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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022
ICONS OF
IN BRIEF
ASTORIA
County announces new
public health director
Clatsop County has chosen a new public health director.
Jiancheng Huang, the former director of the Oswego
County Health Department in New York, is slated to step
into the role in July, the county announced on Monday.
He replaces Margo Lalich, who in March 2021 took
over as interim public health director for former direc-
tor Michael McNickle.
Huang also directed the Maine Immunization Pro-
gram, as well as worked for the Maine Bureau of
Health and the University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie
Eye Institute, the county said.
Flory is named Seaside
planning director
SEASIDE — Jeff Flory was named the city’s plan-
ning director on Friday.
He has served as interim director since March after
the retirement of Kevin Cupples.
As Seaside’s fi rst code compliance offi cer, Flory
processed complaints, conducted safety inspections
and enforcement designed to cut down on quali-
ty-of-life issues related to vacation rentals.
Flory joined the community development depart-
ment in 2020 after spending more than 12 years with
the Beaverton Police Department and three years
with both the Hood River County Sheriff ’s Offi ce and
Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort.
Photos by Michael Steszyn
‘Ghosts and Mist,’ by Michael Steszyn, was one of the three award-winning photographs in the Icons of Astoria project from
Astoria Visual Arts and the Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa. The photographs are on display in the art collection at the Uniontown hotel.
The Astorian recognized
in regional journalism contest
The Astorian was recognized in the Society of Pro-
fessional Journalists’ Northwest Excellence in Jour-
nalism contest for work published in 2021.
Erick Bengel won fi rst place for government and politics
reporting in the medium newsroom division for his exam-
ination of Clatsop County’s response to the delta surge of
the coronavirus pandemic last summer. The report, based
on documents obtained through the state’s public records
law and interviews with county leaders, highlighted the
fragility of the system that cares for the elderly.
Ethan Myers won second place for technology,
business and economics reporting in the medium
newsroom division for his report on the Sunset Empire
Transportation District looking to former prisoners to
help solve a bus driver shortage.
The regional contest covers work published or
broadcast across Washington state, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and Alaska.
— The Astorian
‘Fisheye’s View,’ by Michael Steszyn.
‘Astoria Underbelly,’ by Blaine Verley.
Fishhawk Lake: ‘This place is so special’
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DEATH
in BONHAM,
Brief Gregg, May 69, 22, of 2022
Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
Death
MEMORIAL
Saturday, May 28
Memorial
HARTSTROM, Carol (Pilgard) — Memorial at
11 a.m., First Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 1103
Grand Ave. A private burial service follows at Green-
wood Cemetery. A reception will be held at the Astoria
Elks Lodge, following the service, until 5 p.m.
ON THE RECORD
Aggravated theft
DUII
On
Record
• Lisa the
Marie Moreno,
• Derek Clay Killough,
51, of Coos Bay, was
indicted on May 13 for
three counts of fi rst-de-
gree aggravated theft.
The crimes are alleged to
have occurred between
2019 and 2021.
30, of Camas, Washing-
ton, was arrested on Fri-
day at S. Main Avenue and
S.W. First Street in War-
renton for driving under
the infl uence of intoxi-
cants and refusing to take
a Breathalyzer test.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board, 5:15 p.m.,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Astoria Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
WEDNESDAY
Astoria Parks Board, 6:45 a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Jewell School District Board, 6 p.m., special meeting, 83874
Oregon Highway 103.
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Transportation District Board, 9 a.m., Astoria
Transit Center, 900 Marine Drive.
Clatsop County Recreational Lands Planning Advisory Com-
mittee, 1 p.m., (electronic meeting).
Cannon Beach City Council, 3 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E.
Gower Ave.
Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower Ave.
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“To all my neighbors and
friends here at Fishhawk
Lake, it has been a long jour-
ney to get here but we are a
resilient bunch and as diverse
as the nature that surrounds
us,” Jeanne Scilley, Fishhawk
Lake’s board president, told
attendees . “ … I do believe
that we are all environmental
stewards in our heart and we
will do what it’s going to take
to maintain and improve this
place that we all know and
love.”
The 100-acre lake was
formed in the 1960s by an
earthen dam. The need for a
new spillway and fi sh ladder
traces back to 2007, Scilley
said, when the lake fl ooded
and nearly topped the dam.
The community near Birken-
feld created a solutions com-
mittee at the time to prevent
serious fl ooding from occur-
ring again.
The new project, in part-
nership with the state Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife, the
state Department of Transpor-
tation, the Upper Nehalem
Watershed Council and Wey-
erhaeuser , will seek to man-
age water levels and bene-
Lydia Ely/The Astorian
Fishhawk Lake is a private community.
fi t upstream and downstream
passage of coho salmon.
In August 2019, the com-
munity drained the reservoir,
considered to be state waters,
to fi x a broken drain in the
dam. State biologists esti-
mated that the move allegedly
killed more than 30,000 fi sh,
including many endangered
coho salmon.
The community disputed
the claim that the drawdown
of the lake led to a large loss
of fi sh.
The state Department of
Environmental Quality fi ned
the homeowners association
$439,200 for the fi sh deaths.
The Department of Fish and
Wildlife and several natu-
ral resource agencies came
together to pursue a separate
claim, eventually reaching a
settlement with the commu-
nity last year. The commu-
nity agreed to pay $250,000,
with the community’s insur-
ance carriers covering the
remainder of the $3.7 million
settlement.
“I joined the community
in 2018 and it’s been amaz-
ing to watch this community
come together over the last
couple of years from a com-
munity that was divided and
unsure of its path forward,”
Scilley said. “They’ve now
come together and united to
do what we all know we need
to do for this lake.”
Scilley thanked John-
son and Thompson for their
support, calling the aspiring
governor, who worked with
local, state and federal agen-
cies to help negotiate and get
the project off the ground, a
“rock” for the community
and the guiding force in the
process.
“Today, in my view, is a tri-
umph of common sense over
Berry: ‘You have to know a little bit about everything’
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Hospital, which now employs
her at Columbia Memorial.
She joined the small critical
access hospital in 2017, com-
muting from s outheast Port-
land until she and her hus-
band moved to Astoria in
2019.
Berry is also the medical
director at Medix Ambulance
Service, where she oversees
personnel education, reviews
medical cases and develops
protocols.
Before medical school,
she wanted to be an obstetri-
cian-gynecologist. Her goal
was to open a birthing center.
But the emergency room,
the diversity of patients and
their conditions, called to her.
“I grew up pretty poor and
without health insurance,”
she said, “and so it really
meant a lot to me to be able
to treat people from all walks
of life regardless of their abil-
ity to pay.”
In the emergency room,
Barry treats people with med-
ical emergencies, mental
health crises and traumatic
injuries. From people suff er-
ing from heart attacks and
strokes, to psychotic or sui-
cidal thoughts, to the fallout
of car crashes, Berry and her
colleagues see anybody who
comes through the door.
“You have to know a lit-
tle bit about everything,” she
said.
Even without a pandemic
adding strain on hospital
staff , ERs confront complex
social issues — such as the
eff ects of homelessness and
intoxication — that seem to
take up ever more staff time
and resources.
People toward the end of
life — those who can’t care
for themselves at home and
have no one to watch over
them — often don’t know
where else to turn. There’s
nothing imminently wrong
with them, but they live with
the threat of something hap-
pening — a fall, an inability
to feed themselves or get to
the bathroom — after they’re
discharged.
Berry worries about them
when they leave.
“I do my best to address
these issues, and a lot of times
I just feel ineff ective and kind
of helpless, and wanting to
help, but I just can’t because
of the constraints of the health
care system,” she said.
Despite the challenges,
Berry loves her job — the
collaborative environment,
the team approach, the inter-
actions with her patients.
“It requires a lot of fl exibil-
ity and problem-solving, and
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Originally from Virginia,
Berry is a world traveler, food
tourist and “Northwest action
fi gure-type,” she said — a
skier, hiker, biker and outdoor
enthusiast.
Now that she lives at the
coast, Berry wants to get into
sailing, fi shing and crabbing.
She is less interested in surf-
ing because of the shark-
based injuries she sees in the
emergency department.
She also plays soccer, and
fi nds herself wondering why
there isn’t a women’s soccer
league on the North C oast.
“I’m thinking of trying to fi g-
ure out if we can make that
happen,” she said.
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some pretty formidable odds
… Here we are, the commu-
nity wins, the environment
wins, the homeowners win,
the state wins – everybody
wins. We’re still not quite
done though,” Johnson said,
adding that she will continue
to work with state agencies to
pursue additional funds.
Stellar J Corp. , a com-
pany in Woodland, Washing-
ton, will handle construction,
which will take place over
the next two summers and is
anticipated to fi nish by the
end of 2023.
The old fi sh ladder and
spillway will remain as
backup options. A plan is also
in place to monitor and mit-
igate any impact to aquatic
species, the community said
in a statement.
“This place is so special.
The spirit of this community
and the way it stayed true to
itself is really an inspiration.
They met the challenge as a
community,” Thompson said.
“ … There was a failure here
and rather than accept pun-
ishment for failure, with Sen.
Johnson’s help, it became an
opportunity for community
revitalization – for the people
and the environment.”
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