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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2019
IN BRIEF
County earns state grant
for evacuation planning
Clatsop County has been awarded a state grant to cre-
ate a plan for emergency evacuation routes and facilities.
The $132,000 grant was one of 12 recently awarded
statewide through a joint initiative of the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation and the Department of Land
Conservation and Development.
The money will fund the development of an evacua-
tion improvement plan.
A key feature of the plan will be identifying the best
locations for routes that can provide safe evacuation, as
well as serve as year-round recreational facilities, such
as off-road bicycle paths. Some routes will also be “life-
line” routes for delivering goods in the aftermath of a
disaster.
Steelhead retention fi shing closed
through September
Due to poor expected returns, retention of hatchery
and wild steelhead will remain closed through September
from the mouth of the Columbia River to The Dalles Dam.
Retention fi shing on all steelhead will be closed
through Sept. 30. Fishery managers in Oregon and
Washington state decided to extend the August steelhead
retention closure after a preseason forecast of upriver
steelhead was downgraded from 118,000 to 86,000 fi sh.
The closure expands on regulations adopted earlier
this year to reduce impacts on upriver steelhead. The
regulations included a reduced bag limit, a no-fi shing
sanctuary at the mouth of the Deschutes River and spe-
cifi c areas that were closed to retention fi shing.
Fairgrounds house up for auction
A vacant house on the grounds of the Clatsop County
Fair and Expo will go up for public auction on Sept. 13.
The four-bedroom, early-20th century house has been
unoccupied for several years and the county decided to
put it up for auction instead of paying the high cost to
make the structure habitable again.
The successful bidder will be required to move the
house or dismantle it down to the foundation.
The auction will be held at 11 a.m. at the Fair and
Expo at 92937 Walluski Loop. For more information
contact, John Lewis, the fair manager, at 503 325-4600.
Deputy sheriff graduates
Basic Police Class
Deputy Sheriff Stephen Jacober, of the Clatsop
County Sheriff’s Offi ce, is graduating Basic Police Class.
The Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards
and Training is graduating its 391st class on Friday.
The class is 16 weeks long and the training includes
survival skills, fi rearms, emergency vehicle operations,
ethics, cultural diversity, problem-solving, community
policing, elder abuse and drug recognition, among other
subjects.
The graduation will be at 11 a.m. at the Oregon Pub-
lic Safety Academy in Salem.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Aug. 29, 2019
KING, Garth, 60, of
Astoria, died in Asto-
ria.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements.
TODD, Ralph, 90, of
Warrenton, died in Sea-
side.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements.
Aug. 28, 2019
PETERSON,
Mary
Lathrop, 90, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Criminal trespass
• Steven Michael Wolf,
42, was arrested in Warren-
ton on Thursday for inter-
fering with a police offi cer,
resisting arrest, escape in
the third degree and crim-
inal trespass in the second
degree. He was reportedly
in someone’s backyard.
DUII
• Joseph R. Gjack-
son, 32, of Astoria, was
arrested Thursday for
driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants. His
blood alcohol content was
0.14%.
Theft
• Chelsea Rae Nick-
ell, 37, was arrested at
Walmart in Warrenton on
Thursday for theft in the
second degree and crimi-
nal mischief in the second
degree.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, 5 p.m., Clatsop Care
Memory Community, 2219
Dolphin Ave., Warrenton.
Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District,
5:15 p.m., workshop, Bob
Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board,
6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Astoria Co+op doubles value
of food stamps for produce
$3,000 grant is
part of a pilot
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
Shoppers using food
stamps can double their
money in September when
buying fruits and vegetables
at the Astoria Co+o p.
The Oregon Food Bank
awarded the co-op a $3,000
grant as the fi rst pilot site in
the expansion of the Dou-
ble Up Food Bucks pro-
gram from farmers markets
to grocery stores.
Throughout September,
the co-op will use the grant
to match up to $10 of Sup-
plemental Nutrition Assis-
tance Program benefi ts
spent per visit on fruits and
vegetables with a voucher
for produce in the future.
Shoppers do not have to be
members of the co-op.
“They
were
really
excited to work with an
independent grocery store,”
Matt Stanley, the general
manager of the co-op, said
of the partnership. “This
aligned with our mission.
They weren’t interested in
going to a large chain store
to do this.”
The Astorian
The Astoria Co+op will provide
matching vouchers for up to
$10 of food stamps spent on
fruits and vegetables through
September.
Fair Food Network,
a nonprofi t focused on
increasing access to healthy
foods, piloted the Double
Up Food Bucks program
in fi ve Detroit-area farm-
ers markets a decade ago.
Funding has since become
part of the U.S. farm bill,
the federal government’s
primary legislation on agri-
cultural and food policy.
The Double Up Food
Bucks program expanded
to Oregon in 2015 and now
includes more than 60 farm-
ers markets statewide. The
state Legislature approved
$1.5 million in July to
expand the program over
the next two years.
Spencer Masterson, a
statewide network manager
with the Oregon Food Bank,
said the co-op reached out
to the Fair Food Network,
which then reached out to
the food bank about piloting
the program in Astoria. The
food bank is still working
on the criteria for adding
new stores to a full-fl edged
program.
“We’re going to look
at areas without markets
doing the program, looking
at areas with food scarcity
(and) low access to fruits
and vegetables,” Masterson
said.
The food bank expects
to launch later this year,
incorporating six to eight
stores over the next two
years, Masterson said. The
program focuses on gro-
cery stores offering locally
grown produce.
The co-op will be a strong
candidate for the program at
its new store, now projected
to open in mid-December
in the Mill Pond neighbor-
hood. One-quarter of Clat-
sop County residents are
eligible for food stamp ben-
efi ts. The nearest similar
matching program for pro-
duce is at a farmers market
in Seaside, Masterson said.
“This is a big step for us
to promote this program,”
Stanley said of Double Up
Food Bucks.
The co-op has long
accepted food stamps , he
said, and also discounts var-
ious staple grocery items.
Only 11% of Oregonians
consume enough fruits and
vegetables, according to
Double Up Food Bucks, but
buying fruits and vegetables
is often too expensive. One
in six state residents experi-
ence food insecurity.
The hope is that the Dou-
ble Up Food Bucks pro-
gram can help take the onus
off of low-income custom-
ers to cover the increased
costs faced by local farmers,
Masterson said. “It will be
hard to show with a $3,000
grant, but we’re hoping to
show some real economic
impact of folks purchasing
local produce from stores in
their area, ” he said.
Offi ces
close for
Labor Day
Peninsula schools start
new nutrition program
Options for
breakfast
By ALYSSA EVANS
Chinook Observer
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— Three local school dis-
tricts are among the fi rst to
implement a new state nutri-
tional program.
This school year, Ocean
Beach, Raymond and South
Bend school districts will
participate in Breakfast
After the Bell. The pro-
gram’s goal is to expand
breakfast options for stu-
dents in low-income areas.
“It especially helps those
who may be in a situation
with food insecurity,” said
Ocean Beach Superinten-
dent Amy Huntley. “Giving
them that opportunity to eat
in the classroom increases
participation in breakfast.”
Breakfast After the Bell’s
premise is simple. Instead
of breakfast being offered
before the school’s fi rst bell
rings, breakfast is available
after the fi rst bell.
The program allows stu-
dents who are late to eat
breakfast, said Ocean Beach
Food Service Supervisor
Marianne Mott.
“Kids who are running
late often don’t go to the caf-
eteria,” Mott said. “It helps
fi ght stigmatization if stu-
dents don’t feel comfort-
able going to the cafeteria
because they’re late.”
In June 2018, the state
Legislature passed House
Bill 1508, creating the
Washington Kids Ready to
Learn Act . The act requires
Breakfast After the Bell pro-
grams in schools where at
least 70% of students qual-
ify for free or reduced meals.
Breakfast After the Bell
programs produce higher
participation rates than tra-
ditional breakfast services,
according to the state . Some
school districts even double
their breakfast participation
rates through the program .
Having breakfast after
the fi rst bell allows students
to participate in recess, clubs
and other activities .
‘IT ESPECIALLY
HELPS THOSE
WHO MAY BE
IN A SITUATION
WITH FOOD
INSECURITY.’
Amy Huntley
Ocean Beach superintendent
“School breakfast can
get the rap that it’s for
low-income students,” said
Mikhail Cherniske, a pro-
gram specialist with the
state school superintendent’s
offi ce . “Kids are more likely
to play with their friends
than get breakfast before
school, even though they’re
hungry.”
Increased
breakfast
participation is linked to
improved academic scores,
reduced disruptive behavior
and reduced rates of absence
and tardiness, according to
the state .
Ocean Beach, Ray-
mond and South Bend
school districts are the only
Pacifi c County school dis-
tricts required to implement
Breakfast After the Bell.
Schools below the 70%
qualifi cation rate can partici-
pate, but aren’t required .
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The Ocean Beach School
District is required to run
the program at Ocean Park
Elementary and Ocean
Beach Alternative School.
The alternative school was
already participating in the
program, Huntley said.
More than 65% of stu-
dents in the school district
qualify for free or reduced
meals, Huntley said. More
than half of the district’s stu-
dents eat breakfast at school .
“Some people are paid,
some people are reduced,”
Huntley said. “The reality is
that a lot of our school food
eaters are free.”
The program will be
implemented at all district
schools but Ilwaco High
School. The schools imple-
menting the program will
use a grab-and-go style,
where students can grab
their breakfast and eat in the
cafeteria or a classroom.
“Students will get all the
components of a meal they
should have,” Mott said.
“We’re trying to make the
meals healthy and portable.”
Ocean Beach qualifi es for
the c ommunity e ligibility
p rovision, a program which
makes school meals free
for all students. B ut partic-
ipating in it would cost the
school district more money
than fi scally makes sense,
Huntley said at the district’s
July board meeting.
The more students who
qualify for free or reduced
meals determines with how
much money school districts
receive to run the free meal
program. Ocean Beach is at
the lowest qualifying per-
cent of students to run the
program.
The school district will
re evaluate the costs of the
free meal program for the
next school year .
“We’re excited and curi-
ous as to how it’ll work out,”
Mott said.
The Astorian
In observance of Labor
Day on Monday, all fed-
eral, state, county and
city offi ces and services,
including Astoria, War-
renton, Gearhart, Seaside
and Cannon Beach city
halls, are closed. All U.S.
post offi ces are closed, and
there is no mail delivery.
Astoria,
Jewell,
Knappa, Warrenton/Ham-
mond and Seaside (includ-
ing Cannon Beach and
Gearhart) district schools,
and Clatsop Community
College are closed.
The Astoria Library,
Seaside Library and War-
renton Library are closed.
The Port of Astoria
offi ces and services are
closed.
Garbage
collection
through Recology West-
ern Oregon, city of War-
renton garbage collection
is not affected by the hol-
iday. Recology Western
Oregon’s transfer station
closes at 2 p.m.
The Sunset Pool in
Seaside is open. The Asto-
ria Aquatic Center is open.
The Clatsop County
Heritage Museum, Ore-
gon Film Museum and
Flavel House are open
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and the Carriage House
is open from 9:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. The Uppertown
Firefi ghters’ Museum is
closed. Lil’ Sprouts is
open from 7:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. Fort Clatsop is
open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Columbia River Mar-
itime Museum is open
from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Seaside Museum is
closed.
Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District (“The
Bus”) is running.
The Astorian offi ces
are closed.
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