882) Finn J.D. John teaches at Oregon State University and writes about odd tidbits of Oregon history. His book, Heroes and Rascals of Old Oregon, was recently published by Ouragan House Publishers.

To contact him or suggest a topic:finn@offbeatoregon.com or 541-357-2222. to Seely, sacrifice flavor in order to make a larger profit.

“Most mint farming now has gone in the direction of competing as a commodity crop instead of producing a premium oil,” Seely said.

“Most of the peppermint in the Willamette Valley and in many other areas is harvested twice a year now. They harvest in late June and then they harvest again about the middle of September and they don’t harvest it when the plant is mature.”

Seely said while the farm uses some technology to keep track of irrigation and other matters, they don’t sacrifice quality for quantity.

“I can give you a sample of our peppermint oil and you’ll see the difference,” Seely said.

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What you should know about Domestic Violence Awareness Month locally JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

On Oct. 2, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners, alongside SAFE of Columbia County’s Executive Director, Ellyn Bell, proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month – and there are several plans in place to increase education and awareness around the subject.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month began as The Day of Unity in 1981, and focused on connecting advocates working to end domestic violence across the country. By 1987, the day had grown into an entire month devoted to mourning those who have died due to domestic violence and celebrating those who have survived while connecting those in the work to end the violence.

Throughout the month, SAFE will be participating in activities devoted to the cause, and first up is a Domestic Violence Vigil to be held at 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 9 on the Columbia County Courthouse steps. Bell said the vigil will last about 15 minutes and is simply a way to honor the memory of those who’ve lost their lives and the courage of the survivors of domestic violence.

“We want to not only enhance the awareness of people in the community, but to encourage people to volunteer in the community,” Bell said. “We need to do a

strong push for new volunteer advocates.”

Volunteers do go through a 40-hour training and background check, but Bell said it’s a good opportunity for college students or those interested in social services, as long as they’re over 18 years old.

Volunteers answer phones for the SAFE hotline and can work from home as their answering service directs calls to volunteers wherever they are and to whatever phone number they choose.

Bell said childcare volunteers are also needed for support groups, as well as for various projects, like the Tap Into Wine event scheduled for the end of October.

From 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, SAFE will host a volunteer appreciation event at Tap Into Wine, located at 313 Strand Street in St. Helens. While there, attendees can learn all about what it takes to be a volunteer and meet current volunteers who are already involved in the work.

There is also a Domestic Violence Awareness booth which has been set up upstairs in the County Courthouse, where people can find further education, take a pledge to help end domestic violence, gather resources, and share their stories of hope.

Brown Butter Bakery is also supporting the cause this month with purple frosted cupcakes and treats.

Community members can stop by the bakery to grab a

treat and a purple ribbon to show their support.

“We wear purple because, in the United States military, the purple heart is presented to those who have been wounded while serving. Survivors of domestic violence may also be wounded both physically and emotionally,” Bell said. “The color is meant to be a symbol of peace, courage, survival, honor and dedication to ending violence.”

For Bell’s part, she said she does this work because we owe it to the future to try to help families be less violent.

“If we can help families and partners be less violent and raise kids less violently, we have an opportunity to really have a healthier society where everyone is safe,” Bell said. “Most of all, people should be safe in their homes, whether they’re children or moms or dads.”

If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic violence or sexual assault and need assistance, you can contact SAFE of Columbia County through their 24hour help line at 503-3976161. Calling this number will connect you with a Certified Advocate with special knowledge on domestic and sexual violence, and stalking. SAFE advocates are local and have information on resources available to you in your own community.

Confidential advocates are available to you anytime, day or night.

Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense when trying to surf safely Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense to stay safe while surfing online. October marks Cyber Security month in the U.S., and over the next few weeks we will be focusing on some back-to-basic topics to keep you safe on the internet.

For years, you’ve been told to look at any given web address to make sure it starts with an “HTTPS” designation. That “HTTP” – or Hypertext Transfer Protocol – is how your browser talks to the website. The “s” at the end indicates that it is now Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, meaning that the communication between your browser and the website is, well, now secure. Also, you are told to look for the “lock” icon in the address bar. That, combined with the HTTPS

designation, are supposed to indicate the web traffic is encrypted and that visitors can share data safely.

Unfortunately, cyber criminals are also banking on the public’s trust of “HTTPS” and the lock icon.

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center is reporting that fraudsters are now more frequently incorporating website certificates— third-party verification that a site is secure—when they send potential victims emails that imitate trustworthy companies or email contacts.

These phishing schemes are used to acquire sensitive logins or other information by luring victims to a malicious website that looks secure.

Recommendations: The following steps can help reduce the likelihood

of falling victim to HTTPS phishing: • Do not simply trust the name on an email; question the intent of the email content.

• If you receive a suspicious email with a link from a known contact, confirm the email is legitimate by calling or emailing the contact; do not reply directly to a suspicious email.

• Check for misspellings or wrong domains within a link (e.g., if an address that should end in “.gov” ends in “.com” instead).

• Do not trust a website just because it has a lock icon or “HTTPS” in the browser address bar.

As always, if you have been the victim of an online fraud, report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov or call your local FBI office.

Columbia Pacific CCO offers sneak peek at the future Join Columbia Pacific CCO as we look at the great things in store for the next five years of partnership in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties.

We will be sharing information about our clinical and community work in a World-Café style with interactive presentations of focus areas for the next five years. We will also highlight the ways that we plan to improve services and health in the community, as well as how we would like to engage our members, providers and our community at large to improve health and address fairness. And, most importantly, hear from you.

Topics will include how we will improve the health of our communities, how we pay for care, and the ways we are improving communications with clinics, how we coordinate our members’ needs, including behavioral health and how we work with local communities to understand local needs and values.

Who: Oregon Health Plan members, providers, community members, community-based organizations and local government officials When: 4:30 – 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, Community Action Team, 125 N. 17th Street, St. Helens

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4:30 – 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, Providence Seaside Hospital, Education Center A, 725 N. Wahanna Road, Seaside 4:30 – 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, Tillamook County Extension, Room 105, 4506 Third St., Tillamook The sessions will offer light refreshments and an artist who will visually capture your feedback. The sessions are free and do not require registration. Child care and transportation is available as needed to Oregon Health Plan members -- please email: Knopfn@ careoregon.org with your requests.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Nearly 270,000 women in the United States are diagnosed a year, and about 70 percent of women age 50 and older are screened at least every other year.

Although most people are aware of breast cancer, there may be some confusion about how often to be screened.

Earlier this year, news headlines told of a new set of guidelines from one of the most well-known professional organizations. And about a set of different guidelines from another, equally respected group.

The American Cancer Society recommends women from the age of 45 through 54, who have an average risk of breast cancer, get a mammogram every year; every other year at 55 and older.

The American College of Physicians recommends that most women get a mammogram every other year beginning at age 50; younger women should speak to their doctor about whether they

should get one.

With different sets of guidelines, how do you know what to do?

Screening guidelines are based on many factors, including the fact that there may be harm caused by further testing and treatment.

“Screening guidelines have to balance the benefits with the risks,” says Safina Koreishi, MD, Columbia Pacific CCO medical director. “Some guidelines make finding as many cancers as possible the priority; other guidelines make harms, risk or individual patient outcomes the top priority.”

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a group that reviews these benefits and harms, looks for a balance and recommends screenings that are shown to benefit most patients. The USPSTF, as well as the American College of Physicians, agree that most women at normal risk should get a mammogram every other year beginning at age 50.

It’s also important to remember that both sets of guidelines are for women who are at average risk of breast cancer. Women who are at higher risk should begin screening at a younger age, be screened more often, or both.

Factors that can increase risk include: • Personal health history, including prior abnormal screenings, a previous diagnosis of breast cancer, or a genetic variation known to increase risk.

• Family history of breast cancer at a young age or in several family members.

“The best guideline is to talk with your health care provider about your own personal situation and your concerns and wishes,” says Dr. Koreishi. “Working together with your provider, you can decide what type of screening you should have, and how often you have it.”

Routine health screenings, like mammograms, are a covered benefit on many insurance plans, including Oregon Health Plan.

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Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7 New Testament Reading: 2nd Timothy 2: 8-15 Today’s Reading: Hidden in Christ

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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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TS No. OR12000010-19-1 APN 23099 TO No 190983495-OR-MSI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, TIMOTHY DAUGHERTY AND JULIE DAUGHERTY as Grantor to COLUMBIA COUNTY TITLE & ESCROW SERVICES as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for DIRECTORS MORTGAGE, INC, Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of March 26, 2016 and recorded on March 29, 2016 as Instrument No. 2016-002235 and the beneficial interest was assigned to LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC and recorded July 31, 2019 as Instrument Number 2019-06074 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Columbia County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 23099 LOT 4, BLOCK 7,

OREGON AMERICAN SUBDIVISION, IN THE CITY OF VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PARCEL CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF OREGON,

BY AND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN DEED RECORDED JANUARY 23, 2012 AS FEE NO. 2012-000352, RECORDS OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 665 BRIDGE STREET, VERNONIA, OR 97064 Both the Beneficiary, Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, 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): 4 Monthly Payment(s) from 03/01/2019 to 06/01/2019 at $905.12 2 Monthly Payment(s) from 07/01/2019 to 08/01/2019 at $903.61 Monthly Late Charge(s): 1 Monthly Late Charge(s) 08/15/2019 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 $137,814.07 together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.50000% per annum from February 1, 2019 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

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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, October 16, 2019 at 7:00 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 P.M. 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. AGENDA CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S

UTILITY DISTRICT BOARD WORKSHOP on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. I. ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM: Brian Fawcett and Ian Bledsoe II. 2020 DRAFT BUDGET PRESENTATION: Barb Haas III. STAFF REPORTS CLATSKANIE PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. I. PUBLIC COMMENTS II. CONSENT AGENDA · Minutes of Board Workshop,

September 18, 2019 · Minutes of Regular Board Meeting, September 18, 2019 · Review payment of bills for September 2019 III. ACTION ITEMS · Resolution 19-05 PERS EIF Matching Fund · Policy Review: #206 Board Code of Conduct, #207 Removal of Officers, #208 Office of Director Vacancies, #209 Orienting New Directors, and #210 Meetings of the Board IV. DISCUSSION / INFORMATIONAL ITEMS · Board Comments & Calendar V. EXECUTIVE SESSION VI. ADJOURNMENT

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December 26, 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.

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CITY OF CLATSKANIE CLATSKANIE CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOTICE The Clatskanie City Council will meet for a Work Session on the PERS Employer Incentive Fund on Wednesday, Oct 16th, 2019 @ 7:00 PM in the Clatskanie City Hall Council Chambers, (2nd floor), 75

S. Nehalem St. A Clatskanie City Council meeting will immediately follow. Agenda items include a resolution on the PERS Employer Incentive Fund. An updated agenda will be available at City Hall by Oct 11th, 2019.

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BOARD MEETING NOTICE The Board of Directors for Clatskanie School District 6J will hold a Board meeting, Monday, October 14th, 2019, 6:30 p.m. at Clatskanie Elementary School, Media Center, located at 815

S Nehalem. The agenda includes but is not limited to: Superintendent and Principal’s reports, financial report, and the consent agenda. The public is encouraged to attend.

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: 08/15/2019 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 949-2528300 Order Number 63431, Pub Dates: 09/27/2019, 10/04/2019, 10/11/2019, 10/18/2019, THE CLATSKANIE CHIEF CC19-1109

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Clatskanie Beats No. 1 Ranked Rainier 13-8 DEBORAH HAZEN Chief guest column

The number one-ranked, defending state champion Rainier Columbian football team suffered its first defeat in two years, when it fell 8-13 to traditional rival Clatskanie on the Tiger field Friday night, Oct. 11.

The victorious Tigers, ranked number 12 among 3A schools coming into Friday’s league game, are now 3-2 for the season, having fallen in non-league games to two Eastern Oregon schools, Heppner and LaGrande, but scoring victories against two Washington schools, Highline of Burien and Winlock.

Although the Columbians tallied 114 points to only 12 for their opponents in four games leading up to the battle against Clatskanie, the Tigers put the brakes on Rainier’s highlytouted “diesel” offense.

Both the penalty-prone Tigers and the Columbians

failed to field successful offenses in the first quarter.

Tiger defenses held through Rainier’s first possession of the second quarter, and the Clatskanie offense took over, driving down field with runs by Cedric Moses and Andre Combs. A quarterback sneak by James Helman brought the Tigers to just beyond the 50-yard line, then Moses took off around the end for a 45yard touchdown run with 5:48 left in the half. Andre Combs’ kick was good, and the Tigers led 7-0.

Rainier took over on the Clatskanie 30-yard line, but again failed to launch a successful drive. The 4th down kick was short, and in the next play, Tiger Sam Shockley ran 50-yards to TD territory. Flags had flown on the play, however, and the touchdown was negated by an illegal shift call against the Tigers. The first half ended 7-0 Clatskanie.

The two teams swapped possessions during the

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Clatskanie quarterback James Helman (second from right) looks for an opening, while Timber Zea (54) runs interference, and Andre Combs (10) awaits the pass in the Tigers’ Oct. 11 upset defeat of Rainier.

scoreless third quarter, and Rainier running back Brandon Isaacson went down with a leg injury.

Clatskanie’s Timber Zea sacked Rainier quarterback Kenney Tripp on 4th down, and the Tigers regained the ball, but were foiled again

Dr. John’s Corner: On heart health Chief guest column by DR. JOHN BRIGGS

What’s seen here is a tracing from a heart sound recorder. This device is strictly a listening device. We get to see with our eyes what we should be detecting with a stethoscope. The sound shown after closing of the valve (circled in red), in the first slide is the sound of blood squirting through a tight, calcified aortic valve.

The second tracing is the same heart following proper nutritional support for just twelve days. Through appropriate nutrition, the calcification was dramatically reversed, restoring the normal function of the heart.

For the same reason pipes in your house can build up with calcium (predominantly in the hot water lines), blood circulating through the heart at 100.4 degrees allows non ionic calcium to accumulate in the arteries, especially where there’s the greatest forceful flow. This is in the heart valves.

This is the foundation of aortic stenosis. The condition is common and closely connected to issues of malnutrition commonly seen today.

Correction suggested by most doctors involves surgery. What isn’t readily understood or discussed about correction involves providing proper nutrition.

By the same way you can dissolve the lime on your shower head or out of your pipes using vinegar or other acids commonly found in fermented foods, you can have a dynamic impact on the calcification of your cardiovascular system.

The American College of Cardiology reports: “The apparent link between lipid, inflammation, and calcification in these early stages and the pathological similarities with atherosclerosis led to the hypothesis that statins might be beneficial in patients with aortic stenosis. However, when statins were formally tested in 3 independent randomized controlled trials of patients with aortic stenosis, each demonstrated a failure of this therapy to halt or retard aortic stenosis progression, despite reducing the serum LDL cholesterol concentrations by

by penalties.

After a long drive at the start of the 4th quarter, sparked by runs by Tripp and Stone Ware, Rainier reached the goal line, scored a two-point conversion, and grabbed the 8-7 lead with 7:47 left in the game.

Clatskanie’s Noah Patterson returned the kickoff to the 40-yard line, and the Tigers began their drive down field on a series of runs by Moses. He went over the line with 1:19 left on the clock. The Columbians stopped the Tiger attempt

for a 2-point conversion, but Clatskanie had regained the lead, 13-8.

The determined Tiger defense again stymied Rainier’s offense. Clatskanie’s Chase Baker stopped quarterback Tripp for a loss, and Clatskanie regained possession in time to let the clock run out on their victory.

Both north Columbia County teams will face the same West Special District 1 schools in the final four weeks of the season.

Clatskanie travels to Lincoln City to meet Taft next Friday, Oct. 11, while Rainier hosts Dayton.

On Oct. 18, Clatskanie will travel to Dayton, while Rainier visits Amity.

Oct. 25 will see Clatskanie hosting Amity in the Tigers homecoming game, while Rainier goes to Willamina.

In the final game of regular season play on Nov. 1, Clatskanie travels to Willamina, while Rainier hosts Taft.

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more than one-half....but rather by the relentless accumulation of calcium in the valve leaflets.

This may explain the failure of statins to modify disease progression in aortic stenosis, which commonly presents beyond the initiation phase.

Moreover, there is some data that statins may even be procalcific in the vasculature.”

I love when mainstream medicine disproves their very own damaging drugs. Unfortunately, so many of these articles fail to be taken seriously and the results produced by the drug companies own (manipulated) studies are held to a higher standard, and relied on to promote their product.

When carbonates are used as supplements, they’re not easily ionized, causing them to deposit in various places like in the aorta, lens of the eye, joints, kidneys, and on the teeth as tartar. Calcium needs to be in an ionized form to be used properly in the body. The use of acid blockers increases the damage from these non ionized minerals.

Fermented foods contain the lactic acid component which assists the body in utilizing minerals properly. Improving dietary acids instead of blocking them is critical.

Calcium lactate is the most useable form we can obtain.

Often times supplement companies will put some calcium lactate in the formula just to appease us, but then load it up with other non-ionized forms to boost the label.

Among the many deficiencies which can create heart problems, a lack of vitamin B ranks right up at the top, due to the refining of grains. The deficiencies back in 1943 weren’t near as dramatic as what we’re seeing in today’s depleted, denatured foods. My use of whole food nutrition with patients showing deficiencies has, over the years, proven everything Dr Royal Lee spoke

of so long ago.

The following is a quote from Dr Royal Lee in an address to doctors back in 1943.

“A deficiency of the vitamin B complex is almost as devastating in its damage to heart mechanisms as is a deficiency of vitamin C complex. The primary effect is to permit a relaxation of the vascular system, enlargement of the heart, atony of the intestinal tract, and progressive degeneration of the nervous system with disturbances of heart rhythm, and possible end results of heart block or fibrillation. The heart enlargement often causes malpositions of valves, with consequent regurgitation. The administration of the B complex, which must contain the anti-paralysis vitamin in potent quantity, will often temporarily eliminate the valve leakage, the skipped beats, the fibrillation or heartblocking in a phenomenally short time. In fact, cardiograms will show changes, sometimes as quickly as within fifteen minutes, that are often hard to believe. It is certainly a barbaric practice to try to stimulate the heart with drugs, under such circumstances.

The correction of the deficiencies takes off the overload, which alone means that the vicious circle is broken, and the improvement often is apparently miraculous even when the patient is at the brink of the grave.”

Dr. John Briggs is a 1980 graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine and longtime northwest practitioner. His practice involves diagnostic and therapeutic modalities that he says have stood the test of time. He believes that each person exists dynamically as a spirit being, possessing a soul made up of their mind, will, and emotions, living in a body which requires specific care and nutrition.

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According to Development Director Meagan Fawcett, in keeping with the spirit of the campaign, all of the food served at the event was donated. Chefs at Wild Currant and Big River Bistro came in to pick up all of the ingredients from the food bank’s pantry and used it to prepare the meals served to guests.

“The event was a huge success,” Fawcett said. “The community really stepped up and helped us out. All food was donated, including the alcohol.”

Attendees were able to tour the new building prior to construction, which is slated to begin in March of 2020.

Each CPFB board member had a room of focus so, as individuals walked through, they could hear first-hand about the space and specific stats related to the food bank to showcase the need to support ending hunger.

Senator Betsy Johnson, who helped the food bank get a jump on things the week prior by sponsoring a dash for supplies at St. Helens Market Fresh, led a financial ask for the night.

“We received $17,000 from the floor that night,” Fawcett said. “Prior to the event, Betsy and I took time for meetings and making calls to ask for financial support, so we could hit my goal of $50,000 to kick off the capital campaign. I am excited to say we have met that goal.”

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