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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016
State education board poised to Warrenton
consider Indian mascot exception chiropractor set
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — After four years
of debate, the Oregon Board of
Education is poised to consider
a compromise Thursday to its
strict policy banning American
Indian mascots.
The ban, enacted in 2012, is
due to take effect July 1, 2017,
unless the board adopts the more
lenient policy. Fifteen school
districts could be affected, in-
cluding the Warrenton-Ham-
mond School District, the home
of the Warriors.
Legislation in 2014 required
the Board of Education to devel-
op rules providing for an excep-
tion to the ban. In May, the board
rejected another proposal for an
exception. The board has until
January 2017 to adopt a rule. It
was unclear Tuesday how board
members would receive the lat-
est proposal.
The proposal under con-
sideration Thursday would al-
low a public school to keep an
American Indian mascot when
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
A statue of a Native American stands outside of Warren-
ton High School, fused together with 1,000 smaller metal
warriors made by students in the 1970s.
it reaches a written agreement
with one of Oregon’s nine fed-
erally recognized tribes. The
school board would be required
to hold a public hearing on the
mascot and accept oral and writ-
ten comments. A tribe would be
allowed to revoke an agreement
prior to its expiration date.
The proposal has received
mixed reviews from American
Indians. Some oppose all forms
of Indian mascots. Others, such
as the Confederated Tribes of
Grand Ronde, say tribes, as sov-
ereign governments, deserve the
right to check off on mascots
that highlight their culture. The
Grand Ronde, for instance, is
supportive of mascots that fea-
ture “warriors,” “braves” and
“chiefs” in its name.
“I think Grand Ronde is op-
timistic that the Board of Ed-
ucation values Oregon’s nine
federally recognized tribes and
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make culturally appropriate
decisions based on the direc-
tion the Oregon Legislature
has wanted to move on this is-
sue,” said Justin Martin, a trib-
al lobbyist and Grand Ronde
tribal member.
The rule gives tribes the
ability to be involved in edu-
cating schoolchildren, teach-
ers, administrators and other
staff about how to respectfully
depict and respond to Amer-
ican Indian mascots, Martin
said.
In the Molalla River School
District, for instance, the
school board adopted a fourth-
grade curriculum in 2013 that
teaches about local tribal his-
tory. The curriculum came out
of discussions with the Grand
Ronde about how to preserve
Molalla River’s Molalla Indi-
an mascot, said Molalla River
Superintendent Tony Mann.
Part-time Clatsop Community College
employee arrested for another arson
She was out of jail on a release
agreement that prohibited her from
being at the college.
She is being charged with
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for arson in December was arrest- gree criminal trespass.
“Based on the investigation, it
ed again for arson last week at the
was determined she was attempting
college.
Erin Jaynel Engelson, 37, of WRVWDUWDELJERQ¿UH´$VWRULD3ROLFH
Naselle, Washington, was arrested Deputy Chief Eric Halverson said.
Friday after she was found attempt- “Because of the previous case, she
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building on campus. She reportedly erty. That is where she was found.”
In December, Engelson was
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second-degree burglary after police
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lege’s science lab.
The arrest followed a police in-
vestigation into a report by the col-
lege.
The amount of damage was
minimal, police said, and estimated
at $250.
First-degree arson is a class A
felony with a maximum sentence
of up to 20 years in prison and a
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Engelson is in custody at Clat-
sop County Jail. She is due back in
court next month for both cases.
ment of Fish and Wildlife
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Ra- two beaches after marine
zor clam diggers can return toxin tests showed the clams
to Long Beach and Copalis on those beaches are safe to
Beach later this week, state eat. All other beaches remain
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clam digging.
Tuesday.
The upcoming dig is
Digs at both beaches are
on evening tides and include a scheduled on the following
seven-day opening — Thurs- dates, beaches, and low tides:
• Thursday, 4:49 p.m.; - 0.4
day through Wednesday — at
Long Beach and a one-day feet, Long Beach
• Friday, 5:35 p.m.; -0.7
dig — Friday — at Copalis
feet, Long Beach, Copalis
Beach.
• Saturday, 6:16 p.m.; -0.8
The Washington Depart-
EO Media Group
Barefooted-clammer Bradley Sweek, of Seattle, didn’t
mind the cold air and colder water as he dug for clams in
Seaview in January.
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Engelson
Washington beaches and will
feet, Long Beach
• Sunday, 6:54 p.m.; -0.7 open other areas as soon as
clams are safe to eat.
feet, Long Beach
• Monday, 7:31 p.m.; -0.4
feet, Long Beach
• Tuesday, 8:05 p.m.; 0.0
feet, Long Beach
• Wednesday, 8:39 p.m.;
0.5 feet, Long Beach
Dan Ayres, a Department
of Fish and Wildlife coastal
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best digging usually occurs
one to two hours prior to low
tide.
Under state law, diggers
can take 15 razor clams per
day and are required to keep
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ger’s clams must be kept in a
separate container.
The department is limiting
razor clam digging at Copalis
to help ensure the beach will
have openings throughout the
spring.
“Over the last few open-
ings, we had a concentrated
effort at Copalis Beach, where
we’ve harvested one-third of
our annual quota already,”
Ayres said.
Razor clam digging will
remain closed on Washing-
ton’s other coastal beaches
until domoic acid levels drop
below the threshold of 20
parts per million set by state
public health officials.
Domoic acid posed a
problem for shellfish fish-
eries along Washington’s
coast for much of last year.
The natural toxin produced
by certain types of marine
algae can be harmful or
even fatal if consumed in
sufficient quantities. Cook-
ing or freezing does not de-
stroy domoic acid in shell-
fish.
The Department of Fish
and Wildlife is continuing to
monitor toxin levels on all
Oyster growers again seeking spray permit
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Oyster growers in Washing-
ton state have once again asked the state De-
partment of Ecology to issue a pesticide appli-
cation permit so they can spray oyster beds.
The request comes months after the de-
partment rescinded the permit after residents
across Washington raised environmental con-
cerns about the practice.
The pesticides were supposed to control bur-
rowing shrimp in the oyster beds. The shrimp
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too soft for oysters, causing them to suffocate.
Seattlepi.com reports that the Willapa Bay
and Grays Harbor growers say their farms will
become unusable if they are not allowed to kill
burrowing shrimp.
A Department of Ecology spokesman says
the permit process will be transparent and open
and concurrent with an U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency study into the issue.
riod as the previous victims.
The new victims claim
Lopez touched them and
Adam Lopez, the made them touch him sex-
Warrenton chiropractor ually, according to a com-
who already served a plaint filed in April. He is
year in jail for sexually charged with 11 counts of
harassing eight female third-degree sexual abuse, a
patients, will face trial class A misdemeanor.
in May on more charges
The trial is scheduled to
of sex abuse
begin May 17.
against
four
Lopez, an As-
other patients.
toria resident who
Lopez, 60,
worked at North
was originally
Coast Chiroprac-
scheduled for
tic Center in War-
trial last fall,
renton, was arrest-
but it was post-
ed in September
poned after his
2013.
lawyer with-
In December
drew.
2014, he signed
Adam
In a motion
a document sur-
Lopez
filed in Oc-
rendering his chi-
tober, lawyer
ropractic license
Mark J. Lang described and agreeing to never apply
a falling out with Lopez. again. He is unable to prac-
“There has been a se- tice anywhere in the United
vere breakdown in the States.
relationship
between
Lopez had held his chiro-
counsel and defendant practic license since 1990.
and I am unable to con-
He was disciplined in
tinue my representa- 2006 for having an intimate
tion,” Lang wrote.
sexual relationship with a
Lopez is now being patient and was suspend-
represented by Steven J. ed for 30 days. He was re-
Sherlag.
quired to pay a $5,000 civil
Lopez was originally penalty and attend an ethics
sentenced in July 2014 program.
to one year in jail for
sexually harassing the
eight female patients
during their appoint-
ments dating back to
2009. The first female
patient to report inap-
propriate touching was
awarded $40,400 in
damages in August from
a civil lawsuit.
Four more women
have since accused Lo-
pez of similar sex abuse
Seaside • Cannon Beach
during the same time pe-
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