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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021
COSTUME
CONTEST
IN BRIEF
New director named
for tribal fi sh commission
Aja K. DeCoteau was named the new executive direc-
tor of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
DeCoteau, of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of
the Yakama Nation, has been the interim director since
April. She is the fi rst woman to offi cially serve as director.
“Since I was a child, my family, elders and tribal
leaders have taught me the signifi cance of salmon as
one of our First Foods and the importance of tribal
treaty fi shing rights,” she said in a statement. “As
tribal people, our natural resources are our cultural
resources, which is why I have dedicated my career to
protect them.”
Washington State Route 401
remains closed
Washington State Route 401 will remain closed
between the Astoria Bridge and Knappton Road in
Naselle through at least the rest of the week, the state’s
department of transportation said .
Bad w eather recently caused debris to slush onto
the route, freezing traffi c in both directions.
Drivers can use U.S. Highway 101 to avoid the closure.
County off ers grants for social services
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for local orga-
nizations that serve people in fi nancial or social need.
The Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Coun-
cil can distribute $30,000 for human and social services .
Applications must be emailed to humanservices@
co.clatsop.or.us by 5 p.m. on Jan. 28 . Proposals will be
reviewed by a grant committee of the a dvisory c oun-
cil. The Board of Commissioners will decide whether
to approve the committee’s recommendations .
— The Astorian
OHSU Hospital will add
184 beds in major expansion
Oregon Health & Science University will launch a
$650 million expansion of its hospital this spring that
will increase total beds by about a third.
The 530,000 square feet of new space will come
in a dramatic, U-shaped building located between the
Casey Eye Institute and Doernbecher Children’s Hos-
pital on OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus.
The new space will allow for 184 new inpatient
beds, most of which will be adult surgical beds.
“Investing in our people, programs and places
allows us to improve the care provided to patients and
the educational experiences available for learners,”
said Dr. Danny Jacobs, OHSU’s president.
OHSU is a partner with Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital in Astoria.
— The Oregonian
DEATHS
Oct. 29, 2021
In SUMRALL,
Brief
Betty,
92, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Deaths
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
WILDER-Mc-
CLURE, Dyan, 62, of
Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Ocean View Funeral
& Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Oct. 28, 2021
BRITTON,
Linda
Ellen, 67, of Gearhart, died
in Portland. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
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On
the Martins
Record
• Edinelza
Conrad, 45, of Hammond, was
arrested on Saturday near N.W. Ridge Road and Fort
Stevens State Park in Warrenton for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Seaside Community Center Commission, 10 a.m., Bob
Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A.
Seaside Library Board of Directors, 4:30 p.m., 1131
Broadway St.
Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Seaside Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m., (electronic meeting).
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 10 a.m., work
session, (electronic meeting).
Seaside Improvement Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Knappa School District Board, 6:30 p.m., Knappa High
Library, 41535 Old U.S. Highway 30.
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., (electronic meeting).
THURSDAY
Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council,
3 p.m., (electronic meeting).
Warrenton Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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Churchill Mortgage employees dressed as Mario Kart characters for a company Halloween costume contest raced along 14th
Street on Wednesday.
Mukumoto named new state forester
change and the new fi re reality,” said
Jim Kelly, the board chairman.
Mukumoto began work as a for-
The Oregon Board of Forestry ester in the late 1970s and most
has nominated Calvin Mukumoto, of recently ran as a Democrat for a seat
Coos Bay, to become the next state in the state House of Representatives,
forester.
which he lost to state Rep. Boomer
The board unanimously
Wright, R-Coos Bay. Muku-
approved Mukumoto’s nomi-
moto has also served as the
nation to the position at a spe-
vice chairman of the Board
cial board meeting on Friday
of Forestry and chairman of
held via Zoom.
the Oregon Parks and Recre-
“I’m honored at this point
ation Commission.
and almost speechless,”
In his application, Muku-
Mukumoto told the board.
moto emphasized his work
Calvin
The state forester heads
on behalf of Native Ameri-
Mukumoto
the Oregon Department of
can tribes, including Warm
Forestry, which is in charge
Springs Forest Products
of managing and protecting state- Industries.
owned forests. If Mukumoto accepts
Mukumoto will replace Nancy
the nomination, he’ll take over the Hirsch, who served as acting state
agency as it grapples with the threats forester since May, when embattled
posed by climate change.
agency head Peter Daugherty left the
“We have a world that’s been post. Daugherty was a lightning rod
turned upside down by climate for criticism.
By BRADLEY W. PARKS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Deal: ‘A new era of forestry in Oregon’
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wildlife and water quality. A
habitat conservation plan is a
tool that allows practices like
logging or irrigation to con-
tinue while minimizing dam-
age to wildlife habitat.
Saturday’s deal sets in
motion what could be a
lengthy, possibly yearslong
process to craft, approve and
adopt a habitat conserva-
tion plan into law and begin
implementation.
“There’s no doubt that
there’s gonna be challenges
ahead,” said Sean Stevens,
the executive director of the
conservation group Oregon
Wild. “But I do think that
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An aerial view of clearcuts and second-growth timber in Oregon.
this agreement provides a
diff erent sort of foundation
than we’ve ever had before
for tackling those challenges
ahead.”
The next step will be to
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introduce a bill in the Leg-
islature to make signifi -
cant changes to the Forest
Practices Act to protect riv-
erbanks and streamsides,
improve forest roads and
allow for adaptive manage-
ment of private forests. The
state will then pursue a hab-
itat conservation plan , which
will require a rule-making
process overseen by the Ore-
gon Board of Forestry . After
that, state leaders can pitch
the plan to federal regulators.
Speaking on behalf of
the timber coalition, Adrian
Miller, with the Flori-
da-based forest products
company Rayonier, said Sat-
urday’s agreement gives tim-
ber operators a sense of secu-
rity going forward.
“I think we’re all really
proud to be part of a new
era of forestry in Oregon,”
Miller said.
Rickenbach: Hopes to study veterinary medicine
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The land on which Simba
was living “could only hold
about a hundred horses,
and there were a little over
a thousand,” Rickenbach
said. “Without water or
feed, some were starving, so
they rounded up about 900
horses.”
Just a month before the
football game appearance
— it was just a coincidence
that the Fishermen were
playing the Milwaukie Mus-
tangs — Rickenbach and
Simba teamed up for fi fth-
place overall in the teen rid-
ing division of the event in
McMinnville. Rickenbach
used the event as part of her
senior project.
Rickenbach’s
grand-
mother, Debbie Huff man,
purchased Simba at the
event’s auction and donated
the horse back to Ricken-
bach. Proceeds from the
Rickenbach family
Astoria senior Alivia Rickenbach atop her formerly wild
mustang, ‘Simba.’
sale were donated to Astoria
High School’s Future Farm-
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For example, Oregon Public
Broadcasting reported in 2017 that
Daugherty strongly rejected the sci-
ence and purpose behind a report
from the state Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality linking water
quality issues to logging. His ten-
ure was also marked by signifi cant
fi nancial woes at the Department of
Forestry.
At the board meeting, Kelly
thanked Hirsch for her “tremendous
leadership” over the past several
months.
“It’s just been pretty incredible to
see her step in and get things done in
this department,” Kelly said. “She has
not been a person who’s just kinda
held things together. She’s really
moved the department along, made a
lot of signifi cant changes and really
prepared for this next transition.”
Kelly and other members of the
board also thanked fi nalists Therese
O’Rourke and Jim Paul.
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“I thought someone else
had bought him, but then I
found out my grandma did,
so it was pretty emotional, ”
Rickenbach said.
For the h omecoming
game , Rickenbach fi rst had
to get an offi cial OK from
Astoria principal Lynn Jack-
son to ride Simba around the
edge of the fi eld.
“One day out of the blue,
I thought it would be cool if
I could carry the fl ag on a
horse during pre game,” she
said. “I had Atheana back
then. When I emailed Mr.
Jackson, we set up a meet-
ing to talk about it. We dis-
cussed where I would ride,
and he wanted me to prac-
tice so (Simba) could get
used to it. The football and
soccer teams were practic-
ing, but Simba didn’t mind.
He did OK.”
At homecoming , “they
were having some technical
diffi culties with the speaker
system. It scared me, but
(Simba) could have cared
less.”
Rickenbach’s 11-year-
old sister now even rides
Simba.
Rickenbach, who also
raises and breeds sheep as
an FFA project, hopes to get
into veterinary medicine in
college. She will continue
to ride both Atheana and
Simba on trails throughout
the region.