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The Columbia Press
March 5, 2021
Outdoors: School provides new skills for students
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completed a community ser-
vice activity in the helping of
removing invasive plants at
camp.”
The camp has allowed sixth-
graders to attend in-person
school throughout February.
“They have had the oppor-
tunity to interact with peers
that they haven’t seen or
talked to since last March
when we shut down,” Mullins
said. “Students have had the
chance to complete activities
that would otherwise be im-
possible if it weren’t for all
the space we have at camp.
The kids have also had a
blast, a lot of them talk about
how much fun they have been
having and how much they
enjoy being back at school
every day.”
The district created the
school thanks to a Measure
99 grant from Oregon State
University Extension. Mea-
sure 99 was passed in 2015
and is funded by the State
Lottery to support outdoor
education.
“Our district has been able
to use the money as part of
the funding to provide quality
and safe outdoor experiences
for students in this challeng-
Courtesy Warrenton Grade School
Sixth-graders work to clear a hillside at Camp Kiwanilong, a
community service project at the Warrenton-Hammond School
District’s Outdoor School.
ing time,” said Jamie Klebe,
a counselor and sixth-grade
language arts teacher. “We
are fortunate to be in close
proximity to Camp Kiwan-
ilong, which is such a beau-
tiful place. You walk on the
grounds out there and just
sense your stress dissipating.
This is what we want for our
students.”
Adolescence can be diffi-
cult by itself for many mid-
dle-schoolers; adding COVID
restrictions can compound
the stress, she said.
“Thankfully, they are able to
safely get into nature for not
only academic learning but
also some social-emotional
benefits,” Klebe said.
All the district’s sixth-grad-
ers attended five days a week
in February and all of the sev-
enth-graders are attending in
March.
Scoular: Company to turn fish guts into ‘gold’
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them through 2061.”
The company plans a small
factory that will produce fish-
meal, fish oil and shrimp shell
meal using the offal, or en-
trails and other parts usually
cast off by local processors
preparing fish for human con-
sumption. Scoular’s products
serve the pet food and other
specialty feed markets.
The plant will employ six to
eight full-time workers from
April to October.
There will be no retail sold
at the plant and about 35 de-
liveries and shipments are ex-
pected per week.
Airport Way/12th Place
Airport
Industrial
Park
Scoular Plant
Raw materials will arrive in
insulated totes on flatbed trucks
and depart by tractor-trailer,
according to Scoular.
Helligso Construction of
Astoria will build the 14,400-
square-foot plant and already
has begun preparing the site.
Because Warrenton’s sewer
treatment plant is near capac-
ity, the port had to commit to
upgrade its sewer infrastruc-
ture, which dates to World War
II. The upgrades will eliminate
stormwater intrusion into the
city sewer system.
Last month, port commis-
sioners approved a $331,342
sewer reconstruction contract
with Big River Construction.
The company begins work
this month.
Scoular is investing $8 mil-
lion in the project, which is
expected to spur more devel-
opment at the 26-acre indus-
trial park and generate $2.25
million in local payroll.