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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
Missing persons database now lacks photos
Practice ended
when adults
were added
last summer
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon may be
the only state in the nation that
maintains an online database
of missing persons without
including photos of those indi-
viduals, according to a review
by the EO Media Group/Pam-
plin Media Group Capital
Bureau of state websites.
Not all states have online
databases.
Oregon
State
Police
stopped posting photographs
on the state’s missing children
and adults clearinghouse in
July, when the agency started
adding adults to the database,
said Lt. Bill Fugate, a spokes-
man. The database previously
had been devoted to endan-
gered children.
“When we had photographs
included, we were working
with less than 100 of the most
endangered missing children,
and each case was individually
posted to multiple pages on the
Internet,” Fugate said. “Now
that we are posting hundreds
of missing children and adults
in a semi-automated fashion,
it is not possible to obtain and
post pictures.”
State
Rep.
Barbara
Smith-Warner, D-Portland,
who spearheaded legisla-
tion last year to improve
the state clearinghouse, said
she is puzzled by the Ore-
gon State Police’s decision
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challenging
need to convert
market into pub
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
GEARHART — What is
the need for a new brew pub
and deli in Gearhart?
Not much, say a handful
of residents. They are seeking
a review of a Gearhart Plan-
ning Commission decision to
grant a conditional use permit
to Gearhart Station, a 40-seat
brew pub and specialty deli.
The restaurant would
replace the Gearhart Grocery
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“If they can’t prove a need
for a brew pub, the City Coun-
cil has grounds to deny a con-
ditional use permit,” Gearhart
resident Jeanne Mark, one of
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“I feel that the residents
were not informed about this
issue and did not have time to
even respond,” 40-year Gear-
hart resident Susan Edy said.
“There is no need for a brew
pub, nor is the location of the
market an appropriate place
for a brew pub.”
Earlier this month, plan-
ning commissioners voted
4-3 to OK the transition of the
market to a brew pub.
Need is questioned
Mark and her husband,
Wilson, were joined by Edy,
Vickie Abrahamson, Penny
Sabol, Rick Sabol and Steven
Weed in challenging the Plan-
ning Commission’s decision,
which they say was made with
“minimal homeowner and res-
ident comment regarding this
major change in our down-
town community core.”
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day at Gearhart City Hall, within
the 15-day period to do so.
“It was really odd the way
that it happened in the mid-
dle of winter, hardly anyone
was present, it almost just kind
of popped up, no warning to
speak,” Mark said. “This is a
major, major thing that is going
to affect the community. It’s not
just an ‘Oh, by the way.’”
The idea of a brew pub
goes against the comprehen-
sive plan and the goal of keep-
ing tourism down to a mini-
mum, Mark said. “It takes out
of the picture a grocery store
that we really do need.”
In their appeal, residents
say approval of the permit
“sidesteps the intended pur-
pose of the central city zone, to
provide needed supporting ser-
vices to the locals or resident
community. “
The intent of the commer-
cial zone, as supported by the
comprehensive plan, was to
have uses such as a local gro-
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bakery. “A brew pub clearly
falls outside the needs for
locals and is intended to sup-
port a tourist use,” they write.
Mark Mead, who represents
Molly and Terry Lowen-
berg, the owners of the Gear-
to remove photos of missing
people.
“You want a picture of
them,” Smith-Warner said.
“How else would you recog-
nize them?”
“It seems counterproduc-
tive to the goal of trying to
increase information on that
page,” she said.
National Center for Miss-
ing & Exploited Children
to share information about
missing persons. At least
60 percent of those have
websites that contain either
a list of missing persons
or a searchable database
available to the public.
Several states, such as
Arizona, have no online
database of missing per-
sons and instead link to the
National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children, where
visitors can search for miss-
ing children by state.
National network
Every state in the nation
has a clearinghouse for
missing persons, which
works with law enforce-
ment, families and the
Out of 30 states that the
Capital Bureau confirmed do
have searchable online data-
bases, all of the databases,
except Oregon’s, feature
photos of missing individu-
als. Oregon’s neighbors —
Washington state, California
and Idaho — are among that
group.
The Oregon State Police
is looking for ways to intro-
duce an automated process
that would include pictures
again, but there is no time-
line for completing that
capability, Fugate said.
Grant will help create local
school-based dental programs
hart Grocery, told the Planning
Commission earlier this month
the grocery was unable to com-
pete with chains both to the
north and south of Gearhart.
The Lowenberg’s had unsuc-
cessfully sought to sell the
property before deciding to
alter its use, Mead said.
The family intends to close
the market and remodel for the
brew pub and deli.
Asked about the appeal
Tuesday, Terry Lowenberg
said he had “nothing to say.”
Scope of review
In making their judgment,
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needs to determine the scope
of review, City Administrator
Chad Sweet said.
Among options, councilors
can restrict discussion to the
record as the Planning Com-
mission saw it and limit new
evidence.
Councilors may ask for
additional evidence, or demand
a new hearing altogether.
The matter could also
be returned to the Planning
Commission.
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the Planning Commission’s
decision, either party could
appeal to the Land Use Board
of Appeals.
Sweet said he expects the
appeal hearing to take place
at a City Council meeting in
early May.
“If I try to think of a grocery
store not being there, that’s just
a huge loss for the commu-
nity,” Jeanne Mark said.
perform basic dental services,
screenings and access to treat-
ment when needed. According
to the hospital’s application,
there are only two dentists in
the county serving low-income
children on the Oregon Health
Plan.
The hospital’s program
will phase in more services
and grades over time, and
Kujala said the hospital has
committed to keep the pro-
gram going beyond the grant
cycle.
While the hospital doesn’t
provide dental services, she
said, “If we can target oral
health care for these kids at a
young age, it will help their
overall health” as they grow
older.
Kujala said the hospi-
tal prepared the grant in con-
cert with local schools, health
care providers and the Colum-
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Organization, which serves
families on the Oregon Health
Plan.
Low-income
children, in
particular,
lack care
By EDWARD
STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — The Prov-
idence Seaside Hospi-
tal Foundation was one of
14 organizations statewide
recently chosen by the Oral
Health Funders Collabo-
rative, a cadre of philan-
thropic groups, to receive
a multiyear grant to cre-
ate school-based dental
programs.
Alana Kujala, manager
of community partnerships
and volunteer services for
Providence Seaside, said
the grant will fund a full-
time oral health program
coordinator based at the
hospital and visiting school
districts across Clatsop
County.
“A lot of what this per-
son will do is what school
nurses may not have the
time to do,” Kujala said.
The coordinator will
help with outreach, educa-
tional materials, take-home
supplies and referrals to
health care providers.
The grant lasts three
years,
starting
with
$70,000 to hire the coordi-
nator by April, while also
helping pay for supplies to
Better teeth
The Strategic Plan for
Oral Health in Oregon, cov-
ering 2014 to 2020, found
that only 24 percent of chil-
dren ages 1 to 3 had visited
a dentist. More than half of
third-graders had experi-
enced dental decay, increas-
ing to nearly three-quar-
ters of high school juniors.
Dental problems worsen for
children from low-income
and rural families and racial
minorities.
The plan recommended
the state hire a dental direc-
tor, promote preventative
services and education serv-
ing children, address short-
ages in oral health provid-
ers and both culturally and
linguistically diversify the
state’s dental workforce.
The Oregon Community
Foundation recently teamed
with The Collins Founda-
tion, the Fort Family Foun-
dation, Kaiser Permanente,
Meyer Memorial Trust,
Northwest Health Founda-
tion, Providence Health &
Services and Oregon-based
medical equipment supplier
A-dec to create the Oral
Health Funders Collabo-
rative. The group provides
grants for planning and
implementing school-based
dental programs.
Joan Vallejo, a spokes-
woman for the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation, said a
first round of grants helped
plan the school-based pro-
grams. The recipients from
the second round of imple-
mentation funding were part
of the existing dental initia-
tives program, with priority
given to high-poverty areas.
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