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Fund set up to help local family aft er theft
The Campuzanos had about $30,000
worth stolen earlier this year
By Erick Bengel
Cannon Beach Gazette
To help a local Hispanic
family recover from a re-
cent theft that set them back
about $30,000, a Cannon
Beach couple, Rex and Di-
ane Amos, have created The
Campuzano Family Fund.
Donations can be made at
any Columbia Bank branch
on the coast from Astoria to
Tillamook.
In Delano
Carmen and Victor
Campuzano, of Seaside, are
still grappling, emotionally
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termath of an incident that
occurred in early January
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and other family members
embarked on their annual
road trip to visit relatives in
Mexico.
At 3:31 a.m. on Jan. 4,
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inn in Delano, Calif., some-
one stole the couples’ 2003
Chevrolet Tahoe and the at-
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ing to the police investiga-
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security camera footage.
The culprit drove off and
looted the vehicles, taking
all of the family’s personal
belongings and gifts they
had collected during the
previous year to bring their
relatives south of the border.
Police managed to re-
cover the trailer, found
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and a plasma TV the Cam-
puzanos had purchased for
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items.
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used clothing, their daugh-
ter Paola Campuzano’s
clarinet and school books,
and Victor’s custom-made
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$7,000.
They also stole an esti-
mated $4,000 in uncounted
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saved during 2014 from his
job at The Lumberyard Ro-
tisserie & Grill.
Reunion delayed
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found burned, though in-
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mid-February.
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15-year-old Paola Campu-
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Seaside High School. “We
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Carmen, Victor and
Paola had taken the trip —
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four generations of the
family: Carmen’s mother,
Lorenza Villa, and brother,
Hector Tobar; Carmen and
Victor’s son, Julio Cam-
puzano, of Cannon Beach;
their daughters Judith Cam-
puzano and Marycarmen
Campuzano, of Seaside; Ju-
dith’s husband, Abel Sosa;
and Marycarmen’s 4-year-
old son, Alan Martinez,
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Waiting for them in
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lice report, the family split
up. Some drove to Laredo,
Texas, to legalize a truck in
Mexico. Others returned to
Seaside to retrieve another
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$1,500 in repairs before it
could take them to south.
Retrieve the trailer in Bix-
ler, Calif., put them out an
another $300 or so.
Being strong
Marycarmen’s husband
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out to loved ones and close originally come on the trip
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vide emotional support.
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became a rush of coping, Laredo, eventually chose
problem solving and lifting to return to Cannon Beach
each others’ spirits. “I tried by bus. But not before giv-
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the couple’s eldest daugh-
ter, Carla Campuzano, her
family, and Victor’s broth-
ers and sisters.
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to be delayed.
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ance is going to cover.
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one.
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This time, instead of
together at the Lumber-
yard Rotisserie & Grill, she Carmen and Victor’s fam-
as a server, he as a busser. ily giving to their family
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to cry, suddenly overcome
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so that helps to not suffer
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said. “That helps to take it
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moratorium had come from ing to City Planner Mark
the Oregon Coast Alliance Barnes.
in an April 13 letter. The
The issue came in the
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city initiate an update of the grading project at Breakers
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stop issuing sand grading a Land Use Board of Ap-
permits until such an up- peals action, although that
date is completed.
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By R.J. MARX
Cannon Beach Gazette
ers to remove sand in front
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south of the condos. In re-
cent years, Breakers Point
dunes — held in place
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er than 40 feet, blocking
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ing sand onto properties.
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involved shifting almost
74,000 cubic yards of sand
onto the beach during the
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to restore the residents’
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sand inundation. At least
25 feet of sand needs to be
removed in some areas, ac-
cording to Tom Horning, a
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the February planning com-
mission meeting.
In response to this proj-
ect, the council considered
the plan for a moratorium
on all sand management
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ported by the Oregon Coast
Alliance and joined by the
group 1000 Friends of Ore-
gon; Surfrider Foundation;
and Friends of the Dunes,
based in Cannon Beach.
See Council, Page 8A
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