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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020
Lodging taxes: State expecting federal relief
OBITUARIES
Edith Lampi Hughson Scott
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“The sheer number of part-
time individuals that we have
running our parks department
for a city of 10,000 … we rely
on a lot of labor to run that
department,” Estes said.
The city will have to take a
hard look at when and to what
degree it can reopen facilities,
Estes said.
The city will cut con-
sultants meant to help with
updating various code amend-
ments, Estes said, while inev-
itably dipping into its ending
fund balance to make ends
meet.
Seaside has chosen to
deplete its lodging tax reserve
fund to provide local relief.
The city recently announced
around $1 million in support ,
including $50 water bill cred-
its for property owners, grants
of up to $4,000 for businesses
and no lodging taxes the fi rst
quarter of the calendar year.
“We’re a town that has
always welcomed people,”
City Manager Mark Winstan-
ley said during a recent City
Council meeting. “And we
want to come back and wel-
come people in the future. For
that to take place, we have to
have hotels, motels and vaca-
tion rental dwellings survive
in this area.”
In Cannon Beach, busi-
nesses and the government
are already seeing big losses.
City councilors are weighing
a request by hoteliers to waive
lodging taxes for several fi s-
cal quarters. If the city does
that, City Manager Bruce St.
Denis said, it will need a loan
to continue city operations.
Oregon is facing a severe
recession that state funding
models show could cut state
Oregon City
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Astoria expects a loss of $500,000 in lodging taxes due to the
ban on short-term lodging.
revenue by as much as $5 bil-
lion over the next two budget
cycles .
“We’re not set up for an
extreme hit,” Josh Lehner,
an economist with the state
Offi ce of Economic Analysis,
told The Oregonian. “We’re
set up for an average hit.”
Federal relief
The state is expecting more
than $1 billion in federal relief
and has more than $3 billion
in its rainy day fund. But how
badly the state budget is hit
depends on whether the coro-
navirus is a temporary blow to
this fi scal quarter or a continu-
ing nuisance that reemerges to
slow the economy .
How the state’s challenges
will affect cities is unknown,
Brooks said.
“We do participate in
shared revenues, and that
includes cigarette taxes, and
liquor licenses, and we also
have a local marijuana tax,”
she said. “The fuel tax, there’s
going to be some impacts to
that.”
The
Oregon
Health
Authority reported 1,956
cases and 75 deaths from the
coronavirus as of Monday
morning.
The health authority
tracked 366 test results in
Clatsop County, including six
positive cases.
Most of the municipal
relief in the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity Act passed by Congress
is going to cities with popu-
lations greater than 500,000.
Smaller cities are pinning
their hopes on the Coronavi-
rus Community Relief Act,
introduced earlier this month
to provide around $250 bil-
lion to municipalities below
500,000 people.
“Small and rural commu-
nities across the nation either
will face, or have already
faced, enormous economic
burdens and costs in an effort
to respond to the COVID-19
pandemic,” U.S. Sen. Mar-
tin Heinrich, a New Mexico
Democrat, said when intro-
ducing the bill. “It is cru-
cial that we provide the same
direct emergency assurances
to smaller towns, counties
and cities and grant them the
same stability that we are pro-
viding our larger metropolitan
areas.”
Nicole Bales and R.J.
Marx of The Astorian contrib-
uted to this report.
Crossfi eld: Inspired to help amid pandemic
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it diligently, and it did help
me, but I didn’t understand
the deeper connection to just
living a better life and being a
better person that comes from
that exercise.”
After college, Crossfi eld
worked as a journalist. She
co-founded Civil Eats, a news
organization that tells sto-
ries about the American food
system and sustainable agri-
culture. Following the 2008
fi nancial crisis, she started a
nonprofi t called the Food and
Environment Reporting Net-
work, which supports and
produces investigative jour-
nalism in areas of food, agri-
culture and environmental
health.
“I kind of had a moment
where my life really turned,”
she said. “I got a divorce, and
I really wanted to go to India
for a long time, so I decided
to take that opportunity to
go.”
She took her fi rst trip and
stayed for a month. During
this time, she visited her fi rst
Ayurvedic clinic, run by a
family, where she also met
her mentor, Robert Svoboda.
Svoboda describes himself
as the fi rst Westerner ever to
graduate and be licensed to
practice Ayurveda in India.
Crossfi eld continued to go
back, spending long lengths
of time in India learning
about yoga and Ayurveda.
She even bought a house in
the Himalayas.
“There’s a lot of peo-
ple in India who still live an
Ayurvedic life even though
they maybe wouldn’t know
what that is. Just because
they’re putting turmeric and
ginger in their food and wak-
ing up with the sun and oiling
their skin,” she said. “These
are common things people do
in India just cause it’s part of
their culture.”
Before taking one of her
last trips to India, Crossfi eld
was introduced to her partner
through a mutual friend. She
decided to live with him on
the North Coast, where he has
lived for more than 15 years.
“I had been looking for
exactly what I found when
I came to Astoria,” Cross-
fi eld said. She said she had
been longing for a place that
felt like home and a sense of
community.
She said she has met a
community of people who
are also pursuing creative or
wellness-oriented paths.
She runs her health edu-
cation businesses online and
also works part time at The
Harbor, which helps victims
of domestic violence, as a
shelter advocate.
After local businesses
closed because of the corona-
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virus, she felt inspired to help.
“When all this started hap-
pening I just felt this real
sense of not only do we have
this amazing community
in this town of people who
really care about each other,”
Crossfi eld said. “There’s a lot
of people who live alone, too,
who need support right now
who are feeling isolated. But
I knew there would be a lot of
people who would be willing
to step up and do something.”
She decided to start a
Facebook group called Asto-
ria Healer Circle to give pro-
viders on the North Coast a
virtual platform to offer ser-
vices ranging from a guided
meditation or yoga class to a
group discussion on grief and
trauma. The group convenes
every day at 5 p.m. via Zoom.
She said there is value in
the wellness services offered
locally, and wanted to use the
group as an opportunity to
show people how these ser-
vices can help them in their
everyday life while also sup-
porting local providers.
“We do have a really won-
derful wellness community
in town and we all have rela-
tionships,” Crossfi eld said. “I
was really worried about the
small businesses and the peo-
ple who are offering services
like this, and what it’s going
to look like once we’re out of
this isolation period.”
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Edith Lampi Hughson Scott, a Seaside
Edith is survived by her daughter, Dorthy
native, died April 14, 2020, in Oregon City, (Don) Winterfi eld, of Oregon City, Oregon;
Oregon.
her son, Walter Hughson (Cathy), of Seattle,
She was born July 16, 1928, to
Washington; her grandchildren,
Paul and Anna (Jalonen) Lampi.
Brian Winterfi eld (Connie), of
Edith graduated from Seaside High
Tualatin, Oregon, Aaron (Amber)
School in 1946.
Winterfi eld, of Gladstone, Oregon,
She married Harvey Hughson
and Hana (Peter) Kenny, of Seattle,
in 1946. T hey later divorced.
Washington; great-grandchildren
She left Seaside in 1950, spend-
Sabrina (Jef) Siler, Lucas Winter-
ing almost 40 years in The Dalles,
fi eld, of Gladstone, Oregon, and
Oregon. Edith worked 20 years for
Declan Kenny, of Seattle, Wash-
Safeway grocery stores.
ington; and a great-great-grand-
child, Lily Siler.
She married Walter Scott in
Edith Scott
She was preceded in death by
1965, and they moved back to Sea-
her brother, Harold Lampi; sister,
side in 1993. Walter Scott died in
Ether Pfeil; and nephew, Paul Lampi.
1995.
Burial will be at the family plot at Ever-
She belonged to the Seaside Museum &
Historical Society, and volunteered there for green Cemetery in Seaside.
In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made
several years. Edith also volunteered at the
Seaside Spay and Neuter Thrift Shop for sev- to the Seaside Museum or to the Spay and
eral years. At one time, she was very active in Neuter Thrift Shop in Seaside.
Please visit hughesransom.com to sign
the Seaside American Legion Auxiliary.
Her pastimes were fi lled with crossword the online guest book and leave messages of
condolences.
puzzles, gardening and playing pinochle.
Knappa players among top scholar athletes
This week, the foundation will announce
four scholarship winners of $1,000 each for
their selection as the best in their top 10.
On Friday, the overall top football
scholar-athlete for Oregon in 2019 will be
selected. That player will have their name
submitted by the chapter for recognition at
the National Football Foundation and Col-
lege Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
They will be come part of the founda-
tion’s “Team of Distinction,” and their name
and picture will be on permanent video dis-
play as Oregon’s selection for 2019.
The Astorian
The Oregon Chapter of the National
Football Foundation has named its top
scholar-athletes from the 2019 season, and
the list includes a pair of Knappa Loggers.
Knappa seniors Jaxson Goodman and Eli
Takalo made the exclusive team of schol-
ar-athletes, released last Wednesday.
The chapter announced a top 10 list of
backs and linemen, cover-
ing all schools from the 2A
to 4A levels.
Goodman was among
the top 10 linemen, while
Takalo was on the list of top
10 backs.
“I could not be more
Jaxson
proud of Jaxson and Eli,”
Goodman
said Aaron Barendse,
who stepped down as the
Knappa coach following
the 2019 season. “These
two young men are text-
book examples of student
athletes. They work hard
at their craft and lead by
example.
Eli Takalo
“Their leadership for
our program and in the
classroom at Knappa High School has been
exceptional. Both young men are beyond
deserving of this recognition.”
The foundation has been sponsoring
football scholar-athletes and C ollege Foot-
ball Hall of Fame athletes since 1947. The
c hapter has been in existence since 1960,
and has been awarding academic scholar-
ships to the top two to four high school foot-
ball scholar athletes since 1988.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
(Oregon Chapter)
Top 10 scholar-athletes, 2A-4A
Linemen
Cobey Aldrich, St. Mary’s
Kolby Benthin, Colton
Kenneth Comyford, North Valley
Jaxson Goodman, Knappa
Kellen Grant, Heppner
Jacob Graviet, Vale
Miles Henderson, Santiam Christian
Sam McCauley, Baker
Jason Rea, Heppner
Jack Stinger, Corbett
Backs
Bruce Beyer, Kennedy
Treyvon Easterling, Madras
Blake Mazurowski, Portland Christian
Luke Mehlschau, Santiam Christian
Elijah Nolan, Cascade
Nathan Reed, LaGrande
Eli Takalo, Knappa
Gabriel Tambellini, Rogue River
Logan Weinke, Pilot Rock
Zach Young, Monroe
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59 47
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Aberdeen
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Wenatchee
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Tonight’s Sky: Bright star Vega
of Lyra, the Harp, emerging from
the northeast.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 55/41
Normal high/low .................. 57/41
Record high .................. 74 in 1956
Record low .................... 30 in 1967
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... 0.00”
Month to date ........................ 0.51”
Normal month to date ......... 3.55”
Year to date .......................... 30.60”
Normal year to date ........... 28.64”
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7.8 7:31 a.m.
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Cape Disappointment
12:45 a.m. 7.6 6:46 a.m.
1:04 p.m. 7.0 6:49 p.m.
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Sunrise today .................. 6:18 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 8:11 p.m.
Moonrise today .............. 6:13 a.m.
Moonset today .............. 6:55 p.m.
New
First
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Last
12:53 a.m. 8.0 7:05 a.m.
1:14 p.m. 7.3 7:04 p.m.
Warrenton
1:02 a.m.
1:21 p.m.
0.9
1.4
0.7
1.3
8.2 7:15 a.m.
7.5 7:15 p.m.
0.8
1.3
8.1 8:32 a.m.
7.3 8:32 p.m.
0.6
1.0
12:20 p.m. 7.1 6:15 a.m.
none
6:15 p.m.
0.9
1.4
Knappa
1:44 a.m.
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Los Angeles
Miami
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Enterprise
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58/47 Portland
66/50
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Astoria
Spokane
70/50
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66/47
Albany
64/49
John Day
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Bend
68/49
67/41
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Ontario
77/48
Caldwell
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69/34
75/44
Medford
73/49
Klamath Falls
66/37
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Newberg
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Hi/Lo/W
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57/46/c
56/49/c
63/48/c
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56/49/r
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57/48/c
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