The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current, January 14, 2016, Image 10

Historic Oregon Newspapers

The daily Astorian., January 14, 2016, Page 10A, Image 10

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 2016)

Prev Page of 29 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (1.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 29 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 Forestland:6WDWHPDQDJHVDERXWDFUHVRI)RUHVW7UXVW/DQGV Continued from Page 1A Jumping in Clatsop County Counsel Heather Reynolds informed the Board of Commissioners Wednesday about Linn Coun- W\¶VLQWHQWWR¿OHWKHODZVXLW ³+RZ WKH\ ZRUG WKDW ZKHWKHU WKH UHVW RI WKH )RUHVW Trust Land counties support that is still something your board needs to jump on fairly TXLFNO\´5H\QROGVVDLG 6FRWW /HH WKH FKDLUPDQ RI WKH %RDUG RI &RPPLVVLRQHUV said he received a call from Linn County Commissioner 5RJHU 1\TXLVW DQG HQFRXU- aged the other Clatsop County commissioners to reach out to 1\TXLVW /HHVDLGWKHERDUGZLOOQHHG WRKDYHDZRUNVHVVLRQWRFODU- ify its position concerning the development of the forest man- DJHPHQWSODQV The 15 counties have con- WUDFWHGZLWKWKHVWDWHVLQFHWKH 1930s to manage forestlands for the land’s “greatest per- PDQHQW YDOXH´ /LQQ &RXQW\ and the state are at odds over WKH PHDQLQJ RI WKDW WHUP7KH county claims that the term means greatest economic value DOORZDEOH XQGHU VWDWH DQG IHG- eral regulations and that returns RXJKW WR PDWFK ZKDW D SULYDWH land manager could glean off WKH ODQG 7KH VWDWH LQ GH¿QHGWKHWHUPWRPHDQHFR- QRPLF HFRORJLFDO UHFUHDWLRQDO and aesthetic returns and im- plemented a management plan EDVHGRQWKDWGH¿QLWLRQVWDUWLQJ LQ'L/RUHQ]RVDLG The state manages about DFUHV RI )RUHVW 7UXVW Lands it purchased from the FRXQWLHVVHYHUDOGHFDGHVDJR Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald Linn County Board of Commissioners Chairman Roger Nyquist, left, and Commissioners John Lindsey and Will Tucker adjourn their morning meet- ing, Jan. 13, at the Linn County Court House in Albany, after voting to pursue a class action lawsuit against the state of Oregon. Linn County estimates that the 150 local districts in the 15 counties have missed out on $35 million per year in revenue in the past 15 years from the state’s management of the for- HVWODQG 7KDW QXPEHU LV EDVHG RQ IRUHVW PRGHOLQJ PXFK RI ZKLFK ZDV ERUURZHG IURP WKH 'HSDUWPHQW RI )RUHVWU\ 'L/RUHQ]R VDLG ³:H EHOLHYH over time a delta has devel- RSHG WKH GLIIHUHQFH EHWZHHQ ZKDWWKHVHODQGVFRXOGSURGXFH YHUVXVWKHSURGXFWLRQWKDWLV RFFXUULQJ´ “All of those local districts in need of funding especially LQWKHDUHDRISXEOLFVDIHW\´KH VDLG ³/LYHV ZRXOG EH YDVWO\ LPSURYHGLIWKHVHPRQLHVZHUH GLVWULEXWHGWRWKHVHGLVWULFWV´ -RVK /DXJKOLQ H[HFXWLYH GL- rector of Cascadia Wildlands in (XJHQHVDLGWKHFRXQW\¶VFODLPV lack merit and called the arrange- ment of clear-cutting forests to IXQGHVVHQWLDOVHUYLFHVDUFKDLF “It appears the counties missed the memo that the state LVQRWUHTXLUHGWRORJWRLQ¿QLW\ LQ WKHVH VWDWH ODQGV´ /DXJKOLQ VDLG ³7KH\ DOVR KDYH D GXW\ WRSURWHFWFOHDQZDWHU¿VKDQG ZLOGOLIH KDELWDW UHFUHDWLRQDO opportunities and other values KHOGFORVHO\E\2UHJRQLDQV´ 'L/RUHQ]RDQG/LQQ&RXQ- ty Commissioner Nyquist GHFOLQHG WR VSHFLI\ ZKHWKHU WKH FRXQW\ ¿UVW DSSURDFKHG 'L/RUHQ]R¶V ODZ ¿UP 'DYLV :ULJKW 7UHPDLQH RU ZKHWKHU WKH ODZ ¿UP DSSURDFKHG WKH county to propose the class-ac- WLRQVXLW 'L/RUHQ]RVDLGWKHFODVVDF- WLRQVXLWZDV³RQHRIWKRVHSHU- IHFW VWRUPV ZKHQ HYHU\WKLQJ FDPH WRJHWKHU´ +H VDLG KH KDG EHHQ ZDWFKLQJ KRZ WKH state had been managing the IRUHVWODQG 0HDQZKLOH WLPEHU FRXQWLHV KDG H[SUHVVHG JURZ- ing contention over the state’s SHUIRUPDQFH 7KH JRYHUQRU¶V RI¿FH ZDV not immediately available to FRPPHQW The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group. The Associated Press con- tributed to this story. Fire board:([SODQDWLRQVIRU%DO]HU¶V ¿ULQJZHUHQRWUHDGLO\IRUWKFRPLQJ Continued from Page 1A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Randy Roden, right, walks out following a hearing in the Clatsop County Circuit Court in February. Roden:1H[WFRXUWKHDULQJLQ$SULO is the last scheduled before trial Continued from Page 1A 5RGHQZDVLQGLFWHGRQ charges related to the girl’s murder and the abuse of her WZR EURWKHUV +H LV DFFXVHG of intentional maiming or torture of the toddler and hav- ing a pattern and practice of DVVDXOW He is serving a 100-month VHQWHQFH DW7ZR 5LYHUV &RU- UHFWLRQDO )DFLOLW\ QHDU 8PD- tilla for a probation violation from a previous domestic vi- ROHQFHFRQYLFWLRQ He violated his probation E\ SRVVHVVLQJ PDULMXDQD R[\FRGRQH DQG PHWKDGRQH and failing to report that he PRYHG LQ ZLWK :LQJ 7KH GUXJVZHUHGLVFRYHUHGGXULQJ D VHDUFK ZDUUDQW RI WKH FRX- SOH¶V 6HDVLGH UHVLGHQFH 'HF WKHGD\WKHWRGGOHU ZDVIRXQGGHDG -XGJH 3DXOD %URZQKLOO said September is as far as she ZRXOGVHWRYHUWKHWULDOGDWH “I’m very concerned DERXWWKHWZROLWWOHER\VZKR PD\EHZLWQHVVHVDWWKHWULDO´ %URZQKLOOVDLG³2QWKHRWKHU KDQG,GRQ¶WWKLQNLW¶VIDLUWR make (the defense) go to trial ZKHQ WKHLU ZLWQHVVHV DUH XQ- DYDLODEOH´ The defense needed more WLPH WR ZRUN DURXQG WKH VFKHGXOH RI WKHLU H[SHUW ZLW- QHVVHV SDUWLFXODUO\ WKHLU NH\ ZLWQHVV'U-DQLFH2SKRYHQ The pediatric forensic SDWKRORJLVW ZLOO WHVWLI\ WKDW the reported result of tor- ture is actually a dangerous ÀHVKHDWLQJ YLUXV NQRZQ DV methicillin-resistant Staph- \ORFRFFXV DXUHXV 6KH ZLOO claim the toddler likely died from complications due to D 056$ UDWKHU WKDQ IURP EOXQWIRUFHWUDXPD +XVHE\ VDLG LW LV GLI¿FXOW WR¿QGDSHGLDWULFIRUHQVLFSD- WKRORJLVW+HLVXQDEOHWRVXE- SRHQD'U2SKRYHQWRDSSHDU sooner because she is already scheduled to testify in other WULDOV 7KH QH[W FRXUW KHDULQJ LV LQ $SULO WKH ODVW VFKHGXOHG EHIRUHWULDO A volunteer for 30 years before becoming chief and a decadelong member of the &DQQRQ%HDFK3ROLFH'HSDUW- PHQW%DO]HUZDVORFNHGRXWRI KLVRI¿FHPHWZLWKDSROLFHHV- FRUWZKLOHKHJDWKHUHGKLVEH- ORQJLQJVDQGVHQWKRPHZDON- LQJLQWKHUDLQ1HXZLUWKVDLG $ EULHI XQLIRUP OHWWHU signed separately by sev- HQ YROXQWHHU ¿UH¿JKWHUV DQG emergency medical techni- FLDQV FDOOV WKH ERDUG¶V KDQ- GOLQJ RI %DO]HU¶V WHUPLQDWLRQ ³GLVUHVSHFWIXO FROG DQG FDO- FXODWLQJ´ “I can no longer respect or trust this board to represent RXU¿UHGLVWULFWRU¿UHGHSDUW- PHQW´ WKH OHWWHU FRQWLQXHV ³,W ZRXOG EH EHVW IRU WKH ¿UH department and community if FHUWDLQERDUGPHPEHUVZRXOG resign from the board before LWEHFRPHVDUHFDOOVLWXDWLRQ´ Ten more current and for- mer volunteers shared their FRQFHUQV LQ SHUVRQDOL]HG OHW- WHUV ³'XULQJ HYHU\ FDOO , KDYH HYHU EHHQ RQ RU ZLWK 0LNH %DO]HU KLV OHDGHUVKLS NQRZOHGJH DQG VNLOOV ZHUH WRS QRWFK´ ZURWH YROXQWHHU ¿UH¿JKWHU7UHYRU0RXQW $IWHUH[SODLQLQJWKHVKRFN RI WKH ¿ULQJ 0RXQW DVNHG ³:K\GLG\RXQRWVKDUHZLWK us the board’s concerns? Be- cause let’s be really clear here :LWKRXWYROXQWHHU¿UH¿JKW- HUVWKHUHLVQRQHHGIRU\RX WKHERDUG´ In a letter addressed to %DO]HUUHWLUHG&DQQRQ%HDFK )LUH 0DUVKDO 0LNH *UDKDP ZURWH³$¿UHFKLHIPXVWKDYH WKHIXOOWUXVWRIKLVRUKHU¿UH- ¿JKWHUV DQG , IHHO \RX KDYH DFKLHYHGWKDWWUXVW,UHPDLQLQ WRWDOVXSSRUWRI\RXDQGKRSH WKHERDUGRIGLUHFWRUVZLOOUH- FRQVLGHUWKHLUDFWLRQ´ Public confusion and emo- WLRQVZHUHIXUWKHULQÀDPHGDV ‘I don’t like going up against people who are donating time and effort to the community. But it’s time for new leadership.’ Susan Neuwirth She is seeking changes on the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection Board. WKH ERDUG¶V H[SODQDWLRQV IRU %DO]HU¶V¿ULQJZHUHQRWUHDGL- O\IRUWKFRPLQJ Last month a public re- FRUGV UHTXHVW E\ WKH *D]HWWH UHYHDOHG WKDW %DO]HU¶V ¿ULQJ according to board member 6PLWKZDV³VWULFWO\EXVLQHVV QRW SHUVRQDO´ 3DUWLFXODUO\ WKHERDUGWRRNLVVXHZLWK%DO- ]HU¶V SHUFHLYHG FOHULFDO DQG DGPLQLVWUDWLYHVKRUWFRPLQJV 0DQ\ FRPPXQLW\ PHP- EHUV UHPDLQ XQVDWLV¿HG E\ WKDWUDWLRQDOHDVHYLGHQFHGLQ WKHOHWWHUV1HXZLUWKFROOHFWHG IURPORFDOUHVLGHQWV “I doubt that the alleged lack of administrative skill ZDVVXI¿FLHQWWRPHULWWHUPL- QDWLRQ´ZURWH&DQQRQ%HDFK UHVLGHQW (ULF 5HLWHU D UHWLUHG Portland Police Bureau ser- JHDQW ³8QWLO WKH ERDUG FDQ GHPRQVWUDWHWKDWLWZDV&KLHI %DO]HUVKRXOGEHUHLQVWDWHG´ ,Q D WKUHHSDJH OHWWHU IRU- mer board President Alfred $ $\D -U GHWDLOHG D WHQXRXV ZRUNLQJ UHODWLRQVKLS EHWZHHQ %DO]HU DQG WKH ERDUG $\D ZURWH WKDW PHPEHUV RI WKH ERDUG ZHUH HQJDJHG LQ ³GH- WHUPLQHG PLFURPDQDJHPHQW´ ZKLFK KH GHHPHG DQ RYHU- UHDFK ³,QP\RSLQLRQIURPZKDW ,¶YH REVHUYHG WKRVH WKUHH directors cannot keep them- selves from intensively ‘man- DJLQJ¶ WKH ¿UH FKLHI DQG KLV UHVSRQVLELOLWLHV´ $\D ZURWH ³6HHLQJQRZD\WRFRUUHFWWKLV HIIHFWLYHO\ , UHVLJQHG IURP WKH ERDUG ZKHUH ,¶G VHUYHG as vice president for 12 years DQGSUHVLGHQWIRU´ 8SVWDLUV DW WKH ¿UHKRXVH ZKHUH WKH ERDUG PHHWV 1HX- ZLUWK PDGH UHIHUHQFH WR D plaque titled: “Cannon Beach )LUHDQG5HVFXH2XU9DOXHV´ She pointed to one line in par- WLFXODU ,W UHDGV ³2SHQ FRP- PXQLFDWLRQVDWDOOOHYHOV´ “The board isn’t operating ZLWK WKDW NLQG RI WUDQVSDUHQ- F\´ 1HXZLUWK VDLG ³0LNH %DO]HU ZDV WKH LPSHWXV RI WKLV EXW KH LV QRW WKH VROH UHDVRQ$V ,¶YH REVHUYHG WKH PHHWLQJV WKH\ DUH VR XQSUR- IHVVLRQDOO\UXQ´ Board members subject WR 1HXZLUWK¶V UHFDOO &O\GH %HFN6ZHHQH\ DQG 6PLWK declined requests to comment RQWKHSHWLWLRQ -LP6WHDUQVRI+HUPLVWRQ ZDV QDPHG LQWHULP ¿UH FKLHI XQWLODUHSODFHPHQWIRU%DO]HU LVFKRVHQ After registering the recall ZLWK &ODWVRS &RXQW\ 1HX- ZLUWKLVFROOHFWLQJVLJQDWXUHV She said she needs to get a PLQLPXP RI DQG WR EH VDIH DQG EHOLHYHV VKH ZLOO JDWKHU WKHP ZLWK HDVH 6KRXOGVKHVXFFHHGWKHERDUG PHPEHUV ZLOO QHHG WR GHFLGH ZKHWKHU WR FRQWHVW WKH UHFDOO RUUHVLJQ “This isn’t something I HQMR\ GRLQJ´ 1HXZLUWK VDLG “I don’t like going up against SHRSOHZKRDUHGRQDWLQJWLPH DQG HIIRUW WR WKH FRPPXQLW\ %XW LW¶V WLPH IRU QHZ OHDGHU- VKLS´ Manager:7KH%RDUGRI&RPPLVVLRQHUVZLOOVHOHFWKLUHFRXQW\PDQDJHU Continued from Page 1A GHSWK DQG EUHDGWK RI ZRUN H[SHULHQFH IURP PDQ\ RI WKH DSSOLFDQWV Applicants needed to have at least a bachelor’s degree in local government disciplines RUDUHODWHG¿HOGIURPDQDF- FUHGLWHGXQLYHUVLW\RUFROOHJH A graduate degree in business RU SXEOLF DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ ZDV KLJKO\GHVLUDEOHDFFRUGLQJWR WKHFRXQW\ ,Q DGGLWLRQ DSSOLFDQWV needed seven or more years RI H[SHULHQFH ZLWK SXEOLF RU SULYDWH ZRUN 7KH %RDUG RI &RPPLVVLRQHUV ZLOO VHOHFW DQGKLUHWKHFRXQW\PDQDJHU 7KH QHZ PDQDJHU ZLOO likely earn a similar sala- U\ DV 6RPHUV ZKR ZDV SDLG D\HDU 6RPHUV ZKR KDG VHUYHG as county manager since July UHVLJQHG LQ 6HSWHPEHU to become the city manager RI &ROOHJH 3DUN 0DU\ODQG D :DVKLQJWRQ '& VXEXUE and home to the University of 0DU\ODQG )RUPHU &DQQRQ %HDFK &LW\ 0DQDJHU 5LFK 0D\V is serving as interim county PDQDJHU In other business Wednes- day night: • Commissioner Scott Lee ZDV YRWHG WR VHUYH DV FKDLU- man of the board and Com- PLVVLRQHU 'LUN 5RKQH ZDV voted to serve as vice-chair- PDQ • The Board of Commis- VLRQHUV UHQHZHG LWV IHGHUDO Victims of Crime Act grant IXQGLQJ WKDW DZDUGV to the county this year and QH[W 7KH IXQGLQJ ZLOO KHOS ZLWK HGXFDWLRQ DQG WUDLQLQJ establish a victim services IXQG DQG DVVLVW YLFWLPV ZLWK FRVWV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK WUDY- eling to the county for court KHDULQJVDQGWULDOV • The Board of Commis- sioners approved a 2015-17 Justice Reinvestment Grant from the Oregon Criminal -XVWLFH &RPPLVVLRQ 7KH county adjusted its budget to increase the justice rein- vestment grant revenue to DQGMXVWLFHUHLQYHVW- PHQW SURJUDPV WR The funds must be used on FRPPXQLW\EDVHG VDQFWLRQV VHUYLFHV DQG SURJUDPV 7HQ percent must be used to sup- port community-based victim VHUYLFHV