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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2022
IN BRIEF
Boy killed, father injured after being
hit by driver at Hammond Marina
WARRENTON — A 7-year-old boy was killed and his
father was seriously injured on Wednesday when a driver
struck them from behind as they were riding bicycles near
the Hammond Marina boat basin.
The call came in shortly before 5:30 p.m. Archer Glenn
Gardner died at the scene. Korey Michael Gardner, 36, was
taken to a Portland-area hospital.
Authorities said the Renton, Washington, residents had
been staying at a nearby bed-and-breakfast and were rid-
ing northbound along the grass and dirt shoulder of Lake
Drive when the driver, Richard William Kulackoski, 60, hit
them with his pickup. Kulackoski had almost hit a runner
moments before.
Kulackoski works at an Ilwaco, Washington, bait shop
and was bringing bait to another shop near the boat basin,
District Attorney Ron Brown said.
Kulackoski has been charged with fi rst-degree man-
slaughter, second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent
homicide, second-degree assault, driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants, three counts of recklessly endanger-
ing another person and reckless driving, according to court
fi lings.
The Warrenton Police Department is leading the inves-
tigation and the Clatsop County Major Crime Team is con-
ducting it.
County seeks feedback on
vacation rental restrictions
As Clatsop County moves forward on plans to cap the
number of vacation rentals in unincorporated areas, people
are invited to participate in the discussion.
The county plans to hold two virtual public input meet-
ings — on Saturday and Aug. 17 — and is conducting an
online survey to gather comments until the end of the month.
The county Board of Commissioners will consider the
comments at a September work session.
The board is considering limiting vacation rentals in
unincorporated residential zones west of U.S. Highway 101
and in the Arch Cape area, the county said in a release.
Links to the survey and virtual meetings, as well as details
about caps on vacation rentals, are on the county website.
— The Astorian
Seaside looks at two county
parcels for aff ordable housing
County has off ered
the surplus property
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — Two prop-
erties on the north end of the
city could be part of a collab-
oration with Clatsop County
on aff ordable housing .
“The county has off ered
some land to Seaside and
we are underway with get-
ting that land that will go
for some type of aff ordable
housing that’s to be deter-
mined,” said City Councilor
Steve Wright, who serves
as chairman of a city hous-
ing task force . “It’s possibly
as many as 24 more units, if
it fi ts.”
The county would trans-
fer the land at no cost .
The h ousing t ask f orce
brought voices from the
county and regional levels to
City Hall on Monday , with
Elissa Gertler, the executive
director of the Northwest
Oregon Housing Authority ,
and Pamela Wev, a Clatsop
County commissioner who
represents the county on the
housing authority board.
R.J. Marx/The Astorian
Seaside is looking at aff ordable housing on sites north of the
‘North 40,’ former school district land owned by the city and
used as sports fi elds.
As many as 3,000 hous-
ing units are needed to meet
demand in the county .
In April, the county
issued a request for expres-
sion of interest on 15 surplus
properties that could be used
for housing, child care and
social services . Four of the
properties are in Seaside.
“We received a response
from the city of Sea-
side regarding the follow-
ing accounts to utilize for
aff ordable housing,” Monica
Steele, the assistant county
manager, said. “While some
of these sites might require
some zoning changes, those
are options the city is explor-
ing as well as working with
potential developers.”
Two of the parcels are
designated wetlands and
will remain so, Wright said,
possibly to be used in the
future for mitigation off sets.
But two sites near the for-
mer high school show hous-
ing potential.
“I believe two of the par-
cels — about 1.5 acre — can
be used for building aff ord-
able housing,” Wright said.
“We will accept them on that
basis, once we review the
terms and conditions applied
by the county.”
The sites are north of the
“North 40,” former school
district land owned by the
city and used as sports fi elds.
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MEMORIAL
Sunday, Aug. 14
RAW, Darlene — Memorial service and celebration
of life, Coff enbury Lake, Picnic Area C at Fort Stevens
State Park in Warrenton. Coff ee and doughnuts are from
10 to 11 a.m., with a formal ceremony at 11 a.m., fol-
lowed by a slideshow and picnic lunch for those who
would like to stay. RSVP for lunch at bit.ly/DarleneRaw
Memorial
ON THE RECORD
Strangulation
Computer crime
On
the Record
• Matthew
Darrell
• Jonathan Dale Det-
Burton, 41, of Tacoma,
Washington, was indicted
on July 28 for stran-
gulation,
fourth-de-
gree assault constitut-
ing domestic violence,
second-degree criminal
mischief and second-de-
gree disorderly conduct.
The crimes are alleged to
have occurred earlier that
month.
Assault
• Ely Justin Bacon,
49, of Astoria, was
arrested on Tuesday on
Fifth Street in Astoria
for fourth-degree assault,
harassment and menac-
ing, all considered crimes
of domestic violence.
• Tony Christopher
Norris Hall, 34, of Ham-
mond, was indicted on
July 21 for fourth-degree
assault,
strangulation
and attempted strangula-
tion. The crimes, all con-
stituting domestic vio-
lence, are alleged to have
occurred in June.
rick, 53, of Portland, was
indicted on July 27 on three
counts of computer crime,
two counts of second-de-
gree theft, identity theft,
unlawful entry into a motor
vehicle, fl eeing or attempt-
ing to elude a police offi cer
and reckless driving. The
crimes are alleged to have
occurred in October 2020.
Aggravated theft
• David Jeff ries Haw-
kins, 44, of Astoria, was
arraigned on Wednesday
on four charges of aggra-
vated theft in the fi rst
degree. The crimes are
alleged to have occurred
between September 2019
and August 2021.
Identity theft
• Clarissa Amirah
Noemi Almofti, 21, of
Astoria, was arraigned
on Tuesday on charges
of identity theft, com-
puter crime and fraudulent
use of a credit card. The
crimes are alleged to have
occurred in February.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Jewell School District Board, 6 p.m., 83874 Oregon
Highway 103.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria.
Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., Clatsop Com-
munity College, Patriot Hall, Room 207, 1651 Lexington
Ave., Astoria.
Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower Ave.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
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Steele said the county
Board of Commissioners
is supportive of the expres-
sion of interest submit-
ted by Seaside to utilize the
sites for aff ordable housing
development .
The conversation comes
as the city seeks to address
a shortage of workforce and
aff ordable housing while
meeting the needs of the
homeless.
The h ousing a uthor-
ity owns, manages or part-
ners to serve low- and mod-
erate-income tenants and
administers a federal hous-
ing choice voucher program.
“One of the things I think
that the board has wanted in
hiring me is to really start
thinking about the partner-
ships that go beyond the
housing authority,” Gertler
said of the county, cities,
developers and residents.
“It really takes all hands,”
she said. “I’m hoping that
NOHA will not just focus
on what we own and man-
age, but how to help cities
have capacity, how to fi nd
resources, have the pieces
be stronger together than we
are on our own, so that we
can do more together.”
“It’s a combination of,
No. 1, the program revenue,
and just the infl ation and the
costs of food and the paper
goods, supplies just unfor-
tunately has taken its toll,”
Johnson said.
For $6, patrons could
get a full lunch with meat,
potatoes or pasta, vegeta-
bles, a beverage and des-
sert. The portions were often
large enough to take home
leftovers.
Becky Baff ord, who lives
in Ocean Park, Washing-
ton , has been coming to the
lunch service for around
eight years. She likes the
rotating menu, but going
there is about more than get-
ting a meal.
“Being able to socialize
is everything. I don’t give a
damn if it’s not even some-
thing I want to eat that day,
I get it, I’ll take it, I’ll leave
it in the free food box. But
I want to see some people,”
she said.
She called the in-person
service closure “terrible.”
“There’s people that
depend on this. Luckily,
I’m not in that situation, but
there certainly are people
that do,” she said.
The program was largely
funded through grants and
donations, Johnson said.
In 2016, Columbia Senior
Diners warned it may have
to close within a year due to
a severe budget shortfall.
“The program always fell
forward. It was like things
would get tight, but then the
Erick Bengel/The Astorian
Columbia Senior Diners has provided meals at the Astoria
Senior Center.
next month we would get the
United Way check or we’d
get the grant money from the
city,” Johnson said. “So it
was never where it was like
a halt in the program, until
recently. It was probably a
matter of a few months.”
Johnson said she is
excited to partner with
NorthWest Senior and Dis-
ability Services, which
operates a home delivery
program in Seaside, Can-
non Beach, Warrenton and
Svensen.
“We are thrilled that we
will transition our home
delivery patrons to them, so
our home delivery custom-
ers will not go without,” she
said. “So that’s where we
feel really comfortable and
excited. We don’t see it as a
negative or an end, but just a
transition.”
The NorthWest Senior
and Disability Services’
program delivers a week’s
worth of meals — one warm
and the rest frozen — for an
optional donation of $3 per
meal. The delivery includes
a visit and a safety check.
Debbie Dunaway is the
meal site coordinator for the
service in Svensen, which
will be taking over the Asto-
ria Senior Diners’ delivery
clients in September .
She said they are reach-
ing out to clients to make
sure they want to continue
with the program.
“It’s really sad because
that’s a big program, it’s
very needed. But with these
economic times its become
impossible for them to con-
tinue the program,” Dun-
away said. “I know that hav-
ing them close is not good,
but having some place for
these clients to go to is
good.”
The service is seeking
additional volunteer driv-
ers, who will have to pass a
background check.
Pharmacy: The agency does not have a psychiatrist
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“And that’s what Genoa
does, too. They look at
whatever situation some-
one is in and they say, ‘H ow
can I help?’ ‘How can I help
make this better for you?’
Not, ‘H ow can I quickly get
your medications to you and
out of here so I can serve the
next person?’ But, ‘H ow can
I help you?’”
Katie Lozano, Genoa
Healthcare’s director of
operations for Oregon, said
the partnership allows phar-
macy staff to work alongside
Clatsop Behavioral Health-
care’s medical team to pro-
vide integrative care.
“We can go right down
the hall and ask the provider
a question, solve insurance
problems, solve any issues
so that they can get their
medication and take them
home,” she said.
Lozano cited a peer
reviewed study that found
when pharmacy services
are integrated with health
‘IT’S AN IMPORTANT EVOLUTION
IN OUR GROWTH AS AN
ORGANIZATION. IT’S NOT THE
LAST STEP. WE’VE GOT MANY,
MANY STEPS TO GO, BUT IT’S AN
IMPORTANT STEP.’
Amy Baker | executive director of
Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare
care providers, people are
more likely to get their
medications and stay on
their medication plans. The
arrangement lowers rates of
hospitalization and emer-
gency care and improves
health
care
outcomes,
according to the study, which
was sponsored by Southwest
Michigan Behavioral Health
and funded by Genoa.
Baker called the phar-
macy an important step in
the agency’s evolution.
“The thing that I’ve been
experiencing since I’ve been
here is that we keep identify-
ing needs that aren’t getting
met in the community,” she
said. “And those needs are
big.”
She said the agency has
tried to tackle some of the
larger issues that aff ect over-
all care .
Baker noted the agency’s
eff ort to try to develop hous-
ing for people who are home-
less or at risk of being home-
less. She said the agency has
recently partnered with Dr.
Robert Law, a family doctor
in Astoria, to fi gure out how
to off er primary care .
“We’ve recently con-
tracted with Dr. Law because
we want to start looking
more seriously at integra-
tion and how to bring pri-
mary care to our clients so
that they’re accessible and
that it’s approached with the
same level of care and com-
passion that we try to bring
to the table each time we
work with the folks that we
serve,” Baker said .
The agency does not have
a psychiatrist , but has con-
tracted with Iris Telehealth,
a telepsychiatry company
based in Austin, Texas, for
several years.
While Baker said it
would be easier to have a
psychiatrist locally , she said
the arrangement has worked
well.
“It’s an important evo-
lution in our growth as an
organization,” Baker told the
crowd at the ribbon-cutting
Thursday about the phar-
macy. “It’s not the last step.
We’ve got many, many steps
to go, but it’s an important
step.”