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While the count has
remained nearly stagnant,
“the face of homelessness is
changing,” said Suzanne Evans,
crisis and mental health case
manager at Helping Hands
Re-entry Outreach Centers. The
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was a partner at the event and
provided clothing, shoes and
cold-weather accessories to
participants.
In particular, seniors and
households with children are
being more affected. In 2015,
the 617 households counted
included 278 people younger
than 18.
“It used to be, years ago,
mostly single men; then it tran-
sitioned to women, and then
women with children,” Bruce
said.
Staff member Viviana
Matthews agreed, saying
they still see “the chronically
homeless,” but have seen more
families come through. Evans,
who made appointments for
required, and they sometimes
resist change.
“You get them out of their
comfort zone and they don’t
want to be there,” Medina said.
people to sign up for health
insurance, said she believed
this year’s event brought in a
lot of new faces. Close to 150
households attended this year’s
Project Homeless Connect,
according to Matthews.
It takes a village
Overcoming barriers
Clatsop County has tight
resources and does not have
many employment opportuni-
ties, Bruce said, especially those
that provide living wages. Some
people move to the area misin-
formed about the job opportuni-
ties or unaware of how the job
market is seasonal, Matthews
said. She feels local agencies
and the media are doing a
good job bringing awareness
of homelessness in Clatsop
County, but that also may be
why some people see it as more
of a problem.
Housing, personal habits,
lack of marketable skills and
numerous other situations
contribute to the issue. As the
disabled veteran’s outreach and
placement specialist with the
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People walk through booths set up at the Project Home-
less Connect event Thursday.
Oregon Employment Depart-
ment, Patrick Preston sees
numerous barriers affecting
veterans as they search for
jobs. Often they have skills
but not always those needed in
today’s job market. The same
goes for many senior citizens,
said Theresa Medina, partici-
pant assistant for Experience
Works. Medina and Preston
said their agencies, as well as
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other groups, help job candi-
dates receive training, hone skill
sets relevant in the local job
market and perfect resumes and
interview strategies.
“The Employment Depart-
ment isn’t going to get you a
job,” Preston said. “What we
will do is prepare the environ-
ment for success.”
Medina agreed seniors
have become more at-risk
for homelessness. Many are
not as computer literate and
technology savvy as may be
The Astoria Rescue Mission,
which has partnered for the
event since its genesis, empha-
sizes building a support system
around those in need. The
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a homeless shelter, food and
clothing — items to meet
people’s immediate physical
needs. Their mission also
includes a six-month disci-
pleship program, daily Bible
studies, services and other
programs to satisfy spiritual
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care about them and their needs,
it becomes a family,” House
Manager Bill Eckstein said.
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how important it is for “under-
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The organization assists those
with disabilities by providing
education and opportunities to
network with others in similar
circumstances. As the proverb
goes, Luck said, “It takes a
village to raise a child,” and the
“family networking piece is that
key.”
Speaking from experience,
Luck said that when she was
homeless and raising a daughter
with disabilities, she felt cut off
from a lot of important infor-
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area also may experience a
disconnect.
Project Homeless Connect’s
value, she said, is it links people
to the services, resources and
information they need, or even
those they did not realize they
needed.
According to Evans, “It’s
nice to see us all come together”
to give people the referrals and
resources they need “in one fell
swoop.”
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rancher Wayne Hage.
Left-wing protests, such as
“They’re less of a spectacle
and should be taken more “Occupy Wall Street,” invaded
private property and were
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more disruptive than the refuge
Far-right interpretations standoff but did not elicit a
The philosophy of Bundy similarly strong-armed reaction
and his followers, meanwhile, from the federal government, he
is entangled with far-right inter- said.
Pollot said that distrust of
pretations of the U.S. Consti-
tution and the power of county the government will particu-
sheriffs but does not offer any larly rise if there are indica-
serious proposals for changing tions that federal agents over-
reacted during the arrests and
federal land policy, he said.
“I don’t think this spectacle that Oregon State Police did
has helped that cause at all,” he not have to shoot the protesters’
spokesman, LaVoy Finicum.
said.
If nothing else, the confron-
Among people who were
uneasy about excessive federal tation will show that Western
authority,
though,
recent land policy is more than a minor
events will likely reinforce the issue and deserves congres-
notion that the government is sional attention, Pollot said.
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the risk of a shift away from
the political and legal channels
that critics such as Wayne Hage
have traditionally used in the
“Sagebrush Rebellion” against
federal land policy, he said.
“I’m concerned there will be
people who will now think that’s
worthless,” Pollot said.
‘Martyr for the cause’
The restrictions placed on
ranchers have gained visibility
in Washington, D.C., Salem and
Portland, but that doesn’t mean
they will be changed, said Bruce
Weber, director of Oregon State
University’s Rural Studies
Program.
It’s unclear how the existence
of a perceived “martyr for the
cause” will change the situation,
Weber said.
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Constitution prohibits federal
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“‘Bring it home’ is sort of our
catch phrase right now,” Dulcye
Taylor, vice president of the
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planned
The ferry is scheduled to get
dry-docked and inspected by the
U.S. Coast Guard at a shipyard
near Seattle’s Lake Union next
month. A consultant interfacing
with the Coast Guard may
perform an extra in-the-water
courtesy inspection, either at
Lake Union or at its current
location at the Bremerton
Marina in Washington state,
the owner, Capt. Christian Lint,
said.
After seeing to the minor
repairs, Lint plans to person-
ally skipper the ferry down to
Astoria, where it will undergo
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during the bridge commem-
oration, or whether it would
welcome riders and ply the
riverfront, remains to be seen.
“One way or another, I’m
bringing the boat down,” Lint
said.
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ferry still intact.
Last summer, Robert “Jake”
Jacob, the majority owner of the
Cannery Pier Hotel, contacted
Lint after discovering the ferry’s
whereabouts. Along with The
Astoria Ferry board, they are
working to get the vintage
vessel seaworthy and southward
before the year is out.
That said, Astoria City
Councilor Cindy Price, who
is leaving the board but will
continue to support the effort,
added, “We’re not concerned
about the timing because, when
boat gets here, it’s going to be
here for many years.”
On the waterfront
All of this — from the
haul-out in Seattle, to the
refurbishment in Astoria, to
purchasing the ferry from Lint
— will cost money, of course.
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still has board seats available
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selling it on a contract for a
down payment and installments.
“Fortunately, (Lint) believes
that it belongs in Astoria,” said
Taylor, who is also the president
of the downtown association.
“He has been giving it tender,
loving care as it sits and waits
for us in Bremerton.”
After the initial investment,
the ferry could pay for itself
over time — including the
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nance — through user fees and
donations. Even tied to a dock,
companies could rent out the
ferry for cocktail cruises and
private parties, generating a
great deal of revenue, Jacob
said. Trips along the water-
front could feature narrative
tours of the city.
Lint, who bought the ferry
from Ferry Kirkland LLC
about six years ago, said that,
based on its last inspection, the
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wooden-hull ferry built with
old-growth timber — is sturdy
enough to “outlive all of us.”
“Wood boats live way
beyond our lifetime,” he said.
“They don’t deteriorate. They
last for as long as you maintain
(them). They don’t rust away.”
Lint said he can’t wait to
steer this particular wooden
boat over the Columbia Bar
and beneath the bridge that
put it out of business.
“I’m anxious to get
cruising down the coast,” he
said.
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website, astoriaferry.com, and
its Facebook page at http://bit.
ly/AstoriaFerry.
“I think this is a historic
opportunity,” Price said.
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Cary said he spent $10,000
Cary, who has won praise for on his last name change and had
his line of craft vodka, gin and vetoed several options before
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a name that evokes Astoria’s
time.
“I’m taken aback by it,” he history as the home of bar and
said. “I think it’s ludicrous. It river pilots.
“Pilot house has a special
makes no sense.”
If House Spirits Distillery meaning,” Cary said, adding
was truly concerned about that he tried to explain the name
intellectual property, Cary to House Spirits Distillery, to no
said, the company would have avail.
Trademark
infringement
also gone after larger opera-
tions, such as Rogue Ales and issues have grown as the number
Spirits, which runs the House of distilleries and breweries
protesters and the death of
Finicum will “activate” people
who hold similar anti-govern-
ment views.
There’s a “palpable sense”
that government policy has
focused on the economic
welfare of urban areas while
overlooking rural areas, he said.
As to the effect of the occu-
Visibility for
pation on the federal land
Western concerns
Even so, the incident has debate, Schrader said the impact
brought more visibility to is uncertain.
Western concerns over public
While people sympathize
land.
with the hardships faced in
“I can’t help but think it’s the rural West, the occupation
brought some awareness to has also shown they have no
government overreach, that appetite for lawlessness, he said.
Schrader said he and other
might have some impact,”
Skinner said.
members of Oregon’s congres-
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, sional delegation are pushing to
D-Ore., compared the standoff in reform overly restrictive rules
southeast Oregon to the “Black on grazing and logging while
Lives Matter” movement, which protecting the environment on
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between law enforcement and
“The scales have tipped so far
the black community.
to the left that you can barely do
“Rural America faces the anything there, it’s so cost-pro-
same lack of recognition,” hibitive,” he said. “We’ve got to
Schrader said.
change the federal policy.”
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of those particular lands won’t
change their minds,” he said.
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federal restrictions on public
lands long predate the refuge
occupation and will likely
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