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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Halloween in Alderbrook
Food bank: Changes will come
in terms of hours, items offered
what Karla (Gann) has done,”
Barrett said. “There are needy
among us that are what we call
the deserving poor. Maybe I
am naïve, but I am one of the
deserving poor and it’s been a
tough road to hoe.”
Seaside’s Sylvia Herrley,
whose father Harry Miller vol-
unteered as manager of the
food bank for 25 years, said
attempts should have been
made to fix problems before
the decision to remove Gann
was made.
“It was a huge slap in the
face to all the hardworking
volunteers of the food bank,”
Herrley said in a letter to The
Daily Astorian. “I have no
doubt Ms. Gann is correct
when she says 90 percent of
the staff will not be back. My
heart breaks not only for the
people who need help, but all
the volunteers who can no lon-
ger help them.’”
Seaside’s Nadine Brien
regretted that the board and
Gann could not come to agree-
ment. “I am sorry this hap-
pened, and wish something
could have been worked out
so that the community would
still benefit from her manage-
ment,” Brien said in a letter.
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A trick or treater walks past a home on Cedar Street in the Alderbrook neighborhood
of Astoria that was elaborately decorated for Halloween Tuesday.
Roadkill: Treated with lime
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Across Oregon, that
means edible meat will be
donated to local food banks
when possible. In Clatsop
County, it also means some
carcasses may end up on a
small parcel of land owned
by the state near Perkins
Lane in Warrenton. Neigh-
bors have seen a number of
deer and elk end up here, and
at least one horse. In the past,
the bodies would be covered
with dirt and sand, but now
Department of Transporta-
tion employees treat them
with lime.
Lou Torres, a Department
of Transportation spokes-
man, said they monitor the
site to make sure there are
no contamination issues and
“that nature is ‘helping’ us do
the composting.”
“Without
rendering
plants, we don’t have much
of a choice in most areas of
the state,” he said.
The department does have
a few actual roadkill com-
posting facilities, mostly
located in Eastern Oregon.
The facilities must meet
stringent criteria, be located
away from homes and busi-
nesses, and have a source of
water. The local Department
of Transportation offices
must have equipment on
hand to turn the roadkill as it
breaks down.
Getting the equipment is
easy, Torres said. The other
siting requirements are more
difficult.
The highest density of
wildlife versus vehicle inci-
dents in Clatsop County
occurs on the western border,
along U.S. Highway 101,
according to a map by the
transportation department
which shows the average
number of wildlife collision
incidents per mile. On the
section of Highway 104 and
Highway 101 between War-
renton and Cannon Beach,
there have been anywhere
from 13 to more than 35 inci-
dents per mile from Septem-
ber 2009 through June 2017.
Collisions between wild-
life and vehicles peak in
October and November as
daylight hours decrease and
as deer and elk cross major
highways to move from high-
er-elevation summer habi-
tats to lower-elevation winter
habitats, according to Fish
and Wildlife. Deer are also
going through their annual
“rut,” or breeding season, at
this time.
Last October the Depart-
ment of Transportation
recorded 1,052 wildlife-vehi-
cle collisions, and 1,160 such
collisions in November.
Vegetation growing close
to a road and curves can hide
wildlife from view, cautioned
Oregon State Police Capt.
Bill Fugate in a statement.
“Drivers who see an ani-
mal near the roadway should
try to reduce their speed and
be aware that other animals
will often be crossing, too,”
he said.
He also advises drivers to
stay in their lane if possible,
adding that “serious crashes
involving wildlife are often
due to drivers swerving to
avoid hitting an animal.”
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Gann, an unpaid volunteer,
had served since 2013.
On
Tuesday,
Gooch
declined to address specifics of
the incident.
“Anytime that people
choose to part ways, there will
always be some fallout, and
we anticipated that,” Gooch
said. “It’s never easy to sever
a relationship with people
and our silence about it was
out of respect for those par-
ties. To me, it’s not something
that should be shared in the
media.”
Gooch and other members
of the board said there would
be no gaps in service to cli-
ents. During the temporary
closure, patrons may use food
banks in Gearhart and Cannon
Beach. Any perishable items
were used for meals at Help-
ing Hands Re-entry Program
in Seaside.
More than 90 percent of the
pantry’s regular clientele had
already been served for the
month of October, leaving less
than 10 percent to have to turn
to one of the area’s other three
pantries for their food boxes,
Gooch said.
Changes at the food bank
will come in terms of hours,
items offered to clients and
special Christmas boxes with
food and gifts.
Boxes delivered in years
past will no longer be offered,
he said, as they require addi-
tional donations of food and
money.
Gooch said it could be
“heartbreaking” for those left
out if distributed on a first-
come, first-served basis.
The new service model
among food pantries is to add
holiday items to every cli-
ent’s regular food box for the
months of November and
December, Gooch said.
“It’s a much more equitable
way to ensure that everybody
who walks through our doors
gets a holiday meal,” he said.
The board plans to elimi-
nate a clothing and household
R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian
The South County Com-
munity Food Bank remains
closed until Nov. 7.
goods aisle, which is consid-
ered outside of the mission of
providing money or products
that “go directly to someone’s
dinner table.”
The food bank’s primary
mission is to provide a three-
to five-day supply of emer-
gency food to members of the
community in need, he added.
The food bank will reopen
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 1 to 4 p.m., a reduction
from two hours of service four
days a week. Volunteers and
board members will staff the
facility as needed, Gooch said.
Community split
Call for civility
Meanwhile, residents and
supporters of the food bank
offered a variety of responses
to the management shift.
“You owe our community an
explanation,” Seaside resident
and food bank donor Christina
Buck said in an email to board
members. “If there are prob-
lems at the food bank, why did
it come to a point where it is
so bad it forces a closure? …
Your actions do not just affect
those in need, but also those
who choose to give by volun-
teering, donating and support-
ing this organization.”
Volunteer and patron Jenni-
fer Barrett said she was “mad-
der than hell.”
Board members don’t have
a finger on the “pulse of the
poor,” she said.
“I have enjoyed so much
Seaside Mayor Jay Bar-
ber weighed in with a call for
civility and trust for the board.
“I know the people who are
in leadership of the board of
directors,” Barber said. “These
are leaders in our community
who have given generously
of their time and resources to
bring the food bank to the place
it is today. I have confidence in
them and firmly believe that
their decisions over the past
week were made with careful
thought and deliberation.”
Barber also asked the com-
munity to take a measured
response.
“Let’s step back, take a
deep breath and support our
food bank as they continue to
serve our region as they have
for many years and many years
to come,” Barber said.
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