February 19, 2016 Seaside Signal seasidesignal.com 9A
Warrenton’s Bruce
%REHNDQQRXQFHVUXQ
for Oregon House
Noted physician seeks
seat in Legislature
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
'U%UXFH%REHNDQ$VWR-
ria physician and president of
Columbia Memorial Medical
6WDIIZLOOVHHNWKH5HSXEOLFDQ
nomination for Oregon House
District 32.
The district
includes Clat-
sop County
and parts of
7 L O O D P R R N
and Washing-
ton counties.
The term of Dr. Bruce
Bobek
RI¿FH KHOG
by incumbent
Deborah Boone, is two years.
%REHNKDVOLYHGLQ&ODWVRS
County for 26 years and pre-
viously served as a commis-
sioner for the City of Warren-
WRQ'XULQJKLVWLPHLQRI¿FH
%REHNKHOSHGIXQGDQGEXLOG
WKH:DUUHQWRQ/LEUDU\HVWDE-
lish the Warrenton Wetlands
3ODQDQGGHYHORSWKH:DUUHQ-
WRQ%XVLQHVV$VVRFLDWLRQ
“I always had an interest
LQ SROLWLFV´ %REHN VDLG
:HGQHVGD\)HE
%REHN PRYHG ZLWK KLV
IDPLO\ WR $VWRULD LQ
When his youngest daughter
said the city’s hills were “too
high and scary,” the family,
LQFOXGLQJ %HYHUO\ DQG ¿YH
children, moved to Warrenton.
“I was a city commis-
sioner in the ’90s and then
my practice got so busy that
EHWZHHQ P\ NLGV DQG P\
practice, I didn’t have time
IRU SROLWLFV´ %REHN VDLG ³,
helped start the Warrenton
scholarship program in 1996.
I was president of that for
several years and now I’m on
the board.”
With his children grown
and career solidly estab-
OLVKHGLQ-DQXDU\%REHNGH-
FLGHG WR PDNH D ELG IRU WKH
/HJLVODWXUH
He described his political
SKLORVRSK\ DV ³¿VFDOO\ FRQ-
servative, but pretty open.”
He said regulations are
“onerous for businesses in
general, and for small busi-
nesses throughout.”
)URP D SROLF\ SHUVSHF-
tive, he said he was focused
on improving health care
and education throughout the
VWDWH %REHN VDLG KH UHFRJ-
QL]HV D QHHG IRU HPHUJHQF\
preparedness, but “would try
to stay within budget.”
³,¶PDOOIRU¿UVWUHVSRQG-
ers, whatever we can do to
KHOS WKHP PDNH LW HDVLHU´
he said. “But I would be a big
IDQ RI PDNLQJ VXUH ZH KDYH
the money to do all these
WKLQJV,ZRXOGEH¿VFDOO\UH-
sponsible.”
He said Salem was in need
of change. “I appreciate the
ZRUNDQGWLPH'HEELH%RRQH
has put in. I’m not a negative
person. I’m not going to say
her performance is bad, but I
WKLQN SHRSOH ZRXOG YRWH IRU
an overall change of policy.”
%REHN LV XQFKDOOHQJHG
ZLWKLQKLVSDUW\3ULPDU\GD\
is May 17.
Food 4 Kids keeps students fed
Backpack program
supplies supplemental
meals for local
elementary, middle
school children
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
'XULQJ WKH VFKRRO ZHHN
students have access to free
and reduced-price meals, but
those options are not avail-
DEOHGXULQJWKHZHHNHQG7KDW
leaves some students to en-
dure a few days with possibly
OHVV WR HDW 7KH )RRG .LGV
EDFNSDFNSURJUDPDLPVWR¿OO
that gap.
7KH JRDO RI WKH RUJDQL]D-
tion is to supply elementary
and middle school students
in the Seaside School District
ZLWK VXSSOHPHQWDO ZHHNHQG
meals during the school year.
Using food primarily pur-
chased with donated money,
VHYHUDOGR]HQYROXQWHHUVZRUN
ZHHNO\WRUHDFKWKDWJRDO
Seaside residents Cor-
DO &RRN DQG KHU GDXJKWHU
%UDQGL 3HUU\ DUH WZR RI WKH
program’s longtime volun-
WHHUV &RRN ZDV LQYROYHG
with a summer lunch pro-
gram for about eight years
XQWLO WKH VFKRRO GLVWULFW WRRN
LW RYHU 7KHQ &RRN ² DORQJ
ZLWK 5RVHPDU\ .HPSHU5LG-
GRFN $QQHWWH %URGLJDQ
0DU\ %ODNH 0DXUHHQ DQG
-LP &DVWHUOLQH -DQ -DFNVRQ
$O 3HLQKDUGW DQG RWKHUV ²
VWDUWHG WKLQNLQJ RI ³KRZ WKH
NLGVDUHQ¶WIHGRYHUWKHZHHN-
ends,” she said. The group
HVWDEOLVKHG WKH )RRG .LGV
program in 2011, starting with
KATHERINE LACAZE/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Teagan Dufy, 5, is one of Food 4 Kids’ youngest volunteers.
He helps prepare and package food to fill the backpacks that
get sent home with students on the weekend.
Seaside Heights Elementary
School students and growing
from there.
6LQFH .HPSHU5LGGRFN
passed away in October 2015,
6DOO\/D&RVWHVWHSSHGLQIURP
2XU/DG\RI9LFWRU\&DWKROLF
church. Other volunteers also
WRRNRQVRPHRI.HPSHU5LG-
GRFN¶V YDULRXV UHVSRQVLELOL-
ties. However, “there is no re-
SODFHPHQWIRUKHU´&RRNVDLG
RI.HPSHU5LGGRFN
Generally, the volunteers
SUHSDFNDJH FROG IRRG LWHPV
on Wednesday afternoons
and set out products to be
VHSDUDWHG LQWR WKH EDFNSDFNV
Thursday. One of six par-
ticipating groups — includ-
LQJ 2XU 6DYLRXU¶V /XWKHUDQ
&KXUFK2XU/DG\RI9LFWRU\
&DWKROLFFKXUFK6HDVLGH(ONV
/RGJH+RPH'HSRWWKH6HD-
VLGH$PHULFDQ/HJLRQDQGWKH
Seaside Methodist Church —
are responsible for rotating
ZHHNV EXW VRPH YROXQWHHUV
come more often than with
WKHLUDI¿OLDWHGRUJDQL]DWLRQ
7KH EDFNSDFNV DUH VHQW
KRPH ZLWK VWXGHQWV )ULGD\V
and they return them Mon-
days so the process can start
over.
Volunteering
together
$IHZPRQWKVDJRWKHSUR-
gram got new volunteers, and
VRPHRILWV\RXQJHVW$URXQG
7KDQNVJLYLQJ&RRNJRW
DFDOOIURP1DWDOLH'XII\ZKR
moved with her family to the
DUHD IURP 3RUWODQG LQ
Duffy’s then 5-year-old son,
7HDJDQZDQWHGWRVSHDNZLWK
&RRNDERXWYROXQWHHULQJ
“He said, ‘Hello, I would
OLNH WR KHOS ZLWK WKH EDFN-
SDFNV¶´&RRNUHFDOOHG
Since then, Teagan, his
mother and her other three
sons have come almost every
Wednesday to lend a hand.
³7KH ER\V UHDOO\ OLNH LW´
Duffy said.
The spirit of volunteer-
ism is “passed down in the
family” and fostered by their
Christian convictions, Duffy
said, adding, “We do feel it’s
DFDOOLQJ´2QHRIWKH¿UVWYRO-
unteer projects the Duffys did
as a family was to prepare car
FDUH SDFNDJHV ² EDJV ¿OOHG
with pop-top soup cans, uten-
sils, water bottles and other
items — to be easily distrib-
uted to panhandlers or others
in need.
“They had fun handing
WKHP RXW NQRZLQJ WKH\ ZHUH
helping people,” Duffy said
about her sons.
$W WKH 'XII\¶V IRUPHU
FKXUFK LQ 3RUWODQG WKH\ SDU-
ticipated in a program simi-
ODU WR )RRG .LGV )DPLOLHV
ZRXOGWDNHDEDFNSDFNDSLHFH
DQG EH UHVSRQVLEOH IRU ¿OOLQJ
it continually throughout the
\HDU$IWHUWKH\PRYHG'XII\
said, Teagan expressed inter-
HVWLQ¿QGLQJDVLPLODURSSRU-
tunity in Seaside. Duffy said
VKH WKLQNV WKH )RRG .LGV
program is important, because
if students are “not getting a
IUHHOXQFKDWVFKRRORYHUWKH
ZHHNHQGVWKH\PLJKWQRWEH
getting much at home, if any-
thing.”
Local man helps international organization combat sex traicking
Barber, a Seaside City
Council member, is a senior
fellow for the Vancouver,
Washington trust, which an-
nually trains about 15 non-
SUR¿W RUJDQL]DWLRQV LQ UH-
source development through
the program.
Barber became a con-
sultant to help Shared Hope
PDQDJH LWV ¿QDQFHV +H GH-
scribed his role as an “exec-
utive coach,” who advises
Smith and helps with staff
DQG ¿QDQFH GHYHORSPHQW +H
helps with fundraising, pursu-
ing grants and expanding the
board of director’s reach and
HI¿FLHQF\ :KLOH %DUEHU¶V
job responsibilities remain
constant, his motivation for
VHUYLQJ WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ KDV
FKDQJHGVLQFHKH¿UVWJRWFRQ-
nected to Smith.
“I started out as a consul-
tant, but now I’m passionate
about the initiative,” he said.
What triggered his passion to
combat the problem, he add-
ed, was “actually meeting
face to face with some of the
young women who were sur-
vivors.”
Barber, who has two
daughters, considered that the
survivors, and those still be-
ing abused, are other people’s
daughters, granddaughters,
sisters and friends. There was
only one course of action in
his mind: “This can’t continue
to happen in our country,” he
said.
Driven by demand
Smith founded Shared
Hope International after a trip
to the brothel district in Mum-
bai, India, where many of the
people prostituted were girls
WUDI¿FNHG IURP 1HSDO ER\V
DOVR DUH YLFWLPL]HG EXW LW LV
OHVV FRPPRQ 7KH RUJDQL]D-
tion established a safe house
LQ 1HSDO WR KHOS UHVWRUH DQG
rehabilitate rescued survivors.
Smith and her staff then
became aware of the minor
VH[ WUDI¿FNLQJ LQGXVWU\ WDN-
ing place in the United States,
cards — one for each state
and Washington D.C. — that
DQDO\]H NH\ OHJLVWODWLYH
components in a state’s laws
that are necessary to effec-
tively respond to domestic
PLQRU VH[ WUDI¿FNLQJ FULPHV
The report cards, according
WR WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ SURYLGH
D EOXHSULQW IRU SROLF\PDNHUV
to establish policies and laws
creating a safe environment
for children.
“We believe advocates
and legislators are willing
to strengthen laws to protect
children, but they’re busy or
WKH\ GRQ¶W NQRZ HYHU\WKLQJ
about the issue,” Offenbacher
SUBMITTED PHOTO/SEASIDE SIGNAL
said. The report cards provide
³DYHU\TXLFNVXPPDU\RIWKH
Jay Barber at Shared Hope International’s annual JuST Con-
areas their states are doing
ference in Washington, D.C.
well,” in addition to ways to
which is the focus of Smith’s PHQDQGZRPHQZKRWUDI¿FN improve and language to in-
ERRN³5HQWLQJ/DF\$6WRU\ and pimp out children are corporate into legislation, she
RI$PHULFD¶V3URVWLWXWHG&KLO- often master manipulators, added.
dren,” co-authored by Cindy preying on those who are
,Q WKH ¿UVW \HDU WKH
Coloma. The group started physically and emotionally cards were released, 26 states
spreading awareness about vulnerable. The industry only had failing grades. More than
the issue and that it is hap- thrives because a demand per- VWDWHVEHJDQFKDQJLQJWKHLU
SHQLQJDWKRPH,QWKH3DFLI- petually exists — people are laws based on the initiative.
LF 1RUWKZHVW UHJLRQ 8QLWHG willing to pay a lot of mon- In the 2015 report, no state
States Interstate 5 is a major ey to sexually exploit a child received a failing grade and
artery for the minor sex traf- who was forced or coerced VL[UHFHLYHG$JUDGHV2UHJRQ
into prostitution.
¿FNLQJLQGXVWU\
went from a D in 2011 to a B
“The biggest disservice
in 2015.
someone can do to the issue Decriminalizing
The next challenge is to
is to believe it’s not impact- the victims
PDNH VXUH WKH ODZV DUH HQ-
ing them or their community,
$W WKH WLPH RI WKH RUJD- forced, Barber said.
because it hasn’t happened to QL]DWLRQ¶V IRXQGDWLRQ PDQ\
them,” Director of Commu- laws were set up to criminal- Spreading the hope
nications Taryn Offenbacher L]HSURVWLWXWHVEXWQRWVRPXFK
In addition to conducting
VDLG³:HNQRZLWKDSSHQVLQ the people buying, selling research to inform policy and
small communities all across and using them, Barber said. practices, Shared Hope focus-
the states.”
Shared Hope began to focus es on training service provid-
6KDUHG +RSH ZRUNV WR its energy and resources to ers, law enforcement person-
FRUUHFW PLVLGHQWL¿FDWLRQ DQG change state laws across the nel, community advocates
misrepresentation of victims, country, he said.
DQG RWKHUV RIIHULQJ PHQWDO
who sometimes are wrongly
Shared Hope started the health services and counsel-
portrayed as promiscuous or 3URWHFWHG ,QQRFHQFH &KDO- LQJWRVXUYLYRUVIXQGLQJDQG
somehow to blame for their lenge, a comprehensive strat- providing technical assistance
VLWXDWLRQ5DWKHUWKDQGLVFUHG- HJ\WRSURPRWH]HURWROHUDQFH to shelters and service pro-
iting or blaming the children, IRUFKLOGVH[WUDI¿FNLQJ
YLGHUV 7KH RUJDQL]DWLRQ DOVR
SHRSOHPXVWEHZLOOLQJWRORRN
7KHRUJDQL]DWLRQHDFK\HDU KDV D VKHOWHU LQ WKH 3DFL¿F
deeper, Offenbacher said. The releases 51 individual report 1RUWKZHVWIRUVXUYLYRUVDJHV
A 32 bed residential care facility designed
specifically for residents living with dementia
We focus on resident-centered care ,
foster a stimulating and nurturing
environment , and facilitate as
independent a life as possible.
‘This can’t continue
to happen in
our country.’
Jay Barber
18 to 26, who are interested
in pursuing General Educa-
tion Development, vocational
training or college. The orga-
QL]DWLRQ DOORZV WKHP WR OLYH
DWWKHVKHOWHUIUHHIURP¿QDQ-
cial barriers and fear of being
found, Offenbacher said.
$V IRU LQWHUQDWLRQDO ZRUN
in places such as Jamaica, In-
GLD DQG 1HSDO WKH RUJDQL]D-
tion has shifted toward part-
nering with and supporting
indigenous groups and agen-
cies that provide services.
Shared Hope sponsors the
annual Juvenile Sex Traf-
¿FNLQJ -X67 &RQIHUHQFH LQ
Washington, D.C. The con-
ference is attended by several
hundred people from various
RUJDQL]DWLRQV DQG DJHQFLHV
all dealing with minor sex
WUDI¿FNLQJ IURP GLIIHUHQW
perspectives. The goal of the
C all F or A
free
IN -H O M E
C O N SU LT AT IO N !
Shutters, W ood B lind s,
C ellular Shad es, Soft Shad es,
Vertical B lind s, Valances,
W oven W ood & m ore!
conference, said Barber, who
has attended each year on
behalf of Shared Hope, is to
“bring all that energy to a fo-
cal point.” During last year’s
three-day conference about
70 survivors attended to share
their testimonies.
7KLV$SULO6KDUHG+RSHLV
VSRQVRULQJWKH¿UVW-X67)DLWK
Summit, which is similar to the
conference but designated for
churches and other faith-based
RUJDQL]DWLRQV7KHFKXUFKKDV
“a might role in addressing
and stopping the tragedy” of
VH[ WUDI¿FNLQJ DFFRUGLQJ WR
WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ¶V ZHEVLWH
Some churches across varying
denominations have neglected
the issue, and Barber said he
suspects it might be because
LW SURPSWV WKH TXHVWLRQ ³$UH
we practicing what we preach
about the value and validity of
every person?”
³$V ZH FRQVLGHU WKDW PHQ
in the churches are abusers,
what does that say about how
we practice our faith?” he said.
)RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQDERXW
the conference or Shared Hope,
RU WR UHSRUW WUDI¿FNLQJ YLVLW
sharedhope.org/ or call 360-
693-8100.
SAVE
2 5 %
on Select Signature Series
Financing
Available
• Open for business and accepting new residents.
• 3 enclosed courtyards safe for enjoying the outdoors.
• 2 community dining and activity spaces .
C latsop C are M em ory C om m unity
Your partners in care, close to home.
2219 SE D olph in A venu e
W arrenton, O R 97146
503-717-3659
O reg on C oa st
Lincoln C ity
503-7 38-524 2 54 1 -9 9 4 -9 9 54
SW W a shing ton
503-7 38-524 2
www.budgetblinds.com
*Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial estimate only.
Offer good at participating franchises only. Each franchise independently owned and operated.
CCB#177717
Hope from Page 1A