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of Human
had what we found
shocking statistics
and dependence on
toa 1999
the DHS by Port-
substance
up by 25
over a similar
1995.
, long the "drug of
American addicts, has
by nearly 26
1995 But before we
too much, the use
of marijuana,
cocaine, heroin
as LSD has
percent - almost
times what it was
in Oregon, the
of those abusing or
illegal drugs
the number of those
m ak.oboL
to the survey, in the
1995 and 1999,
abuse by women
IA percent of the
7.6 percent (a
percent),
increase in male
abusers increased from
to 13.3 percent (a
171 percen0.
376,536 Oregon-
one in nine are
treatm t for their
l rograms. The DHS
are 4,883 residents
(4,766 adults
who need alcohol or
The number
County is 4,077
of which
t and 73 are youth.
local officials,
volunleen gre
Proglmns, there aze
enOugh treatment
the estimated
k appear to us that
among the general
Seriously address
the statistics,
Weeks noted
age
and abusers is
lead us to betleve
and intervention
he said.
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Parents - and role
the will to
m our society,
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Nothing could
and undmiable
alcohol/drug
all classu of
m the form of
domestic vio,.
and neglect,
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may that for each
estimated
welfare, food
' crime, corers and
studio,
the dozens
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A THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT shattered in the skies above
specutacular which closed the community's annual Heritage Days
captions :lm3ugix this edition for Heritage Days coverage.
Clatskanie Tuesday night during the
celebration. See story and right and photos and
Chief Photo by Deborah Steele Hazen
by John Robinson and first seemed to be fine, but then crews began the search, but
Deborah SteeleHazen appeared to experience difficulties attempts to revive him were
Beaver Falls claimed another and disappeared beneath the surface unsuccessful
victim last Thursday, June 29, of the water. An autopsy by Dr. Karen Gunson
when 18 year old Brandon
MacDonald, a recent Clatskanie Attempts by those at the scene to of the Oregon State Medical
High School graduate, drowned after rescue him were unsuccessful Examiner's Office revealed that the
jumping off the approximately 60 A 911 call was received at 1:59 death was caused by drowning.
p.m. Thursday, and Clatskanie Contrary to other published reports,
foot high waterfall.
According to Columbia CountyRural Fire Protection District with there were no broken vertebrae or
Sheriff Lieutenant Gerald Sin- a crew of eight from the main injuries to his trachea, Dr.
mons, MacDonald was at the station and a ninth person from the Gunson's report stated.
waterfall located off Beaver Falls Delena substation responded, along MacDonald's death was the most
Road east of Clatskanie Thursday with Columbia County Sheriff's recent in a string of fatalities at the
afternoon with several friends, officers and personnel from the beautiful, but treacherous waterfall.
Witnesses told investigatingClatskanie Pofice Department. Both drownings and fatal falls have
that MacDonald had jumped MacDonald's hody was recovered uccured at the scezle over the years.
from the top of the waterfall to the near the center of the pool below (See page 3 for obituary
pool below and had surfaced. He at the falls shortly after the rescue information)
by Join Robinson this year's Heritage Days festival,
Confusion about control of the and the amount of c nfusion on the
city park during Heritage Days issue was rather high, Morgan
punctuated an otherwise routine withdrew his motion. The issue was
City Council meeting held last postponed pending more time to
Wednesday. gather information, and the council
In the past, and for this year, the plans on taking it up again before
control of the city park reverts to the end of the year.
the City for three days - 0 nding As of Thursday, Councilor Key-
the fourth of July. During those ser had already begun speaking
three days, the City hands the with members of the Heritage Days
reigns to the Heritage Days committee in order to clarify the
committee. The City owns the park
itself, but it is fully administered by
the Park and buard.
Due to the expansion of the Car
Show and other Heritage Days
activities, discussions had been
started concerning extending the
lime in which the City, effectively
Heritage Days, was responsible for
the park.
At the last Park and Rec.
meeting, it was agreed that the time
should be extended to two weeks,
to include the last in June,
which is the traditional date for the
Car Show.
A motion was quickly made by
Jim Morgan, to allow for the
change. During discussion how-
ever, concerns were brought up by
Councik Robert Keyser and Kris
Lillich. The concerns centered
around booth fees charged for
charitable organizations, and the
administration of the park by the
park host during the two week
period, respectively.
Once it became clear that the
decision would in no way affect
confusion. He hopes to set up a
meeting between the Kiwanis Club
and the Heritage Days Committee.
In other business, the council un-
animously approved the proposed
budget for 2000/2001; approved a
resolution authorizing a loan of
revenues by a 5 to 1 margin;
approved extending workers comp-
ensation coverage to volunteers
and community service workers;
and accepted a preferred workers
grant.
The budget totals $8.3 million.
Following is the budget break-
down: $768,060 in the general
fund; $337,416 in the street fund;
$492,910 in the sewer fund;
$455,039 in the water fund;
$42,492 in the cemetery fund;
$1,706,402 in the timber fund;
$41,627 in the Scout Lake fund
interes $80,000 in the Grant fund;
$595,000 in the Head Start Cons-
truction fund; and $7501 for
materials and services at the former
Beaver Lumber site, plus
$3,846,065 in unappmpriated fund
balances including $2,958,169 in
the timber fund and $874,571 in
the Scout Lake fund, $800 in the
general fund, $10,000 in water
fund, and $2,525 in the equipment
reserve fund.
In order to continue operating,
the council approved a loan of
revenue from the Scout Lake fund
to the general fund until property
tax revenues are collected. This is
to occur some time in the fall,
around October. The loan is due to
he paid back out of those property
tax revenues by February 28, 2001.
It was noted that this is pretty
much standard operating procedure
for the City. The motion carried 5-
1 with councilor Robert Keyser
opposing it.
According to Oregon law, it is
the responsibility of cities to
provide workers compensation
cov-erage to any volunteer working
on city business. To that effect, the
council unanimously passed a
resolution allowing the coverage to
be extended. Workers comp will
now cover volunteer police cadets,
those doing court ordered com-
munity service, and any other
person doing official volunteer
work for the city. It was noted that
the cost of extending the coverage
to these individuals should be very
small
On a related topic, the council
approved accepting a Preferred
Workers Grant to purchase equip-
ment to help reduce the risk of
injury during daily work perfor-
by Deborah Steele Hazen
The skies may have been gray, but the rain stayed away, and Clatskanie
celebrated "The Year 2000 - A Rendezvous With Time" Tuesday with a 55
minute 4th of July parade, an acdon-packed logging show, mountain
men, and an eye-popping, heart-pounding fireworks show.
While the barest hint of a sprinkle could be felt from time to time
during the day, it never developed to the point that it detracted from
Clatskanie's Heritage Days celebration. By late afternoon, the gray clouds
had begun to part, and by fweworks time, a sliver of the morn and a few
stars were visible above the starbursts and streamers of the professional
f'u works display.
Thousands lined Nebalem Street Tuesday morning for the annual parade
led by Grand Marshals Claire and Delpha FogeL
Winning top awards in the parade, sponsored by the CIatskanie
Volunteer Firefighters, were: the seahorse bedecked Astoria Regatta court
float which won both the Grand Marshal's Award and the first place in the
court division; Boy Scout Troop 302, which won the Bernice and Jerry
Puzey Memorial Trophy for the best theme entry and also first place in
the civic group division; the Rainier All-Stars, who won the Chris
Emerson Memorial Award for the best children's entry, and Diane
McKlnney's 1957 Chevrolet which won the Dave Klein Memorial
Trophy for the best post '50 car.
Other parade winners, most of which are pictured on pages 6 and 7 of
this week's Chief, include:
Marching Units: VFW Post 2994, first; Strutters Baton, second;
Clatskanie Promenaders. third.
Commercial Floats: Clatskanie Swimming Pool, first; Chinook Sales,
second.
Non-Commercial Floats: Mayger-Downing Community Church, first;
Clatskanie Middle/High School Band, second.
Court Entries: Astoria Regatta, first; Kalama Court, second; Columbia
County Fair and Rodeo, third.
Car Stock pre-'50s: Malcolm Groulx, first; Ervin Bawcum, second;
Larry I-figgins, third.
Car Stock post-'50s: Larry Hall, first; Gary W. York, second; Ann L.
Sullivan, third.
Civic Group: Boy Scout Troop 302, first; Elizabeth Johnson, second.
Horse Entry: Anne Marie Schults, first; Whitney Johnson, second;
April Clossen, thud.
Humorous Adult: Roland Lee, first.
Humorous Child: Katie Davidson with NSYNK, first; Blake Taylor,
second; Ben Hadlock, third.
Adult Entry: Mountain Men, first; Joe Corsigiia, second; Bob Tosh,
third.
Children's Entry: Clatskanie Little League All-Stars 9-10, first;
Clatskanie Little League All-Starts 11-12, second; Westmart Evenson
All-Stars, third.
Motorized: ColCo Transportation, first.
Heavy Equipment: Columbia River 2 Cylinder Club, fLrst; McCoy
Logging, second; Joel Olsen shop truck, third.
After the parade, a large crowd gathered in the park for the numerous
fh-eworks -
activities there including the living history encampment of mountain men
hosted by the Black Dog Clan, the logging show, the Kiwanm Chicken
Barbecue, a concert by Celtic Black Irish Band, and various booths and
concessions ending in the fireworks spectacular at dark.
Veteran Heritage Days-goers commented that the crowd in the park
seemed at near record levels. The festivities on the 4th brought to a
conclusion the Clatskanie Heritage Days 2000 events, which began with
the car show June 24, and continued throughout last weekend with the
second annual mountain man encampment, a bicycle safety rodeo,
Promenaders street square dance, all-school reunion, Command
Performance, and a well-attended performance of"Johnny Limbo and the
Lugnuts." (See more Heritage Days coverage inside this edition and more
next week.)
Rainier Days in the Park is this
weekel~ Thursday, July 6- Sunday,
July 9, at Rainier City Park, with
the chosen theme of "Rockin' on
the Riverside."
The Rainier Eagles #4022 will
once again host this event, making
this their third year of doing so.
A carnival will run from Thurs-
day through Sunday, with vendors
also selling their wares on those
days.
A beer garden will be open with
live music in the evenings and local
music also in the gazebo through-
out the weekend. A teen dance will
be on Friday, July 7, on the tennis
court.
On Saturday, July 8, the parade
will begin at 10 a.m., beginning at
C Street West and Fern Hill, east to
1st Street where it turns north and
continues on to A Street along the
river and disassembles at the Bank
of America parking lot where prizes
will be awarded.
The logging show starts at 2
Public Meeting on
Uses Set
A meeting to discuss plans to
develop the former Beaver Lumber
Mill site as a recreation/tourism
complex is set for Monday, July
10, at 7 p.m., at the Clatakanie
City HaIL
At its meeting June 7, the
Clatskanle City Council adopted a
recommendation by the city's
Economic Development Task Force
that: "The Beaver Lumber site be
developed as a on/tourism
complex, not to exclude industrial
uses on the site."
The over 100 acre property was
donated to the City of Clatskanie
by RSG Lumber two years ago
after the mill was destroyed by the
flood of 1996.
While original ideas of future
uses for development of the pro-
peny had h uded a -living history"
p.m. and the participants have the
opportunity to win cash and awards
and esm points tJmt are carried from
the Clatskanie Logging Show at
Heritage Days, the Vernonia Log-
ging Show at Vernonia Days and
the St. Helens Logging Show at
the Columbia County Fair, to
determine the winner of the Colum-
bia County Logger of the Year.
Being featured for the second year
is Steve Barrow, who does a clown
act at the top of an 80-foot pole,
and his son, Brian Bartow. who
won two world titles for pole speed
climbing.
The fireworks show by Western
International Fireworks will begin
at dusk. The show is estimated at
over $10,000 and will commence
with four skydivers falling from the
sky performing with acrobatics,
phosphorus and lights.
Persons wishing more informa-
tion on Rainier Days in the Park
"Rockin" on the Riverside," may
call the Rainier Eagles #4022 at
503-556-2035.
Beaver Lumber
July 10
style logging museum and light in-
dustrial warehouses, among current
ideas being discussed are playing
fields, perhaps a tournament qua-
iity basebali/softhall field, a ma-
rina, driving range and/ golf
course.
All interested ciW.ens are invited
to attend Monday's meeting, the
purpose of which is to obtain
citizens' views and to respond to
questions and comment, about the
Economic Development Task F,
recommendations to the council on
the proposed uses of the Beaver
Lumber Site.
Written comments are alto
welcome and must be received by 5
p.m. on July 10 ~ Clatskanie City
Hall, 95 S. Nehalem. The location
of the meeting iJ acc tsible to
penms with disabilities.
