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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Single-use plastic bags banned in Manzanita
Ban is first on the coast
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
Manzanita became the first city on the Ore-
gon Coast to ban single-use plastic carryout
bags earlier this month, an attempt to reduce
plastic debris along the beach.
The ordinance was passed by unanimous
vote of the City Council and will take effect
Nov. 5.
Manzanita, a city of 725 residents just south
of Cannon Beach, joins Oregon cities such as
Ashland, Corvallis and Portland in eliminating
plastic bags.
The effort started about a year ago after a
discussion between Michael Maginnis, a board
member of the local recycling center CARTM,
and Jan Behrs, a new resident who said she was
“shocked” at the amount of plastic debris she
saw on Manzanita’s beach.
A small group decided to draft a petition
to gauge residents’ and visitors’ interest in a
ban and kicked off signature-gathering with a
showing of an environmental awareness movie
Bahamas Reef Environment Education Foundation
A plastic bag floats in a school of fish.
about plastic called “Bag It.” About 40 people
attended the movie and signed the petition that
night, Behrs said.
Committee members also surveyed the
city’s businesses on the effect a ban would
have, and found most merchants already used
paper bags and were willing to encourage cus-
tomers to bring their own.
“It takes a bit of self-training to get into the
habit of using your own bags, emptying them,
then putting them back in the car,” Behrs said.
“But, really, what’s worth more? A few min-
utes’ convenience, or the life of the planet?”
According to a study by the University of
Georgia, 8 million metric tons of plastic ends
up in the oceans every year.
With the help of Megan Ponder, a Nehalem
resident who worked for Portland on sustain-
ability policy, the group drafted an ordinance
with language reflecting that of other Oregon
bag ordinances, in the hopes of someday estab-
lishing a statewide ban.
The small group that drafted the ordinance
hopes other coastal cities will follow suit and
join the effort to reduce plastic pollution filling
the ocean, marring beaches and killing wild-
life, Behrs said.
City Council President Linda Kozlowski
supported the ordinance.
“The fact that a group of citizens took the
initiative to do their homework and come to the
council with a well-thought-out strategy to end
the use of single-use plastic bags was awe-in-
spiring,” Kozlowski said in a statement. “I am
so very proud of our community — especially
our business community — for stepping up
and supporting this ban.”
Rescued olive ridley turtles get second chance
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
Three olive ridley turtles
discovered comatose along
the Oregon and Washington
state coasts after winter storms
returned to ocean waters this
week.
Solstice, Tucker and Light-
ning returned to the ocean
after treatment at SeaWorld
in San Diego. Olive ridley sea
turtles are listed on the fed-
eral endangered species list as
threatened.
Tucker, a male olive rid-
ley turtle between 15 to 20
years old, was found at Can-
non Beach after storms in
December 2015. He had
a 40-degree body tem-
perature
when
rescued.
Staff at the Seaside Aquarium
rescued the male olive rid-
ley sea turtle after it washed
ashore south of Tolovana,
likely pushed into colder
waters by strong winds.
Tucker developed severe
pneumonia and had to be
treated in a hyperbaric cham-
ber because he developed air
in his tissue and a buoyancy
problem.
He was transferred to the
Seattle Aquarium after his ini-
tial care then flown to Sea-
World San Diego by the Coast
Guard in April 2016.
Lightning is a female olive
ridley turtle that was stranded
in Pacific City, suffering from
hypothermia, buoyancy issues
and injuries to both eyes.
After treatment at the Ore-
gon Coast Aquarium, Light-
ning, along with Thunder, an
olive ridley found in Gear-
hart, were escorted by the
Coast Guard and a rehabilita-
tion team to SeaWorld. Thun-
der died while completing her
final rehabilitation.
Solstice, a female olive rid-
ley turtle, was found in Oys-
terville, Washington, rescued
and cared for initially by the
Oregon Coast Aquarium in
December 2014.
W A NTED
Tracie Krevanko, elections
supervisor for the Washington
County Elections Division, has
been hired as Clatsop County
clerk. She will start next month.
Krevanko replaces Valerie Cra-
fard, who is retiring after three
Tracie
years as clerk. Krevanko will
Krevanko
begin Oct. 16.
Crafard was appointed to the clerk’s position
three years ago after her predecessor, Maeve Ken-
nedy Grimes, was placed on leave following two
ballot errors on Clatsop Community College’s
bond measure for the Patriot Hall redevelopment.
“I’m really excited to come to Clatsop County
and start this new adventure in my life,” Krevanko
said in a news release.
Krevanko spent 25 years with the Washington
County Elections Division, including almost nine
years as elections supervisor.
The clerk’s office oversees elections and voter
registration and coordinates property tax appeals.
The clerk also is the record keeper for the county
and administers public records, archives, legal
recordings, passports and marriage licenses.
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