community
october4
2018
15
Traveling Exhibit Will Visit
Columbia County Communities, Including Vernonia
readings
• October 15 - 19: Exhibit Scappoose
High School Library
• October 16, 6:30 pm: Scappoose High
School Library, Presentation by survi-
vors of Internment, with additional vid-
eos and readings
• October 22 - 26: Exhibit Vernonia
School Library
Oregon Reps Help Secure Disaster
Funding for Salmon Fisheries
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cess,” Bonamici, DeFazio, Blumenauer,
and Schrader wrote in the letter. “In the
past, a federal disaster has been declared
for comparable seasons. Despite consid-
erable federal and state investment in
salmon recovery, many factors outside
of managers’ control, including drought
and changing ocean conditions, continue
to impede salmon populations. These
poor salmon seasons have damaged the
already distressed communities that rely
on the commercial fishing industry.”
“When I visited the South Coast
last year in the wake of two simultaneous
disasters, the Chetco Bar Fire on land
and the salmon season closure at sea,
the people who live there made it clear
to me that help was needed,” said
Governor Kate Brown. “Salmon are a
vital component of Oregon’s natural
resources and provide significant
commercial, recreational, economic, and
aesthetic benefits to all of Oregon. The
closure of the 2017 salmon season had
severe effects on already distressed rural
communities on the Oregon Coast, as
well as the businesses across the state that
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this injustice. Dozens of photographs in-
cluded in the exhibit play a big part in
telling this story.
Additionally, guests from the
Nikkei Center will speak and share their
experiences. Join the conversation at
the St. Helens Library and Scappoose
High School as we compare history to
contemporary events. This exhibit is
free and open to the public. Go to www.
ccchd.info for more information.
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Oregon Representatives Su-
zanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio, Earl
Blumenauer, and Kurt Schrader joined
Governor Kate Brown in celebrating an
announcement that the Department of
Commerce will provide disaster relief to
struggling West Coast fisheries.
Oregon’s commercial salmon
fisheries were devastated by poor sea-
sons in 2016 and 2017, when they saw
more than a 70 percent decline in salmon
landings compared to the five-year av-
erage. Fishing communities in Oregon
have been waiting for the Department of
Commerce to act since May 2017, when
Governor Brown requested that the De-
partment make an expedited declaration
of a fishery disaster under the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Interjurisdic-
tional Fisheries Act. Bonamici, DeFazio,
Blumenauer, and Schrader helped secure
the disaster aid by calling on Secretary
Wilbur Ross to declare a fishery disaster.
“Declaring a disaster will allow
hard-hit communities that depend on
fisheries revenue and jobs to seek federal
assistance and begin the recovery pro-
There will also be a concur-
rent essay contest for area high school
seniors on the topic “Why is it Impor-
tant for Us to Remember the Internment
of Japanese-Americans during WWII?”
Awards will be issued at a later date, al-
lowing students time to see the exhibit
and attend a presentation.
In the exhibit at these locations,
see personal letters and proclamations
from Oregonians advocating for the
exclusion and incarceration of Japa-
nese American Oregonians. Also, view
responses from Japanese Americans to
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A traveling exhibit, presented by
The Columbia County Coalition for Hu-
man Dignity (CCCHD), explores how
Oregonians participated in the decision
to incarcerate Japanese Americans and
Japanese immigrants during World War
II.
It is the story of how individu-
als, organizations, businesses, and elect-
ed officials advocated for the incarcera-
tion of Oregonians of Japanese ancestry
or stood by while it happened.
Recognizing the importance of
the history of immigrant incarceration,
both during World War II and today, The
CCCHD is presenting several opportu-
nities for Columbia County citizens to
view this timely and valuable exhibit.
• October 1 - 5: Clatskanie Cultural
Center, exhibit only
• October 8 - 12: Exhibit St.Helens Li-
brary
• October 9, 7:00 pm: St. Helens Li-
brary, Presentation by survivors of
Internment, with additional videos and
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