143rd YEAR, No. 138
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2016
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By DERRICK DePLEDGE
cer who issued him the citation But David Goldthorpe, a dep-
ment is under keen scrutiny.
The Daily Astorian
But that clarity came too late and who was also recording uty district attorney, decided to
with a body camera.
bring the extra charge because
On New Year’s Day, a new for Acharmu Crosby.
When Crosby showed up last Crosby apparently did not ver-
The 41-year-old roofer, who
law took effect in Oregon that
explicitly allows people to re- lives in Wheeler, was cited by week at Clatsop County Circuit bally indicate he was recording.
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Goldthorpe signed off on the
ber for a defective headlight and stunned and angry when he was new charge on Dec. 30. He said
actions with police.
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mitted recording only when all on U.S. Highway 101 that near- into county jail over his vehe- and remove any ambiguity over
participants in the conversation ly spiraled dangerously out of ment objections, and released whether Crosby could legally
pending future court dates.
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Wheeler man charged with illegally recording police
Cannon Beach Police Body Camera Video
Acharmu Crosby was charged with illegally re-
cording a December traffic stop in Cannon Beach
where he was cited for a defective headlight and
failure to present his driver’s license.
Out of many cities, one Warrenton
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
R. Gregory Nokes spoke Friday at
the Astoria Public Library about
Oregon’s tainted history regard-
ing slavery and black people.
Why is
Oregon
so white?
Author reveals
Oregon’s tainted
history on slavery
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
It was a packed house for Susan Glen’s talk at the Netul River Room.
Local historian
digs into city’s
storied past
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
W
ARRENTON — The story of War-
renton is a kind of microcosm of
United States history, for the city
encompasses communities old enough to
be shaped by the same sweeping forces that
shaped the nation — from railroads to Prohi-
bition, world wars to economic crises.
Susan Glen, a local author who penned the
book “Images of America: Warrenton-Ham-
mond” in 2009, spoke of Warrenton’s origins,
growth and maturation to a full house Sunday
at Fort Clatsop in Lewis and Clark National
Historical Park.
Her presentation, “The Towns that
See WARRENTON, Page 10A
In 1850, the U.S. Census counted
55 black people out of a population
of 12,093 in the Oregon Territory.
Why is Oregon, which as of 2010
was less than 2 percent black, so
white?
As a precursor to Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, the Lower Columbia
Diversity Project invited author R.
Gregory Nokes Friday to recount the
experience of Oregon, a state where
slavery was never technically legal,
but where free black people were not
legally allowed until 90 years ago.
“We need to know our history,
and how far we’ve come and what
remains to be done,” said Nokes,
whose 2013 book “Breaking Chains”
describes the experience of slaves
in the Oregon Territory and state’s
tainted history with black people.
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An audience member reads through Arcardia Publishings “Images of America: Warren-
ton-Hammond” book during the speaker event Sunday. Susan Glen compiled photos and text
for the book.
‘Doing a story of what happened and how Warrenton
came to be sort of goes along with my own history.’
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Oregon Territory in the early 1840s,
settlers arriving with the promise of
land. By 1844, the provisional gov-
ernment of Oregon had outlawed
slavery. The government also out-
lawed free black people from living
in the state, under the threat of up to
39 lashes.
“I was just astounded to ever
come across this,” Nokes said. “That
Oregon ever had such a law on the
books was just amazing to me.”
Susan Glen
See SO WHITE, Page 4A
local author who penned the book ‘Images of America: Warrenton-Hammond’
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‘Every woman
could use a
doula,’ Silva says
W
hile growing up in small-
town Southern Idaho,
Libby Silva came across the
book, “Spiritual Midwifery,” a
classic book on home birth with
stories about the experiences of
parents and midwives.
The empowering book res-
onated with Silva, and after
reading it in high school, it
propelled her on a career path
as a birthing professional.
Silva, who moved to Astoria
a year ago, works as a doula
and is apprenticing to become
a midwife.
eight-week training in Seattle
to become a doula. The train-
ing program she took is con-
sidered one of the most exten-
sive in the country.
After a stint back in Idaho,
she made the move to Astoria.
“I just go where I feel led,”
“I had always thought it
was a scary thing,” she said. she said. “It wasn’t a job or
“You see stuff on TV and peo- any big thing. I could see my-
ple are screaming and lying on self over there. I started call-
their backs. I just read these ing doulas and midwives.”
She contacted Jennifer
stories and was amazed.”
After high school, Sil- &KLOGUHVV D FHUWL¿HG SURIHV-
va studied at Seattle Pacif- sional midwife who has been
ic University to become a in practice along the coast
nurse midwife. She decided from Astoria to Tillamook
to switch from nursing and since 2010. Childress brought
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So far, Silva has helped
professional midwife, which
Childress with a dozen
specializes in home births.
She also completed an births. Midwives help preg-
nant women from about 12
weeks of pregnancy to about
two months after the baby is
born.
“It’s the majority of a year
that you are getting to know
this person and you are watch-
ing them go through this cra-
zy, beautiful life transition,”
Silva said. “It’s such a privi-
lege to watch it and be able to
support them through it.”
Along with apprenticing,
Silva is a student midwife on-
line at the Midwives College
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of the three-year program.
Through the online program,
she is taking anatomy class-
es, learning how to take vital
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Libby Silva