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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016 Cuba: Cuban community remains split Continued from Page 1A left three men with machine guns living in our garage.” Suarez said his father and sisters, marked as counterrev- olutionaries, were among the many jailed before the failed CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Later given a 24-hour pass by the govern- ment to attend to his wife after a miscarriage, Suarez said, his father instead boarded a meatpacking boat and fled to Miami. Suarez and his siblings followed shortly thereafter, given passes on a ferry boat to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, by a friend of his mother’s in the Brazilian Embassy. “For me, it just seemed like we were going on a vacation,” Suarez said of his naivety at the time. His father got a teaching position at Catholic Univer- sity of America in Washington, D.C. Suarez spent 35 years in Florida before moving to the West Coast. His older brother, Xavier, became the first Cuban-born mayor of Miami. Castro, who died Fri- day at 90, ceded power to his younger brother, Raul, in 2006. In 2010, Suarez vis- ited Cuba, stopping by what he said locals still refer to as the Dolores Sugar Mill, pre- viously his family’s before the revolution. “The government took over our two sugar mills,” he said. “We also had a farm, and they took our house away in Havana.” The sugar mill had been dismantled, he said, but the farm, owned by the govern- ment, was still raising pigs and cows on his last visit. He said the manager has offered to give the farm back to his family, which has also sent money to fix up a church and playground around the former sugar mill. Germany’s reunification in 1990 was followed by millions of claims by people who had fled west of the Iron Curtain and wanted their old property back. Suarez said he hopes that doesn’t happen in Cuba. “It’s not really fair to go back and try to reclaim it from the peo- ple who live there,” he said. In 2014, Suarez again vis- ited Cuba, and said he could see the country further open- ing up. Along with Castro’s departure from politics, he also credited President Barack Obama’s restoring diplomatic relations, Cubans’ increased access to the internet and Pope Francis’ visit last year with helping to lessen Cuba’s iso- lation. But he said the Cuban community remains split in the aftermath of Castro’s death. “I would say, in general, our extended family is glad that Fidel has finally died,” he said. “But we also realize that now we have to contend with Raul. Our hope is that one day — hopefully in our time — is that Cuba will go back to being a true democracy.” Timber: Projected revenue down from last year At least not yet, environ- mental groups argue. Some, like the Wild Salmon Center, have filed motions in court to dismiss the case, arguing that the state must take into con- sideration other factors beyond timber sales and include val- ues like the health of the for- est, clean water, recreational options and habitat. Questions of forest manage- ment — or mismanagement — should not be dismissed lightly, Moore agrees. “You’ve got a unique asset in the state forest that you can never replace,” he said. Former Cannon Beach Mayor Mike Morgan wants the Cannon Beach City Council to encourage the county to opt out of the lawsuit. He also plans to Consult a Professional Q: Chronic pain A : ASTORIA CHIROPRACT I C Ba rry S ea rs , D.C . 503 -3 25-3 3 11 Painkillers and anti-inflammatories can get us through a tough time with back, neck, head or leg pain, but they weren’t designed for long-term use. Yearly deaths from pain medication are climbing. Other side effects can include constipation, liver and kidney damage; addiction from them is real and a growing problem. Pain is a signal that something is wrong. Pain medication does not fix the problem — it changes the brain. Reducing pain can be as simple as iden - tifying its source and providing a differ - ent approach — chiropractic is an impor - tant part of that. “Maybe you don’t have to live with it.” Call 503-325-3311. approach Seaside and Gearhart with resolutions against county involvement. Morgan’s draft resolution states that the lawsuit, if suc- cessful, “could undo the exist- ing forest management plan, with the intent of permitting more intensive timber harvest- ing to generate additional reve- nue for taxing districts.” Lianne Thompson, who rep- resents South County on the Board of Commissioners and serves on the Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee, is in favor of the county’s inclusion. Thompson said opting out would deny the county an opportunity to “negotiate to protect our resources.” Lyra Fontaine contributed to this report. $134. But Medicare protects current recipients from Stefanie Cao premium increases that are Medicare bigger than their Social Market Manager Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The 2017 Reminder: COLA is 0.3 percent, which Open Enrollment means most benefi ciaries will ends Dec. 7th pay $109 per month for Part B. In addition, if you have limited income and resources, you may qualify for help with your monthly premium. Questions? Call Social www.careoregonadvantage.org Security at 1-800-772-1213. Foster care: Beds for foster care children are scarce can’t get a good Q: I night’s sleep. What’s Continued from Page 1A percent of Clatsop County’s total acreage is state or federal forestland. Compared to other counties listed in the lawsuit, Clatsop County is a big piece of pie, with thousands of acres of timber worth millions of dollars. The county expects to receive a projected $3.5 million in general fund revenue from state forest trust land timber sales, according to this year’s budget. This is down from last year’s projections, but more than what the county received in recent years. “I have serious concerns,” said Board of Commissioners Chairman Scott Lee about the lawsuit. “Particularly the fact Continued from Page 1A The Department of Human Services has agreed to not house children in its care for more than two nights in a DHS office prior to Dec. 31. The agreement also says that foster children will be placed in hotels only in “emergency circumstances” where no “safe or appropri- ate” licensed residential place- ment or certified foster home is available. Further, a foster child who is housed temporarily in DHS offices or hotels must continue to attend the school or day care in which he or she is enrolled, according to the agreement. Settlement talks continue in the case, according to Youth Rights and Justice, a Port- land group that is providing legal representation to the two young plaintiffs. The parties have agreed to stay all action in the lawsuit while confidential settlement discussions continue. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the two Multnomah County children, who are rep- resented by guardian ad litem Richard Vangelisti. The plaintiffs, in essence, wanted the court to require the state to stop housing kids in hotels or offices. Neither party is waiving argument, but the interim set- tlement agreement means that the plaintiffs have agreed that putting a child up in a hotel temporarily, for the time period in the agreement, is an acceptable exception to what they argue is a generally “non- permissible” practice. The Department of Human Services has said that beds for children in foster care are increasingly scarce. Since this summer, the department has been under scrutiny both for persistent safety problems and for putting children up tem- porarily in hotels and field offices. Some foster children have also been held in juvenile detention or in hospitals when they no longer needed a high level of medical care. The state, under the agree- ment, also must not seek to place kids in detention centers temporarily. At least one foster child in Deschutes County has been held in the local juvenile detention facility. The agency must not also keep children in hospitals in the absence of a medical pur- pose, unless the child faces a safety risk. The state has also agreed to that it is completely funded by the timber industry.” He hasn’t made up his mind yet. The more he looks into the lawsuit and the issues and top- ics around it, and the more he talks to people more knowl- edgeable about state forestlands than he is, the more options he sees. “I’m still finding out options,” Lee said. Whatever the board’s deci- sion, the discussion of the county’s concerns and options will occur in an open, public meeting, Lee promised. While “the outcome (of the lawsuit) certainly has the poten- tial to change how the state manages state forestland … that’s really not part of the law- suit,” Moore said. provide the number of children and other information about children it houses temporarily in emergency lodging to the plaintiffs every week. The lawsuit claimed that the data the Department of Human Services had released about the number of chil- dren in its care who had been housed in hotels or offices was incomplete. The department, through a spokesman, had no additional comment on the interim settle- ment agreement Tuesday. Child welfare issues will likely continue to be the sub- ject of discussion going into the legislative session, which is scheduled to get underway in February. 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