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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, NOvEmbER 21, 2019
BURN AND LEARN
IN BRIEF
County to host events
to help prepare for disasters
Clatsop County Emergency Management is hosting
presentations in Astoria and Seaside this week about pre-
paring for the Big One.
The presentations, “Tipping Point Resilience Casca-
dia Preparedness,” will be given Friday at 6 p.m. at the
Liberty Theatre in Astoria and Sunday at 10 a.m. at the
Seaside Civic and Convention Center.
Steve Eberlein, the founder of Tipping Point, expe-
rienced the Sri Lanka tsunami in 2004, which inspired
him to focus his career on preparedness in the Pacific
Northwest.
His goal is to bring “the Pacific Northwest to the tip-
ping point where earthquake preparedness becomes nor-
mal, expected and cultural.”
— The Astorian
Extra cycle for a peninsula
laundry charity
71, of Ocean Park, Wash-
ington, died in Astoria.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Nov. 15, 2019
JOHNSON, Jean Eliza-
beth, 84, of Cannon Beach,
died in Cannon Beach.
Caldwell’s Funeral & Cre-
mation Arrangement Cen-
ter in Seaside is in charge
of the arrangements.
Nov. 7, 2019
NELSON,
Derrell
Morris, 84, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
BIRTHS
Nov. 8, 2019
EVANS, Trisha and
Bob, of Warrenton, a girl,
Juniper Evans, born at
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital in Astoria. Grand-
parents are Bill and Laura
Evans, of Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin, Scott and Kadi
Weyandt, of Iron River,
Wisconsin, and Linnea
Weyandt and Al Gasdik.
Nov. 1, 2019
GRAF, Jasmine and
Christopher, of Naselle,
Washington, twin boys,
Bryce
Samuel
and
Brayden Christopher Graf,
born at Columbia Memo-
rial Hospital. Grandpar-
ents are Brad and Dianne
Scheller, of Naselle, and
Nick and Glenene Graf, of
Astoria.
ON THE RECORD
Criminal trespass
• James Daniel Dun-
lap, 41, was arrested
Monday on the 200 block
of Melbourne Avenue in
Astoria for criminal tres-
pass in the first degree.
Police say he was in
someone’s basement.
Theft
• Stacy Schwarzer, 42,
of Longview, Washing-
ton, was arrested Monday
at Walmart in Warren-
ton for theft in the sec-
ond degree and criminal
mischief.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Seaside Transportation Advisory Commission, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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By MATEUSZ
PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
Environmentalists want
to stop a 9,000-acre timber
project in southern Oregon
that will allegedly allow log-
ging in threatened spotted
owl habitat contrary to fed-
eral laws.
The North Landscape
project, which was approved
by the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management’s
Lakeview
District last year, is expected
to generate 111 million
board-feet of lumber.
Several
environmental
groups — Klamath-Siskiyou
Wildlands Center, Oregon
Wild, Cascadia Wildlands
and Soda Mountain Wilder-
ness Council — have filed a
lawsuit to overturn the proj-
ect for allegedly violating the
National Environmental Pol-
icy Act and Administrative
Procedures Act.
“In its haste to increase
timber harvest on an
Area in
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North
Landscape
boundaries
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Nov. 18, 2019
BITZ, Joel Patrick,
55, of Svensen, died
in Svensen. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
POHL, James Albert,
67, of Astoria, died in
Astoria.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Nov. 17, 2019
LAGERQUIST, Scott
Roger, 70, of Astoria, died
in Portland. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
MANNING, Billy Joe,
Environmentalists sue to stop
9,000-acre timber project
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DEATHS
Ashley Nerbovig/Chinook Observer
Mike Karvia, assistant fire chief for Pacific County Fire District No. 1, adds more pallets to a pile of burning wood in order to
build up the flames. Karvia organized the fire district’s training burn in Surfside this month.
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LONG BEACH, Wash. — A program that pays for
loads of laundry for low-income households on the Long
Beach Peninsula will continue through December thanks
to support from the community.
Since February, Peninsula Poverty Response pro-
vided funds for laundry once a week to low-income
households.
The program, Laundry Love, is a national collabora-
tion based out of Portland. The original idea behind the
laundry charity was that homeless people are treated bet-
ter when they have clean clothing, according to the char-
ity’s website.
The program was funded through September. It
wasn’t clear if it would continue past the first eight
months. But through generous community support, the
program can continue, said Dawna Svaren, pastor at
Ocean Park Lutheran Church and chair of Peninsula
Poverty Response.
And people who use Laundry Love will donate a quar-
ter or two toward their load when they come, Svaren said.
“Their one quarter alone may not do anything, but
their quarter and another person’s quarter, and another
person’s quarter and another’s person’s quarter will help
someone wash their clothes,” Svaren said.
— Chinook Observer
Kl a m a
5 miles
Alan Kenaga/Capital Press
extremely fragmented land-
scape, the Lakeview BLM
has unlawfully elevated
timber volume production
over ecological consider-
ations such as wildfire risk
and at-risk species conserva-
tion,” the complaint said.
A representative of the
BLM’s Lakeview District
did not respond to a request
for comment as of press time.
According to the com-
plaint, nearly 7,000 acres
of the project area that have
been slated for thinning or
clear-cutting are within the
designated critical habitat of
the Northern spotted owl,
which is protected under the
Endangered Species Act.
The project area contains
five sites that are occupied
by the spotted owl and the
birds will be extirpated from
these areas, while the BLM
also plans to log seven unoc-
cupied sites that could be
inhabited in the future, the
complaint said.
“Northern spotted owls
are not expected to recol-
onize the area until suit-
able habitat develops in 120
years,” the environmental
plaintiffs claim.
In its environmental
assessment of the project,
BLM concluded that the har-
vest level has already been
studied and approved under
a resource management plan
for the area and won’t have
additional adverse impacts
on the species.
Also, a “biological opin-
ion” from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service determined
the project is “not likely to
jeopardize the continued
existence of the northern
spotted owl or result in the
destruction or adverse mod-
ification of critical habitat.”
However, the BLM didn’t
study the “direct, indirect or
cumulative effects” of the
project, such as more barred
owls that compete with the
species, increased wildfire
risk or the unique ecological
features of the area, which
is near the Cascade-Siski-
you National Monument, the
complaint said.
The environmental plain-
tiffs have asked U.S. Magis-
trate Judge Mark Clarke in
Medford, Oregon, to enjoin
the BLM and its contractors
from implementing the proj-
ect and to vacate its approval.
Washington state bans vape products containing vitamin E acetate
By ASIA FIELDS
Seattle Times
Washington state has
banned the sale of vapor
products containing vitamin
E acetate, a compound that
federal health officials have
identified as a possible cause
of a vaping-related illness
that has sickened more than
2,000 people nationwide.
The state Board of
Health’s ban, which took
effect Wednesday, follows
findings released this month
by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention link-
ing the compound to the out-
break of lung injuries. Since
reports of the illness began
emerging earlier this year,
2,172 people reportedly
have fallen ill in the U.S.
and 42 have died, accord-
ing to CDC data updated last
week.
In Washington, where
there have been 15 con-
firmed cases since April,
health officials adopted an
emergency rule banning the
sale of flavored vapor prod-
ucts in October. The rule was
extended Monday to include
the ban of products contain-
ing vitamin E acetate.
Retailers are currently
required to have a list of
ingredients in their vaping
products available for cus-
tomers, and no processors
have reported using vita-
min E acetate in their prod-
ucts, said state Liquor and
Cannabis Board spokes-
man Brian Smith. The board
thus doesn’t have reason to
believe products with the
compound are being sold
in stores, but they will be
banned for 120 days.
Holiday
Craft Fair
Astoria Elks Lodge
Saturday, November 23, 2019
9:00am to 5:00pm
CRAFTS, JEWLERY, SOAPS, CANDLES, GIFTS & MORE
Entry Fee: Two Canned Food Items
It’s not yet clear that the
compound, an oil derived
from the vitamin, is to
blame. But in its first break-
through in investigating the
illness, the CDC discov-
ered the compound in sam-
ples collected from the lungs
of 29 people from 10 states
who were sick. Most used
products that included THC,
the psychoactive ingredient
in marijuana. As the CDC
continues to investigate, it
is warning people to refrain
from using vaping products
that include THC, especially
if not bought in a store.
The American Medical
Association called for an
immediate ban on all elec-
tronic cigarettes and vaping
devices Tuesday.
The group adopted the
sweeping stance at a poli-
cy-making meeting in San
Diego. It aims to lobby for
state and federal laws, reg-
ulations or legal action to
achieve a ban, but the indus-
try is sure to fight back.
The finding isn’t defini-
tive, and there may be mul-
tiple causes of the illness.
But officials in states includ-
ing Ohio and Colorado have
also banned vaping products
containing vitamin E acetate
in some form.
“While we still need more
research to identify a defini-
tive cause, the evidence we
have linking vitamin E ace-
tate to the outbreak demands
immediate action to protect
the public’s health,” Wash-
ington Secretary of Health
John Wiesman said in a
statement.
Vitamin E acetate is an
oil that can also be found in
foods, dietary supplements
and cosmetic products. It
isn’t known to cause harm
when used in those products
but previous research has
shown it can interfere with
lung functions when inhaled,
according to the CDC.
Health officials are advis-
ing that the only way to fully
avoid risk of getting the ill-
ness is to refrain from e-cig-
arette and vaping products
completely.
Also this week, it was
reported that President
Donald Trump has backed
away from a promise to ban
candy, fruit and mint flavors.
According to The Washing-
ton Post and The Associated
Press, Trump became con-
vinced a ban could mean job
losses and otherwise alienate
voters.
The Associated Press
contributed to this report.
GAME MEAT PROCESSING
Debbie D’s will be at
Cash & Carry in Warrenton
at 10:00 a.m. every Saturday
to pick up and deliver
meat for processing.
453 11th Street, Astoria, Oregon
20 lb. min • Each batch individual
Breakfast Available: 9-11am Lunch Available: 11am-4pm
More Info: 503-325-6278 or 503-440-5692
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Friday so we know to expect you!
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