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Clatskanie Festival completes fourth year CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

The Clatskanie Festival, which ran from August 2 through 4, just completed its fourth year.

The festival, hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary Louis Larsen Unit #68 and Piercing Arrow Private School, had the theme “Let the Light Shine.”

Festival events included a 5K Glow in the Dark Run, a nighttime movie, a community breakfast, a petting zoo, rock painting, a softball tournament, a cookie contest, free swimming, a cake walk, live music, an evening light parade, a glow-inthe-dark rock hunt, a lawn mower race, a Sunday community worship church service and a Make A Wish!

Candle Ceremony.

Most events were held at Clatskanie City Park, although a few were held at various locations throughout the city, such as Nehalem Street for the parade, or

Poysky Field for the lawn mower races.

Lori Sherman, President of the Clatskanie Festival, as well as Principal of Piercing Arrow Private School, said it costs about $7,000 to run the festival each year, made possible through sponsorships from local businesses. Sherman also said a lot of the parts of the festival, such as the food, are donated in-kind by local businesses.

At the snack shack, which was available to the public on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, festival-goers could take advantage of all sorts of free food, such as hot dogs, nachos, ice cream and popcorn. The shack also gave out free water. Sherman said on Friday alone, the shack fed over 200 people and stayed open until 11 p.m.

At this year’s festival, there was some controversy surrounding

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A group of people gather at the vendors’ market during the Clatskanie Festival.

Community partnerships make for successful National Night Out JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

A joint collaboration for one of the county’s yearly National Night Out events, a communitybuilding campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie, brought together the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), Columbia River Fire & Rescue (CRFR) and the St. Helens Police Department (SHPD) together on Tuesday, August 6.

“This was the biggest turnout we’ve had for National Night Out in recent history and it really showed the community partnerships that we’ve built,” Sheriff Brian Pixley said. “It was really fun.”

The CCSO hosted a dunk tank on site to raise money for the Amani Center. Pixley, Chief Deputy Ryan Murphy, Captain Tony Weaver, Lt. Brooke McDowall, SHPD Officer Kolten Edwards,

SHPD records clerk Tia Sharp and CRFR firefighter, best known as “G,” all took turns in the tank, and tickets sold for citizens to take their turn dunking first responders raised a total of $222 in donations.

“That means that someone was dunked at least 1.48 times per minute to earn that much money,” Pixley said. “Commissioner Margaret Magruder came down and she bought a bunch of tickets for the dunk tank and she was literally handing them out to everyone she could find while I was up there getting dunked. It was really interesting.”

Officials with CRFR said the kids were able to spray water with the fire hose and check out their ambulance and fire trucks. SHPD Sgt. Jose Castilleja said the whole night made for an amazing moment. He said CRFR were actively refilling the dunk tank with their hoses and splashing participants, and the “whole crowd went wild” in response.

“There were many times when

we got to interreact with a lot of folks in the public,” Castilleja said. “It was nice to catch up with some folks that remembered you from a call in the past and to see a lot of the kids I see at the schools and other events that were there.

They really liked the jail tours and getting stickers. The bouncy houses were a lot of fun and, of course, who doesn’t like free hamburgers and hotdogs?”

On hand for the first time this year was also the Rx Leadership Initiative (RALI) of Oregon – a coalition of community leaders and organizations, health care stakeholders and business representatives working together to address opioid addiction and misuse across the state. Representatives handed out drug disposal pouches along with informational pamphlets.

InRoads Credit Union also brought out their photo booth.

Pixley said they plan on expanding the event to make it even better next year.

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A participant takes a turn on the dunk tank, which raised $222 for the Amani Center.

St. Helens shooting suspect indicted Girl praised for heroic action during incident

July 3 near a Denny’s restaurant.

He was ultimately apprehended almost two weeks later on July 15 in Sacramento, California with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service.

According to court documents, Fleming is also charged with 15 counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree in Clackamas County, alleged to have occurred on or between Feb. 21,2017 and March 24, 2017.

Clackamas County’s Chief Deputy District Attorney, Chris Owen, said the charges relate to the downloading of child pornography. In court documents, a video involving explicit acts with an 8-year-old child is cited specifically.

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The man suspected of shooting two men in St. Helens on July 2 has now been arraigned on a 21-count indictment with charges ranging from attempted aggravated murder to sexual abuse in the first degree, with his bail set at $1,285,000.

Adam Corey Fleming, 31, was indicted by the Grand Jury of the County of Columbia at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, and according to District Attorney Jeff Auxier, trial dates will be set in the near future.

Fleming was indicted on seven counts of attempted aggravated murder with a firearm, three counts of attempted murder with a firearm, one count of assault in the first degree with a firearm, one count of attempted assault in the first degree with a firearm, one count of assault in the second degree with a firearm, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm, one count of sodomy in the first degree, one count of sexual abuse in the first degree, and three counts of tampering with a witness with a firearm.

According to court documents, Fleming stands accused of at-

Family member recounts the night of the shooting

Adam Corey Fleming.

tempting to kill both men and the 7-year-old, allegedly to prevent them from exposing his abuse of the little girl.

Fleming originally fled the scene the night of July 30, reported at approximately 10:15 p.m. at a residence on Cowlitz

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Street. Following the report, officers with the St. Helens Police Department (SHPD) located two gunshot victims on scene, along with a 7-year-old girl that was found unharmed.

Fleming was last seen in Clackamas, Oregon, around 2 a.m. on

The Chief spoke with a family member of one of the shooting victims - the girl’s father, who was shot three times in both legs and the stomach on the night of the shooting. The Chief has agreed to leave out the family member’s name to protect his identity and that of the victims.

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Ground lease for NEXT yet to be approved CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

The Port of Columbia County voted four to one to hold the ground lease for NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. until their next port commission meeting on August 28, where the lease will be on the agenda again as a resolution.

Port President Larry Ericksen motioned to table the lease until the following port commission meeting, saying Commissioner Nancy Ward had mentioned she would like more time to review the lease.

“I would really like to see you guys have every opportunity to get up to speed and make sure that when you make your vote, you’re comfortable with it,” Ericksen said to his fellow port commissioners.

Port Vice President Robert Keyser was not in favor of tabling the resolution, saying he thought the commission had enough information to approve the ground lease that day.

After Ericksen confirmed with Lou Soumas, President of NEXT, that delaying the vote would not negatively

impact any aspect of NEXT’s operations, the port commissioners agreed to table the resolution until the next port meeting.

NEXT has been in talks with the port about developing a renewable biofuels plant at Port Westward in Clatskanie since last year.

The port first entered into a Site Development and Option Agreement with NEXT on September 12, 2018 and since then the company has added three amendments, including one at the August 7 meeting, to the option agreement.

NEXT has stated the project is expected to bring 200 jobs to Columbia County, something port commissioners and representatives from cities in Columbia County have praised as being beneficial for economic development.

However, both Columbia County residents and port commissioners have expressed concerns about terms in the lease, ranging from environmental hazards to liability issues.

During the August 7 meeting, 12 people made public comments, both Columbia

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Dan Serres, Conservation Director at Columbia Riverkeeper, addresses the port with concerns about the ground lease for NEXT.

County residents and key players in economic development in the county.

At least six of the commenters expressed exclusive support for the new biofuels facility, many stating the project would bring jobs to Columbia County.

Two of those in favor of the facility were Greg Hinkelman, City Manager for Clatskanie, and Bob Bracjich, Mayor of Clats-

kanie, who both said the facility would provide more jobs for the city.

Others expressed concerns about the lease.

One concern came from Brady Preheim, a St. Helens resident, who said he thought the port had not done its due diligence in investigating Soumas, who is involved in an ongoing lawsuit from 2015 regarding a failed biofuels plant in Odessa,

Washington, according to court records from Lincoln County Court in Davenport, Washington.

“There’s a lot of concern about this company and its background,” Preheim said, also adding NEXT would be taking up part of what Preheim called very valuable land to the port.

“If you’re all willing to put your personal assets on the line, great. If you’re not, then you need to wait,” Preheim said.

An additional public commenter who expressed concern was Dan Serres, Conservation Director at Columbia Riverkeeper.

Serres asked the port commissioners to consider different issues, such as if the refinery would be an emitter of air pollution, what types of hazardous materials the facility would use, and how much gas the facility would use.

Soumas briefly responded to comments and said most of Serres’ concerns had already been addressed.

After port commissioners voted to table the lease, they discussed various revisions to the lease at length, while

A making no final decisions. tody One revision suggestion be he on W came from Commissioner Ward, who asked if it would 2019 be possible to include a stipu-Law lation in the lease that would S. Fi T mandate that all jobs created go to Columbia County resi- 32nd dents. After a brief discus- in th shop sion, port commissioners said it would not be possible, the la T given that it would be too stringent a restriction for NEXT. Recently, the port had two meetings to discuss the lease and invite public comment.

One occurred during a port work session on July 24, and another occurred during a town hall meeting on August 6 at Columbia City Community Hall.

NEXT also held an open house about their proposed biofuels facility on July 25 at the Clatskanie Cultural Center.

The ground lease is the final approval NEXT needs before construction on the plant can begin.

The Chief will update this ongoing story, both at thechiefnews.com and in Friday’s print edition.

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“WARBONNET: AN ODYSSEY OF HONOR,” shown here, will be screened at the Clatskanie Film Festival on August 17.

CHS grad’s film to kick off Clatskanie Independent Film Festival A 30-minute film by Clatskanie native son Scott Hildula will kick off the Clatskanie Independent Film Festival at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16 at the Clatskanie Cultural Center’s Birkenfeld Theatre, located at 75 S. Nehalem Street.

Doors will open at 6 p.m.

A question and answer session with Hildula will follow the film showing.

Inspired by a series of actual events, ‘North Beach’ is a short film set in the iconic Italian American neighborhood in San Francisco where tourists eat pasta, and local real estate hustlers and gangsters have plied their trades since the 1800s. In a compact film of 30 minutes, ‘North Beach’ follows the parallel journeys of a young man leaving the backbreaking life of a field worker in 1957 for life in the big city while a similar coming of age journey coincides that his grandson must take 60 years later, set in the present day.

The film is rated for mature audiences because of smoking, profanity and implied violence.

“I used to have an office in North Beach inside a real estate company where every now and then a local made guy would drop by to discuss his holdings with my landlord,” said Hildula, long-time San Francisco resident who graduated from Clatskanie High School in 1981.

“After years of listening to these real estate sharks talking about their latest deals over plates of pasta, Osso Buco and chianti, the dialogue for the movie flowed pretty easily,” he said.

“When we got ready to shoot the film, I realized that I needed a switch blade for one of the pivotal scenes. Well, North Beach is a neighborhood where if you know a guy, then he knows a guy and boom, two phone calls and you’ve got a switch blade.

When the knife guy asked ‘What color you want?’ I realized I was plunging into a world that is still very much alive.”

Hildula is an award-winning former journalist who has been making films for more than a decade - work that has taken him all over the U.S. and world for his corporate clients.

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dent Film Festival Organized by filmmakers Ray and Migdalia Etheridge, the film festival will showcase 26 short films produced by independent filmmakers from across the United States, including several from Oregon. Genres include comedy, horror, drama, documentaries and animation.

The films for the program were selected by a panel of five judges, who graded each film on its technical quality, acting, script development, and entertainment value. The festival received nearly 100 entries, and films with the highest judging scores are being shown. Awards in various

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categories will be presented after each block of films.

The public is invited to two showings at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with the doors to the Cultural Center opening at 12:45 p.m. Different films are scheduled for each of the two-hour showings, and both shows are free to attend.

Many of the films contain adult language or subject matter and are therefore not recommended for children.

Popcorn, candy and water will be available for sale in the lobby.

For further information, visit to www.EtheridgeProductions.com

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Mayor Jerry Cole shaking hands with newly sworn-in Doug Wheeler at the City of Rainier city council meeting.

The City of Rainier swore in its newest officer, Doug Wheeler, at the July 29 meeting of the city council.

Wheeler, a Rainierarea resident, has served

since February of 2009 as a reserve officer with the Rainier Police Department.

He was selected to fill the vacancy created when Peter Manning was promoted to

sergeant.

Wheeler is currently undergoing field training and will attend the 16-week academy for full-time officers beginning in October.

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Lawyer in the Law Library: Custody and Parenting Plans workshop scheduled A workshop entitled Custody and Parenting Plans will be held from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. on Wednesday August 14, 2019 in the Columbia County Law Library, located at 270 S. First St. in St. Helens.

The workshop will be the 32nd in the series of Lawyer in the Law Library workshops that is sponsored by the law library.

The speaker for the work-

shop will be Heather Kemper of Oregon Law Center. The workshop is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Your attendance and questions will be welcome.

For more information, please contact Columbia County Law Librarian Pam Davis at 503-396-5344 or ccll@columbiacll.org

Governor Brown orders flags to half-staff in honor of recent mass shooting victims In honor of the victims of the tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Governor Kate Brown orders all flags at public institutions throughout Oregon be flown at half-staff beginning immediately, until sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019.

“What happened this weekend in El Paso and Dayton is devastating, and Dan and I grieve with those who lost loved ones. Sadly, we’ve been here before. We

must take a hard look at why hatred like this exists, and do all we can to make sure it has no place in our country,” said Governor Brown.

“Many of us feel powerless today, but there is power in your voice, and power in your vote, and I encourage you to leverage that to take action.”

The full Presidential Proclamation will be made available on the White House’s website.

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for her to bring him the phone and he called 911.

Then he handed the phone back to his daughter and told her how to put a compress on his wound,” the family member said.

The little girl kept the compress on her father’s wound until first responders arrived, according to the family member.

“He said he remembers hearing the 911 operator telling her to put all her pressure on it and he could see her putting all of her weight on his stomach to try to keep the wound closed,” the family member said. “He definitely wouldn’t have been able to have any sort of viable blood in his system were it not for what she did. Police were on the way, but no one was immediately available to help him.”

From Page A1 He said the incident began when the little girl approached her father’s roommate with allegations of sexual abuse from Fleming.

The family member said both the father and the roommate, who was ultimately shot in the arm that night, confronted Fleming about the allegations to discuss what had happened and what was said. “[The girl’s father] said [Fleming] got really calm, let them get what they had to say off their chest towards him, pulled out a gun, pointed it at them and said, ‘Okay, well now I’m going to have to kill you all,’” the family member said.

According to the family member, Fleming then said, “Sorry, I love you,” and shot the roommate in the arm.

The girl’s father then took his first gunshot wound to one of his legs, the family member said. The father got up and went for his shotgun to defend himself and was shot two more times on the stairs. “[The father] said in the moment he pointed the gun, [Fleming’s] face completely changed from what it would normally be to something he’d never seen before,” the family member said. “A part of him that just shut off all human emotion.”

Fleming left the residence after shooting the father for a third time. “[The father] said he remembered seeing the barrel of the gun, assuming it was aimed at his head, and thought that was it for him but he was trying to stick around for his daughter to make sure she was okay.

He kept trying to talk to himself, so he knew he was still conscious for her.”

The family member said both of the father’s legs were broken by the gunshots, his femoral artery was struck, and the man was bleeding out. The family member said had it not been for the bravery of the little girl, he would have likely died.

The little girl had been hiding in her father’s room until after Fleming left, according to the family member, and sometime after, her father called out to her and asked her to call 911.

“She was at the top of the stairs saying, ‘Daddy, I keep messing up.’ He asked

“[The girl’s father] said [Fleming] got really calm, let them get what they had to say off their chest towards him, pulled out a gun, pointed it at them and said, ‘Okay, well now I’m going to have to kill you all,’” ~ family member The family member assured The Chief the little girl is okay and doing well.

He said he was very thankful that, as a family, they’d always encouraged their children to be proactive on what was “right and wrong for people to do.” They’d always been encouraged to tell their parents, he said, and “no matter what happens, know that you did the right thing.”

The family member said both gunshot victims have expressed regrets about that night, thinking they should have done things differently, but he disagrees. He said even though the situation escalated, he thinks they handled the situation to the best of their abilities, and everything has turned out okay for the father and his roommate.

He said the family is especially proud of his young, 7-year-old family member.

“All I can say is that little girl managed to save her daddy’s life. I remember she kept asking them to help her dad because he promised he would never leave her,” the family member said. “When she was able to see him, he said, ‘See? Told you, baby girl, I will never leave you again.”

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Cornelius Pass project moving ahead on side roads. Only trips to a destination on a side road are allowed by trucks. For through trips, trucks need to use the highway.

To report an illegal truck trip, call the non-emergency number for Multnomah County’s Sheriff Office, at 503-823-3333, Dial 5. Provide the location, date/time, license plate (if known) and vehicle description.

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Construction is moving forward at the site of the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project.

During the improvement project, that 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 an update about the pass project from Multnomah County Communications Officer Mike Pullen.

Work (from north to south) • NW 8th Ave. Curve: Between Skyline and Hwy. 30, the contractor has excavated the road and is backfilling ar-

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Crews contact the road bed along this curve on Cornelius Pass Road.

eas where a curve in the road will be realigned.

• S-curves north of Skyline Blvd: An access pad is being built to provide access for a drill rig. Drill tests will determine if blasting is needed to remove material above the road, or if it can be removed by drilling. The S-curves will be realigned.

• Plainview Curve north of Skyline Blvd: Contractor is working on a vehicle pull-out.

• NW Kaiser Road: Shoulder work has been done to improve visibility for drivers. In the next few weeks a bioswale will be built and paving will

• Debt “We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” Thomas Jefferson “Nothing can more affect national prosperity than a constant and systematic attention to extinguish the present debt and to avoid as much as possibl(e) the incurring of any new debt.” - Alexander Hamilton “Avoid occasions of expense . . . and avoid likewise the accumulation of debt not only by shunning occasions of expense but by vigorous exertions to discharge the debts, not throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.”

- George Washington: “I go on the principle that a public debt is a public

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coming weeks.

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Crews are working long shifts Monday through Saturday to take advantage of daylight. The contractor is making good progress and we are still on schedule to get the road fully open in September.

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Coming Up Soon New permanent traffic signs are being built and guardrail materials ordered, which will be installed in

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The project has modified the traffic control plan in response to traffic conditions and public comments. We ap-

For more information, Visit: www.multco.us/cornpass and read a series of special reports about the Cornelius Pass Improvement Project here online, and in the Friday editions of The Chief.

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described in online Wikipedia. Sort of like Columbia County trying to establish a transit district with only 100 daily riders to Portland Metro. Stupid is as stupid does.

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shaded areas and benches to rest and gain your strength; the ability to use tickets for more food and games; more choices of rides or events; a “free” zone for those little ones to safely run off their energy which also included family activities.

Thank you, Columbia County for having a fair.

This year was the best yet.

Barb Topham Warren

Compliments to those involved in the Columbia County Fair this year. I have been bringing my three grandsons for the last three years on “Kids Day”! The improvements each year having been more accommodating then the next and this year was the best. More

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preciate the public’s patience (especially our neighbors) with traffic flow changes during the road closure. Here are some recent traffic highlights and tips: • Traffic Control Changes: Be extra alert when using the detour route and nearby side roads, since traffic control changes have been made during the road closure, especially at intersections.

• Enforcement: Sheriff staff from Multnomah and Washington counties have cited drivers for speeding and taking illegal truck trips

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Road maintenance crews from Multnomah and Washington counties have done maintenance work on NW Cornelius Pass Road such as pavement repairs and vegetation clearing during the road closure.

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curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other.” - James Madison “The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to be careful to prevent their growth in our own.” - John Adams Starting in July 2019 banks in Europe and Indonesia started reorganizing to restructure their debt load while the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate and soon congress will vote to abolish the debt limit to keep our government open for business. Our congress is taking us down the road to becoming a third world nation with hyper-inflation, a “crisis of confidence” as

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Crews are rebuilding the road at this realigned curve on Cornelius Pass.

Driveways: Many neighbors access the detour roads from their driveways.

Be alert for traffic entering or exiting the detour routes from driveways.

Bicyclists: Look out for bicyclists on west hills side roads, which can be narrow, winding and steep. Recreational cyclists will have a more enjoyable ride if they are farther from the detour route.

Avoid NW Logie Trail Road: This road is extremely steep and narrow in sections, so two vehicles cannot pass.

On WOEC W.O.E.C. on my mind….I could set it to John Denver music. West Oregon Electric Cooperative was created to solve the problem of providing low rural rates. What

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to do? The basic idea is to determine costs, charge enough for that and annually return excess dollars.

Included in this is installing internal efficiencies, lowering costs and finding new sources of energy and distribution.

In my opinion WOEC has gone in the opposite direction. Income has steadily decreased. Rates have increased. Meanwhile, GreenEnergy has thundered onto the stage, plummeted in cost and exploded in distribution.

WOEC has refused to fully research or develop Greenenergy. Our system is tied to a singular source: an aging concrete hydro system with a sprawling, at-risk distribution network. Not moving off this dime guarantees rate increases. WOEC Board’s

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“leave it to us, we know best” should end. Respectfully, well meaning directors committed to a chain-of-command led by a dominate chairman is not working. That works in middle management positions in the military and large corporations. We are in a crisis. We need innovative leadership and independent creative directors not afraid of brain-storming, testing and installing new Green-energy ideas. This takes a special kind of person. How to get them on board? Vote. Sure, a lot of voting has already taken place. Truth is, most members don’t vote because they think it won’t matter.

This time it does.

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CCMH to manage Columbia County Wraparound program Leadership role will transfer from GOBHI to the community mental health provider in 2020 Youth services provided by the Columbia County Wraparound program will pass into new management next year, agencies announced Monday.

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Columbia Community Mental Health (CCMH) will assume responsibility for Wraparound. Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI), which currently manages the program, will collaborate with CCMH to ensure a smooth transition process for participating members.

“It’s heartening to know that Wraparound services will continue to thrive, and that CCMH will have a hands-on role in its future,” said CCMH Executive Director Julia Jackson. “As

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a long-time partner with GOBHI, it’s a natural fit for CCMH to continue this important work on behalf of youth and families.”

Wraparound is an intensive, team-based planning process that follows a series of steps to help children, young adults, and their families accomplish their shared goals. The voluntary program serves youth who may have complex behavioral health needs.

The change in administration of Wraparound resulted from recent organizational transitions at the Coordinated Care Organization that serves Oregon Health Plan (OHP or Medicaid) members in Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties — Columbia

Pacific Coordinated Care Organization (CPCCO).

The program’s transition between GOBHI and CCMH will be a team effort to ensure quality standards are upheld, Kevin Campbell, CEO of GOBHI explained.

“This is a program we implemented that makes a critical difference in families’ lives and offers hope during trying times,” Campbell said.

The change also provides an opportunity to consider improvements to programming and service capacity, Jackson explained. CCMH is engaged in an initiative to improve and expand its host of services. This fall, staff will conduct outreach — to both

assist members and gather feedback that will steer planning efforts.

“We’d like to hear from members about how Wraparound has made an impact, as well as areas where we can improve,” Jackson said.

“We value the input from participants about the kind of services they would like to see.”

The next several months will be a transition period for CCMH and GOBHI to jointly weigh local feedback and develop plans for Wraparound’s role in the coming years. Campbell said, “At the end of the day, the focus needs to be on how we make a positive difference for kids and families.”

•C ommunity E vents • •

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.

Church. Lunch is provided for a suggested $6 donation.

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.

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.

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

Amtrak Matches ODOT grant to improve nation’s transportation infrastructure In support of an Oregon ing Project and further the first Plans for restoring the OreDepartment of Transportation phase that will not only reduce gon City Siding include laying (ODOT) grant application, delays but will contribute to new track, ties and equipping Amtrak announced a matchthe economic competitiveness both ends with power-operated ing $750,000 contribution to of the region.” switches and switch heaters to reduce delays in the PaThe Oregon City Siding avoid snow delays in the wincific Northwest Rail Corridor. rehabilitation project was ter. After the completion of the ODOT’s grant application, selected by ODOT to be one of Oregon City Siding Project, if successful, will restore an three projects the agency will ODOT will work to secure out-of-service siding between sponsor for the U.S. Departfunding for an additional track Portland and Salem. Restorment of Transportation’s on an adjacent three-mile secing this siding will improve Better Utilizing Investments tion between Oregon City and on-time performance on a rail to Leverage Development an existing siding to the south. line segment where the largest (BUILD) Discretionary Grants This two-phase project will cause of delay to Amtrak Casprogram. The BUILD program result in five miles of a new Good times Meet your friends relax improved access cades customers is freight train and emphasizes section between ROLL atdouble-track the at this classic neighborhood interference. to reliable, safe and affordable Portland and Salem, signifiwatering hole!

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Festival (Aug. 2-4 in the park), Discounts & Deals, Dollar General, Hi School Pharmacy, Turning Point, Umpqua Bank and Wauna Federal Credit Union. Check your school website for supply lists.

Evergreen Pub & Cafe Family Dining

About CCMH Columbia Community Mental Health, headquartered in St. Helens, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to excellence in behavioral healthcare. Since 1975, CCMH has created safe and supportive opportunities for healing and recovery, enhancing the overall quality of life for members of Columbia County. CCMH provides the continuum of care for children, youth and adults in both outpatient, residential, community, and school settings.

About GOBHI Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc., head-

quartered in The Dalles, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that is a National Committee for Quality Assurance accredited Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organization and is charged with administering the behavioral health Medicaid benefit in many rural and frontier counties in Oregon. GOBHI is a co-owner of the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization.

Contact For member questions related to Wraparound, call CCMH at 503-438-2201 or email JuliaJ@ccmh1.com

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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.

Pastor Erik Huget Old Testament Reading: Psalm 50: 1-8, 22-23.

New Testament Reading: Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16.

Reading for today: “Light and Holiness” by Thomas Merton Sermon: “A better Country”, Paster Erik Huget Adult Bible Study: Sunday 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

SCAPPOOSE

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

WARREN

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

VERNONIA

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

GOBLE

Cornerstone Baptist Church 70024 Goble Rd. 360-562-6201 Pastor Fred Mathews

Rummage Sale 8 am - 4 pm August 9-10th. Nativity Catholic Church, Rainier, OR , 2nd and N.E. “C” Street

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25196 Road August 10thAlston @5pm Live music•byRainier, Ted Borsaw OR Band AM • 503-556-9753 Open daily at 11 August 17th @ 2pm Live music by The Dreamers

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TS No. OR12000002-17-5 APN 9987 TO No 190782029-OR-MSI TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, SHAUN KILGORE AND SARAH PIKE, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY as Grantor to TICOR TITLE COMPANY OF OREGON as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for RANLIFE, INC., Beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, dated as of July 20, 2015 and recorded on July 21, 2015 as Instrument No. 2015-006020 and the beneficial interest was assigned to RANLife, Inc. and recorded May 9, 2017 as Instrument Number 2017004367 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Columbia County, Oregon to-wit: APN: 9987 LOT 12, BLOCK 93, CITY OF ST.

HELENS, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 397 N 10TH ST, SAINT HELENS, OR 97051 Both the Beneficiary, RANLife, Inc., and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes.

The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became due Monthly Payment(s): 10 Monthly Payment(s) from 09/01/2016 to 06/01/2017 at $1,333.36 11 Monthly Payment(s) from 07/01/2017 to 05/01/2018 at $1,333.11 7 Monthly Payment(s) from 06/01/2018 to 12/01/2018 at $1,325.62 2 Monthly Payment(s) from 01/01/2019

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to 02/01/2019 at $1,339.12 4 Monthly Payment(s) from 03/01/2019 to 06/01/2019 at $1,679.28 Monthly Late Charge(s): 1 Monthly Late Charge(s) 06/24/2019 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $200,640.42 together with interest thereon at the rate of 4.25000% per annum from August 1, 2016 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed.

Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on November 13, 2019 at the hour of 12:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised

Statues, at the west entrance to the Columbia County Courthouse, 230 Strand St., Saint Helens, OR 97051 County of Columbia, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee.

Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.753 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary

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Clatskanie Rural Fire Protection BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOTICE District MEETING NOTICE A workshop of the Clatskanie Columbia County Offices The regular meeting of the Clatskanie Rural Fire Protection District board of directors will be held on, Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 7:00pm at 555 SW Bryant St, Clatskanie, OR, Port of

Columbia County Offices (the Old Middle School).

Items on the agenda, but not limited to: Updates on daily Fire and EMS operations.

Board President, Robert Keyser

Rural Fire Protection District board of directors will be held on, Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:00 pm (before the regular monthly meeting) at 555 SW Bryant St, Clatskanie OR, Port of

(the Old Middle School); the purpose of this workshop will be to discuss Quincy and Delena Station Update Projects. No public comment and no action will be taken at this workshop.

of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic.

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

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Directors for Clatskanie School District 6J will hold a Board meeting, Monday, August 12, 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.

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REGULAR BOARD MEETING NOTICE A regular scheduled monthly board meeting for the Clatskanie Library District will be held on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the library

located at 11 Lillich St., Clatskanie, OR. Items on the agenda include, but are not limited to the following; Oath of Office, approval of

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Chief Deputy Murphy partners with Columbia River Driver Education JULIE THOMPSON chronicle1@countrymedia.net

In an effort to educate young drivers on what to expect when they have contact with law enforcement during traffic stops, newly appointed Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Ryan Murphy met with the Summer 1 class of the Columbia River Driver Education Program on Saturday, July 27.

Contact with law enforcement was the final topic covered in the summer class, according to the program’s instructor and owner, Richard Greene, and Murphy dropped by for over an hour to partake in a question and answer session with the students covering a wide range of topics.

Murphy has stopped in for three classes now, and said he starts his time with the students by covering the basic things they should be carrying on them while driving

– a driver’s license, registration, proof of insurance – as well as the various reasons they might be pulled over for their safety and the safety of others. Then, Murphy opens it up for questions.

“Most of the stuff they know pretty well. He provides a very thorough class,” Murphy said. “Matter of fact, my son has gone through his class before and I was surprised by the knowledge he gained there.”

According to Greene, Murphy fielded questions on insurance, driving restrictions, impaired driving, and how to respond if pulled over by the police.

“Having Deputy Murphy meet with the class is a great opportunity for these kids to get real life, positive interaction with the police and show them that getting pulled over, while not pleasant, doesn’t have to be traumatizing,” Greene said.

Murphy said most of the

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Chief Deputy Ryan Murphy with the Summer 1 class.

questions he received were general “what if’s” like, what if they forgot their driver’s license.

“What if I’m doing five miles an hour over the speed limit? That’s okay, right?”

Murphy said with a chuckle.

“It’s those kinds of things.

I plan to be there about an hour and I’m usually there about two hours to answer those questions. They’ve all been really good questions.”

Murphy said the most “off the wall” question he’d taken concerned whether or not a citizen had to allow law

enforcement to search their vehicle during a traffic stop or if they could refuse. Murphy said he went over their rights and, “yes, they could.”

After the question and answer session with Murphy, Greene said the students took their final exam to complete

more than 30 hours of classroom instruction.

“These students still have a few more drives to do to complete the six-hour ‘Behind the Wheel’ portion of the course over the next few weeks, with the first students getting their graduated driver’s license in mid-August,” Greene said.

A second summer session of the program began on August 5 with a parent/student orientation.

“It’s a neat event where we can interact with new drivers and educate them on the laws,” Murphy said of his involvement. “And they get to see us as normal people, too, not just the guy or gal that’s pulling them over.”

Anyone interested in what the ODOT-endorsed driver education course covers can contact Columbia River Driver Education at 503928-8247 or by visiting the program’s Facebook page.

Offbeat Oregon History: Mining law answered plan to seize gold mines with military force Chief guest column by FINN J.D. JOHN

In the years that followed the American Civil War, the American federal government was gasping for cash.

The war had been largely financed by borrowing huge sums of money from abroad, mostly from England. There weren’t many other options. America’s two main export crops, cotton and tobacco, were products of the South — which is why President Lincoln spent so heavily to throw a blockade around Southern ports.

By the time it was over, the Union government was having serious heartburn over debt service. And, of course, its revenue-generating options were fairly limited in those pre-income-tax days.

And yet, on the other side of the country, hordes of scruffy ruffians digging in the dirt and wading in the streams of Oregon and California were pulling a vast fortune out of the public domain — and keeping it all, giving not even a nod to the government that was the actual owner of the land that was making them so rich.

To these Eastern politicians, it didn’t seem right.

Here was Uncle Sam, which owned the land all this loot

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An early-1900s vintage picture postcard shows five different methods of mining gold: quartz stamping, hydraulic, dredging (with an oldschool bucket-line dredge), use of a doodlebug, and panning.

was being picked out of, getting absolutely nothing while a bunch of squatters swarmed over it, picking the carcass clean.

And to make matters even more open-and-shut for them, it was well known that the majority of miners in the gold fields were of Southern origin, and most of them had pulled hard for the Confederate cause. So, to the way of thinking of men like Rep. George Julian of Indiana, not only were they thieves, but rebels and wartime enemies to boot.

The solution? To seize the gold fields by military force, and either exploit them via government-

owned mining operations or turn them over to the nation’s creditors as partial payment of the war debt.

Indeed, those European creditor powers were already massing troops on the Mexican and Canadian borders, ready to surge across the line and start seizing (or helping to seize) mines and gold fields the instant they got the signal. And a strong and growing group of members of Congress from Northern and Eastern states stood ready to give them that signal.

The support for this position was building rapidly in the months after the war ended. So Senator William

• 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 July 25 • A stray Pitbull running at large was given a courtesy transport to the animal shelter.

Two dogs at large attacked another dog in its yard causing injury.

The report was referred to animal control.

A welfare check was conducted on a man sleeping at the gazebo.

July 26 • An officer went to check on a person who reportedly was not in a great mood, had lost their phone and had injuries to their arms. The person was checked out by medics and transported to a hospital.

• A caller reported a suspicious looking vehicle. The driver was given a warning for a parking violation.

• A business owner reported an unknown trio cut the locks on a gate to gain access to the dumpsters.

• Alexis Sophanthavong, 22, of

Stewart of Nevada moved to pre-empt it. In 1866, he introduced a bill that would lock in the status quo and protect miners and future miners from the threat of government expropriation.

“The mineral lands of the public domain ... are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and occupation by all citizens of the United States,” the bill announced, and went on to outline miners’ rights to build access roads, dam streams, and build structures to help them in their exploration and occupation.

Stewart and his supporters believed that the injection of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy since 1849 had been so beneficial that changing miners’ incentives risked killing a goose that was reliably laying golden eggs for everyone.

Then, too, seizing mining operations after the hard, risky work of prospecting, accessing, and excavating was done didn’t seem fair to his Western sensibilities. The government represented the people, not the politicians entrusted with it; and it hadn’t done a thing to exploit the gold fields except stand aside and let the miners do their thing. For it to step forward now and, as it were, high-grade everyone’s claims just because it could — that would be morally

insupportable.

The opponents of the bill may have underestimated how much interest there was in gold mining out West — and how much the fairness question weighed. Following a bitter fight, Stewart’s bill passed into law. It was refined and expanded over the following six years, finally being completed and codified as the General Mining Act of 1872.

Under it, individuals are granted a literal ownership right in their claims so long as they are being actively worked. That’s why miners are legally empowered to hang “no trespassing” signs on their claims: There is very little difference between a miner’s ownership interest in an active mining claim and a suburban homeowner’s ownership interest in her/his own back yard.

Although it mainly just codified existing practice, as a matter of legal doctrine this was a revolutionary and controversial thing at the time. It was the first time any nation had simply handed over its mineral wealth to whoever wanted to claim it and exploit it.

According to the 1917 Pan-American Scientific Congress, “It was the first instance where a sovereign broke away from the old regalian right and voluntarily ceded to her citizens as a gift all her mineral wealth

on the sole condition that the citizen should go out and possess it.”

Moreover, according to Jackson, it was also the first time in U.S. history that de novo property rights were granted to single women.

The law didn’t say what gender the miner had to be.

And in consequence, lots of women who didn’t want to deal with husband husbandry took advantage of this, and went into the gold fields to work their very own mining claims.

“This is not just a mere license to mine, but in fact, a grant of unique property,” Jackson wrote. “The Mining Law was written this way for the simple fact that it was the ideology of its writers that minerals are a critical portion of our infrastructure and that if average people were given the opportunity to own and develop 20 acres of mineral land, that it would benefit the nation as a whole.

History has proven that their theory was very much correct.”

and posted to the department’s Facebook page. The suspect was later identified. When interviewed, the suspect initially denied hitting the vehicle. The video was then shown to the suspect, who then admitted she was driving and it was her vehicle. She was issued a citation for failure to perform the duties of a driver.

property of his friend. A neighbor of the owner of the cans was the man who confronted the suspect.

The ‘friend’ left the area when the confrontation ensued and prior to officer arrival, leaving the suspect holding the bag. The cans were returned to the rightful owner.

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 541357-2222.

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July 27 • A weedeater was reported as stolen from a residence • Officers were dispatched to a disturbance in a parking lot involving four individuals. The disturbance was verbal in nature and peace was restored.

July 28 • Multiple callers reported hearing screaming and what sounded like a window in a vehicle being smashed out. The vehicle and subjects were located. The couple had a loud argument. Peace was restored.

• A blind, lost dog was found and returned to his home.

• A reported stolen vehicle ended up being a disagreement between parties as to theirJuly 29 purchase agreement. They were advised that it was a civil issue, not criminal.

July 29 • A caller reported hearing some yelling and thumping coming from an apartment. A couple was having a custody dispute. The male half left and the situation was resolved.

July 30 • An officer responded to a report of a hit and run in a parking lot.

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Black Tie & Blue Jeans raises record $170k

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Senator Betsy Johnson rallies the crowd with the “Paddle Raise Challenge” garnering over $50,000 in cash donations.

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Graduate Luke Roth.

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Columbia County graduate Luke Roth has attended three of Columbia County’s high schools – Scappoose for his first two years, St. Helens for his junior year, and recently graduated after finishing out his high school career in Clatskanie. Now, he has signed a $132,000, four-year deal with Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska to play baseball, and was even offered a walk-on spot as the university football team’s kicker.

Roth said he’s lived in Warren his whole life and ended up at Clatskanie High School when his father moved there to be closer to work.

“We got a house up there and it just made it easier for him and it was a better opportunity for me,” Roth said.

Roth began his baseball career in Scappoose and said when he transferred to St. Helens he “played pretty well” but wasn’t quite where he wanted to be in his game.

“My junior year, I didn’t have a fantastic year. I think I hit 200. So, I went and

played summer baseball in Longview for a club called Lower Columbia,” Roth said. “They helped me immensely, and when I went to Clatskanie, my averages went up.”

He trained four days a week in baseball from the end of his junior year to the end of his senior year.

The left-fielder ultimately finished his high school career as an All-League player with a batting average at 380 and an on-base percentage of 485. He came in with 22 RBIs and 26 total hits.

Roth then set up a recruiting profile online where he entered his statistics, recommendations from his coaches and videos of his performances. Midland, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, sent him a message.

“They thought I’d be a good fit for their program,” Roth said. “I ended up going and doing a visit and I really liked the visit.”

Roth, a self-professed “sports-a-holic,” plans to major in sports management with an ideal destination as a college athletic director. He discussed his future

goals with the university, and as it turned out, they didn’t have a good kicker for their football team.

Roth said he’d never played football until his senior year but took on the role as defensive back for the Clatskanie Tigers. Fortunately, the team filmed all of their games.

“I was able to pull clips of me kicking and I went over, and I showed them and that’s kind of what got me that walk-on opportunity,” Roth said. “I’d originally intended to just go for baseball.”

While the kicker position does not factor into the scholarship, his baseball signing will provide $30,000 a year towards his schooling. He said his parents have supported him “all the way.”

“It will be a little difficult going so far from home, but they have a school system that I’ll be able to be home three months a year, their winter break is really extended,” Roth said. “My parents are really excited for me. No one in my family has really gone anywhere in sports so they really want to see how far I can go with this.”

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Sold Out Black Tie & Blue Jeans event at the Deer Island Stock Ranch raises over $170,000 for Chance to Become Scholarships.

The bi-annual Black Tie & Blue Jeans fundraiser raised a record-breaking $170,000 to put towards scholarships at their recent event.

More than 350 guests attended the fundraiser hosted by the Columbia Learning

Center at the scenic Deer Island Stock Ranch on Saturday, August 3rd.

A variety of items were auctioned off, from a fine bronze sculpture. a pair of laying hens complete with coop, to a VIP tour of the Boeing plant in Everett.

The money raised from the sold-out event will allow Columbia Learning Center to award up to 35 of their $5,000 ‘Chance to Become Scholarships’ over the next two years to high school seniors in all of the Columbia County school districts.

Geri Logan named RSVP Volunteer of the Month

CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington and Columbia Counties to host 26th Annual Golf Classic On Monday, August 19, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties will host their 26th Annual CASA Golf Classic at the Langdon Farms Golf Club. The event will be presented by Fred Meyer Jewelers. In 2018, this event raised $192,000 in support of CASA’s mission.

The audience comprised over 175 golfers, including leaders from Portland’s corporate and philanthropic communities and vendors from all over the United States, including New York, Texas and California.

CASA’s Board of Director will be in attendance as well, including PGA Pro Quincy Heard.

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

Over 3,000 children are living in the foster care system in Multnomah, Washington, & Columbia Counties alone.

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

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

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

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

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

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From left, My Fair Lady Princess Judy Brown, of Rainier, Princess Donna Baker, of Scappoose, Queen Patti Younts, of Clatskanie, Geri Logan, and Princess Kathy Bauska, of St. Helens.

Geri Logan was recently named RSVP’s Volunteer of the Month for July.

Logan has a lot of compassion in her heart, and spends her time helping others, RSVP officials said. She has volunteered for the First Lutheran Quilting Group for six years making quilts to distribute to people in need.

Most of their quilts go to Lutheran World Relief who distributes quilts all over the world. Logan said they also

take some over to DHS for the kids.

When asked if she would like to volunteer at the Columbia Pacific Food Bank distributing food to people in need, Logan agreed and has been a faithful volunteer there for the last two years, according to officials.

“What people don’t know is she does a lot more; she does a lot of nursing care,” fellow quilter Judy Ann Johnson said. “She goes to

people’s houses to take care of them, or to drive them to doctor & dental appointments.”

Officials said Logan is always smiling and always there to help when asked.

“I work with her here at quilting, and she’s a hard worker,” Karen Olson said.

When asked to comment about the award, Logan said it was a real surprise. “This means the world to me,” she said. “Thank you.”

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A group of festival attendees participate in the cake walk.

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Children line up for a free hot dog at the Umpqua Bank Customer Appreciation Day on August 1.

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Live music was available throughout the festival.

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Racers line up at the starting line for the 5K race.

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Two competitors in the lawn mower race.

Umpqua Bank held its annual Customer Appreciation Day on August 1, an activity the bank does in conjunction with the Clatskanie Public Library to support their annual book sale, according to Monica Hastings, Branch Manager and Loan Officer for Umpqua Bank.

“We’ve done it for over 12 years,” Hastings said.

Both events are meant to serve the community, according to Hastings and Elizabeth Kruse, Library Director of Clatskanie Library District.

“I’m sure they help each other out,” Kruse said about the two events. “I think that as far as the two working together or networking, it’s just fun for the community members to go from one place to another, socializing.”

Customer Appreciation Day was something Umpqua Bank started years ago as a way to give back to their customers, Hastings said.

For a long time, the event was held on July 3 as a way to celebrate Independence

Day, but in recent years, the date was moved to the first day of the library’s book sale, which takes place in August, in order for both the library’s book sale and the bank’s appreciation day to take advantage of each other’s customers, according to Hastings.

“We would have our customer appreciation day and feed the masses hot dogs and encourage everybody to go over and buy a book. So we try to incorporate that good community feel and fun,” Hastings said.

At the bank, the event was a success, Hastings said.

The bank gave away 270 hot dogs and had other events as well.

According to Hastings, volunteer firefighters came and gave away free backpacks to children who attended the event.

“They let kids sit in the fire truck, they let me sit in the fire truck, and they helped barbecue,” Hastings said.

The event also gave away other food like chips, juice, cookies and ice cream, and had other entertainment, like

sidewalk chalk for children to draw with, an indoor golf course in the bank, and a coloring contest.

Attendees could then walk a block down to the Clatskanie Public Library, located at 11 Lillich Street in Clatskanie, where they could buy a book at the library’s book sale.

Kruse said the book sale is put on by the Friends of the Library and runs during the first weekend of August.

This year, the book sale ran from Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 3, running all day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To encourage even more participation, the book sale offers a deal on Saturday, where customers can have “a box of books for a buck,” or one box of books for one dollar.

Books are donated from community members or are old books the library has chosen to get rid of.

“We only have three boxes of books left out of hundreds and hundreds of titles here,” Kruse said. “They clear out, it’s just amazing how well attended it is.”

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Rachel Krotzer (left), and Heather Harrell (right), volunteered in the snack shack, handing out free food and water to attendees throughout the festival.

FESTIVAL From Page A1 whether or not the Festival was secretly religious. Some Clatskanie residents were commenting on Facebook about different religious aspects of the festival, such as the worship services offered on Sunday, and the fact that the event was hosted in part

by Piercing Arrow Private School, a Christian private school in Clatskanie.

Sherman said these accusations are unfounded.

“The people making those comments never came to the festival,” Sherman said. “90 percent of these events are not religious.

Some of those comments are just comments. There wasn’t even religious music up there.”

Sherman also said similar neighboring community events, such as Rainier Days, have an entire Sunday reserved for religious services, something that the Clatskanie Festival did not do.

Sherman said the ac-

cusations may have come because one event, a memorial service for community members who have passed away in the last year, was new to the festival this year.

According to Sherman, that event was sponsored by two non-religious entities in the community, the owners of the Clatskanie Mini Mart, and Clatskanie Floral, LLC. “Every year forever for 34 years they had a memorial service once a year. That was brought to our attention, so we thought maybe that was something we needed to bring back to our community,” Sherman said.

The reason behind the theme of the festival, “Let the Light Shine,” was because of the fact that so many towns, in Sherman’s opinion, are hurting because of traumas like gun violence, or losing their homes due to environmental damage, like the intense flooding in the Midwest region of the United States.

“There’s a lot of towns hurting now, and it’s like where would we be? We are so fragmented, I don’t know

where we would be. It’s nice to know we have that support system if we need it,” Sherman said.

The purpose of the festival, Sherman said, was to bring the community together and to have fun.

While the community seems to enjoy a lot of the events, Sherman said one of the highlights is the night parade, where floats are decorated with colorful lights, and the parade meanders from Clatskanie Elementary School all the way down Nehlam Street to Clatskanie City Park.

Like in previous years, Clatskanie Mayor Bob Bracjich served as the grand marshal in the parade, Sherman said.

But Sherman said she thinks the community enjoys the festival as a whole.

“People used to go outside, sit on the porch, talk to their neighbor, and we hardly do that anymore,” Sherman said, adding, “this is just to get back down to the basics, come together for free and enjoy each other’s company.”

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Do you know your beer? Ten perfect occasions to enjoy a beer this summer gives them more depth of flavour and often, higher alcohol content. In general, pale ales are slightly fruity and tangy to the taste.

Ideally served slightly warmer than lagers — around six degrees Celsius — they perfectly complement fine cheese and charcuterie platters.

Amber, white, black or brown; bitter, sour, sweet or fruity; hoppy, malty, grainy or smoky — beer comes in a staggering variety of forms. Faced with so many different flavours and styles, choosing the right brew for your tastes can prove quite challenging. But you don’t need to be a connoisseur to make an informed decision.

Equipped with a few basic concepts, anyone can navigate the world of beer. Are you familiar with these different types?

LAGERS Typically pale-bodied and light-tasting, lagers are probably the most commonly consumed of all beers.

They’re in high demand at local bars and sporting events, and are often served ice-cold in a frosted glass. With their low alcohol content and pleasant but subtle flavour, lagers pair nicely with your favourite seafood dishes — especially on a warm summer’s day.

PALE ALES Ales are fermented at higher temperatures than lagers, a process which

DARK ALES The colour of beer comes from malted barley, and the amount of heat used in the malting process determines how pale or dark the final product. Deeply roasted malts, for instance, produce darker beers. Beers that are more amber or brown in colour typically have a rich, sweet caramel taste, and aren’t as fizzy as lighter beers. These darker brews usually pair best with spicier cuisines.

STOUTS Robust, creamy and opaquely black, stouts are best served close to room temperature in order to distinguish the delicate flavours of chocolate, coffee and oats characteristic of this Irish-style brew. A palatable choice, stouts pair nicely with hearty foods like stews, game meat and rich desserts.

This list merely scratches the surface of the seemingly endless variety of beers on the market today. Craft breweries near and far are constantly coming up with creative varieties and innovative brewing techniques, each more specialized than the last. Enjoy discovering them all! Cheers!

Whether you prefer bigbrand lagers or obscure artisanal IPAs, one thing’s for sure: beer is a perfect beverage for summer. Here are ten typical sunny-season events that pair exceptionally well with a cold one: 1. Picnics. Load up the cooler with crudités, cold cuts and cheese — and don’t forget the beer!

You’re all set for a lovely picnic in good company.

2. Weddings. Summer is synonymous with outdoor weddings. Long live the happy couple and long live beer!

3. National holidays.

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4. Festivals. Grab your friends and enjoy the summer’s most popular exhibitions, fairs and festivals, beer in hand.

5. Sporting events.

Quench your thirst with a nice cold brew while watching your favourite team take the lead. Victory (or defeat) never tasted so good.

6. Corn roasts. Who doesn’t love corn on the cob? Many self-proclaimed foodies add beer to the cooking water to subtly enhance the flavour.

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7. Moving day. After a hard day’s work of lifting and moving boxes, you deserve a little treat.

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8. Concerts. Every summer, the sounds of jazz, pop, rock and other musical genres take over the city. Whether you choose to dance the night away or to sing under the summer sun, a beer is always right for the occasion.

9. Barbecues. Is there anything better than spending your summer evenings with some of your closest friends, grilling steaks and tickling your taste buds with quality lagers and ales?

10. Prom. Your graduating year is a milestone worth celebrating! And if you aren’t old enough to drink, don’t fret: non-alcoholic brews are easier to find and better tasting than ever.

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