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The Columbia Press
June 4, 2021
Doughnut Day to honor county’s law enforcement
The Salvation Army will
make sure Clatsop County’s
peace officers get to enjoy
National Doughnut Day to-
day, June 4.
National Doughnut Day be-
came a nationwide celebra-
tion thanks to the charity’s
work during World War I.
The Salvation Army in Chi-
cago celebrated the very first
National Doughnut Day in
1938, honoring the “Donut
Lassies” or “Doughnut Dol-
lies” who traveled overseas
to provide emotional and
spiritual support, supplies,
and services to troops in the
trenches. Many are remem-
bered for handing out fresh
donuts and hot coffee to those
on the front lines in France.
This year, the group is hon-
oring law enforcement offi-
cers and staff members, said
Major Kelly Nolan of The Sal-
vation Army’s Cascade Divi-
sion.
They’ll deliver fresh-baked
donuts to police and sheriff
departments all across Clat-
sop County.
Port: Finances falling into place despite pandemic
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and Development are assist-
ing the port around hurdles
in future endeavors and help-
ing the agency strategize the
best use of port assets.
And, in a conversation last
week with state Sen. Betsy
Johnson, plans were set to
include repairs to Pier 2 and
the East Basin Causeway in
upcoming legislation.
“Overall, there was a lot of
support,” Isom said at Tues-
day’s port commission meet-
ing. “It’s all positive things …
and more and more opportu-
nities for investment in infra-
structure.”
The port’s future began
looking brighter after the de-
parture of former Executive
Director Jim Knight, who
agreed to resign after a se-
ries of financial failures that
included the loss of a Busi-
ness Oregon grant. Commis-
sioners replaced Knight with
Isom, who’d been the port’s
finance director.
Getting back in the state’s
good graces “represents the
culmination of a years-long
effort to develop a compre-
hensive professional plan
that will serve to guide the
port in future planning
and development and will
strengthen its relationship
with Business Oregon,” wrote
Melanie Howard, the port’s its expenses, nearly covering
accounting and business ser- the deficit in the 2020-21 fis-
vices manager.
cal-year budget.
The port released
Additional
help
the good news –
arrived
Tuesday.
calling it a landmark
Port commission-
goal -- by fax and
ers
unanimously
email.
approved an agree-
“There is much
ment with Business
appreciation on all
Oregon, which holds
sides for the many
most of the loans on
hours of hard work
the port’s infrastruc-
and for the ongo-
ture projects.
Howard
ing spirit of coop-
The state will ex-
eration,”
Howard
tend from one year
wrote. “Ultimately,
to two years a freeze
the … plans will be
and deferment of all
rolled up into a new
loan payments and
intergovernmental
interest, saving the
agreement between
port a total of $2.4
Business
Oregon
million.
and the Port of As-
“It’s positive news
toria.”
for the port and
As with many in-
will give us some
Isom
dividuals and agen-
breathing room,”
cies, the past year has been Isom said.
difficult on the port.
Just as Tuesday’s meeting
As of April, port officials es- was about to begin in the Pier
timate losing $1.16 million in 1 building, Norwegian Cruise
revenue from the diversion Lines’s Pride of America
of 72 cruise ships and river- pulled up dockside.
boats, $145,910 in marina
A short-term agreement
fuel sales, $81,383 in airport allows the ship – without
fuel sales, and $45,656 in passengers – to dock for two
hospitality-related revenue.
days and, possibly, to allow
Prior to the pandemic, the its return later in the month.
port’s income from log ex-
It was the perfect back-
ports died up due to a tariff drop for a meeting with good
fight with China.
things to report, Isom told
The port scrambled to lower commissioners.