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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018
Oregon knew of abuse case
against family that went off cliff
Voters’ pamphlet
map contains errors
Family was
investigated for
child abuse
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Oregon
child welfare officials knew
the family in an SUV that
plunged off a California cliff
had faced a child abuse inves-
tigation in another state when
it looked into allegations in
2013, according to documents
released Monday.
Oregon Child Protective
Services obtained records from
Minnesota prior to investigat-
ing Jennifer and Sarah Hart
in July 2013, KOIN reported.
But the agency closed the case
with investigators conclud-
ing that they were “unable to
determine” whether there was
abuse in the home, despite
some indications of abuse or
neglect.
Records obtained by the
TV station show the agency
found “some indications of
child abuse or neglect” but
insufficient information to
conclude that it occurred.
California authorities have
determined that Jennifer Hart
was drunk when she drove
her large family off a North-
ern California cliff last month
and they suspect the crash was
intentional. They are still try-
ing to determine a motive.
Toxicology results showed
Jennifer Hart’s wife and sev-
eral children had large amounts
of a drug in their systems that
By JACK HEFFERNAN
The Daily Astorian
Tristan Fortsch/KATU
The voters’ pamphlet for
the May election contains out-
dated renderings of Clatsop
County commission districts.
Districts represented by
the five county commission-
ers were redrawn in 2014, but
the voters’ pamphlet contains
drawings from 2011, creat-
ing several boundary errors.
Pamphlets have already been
Oregon child welfare officials knew the family in an SUV
that plunged off a California cliff had faced a child abuse
investigation in another state when it looked into allega-
tions in 2013, according to documents released Monday.
can cause drowsiness.
The crash happened just
days after authorities in Wash-
ington state — where the fam-
ily moved last year from Ore-
gon — opened an investigation
following allegations the chil-
dren were being neglected.
A neighbor of the Harts
in Woodland, Washington,
had filed a complaint with the
state, saying the children were
apparently being deprived of
food as punishment. No one
answered when social work-
ers checking on the report
knocked on the family’s door
March 23, days before their
SUV was found off a cliff in
Mendocino County north of
San Francisco.
Long before the crash,
Sarah Hart pleaded guilty in
2011 to a domestic assault
charge in Minnesota over what
she said was a spanking given
to one of her children.
Alexandra Argyropoulos
previously told The Associ-
ated Press that she contacted
Oregon child welfare officials
in 2013. The former Hart fam-
ily friend said she “witnessed
what I felt to be controlling
emotional abuse and cruel
punishment” toward the six
children.
Oregon child-welfare offi-
cials previously declined to
disclose any information about
the family, citing privacy laws.
But records obtained by the TV
station show state child-wel-
fare investigators first tried to
contact the family on July 19,
2013.
They didn’t observe any-
one at home and left a card
asking the family to contact a
caseworker. Three days later,
Sarah Hart called the case-
worker, saying the family
was soon going out of town.
She denied that the children
were undernourished, KOIN
reported.
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ALMANAC
Move to protect
gun rights
Associated Press
Cloudy with a few
showers
Last
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Coos Bay
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First
May 15
SALEM — Some resi-
dents in Deschutes County
are asking voters to support a
proposed ballot measure that
would bar local officials from
enforcing any gun control law
and uphold gun rights outlined
in the Constitution.
The proposed Second
Amendment
Preservation
Ordinance was filed with the
county clerk last week. It
would empower the county
sheriff to review federal, state
and local laws and determine
whether they violate the U.S.
or Oregon constitutions.
It appeared aimed at a state-
wide proposal that would
law-abiding citizen who wants
to legally own a firearm should
do so.
The proposed county ini-
tiative would bar Deschutes
County from using its funds
or employees to enforce any
rules “that infringe on the right
of the people to keep and bear
arms.”
Nelson said that while he
supports “the spirit of the ordi-
nance,” he doesn’t support
enacting it.
Deschutes County tends
to be conservative, with most
rural voters having voted for
Donald Trump in the 2016
presidential election. How-
ever, Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton led voting in
Bend, the county seat that has
drawn many Californians and
is a craft-brewing and outdoor
recreation mecca.
The Coast Guard cutter
Steadfast returned to Asto-
ria on Friday after a 60-day,
13,000-nautical-mile patrol.
Crew members stopped
eight vessels off the coast of
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driving under the influence of
intoxicants. His blood alcohol
content was 0.13 percent.
April 22, 2018
DOOLEY, Tevis E. Jr., 89,
of Cannon Beach, died in Sea-
side. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary of Seaside is in charge of
the arrangements.
MORGAN, Douglas, 54, of
Astoria, died in an auto acci-
dent near Astoria. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Service
of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
OREGON
Monday’s Pick 4:
1 p.m.: 2-5-6-8
4 p.m.: 6-8-4-9
7 p.m.: 6-5-0-7
10 p.m.: 7-1-9-2
Monday’s Lucky Lines: 04-06-
12-15-18-24-26-29
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks and Recre-
ation Advisory Board, 6:45
a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Astoria Budget Committee,
6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Estimated jackpot: $23,000
Monday’s Megabucks: 6-10-32-
33-42-47
Estimated jackpot: $4.8 million
Estimated jackpot: $250,000
Monday’s Keno: 02-10-11-14-
17-20-24-31-32-35-39-45-47-50-
63-65-68-69-71-72
Monday’s Lotto: 21-22-28-33-
42-43
Estimated jackpot: $1.3 million
Monday’s Match 4: 06-14-22-24
WASHINGTON
Monday’s Daily Game: 2-0-2
Monday’s Hit 5:09-10-19-25-32
OBITUARY POLICY
529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON
503-861-0929
Mattresses, Furniture
& More!
6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., Astoria Senior
Center, 1111 Exchange St.
LOTTERIES
APPLIANCE
AND HOME
FURNISHINGS
YE TSOP
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Astoria, was arrested by War-
renton police in Fort Stevens
State Park and charged with
DEATHS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council,
4 to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange
St., Room 430.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Flag Room, 450 10th St.
Astoria Budget Committee,
PACKAGE DEALS
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• At 6:09 p.m. Sunday,
Trent Michael Cope, 20, of
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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ing, 20 crew members helped
refurbish a temporary shelter
for migrant children in Chi-
apas, Mexico. The cutter also
gave first aid to a Guatemalan
fisherman at sea who sustained
an infection from a shark bite.
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various drills and intercepted
one of the drug-smuggling
vessels together.
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May 21
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Coast Guard cutter Steadfast returns to Astoria
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Moonrise today .......................... 2:23 p.m.
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essentially ban assault weap-
ons and large-capacity ammu-
nition magazines in Oregon.
Gun control advocates are col-
lecting signatures to qualify
that measure, Initiative Petition
43, for the November ballot.
Deschutes County Sheriff
Shane Nelson publicly opposed
the proposal this month, say-
ing Oregon already has laws
on background checks and
age restrictions. He noted that
among those prohibited from
buying a gun are convicted fel-
ons, those convicted of misde-
meanor crimes involving vio-
lence, and those found to be
mentally ill.
“I support and defend
the Second Amendment and
oppose IP 43,” Nelson wrote
on the sheriff’s office Face-
book page.
He said he believes every
REGIONAL WEATHER
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Normal high/low ........................... 57°/42°
Record high ............................ 73° in 2018
Record low ............................. 34° in 2013
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dismissal. She was fired after
two small errors were discov-
ered on the November 2014
general election ballot. Former
County Manager Scott Somers
said her decision to follow
state instructions to issue cor-
rections, rather than consider-
ing other options he suggested,
was insubordinate.
“Knowing the history here
in Clatsop County, I wanted to
make sure everything here was
crystal clear,” Krevanko said.
Districts 1, 3 and 5 on the
county commission are up for
election in May, along with
other state and federal elec-
tions and four tax levy mea-
sures. Ballots are scheduled to
be mailed between Wednesday
and May 1.
Effort in Deschutes County would
ban enforcing gun control laws
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
mailed out, but the updated
map will be included with
election ballot packets.
The county clerk’s office
printed the pamphlets 10 days
before they were scheduled to
appear in mailboxes April 19.
Some errors were brought to the
office’s attention, and staff then
identified others. The rest of the
voters’ pamphlet has been thor-
oughly checked, and the errors
do not affect ballots, County
Clerk Tracie Krevanko said.
“We couldn’t do anything
about it because we do it so far
in advance,” Krevanko said.
In 2016, former County
Clerk Maeve Kennedy Grimes
was awarded more than
$400,000 in damages in a law-
suit against the county over her
Boundary
errors in county
commission
districts
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