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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020
IN BRIEF
County to open household
hazardous waste facility
Clatsop County’s new household hazardous waste
facility in Astoria will open on Saturday.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility, located
off of Williamsport Road next to the Recology West-
ern Oregon waste transfer station, will be held at
4 p.m. on Friday.
People can begin dropping off materials at the site
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The facility will
collect hazardous materials one Saturday a month and
there is no cost to drop off the materials.
The collection days are only open to households.
Businesses that generate less than 220 pounds of haz-
ardous waste a month can arrange to drop off material
by calling 503-338-3681.
The facility will accept fl ammable and hazard-
ous products including cleaners, paints, stains, thin-
ner products, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, auto-
motive or recreational boat fl uids, batteries, propane
tanks, fl uorescent lights and aerosol products.
The facility does not accept medications, syringes
or asbestos.
For more information about the facility, visit the
county’s website.
Applications sought for
ambulance advisory committee
Clatsop County is accepting applications for an
open seat on the Ambulance Service Area Advisory
Committee.
The committee is responsible for monitoring and
reviewing local emergency medical services.
The vacancy is for a two-year term. The committee
meets four times a year.
Applications are available at the county manager’s
offi ce at 800 Exchange St., Suite 410, in Astoria or on
the county’s website.
Appointments will be made by the Board of
Commissioners.
Date change for meeting on fi sheries
The date has changed for a public informational
meeting about 2020 select area fi sheries.
The meeting is now scheduled for 7 p.m. on Jan. 16
at the Best Western in Astoria. It had been planned for
Wednesday night.
The presenters will share run size expectations for
spring Chinook and solicit public comment for the
2020 winter, spring and summer select area fi shery
planning process.
Judge calls out ‘mischief’
in treatment of Chinook
Federal court
hearing in Tacoma
By ASHLEY NERBOVIG
Chinook Observer
TACOMA, Wash. —
During a hearing Monday
over whether the Chinook
Indian Nation will be able
to reapply for federal recog-
nition, the judge in the case
called out the mistreatment
of Native American tribes.
The tribe is suing the
U.S. Department of the Inte-
rior and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs over a rule that says
a tribe that failed in its fi rst
petition for federal recogni-
tion cannot apply a second
time. U.S. District Court
Judge Ronald B. Leighton is
presiding over the case.
Federally
recognized
tribes are American Indian
or Alaska Native tribal enti-
ties that have sovereignty
within the U.S. Recognized
tribes can do direct busi-
ness with the federal gov-
ernment and are entitled to
certain benefi ts, services and
protections.
The Chinook Indian
Nation was federally rec-
ognized in 2001 for about
18 months before the Bush
administration revoked its
recognition. In 2017, the
tribe sued for the right to
re-petition after the fed-
eral recognition process
was overhauled. Part of the
tribe’s argument for why it
should be able to reapply is
that the rule changes give it
Ashley Nerbovig/Chinook Observer
Chinook Indian Nation Chairman Tony Johnson leads the
march to the U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
a better chance than it had
when it applied in 2001.
Leighton said it is unclear
whether the new process
is different, “because there
is so much mischief in the
treatment of the Indian in
this country.”
“If I were just a citizen
today or if I were in Con-
gress, I would be in favor of
a deep dive into the bastard-
ization of the administrative
process,” Leighton said.
Leighton was asked to
rule on two issues Mon-
day. The fi rst is whether the
Department of the Interior
can ban tribes from re-pe-
titioning for recognition.
The second is whether the
department erred when it
said the tribe had to be fed-
erally recognized to be ben-
efi ciaries of funds awarded
to Chinook descendants for
the land taken from the tribe
in the 19th century.
Leighton said he would
issue a ruling within two
weeks .
About 60 people gath-
ered together outside the
U.S. District Court in
Tacoma ahead of the hear-
ing. The crowd stood in
the rain, praying and sing-
ing together. In total, repre-
sentatives from more than
seven tribes across the coun-
try came to stand with the
Chinook.
This included the Con-
federated Tribes of Grand
Ronde. The tribe is no
stranger to the issue of rec-
ognition. In 1954, the fed-
eral government cut ties
with the tribe as part of the
Western Oregon Indian Ter-
mination Act. The tribe’s
status wasn’t restored until
1983. Grand Ronde Tribal
Secretary Jon George was
born while the tribe was
terminated and he remem-
bers the years of fi ghting
in between. He believes the
Chinook will win out in the
end.
“The injustice will be
righted,” George said.
In addition to the Grand
Ronde, Ken Workman, a
member of the Duwamish
tribe and a descendant of
Chief Seattle, came to the
rally. The Duwamish are
another Washington state
tribe fi ghting for recogni-
tion. And Patty Gaiser, from
the Cowlitz Indian Tribe,
was among those who led
the crowd in drumming and
singing.
Chinook Indian Nation
Chairman Tony Johnson
thanked the crowd of peo-
ple who had come to support
the Chinook, his voice tight
with emotion.
The Chinook Indian
Nation is made up of the
fi ve western-most Chi-
nookan-speaking tribes at
the mouth of the Columbia
River.
In the 1890s, former Chi-
nook Chairman Gary John-
son’s great-grandfather was
part of the group of commu-
nity leaders who hired the
tribe’s fi rst lawyer to address
the fact that the tribe’s lands
were taken and the tribe was
never compensated. But it
also never gave up its land
and the U.S. never con-
quered the Chinook through
war, which are the two ways
the U.S. can acquire land,
Gary Johnson said.
“It’s those kind of facts
that we don’t understand
how the federal government
looks past,” he said.
Last hurrah for Loyalty Days?
Foundation is
disbanding
By ALYSSA EVANS
Chinook Observer
Mailyn and Carson Mulford, center, with their baby,
Odessa, pose with Providence Seaside Hospital staff .
Odessa is the fi rst baby at
Providence Seaside Hospital
SEASIDE — The care team at Providence Seaside
Hospital welcomed the fi rst baby of the decade at the
hospital, Odessa Zorannon Mulford.
Born on Jan. 2 at 2:59 p.m., Odessa weighed 7
pounds, 1.2 ounces and measured 18 inches long.
Parents Mailyn and Carson Mulford, of Hammond,
knew she might be the fi rst baby born in Seaside in
2020 and that added to the excitement of the birth,
according to Providence Seaside staff.
“It’s fun to celebrate milestones like the fi rst birth
of the year in our hospital,” said Don Lemmon, Prov-
idence Seaside’s chief executive, who congratulated
the family.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Jan. 7, 2020
DREESZEN, Ottie,
87, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
Jan. 4, 2020
TRAVIS, Kathleen Cor-
rinne, 97, of Astoria, died
in Longview, Washington.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton
Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Astoria City Council, 1 p.m., work session, City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commission,
5 p.m., Convention Center, 415 First Ave.
Warrenton Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225
S. Main Ave.
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LONG BEACH, Wash.
— The 70th annual Loyalty
Days celebration might not
happen this year.
The Loyalty Days Foun-
dation is disbanding, and
cancel ing its 2020 cele-
brations, according to a
announcement on Sunday.
The foundation’s end brings
with it the closure of its Long
Beach programs, like the
Loyalty Days Grand Parade.
The abrupt decision
has left residents with the
responsibility of keeping
Loyalty Days going, if they
wish. Two local leaders hope
they’ll be able to pull some-
thing together in time for
early May .
The foundation’s elected
offi cials — Bob Andrew,
Judi Andrew and Ruth-
Ann Hocking — declined
to comment or answer any
questions .
Eight additional board
members served the founda-
tion. Board members didn’t
learn of the closure until late
last week, one board mem-
ber said.
The U.S. tradition of
Loyalty Day was started
by members of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars during
the 1930s. The holiday, held
on or near May 1, became a
national holiday under Presi-
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1958 as a counterpoint to
Soviet-era communist May
Day celebrations.
Around the Vietnam War,
Loyalty Day celebrations
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
The Camas High School Band at the Loyalty Days parade last year.
started to decline across the
country. Long Beach’s cel-
ebration is one of the lon-
gest-lasting celebrations.
On the peninsula, Loy-
alty Day expanded to an
annual weekend of events,
attracting participants and
spectators from through-
out the region. Jim Sayce,
of Seaview, parade master
of ceremonies for the past
16 years, refl ected on the
event’s importance.
“Ultimately, it was more
about us as a small commu-
nity on the edge of the con-
tinent tying ourselves back
across the nation in our
own way, to our own roots,”
Sayce said .
The Andrew family has
played an essential role in
keeping the tradition alive
in recent decades. However,
Bob Andrew, a former two-
term Long Beach mayor,
has suffered health chal-
lenges. And in December ,
Regan Myers, Bob and Judi
Andrew’s daughter, resigned
from her position as Long
Beach’s tourism and events
coordinator, citing city bud-
get constraints and changes
in her role.
“I’m eternally grateful
for this expression of love of
community that I was given
and continued to express
with all of you because of
the graciousness of Bob and
Judi,” Sayce said. “They sus-
tained our community meet-
ing place. Honor them.”
As with other heritage
events, Loyalty Days has
struggled to fi nd enough vol-
unteers and younger peo-
ple to step into leadership
positions.
The Ilwaco Children’s
Parade, which is hosted by
the Ilwaco Merchants Asso-
ciation, will continue for
2020. The parade has always
been held on Saturdays
during Loyalty Days week-
ends, along with the opening
of the Ilwaco Saturday Mar-
ket and Blessing of the Fleet.
All the Ilwaco events will
still happen.
Long Beach’s Loyalty
Days Parade has contin-
ued annually since its start
in 1950. Long Beach Mer-
chants Association Presi-
dent Karla Jensen and Mayor
Jerry Phillips want to make
sure this doesn’t change.
“We’re going to scramble
and try to save this,” Jensen
said. “It’s for our community
to take this on and make it
happen.”
After Jensen saw the
foundation’s announcement,
she posted on Facebook
encouraging people to vol-
unteer for the event. Within
a day of the post being pub-
lished, more than 20 people
volunteered to help create a
new Loyalty Days commit-
tee, Jensen said.
“This was a complete sur-
prise. If we had known ear-
lier, we could have been
planning earlier,” Jensen
said. “We had already been
talking to the board about
taking over the event. We
thought we had another year
to take this on.”
Jensen and Phillips are
working together to fi nd
another local group that can
take the foundation’s place
for the 2020 celebration.
Jensen said they’re hoping
the Long Beach Elks Lodge
#1937 or a similar organiza-
tion will step up to help out
this year.
“The event’s semi-dead
right now but we’re going to
try and bring it back,” Phil-
lips said at the Long Beach
City Council meeting on
Monday. “This is going to
be the 70th year. Even if it’s
scaled back a bit, we could
still work on improving it for
next year.”
Long Beach’s 2020 bud-
get includes $8,000 for the
Loyalty Days festivities.
If saving the event doesn’t
work out, the C ity C ouncil
may redistribute the funds.
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