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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018
CrossFit: ‘is really more about community ... overall health’
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he and a fellow coach heard about a
CrossFit pilot project in St. Helens at
an opioids conference. He decided to
blend his passion for addiction recov-
ery with his existing business and apply
for a wellness grant from Columbia
Pacific CCO, which oversees the Ore-
gon Health Plan in Clatsop, Columbia
and Tillamook counties.
“When I learned about the Power-
CLEAN program I knew it was some-
thing our community needed,” he said.
Creating community
Since the beginning of November,
the class has fluctuated from three to
nine participants — Wray hopes to get
about 20 — and has attracted people of
all ages and addictions in varying stages
of recovery. Participants mostly come
from referrals from drug court or Jor-
dan’s Hope for Recovery, a nonprofit
outreach organization.
The class offers something differ-
ent to everyone. There are the obvious
health benefits. For some, it’s learn-
ing to get a rush of endorphins from a
source other than drugs. For others, it
can just give them something to do on
a Friday night.
But perhaps one of the most essential
things the program offers is variety, said
Jenna King, a counselor for Jordan’s
Hope for Recovery who runs the mental
health and wellness portion of the class.
“You have it crammed down your
throat — ‘Let’s go to meetings!’” King
said. “Which is great. But it’s also help-
ful having something additional to do
in the community. Some people are just
trying to fill their time to not drink and
use.”
The community atmosphere Cross-
Fit provides is also conducive to recov-
ery, Wray said. Each exercise is done as
a group endeavor. There is no hierarchy
of ability — anything can be modified,
everyone starts together, and everyone
finishes together.
“CrossFit can be intimidating for
people,” Wray said, referring to the pro-
fessional CrossFit games people asso-
ciate with the discipline. “But Cross-
Fit is really more about community and
overall health rather than raising elite
athletes.”
Whatever the reason, it keeps partic-
ipants like Ramvick coming back.
“You feel like it’s a new addic-
tion,” Ramvick said. “But a positive
addiction.”
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Students and instructors warm up for the class.
Urban Core: Residents want to keep city’s character
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will hear recommendations for
how the exterior of any new
development should look, as
well as review what was dis-
cussed at previous meetings.
On Tuesday, the commis-
sioners, for the most part,
agreed with the recommenda-
tions presented by Kate Rog-
ers of Angelo Planning Group.
Balancing community con-
cerns about preserving Asto-
ria’s character with the need
for economic opportunities is
key, Rogers and city staff told
the commissioners.
Under the recommenda-
tions, there would be a ban
on new hotels and motels in
the Urban Core’s overwater
aquatic zones, unless the proj-
ects are developed in exist-
ing buildings. Hotels would
be considered a conditional
use elsewhere in the Urban
Core, requiring case-by-case
approval by the Planning
Commission.
There would be a limit on
residential uses in overwater
zones. Consultants and city
staff had recommended allow-
ing living spaces above retail
space, but Commission Presi-
dent Sean Fitzpatrick worried
about compatibility.
“I don’t want to see resi-
dential being put in over (a)
space that’s going to sit vacant
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The Urban Core in Astoria includes the riverfront area
from Second Street to 16th Street.
because there isn’t a real use
for it,” he said. “I don’t know
how we could be careful of
that, but I do want to have it
on record that I am concerned
about having empty profes-
sional, retail or other space just
so that we can have vacation
condos up above.”
Commissioner Daryl Moore
pushed further, saying he didn’t
see the point of allowing res-
idential development at all in
the Urban Core with hous-
ing development opportunities
already available inland.
The city “will just end up
with a $3 million condo that’s
not going to benefit our econ-
omy, our people, at all,” Moore
said.
The
recommendations
also included a shift away
from a shoreland zone where
uses have to be primarily
water-dependent or tourist-fo-
cused. Consultants recom-
mend changing this zone to
commercial.
Most of the residents who
have attended meetings on the
Urban Core or who have sent
in written comments argue
for standards that preserve
Astoria’s character and main-
tain public access to the river.
They have spoken against new
development over the water
and asked for height restric-
tions on new buildings.
Some do not want to allow
any new hotels or motels — a
type of development that has
been one of Planning Com-
missioner Joan Herman’s con-
cerns as well.
In her successful campaign
for the Ward 3 seat on the City
Council in the November elec-
tion, Herman said, “The once-
sleepy town has been discov-
ered, and we risk losing our
connection to the river to mul-
tistory hotels built by out-of-
town developers whose pri-
mary interest is the bottom
line and not what is best for
Astoria.”
On Tuesday, Steve Fick,
owner of Fishhawk Fisheries
at the base of Fourth Street,
said the ability to be flexible
has kept his business and the
aging overwater infrastruc-
ture he relies on afloat over
the years. As the Planning
Commission continues to dis-
cuss the Urban Core, “don’t
put yourselves into boxes,”
he urged, adding, “It’s really
important that you keep flexi-
bility in this plan.”
Sarah Lu Heath, executive
director of the Astoria Down-
town Historic District Asso-
ciation, made a similar plea.
The association’s board plans
to submit formal comments in
the future.
“I just want to make sure
that we stay open-minded to
the possibilities with what
could happen, not just with
what we don’t want to hap-
pen and how everything ties in
together,” Heath said.
“We’re looking at a very,
very small portion of down-
town that still could have
major impact on what is south
of it and east and west of it.”
Homeless: Warrenton
students are some of the
strongest academically
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Nearly 10 percent — 31
students — were considered
unsheltered, living in cars,
parks, public spaces, aban-
doned buildings and other sub-
standard housing. All were in
Warrenton, including in camp-
grounds such as KOA and Fort
Stevens State Park.
Mark Jeffery, the school
superintendent in Warrenton,
recognizes the school district’s
difficult demographics, with
some of the most affordable
places to live in the county.
“The trailer park down in
Sunset Beach is part of our
district, and most of the hous-
ing there falls under the defi-
nition of homeless,” he said.
“I would assume some of
this could be from KOA and
the campground. I do know
our buses stop at KOA on
occasion.”
Despite the challenging cir-
cumstances, Warrenton stu-
dents are some of the strongest
academically in the county,
regularly posting some of the
highest test scores and gradu-
ation rates. The school district
recorded a regular attendance
rate of higher than 88 percent
among homeless students last
year, nearly 10 percent higher
than the state’s attendance rate
for the general population.
Jeffery credited the success
to his district’s small size and
targeted approach to keeping
track of students, along with
the proliferation of cellphones
in eliminating some of the pre-
vious communication barriers.
“If we have a student who’s
struggling — the cause for
that struggle, while it’s worth
noting — we get in there and
work with them at the point of
struggle,” he said.
Sheila Roley, the school
superintendent in Seaside,
couldn’t pinpoint a reason for
the significant drop of home-
less students in South County.
She and other campus leaders
cast doubt over the numbers,
pointing out the difficulty in
getting families to self-iden-
tify their living situations.
“I don’t believe that we
have any less (homeless) stu-
dents,” said Steven Sherren,
principal of Broadway Middle
School. “I think it may be we
have less families self-iden-
tify or who … know what
resources are available to them
or how to access them.”
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