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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022
SPORTS
OBITUARIES
Astoria and Seaside baseball
players earn all-league honors
Gregg Keith Bonham
The Astorian
Despite rough seasons
on the fi eld, the Astoria and
Seaside baseball teams still
placed a combined eight
players on the Cowapa
League’s all-league team.
League champion Banks
had eight all-leaguers,
including two juniors, three
SPORTS
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
17U Baseball — Warrenton at
Tillamook (2), 4 p.m.
sophomores and a freshman,
as the Braves fi nished their
last season at the 4A level
as the No. 1-ranked team
in the fi nal Oregon School
Activities Association rank-
ings. The Braves will drop
into the 3A Coastal Range
League next school year.
Banks seniors Col-
ten Hesselman and Charlie
White were selected as both
the Cowapa’s Players of
the Year and Pitchers of the
Year, while Joe Baumgartner
of Banks and Matt Strang of
Tillamook were Coaches of
the Year.
Astoria and Seaside had
four players each earn all-
league honors.
The 66-player 4A all-
state team included Asto-
ria junior pitcher Niko Bou-
dreau (honorable mention).
COWAPA ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
Players of the Year: Colten Hesselman, Banks; Char-
lie White, Banks
Pitchers of the Year: Colten Hesselman, Banks; Char-
lie White, Banks
Coaches of the Year: Joe Baumgartner, Banks; Matt
Strang, Tillamook
First Team
Colten Hesselman, Sr., Banks
Charlie White, Sr., Banks
Merrick Benesch, So., Astoria
Niko Boudreau, Jr., Astoria
Ashton Crossen, So., Banks
Justin Walters, So., Banks
Honorable Mention
Will Erickson, Fr., Valley Catholic
Harry Gardner, Fr., Banks
Karson Hawkins, Jr., Astoria
Tanner Kraushaar, Jr., Seaside
Seth Landolt, Jr., Tillamook
James Pearson, So., Valley Catholic
Wyatt Selleck, Jr., Banks
Jake White, Fr., Seaside
Jarred White, Sr., Seaside
Trevor Yee, Fr., Valley Catholic
Ben Cupani, Jr., Valley Catholic
Connelly Fromwiller, Jr., Astoria
Junior Gonzalez, Sr., Tillamook
Bryce Hamerl, Jr., Tillamook
Wyatt Hesselman, So., Banks
Drew Ilg, Sr., Valley Catholic
Logan Kind, Jr., Banks
Trevor Leonnig, Jr., Tillamook
Parker McKibbin, Jr., Tillamook
Nik Radosavljevic, Sr., Valley Catholic
Cade Ross, Jr., Tillamook
Lawson Talamantez, Sr., Seaside
App helps link central Oregon farmers to customers
By SUZANNE ROIG
The Bulletin
Farming in central Oregon
already is a gamble, with bad
weather and a short grow-
ing season, but a Bend-based
business has built an app that
takes the risk out of fi nding
customers.
The online marketplace,
Food4All, lets shoppers con-
nect with farmers in their
community through an app
created by Bend resident
Kami University. The app
earned her a U.S. Department
of Agriculture Small Busi-
ness Innovation Research
program grant of $650,000.
The grant is awarded to busi-
nesses to support high-quality
research related to scientifi c
problems and opportunities
in agriculture that would lead
to a public benefi t.
Food4All plans to use the
grant to fuel sales and mar-
keting eff orts with the app.
Over the next two years,
Food4All should be able to
grow the number of farm-
ers and ranchers listed on the
app, Semick said. The goal
would be to provide more
opportunity for customers to
purchase locally grown food.
Today, there are about
1,400 farmers on the Food-
4All website — 50 in Ore-
gon — growing and raising
everything from produce to
eggs to beef. Once listed, the
farmer posts products for sale
and prices and customers can
search by ZIP Code to fi nd
what they’re looking to buy.
One of the farms that
joined early on was Rain-
shadow Organics, which
grows vegetables on 25 acres
in Sisters.
With so much of farm-
ing left to unpredictable
forces, one way to bring in
more business is through the
app, said Alison Holland,
Rainshadow Organics farm
liaison.
“Farming is a gamble
of the heart,” said Holland.
“We have a variety of crops
because we know when farm-
ing becomes less of a gamble
and more of a guarantee.”
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Diane Burkeen fi lls a basket with produce while shopping at
the Rainshadow Organics farm stand.
THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE,
FOOD4ALL, LETS SHOPPERS CONNECT
WITH FARMERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY
THROUGH AN APP CREATED BY BEND
RESIDENT KAMI UNIVERSITY.
Semick, a retired com-
petitive ultramarathon run-
ner, created the app in 2018
because she had to hunt
down local farmers to buy
community-supported agri-
culture boxes. The app works
by connecting consumers
to farmers in the same area
and allows them to make
transactions.
Consumers can buy prod-
ucts in a community sup-
ported agriculture subscrip-
tion or buy specifi c items
with prices, available dates
and terms of pickup or
delivery set by the farmer
or rancher. It’s truly a fi eld
and farmer to table kind of
transaction.
The online marketplace
enables contactless pickups
from local farms, or even
from a farmer’s market.
The app allows farmers
to upload inventory informa-
tion on a smartphone from
the fi eld. It instantly updates
inventory levels as orders are
placed, so everyone, includ-
ing large institutional buyers
and local distributors, can see
how much food is available
in real time.
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“By being able to bring
their products directly to
local markets, farmers can
expand their business with-
out adding to their over-
head and consumers have
increased access to local,
climate-friendly options for
fresh food,” Semick said.
The software is free to
farmers but charges consum-
ers a transaction fee, which is
2.5% of their purchase, plus
95 cents, but is capped at
$9.95.
“We continue to create
relationships in central Ore-
gon with producers,” Semick
said. “We have found traction
on the East Coast, South Car-
olina, Indiana and Illinois.
We’re growing by word of
mouth. It’s very organic.”
The High Desert Food &
Farm Alliance has a similar
platform, but doesn’t allow
for transactions.
On its website there is a
directory of local farmers,
links to farm trails and oppor-
tunities for restaurants and
farmers to gather.
Four years ago, the farm
alliance sought out help
from Oregon State Univer-
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
sity-Cascades computer stu-
dents to create a prototype
digital version of the farmer’s
directory, said Yong Joseph
Bakos, a senior instructor
and program coordinator at
the university.
“It takes a lot to operate a
successful farm and it takes a
lot to develop direct to con-
sumer software,” Bakos said.
“At the end of the day, the
farmer will choose the farm,
not the software. A plat-
form like this can accommo-
date all farmers and markets,
not just one farmer and one
platform.”
At University Organ-
ics, being listed on the plat-
form is just another way to
sell produce, like a farmer’s
market or a community-sup-
ported agriculture box, Hol-
land said.
“It allows us to have the
option for customers to pay
for their (community sup-
ported agriculture) subscrip-
tions monthly, rather than
in a lump sum,” she said. “I
never see the credit card info,
but I can access someone’s
account, see what they’ve
ordered and their purchase
history.
“It makes it easier for us to
manage subscriptions.”
Astoria
Nov. 21, 1952 — May 22, 2022
Gregg Keith Bonham ment. He also held other
passed away at his home jobs with United Parcel Ser-
near the gardens he loved vice, Ulbricht Accounting,
and was self-em-
on May 22, 2022,
ployed
doing
at the age of 69.
He was born
landscaping and
in
Anacortes,
tree service in his
earlier years.
Washington, on
He
served
Nov. 21, 1952,
many years on
and is survived
the Olney-Wal-
by his wife of
luski fi re d epart-
32 years, Cheryl;
ment b oard, Clat-
sons,
Alexan-
sop County p arks
der
Bonham
Gregg Bonham
c ommittee and
(fi ancée, Claire)
as an assistant
and
Nathaniel
(wife, Megan) Lindstrom; scoutmaster with the Boy
sister, Lynn (husband, Scouts of America.
Gregg loved his garden,
Neal) Parker; and many
grandchildren; a recent and delighted in growing a
great-grandchild; as well as multitude of fruits and veg-
etables, being well known
nieces and nephews.
His father, Gordon Bon- for his gifts of apples each
ham, and mother, Shirley year to those in need. He
Bonham, preceded him in was never without his
death, as well as his three beloved blueberry and rasp-
brothers, Shawn Bonham, berry plants, with the Asian
Dan Bonham and Mark pears being a particular
favorite of his, and much
Bonham.
Gregg was a man of elephant garlic.
You could also fi nd him
strong faith and loved
his Lord Jesus. He spent at our local library, check-
many years fellowshipping ing many books out weekly,
at Bible Baptist Church as he was an avid reader,
and Coastline Christian especially of history.
Gregg was a devoted
Fellowship.
In 1971, he graduated husband and father. He
from Seaside High School. always had a kind word
In 1974, he received an to share, and a willingness
associate degree in general to make the world a bet-
studies at Clatsop Com- ter place. His support and
munity College and, in gentle ways will be keenly
1977, a bachelor of science missed by all who loved
degree in resource manage- him.
A celebration of life ser-
ment from the College of
Forestry at Oregon State vice will be held on June 25
at 2 p.m. at Coastline Chris-
University.
He had a wide variety tian Fellowship Church,
of careers, working many with a reception following
years as a landlord and for in the fellowship hall, both
Clatsop County, in the tax located at 89386 Oregon
and assessment depart- Highway 202 in Astoria.
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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Seattle
60 47
A passing
shower
62 49
61 48
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
61 51
62 50
A couple of
showers
A couple of
showers
62 51
Low clouds
63 53
Low clouds
Aberdeen
Olympia
60/45
61/47
Wenatchee
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
62/45
ALMANAC
UNDER THE SKY
TODAY'S TIDES
Astoria through Sunday
Tonight’s Sky: The Summer
Triangle is emerging into eastern
night sky.
Astoria / Port Docks
Temperatures
High/low ................................ 59/50
Normal high/low .................. 64/50
Record high .................. 82 in 2002
Record low .................... 39 in 1949
Precipitation
Sunday ..................................... 0.10”
Month to date ........................ 3.23”
Normal month to date ......... 1.11”
Year to date .......................... 41.97”
Normal year to date ........... 35.98”
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Time
High (ft.) Time Low (ft.)
12:53 a.m. 9.4 8:18 a.m. -1.7
2:43 p.m. 7.0 8:00 p.m. 2.9
Cape Disappointment
12:30 a.m. 9.6 7:19 a.m. -2.1
2:18 p.m. 7.1 7:02 p.m. 3.1
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Hammond
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today .................. 5:24 a.m.
Sunset tonight ............... 9:08 p.m.
Moonrise today ........... 10:11 p.m.
Moonset today ............... 5:13 a.m.
Full
Last
New
First
12:42 a.m. 9.8 7:41 a.m. -2.3
2:29 p.m. 7.2 7:28 p.m. 2.8
Warrenton
12:48 a.m. 9.8 8:02 a.m. -1.6
2:38 p.m. 7.3 7:44 p.m. 3.0
Knappa
1:30 a.m.
3:20 p.m.
Depoe Bay
June 14 June 20 June 28 July 6
1:32 p.m.
none
9.6 9:19 a.m. -1.5
7.2 9:01 p.m. 2.5
6.9 6:50 a.m. -2.7
6:32 p.m. 2.9
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Honolulu
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York City
Phoenix
San Francisco
Wash., DC
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
94/76/t
80/63/s
99/79/s
100/76/s
83/53/pc
86/74/pc
96/79/s
80/65/s
89/77/t
80/66/pc
105/79/s
74/55/s
85/72/t
94/75/t
70/59/s
97/74/s
96/77/pc
88/53/s
86/75/pc
96/77/pc
86/67/s
90/78/t
82/68/s
107/83/s
72/56/s
88/73/pc
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy,
c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,
r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
64/49
Hermiston
The Dalles 69/48
Enterprise
Pendleton 55/35
65/43
68/49
La Grande
56/37
67/46
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Hi/Lo/W
52/43
Kennewick Walla Walla
63/47 Lewiston
72/52
63/44
Salem
Pullman
69/43
Longview
60/47 Portland
65/48
55/43
Yakima 67/43
63/45
Astoria
Spokane
64/45
Corvallis
65/43
Albany
64/43
John Day
Eugene
Bend
68/44
63/39
57/38
Ontario
66/42
Caldwell
Burns
61/30
66/41
Medford
72/46
Klamath Falls
67/34
City
Baker City
Brookings
Ilwaco
Newberg
Newport
Today
Hi/Lo/W
56/34/sh
64/48/s
59/49/sh
64/43/c
58/46/pc
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
69/43/pc
62/50/pc
59/50/c
70/49/pc
59/48/pc
City
North Bend
Roseburg
Seaside
Springfi eld
Vancouver
Today
Hi/Lo/W
62/48/pc
70/46/pc
60/46/c
66/43/c
64/45/pc
Wed.
Hi/Lo/W
63/52/c
76/50/c
60/47/c
74/48/pc
70/53/c