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Driver sought after hit-and-run
Cannon Beach Gazette
WHEELER — A driver is
sought in a crash that left a truck
driver hospitalized.
On Wednesday, Aug. 30, at
about 1:30 p.m., Oregon State Po-
lice and Tillamook County sheriff’s
deputies responded to a hit-and-run
motor injury vehicle collision on
Highway 101 between Wheeler
and Rockaway Beach.
Preliminary investigation in-
dicates a green southbound 2015,
Kenworth semi-truck, pulling two
trailers loaded with lumber and
driven by Patrick Steinauer, 65, of
Cougar, Washington, was coming
out of a curve on 101. The suspect
vehicle was northbound passing
in a no-passing zone in the south-
bound lane. In an attempt to avoid
the collision, Steinauer, drove off
the road, over railroad tracks and
into trees. The suspect vehicle con-
tinued northbound and did not stop.
The suspect vehicle was de-
scribed as a late 1970s, lifted,
white or cream-colored, Chevy
pickup truck, driven by a young
COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP
Work at Ecola State Park takes place
Sept. 11-12.
Roadwork
to close
Ecola State
Park
Park to close Sept. 11-12
for culvert installation
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Damage to a truck after a hit-and-run accident near Wheeler on Wednesday, Aug. 30.
male with dark hair.
Steinauer was transported by
air to hospital with non-life-threat-
ening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police are requesting anyone who
witnessed the crash or suspect vehi-
cle prior to or after the crash, anyone
County businesses vie for veterans
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Oregon Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment will close Ecola State Park Sept. 11-
12 to accommodate work on Ecola Park
Road.
Oregon Department of Transportation
District crews plan to install a culvert near
the Cannon Beach city limits on Sept. 12,
which will temporarily close Ecola Park
Road in both directions for several hours
on Sept. 12. The heavy rains over time has
caused a section of the asphalt to slump
and separate, park manager Ben Cox said,
which could cause damage to a vehicle
driving over it.
Local and park traffic will be restricted,
but Oregon Department of Transportion
will accommodate emergency vehicle ac-
cess, Cox said.
“The work is necessary to improve
drainage and repair a failing section of the
roadway,” said ODOT District 1 Manager
Mark Buffington. “We will need to close
the road completely for about four hours;
hopefully less.”
Ecola State Park will tenatively reopen
upon completion of the repair work.
Military veterans
often successful in
job market
By Jack Heffernan
EO Media Group
Clatsop County’s low unem-
ployment rate may be making life
easier for job-hungry military vet-
erans, who account for a relatively
large percentage of the local pop-
ulation.
The county is home to 3,800
veterans, or about 10 percent of
the population. Roughly 7 percent
of all U.S. citizens, by compari-
son, are veterans.
From 2011 to 2015, the unem-
ployment rate among veterans in
the Clatsop County was 6.4 per-
cent, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau. Overall unemployment in
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A career fair held specifically for
veterans was held at Fort George
Brewery’s Lovell Showroom.
the county was 7.1 percent. While
up-to-date data about veteran job-
lessness is incomplete, the entire
county recorded a much lower
unemployment rate — 3.6 percent
— this June, according to the Or-
egon Employment Department. If
a similar trend held for veterans, it
would mean a little more than 100
total veterans are seeking work.
Economists define an unem-
ployed person as someone actively
looking for work but who is unable
to find it. Underemployment, how-
ever, is not as easy to quantify, said
Patrick Preston, a disabled veter-
ans employment representative for
the Employment Department who
served in the U.S. Army.
Unemployment statistics do
not address the number of veterans
who may not be seeking work or
those who are employed solely on
a seasonal basis. Therefore, even
homeless veterans in some cases
do not meet the criteria for unem-
ployment.
“It’s a reflection of the general
population,” Preston said. “Those
who want to work are working.”
Career fair
The effects of low unemploy-
ment among veterans were on dis-
play Tuesday in Astoria.
After seeing other organiza-
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es Management Association board
members tossed around ideas for
an event to help veterans. The as-
sociation, comprised of human re-
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organize something it had plenty
of experience with: a career fair.
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room to connect with veterans
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only a handful of veterans attend-
ed.
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munications director for the asso-
ciation.
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