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About 43,000 enlisted
Coast Guard members
deemed essential employ-
ees are working without
pay. That includes 1,870
active-duty personnel and
130 civilians in the Coast
Guard’s District 13, which
includes Sector Columbia
River. Local estimates have
about 1,500 in and around
Astoria affected by the
stoppage in pay.
Spouses speak out
Those serving in the
Coast Guard are reluctant to
speak publicly about their
views of the shutdown . But
some spouses are opening
up about their struggles,
and about how the commu-
nity has rallied in their time
of need.
Jennifer Siems, a substi-
tute teacher whose husband
is an operations special-
ist aboard the Coast Guard
cutter Alert, which is out
on patrol, has been stock-
ing up on food for her two
sons, while making sure she
has enough gas to make it to
work.
“Of course this happened
at the worst time of the year,
right after Christmas, which
meant there were two weeks
I didn’t get to work because
of Christmas vacation,” she
said. “So, I will have a pay-
check coming this month,
but it won’t be very big.”
The Coast Guard inter-
nally found a way to pay
personnel one last time in
late December . But Adm.
Charles Ray, vice comman-
dant , has said no more stop-
gaps are in the offi ng.
“I think most of us took
all of our last paycheck
and paid as much of our
bills as we could,” said
Michelle Somers, whose
husband is stationed at Air
Station Astoria. “Then at
the end of the month, you
have to decide: Do you pay
your bills or do you buy
groceries?”
Coast Guard families
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
A 47-foot motor lifeboat from the Coast Guard’s Station Cape
Disappointment patrols in January.
around the country have
been depending on pop-up
food pantries and other
community efforts to help
provide daily essentials .
Stacey Benson, whose
husband is stationed on
the cutter Steadfast, which
is also out on patrol, is
organizing a pop-up pan-
try Saturday and Sunday
at the Astoria Masonic
Lodge for all Coast Guard
families,
retirees
and
other furloughed federal
employees.
She and other volun-
teers with a group called
Be the Light are collect-
ing donations throughout
the week. (For more infor-
mation, visit tinyurl.com/
bethelightpantry)
“We are looking for the
community to step up, and
they have tremendously,”
Benson said.
Help from
the community
A list of businesses
offering free products and
services — from coffee,
pizza and vitamins to yoga
classes, concerts and hair-
cuts — has been circulat-
ing among Coast Guard
families.
The Astoria Moose
Lodge is offering a “Come
support Our Coast Guard
Community” benefi t for
employees affected by the
federal government shut-
down from 5 to 8 p.m.
today . The event includes a
turkey dinner with fi xings
for $15, a raffl e and an auc-
tion. All proceeds support
Coast Guard families.
Several entities are pro-
viding other support to fed-
eral employees affected by
the government shutdown.
Wauna Federal Credit
Union is offering no-in-
terest loans . The Ameri-
can Legion is offering one-
time grants of up to $1,500
for eligible households.
In addition, Coast Guard
Mutual Assistance is offer-
ing low- or no-cost loans to
service members.
The Astoria School Dis-
trict is offering free school
lunches and waiving activ-
ity fees for children from
families impacted by the
shutdown.
“Astoria School Dis-
trict is committed to sup-
porting families affected
by the federal government
shutdown,” Craig Hoppes,
the school superintendent
in Astoria, said in a news
release.
Siems said she and oth-
ers have been regularly
checking to see the sta-
tus of two c ongressio-
nal efforts to pay Coast
Guardsmen through the
U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio,
D-Oregon, sponsored the
Pay Our Coast Guard Par-
ity Act in the House. U.S.
Sen. John Thune, R-South
Dakota, sponsored simi-
lar legislation, the Pay Our
Coast Guard Act, in the
Senate. Neither have made
it beyond introduction.
“It’s better to just stay
positive and think about
what we’re doing for each
other and how we’re com-
ing together,” Siems said.
“We can’t dwell on what
might happen. We have to
just hope for the best.”
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare operates the crisis respite
center in Warrenton.
Probe: ‘Nothing rose to
the level of discipline’
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Baker, who was placed
on administrative leave in
late December pending the
investigation, returned to
work on Monday.
The reason behind Bak-
er’s leave was not publicly
disclosed by the agency’s
board. The board also did
not publicly explain the
investigation’s
fi ndings
in announcing Baker’s
return.
The confi dential report
was obtained by The Daily
Astorian.
The Oregon Health
Authority is conducting
a separate investigation
into the incident at the cri-
sis respite center and is
expected to share the fi nd-
ings with Clatsop County,
which contracts with Clat-
sop Behavioral Health-
care for mental health
treatment.
“So we welcome that
investigation and, yes, we
want to learn from this
incident,” said Lt. Kris-
ten Hanthorn, the acting
board chairwoman, who
leads the Clatsop County
Sheriff’s Offi ce Parole
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The public records law
has also been criticized for
the large number of exemp-
tions — more than 500 —
that have been carved out
over the years.
The bill has drawn crit-
icism from journalists,
including The Oregonian’s
Gordon Friedman, who fi rst
reported on the legislation
and balked at the require-
ment of stating with partic-
ularity the records he seeks.
“As a requester I often
can’t do that because I don’t
know what records exist
— only that I would like
to request records pertain-
ing to a topic,” he wrote on
Twitter.
Boone’s
legislation
is one of 11 new public
records bills this legisla-
tive session. Others would
reduce public records fees
from state agencies by half,
award attorney fees against
public bodies that don’t
respond to requests in a
timely manner, explore cre-
ating a chief privacy offi cer
position and prohibit using
personal email for offi cial
business.
The state House on
Monday also passed sev-
eral new rules related to
transparency.
The fi rst will require
all amendments submit-
ted to policy bills bear the
name of a member or stake-
holder group. The second
will require that all com-
mittee bills bear the name
of a member or stakeholder
group that has requested the
bill, effective Jan. 22. The
third will require at least
one hour to pass during the
short legislative session
before the House can act on
a bill returned with changes
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“This is a positive step
to bring greater transpar-
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House,” said state R ep.
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and Probation Division.
“But the initial issue that
the majority of the board
wanted to determine was
whether or not Amy was
available. And she was.
She took the call. They
talked out the incident. It
was resolved that night by
calling law enforcement.
“So nothing rose to
the level of discipline
or anything else for our
employee.”
Hanthorn said the
board would not “Monday
morning quarterback” the
exchanges between Baker
and the respite center’s
program manager, who
felt confi dent enough to
disagree with Baker’s ini-
tial instruction.
“And, ultimately, they
came to the right answer,”
she said.
Baker said the incident
highlighted some areas
for improvement in the
agency’s backup on-call
process.
“I could have handled
it a lot better,” she said.
“And that’s not a reason
that you would ever put
an executive director on
leave.”
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