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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2022
IN BRIEF
Governor’s debate will be
livestreamed by The Astorian
The three leading hopefuls in the race to become Ore-
gon’s next governor will appear live at a forum at 2 p.m.
Friday from the Mt. Hood Oregon Resort in Welches.
Republican nominee Christine Drazan, Democratic
nominee Tina Kotek and unaffi liated candidate Betsy
Johnson are all scheduled to debate.
The forum is hosted by the Oregon Newspaper Pub-
lishers Association. Questions will come from editors of
newspapers across Oregon. The forum will be moder-
ated by Pamplin Media Group President Mark Garber.
The debate will be livestreamed at www.dailyasto-
rian.com
County offers online dashboard on housing
Clatsop County has set up an online dashboard ded-
icated to providing information on housing in the area.
In addition to reports and studies about housing on
the North Coast, the dashboard features web apps:
• The Aff ordable Housing Web App lists existing
housing options in incorporated and unincorporated
areas, the county said.
• A Housing Development Web App shows hous-
ing projects — from aff ordable and workforce to mar-
ket rate — in development throughout the county, the
county said.
The dashboard is available via the coun-
ty’s website at: www.co.clatsop.or.us/county/page/
clatsop-countys-housing-dashboard
County unemployment rate
unchanged in June
Clatsop County’s unemployment rate was 3.9% in
June.
The seasonally adjusted rate was the same as May
and down from 6% in June 2021.
The state unemployment rate was 3.6% in June,
according to Oregon Employment Department, the same
as the national rate.
Warrenton police chief appointed
interim city manager
WARRENTON — Police Chief Mathew Workman was
appointed to take over as city manager on an interim basis.
The City Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday
night to have Workman take over for Linda Engbretson,
who is retiring, until a full-time city manager is hired.
The city is expected to choose its next city manager
on Friday. Engbretson’s last day is Aug. 5.
— The Astorian
Design changes for new Ilwaco
community center
ILWACO, Wash. — Design plans for the Dylan Jude
Harrell Community Center at the Port of Ilwaco have
changed.
The community center will now consist of one large
building rather than four smaller ones.
Previously, the community center had been designed
to be a campus-style facility with four buildings that
housed educational services, a gymnasium, a swimming
pavilion and a multiuse fi eldhouse.
— Chinook Observer
MEMORIALS
Saturday, July 30
In CAMPBELL,
Brief Barbara
Ann — Celebration of life
from 1 to 3 p.m., Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St.
Memorial
ON THE RECORD
DUII
occurred at the Mini Mart
On
the
Record
• Steven
Lawrence
on Marine Drive. Ban-
Alvillar, 39, of Ham-
mond, was arrested on
Monday at W. Marine
Drive and Hume Ave-
nue for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants
and reckless driving.
• Eric Charles Ban-
fi eld, 55, of Longview,
Washington, was arrested
on Friday for DUII,
attempted assault in the
second degree, reckless
driving and a hit-and-
run related to property.
The hit-and-run allegedly
fi eld was arrested near
the intersection of W.
Marine Drive and U.S.
Highway 101.
• Trina L. McDonald,
55, of Vancouver, Wash-
ington, was arrested on
July 21 on U.S. High-
way 30 west of the bor-
der between Clatsop
and Columbia coun-
ties for DUII, reckless
driving and fourth-de-
gree assault. McDon-
ald allegedly caused a
three-vehicle crash.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Transportation District Board, 9 a.m., 900
Marine Dr., Astoria.
Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce Council, noon,
(electronic meeting).
Port of Astoria Marina Advisory Committee, noon, El
Tapatio restaurant, 229 W. Marine Dr.
Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower Ave.
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Onlookers admire a sand sculpture by Lisa Donze at the Sandsations event on the Long Beach Peninsula.
Seaside extends length of
stay for homeless camping
Permits available
for a six-day span
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — The City
Council extended the length
of stay as part of the city’s pro-
gram for temporary homeless
camping.
Campers will now be able
to receive permits for a six-day
span, eliminating a require-
ment for the daily move-in at
8 p.m. and move-out at 8 a.m.
“If they’re abiding by
our rules and regulations,
why should we keep making
them move in and out?” City
Councilor Dana Phillips said
Monday.
Homeless campers at the
designated city-owned lot off
Alder Mill Lane described the
diffi culty of unpacking and
breaking down tents only to
pitch them hours later. Hav-
ing to move vehicles and seek
parking only to have to move
again proved expensive and
unnecessary.
There’s nothing reasonable
about asking people to move
their home every single day,
City Councilor Tita Montero
said .
Montero proposed a six
consecutive day stay.
“Then we can measure
who is living there in a reason-
able fashion,” Montero said.
“We can defi ne what ‘doing
it right’ means. Doing it right
means you throw your gar-
bage in the bins we provided.
It means you don’t leave gar-
bage behind when you check
out. It means that you don’t
do drugs or alcohol. It means
you are not off ensive or dan-
gerous. Rather than penalize
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Seaside has made changes to homeless camping rules.
25 people for the actions of
two, we can just say to those
two people, ‘You have lost the
ability to live in the camp.’”
Elizabeth Davis, who
described herself as a resi-
dent and RV camper at the
site experiencing temporary
homelessness, said the policy
limiting stays to one night has
negatively impacted her fami-
ly’s life.
“The gas required to con-
stantly move our RV in order
to comply with the ordinance
is an undue burden, about
the cost of renting a house by
the end of the month,” Davis
said. “That actively thwarts
my ability to save or get into
a place.”
Wear and tear on her
vehicle leads to expensive
mechanical problems not eas-
ily fi xed, which occur more
often and sooner, Davis said.
“Certainly the instability
created by the current ordi-
nance and the way that it is
enforced makes it inherently
diffi cult to have a normal
household stability or rou-
tine that most people take for
granted in their daily lives,”
she said.
Mill
Ponds
camper
Michael Howard said that
despite working 30 hours a
week, he could not aff ord
housing. He, like others,
sought a longer length of stay.
“I’m on a three-year wait-
list for housing,” Howard said.
Camper Jeanne Faller said
she was homeless as a result
of COVID, mold exposure
and osteoporosis.
“I’m too sick to get up
every single day and walk,”
Faller said. “ I can try, but I
end up back in the emergency
room.”
The overnight limits had
come in an eff ort to prevent
a repeat of an encampment at
the city-owned lot at 10th and
Necanicum, Mayor Jay Bar-
ber said.
“We had people moving in
and the fi rst six or seven camp-
ers really self-governed them-
selves, kept the place clean,”
he said. “Within weeks, there
were 20 campers, and then 30
campers, then 40 campers in
chaos. And our concern was
that we don’t want to see that
happen. You have to move out
so that we don’t see an RV
park and a 10th and Necani-
cum established in the neigh-
borhood where the problems
would come again.”
Extending the length of
stay for homeless campers is
the least burdensome enforce-
ment approach, Community
Service Offi cer Paul Knoch
said.
“I think one day out is
critical, though, because it’s
a temporary camping pro-
gram,” he said. “Public works
needs to clean up the area. We
don’t want a 10th and Necani-
cum-type setup.”
According to the new pol-
icy, participants must check
out on Thursday by 10 a.m.
and are allowed to return after
4 p.m. when the gates are
reopened. Those who do not
comply with camp rules may
be denied entry or issued a
citation to appear in court.
Campers found to be
repeatedly in violation of the
ordinance and deemed to be
a nuisance will be excluded
from camping in the city.
“I’ll be going into Mill
Ponds every single day to
make sure campers are tidy,”
Knoch said. “I know what
a clean and tidy camp looks
like. If there’s trash just start-
ing to spread out, I can have
contact with that individual.
Our presence won’t change
even if they don’t have to
move out every day. We just
won’t be having these daily
fi ghts and struggles. And I
also believe we’ll have more
people who are currently not
participating in the program.”
Barber, Phillips, Montero,
City Councilor Steve Wright,
City Councilor Tom Horn-
ing and City Councilor Randy
Frank approved the policy ,
which went into eff ect imme-
diately on a temporary basis.
Additional tweaks to the
camping ordinance included
a prohibition on camping in
aquatic or wetland areas, as
well as wording that would
have permitted homeless
camping on private property
in residential areas.
Camping on nonresiden-
tial private property camping
requires property owner per-
mission and participation in
the permit process.
Lot-size requirements will
be a topic of future policy
discussions.
‘Murder hornets’ get a new name
Entomologists
suggest northern
giant hornet
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
The Entomological Soci-
ety of America has asked sci-
entists, government offi cials,
media and the public to call
Asian giant hornets, popu-
larly known as “murder hor-
nets,” by a new name.
The society adopted
northern giant hornet as
its common name for the
world’s largest wasp. Wash-
ington State Department of
Agriculture
entomologist
Chris Looney proposed the
name.
“Northern giant hornet is
both scientifi cally accurate
and easy to understand, and
it avoids evoking fear or dis-
crimination,” Jessica Ware,
the president of the Ento-
mological Society, said in a
statement.
Until now, the hornet, sci-
entifi cally known as Vespa
Karla Salp/Washington State
Department of Agriculture
An Asian giant hornet, now
known as a northern giant
hornet.
mandarinia, has not had
an offi cial common name,
though Asian giant hornet
has long been established in
scientifi c papers.
Entomologists have gen-
erally shunned “murder hor-
nets,” saying the name’s
sensationalistic, though the
name has caught on.
The society has been
reviewing names of insects.
The society’s guidelines dis-
courage names linked to
geography or ethnicity, or
that would make people view
the insect as loathsome.
Last year, the society
dropped gypsy moth in favor
of spongy moth, the fi rst
product of its Better Com-
mon Names Project.
The society also accepted
Looney’s proposal to name
Vespa soror the southern
giant hornet. It does not have
a popular name, though it is
also described in scientifi c
papers as a giant hornet.
The two large hornet spe-
cies overlap in southern
China.
The northern giant hornet
ranges north to Japan and the
Korean Peninsula. The south-
ern giant hornet ranges south
to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Northern giant hornets
have been found in north-
west Washington state and
just across the border in Brit-
ish Columbia, but nowhere
else in North America.
Offi cials in both countries
are trapping for the invasive
species and hope to keep it
from being established. The
hornets swarm bee hives
during what scientists call
their “slaughter phase.”
Eff orts to reach Loo-
ney for comment Monday
after the announcement were
unsuccessful. In an earlier
interview, he said that he pro-
posed northern giant hornet
to avoid confusion with yet
a third hornet species, Vespa
veluntina.
That hornet has reached
Europe and is commonly
known there as the Asian
hornet.
The similarity between
Asian giant hornet and
Asian hornet apparently led
a Washington resident to
report an Asian giant hornet
sighting on a United King-
dom website.
The confusion delayed
fi nding and eradicating a nest
in Whatcom County in 2020,
according to the state agricul-
ture department.
The society accepted a
third proposal from Loo-
ney to call Vespa veluntina
the yellow-legged hornet for
a distinguishing anatomical
feature.
All 22 species of hornets
are from Asia. Looney said
using the term “Asian” to
describe any one of them was
not distinctive.