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6A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017 Trial: Catching underage drinking ‘is very diffi cult’ Continued from Page 1A In late January, after a night of drinking, Secord got out of a vehicle parked on the shoulder and started run- ning in the middle of the high- way near milepost 17 , Oregon State Police said. He was pro- nounced dead soon after emer- gency personnel responded to the crash. Secord’s family demanded an investigation into who pro- vided alcohol to the former Warrenton High School foot- ball player . Brenda McKune, Secord’s grandmother, said he and other Warrenton teens have regularly hung out with adults who buy alcohol for them . She said she reported issues to police about 10 times in the last two to three years but came away from the discus- sions feeling disappointed. “Too many people are afraid to stand up and protect our children,” McKune said. “This whole thing is sicken- ing to me.” Despite her complaints, she said Warrenton p olice repeatedly told her their inves- tigations would be much eas- ier if the teenagers reported the alleged crimes them- selves. Police must have prob- able cause and a search war- rant before entering a home to check for underage drinking unless given permission by the occupant. “Catching it happening in the process is very diffi - cult,” Warrenton Police Chief Mathew Workman said. McKune last saw her grandson at a grocery store just hours before he died. He was purchasing orange juice, which she now believes he was attempting to mix with Everclear — a highly potent brand of grain alcohol. Once again, McKune reported her concerns to police. Secord died, as his grandmother recalls , 3 hours and 12 minutes after she made the complaint. Months later, McKune is still concerned about a culture in which adults supply alcohol to Warrenton teenagers. For weeks after Secord’s death, residents tended a memorial outside the Warrenton Post Offi ce. In addition to fl owers, sports gear and a silhouette of Secord, some also left alco- hol , McKune said. “We want to shed a light on this,” McKune said. “We want other people to avoid the same grief that we’re going through.” R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian Patrons return to the South County Community Food Bank after a two-week closure. Food bank: Open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Continued from Page 1A “Everybody’s been really positive, everything is orga- nized,” Gooch said. “We hav- en’t missed a beat.” The food bank, at 2041 N. Roosevelt Drive, was launched with donations from a Seaside grocery in 1981 and incorporated as a nonprofi t in 1986. It is associated with Clat- sop Community Action and is an affi liate of the Oregon Food Bank Network. Karla Gann served as man- aging director of the food bank until Oct. 27, when the management transition was announced by board members. During the two-week period of the closure, extra product was funneled to pan- tries in Cannon Beach and Gearhart, Gooch said, with each location serving about 20 additional patrons. The food bank’s hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m., a reduction from two hours of service four days a week. “We are going to feel it out, to get a sense of whether we need more or how that’s going to go,” Gooch said. “So far, the cadence has been really good.” WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Sexual misconduct accusations transform Alabama Senate race WASHINGTON — Republicans weren’t supposed to have to worry about Alabama. Yet in the span of a tumultuous afternoon, a low-profi le special election became a Republican nightmare that threatens a once-safe Senate seat — and offers a new window into ugly divisions that continue to plague the GOP in the age of Presi- dent Donald Trump. Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, a 70-year-old former state Supreme Court justice, defi antly denied allega- tions of decades-old sexual misconduct with minors published Thursday in a Washington Post story. The revelations, a month before the Dec. 12 special election, triggered a sharp backlash from would-be Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill, who called on Moore to quit the race if the allegations were true. It was a bittersweet moment for some in the Republican establishment who argued that Moore, a Christian culture war- rior twice removed from his state’s Supreme Court for judicial misconduct, never should have been the party’s Senate nom- inee in the fi rst place. 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The decision to cancel the release of C.K.’s “I Love You, Daddy” came a day after the comedian was accused of sex- ual misconduct toward fi ve women, including masturbating in front of them. The indie distributor The Orchard said it “will not be moving forward with the release.” C.K. has already been edited out of the upcoming HBO benefi t “Night of Too Many Stars” and his work is being scrubbed from the cable network’s vaults. Westwick also saw his work buried when the BBC pulled the Agatha Christie mystery thriller adaptation “Ordeal by Innocence” in which he appeared. The broadcaster also paused fi lming on the 1980s-set sitcom “White Gold,” which stars Westwick. The former “Gossip Girl” star has been accused of raping two women, charges he denies. 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