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Wood: ‘People are wanting it more’ Police: ‘We
take personnel
issues seriously’
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Unfortunately, the leaning
structure had become dan-
gerous. Renovating it would
have been prohibitively
expensive.
The deconstruction pro-
cess, meanwhile, yielded sal-
vageable wood that can be
used as loorboards or other
elements, as well as “trinkets
and treasures,” such as an old
hay trolley, Ratcliffe said.
“This is a valuable
resource and it doesn’t need
to go up in lames,” she said.
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“I’m as concerned as
anybody else. I mean, it’s
my department and we
want to make sure that
we’re not doing anything
inappropriate.”
Linda Engbretson, the
interim city manager, who
oversees Workman, declined
to comment, describing it as
a personnel matter. Mayor
Mark Kujala and city com-
missioners also chose not to
discuss the investigation.
“We take personnel issues
seriously,” Engbretson said.
The state Department of
Justice did not respond to a
request for comment. Dis-
Terms vary
The terms of each decon-
struction project are differ-
ent, and in some cases, build-
ings have decayed too much
for the process to be worth-
while, said Marlega.
As a rule of thumb, the
value of reclaimed lumber
offsets the cost of decon-
struction to the landowner,
who also saves money by
having less waste material to
dump at the landill, he said.
Salem Salvage earns
roughly half its revenues
by wholesaling the lumber
to builders and woodwork-
ers, and the other half by
turning the wood into furni-
ture, Burris said. The com-
pany also restores old barns
as a supplementary seasonal
business.
“I love wood and I love
being creative, so it’s fun for
me,” she said.
It’s critical for the com-
pany to keep track of the
lumber’s origin, she said.
“My guys in the yard know
where each piece of wood
came from.”
Such details are valuable
for furniture-building com-
panies such as The Shaker
Craftsman in Yakima, Wash.,
which buys lumber from
Salem Salvage.
Shaker Craftsman uses
old-school joinery meth-
ods to make furniture from
lumber that comes entirely
from a single building, said
Rhonda Cornwell, the com-
pany’s co-owner.
“They know I need that
information,” she said. “If
you provide that history, our
customers really like that.”
Cornwell said she buys
several species of reclaimed
lumber from all over the
U.S., but relies on Salem Sal-
vage for old-growth Doug-
las ir.
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Officials say a man was attacked by a shark while surfing
at Indian Beach in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach.
Photos by Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press
Danuta Burris of Salem Salvage, top, stands near a partially dismantled grain elevator
with Dustin Stephenson, left, Steve Marlega, center, and Darell Braman, right, of North-
west Reclaimed Wood, as well as their dog, Cooper.
Shark: Beach will remain
open, signs will be posted
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Growing popularity
Television shows, mag-
azines and social media
devoted to home renovation
have increased the popular-
ity of reclaimed lumber, driv-
ing up both competition and
prices, she said.
“People are wanting it
more,” Cornwell said. “A lot
of people are getting more
aware of it.”
Aside from its age,
reclaimed lumber intrigues
people due to its texture.
“The coolest thing about it
is the wood is amazing before
you do anything to it,” said
Terry Edwards, Burris’ hus-
band and co-owner of Salem
Salvage.
Unusual textures often
develop from how a piece of
wood is used over decades,
he said.
trict Attorney Josh Marquis
also declined comment.
Workman was the police
chief in Vernonia for four
years before taking the
helm in Warrenton in Octo-
ber 2008. City oficials have
described him as well-liked
and affable, but some have
also noted privately that he
appears to carry a heavy
workload.
Earlier this year, when
discussing the department’s
assignment of its irst full-
time detective, Workman
said he and his oficers
have to cover a little bit of
everything.
“We all wear those hats
here,” he said.
Darell Braman of Northwest Reclaimed Wood, a deconstruction company, dismantles a
grain elevator in Suver. Old wood from barns and other farm buildings is popular among
woodworkers and home renovators.
For instance, the old
Paciic Seed grain elevator
contained wooden chutes that
grain passed through.
Over time, the grain wore
away the softer wood, leav-
ing ripples similar to those
created when water passes
over sand, Edwards said.
Edwards plans to use the
wood from the chutes to
build a conference table for
Wilbur-Ellis.
“We’re going to knock
their socks off,” he said.
Another unique texture
was created when genera-
tions of cows stomped on the
loor boards of a barn, causing
the softer wood to wear away
faster than the knots, which
then appeared elevated.
Edwards and Burris turned
that lumber into a bench that
a wife gave to her husband, a
former cowhand.
“It told the story of how
the cows had worked that
wood just by walking on
it and gave it a shape that
a machine never could,”
Edwards said.
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Tanner was stabilized on
scene and transported via air
ambulance to Legacy Eman-
uel Medical Center in Port-
land. Norris, a MetroWest
paramedic, helped provide
support at the scene.
“The bystanders have
done a phenomenal job,”
Norris said.
Cannon Beach Police
Department, Oregon State
Police, Cannon Beach Fire
and Rescue, Seaside para-
medics, Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Ofice, Medix
ambulance and Life Flight
Network were on the scene.
“We called Portland
because Astoria was tied
up,” said Cannon Beach Fire
Chief Matt Benedict, who
awaited the arrival of Life
Flight at Ecola State Park.
“It looked like it sank its
teeth in,” Benedict said of
the bite. “You have some big
arteries in your leg so if you
cut one, you could lose a lot
of blood.”
Shark bites are not a com-
mon occurrence in Cannon
Beach, Norris said. The last
one he knows of occurred in
the 1980s.
The International Shark
Attack File, which tracks
shark attacks around the
world, has documented 26
shark attacks on the Oregon
Coast.
State park staff will post
advisory signs at Indian
Beach, but the park and
beach will remain open,
the Oregon Parks and Rec-
reation Department said
today.
The Associated Press con-
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