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Defendants file motion to dismiss contested election lawsuit Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette
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motion to dismiss has been filed in the petition that contests the election results in the Cannon Beach prepared food tax vote. Megan Miller and Josh Tuckman filed the petition alleging the 5 percent prepared food tax, which voters in Cannon Beach approved by a narrow margin, is invalid. They are asking the court to order a new election. The defendants in the case filed the motion to dismiss on January 14, as stated in the motion. The defendants are Tracie Krevanko, in her official capacity as county clerk for Clatsop County, and the
Clatsop County Elections Division. The motion asks the court to dismiss the petition for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction, as stated in the motion. The Defendants argue the personal service was not made in a timely manner as required by state statute within two business days after the filing of the petition and that the service was not made in the correct fashion. Additionally, the motion argues that a notice of the petition should be dismissed because the filing was not published in a newspaper within three business days of the filing of the petition, as stated in the motion. As stated in the motion, “ORS 258.055(1) requires a plaintiff, ‘within three business days of filing the
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petition,’ to ‘publish a notice stating that the petition has been filed and identifying the date of the deadline . . . for filing a motion to intervene.’ Additionally, ‘[t] he notice must be published at least once in the next available issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in the county
where the proceeding is pending.” As of Wednesday morning, no date has been set for the Court to hear the arguments in the motion, according to a spokesperson for the circuit court. In fact, the defendant did not ask for oral arguments so the judge will make a decision after the time for the petitioners to respond has lapsed. The Gazette contacted Miller on Friday asking if she or Josh Tuckman wanted to comment in this story on the motion that was filed. Neither party responded to the request to date. Miller and co-plaintiff, Josh Tuckman, own Castaways Restaurant in Cannon Beach. As was previously
reported in The Gazette, the plaintiffs allege the election is invalid, as stated in the complaint, for the following reasons: “(1) deliberate and material violations of election law in connection with the approval of Measure 4-210; (2) mistake or fraud in the canvass of votes; (3) fraud in the count of votes,” As stated in the complaint: “The following are presently known concerns relating to the election results of Measure 4-210: (1) not all votes were properly counted, including as many as twenty-five (25) uncounted votes; (2) ballots from a ballot box in Seaside were improperly rejected; (3) a ballot box was improperly and prematurely opened; and (4) and in other ways to be revealed.”
Permanent mask mandate hit by public outcry Zoe Gottlieb
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he decision to make Oregon’s indoor mask mandate indefinite is still pending. The current mask rule is in effect until Tuesday Feb. 8. Oregon’s hearing on a proposed permanent mask rule drew a crowd of more than 300 people, opening the floodgates to a wide range of comments and emotions. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) held the public electronic hearing Jan. 20 on the proposed rule change, inviting public testimony on which a decision has yet to be determined. Emotional testimony One woman struggled to hold back sobs during her testimony, as she described the moment her 8-year-old told her she couldn’t remember what the world was like without masks. Another speaker said he has 40% of a healthy person’s lung capacity and thus has difficulty breathing with a mask on. “Free these childrens’ faces so they can smile again,” a third said, his voice filled with emotion. Others took on radically different tones, threatening to take action if the OHA goes through with imposing the new permanent rule. “If you do this, we will fight to our death,” Nikolas, a defense attorney representing a client who violated Oregon’s current temporary mask mandate, said. “The farther you take this, the farther we will take it. We have nothing to lose.” “We’re coming for you. We’re coming for your jobs,” Free Oregon Leader Angela Todd said. Demonstrators involved with Free Oregon, a grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the mission of “fighting tyranny” in Oregon, took to the streets, holding a “BBQ Mask Party” outside the OHA office at NE 800 Oregon Street in Portland. “Bring a mask and something to burn,” the event description read on the Free Oregon website. Demonstrators chanted, held signs, and set a barrel containing surgical masks ablaze in synchronicity with the OHA’s electronic hearing, which kicked off at 10 a.m. and lasted for several hours. Rules of the hearing Administrative Rules Coordinator Brittany Hall led the OHA’s Administrative Rules hearing, discussing the adoption of a permanent rule requiring masks to be worn in indoor spaces in Oregon. Hall opened the meeting with the following clarifying statement. “The temporary rule cannot be
extended past six months, thus Oregon’s temporary rule expires on Feb. 8,” she said. “That does not mean the rule is permanent. The Oregon Health Authority can rescind, repeal, or cancel a rule when it decides it is no longer necessary.” After opening remarks, Hall invited testifying members of the public to speak. Opponents of the proposed permanent rule presented concerns ranging from realized sociological harms to the sole authority such a rule will give the agency, creating obstacles for the public to seek legal recourse. Aden Nepom, the meeting’s first speaker, expressed concern that the OHA’s proposal would bypass public input, concluding with a state- A Free Oregon demonstrator holds up a sign to voice her opposition to the ment affirming proposed permanent mask rule during the Jan. 20 protest at the Oregon Health Authority office in Portland. the importance Courtesy Photos from Daniel O’Brien – Valve Media of local decision-making. “Allow small businesses Oregon, in terms of high case Chronicle prior to the Jan. 20 hear(and) school districts to make rates, hospitalizations, and deaths. ing. “But there still are people out the masking decisions that make Runkle underscored the there who are susceptible to severe the most sense in their specific inequitable outcomes of such a illness and even death, even with communities and circumstances rule change, arguing that school vaccinations. That’s why, until we so that we can stop trying to stop children and frontline workers, see COVID-19 cases and hosCOVID, which is a fool’s errand, required to mask up for 8 hours pitalizations go down again, we and begin trying to figure out how a day, will inordinately pay the need to continue wearing masks to move forward,” she said. price. indoors, in workplaces and other Matt Runkle, another guest Others present at the meeting, in settings, even when workers are speaker, put forth numerous their condemnation of the OHA’s vaccinated and boosted.” arguments calling the logic of proposal, expressed their willingThe first proposal for the adoppermanent masking into question, ness to fight against the rule. tion of a permanent mask rule in including a lack of sufficient “I think it’s pretty clear that the Oregon was issued back in April evidence for mask efficacy, dispublic does not trust you anyby Michael Wood, an employee of proportionate impacts on essenmore,” Portland resident Elizabeth the Oregon branch of the Occupatial workers, and the potential of Moore said. tional Safety and Health Adminislasting effects on a generation. tration (OSHA). “Their (children’s) anger will be A Change.org petition to stop Public health perspective very justified,” he said. While Hall announced the OHA the proposal was launched shortly Runkle also pointed out that thereafter, receiving 71,000 signawould not be making comments 42 out of 50 states have repealed tures. during or after the hearing, some mask mandates, despite news of Modie said the OHA will take public health experts have already the Omicron variant, and highpublic comments into considerstated why they deem the rule lighted there are “no discernable ation and make its decision on change necessary. differences” between states such the proposed rule change late this “Safe and effective vaccines as Florida, which banned mask month or in early February. that have been available for more mandates in public schools, and than a year,” Modie told The
Owners and Voters of Cannon Beach group hosts first town hall Kathleen Stinson
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group of people calling themselves “Owners and Voters of Cannon Beach” held its first town hall Zoom meeting last Thursday. About 35 people called in to discuss the issues they plan to tackle in Cannon Beach. The group is 240 strong at this point. “Our plan for this meeting was to establish goals for Cannon Beach that our group will use in all of its advocacy,” said Tim Ramey, one of the leaders of the group in his meeting summary. Ramey generally lists the group’s goals in his summary as follows: • We shouldn’t make policy decisions regarding zoning and housing that discourages families from living in Cannon Beach • There should be reasonable limits on home size – we agree with at least the direction of the Planning Commission that limits on housing will be likely and, in the city’s best interest • Any zoning solution must address the urgent need for affordable and workforce housing • We should strive to preserve the village character of our beloved town • Cannon Beach should be a welcoming community. We must resist “us vs. them” solutions – we are all the ‘new people’ if we came here after Lewis & Clark. Recently, the city of Cannon Beach started to discuss changing its zoning ordinance to restrict or set a cap on the square footage of new home construction. That issue has generated a lot of debate. One of the Zoom group participants, C.J.Hughes said at the meeting that for him “this is about the values” of the place in which he lives. Hughes said a house needs enough space for a room for each teenage child, a master suite for aging parents and a master suite for the parents, which would add up to 2,600 square feet. With a garage the square footage would be about 3,000 square feet. Space to accommodate visitors is another consideration. He said this is about making the community “family friendly” and being “welcoming to families.” Participant Linda Rozman said she “is deeply concerned about” preserving the village character of Cannon Beach. Four hotels have been sold to a New York investment group. She said she does not want Cannon Beach “to be owned by the outside world.” Another participant, Laura Yellig, said a lot of different people come to Cannon Beach to use it in a lot of different ways. Yellig said she never felt like an outsider when she first visited Cannon Beach. She always felt welcomed. “It takes all, takes the tourism, people who live full term here,” as well as people who need affordable housing, so they can contribute to the community, she said. “What is the problem we’re trying to solve? I can’t say I have an opinion about square footage one way or another.” She is concerned about preserving that “welcome-ness” aspect in Cannon Beach. Another participant, Gary Hayes, said another priority he would like to see the group address is the need for affordable housing. He said the city of Cannon Beach has looked at this issue for “at least 10 years that I am aware of” and come to the conclusion about recommendations for solving the problem. The recommendations are to increase the density in residential areas, create more multi-family housing and incentives to encourage Accessory Dwelling Units or ADUs. The ADUs could not be used as short term rentals, but rather as long term rentals. Ramey said they want more people to engage in this conversation so that the group can claim it has a “consensus” on an issue.
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Clatsop County COVID-19 at a glance Ashley Tike Staff Writer
Feeling ill and need to get a COVID test? The federal government is offering free athome COVID-19 tests. Order online at www.covidtests.gov or call 1-800-232-0233 for more information. Public Health, in partnership with Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside Hospital, is offering drive-thru COVID-19 testing at Camp Rilea, 33168 Patriot Way, Warrenton. Tests are being offered Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Call (503) 3258500 to schedule an appointment. Please note the special hours on Feb. 8th. They are closed Feb. 21st. Due to high demand, testing is currently being reserved for individuals in our highest-risk populations. People experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 who are not otherwise considered high-risk, might not be eligible for testing at this time. If you live in a neighboring county, call one of the numNew Cases 97
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CLATSOP COUNTY COVID-19 UPDATED DATA Test Total Cases per Cumulative Cumulative Positivity People 100k Deaths Cases Rate Vaccinated 30.5%
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Judge Dawn McIntosh, presiding judge of Clatsop County, has been awarded the Chief Justice’s Juvenile Court Champion Award for 2021 in “recognition of her leadership in raising the profile and priority of child abuse and neglect cases in Oregon Courts,” as stated in a press release by the courts. “This award is presented annually by the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court to one Oregon Circuit Court Judge,” the release states. “Judge McIntosh was awarded this honor due to her impressive work for children throughout her tenure and particularly during the challenges of the COVID pandemic.” Judge McIntosh has been involved in trying to improve the dependency practice of judges and attorneys, according to the release. The judge took the time Tuesday to speak to The Gazette about her work. “Dependency practice deals with the area of juvenile law frequently associated with kids in foster care,” she said in an email in answer to questions posed by The Gazette. “Dependency cases arise when the state, most often through the Department of Human Services (DHS),
by a lack seeks to of housing intervene and other in families resources. where chilAdditionally, dren are alkids who are leged to have subjected to been abused, trauma in neglected or their home otherwise or as a result threatened of being rewith serious moved from harm. They that home, do this by filfrequently ing a petition have their in the Juveown emonile Court. Judge Dawn McIntosh tional and The goal in behavioral most deissues and need treatment to pendency cases is to engage heal.” the family in services (i.e. The judge has worked substance abuse or mental with other Juvenile Court health treatment) to make it judges to, among other things, safe for children to remain in provide ongoing training to or return to the home and, if judges, she said. that cannot be achieved, find She said the past two them permanency with a safe years have created a number caretaker within a reasonable of challenges related to the period of time. This area of COVID pandemic. the law is extremely complex “Those challenges,” she and requires us as judges to said, “have come in so many make important and difficult decisions that can have a life- areas, including but certainly not limited to: time impact on the children • How to obtain informaand families that come before tion about endangered chilus. dren when their contact with “The most common problems that seem to arise in teachers and other mandatory reporters was essentially cut these cases involve domestic off? violence and/or parents with • How could service active substance abuse or providers effectively deliver mental health issues severe counseling and treatment enough to interfere with their ability to provide safe care for when they were unable to meet with clients? their children. These prob• How could we facilitate lems are often compounded
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the visitation and contact so necessary to maintain family connections while kids are living in foster care and parents are trying to get help? • How would we get these cases into court in a timely manner when we could not gather in the courtrooms?” “Many of our solutions have involved adding new or updated technology throughout the entire system and utilizing video capability to connect people,” she said. “As for the court here In Clatsop County, we not only increased our video capability, but have taken steps to insure people who need it have access to the technology that will allow them to participate. The majority of our dependency hearings are now conducted with attorneys, clients and the witnesses appearing from their computers, smart phones or tablets.” The judge was elected to the Clatsop County Circuit Court bench in 2016, according to the release. “Judge McIntosh’s knowledge and understanding of the law and tireless work in the juvenile court encourages a focus on the needs of children and families in the justice system,” as stated in the release. “This is true in Clatsop County and across the state through her advocacy, training and problem-solving work.”
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Author of thrillers, followed by sharks, Chicago and the long sixties T
he Northwest Authors Series at the Cannon Beach Library will host Portland author Stephen Holgate on Facebook, Saturday, February 5th at 2 p.m. Holgates’s fiction of intrigue, suspense, danger and seduction is more influenced by his international travel and diplomatic work in France, Morocco, Madagascar, Mexico and Sri Lanka than by his experience in his native Oregon, staff work in the Oregon Legislature or the U.S Congress or management of election campaigns. Holgate, a fifth-generation Oregonian. has published three well-received thrillers, novels that have attracted book industry and reader attention. They reflect his diplomatic postings and include “Tangier,” “Madagascar” and “Sri Lanka.” “To Live and Die in the Floating World,” Holgate’s most recent novel, published in 2021, is set among the canals of Burgundy. He worked on canal boats in France at one point in his travels. Holgate’s novels have been compared with those of Graham Greene and John le Carré. His novels “Tangier” and “Madagascar” have been recognized by Bookreaders as among the ten best mystery/ suspense novels of the year, and Foreward Reviews named “Madagascar” as a finalist for best fiction title of the year. To hear Holgate’s library presentation on Facebook, click on posts at www. facebook.com/cannonbeachlibrary/. On Wednesday, February 9, Friends of Haystack Rock will host Taylor Chapple, assistant professor of Fisheries and Wildlife at the Oregon State University Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station in Newport. Dr. Chapple will present “The Science of Sharks: Meeting the Predator Next Door” at 7 p.m., as part of the
2022 World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series. The series sponsors speakers and topics focused on marine ecology of the Pacific Northwest on the second Wednesday of every month from November to May. Dr. Chapple’s presentation will be accessible via Facebook Live @Friends of Haystack Rock. Dr. Chapple received a B.A. in biology with a focus on marine science from Boston University and completed his Ph.D. in ecology at the University of California, Davis, where he focused on the Common Thresher shark and the White Shark. He has held postdoctoral research appointments at Germany’s Max Planck Institute and at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station with a focus on White Shark behavior, physiology and movements as well as those of other large marine fish. On Wednesday, February 16, at 7 p.m.., Kathy Bell will lead members of Cannon Beach Reads in a Zoom discussion of “Chicago: A Novel” by Brian Doyle, one of this reading group’s favorite writers. The group read Doyle’s “Mink River” in 2018 and “Martin Marten” in 2021. The relationship between narrator and talking animals in those two novels finds a similar pattern in Edward, the omniscient canine living with Mr Pawlowsky, the jack-ofall-trades who maintains the apartment building and assists residents and nearby neighbors in “Chicago: A Novel.” The title asserts that “Chicago” is a novel, in the tradition of those authors seeking to put a shine on Carl Sandburg’s ”city of broad shoulders” and “hog butcher to the world.” Doyle’s “Chicago” remains sufficiently autobiographical, however, to pass as a memoir. The narrator wraps himself in a story that factually parallels Doyle’s own career as a professional
magazine jourAndrea Pitzer, nalist. “Finding the Fewer than Mother Tree: eight months Discovering separated Brian the Wisdom Doyle’s passof the Forest” ing on May 27, by Suzanne 2017, from that Simard and of Ursula K. Le “Crying in Guin on Januthe H-Mart: ary 22, 2018. A Memoir” During that short by Michelle period, Portland’s Joseph Bernt Zauner. growing literary Among community lost its two leadmysteries added to the library ing nationally and internation- in January are “Bake, Borrow ally prominent authors around and Steal” by Ellie Alexander, “Find Me” by Alifair Burke, whom aspiring writers in the “Last House on the Street” City of Posies had coalesced. by Diane Chamberlain, “The Anyone interested in joinMidnight Lock” by Jeffery ing in this or other Cannon Deaver, “Something to Hide” Beach Reads discussions of by Elizabeth George, “Fear important classic or bestNo Evil: An Alex Cross selling books are wejcome. Thriller” by James Patterson, Email me at berntj@ohio. “The Maid” by Nita Prose edu. I will add you to the CB and “Far from the Light of Reads list and send you necessary information to join this Heaven” by Tade Thompson. Finally, let me pitch a and future discussions. green-dot non-fiction still CB Reads will discuss available—Kevin Boyle’s ”The Lincoln Highway” by reframing of the history of the Amor Towles via Zoom on United States since the end of March 16. World War II in “The ShatterIn January, the Cannon ing: America in the 1960s.” Beach Library collection When I was teaching jourgrew again, adding eight novels, five non-fiction books nalism history courses at Ohio University before retiring and eight mysteries. to our village, I paid some Novels added include attention to the classic weekly “Violeta” by Isabel Allende, large format magazines “What Strange Paradise” by Omar El Akkad, “To Live and popular during World War II Die in the Floating World” through the late 1960s—Satby Stephen Holgate, “Under urday Evening Post, Look, the Whispering Door“ by Fortune, Colliers and particuTJ Klune, “The Guncle” by larly Life. Steven Rowley, “Honor” I saw a shift in the style by Thrity Umrigar, “When and mood between the Two Feathers Fell from the content of Life magazines Sky” by Margaret Verble, published before and followand “Joan Is Okay” by Weike ing the 1960 election and Wang. especially after the assassiNon-fiction titles added nation of President Kennedy. Without noting the date on the in January include “Tractor cover of Life, I still instincWars: John Deere, Henry tively recognize if an issue Ford, International Harvester, of Life was published before and the Birth of Modern Ag1960 or after 1963. riculture” by Neil Dahlstrom, Before 1960, Life felt like “Angela Davis: An Autobioga news magazine or phoraphy” by Angela Y. Davis, to-heavy newspaper. After “Icebound: Shipwrecked at 1961 but before November the Edge of the World” by
22, 1963, Life was dramatic, governing was portrayed as active, important, internationally engaged, optimistic and competent. The United States was overcoming the residue of slavery and Jim Crow practices in the American South, military and political threats in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, or Latin America. Issues of Life magazine following the assassination of President Kennedy were far less confident about the nation’s direction. Camelot had fallen. LBJ campaigned for peace in 1964 and, after winning election, began micromanaging the War in Vietnam and threatening youth and soon college students with an expanding draft and 13-month tours of Vietnam. National heroes and participants in the Civil Rights Movement were assassinated, as was another Kennedy on my 21st birthday as I sipped my first legal beer with Tom Pry, a publisher of a chain of neighborhood papers, at the Montgomery Gardens Tavern in Southwest Portland. Cities throughout the country saw massive riots, looting, violence. College students took up the protest methods of the Civil Rights Movement. When ignored, arrested or shot, the number of campus protesters grew, turning parents against their children. National Guard troops turned their rifles on students. Portland riot police swung 40-inch clubs at peaceful protesting students, sending more than 30 to area hospitals. President Nixon had expanded the Vietnam War into Cambodia and Laos. More than 400 campuses experienced student or faculty strikes. Nearly 200 campuses closed for the remainder of the 1969-70 academic year. In Boyle’s analysis of the “The Sixties,” that descriptor has been re-framed by
post-sixties historians as “the long sixties.” The time span of the long sixties is not precise. They clearly began during the late 1940s and certainly during the first rumblings of the Civil Rights Movement, say, with the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 that began integration of public schools in the South. The long sixties continued at least until the U.S. negotiated withdrawal of all U.S. military units from Vietnam in 1973 or perhaps when the last few U.S. forces fled South Vietnam in 1975, ahead of North Vietnamese troops overrunning Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). The protest of the Vietnam War and civil rights movements in both the Southern and Northern states certainly shattered the Beloved Community that President Franklin Roosevelt expected would continue his reforms following the end of the Second World War. Other changes since WWII that contributed to the shattering were McCarthyism, the FBI’s harassment of dissidents, the Free Speech Movement begun at Berkeley and liberated college students throughout the nation, the success of the 1964 Goldwater campaign in winning five traditionally Democratic states in the Deep South, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Other divisive forces include Stokely Carmichael and the rise of Black separatism and the founding of the Black Panthers, access of women to contraceptives and abortion, the Stonewall Rebellion and the rise of the Gay Liberation Front in 1969, hippie counterculture, the determination of President Johnson and President Nixon not to be seen as losing the War in Southeast Asia.
to do with city policy. Yes, I know that some folks find it boring to attend these meetings or to read minutes of past meetings, but if you are going to complain about the workings of the Council, you should first familiarize yourself with the code, the process, and what Council is actually doing before making accusations about transparency, motivation, etc. The Council is seeking ways to increase affordable housing and workforce hous-
ing in the city. That is why the city has hired a consulting firm to help with a review of zoning and building codes and make the necessary adjustments for more work force housing, while protecting the environment, improving infrastructure and improving safety measures for those who live and visit our town. I couldn’t be prouder and more impressed by our City Council.
Letters to the Editor False parallels, propaganda lead to division of community
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ear Editor: I was surprised, to say the least, when I read your interview with Tim Ramey of Cannon Beach in the January 21st edition. I believe Mr. Ramey has not only misrepresented the issues facing our city government, but this article contributes significantly to
the rhetoric and misinformation circulating regarding the proposed review and revision of residential zoning codes. Somehow, he has managed to conflate trying to maintain the village feel of Cannon Beach with the issue of lack of affordable housing, family housing, and work force housing. But that is exactly how propaganda works—you draw parallels where none exist to get folks on board for issues that have nothing to do with one another. (ex. “free-
dom” and “no vaccines”) The issue of limiting the size of single-family residences has nothing at all to do with the issues of affordable housing and work force housing. It is a false parallel. In my opinion, the City Council is working long and hard to make Cannon Beach a livable community for a wider range of economic populations, to preserve the village character of the town, and to protect and maintain the natural environment which is
what most citizens want. The Council does a good job of responding to the concerns and desires of its citizens. It operates in a very transparent manner. All the Council and Planning Commission meetings are open to the public. The city maintains a website that has recordings and minutes of past meetings. Moreover, once a month, two of the councilors plus city staff have an open meeting that anyone can attend by zoom to ask questions regarding anything
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OHA to file permanent school mask, vaccination rules Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is expected to file permanent rules that keep in place requirements for masking indoors in K-12 schools, and requirements for school and school-based program staff to be vaccinated. State health officials emphasized that the rule filing will maintain masking protections during the current Omicron surge. State officials are developing measures to determine when it may be safe to lift the school mask rule. The permanent rules replace temporary rules, which are only valid for 180 days, that are set to expire today. Also expected to be filed Monday are permanent rules requiring health care workers to wear masks, and for health care workers in most health care settings to be fully vaccinated. State health officials continue to review public comments on a proposed permanent rule that would continue, for now, the requirement that masks be worn in indoor public places. That temporary rule expires Feb. 8.
At a news conference today, Dean Sidelinger, M.D., M.S.Ed., state health officer and state epidemiologist, said that while the rules are permanent, OHA can loosen or rescind them as conditions with the pandemic change, particularly with hospitalizations. “We need to look at the number of COVID-19-positive folks in the hospital who are receiving care and the impact on the ability of the hospitals to provide care,” he said. “What we know right now is that those numbers are still increasing but are anticipated to peak soon – within the next week to week and a half – and then are anticipated to come down rather quickly.” Sidelinger added that the drop in hospitalizations is likely to happen quicker than during the Delta surge in fall 2021, as the length of stay and the amount of critical care needed for patients is less. “So I would anticipate, in the coming weeks to month and a half, that we will see a significant decrease in the number of people with COVID in the hospital,” he said, “and at that time it’ll be a time to start talking about ‘Can we move from a requirement for masks in indoor public spaces to a
recommendation for certain populations or in certain communities where rates are higher?’” Sidelinger also said that actions people in Oregon take over the next several weeks will be critical to ensuring the state’s hospitals have enough capacity to meet the needs of all patients needing care. That means getting primary and booster vaccines, continuing to wear masks indoors and in crowded outdoor spaces, keeping gatherings small and staying home if you are sick or if you test positive. “It also means extending protective measures that were enacted earlier in the pandemic requiring mask wearing in schools and health care settings, and requiring vaccinations for school employees and health care workers and wearing masks in indoor settings,” he said. Oregon administrative rules expected to be filed today with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office: OAR 333-019-1015 – Masking Requirements in Schools. OAR 333-019-1030 – COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Teachers and School Staff. Rules expected to be filed on Jan. 31 include:
OAR 333-019-1010 – COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Healthcare Providers and Healthcare Staff in Healthcare Settings. OAR 333-019-1011 – Masking Requirements to Control COVID-19 in
Health Care Settings. Filing of the permanent rules follows a public comment period that began Dec. 10 and ended Jan. 24. Written comments were accepted, and there were three public hearings – one
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Democratic candidate Nick Kristof visits coast, remains hopeful to be on ballot Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
Nicholas Kristof, Democratic candidate for governor, visited Lincoln City and surrounding areas last week, meeting with city officials and local government to get a sense of challenges and how his campaign will address them. Kristof, 62 years old, was a journalist for The New York Times for many years, moved back to Oregon and is running for governor. In an announcement earlier this month, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced her office was rejecting Kristof’s bid to run for governor because he does not meet the state’s three-year residency requirement. Kristof grew up on his family’s sheep and cherry farm outside Yamhill. In Yamhill schools, he discovered a love for journalism, reporting in the county for the News-Register in McMinnville and later interning at the Statesman Journal and The Oregonian. After college and graduate school, he worked at The New York Times, winning two Pulitzer Prizes.
Kristof would visit Lincoln City ever since he was a kid. He raised his kids driving back to the area. It is a place that is special to his family. Kristof said he decided to run for governor because he wants to fix the problems around Oregon, including homelessness, house affordability, better education from preschool to higher education, and a lack of medical health services. He said he saw devastation in his hometown of Yamhill when good jobs left and opportunity declined. He sees this parallel between Yamhill and the coast. He wants to make sure other kids have the opportunities he had. “I’m doing a tour of the North Coast,” Kristof said of visiting Lincoln City. “We started in Astoria, visited Warrenton, Manzanita. We’ve been stopping place after place.” After stopping by The News Guard office, Kristof was planning to meet with Mayor Susan Wahlke and State Rep. David Gomberg. Kristof said he is trying to get a sense of some of the challenges on the coast and how to address them. One of the major challenges he has seen so far is the need for more
workforce housing, which can lead to homelessness. “It’s a problem along the coast,” Kristof said. Kristof said child care is another issue he would focus on, as well as affordable housing, addiction treatment and mental health services. Through his experience writing for The New York Times, Kristof said he has experience standing up for people who have been left behind. “Too often, state government doesn’t listen,” Kristof said. “We need a governor who can offer a vision for Oregon. I think we need some fresh blood and a new perspective.” The Supreme Court has taken Kristof’s case for running for governor. He said he appreciates their acknowledgment. The final brief was due Wednesday, Jan. 26. Kristof hopes to hear a decision on whether he can run by early February. He remains confident that he will be on the ballot in May. To learn more about Kristof’s campaign, visit https:// www.nickfororegon.com/about Send comments to: newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net
Mysterious creatures showing up along Oregon’s shoreline Jeremy C. Ruark Country Media Folks that live and visit the Oregon Coast are discovering sea pickles on the sandy beaches. The Seaside Aquarium reports the sea pickles or sea squirts, known as pyrosomes are washing up all along the Oregon Coast. “We came across one on the beach yesterday, but
we have reports of hundreds down on the beach in Florence,” the aquarium’s Facebook post reads. People adding their comments to the aquarium’s post state that they have found the sea pickles at Cannon Beach, Tierra del Mar, Manzanita and Lincoln City. One person wrote, “No doubt from the volcano area off Tonga,” referring to a recent undersea eruption that recently trigger
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Hemp compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells Steve Lundeberg Guest Article
Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells. Findings of the study led by Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, were published today in the Journal of Natural Products. Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa, is a source of fiber, food and animal feed, and multiple hemp extracts
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and compounds are added to cosmetics, body lotions, dietary supplements and food, van Breemen said. Van Breemen and collaborators, including scientists at Oregon Health & Science University, found that a pair of cannabinoid acids bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, blocking a critical step in the process the virus uses to infect people. The compounds are cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, CBDA, and the spike protein is the same drug target used in COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapy. A drug target is any molecule critical to the process a disease follows, meaning its disruption can
thwart infection or disease progression. “These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts,” van Breemen said. “They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans. And our research showed the hemp compounds were equally effective against variants of SARS-CoV-2, including variant B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and variant B.1.351, first detected in South Africa.” Those two variants are also known the alpha and beta variant, respectively. Characterized by crown-
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human cell surface receptor ACE2 is a critical step in that cycle,” he said. “That means cell entry inhibitors, like the acids from hemp, could be used to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and also to shorten infections by preventing virus particles from infecting human cells. They bind to the spike proteins so those proteins can’t bind to the ACE2 enzyme, which is abundant on the outer membrane of endothelial cells in the lungs and other organs.”
Using compounds that block virus-receptor interaction has been helpful for patients with other viral infections, he notes, including HIV-1 and hepatitis. Van Breemen, Ruth Muchiro of the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute and five scientists from OHSU identified the two cannabinoid acids via a mass spectrometry-based
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How alcohol dampens responses to uncertain stressors Molly Rosbach Guest Article When drinking for stress relief, people may make risky decisions because the alcohol affects how much they worry about unknown or unpredictable stressors, new research from Oregon State University (OSU) shows. For example, if someone is driving intoxicated but knows their entire route home by heart, they can respond to known stressors like a stop sign; but if another driver or pedestrian does something unexpected, the person’s intoxication makes them less responsive to that new, unknown stressor. “Drinking alcohol may make people care less about unpredictable things, and that’s not necessarily a good thing,” said Daniel Bradford, co-author on the study and an assistant professor in OSU’s College of Liberal Arts. “When you’re drinking you may make risky decisions because you don’t worry about what you can’t predict when you’re drunk.” Bradford’s psychology lab, established in fall 2021 at Oregon State, is studying the mechanisms of human response to stressors and how drug use can change those
responses. There’s nothing inherently wrong with using substances to reduce your stress level, Bradford said. “But if some people use a drug or alcohol to reduce their stress enough times and to enough extent, then some people will start to have what seems like a change in their physiology, where they tend to be more stressed than normal when they don’t have that drug in their system,” he said. “Their physiology gets used to having that drug on board to reduce their stress, instead of the normal processes we have on board to reduce our stress, so over time, your body doesn’t do those natural processes. It doesn’t happen for everyone, but it is a big component of addiction for some people.” For the study, conducted at the University of Miami, researchers recruited 128 participants ages 21-35 with no history of alcohol problems and gave some of them cocktails with alcohol and some only a placebo. For the experiment, the group receiving alcohol had an average blood-alcohol content of 0.07%, just under the legal driving limit. They tested participants’ responses to different types of stressors by attaching
electrodes to their fingers and delivering minor shocks — some with a specific warning about how strong the shock would be, and some with more vague information. None were enough to cause pain; the strongest shocks were roughly equivalent to what you’d get from a prank hand buzzer, Bradford said. The study was preregistered, meaning that the researchers were clear from the start about what they planned to study, the methods they would use and the way they would process and analyze their data, and adhered to those methods throughout the process. Preregistration has become more of a mainstream concern in the past decade as a way to ensure ethical, transparent research practices. The warnings came in the form of visual cues on a screen, where participants would see a gray box with either a question mark, a range of numbers or a specific number indicating the level of the upcoming shock. The shocks came six seconds following the warning. While the severity of the shock had an effect on people’s stress response — as measured by eye blinks and EEG readings of their heart
rates — the uncertainty had the biggest impact. “If you tell someone they’re going to get a low shock or a high shock, or you say that it can’t be any higher than ‘X,’ people still have a stronger physiological response when they don’t know how big it’s going to be, even when they know that it can’t be any bigger than the biggest number you told them,” Bradford said. The experiment also tested how the controllability of a
stressor affects the person’s response to it, by sometimes giving participants the ability to reduce the upcoming shock by a few degrees. But the effect on stress response was minimal, the study found. “In terms of size, I will honestly say none of these things are huge effects,” Bradford said. “There are all kinds of other factors that are going to predict how much of an effect alcohol has, and further down the road, how
much something matters in terms of risk for addiction. The big thing is that alcohol actually lowers your stress response to all of these types of stressors.” That said, he added, it’s still important to determine which types of stressors are most important for which people. Molly Rosbach works at the OSU Department of Marketing and Research. She may be reached at molly. rosbach@oregonstate.edu
Cowapa League announces all conference honors for football OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Charles White, Banks DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Charles White, Banks COACHES OF THE YEAR Cole Linehan, Banks Kye Johnson, Tillamook FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Cooper Gobel, Banks, senior QB Trent Buchler, Tillamook, senior QB Rocky Rub, Astoria, senior
QB Kaden Harris, Milwaukie, junior FB Lawson Talamantez, Seaside, senior RB Jamar Flippen, Banks, senior RB Luke Cummings, Astoria, junior WR Colton McMaster, Astoria, senior WR Aaron Brown, Banks, senior WR Marshall Allen, Tillamook, senior WR Sean LaChapelle, Milwaukie, senior TE Charles White, Banks, senior
C Jared Landolt, Tillamook, senior OL Izzy Jantes, Seaside, sophomore OL Aiden Giles, Astoria, junior OL Michael Vereen, Banks, senior OL Aiden Johnson, Tillamook, senior OL Jake Cooper, Milwaukie, senior K Wyatt Hesselman, Banks, sophomore FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL Michael Vereen, Banks, senior
DL Daevon Vereen, Banks, junior DL Jackson Farris, Valley Catholic, freshman DL Matt Evans, Astoria, sophomore DL Dillon Stein, Tillamook, senior LB Charles White, Banks, senior LB Lawson Talamantez, Seaside, senior LB Cooper Rogien, Seaside, senior LB Tanner Kraushaar, Seaside, junior LB Aiden Johnson, Tillamook, senior LB Gilbert Whitlatch, Tillamook, junior LB Noah Holub, Valley Catholic, sophomore LB Zane Garvey, Milwaukie, senior LB Andrew Ignotov, Milwaukie, senior DB Brody Thompson, Milwaukie, senior DB Jack Lyda, Banks, junior DB Tyler Moncrief, Tilla-
n Hemp Continued from Page 5 screening technique invented in van Breemen’s laboratory. Van Breemen’s team screened a range of botanicals used as dietary supplements including red clover, wild yam, hops and three species of licorice. An earlier paper in the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry described tailoring the novel method, affinity selection mass spectrometry, to finding drugs that would target the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. In the later research, lab tests showed that cannabigerolic acid and cannabidiolic acid prevented infection of human epithelial cells by the coronavirus spike protein and prevented entry of SARS-CoV-2 into cells. “These compounds can be taken orally and have a long history of safe use in humans,” van Breemen said. “They have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2. CBDA and CBGA are produced by the hemp plant as precursors to CBD and CBG, which are
mook, junior DB Niko Boudreau, Astoria, junior DB Jamar Flippen, Banks, senior DB Jarred White, Seaside, senior P Colton McMaster, Astoria, senior
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE WR Henry McCarthy, Valley Catholic, junior WR Tanner Hoskins, Tillamook, sophomore WR Zeyon Hurliman, Tillamook, junior OL Gus Hendrickson, Valley Catholic, senior OL Sam Diaz, Tillamook, junior OL Antonio Aguilar, Milwaukie, freshman SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL Will Hofmann, Astoria, sophomore DL Sven Johnson, Astoria, junior familiar to many consumers. However, they are different from the acids and are not contained in hemp products.” Van Breemen explains that affinity selection mass spectrometery, which he abbreviates to AS-MS, involves incubating a drug target like the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with a mixture of possible ligands – things that might bind to it – such as a botanical extract, in this case hemp extract. The ligand-receptor complexes are then filtered from the non-binding molecules using one of several methods. “We identified several cannabinoid ligands and ranked them by affinity to the spike protein,” van Breemen said. “The two cannabinoids with the highest affinities for the spike protein were CBDA and CGBA, and they were confirmed to block infection. “One of the primary concerns in the pandemic is the spread of variants, of which there are many, and B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 are among the most widespread and concerning,” he added. “These variants are well known for evading antibodies against early lineage SARSCoV-2, which is obviously concerning given that current
DL Luke Bigsby, Banks, freshman LB Logan Kind, Banks, junior DB Christian Lyda, Banks, junior DB Kaleb Bartel, Seaside, senior DB Everest Sibony, Seaside, senior DB Gavin Smith, Milwaukie, junior 4A ALL-STATE RECOGNITION Honorable Mention All State Offense Jared Landolt, Center Aiden Johnson, Offensive Line 2nd Team All-State Defense Aiden Johnson, Linebacker Honorable Mention All State Defense Dillon Stein, Defensive Line Tyler Moncrief, Defensive Back
vaccination strategies rely on the early lineage spike protein as an antigen. Our data show CBDA and CBGA are effective against the two variants we looked at, and we hope that trend will extend to other existing and future variants.” Van Breemen said resistant variants could still arise amid widespread use of cannabinoids but that the combination of vaccination and CBDA/CBGA treatment should make for a much more challenging environment for SARS-CoV-2. “Our earlier research reported on the discovery of another compound, one from licorice, that binds to the spike protein too,” he said. “However, we did not test that compound, licochalcone A, for activity against the live virus yet. We need new funding for that.” Timothy Bates, Jules Weinstein, Hans Leier, Scotland Farley and Fikadu Tafesse of OHSU also contributed to the cannabinoid study. Steve Lundeberg is a researcher and writer for Oregon State University Relations and Marketing. He may be reached at steve. lundeberg@oregonstate.edu
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