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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016
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community,” Moore said. “It’s
certainly possible that the res-
ignation of the clinical director
could begin to address some of
those concerns.
“But it’s too early to tell.
And, frankly, some of our con-
cerns probably extend beyond
just that one particular action.”
In addition to the inter-
nal investigation, the Oregon
Health Authority also con-
ducted a review that validated
concerns about Crump-Hart
and other issues raised about
the agency over the past year.
The state’s report, pro-
vided to The Daily Astorian by
a source who requested ano-
nymity, documented a sub-
stantial volume of complaints
that Crump-Hart displayed
“unprofessional and disre-
spectful behavior, employee
favoritism, and ethical vio-
lations (including — but not
limited to — alleged breaches
in conidentiality and practic-
ing outside of her scope).”
A state Department of
Human Services regional
manager said case manag-
ers were reluctant to contact
Crump-Hart because she is
“grumpy and defensive.”
Clatsop Behavioral Health-
care’s board, the county man-
ager and county commission-
ers complained that Watkins
does not inform them of major
issues that arise at the agency,
so they have to learn about
problems from the community
and the newspaper.
The state recommended
that the board’s executive ofi-
cers meet with Watkins at least
weekly to stay informed and
address problems and that
the board and Watkins regu-
larly schedule joint meetings
with the county manager and
county commissioners.
The state also recom-
mended that the agency
improve training and look into
the causes of the high rate of
staff turnover.
The Oregon Health Author-
ity gave the agency a month
to develop a written plan to
respond to the indings. The
state has issued the agency a
one-year provisional certii-
cate to provide mental health
services and scheduled a fol-
low-up review in six months.
The state “determined that
CBH will need additional reg-
ulatory oversight until stabil-
ity in the community mental
health system is reached.”
The labor union that rep-
resents workers at Clatsop
Behavioral Healthcare had
taken a “no conidence” vote
against Crump-Hart earlier
this year, but has also raised
broader questions about the
agency’s management that go
beyond the clinical director.
Several other high-proile
staffers have resigned over the
past few months in a shakeup
that has undercut the agency’s
leadership and contributed to
low morale.
Issa Simpson, a coun-
cil representative for Oregon
AFSCME, told the county
Board of Commissioners
Wednesday night that a “sea
change” is necessary for the
agency to retain talented staff
and preserve the continuity of
care for patients.
“It is our understanding
that action has been taken
to begin moving in a direc-
tion that may provide change
in the culture of CBH,” said
Simpson, speaking for about
a dozen agency workers who
were in the audience. “Hard
for us to tell because there is
not a lot of communication.
“We have continued to lose
great clinicians over the last
few months. It will take a sea
change to keep many that we
have now, and hopefully bring
some of those who have left
back.”
Clatsop Behavioral Health-
care is also facing federal law-
suits from former workers who
have claimed discrimination,
retaliation and unethical and
illegal management practices.
Benas has said the agency
will vigorously oppose the
legal claims and allegations.
Kyle Spurr contributed to
this report.
The book, published and
funded by the National Park
Service, acts as a resource for
the area’s state and national
parks. The creation of the
parks is detailed in the book.
Scott Tucker, the superin-
tendent of Lewis and Clark
National Historical Park,
said each national park in the
country partners with schol-
ars to produce special history
studies.
Usually, Tucker said, the
inal product is a technical
government publication that
is used internally as a man-
agement tool. Information in
the books helps with projects
such as nominating park land-
marks to the National Register
of Historic Places.
“We took it one step further
and took it out of its typical
government publication and
edited it down into an actual
book,” Tucker said.
Academic
researcher
Deur, who lives in south
Clatsop County, grew up in
the area recreating around Fort
Stevens State Park, visiting
Fort Clatsop National Memo-
rial and hiking the various
trails.
He works as a research
professor in Portland State
University’s Department of
Anthropology. Much of his
time is spent as an academic
researcher for the National
Park Service. He has pro-
duced works in parks across
the West, including Yosem-
ite and Joshua Tree in Califor-
nia and Glacier Bay in Alaska.
In addition, he studies Native
American tribes and traditions
around the Northwest, South-
west and Antarctica.
“Doug’s specialty is really
in demand to understand how
the landscapes have evolved,”
said Chris Clatterbuck, chief
of resources at Lewis and
Clark National Historical Park.
“We are lucky to have him as
a local.”
Working with contributors
from Portland State, Univer-
sity of Washington and Cra-
THE BOOK
“Empires of the Turning
Tide” is available for
free at the Fort Clatsop
Bookstore, Cannon Beach
History Center, Columbia
Pacific Heritage Museum
and local libraries.
A PDF version of the publi-
cation can be downloaded
for free at: http://1.usa.
gov/28nuj6S
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
Ethan Williams, left, and Rylee Pickernell, fifth-graders at
Chauncey Davis Elementary School in South Bend, Wash-
ington, walk a path to Fort Clatsop during a school field
trip Wednesday at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.
ter Lake, Deur has worked
on his latest book for at least
ive years. It took the past
year-and-a-half to write and
publish.
Common thread
Through his research, Deur
found the common thread of
empires rising and falling.
“Each period brings with
it its own ethnic diversity, its
own signature resource and its
own effects on the landscape,”
Deur said.
The book examines what
Deur calls signiicant myster-
ies of how large populations
and industries disappeared
as others grew. For a time,
one-third of Astoria’s popu-
lation was Chinese working
in the canneries. The workers
migrated out, and over time
the timber industry took hold.
Each era left an imprint on
the community.
“There is a physical trace
that is left from each one of
these phases,” Deur said.
The book breezes through
the Lewis and Clark story,
which is already well-docu-
mented in the community.
“I didn’t want to spend too
much time bearing down on
that,” Deur said. “I wanted to
provide something that looks
at this area in a new way.”
Stories in the book capture
little-known pieces of the local
history. One excerpt shows
how the namesake of Ham-
mond attempted to make Sad-
dle Mountain a national park.
One point that fascinated
Deur in his studies was how
diverse the region was in the
1880s. Rather than the tradi-
tional image of native tribes
in one area and white settlers
in another, the early days of
Astoria saw a mix of back-
grounds all mingling together.
Interracial marriages were the
norm, with native tribes and
fur traders securing alliances.
The result was a vastly diverse
community.
“My mission is to illumi-
nate these things,” Deur said.
“My hope is we live in an
enduring, stable and healthy
way in this landscape for a
long time to come.”
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