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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

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The second of four planned increases in the Oregon gas tax goes into effect January 1. STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

What you pay at the pumps in Columbia County and across the state will increase in the New Year ahead. The second of four planned increases totals 10 cents a gallon in the Oregon gas tax goes into effect January 1. The increase is part of House Bill 2017, the “Keep Oregon Moving” legislation passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2017. This first increase would raise the Oregon gas tax from 34 to 36 cents a gallon. The federal tax is 18.4 cents a gallon. Oregon’s counties and cities are allowed to add their own local gas tax as well. At full implementation in 2024, Oregon’s gas tax will be 40 cents a gallon, still less than the gas tax in either Washington or California. How the money will be spent Of the nearly $60 million this increase will raise, 20 percent goes to Oregon counties, 30 percent to Oregon cities and 50 percent to ODOT. ODOT will receive $27.9 million of the funds and use the money for: • Highway maintenance ($1.7M) • Bridge projects ($11.2M) • Seismic projects ($8.4M) • Preservation and culvert projects ($6.7M)

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Thousands of gray whales are making their annual migration south along the Oregon Coast this week, promising to attract plenty of visitors, including residents from Columbia County. An estimated 25,000 gray whales are expected to swim past the shores, part of their annual migration south to the warm calving lagoons near Baja, Mexico. The end of December is the peak time for their migration, with

roughly 30 whales passing by per hour. The near-shore migration of the whales has spawned a popular whale-watching industry along the Oregon coast that in 2009 was worth an estimated $29 million – a figure likely higher today, according to researchers. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department highlights the migration through its annual Winter Whale Watching Week, Dec. 27-31. Trained volunteers from the Whale Watching Spoken Here program will be stationed from

10 a.m.-1 p.m. each day at more than 20 of the best whale-watching sites along the coast, ready to help visitors spot whales and to answer questions about the animals. (View the site map at thechronicleonline. com Oregon Parks and Recreation Ranger Luke Parsons gives some insight into the whales’ migration: The Chronicle: What is it about the whales that attracts

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St. Helens finalizes sale agreement to ACSP, LLC

Oregon Transportation Commission Chairman Robert Van Brocklin said the additional funding will allow the Oregon Department of Transportation to make important new investments, including projects to reduce Portland area traffic congestion. “It will also allow us to build new and preserve existing transportation investments in every region of the state,” he said. “We look forward to continuing the work we have been charged with undertaking to keep Oregon moving.” For the first time, Oregon lawmakers set requirements that ODOT and Oregon cities and

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A year after approving an initial sale agreement, the St. Helens City Council has voted 3 to 1, with councilor Keith Locke abstaining and councilor Stephen Topaz voting against, to finalize a sale agreement of an 8.35-acre parcel located at 1400 Kaster Road for an Industrial Agriculture Facility, to ACSP, LLC. ACSP, LLC has been leasing a site from St. Helens for a cannabis cultivation lot on the former Boise Mill property since June of 2017. The finalized sale agreement has been in the works for a while.

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Flip Side “The tight labor market, and perhaps the unusually mild and dry weather in November, seem to have influenced seasonal trends in the major industries, Cooke said in a release. “Industries that normally shed a lot of workers during the autumn months didn’t cut back as much as normal.” In November, the following industries cut back less than normal, and therefore posted seasonally adjusted job gains: construction (+2,200 jobs), manufacturing (+1,900 jobs), and professional and business services (+1,400 jobs). “On the flip side, the tight labor market may have inhibited certain industries from hiring as many workers as normal in November.,” Cooke said. “Government and retail trade both normally add a substantial number of jobs in November, but each industry hired a few hundred jobs fewer than normal for the month.” Economic forecast

hearing inspired negotiations with the existing tenant, ACSP, Walsh explained. The negotiated price ended up being $1,550,000. A number of other complicating factors have delayed the finalization of the sale agreement, city officials said during the public hearing. Walsh said those factors include aspects of the property like easements, utilities and the storm water system. Councilor Keith Locke also said the mill site itself is completely isolated from the rest of the city, with no other city services stationed there aside from

According to the most recent Oregon economic and revenue forecast issued by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, Oregon’s job growth has slowed to gains seen in the state’s underlying population. The forecast reads in part, “For the eleventh year of expansion, such gains remain solid. Oregon’s slowdown is driven by fewer hirings and a tight labor market, rather than an increase in layoffs. These dynamics, when combined with ongoing strong income growth keep the outlook intact. As confirmed by recently released Census data, current economic conditions in Oregon have been rarely better. The expansion endures even as risks remain elevated.” Cooke said Oregon’s over-theyear job growth of 1.6 percent closely matched the U.S. job growth of 1.5 percent. Most of Oregon’s major industries have expanded by about two percent since November 2018. The primary exception of an industry growing faster was education and health services, which grew by 9,900 jobs,

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Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent in November, the lowest on comparable records dating back to 1976, according to Oregon Employment Department economist David Cooke. The October unemployment rate was 4.0 percent, as revised from the originally reported figure of 4.1 percent. In November, Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped below 4 percent for the first time since comparable records dating back to 1976. This puts the rate slightly above the November U.S. rate of 3.5 percent. Oregon’s unemployment rate has been hovering near historical lows of near 4 percent for the past 37 months. Meanwhile, total nonfarm payroll employment shot up by 6,300 jobs in November, following an upwardly revised gain of 6,500 jobs in October. October was revised upward by 2,100 jobs. So far in 2019, monthly employment gains have averaged 2,600 jobs, which is slightly slower than in 2018 when monthly growth averaged 3,000 jobs.

City Administrator John Walsh termed the agreement a “do-over” of a previous sale agreement the city voted to approve in November of 2018. That sale agreement specified the city would sell 8.21 acres to ACSP for “no less than $3.48 million.” The sale agreement finalized at the public hearing on Dec. 18 was for $1.5 million. There are a couple of reasons for the do-over, as St. Helens city officials explained at the public hearing. One is the reduction in price, which came from an independent appraisal in 2018 before the public hearing, Walsh said. The November 2018 public

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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Increased federal spending for Columbia County, other Oregon areas STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

Key economic, infrastructure and environmental projects impacting Columbia County will see increased federal funding. Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that the 2020 spending bill includes U.S. Department of Interior Appropriations funding that provides critical investments in earthquake preparedness, water infrastructure, and wildfire suppression and recovery activities that are of particular importance to Columbia County and other communities across Oregon. “These key resources will help Oregon communities to prepare for natural disasters, protect safe drinking water and prevent wildfires that threaten lives and businesses throughout our state,” Wyden said. “All of these investments add up to safer communities and better quality of life for Oregonians.” “This bill invests in both recovery and prevention efforts to save our forests, our communities, and our farms, ranches and other businesses from devastating losses,” Merkley said. “It also secures critical resources for water infrastructure that will create jobs while improving sanitation and drinking water across Oregon. I will continue to use my seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fight for the emergency and longterm resources communities across Oregon rely on.” Merkley is the only Oregon member of Congress from either chamber since Senator Mark Hatfield to serve on the Senate Appropriations Committee, considered to be one of the most powerful on Capitol Hill. He joined the committee in 2013 so that Oregon would have a strong voice in decisions about the investments our nation should be making. Key elements of the appropriations bill that will impact Columbia and other areas of Oregon include:

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In anticipation of the next fire season, the bill includes $1.414 billion for fire suppression at the Forest Service and Department of the Interior. Fiscal year 2020 is also the first year that the bipartisan “fire borrowing fix” comes into effect, resulting in $2.25 billion of additional funds available for fire suppression and other priorities within the Interior bill.

The bill provides $26 million for lead contamination testing at schools and child care centers, $20 million for lead reduction projects in rural areas, and $25 million for water projects in communities working to improve Safe Drinking Water Act compliance.

Clean Air and Water Funding The bill protects funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). President Trump’s budget proposed cutting the agency, which is responsible for reducing pollution and safeguarding public health, by over 25 percent. Merkley organized 36 of his colleagues, including Wyden, in urging opposition to those cuts, and the Committee provided an

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Part of the federal spending plan announced by Sen. Merkley includes funding for the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program

additional $265 million for the EPA. Water Infrastructure Critical water infrastructure loan programs under the Water Infrastructure Financing Innovation Authority (WIFIA) Act received $60 million to leverage over $11 billion in investments, such as the new projects in Hills-

boro and Portland. Merkley authored the WIFIA program in 2012, working to ensure public drinking water and wastewater infrastructure are well-maintained— critical for public health and safety, strong local businesses, population growth, and clean rivers and aquifers. WIFIA was passed into law as part of the 2014 Water Resources Development Act.

The Indian Health Service, which provides health care to thousands of Oregon Tribal members, received $6.047 billion, $243 million more than fiscal year 2019 and $138 million more than the President’s budget request. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education received $3.223 billion, an increase of $142 million to the fiscal year 2019 level. Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)

The bill provides $495 million, enough to fund all pending LWCF projects in Oregon. For over 50 years the program has been the main source of funding for federal land and water acquisitions. Acquiring and protecting public lands not only provides environmental and recreational benefits, but also creates jobs in the tourism, recreation, timber, fishing, and other natural resource sectors. Klamath Basin Water and Wildlife Conservation In continued efforts toward a long-term solution in the Klamath Basin, the bill includes $6.5 million—a $2.5 million increase—to support strategies to restore fish habitat and scale up ongoing efforts to restore healthy populations of shortnose and Lost River sucker fish. The agreement also included $5 million habitat restoration in advance of the removal of Klamath River dams.

Columbia River Basin Restoration Program The EPA will receive $1.2 million to continue implementation of the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. Merkley created this program, and has secured funding since fiscal year 2019 to provide grants to business owners, farmers, ranchers, local governments, and others in the Columbia Basin to clean up and reduce toxics for a cleaner, healthier basin. Earthquake Preparedness The bill includes $170.8 million for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to support regional earthquake initiatives, including $19 million for ShakeAlert. The report also encourages the USGS to continue the development of a system for Cascadia that will help prepare for and mitigate the negative human and economic impacts of a major seismic event. Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) The bill includes $500 million for the PILT program to fund vital services for rural communities, including public safety, social services, transportation and housing. This funding goes to Oregon counties that have large tracts of federal land, which doesn’t pay property taxes. The investment approved by Congress is $35 million over the president’s request. Forest Health Restoration and Collaboration The bill includes funding increases for several programs that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires on public and private lands. The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management received an additional $19 million and $5 million, respectively, for hazardous fuels reduction, bringing the total funding level to $639 million. In addition, the bill maintains funding for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program at $40 million. Oregon has three active CFLR projects: Southern Blues Restoration Coalition Collaborative Landscape Restoration Project, Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project, and Lakeview Collaborative Landscape Restoration Project.

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Legislative session preps Sen. Brad Witt BRAD WITT House District 31 Representative

The Legislature has been preparing for our February 2020 session. Lawmakers have been working on potential legislation that can be addressed during the short session. We will head back to Salem in mid-January for our final Legislative Days before the February-March short session. Legislative days are a time for holding informational committee meetings, hearing updates on legislation implementation, and receiving reports from state agencies and Task Forces.

everywhere else, this is an extremely busy time of the year as preparations are made to celebrate the holiday season with family and friends. There will be lots of people traveling over the next week, and with winter storms now upon us people should use extreme caution when venturing out. After Christmas, we’ll celebrate New Year’s as we ring in 2020. Please be careful while enjoying the celebrations, so the holiday season is only full of happy times and good memories.

The holidays

Honoring law enforcement

In House District 31, and

After the New Year Eve

festivities calm down, it’s time to remember and honor our Law Enforcement Officers. January 9th is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Those of us who appreciate law enforcement need to show our appreciation for the difficult and sometimes impossible work they undertake in public service to us all. You can show your support in a number of ways: • On social media share a positive story about a law enforcement experience. • Wear blue clothing in support of law enforcement and participate in Project Blue Light, by displaying a blue light in support of law

enforcement. • Send a card of support to your local police department or state agency, and encourage others to do the same. • Organize or participate in an event or rally to support your local law enforcement officers. But most important of all, if you see a police officer, thank them for their service. Checking messages

our messages regularly, so if you have a concern or comment or need help regarding a state issue or agency, please contact my office. It is my privilege to represent you in the Oregon House of Representatives, and I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for reading my newsletter, have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season, and I hope you have joy and happiness in the coming year.

Even when I am not in Salem, I’m still working with constituents, community leaders and other elected officials on matters that impact our lives. We check

Brad Rep. Brad Witt of House District 31 may be reached at 503-986-1431, or at Rep. BradWitt@oregonlegislature.gov.

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50. Green-eyed monster 52. *Early christogram Chi ____ 53. In the back 55. Granola grain 57. *Italian city, Mount Vesuvius’ victim 61. *Pharaoh’s resting place 65. Tear-jerker 66. *The ____ Peoples, attackers of ancient Egypt 68. *Infamous Athens’ legislator 69. Continental money 70. Lincoln lumber 71. Itsy-bitsy bits 72. Pre-Soviet Russian ruler 73. Opposite of WSW 74. *Per Aristotle, there are 3 categories of this

15. *Mesoamerica’s earliest known civilization 20. One maxwell per square centimeter 22. ____, snowshoe, tube 24. Movie teaser 25. *Mesopotamia’s earliest civilization 26. Establish validity 27. End of a shoelace 29. *Romulus’ domain 31. Ruler of emirate 32. Mothball substitute 33. 1st letter of Hebrew alphabet 34. *Founder of first Academy in Athens 36. *Virgil wrote of this volcano in the “Aeneid” 38. Blueprint or outline 42. Diplomat on a mission 45. “The Odyssey” temptresses 49. Hula accessory 51. Jamaican gang member 54. Bridal path 56. Divination card 57. *Virgil or Homer 58. Cross to bear 59. Actress Sorvino 60. Standard’s partner 61. One side of a leaf 62. *Euclid’s sphere of expertise, for short 63. International Civil Aviation Org. 64. Take a nap 67. Long, long time

Crossword Puzzle THEME: ANCIENT HISTORY

ACROSS 1. Imposing abode 6. ____ ____ mode 9. Musical finale 13. Declares to be true 14. Bud or chum 15. Petroleum tanker 16. Relating to a gene 17. “La” precursor 18. Big Dipper shape 19. *Between Stone Age and Bronze Age 21. Concentration equalizing process 23. *E in BCE 24. Youngster 25. *The Romans built one at Bath’s hot springs 28. Make like a cat 30. Mountain cover 35. Instinctive motive 37. “General Hospital,” e.g. 39. Fresh Prince: “____ ya later!” 40. Lose coat 41. Upside down frown 43. Original thought 44. Not odds 46. Distinctive elegance 47. Feeling great delight 48. Mr. Selfridge’s sphere of expertise

DOWN 1. Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior 2. Affirm solemnly 3. Wag of a finger 4. Don’t cast your pearls before it 5. Inner wall of a trench 6. Altar holder 7. *____ Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher 8. Metallic mixture 9. Bye in Palermo 10. Auto pioneer 11. Kosher eatery 12. *One of Greek mythology’s twelve Olympians

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Out & About

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Coast visitors, including those from Columbia County, find good locations along the Oregon Coast to watch the whale migration.

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same time, something that is pretty special.

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The Chronicle: How is the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department using the annual migrations to help educate the public about the whales and the coastal environment?

people to the Oregon Coast? Jeremy C. Ruark / The Chronicle

These empty crab pots have been sitting idle at an Oregon coast port until the commercial crabbing season begins.

Commercial opening season set for Dec. 31 STAFF REPORT chroniclenews@countrymedia.net

Commercial Dungeness crab is Oregon’s most valuable fishery. Last year’s delayed season opening still brought in the second highest ex-vessel value ever at $66.7 million, with 18.7 million pounds landed, just above the 10-year average. After a slow season start, fresh Oregon crab is now back on the menu. The commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open along all of

Oregon’s coast on Dec. 31. Prior to the opener, crab vessels will set gear from Dec. 28 onward, using the “pre-soak” period of time to set gear in anticipation of the first pull of ocean crab pots just before the new year. The ocean commercial Dungeness crab season in Oregon is targeted to open Dec. 1, but can be delayed to ensure a high-quality product to consumers and to avoid wastage of the resource. Crab meat recovery testing in late November and

early December showed that many areas within the Tri-State region still did not meet the criteria for an opening. The delayed opening has allowed for crabs to fill with more meat and all areas have now exceeded meat recovery criteria. Recreational crab harvesting is currently open coastwide in the ocean, bays and estuaries, and on beaches, docks, piers, and jetties. Recreational crabbers should always call the Shellfish Hotline, at 800-448-2474, for closures before crabbing.

Luke Parsons: Seeing a whale is usually a pretty unforgettable experience. Most people remember exactly where they were the first time they spotted a whale. I’m not sure exactly why we have such a fascination with them, but many people are just awestruck by their immense size. And once you start to learn about their behaviors and intelligence, you just really start to appreciate how amazing these animals really are. In other parts of the world, to go whale watching, many times you have to venture out in a boat for many miles. Here along the Oregon coast, you can go to almost any of our beautiful state parks, have a picnic with your family and look for whales at the

Parsons: We work with many of the state’s finest researchers to train our volunteers about gray whales, and other Oregon coastal animals, each year. Our volunteers are some of the most passionate people I have ever met. They care deeply about whales, our coastline and how to protect them both. The other thing we stress, of course, is beach safety. Winter storms can produce hazardous conditions all along the shore. We make sure to pass along some good safety messages, because many folks who visit the ocean this time of year may not be from the area.

The Chronicle: Give us a summary of the most interesting and important facts about the gray whales’ winter migration. Parsons: The gray whales we see traveling south right now are swimming about 100 miles per day. They don’t stop to sleep at all for around 60 days during this part of the migration. Another fun fact is that these whales will not eat for several months now. They are all relying on the blubber, or fat, that they have accumulated during the summer feeding season. Sometimes, a gray whale may go four to five months or more without eating. Parsons said the winter whale watch is all about finding a site with good elevation. He encourages beach visitors to look for the Whale Watching Spoken Here sites and find a safe point above the beaches to view the migration.

Weekly Events Mondays • St. Helens Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. every first and third Monday at the Warren Country Inn. Call 503-369-1005 for more information. • Community Action Team Board of Directors meetings from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the fourth Monday of every month in the CAT boardroom, 125 N. 17th St., St. Helens. No meetings on Monday holidays. • VFW Post #1440 meets at 7 p.m. every second Monday at the Elks Club. For details, call David Belden at 503-397-2147. • Genial Genealogists meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of each month in the auditorium at the St. Helens Library. • Manga/Anime Club meets from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the St. Helens Library. If you enjoy reading manga, watching anime, listening to J-pop or watching K-dramas. Ages 12 to 18. No meeting on May 27. • Oregon Hunters Association Columbia County Chapter membership meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the Kozy Korner Restaurant in St. Helens. Come at 6:30 p.m. for some good food and visiting. • The Greater St. Helens Aquatic District Board Meetings from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in the Eisenschmidt Pool Basement. • The Columbia County Fair Board Meetings take place at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month in the 4-H Building, 58892 Saulser Rd. (No meeting in December). • St. Helens MS Self-Help Group meets on the third Monday of every month from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Columbia Center, Armstrong Room, 375 18th St., St. Helens, OR. Contact Sheryl

Adair at 503-410-0752. • Community Action Team Board of Directors meet on the fourth Monday of every month (except in May, August and December) from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. in the Community Action Team Board Room, 125 N. 17th St., St. Helens, OR 97051. • Greater St. Helens Aquatic District Board Meetings will be held on the third Monday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Eisenschmidt Pool basement. Tuesdays • Kiwanis Day Breakers Club meets at 7 a.m. at the Village Inn, 535 S. Columbia River Highway, St. Helens. For more details, Colleen DeLong at 503367-5993. • McNulty Water People’s Utility District Board Meeting is at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at 34240 Millard Road, Warren. • Baby Storytime at 10:15 a.m. at the St. Helens Library. Caregivers with children ages six months to two years are invited to join for stories, fingerplays, songs, bounces, tickles, and other activities that support early brain development, language acquisition, and motor skill growth. Stay after for free play. • The Columbia County Law Library will be holding Court Forms Clinics every Tuesday from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (weather permitting). Get help filling our court forms commonly used in the Columbia County courthouse. The forms are free and the clinic is free. Sign up is required and is available at the courthouse Mon. – Fri. from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. or at the Law Library Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. 270 S. First St., St. Helens. Questions, contact 503-396-

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other. This program is geared toward preschool ages, but kids of all ages are welcome to attend. • Port of Columbia County Board of Commissioners hold meetings at 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Port of Columbia County office, 100 E St., Columbia City. Thursdays • Kiwanis Club of St. Helens meets at 12 p.m. at the Elks Club. For more information call 503-397-6503. • The VFW Auxiliary meets the second Thursday of each month at the St. Helens Senior Center at 1 p.m. Call Sherry at 503397-2147 for more information. • First Thursday is a monthly community meeting at 7 p.m. with the St. Helens Police Department held on the first Thursday of each month at Columbia Center’s auditorium, 375 S 18th St. in St. Helens. A new topic is presented at each meeting by a police officer, or police staff, related to community safety, crime prevention, police services, or seasonal-specific safety information. For more details, call 503-397-3333. • Fiber Fanatics meet Thursdays from 10 a.m. – noon in the Armstrong Room at the St. Helens Library. Join others who knit, crochet, spin, weave, needle point, cross-stitch, rug hook, and/or embroider in a relaxed setting. Bring a snack and enjoy conversations. • Columbia Arts Guild meets Thursdays at 10 a.m. in the auditorium at the St. Helens Library. Bring your own art to work on. All disciplines of art welcome. • Preschool Storytime at 11:15 a.m. at the St. Helens Library. Bring your three to five-year-old and their caregivers for stories,

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Rainier Cemetery District benefits from grant CHRISTINE MENGES chronicle2@countrymedia.net

Cyndi Warren, district manager for the Rainier Cemetery District, along with the district’s sole employee, Kevin Crawford, sexton and manager, have known for a long time they needed more assistance with general upkeep of the district’s 12 cemeteries. This past summer, they got that chance, after receiving the Internship Matching Grant, a grant from the Special Districts Association of Oregon (SDAO), for $2,700, which the district was able to match to hire an intern to assist with leveling, repairing and documenting all gravesites or markers at some of the district’s cemeteries. That intern was meant to be a college student. However, after posting the position and not getting any responses, Cyndi Warren asked the SDAO for permission to expand the parameters a little and allow high school students to apply. Permission was granted, and the chosen intern ended up being Cade Warren, Cyndi Warren’s son, who is now a senior at Clatskanie Middle/ High School. He and Crawford worked from the end of July through all of August not only doing needed work, but also documenting each step of their progress along the way, a requirement of the grant. The district, which has cemeteries throughout both Rainier and Clatskanie, has tried three times in recent years to increase the property

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One of the many grave markers Cade Warren, intern and Kevin Crawford, sexton for Rainier Cemetery District, repaired over the course of the month-long internship.

tax which funds the district. As of now, the tax is set at seven cents per $1,000 of assessed value, a rate left over from the 1950s, according to Warren. Each time they have tried to raise the property tax, including during the most recent November election, the measure has failed. Warren said the funding the district receives from its current property tax is not much, and more funds would be needed to hire people to take care of other work that needs to get done at all the cemeteries. Kevin Crawford, the sexton and manager for the district, is usually in charge of general maintenance for all of the cemeteries, and his day-to-day tasks involve doing burials and keeping the record up to date. When he has time, he levels gravestones and clears brush, but as one person, he

often can’t keep up with the work, and he said the district receives complaints from people about gravesites being overlooked, especially in outlying places. Leveling gravestones, which means straightening up grave markers that have become slanted over time, involves using a lot of good-quality dirt, Crawford explained. So the first step of the project was getting entire truckloads of it. Three, to be exact, all hauled to the main cemetery, Stewart Creek. “We used up all about a yard of it, and these are 15yard loads,” Crawford said. Leveling out the sites involved taking a tractor and lifting up headstones using four-by-four blocks, marking the place where the headstone rested, cataloging where the headstone was going to be, then packing it down and

BetteLynn Bartlett

April 3, 1936 ~ Dec. 19, 2019 ing at the St. Helens Junior High School in 1963. It’s an interesting coincidence that the same building where she graduated from High School (the former Condon Elementary School) was converted into the Junior High School where she taught her first two years before moving to the Junior High building that was recently torn down. She retired from teaching after 30 years. BetteLynn was married to Wayne Bartlett in July 1958 and they remained married 61 years until her death.

Both BetteLynn and Wayne retired from teaching in the St. Helens School District. Her interests included lake fishing, genealogy and travel. BetteLynn Bartlett is survived by her husband Wayne; daughter Lynn (Ken) Riley; son Craig; brother Ron “Rick”; granddaughters Brittany (Mike) and Megan; and great-grandchildren Dakota, Paisley and Sawyer. No service will be held. Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society

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Months after opening for the school year, St. Helens Middle School (SHMS) has officially celebrated the completion of construction of their new school. Approximately 100 community members, school board members, SHMS staff, parents and students turned out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at St. Helens Middle School at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19 in the SHMS gymnasium. The ceremony was originally expected to take place outdoors, but due to rainy weather, the location was moved inside, according to Stacey Mendoza, Community Relations Specialist for St. Helens School District. The ceremony began with the presenting of the colors, which involved members from local scout troops marching in procession, holding different flags like the U.S. flag and the State of Oregon flag. Audience members then heard a musical presentation from an SHMS band group. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Superintendent Scot Stockwell, St. Helens School District Board of Directors Chair Bill Amos, and a few students gave speeches about the new school. Student speakers men-

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eager to learn. It wasn’t about the money, you could tell he was there to work and get things done and make a difference in the community he lives,” Crawford said. Crawford is also grateful for the help. “When I have help I get a lot more work done than I would have gotten done otherwise, especially in the time frame we did it. I’ve been working alone on this job. Before they had a sexton it was one guy and nine cemeteries, but with 12 cemeteries that is a lot harder to do, so those little things don’t get done at all,” Crawford said. Working amongst old gravestones was a history lesson for both Crawford and Warren. One of the oldest death years they saw was 1890. The oldest in the district is from 1879, according to Crawford. There are other

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Obituaries BetteLynn Bartlett, age 83, passed away in Portland, Oregon on Dec. 19, 2019. She was born in Clatskanie, Oregon on April 3, 1936 to parents Elma and William “Bill” Kumpula. In her youth her parents managed bowling alleys in Clarkston and Yakima, Washington, and Lewiston and Mullen, Idaho. At the age of 15 they came to St. Helens where she remained the rest of her life. She attended the University of Oregon and Portland State University. Mrs. Bartlett began teach-

resetting it. “A lot of them had to be tipped over, some of them were just leaning. We did a lot of hands-on work, did a lot of brush clearing,” Crawford said. Crawford and Warren did work in a lot of cemeteries in the district, but mostly in Stewart Creek, according to Crawford. In total, Crawford estimates the two did work at 110 sites. As part of the project, they had to take “before” and “after” pictures of each grave site they improved. As a result of their efforts, Crawford said the work was caught up through the fall. If anything, Crawford, who usually works alone, was able to enjoy the company of another individual. He was especially pleased with Warren’s work. “This student, he had a good work ethic, and was

graves that are probably older, but they haven’t been recorded, Crawford said. Crawford said he and Warren had a lot of conversations about what the people buried there may have lived through. One of the sites contains the remains of a Titanic survivor, a fact Crawford had known since he started working at the district. Should the district get the chance to benefit from this grant, Crawford said he hopes they will take them up on the offer. “We didn’t get everything done by a long shot. We did what we could do in a month,” Crawford said. More work needs to get done, like leveling and brush clearing, and general maintenance that will always need to get done, Crawford explained. Warren said the way grants work through SDAO, those who have been granted one year are less likely to receive it the next year. In the future, Warren said the district is considering a name change, because having just “Rainier” in the title of their district makes people think that they don’t have property in Clatskanie as well. “We’ve had to prioritize the cemeteries he can take care of on a daily basis. We have a couple that don’t even have burials anymore. It’s just one of those things where people don’t understand the need,” Warren said.

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tioned state-of-the-art classrooms, gender non-specific restrooms, the new band room and break-out areas between classrooms which offer quiet areas to study as highlights of the new school building. Amos said the ribboncutting was a dedication of the school. “As a board and as a community, we all want to be in line with the fact that we are dedicating this facility to the education of young people in St. Helens School District,” Amos said. “The second thing is that we dedicate this to the greater community of St. Helens. Our schools are not just for school time, but they are for community use as a whole, and we hope that we can maintain that. It’s a partnership that we started.” Amos went on to say that not only should the educational mission be maintained at the school, but also the building itself, saying doing so would be a service to the community. Stockwell mentioned a few specifics that audience members should note while walking around the school. He mentioned the school’s brightness, which he said makes students feel energetic. He also noted the school’s new HVAC system, which not only controls the temperature of the building, but also provides state-

of-the-art ventilation for students and teachers. Also noted in his speech were a few of the safety features of the new building, namely the numerous windows and fewer doors, which Stockwell said made the school safer. “Bad guys don’t like to approach a building with lots of windows because they get seen,” Stockwell said. “Some of the other things we have are very few doors. So there’s a significant difference in controlling and maintaining access.” Upgraded technology was another feature Stockwell pointed out to audience members. All classrooms, according to Stockwell, are equipped with intuitive projection systems and Chromebooks, a type of laptop that operates on Chrome OS. Stockwell also described science classrooms as being state-of-the-art. Attendees were treated to cake and other refreshments afterward and were also invited to walk around the new school. On one TV screen, a slideshow was playing, showing progress of construction, over the years. The new St. Helens Middle School building was funded in part by a $49 million bond measure which voters passed in November of 2016.

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