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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
From restaurants to reefs:
recycling discarded oyster shells
Lax in tracking
drug supplies
Project to protect
Louisiana’s coastline
By HOPE YEN
Associated Press
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press
ON LAKE ATHANASIO, La. —
If you slurp oysters from the half-
shell in New Orleans, you may be
doing more than satisfying a culinary
craving: You could be helping to con-
struct reefs that environmental groups
hope will save a bit of Louisiana’s
coastline.
Since 2014, restaurants have con-
tributed nearly 2,600 tons of shells to
the Coalition to Restore Coastal Lou-
isiana and The Nature Conservancy.
About one-quarter of those shells now
form a half-mile-long reef about 40
miles from New Orleans.
Tiny oyster larvae prefer to cement
themselves to oyster shells as their
permanent home. But for thousands
of years, people have been eating oys-
ters and tossing the shells.
Although Louisiana’s oyster
fi shery is the nation’s largest, until
recently the state built shallow-water
reefs mostly of concrete or limestone.
Oyster-shell recycling was inspired
by programs in other states, including
Texas.
Drugs vanish at
some VA hospitals
AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey
Richie Blink, left, of the National Wildlife Federation, and Ben LeBlanc, pres-
ident of LeBlanc Marine Construction, look over a map of the area where a
reef was constructed from recycled oyster shells in St. Bernard Parish, La.
Gabion baskets
filled with recycled
oyster shells in
Buras, La., before
being loaded onto
a barge for reef
construction.
Nic Dixon
Coalition To Restore
Coastal Louisiana
Large piles of shell being stored in Buras, La., were collected for an oyster shell recycling program. The
program spearheaded by two environmental groups in coordination with area restaurants aims to take a
waste product that used to fill landfills and instead make it into a structure that tiny oyster larvae can latch
onto and grow. The structures in turn can slow erosion and storm surge that is swiftly eating into Louisiana’s
coast as well as provide other environmental benefits.
Sarah Pate/Coalition To Restore Coastal Louisiana
WASHINGTON — Fed-
eral authorities are stepping
up investigations at Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs
medical centers due to a sharp
increase in opioid theft, miss-
ing prescriptions or unautho-
rized drug use by VA employ-
ees since 2009, according to
government data obtained by
The Associated Press.
Doctors, nurses or phar-
macy staff at federal hospitals
— the vast majority within
the VA system — siphoned
away controlled substances
for their own use or street
sales, or drugs intended for
patients simply disappeared.
Aggravating the prob-
lem is that some VA hospi-
tals have been lax in tracking
drug supplies. Congressio-
nal auditors said spot checks
found four VA hospitals
skipped monthly inspections
of drug stocks or missed other
requirements. Investigators
said that signals problems for
VA’s entire network of more
than 160 medical centers and
1,000 clinics, coming after
auditor warnings about lax
oversight dating back to at
least 2009.
“Drug theft is an area of
concern,” Jeffrey Hughes, the
VA’s acting assistant inspec-
tor general for investigations,
told AP. He said the monthly
inspections could help the VA
uncover potential discrepan-
cies and root out crime.
Both the inspector gen-
eral’s offi ce and the Drug
Enforcement Administration
said they have increased scru-
tiny of drug thefts from the
VA, with the DEA reporting
more criminal investigations.
Special scrutiny
It’s not clear if the prob-
lem is worse at the VA than at
private facilities, where med-
ical experts and law enforce-
ment offi cials say drug theft
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is also increasingly common
in a time of widespread opi-
oid abuse in the U.S. But the
VA gets special scrutiny from
lawmakers and the public,
given Americans’ esteem for
ex-servicemembers served
by the agency and because
of past problems at the VA,
especially a 2014 wait-
time scandal in which some
patients died.
“Those VA employees
who are entrusted with serv-
ing our nation’s wounded, ill
and injured veterans must be
held to a higher standard,”
said Joe Davis, spokesman
for Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The drug thefts will be
among the challenges fac-
ing newly confi rmed VA Sec-
retary David Shulkin, who
served as the department’s
undersecretary of health
while the drug problem was
growing. At his confi rmation
hearing this month, Shulkin
said he was proud that the VA
identifi ed the opioid addiction
problem before others did
and “recognized it as a crisis
and began to take action.”
Still, the VA acknowledges
it has had problems keeping
up with monthly inspections
and said it was taking steps to
improve training. It also said
it was requiring hospitals to
comply with inspection pro-
cedures and develop plans for
improvement.
It did not respond to AP
requests made three weeks
ago to provide a list of VA
facilities where drugs had
been reported missing or dis-
ciplinary action was taken,
saying it was still compiling
the information.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary
David Shulkin speaks
in Washington, D.C., in
February.
The Seaside Urban Renewal
Agency has prepared the annual
report required under ORS
457.420 - 457.460 and placed it
on file with the City of Seaside,
989 Broadway, Seaside, Oregon.
Any interested parties may contact
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this report.
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ideas on behalf of the new
natural resource center.
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
encompasses
diverse
salt
marshes,
muddy
tideflats,
rain?drenched
old
growth
forests, and dynamic coastal
dunes and beaches.
It is also rich in wildlife and
recreation opportunities.
We are seeking input from you to
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• Create a modern accessible
refuge center
• Inspire education both indoors
and outdoors
• Expand trail connections and
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•
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refugeʼs
uniqueness
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• Address essential emergency
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earthquake/tsunami
assembly area
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Where:
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In the Matter of the Estate of
MICHAEL WILLIAM FOSTER,
Deceased.
Case No. 17PB01071
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PERSONS
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Marilyn R. Birkel has been
appointed and has qualified as
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persons having claims against
the estate are hereby required
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attached, to Marilyn R. Birkel,
personal representative, at P.O.
Box 1030, Astoria, Oregon
97103, within four months after
the date of first publication of
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barred.
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Box 1030, Astoria, Oregon
97103.
Dated
and
first
published:
February 22, 2017.
Blair J. Henningsgaard
OSB #78240
Attorney for Personal
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P.O. Box 1030
Astoria, OR 97103
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AB6214
NOTICE OF SHERIFFʼS SALE
On March 23, 2017, at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Clatsop County
Sheriffʼs Office, 1190 SE 19th Street in the City of Warrenton, Oregon,
the defendantʼs interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real
property commonly known as: 316 Lexington Avenue, Astoria,
OREGON. The court case number is 16CV16981, where
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is plaintiff, and CAITLIN M.
SARANIERO; DAVID M. SARANIERO; U.S. BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO UNITED STATES
NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON; RAY KLEIN, INC. D/B/A
PROFESSIONAL CREDIT SERVICE; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA),
N.A.;
ASSET
RECOVERY
GROUP
INC.;
COMMERCIAL
ADJUSTMENT CO.; PARTIES IN POSSESSION is defendant. The
sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashierʼs
check, in hand, made out to Clatsop County Sheriffʼs Office. For more
information on this sale go to: http://oregonsheriffssales.org/ (OR),
http://files.co.clatsop.or.us/ccso/foreclosures.pdf
Published: February 22nd, March 1st, 8th and 15th, 2017.