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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2015 Hop production on the rise in US New Year’s Day The Associated Press 02;(( :DVK ² 'H- mand from craft beer brewers led to an 11 percent increase in U.S. hop production in 2015 compared to the previ- ous year. The U.S. Department of $JULFXOWXUH¶V 1DWLRQDO $J- ricultural Statistics Service says production totaled 78.8 million pounds. :DVKLQJWRQVWDWHSURGXFHG 59.4 million pounds, followed E\ 2UHJRQ ZLWK PLOOLRQ pounds and Idaho with 8.7 million pounds. Those three states produce about a third of the world supply. 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Demand for those aroma varieties has driven demand ³WRDOHYHOWKDWKDVFKDOOHQJHG the industry to continue to ex- pand production at an equiva- OHQWUDWH´*HRUJHVDLG :DVKLQJWRQ VWDWH KDG WKH KLJKHVW QXPEHU RI DFUHV KDU- YHVWHG JRLQJ EDFN WR ,GDKRKDGLWVKLJKHVWSURGXF- tion and acres harvested since 1944. *HRUJHVDLGKRSDFUHDJHLQ WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW KDV LQ- creased 48 percent in the last three years. 0HDQZKLOH *HRUJH VDLG European producers had one RIWKHLUWRXJKHVW\HDUVLQPRUH WKDQDGHFDGHGXHWRGURXJKW ZLWK SURGXFWLRQ GURSSLQJ percent compared to last year. She said production in Germany, which produces a third of the world crop, is down 26 percent. In observance of New Year’s Day on Friday, all federal, state, county and city RI¿FHVDQGVHUYLFHVLQFOXGLQJ Astoria, Warrenton, Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon Beach city halls, are closed. All U.S. SRVW RI¿FHV DUH FORVHG DQG there is no mail delivery. Astoria, Jewell, Knappa, Warrenton/Hammond, Sea- VLGHLQFOXGLQJ&DQQRQ%HDFK and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach (Wash.) School District schools and Clat- VRS &RPPXQLW\ &ROOHJH are closed for winter break. The Astoria Library, Sea- side Library, Warrenton Li- brary and all Timberland OLEUDULHV LQ :DVKLQJWRQ LQ- FOXGLQJ ,OZDFR 2FHDQ 3DUN and Naselle, are closed. 7KH3RUWRI$VWRULDRI¿FHV and services are closed. *DUEDJH FROOHFWLRQ WKURXJK 5HFRORJ\ :HVWHUQ 2UHJRQ FRYHULQJ $VWRULD Seaside, Gearhart and Cannon Beach) and the city of War- renton is not affected by the KROLGD\ 3HQLQVXOD 6DQLWDWLRQ FRYHULQJ:DVKLQJWRQ¶V/RQJ %HDFK 3HQLQVXOD FXVWRPHUV ZKRVH UHJXODU VHUYLFH GD\ LV )ULGD\ZLOOKDYHWKHLUJDUEDJH SLFNHG XS 7KXUVGD\ 5HFRO- RJ\ :HVWHUQ 2UHJRQ DQG 3HQLQVXOD 6DQLWDWLRQ¶V WUDQV- fer stations are closed for the holiday. 7KH6XQVHW3RROLQ6HDVLGH is closed. The Astoria Aquatic Center is closed. 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Homelessness doesn’t stop for the holidays +HOSLQJ Hands raises awareness, funds WKURXJKWKH winter months By KATHERINE LACAZE The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — As the end of WKH \HDU DSSURDFKHV +HOSLQJ +DQGV5HHQWU\2XWUHDFK&HQ- WHUVHQFRXUDJHVWKHFRPPXQL- W\ QRW WR IRUJHW WKRVH ZKRVH season is not too merry and EULJKW The Seaside-based non- SUR¿W RUJDQL]DWLRQ LV UXQQLQJ its third annual Homeless For WKH +ROLGD\V FDPSDLJQ WR raise awareness and funds to support homeless individuals DQG IDPLOLHV WKURXJKRXW WKH winter months. $OUHDG\LQWKHRUJD- QL]DWLRQKDVSURYLGHGVHUYLFHV to more than 700 women, PHQDQGFKLOGUHQ7KHQLJKW- ly need increases in Decem- ber and January, and conse- TXHQWO\ WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ¶V expenses “just about double” as it tries to assist everyone, DFFRUGLQJWR&KLHI([HFXWLYH 2I¿FH$ODQ(YDQV(VSHFLDOO\ with the recent storms across WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW SHR- SOH¿QGWKHPVHOYHVGLVSODFHG ZLWKQRZKHUHWRJR “Now is the hardest time of year for everybody,” Evans said. “We always reach out for help from our supporters, KRSLQJ WKDW \RX ZLOO GRQDWH \RXU HQGRIWKH\HDU JLIW WR +HOSLQJ+DQGV7KHREVWDFOHV SHRSOHDUHIDFLQJWRVWD\DÀRDW DUHGHYDVWDWLQJDQGWKHVWRULHV are real.” Katherine Lacaze/EO Media Group Lisa Chambers, of Asto- ria, is enjoying a holiday season with her 8-year-old son Zar. A year ago, the two were separated and Cham- bers was going through Helping Hands’ re-entry program. +HOSLQJV +DQGV ZDV RQH RI the options. Support and accountability Chambers made her way down to Seaside on an eve- QLQJ EXV IURP$VWRULD 8SRQ KHU DUULYDO DW WKH HPHUJHQF\ shelter, staff member Alicia &DPEHUJJUHHWHGKHU “Alicia took me and just KXJJHG PH DQG WROG PH µ<RX¶UH JRLQJ WR JHW \RXU kids back,’” Chambers said. “From that point on, I knew what I had to do. There was no question.” Chambers told herself QRWKLQJ FRXOG VWRS KHU %\ December, she had visitation ULJKWV WR VHH KHU VRQV WZR KRXUV RQFH D ZHHN 6HHLQJ WKHP IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH PDGH KHU VWURQJHU LQ KHU SXUVXLW WR provide a stable environment for them and herself. Christmas last year was one of the saddest times for her, but it also was a time of hope. She had moved into the ZRPHQ¶VKRPHDQGZDVJRLQJ WKURXJKWKHUHHQWU\SURJUDP :LWK VXSSRUW IURP +HOSLQJ Hands staff and volunteers, VKHJRWFOHDQDQGIRXQGDMRE ³, ZDV GRLQJ HYHU\WKLQJ , SRVVLEO\FRXOGWRJHWP\NLGV back,” she said. Her hard work paid off. On Valentine’s Day, Zar was back in her care. She still was liv- LQJDWWKHZRPHQ¶VKRPHDQG the environment provided ex- tra accountability. Chambers was surrounded by nine wom- en who she knew understood her story and cared about her but also could report her if she slipped up. That didn’t happen, WKRXJK &KDPEHUV VWD\HG the course, and by June, had moved into her own apart- ment. She believes her suc- FHVV ZDV GXH WR +HOSLQJ Hands, which she said “is a YHU\ YHU\ ORYLQJ DQG KHOSIXO place,” and her motivation to be the best version of herself for her sons. In October, she was of- ferec custody of Kai, who has severe autism. However, he is JHQF\ IRRG UHTXHVWV 7KH RUJDQL]DWLRQ UHSRUWHG KRXV- LQJ DVVLVWDQFH UHTXHVWV KDYH increased about 600 percent IURP WZR \HDUV DJR 0DQ\ families and individuals — LQFOXGLQJ QXPHURXV FKLOGUHQ DQGVHQLRUFLWL]HQV²UHPDLQ unsheltered. Food distribution also in- creased by about 50 percent RYHUWKHSDVWIRXU\HDUV0RUH than 25 percent of residents TXDOLI\ IRU HPHUJHQF\ IRRG DVVLVWDQFH WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ reported. Clatsop Community Ac- WLRQ UXQV PXOWLSOH KRXVLQJ SURJUDPVZLWKGLIIHUHQWHOLJL- ELOLW\UHTXLUHPHQWV7KHRUJD- QL]DWLRQ DVVHVVHV SHRSOH ZKR “Life is way better,” she DUH KRPHOHVV RU LQ GDQJHU RI said. “I couldn’t have done it EHFRPLQJ KRPHOHVV WR VHH LI ZLWKRXW+HOSLQJ+DQGV´ WKH\DUHHOLJLEOHIRUDQ\RIWKH SURJUDPV7\SLFDOO\WKHSHR- ple have some type of income, Countywide housing DOWKRXJKLWPD\QRWEHPXFK assistance need Clatsop Community Ac- Executive Director Elaine tion, which provides services Bruce said. ³:H FDQ¶W GR HYHU\WKLQJ and referrals to those in need LQ WKH FRXQW\ LV UHSRUWLQJ D EXWZHWU\WRDXJPHQWZKDW¶V ODUJH LQFUHDVH LQ GHPDQG IRU there,” she said. Clatsop Community Ac- all of its social services, in SDUWLFXODUKRXVLQJDQGHPHU- WLRQ DVVLVWV +HOSLQJ +DQGV B A CK E\GLYHUWLQJVRPHRILWVJUDQW PRQH\LILW¿WVWKHFULWHULDIRUD VSHFL¿FIXQGLQJVWUHDP%UXFH VDLG 7KH DJHQF\ DOVR ZRUNV ZLWK WKH 1RUWKZHVW 2UHJRQ +RXVLQJ $XWKRULW\ DQG RWKHU RUJDQL]DWLRQVDQGDJHQFLHV As for seasonal need, the RUJDQL]DWLRQ¶V HQHUJ\ DVVLV- WDQFHSURJUDPUXQVIURP2F- tober to February and uses ¿YHGLIIHUHQWJUDQWVRXUFHVWR KHOS UHGXFH HQHUJ\ FRVWV IRU those that qualify. “In the winter, that’s when people really need that,” Bruce said. “We have a lot of applications that come in.” She said factors contrib- XWH WR WKH LQFUHDVLQJ QHHG IRU KRXVLQJ DVVLVWDQFH LQ WKH FRXQW\ LQFOXGLQJ D ODFN RI PDQXIDFWXULQJ DQG RWKHU OLYLQJZDJH MREV D ODFN RI KRXVLQJ LQ JHQHUDO DQG VORZ recovery from the economic recession in 2008. “Those are heavy con- WULEXWRUVWRSHRSOHDVNLQJIRU help,” she said. Sometimes people are hit by more than one factor at a time, she add- ed. “It’s just a complex myri- ad of problems.” IMAGINE A COMMUNITY WHERE EACH PERSON HAS THE SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCEED H A C BIT’ S O MING Your tax-deductible, year-end gift to the Clatsop Community College Foundation Scholarship Fund will help a deserving student succeed. Mail to: CCC Foundation, 1651 Lexington Ave, Astoria OR 97103 Donate securely online through PayPal at www.clatsopcc.edu ‘Feeling lost’ Lisa Chambers, 44, of As- toria, can relate. This time last year she was JRLQJWKURXJK+HOSLQJ+DQGV¶ UHKDELOLWDWLRQ SURJUDP DIWHU several tumultuous, emotional PRQWKV RI UHODSVLQJ DQG XV- LQJFU\VWDOPHWKDPSKHWDPLQH DIWHU\HDUVRIEHLQJFOHDQ KDYLQJ SHRSOH VKH WKRXJKW ZHUHIULHQGVWXUQDJDLQVWKHU EHFRPLQJKRPHOHVVDQGKDY- LQJ KHU WZR VRQV .DL QRZ 7, and Zar, 8, taken from her custody. While at the hospital on suicide watch, a social work- HUDVNHGLI&KDPEHUVWKRXJKW VKH FRXOG EH D JRRG PRP ZKLOHXVLQJFU\VWDOPHWKVKH said. She knew the answer was “no.” In October 2014, after a summer of “kind of GHVWUR\LQJ P\VHOI´ VKH VDLG DQG DIWHU EHLQJ HYLFWHG IURP her apartment, she remem- EHUV VLWWLQJ DW WKH 6KRUW 6WRS convenience store in Astoria ³IHHOLQJ ORVW´ 7KH 'HSDUW- ment of Human Services had UHIHUUHGKHUWRRSWLRQVIRUJHW- WLQJEDFNWRDSRLQWZKHUHVKH could be with her children. WKULYLQJ DQG GHYHORSLQJ ZHOO with his foster family. Cham- bers feels it is best to keep KLPWKHUHIRUDZKLOHORQJHU “It’s not better that he’s away from me, but it’s better WKDWKH¶VJURZLQJ´VKHVDLG She wants to make sure she has a stable environment for Kai to return to. She hopes WR JHW WUDLQLQJ WR FRSH EHWWHU with his autism and to provide WKH VXSSRUW DQG JXLGDQFH KH needs. ³0\ JXW WHOOV PH LW¶V QRW time,” she said. “I’m not ready WR PDNH D ZURQJ PRYH DQG KDYHKLPUHPRYHGDJDLQ´ She has full access to him and calls and visits frequently. 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