145TH YEAR, NO. 95
ONE DOLLAR
WEEKEND EDITION // FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017
HONORING VETERANS ONE THING
WE CAN ALWAYS AGREE ON
VETERANS DAY • OPINION • 4A
LIFE WITHOUT
A DEADLINE
WEEKEND BREAK • 1C
Trial set for
man tied to
alcohol in
teen’s death
Secord killed after
running onto highway
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
A trial date has been set for a Warren-
ton man who allegedly provided alcohol to a
teen who died in January after running onto
U.S. Highway 101.
Richard Edward Reinsch, 48, allegedly
gave alcohol to Trevor
Secord, 15, the night he
was struck and killed by a
pickup truck just north of
Gearhart.
Reinsch was charged in
August with two counts of
furnishing alcohol to a per-
Richard
son under 21, with one of
Edward
the counts stemming from
Reinsch
a separate case. He pleaded
not guilty at the time. At
a hearing Thursday, a trial date was set for
May .
Reinsch has been convicted twice for bur-
glary and once for driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants.
See TRIAL, Page 6A
Food bank
reopens after
management
reshuffl e
Steady stream of
customers in Seaside
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Pooka Rice, outreach coordinator with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program, shows off jewelry made with pieces of
plastic debris removed from local beaches.
PRETTY IN PLASTIC
MICROPLASTICS TRANSFORMED INTO JEWELRY
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
C
ANNON BEACH — As far as trash is concerned, the
microplastics speckling the beaches of the Oregon
Coast are some of the prettiest around. “They look kind
of pretty, and that’s the problem,” said Pooka Rice, the
Pooka Rice holds up a bracelet made
with pieces of plastic debris recov-
ered from local beaches.
outreach coordinator for the Haystack Rock Awareness Program.
“Because the birds and the fi sh also think they are pretty.”
Microplastics are extremely small
pieces of debris broken down from
larger waste in the ocean, coming in a
variety of colors and often mistaken for
sea glass.
Earlier this year, more than 240
pounds was fi ltered from the sand in front
of Haystack Rock. The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration esti-
mates 100 million tons of this debris fi ll
the ocean, impacting thousands of sea
turtles, seabirds, fi sh and other marine
life who ingest it.
Rice decided to tap into her artistic
background and repurpose the plastics’
pretty quality into jewelry. What started
as a fun experiment now has blossomed
into more than 100 pieces of art created
by the program’s staff, who together have
crafted a variety of mermaid tail ear-
rings, shell necklaces and turtle pendants
encased in clear resin.
The goal is to start selling the jewelry
at local art galleries and shops as a way
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — The South County Com-
munity Food Bank served a steady stream
of customers Thursday afternoon after a
two-week closure for what board members
announced as internal restructuring.
“This is our second day of being open
since we reopened on Tuesday,” Board Pres-
ident Darren Gooch said. “It’s been fantastic.
It’s been overwhelmingly positive.”
Gooch and fellow board member Reita
Fackerell stocked shelves as patrons selected
food from neatly stacked aisles and browsed
the freezer cases.
In the back of the trailer, fresh fruit , veg-
etables and packaged foods stood ready for
distribution.
About 30 patrons came in on Tuesday;
about the same number were expected on
Thursday, Gooch said.
Cannon Beach City Councilor Mike Benefield examines jewelry made by Poo-
ka Rice with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program.
See MICROPLASTICS, Page 7A
See FOOD BANK, Page 6A
Damaged Doughboy on track for centennial sprucing up
Veterans Day
2018 is target
for completion
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
With the help of private
insurance and public grants, the
base of the Doughboy Monu-
ment in Uniontown will likely
be renovated in time for the
100th anniversary of the end of
World War I on Nov. 11, 2018.
The statue, named Over the
Top at Cantigny after the fi rst
major American offensive in
World War I, was dedicated
in 1926 in honor of Clatsop
County veterans.
The bronze doughboy
clutching a rifl e was designed
by famed World War I mon-
ument sculptor John Pauld-
ing and installed atop an orna-
mental cement base designed
by local architect Charles T.
Diamond .
The Astoria Victory M onu-
ment was paid for with money
raised by the American Legion
and an association of busi-
nesses in Uniontown. The
last major renovation was in
July 2006 for the 80th anni-
versary of its dedication. The
new restoration will include
two projects, one funded by
government and the other by
happenstance.
A truck crashed into the
statue in August, breaking off
light poles, cracking concrete
edges on the base and closing
the eastern bathroom under-
neath. The repairs to the por-
tion damaged by the truck will
be paid for by either the driv-
er’s or the city’s insurance, said
Angela Cosby, director of the
Astoria Parks and Recreation
Department.
Overseeing the restoration
is Rosemary Johnson, a former
city planner.
“One of the planters was
destroyed, so that will be
replaced,” she said. “Two of
the light poles on the east side
Rosemary Johnson
See DOUGHBOY, Page 7A
The Doughboy Monument, in honor of Clatsop County veter-
ans who died in World War I, was dedicated in July 1926.