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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020
Vietnam memorial goes up in Seaside
IN BRIEF
Astoria students can pick up
belongings at schools
Students in the Astoria School District will be able
to pick up personal belongings they left at school build-
ings next week.
Gov. Kate Brown announced this month that she
was extending school closures for the remainder of the
school year because of concerns about the spread of the
coronavirus. Belongings students may have left behind
after an initial closure in March have been packed in
plastic bags and labeled with the child’s name, accord-
ing to school district staff.
People will not be allowed to enter school build-
ings and are asked to follow the state’s social distanc-
ing guidelines. Staff will bring belongings out to fam-
ilies. Any items not picked up will be stored until the
beginning of the next school year.
Students at Astor Elementary and Lewis and Clark
Elementary will be able to pick up belongings from
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 21. Parents are asked to call
fi rst and verify that their child has any belongings at
the school.
Students at Astoria Middle School and Astoria High
School can pick up belongings from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on April 22.
If a family has textbooks or library books to drop
off, the school district is asking for those to be left in
the book drop box.
Self-service gas rule extended
Oregonians will get to pump their own gas a little bit
longer, after the Oregon State Fire Marshal announced
Saturday he would extend a temporary rule lifting the
state’s prohibition on self-service gas through April 25.
The original rule, put in place to address coronavi-
rus concerns, was set to expire Saturday.
The rule allows for gas stations to voluntarily let
customers pump their own gas, in an attempt to reduce
the spread of the virus and make sure frontline corona-
virus workers could access fuel in case of a gas station
employee shortage.
“These changes provide station operators fl exibil-
ity to manage their operations and help to make refuel-
ing safer for both customers and service station atten-
dants,” State Fire Marshal Jim Walker said in a press
release, “while keeping stations open at a critical time
when COVID-19 is impacting gas retailers who serve
our many essential workers statewide.”
— The Oregonian
OHSU performs state’s fi rst
heart transplant in two years
PORTLAND — Oregon Health & Science Univer-
sity offi cials say a heart transplant was performed there
in late March, marking the fi rst such procedure in the
state since 2018.
A 68-year-old Oregonian is recovering after receiv-
ing the transplant on March 27, hospital offi cials said.
It’s the fi rst transplant at OHSU since the university’s
Heart Failure and Transplant Program reactivated last
August.
The hospital had to rebuild the program when fi ve
cardiologists and a transplant surgeon quit, and the
state’s only heart transplant program was put on hold
in August 2018.
The departures followed a string of patient deaths
in 2017, placing OHSU’s program as among the worst
places in the U.S. to receive a heart transplant, The
Oregonian reported.
OHSU President Danny Jacobs committed to
restarting the program and heavily recruited to replace
the cardiologists who left.
Johannes Steiner, the transplant cardiologist OHSU
hired in August 2019 to restart the program, said that
the heart transplant team is happy with the results of
the fi rst transplant. Junior cardiologists Nalini Colaco
and Luke Masha were hired shortly before Steiner.
— Associated Press
DEATHS
April 13, 2020
In MARTIN,
Brief Oleane
Lila, 83, of Gearhart, died
in Warrenton. Caldwell’s
Deaths
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 11, 2020
AUNE, Connee Jean,
73, of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Caldwell’s Funeral &
Cremation Arrangement
Center of Seaside is in
charge of the arrangements.
A monument
in the Cove
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — One-hun-
dred and three names on a
new Vietnam War Memo-
rial monument stand as a
remembrance for v eterans
from Seaside High School.
The granite monument
stands at the south edge of
Seltzer Park in the Cove
after the city’s public works
department cleared, exca-
vated and installed the
memorial on March 23.
“This is a place where
survivors of the war and
those that were deceased,
their families can come there
and sit out and refl ect,” Mark
Hansen, a co-organizer of
the project, from the C lass of
1963, said.
The memorial, inspired
by Seaside graduates and
decorated war veteran Cray-
ton Morris, received sup-
port from more than 40 indi-
vidual donors who raised
$14,000 .
“We still have money
coming in,” Hansen said.
Hansen teamed with John
Alto, Ky Jennings and oth-
ers throughout the commu-
nity to lead the fundraising
effort and make sure each of
Seaside’s Vietnam veterans
received recognition.
“My class had 16 who
went to Vietnam, who
enlisted or were drafted,
which I think is the most,”
Jennings said. “This memo-
rial is to acknowledge all
of them with respect and to
welcome them home.”
Hansen said the key to
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• Monica
Terrell, 57, of Warrenton, was
arraigned Friday for assault in the second degree,
assault in the fourth degree and harassment.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, noon, work
session, (electronic meeting).
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
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The imagery on the memorial honors veterans.
getting the monument funded
and installed so quickly was
“keeping it simple.”
“We probably would have
never gotten it built if we had
a committee,” he said.
The city cleared the spot
for the monument, Jennings
said. The foundation was
donated by Daryl Gosser
Concrete Construction. T he
granite was made, delivered
and installed by O.M. Stone
Co. in Hillsboro.
With the city closed to
visitors during the corona-
virus pandemic, organizers
delayed the formal dedica-
tion to September.
Seltzer Park, on the east
side of Sunset Boulevard in
the Cove, was chosen for
its historical connection to
the community, view of the
beach and accessibility to
visitors.
“We really want to thank
the donors,” Hansen said.
“This thing wouldn’t have
come together without them.
We basically had a little pipe
dream, we did it, and it all
came to fruition.”
Hansen said he antici-
pates the monument will
provide a lasting legacy .
“This has got everything
on there you need to know
about what happened at Sea-
side High School in terms of
people that were in the mili-
tary in Vietnam, ” he said.
Pacifi c County urges
second homeowners not to
visit over virus concerns
By ASHLEY NERBOVIG
Chinook Observer
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— Second homeowners are
asked not to visit Pacifi c
County until after Washing-
ton Gov. Jay Inslee lifts the
stay home order in the state.
On Thursday , Pacifi c
County Health Offi cer Dr.
Steven Krager reissued his
beach and hospitality lodg-
ing closure, adding more
guidance for homeowners
who do not live in the county
full time.
The order also limited any
future long-term rentals of
30 days or more by banning
new rentals after Thursday .
Second homeowners and
members of their households
may still visit their prop-
erties, but are discouraged
from doing so. The order
emphasized that visiting a
second home for anything
other than essential business
violates the governor’s non-
essential travel ban.
Letting others use a per-
son’s second home also vio-
lates the governor’s ban, and
the county intends to enforce
this prohibition.
The county is contact-
ing vacation rental owners
and requesting they remove
postings for rentals in Pacifi c
County.
The order is meant to help
Ashley Nerbovig/Chinook Observer
A view of the empty beach approach at Sid Snyder Drive.
protect the c ounty’s limited
resources, such as grocery
store supplies and health
care facilities.
Violators of the ban can
be punished by a fi ne, up to
90 days in jail or both.
There are exceptions for
people who have lived in
hospitality lodging since
March 17 or who are essen-
tial workers.
The new guidance was
unanimously supported by
city and county offi cials
during the Pacifi c County
Emergency Operations Cen-
ter teleconference on Friday ,
including all three county
commissioners, all four of
the county’s mayors and
S heriff Robin Souvenir.
Fire engulfs 80 acres
at Swanson Bark
The Daily News
ON THE RECORD
Ky Jennings
A monument to people who served in the Vietnam War was installed in the Cove.
LONGVIEW, Wash. —
The Easter Sunday fi re that
started in a bark dust pile
later engulfed the entire
80-acre site of Swanson
Bark and Wood Products
along Tennant Way and con-
tinued smoldering at mid-
day Monday, according to
Longview fi re offi cials.
“Buildings, machinery,
vehicles and conveyors were
damaged and/or destroyed.
Firefi ghters deployed multi-
ple hand lines and two aerial
ladder trucks, fl owing in
excess of 2.5 million gallons
of water in their suppression
efforts. The incident com-
mander requested a fi refi ght-
ing helicopter to assist, but
none were locally available,”
according to a fi re depart-
ment press release issued
late Monday morning.
“Strong winds out of
the northwest coupled with
access issues to the multiple
piles of recyclables, smoke
and visibility challenges and
the available water supply
all created diffi cult tactics
and strategies for fi refi ght-
ers. With the other active
fi res, staffi ng was also below
normal,” the press release
added.
Swanson Bark and Wood
Products turns wood waste
into fi rewood, mulch, bark
dust, soils and biomass.
Smaller fi res there are com-
mon because of heat gener-
ated by the composting and
decomposition process. For
this reason, staff at Swan-
son use temperature probes
to assess the risk, according
to fi re offi cials.
A passerby reported the
fi re at 2:37 p.m. Cowlitz
2 Fire and Rescue already
was fi ghting fi res on Rag-
land Road in the Coal Creek
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Eventually, fi refi ghters
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Cowlitz Fire District 1,
Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue
and Woodland fought the
Swanson Bark fi re, mar-
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Firefi ghters have yet to
complete an investigation,
and no damage estimates
were available at this time.
No staff or fi refi ghter inju-
ries were reported.
Although fi re suppres-
sion wrapped up at 4 a.m.
Monday, dozens of bark and
wood products piles were
still smoldering, creating a
smoke cloud that continues
its wind-driven drift, accord-
ing to fi re offi cials.
Swanson Bark staff is
conducting mop up fi re sup-
pression and has contracted
with two helicopter services
to assist.
“It is expected that this
fi re could smolder for days,
and if winds pick up, active
fi re could again be encoun-
tered,” the fi re department
press release said .
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