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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 3A Couple takes plea deal for sodomy charges The attempted sodomy occurred on two occasions between Jan. 1, 2013 and Jan. The Westport couple ac- 1, 2015. cused of sodomizing their Judge Paula Brownhill 2-year-old daughter twice sentenced the couple to each over the past two years agreed serve three-years probation to a plea deal Wednesday in and 90 days in jail, which Clatsop County Circuit Court. they will get credit for already Mackully Anthony Jacob, serving. 22, and Bethany-Ann Jessup If they violate the proba- Jacob, 22, both pleaded guilty tion, they will have to serve WR D OHVVHU FKDUJH RI ¿UVWGH- four years in prison. gree attempted sodomy (class The reason for the “down- B felony), after originally be- ward departure” of probation ing charged with two counts instead of prison time, is due RI ¿UVWGHJUHH VRGRP\ FODVV to Mackully and Bethany-Ann A felony). cooperating with the state and By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian being amenable to treatment, according to sentencing doc- uments. As part of their sentencing, Mackully and Bethany-Ann are required to complete sex offender and substance abuse evaluations and treatment, register as sex offenders and cooperate with the Oregon De- partment of Human Services. They cannot contact or as- sociate with each other, unless authorized in writing by the FRXUW RI SUREDWLRQ RI¿FHU RU the toddler, unless authorized by DHS, according to the sen- tencing documents. Mackully arrived at the St. Johns Hospital emergency room in Longview on Jan. 3 with his parents and admitted to hospital staff that he and Bethany-Ann had inappropri- ate relations with their daugh- ter, according to a Longview Police report. He told police the inappro- priate action happened twice in one night at their home on Old Mill Town Road in West- port while him and his wife were high on adderall, a pre- scription drug often used to treat narcolepsy and attention GH¿FLWK\SHUDFWLYLW\GLVRUGHU Comments sought on proposed countywide park smoking ban By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian Locals will have their say before the Clatsop County Board of Commis- sioners vote to possibly ban smoking and tobacco use in county parks. The Board of Commis- sioners opened public com- ment Wednesday at its reg- ular meeting, and will keep the comment period open until its next meeting May 13. The public is invited to send in written comments until the May 13 meeting, and provide testimony at the meeting before the Board of Commissioners is sched- uled to vote. Supporters of the pro- posed ban point to environ- mental concerns and health reasons such as decreasing exposure to secondhand smoke, encouraging more smokers to quit and dis- couraging children to start smoking. Clatsop County Parks Manager Steve Meshke said the proposal would effec- tively add county parks into the county’s existing no to- bacco policy. The no tobac- co policy, created in 2011, is enforced outside county department buildings. Parks impacted by the proposed policy include Big Creek, Carnahan, Cul- laby Lake, LeeWooden/ Fish Hawk Falls, Klootchy Creek, North Fork Nehalem, Sigfridson, John Day and Westport boat ramp. “There is a lot to be said about this,” Meshke said. “This ban will help pro- mote a healthy environment in parks, especially for the youths, so we are not pro- moting smoking and tobac- co products.” Robert McClelland of Astoria — the chairman of North Coast Prevention Works, a group formed in 2010 to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse — offered his support for the ban Wednesday night during public comment. McClelland told the Board of Commissioners a smoking and tobacco ban would offer a cleaner and healthy park experience and reduce the exposure to chil- dren. “The promotion of smoke-free parks reduces the exposure of children to smoking and tobacco use,” McClelland said. “We know children model their behav- ior on the actions of adults around them.” The Clatsop County Rec- reational Lands Planning Advisory Committee rec- ommended the ban in No- vember. Although the rec- ommendation passed, some on the committee expressed concerns about people’s personal rights, how the policy would be enforced and the need for such a poli- cy since parks are outdoors. The proposed ban in- cludes smoking of any ma- terial, including electronic cigarettes and chewing to- bacco, which when spit out creates both public health concerns and maintenance issues for county staff, ac- cording to the parks depart- ment. “We pick up a lot of cigarette butts in the coun- ty parks, especially along the water’s edge and the John Day bathroom areas,” Meshke said. “It will save the parks a lot of man-time to cleaning up cigarette butts we find throughout the park.” In other business the Board of Commissioners: • Directed a steering committee that includes Commissioners Sarah Ne- beker and Dirk Rohne to approve a scope of work agreement with Kennedy Consulting regarding a 360 performance evaluation of County Manager Scott Somers. The steering com- mittee will report back a finalized agreement at the next Board of Commission- ers meeting May 13. • In response to Gov. Kate Brown appointing As- toria resident Bruce Buck- master to a long-vacant seat on the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, agreed to send a letter of support to State Sen. Peter Courtney, D-Salem, who is the president of the Senate Committee on Rules. The Senate Rules committee is scheduled to host a hearing on Brown’s executive ap- pointees May 14. • Set a public hearing May 13 on the annexation of the Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District filtra- tion plant into the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District. The filtration plant was recently found to be lo- cated outside, but adjacent to, the rural fire protection district. Because of the chemicals and equipment in the filtration plant, fire pro- tection is necessary, county counsel said. The incident happened in May 2013 when the girl was about 9-months old, police later discovered. Longview Police arrested and booked Mackully Jan. 5 RQDIXJLWLYHZDUUDQW¿OHGE\ Clatsop County District Attor- QH\¶V2I¿FH+HZDVODWHUH[- tradited to Clatsop County Jail. Bethany-Ann was also ar- rested and booked Jan. 5 by Clatsop County Sheriff’s Of- ¿FHDWKHUKRPHLQ:HVWSRUW Her and Mackully had been married for two years and decided to get married in part due to her being pregnant A little off the top Crews from Arbor Care Tree Specialists cut down dead and at-risk branches from the giant sequoia on the Capt. George Flavel House Museum property Tuesday. This is the first time the tree has been thinned since being planted in the late 1800s. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Get your kids ready for kindergarten Free workshops to be offered Clatsop County parents with preschool-age children are en- couraged to register for one of three “Kinder Ready” workshops to be held this spring. These free Saturday morning workshops are sponsored by Clatsop Kinder Ready and Northwest Parenting to help parents prepare their 3- 5-year-old children for the mod- ern day kindergarten. Workshops are planned for: • Saturday, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Seaside Public Library, 1311 Broadway, Seaside. • May 2, 10 a.m..to noon, Warrenton Grade School, 820 S.W. Cedar Ave., Warrenton. CCC job fair welcomes employers Clatsop Community College and WorkSource Oregon will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 6 in Columbia Hall on the main campus, 1651 Lexington Ave., and invite employers with current job openings to participate. Registration is free, and employer representatives will be hosted at a complimentary breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Registration is required by May 1 to en- sure adequate space. Contact Lisa Nyberg at 503-338-2480 or lnyberg@clatsopcc. edu, or register online at www.clatsopcc. edu/jobfair CORRECTION Clothing Size Incorrect — The size of women’s cloth- ing needed for the Koch family is 2X. Their home and posses- VLRQVZHUHORVWLQD¿UH0RQ- day. Men’s size 33 pants, large shirts and meals are needed as well. To help, contact Angie Koch at 503-440-1751 or Greg Koch at 503-440-2142. GO ONLINE www. dailyastorian. com PR O PER TY LIN ES a t ho m ed it e io n REAL ESTATE, HOME CONSTRUCTION, GARDENING AND MORE! with their daughter, accord- ing to the incident report. She claims they split up about a week before her arrest. While they were high on adderall, she said, Mackully would talk about molesting their daughter, according to the report. Such comments compelled her to take their daughter and run away to Idaho in June 2013. She got a restraining order against her husband while in Idaho. The 2-year-old girl is re- portedly staying with Mack- ully’s parents in Columbia County. • May 16, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Astoria Library, 450 10th St., Astoria. At Kinder Ready Workshops grownups participate with their preschool-age children to ex- plore a tote bag full of educa- tional materials and learn ways to use the materials at home to learn about letters, colors, shapes, numbers and counting through songs, playful games and explorations. Families receive as a free gift all the hands-on materials explored during the workshop. Workshop leaders are local teach- ers and early childhood educators. Registration is required. To register for one of the work- shops, call Northwest Parenting at 503-325-8673, ext. 2. Space in each workshop is limited. Shepard’s Pie with Salad & Bread The Daily Astorian file Jaycie Browning turns her tassle during the graduating ceremony for the Lil’ Sprouts prekindergarten class, a city of Astoria program at the Robert Gray School in June. 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