NORTH COAST
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2015
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
James Edward
Hahn
The man who sliced another
man with a knife on 11th and
Commercial streets in down-
town Astoria in March was sen-
tenced Friday to nearly six years
in prison.
James Edward Hahn, 38,
Seaside, was found guilty of
second-degree assault and not
-
ter a two-day trial in December.
Prosecutor Dawn Buzzard
said the second-degree assault
conviction comes with a man-
datory sentence of 70 months in
prison. The sentence was set at a
hearing Friday in Clatsop Coun-
ty Circuit Court.
Hahn’s defense attempt-
ed to challenge the mandatory
sentence, but was declined by
Judge Cindee Matyas.
“In this case, the victim has
-
aged,” Buzzard said. “The
testimony from witnesses was
Mr. Hahn was going after the
victim. It was not just some
accidental cut, according to the
witnesses.”
Astoria Police responded to
knife on March 1. The victim,
Kenneth McGregor, 40 at the
time, was found with a cut to
his hand. McGregor, who was
transported to Columbia Memo-
rial Hospital for his injuries, told
police Hahn was responsible for
the wound.
Hahn approached McGre-
Another sea turtle stranded on Long Beach Peninsula
Cold sea
turtle treated
at Seaside
Aquarium
-
other sea turtle that washed
-
ing treated at the Seaside
Aquarium.
The turtle was found
Friday and stabilized at the
aquarium.
It will be taken to the Se-
attle Aquarium for rehabili-
tation.
The first turtle was found
Dec. 21 on the coast of
southwest Washington and
is recovering at the Oregon
Coast Aquarium in New-
port.
Some officials believe
currents and winds are car-
rying turtles into the cold
Northwest waters.
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
The three local entities
hoping to challenge a recent
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency flood study
have hired the engineering
firm, Coast and Harbor En-
gineering from Edmonds,
Wash.
Coast and Harbor Engi-
neering, a division of the na-
tional firm Hatch Mott Mac-
Donald, was the lone bidder
for the project to review 1.3
terabytes of disputed FEMA
flood data.
The engineering firm was
hired for $19,400, which
will be split between the cit-
ies of Warrenton and Astoria
and Clatsop County.
The Port of Astoria has
shown interest in joining
the other entities and is
looking at grant funding
to help with the cost. The
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gor and reportedly demanded
money that McGregor owed.
He then cut the man. The inci-
dent occurred in front of Silver
Salmon, where there were sev-
eral witnesses.
Hahn’s defense claimed he
had mental problems and was
too drunk to know what he was
doing. He blew a 0.20 blood al-
cohol content after the incident.
Video of pursuit
training in Texas wins
Coast Guard honor
The Daily Astorian
A video of high-speed pursuit training in Texas won
the Coast Guard’s video of the year competition.
A time-lapse video of guard life in the Columbia-Pa-
The winning video, announced by the Coast Guard
on Monday, depicted tactical law enforcement training in
Texas.
Second place went to a video of a leatherback turtle
rescue by Station Cape May in New Jersey.
Third place was awarded to a video of a rescue by Sta-
tion Bellingham in Washington of two men whose canoe
had overturned.
Watch the winning videos: http://1.usa.gov/1zOGV2A
Courtesy of Tiffany Boothe
The strong south, southwesterly winds drive warm currents farther north; sea turtles of-
ten follow these warm water currents and when they dissipate, the sea turtles find them-
selves in water that is too cold for them. They get hypothermic and end up on the beach.
Port may join at a later stage.
The lead engineer from
Coast and Harbor will be Dr.
Vladimir Shepsis, who was
suggested by other cities.
“Vladimir has been rec-
ommended by several oth-
er municipalities that had
him work for them,” War-
renton Mayor Mark Kujala
said. “He is one of the few
that know how to unravel
the years and years of data
FEMA used in the model-
ing.”
-
ference in findings last year
between FEMA’s mapping
of Columbia River flood
levels and the city’s own en-
gineering study.
FEMA completed its
new flood study along the
coastline and in the Colum-
bia River estuary to devel-
op new flood insurance rate
maps. Preliminary maps
will be released in the spring.
Each local jurisdiction
has concerns with the data in
FEMA’s study.
FEMA’s mapping in-
cludes a data point that the
local governments consider
an anomaly, since it would
raise the base flood eleva-
tion from 12 feet to 13 feet
along the Columbia River
and in unincorporated areas
along Youngs Bay, Youngs
Clark River.
Kujala said his city was
never able to get a straight
answer from FEMA about
the 1-foot difference until
recently when the agency
submitted piles of data that
could fill multiple filing cab-
inets.
Coast and Harbor has
previously done work along
the Columbia River and has
worked with FEMA. The en-
gineering firm will help the
local entities interpret FE-
MA’s data.
The expert review will
help the local entities decide
what action to take such as
filing an appeal, once FEMA
issues its preliminary maps
in the spring.
“Dr. Shepsis will review
the information and also
prepare us. He will tell us
if there are flaws or not and
prepare us to go forward
if we have to take action,”
Warrenton City Manager
Kurt Fritsch said.
The local entities have a
tentatively scheduled meet-
ing with FEMA in early
February, when the expert
review is expected to be
complete.
“There is a date set in
the first week of February
that could be moved back,”
Fritsch said. “That is our es-
timate for a deliverable re-
sponse from our consultant.”
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Recology plans to pick up
Christmas trees Jan. 13
Recology Western Oregon
holds its annual one-day Christ-
mas tree recycling pickup for
residents within the city limits
of Astoria Jan. 13, at no extra
charge.
Trees must be at the closest
street corner by 7 a.m. and meet
the following criteria: be free
Meet your councilor
The public is invited to
meet with Drew Herzig, Asto-
ria City Councilor for Ward 2,
from noon to 1:30 p.m. Satur-
day in the Flag Room at the
DUII
• At 1:13 a.m. Thursday, Or-
egon State Police arrested Erik
for DUII and reckless driving
on that stretch of highway,
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation Public Information
“We had an awful lot of wa-
ter in a short period of time,”
Seaside Public Works Director
Neal Wallace said.
project, completed in sum-
mer 2013, “has been real-
ly preventing the situation
from getting a lot worse,” he
said. The project involved
removing earthen berms on
wetland property owned by
-
servancy adjacent to the
highway. This allowed al-
lowing water to move into
its natural area and disperse
more easily rather than con-
centrate much of it onto the
highway.
The department knew
from the very beginning that,
“wouldn’t totally eliminate
high water there,” especially
in cases where heavy rains
and high tides coincide, Tor-
res said. But the project has
reduced the severity and fre-
Instead of 5 to 6 inches
of water on the road, it could
have been 15 to 20 inches of
standing water absent the proj-
ect, and ODOT would have
had to close the highway. Since
closures on Highway 101, he
said.
ODOT is “pleased with how
the project worked out,” he said.
“It lessened the impact (of
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We are proud
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AM BU L AN CE
K yle Ha rrin g to n
Pa ra m ed ic,
M ed ix Am bu la n ce
H APPY 1 00 TH
birthday to
Marie Petrina
Henderson!
(maiden name, Gjovik)
Born in Astoria, January 6th 1915 to Peter and
Margreth Gjovik. Raised in Astoria with
brothers Walt, Olaf, Henry and Harold Gjovik.
Marie is an Astoria High graduate of 1932.
She lives with her son and daughter in-law in
Clackamas, OR. She has two granddaughters
with one living in SW Portland and the other
in Austin, TX.
ACC ESSO RIZE!
W H EW !
I thought you sa id
EXERC ISE again!
Sa ve this D AT E
Feb 1st 2015
Super B ow l Sun d a y
3 A n n u al A ccessorize w ith
A ssistan ce L eagu e Sales E ven t
rd
at th eH olid ay In n E xpress
in A storia
T his years’ sale to in clud e G ard en
& H om e D écor item s, alon g w ith
upscale accessories! D on ation
d rop off sites w ill be at C olum bia
B an k bran ches after Jan 1
A ssistan ce L eagu e® of th e C olu m bia
P acific is a n on profit organ ization
w h ose volu n teers raise fu n d s to assist
ch ild ren in ou r com m u n ity.
10th St. All are welcome to
come and share their thoughts,
suggestions, questions, and
concerns about Astoria.
another vehicle on U.S. High-
way 30 milepost 94 near Eagle
-
ported to Clatsop County Jail
where his blood alcohol content
was measured at 0.11.
Astoria’s Premier Bed & Bath Store
1004 Commercial St.,
Astoria, OR 97103
503-325-4400
FIN E L IN E N S A N D SO M U C H M O R E !
G IFT R E G IST R IE S
After the heavy North Coast
rains that lasted late Sunday
through early Monday, more
than 4 inches of rain accumu-
lated on U.S. Highway 101,
two miles south of Seaside,
which is “really good” com-
and trees that are over 5 feet in
height, or have trunks with a di-
ameter over 5 inches, must be
cut up into smaller pieces.
For details, or other tree
disposal and recycling options,
contact Recology Western Or-
egon at 503-861-0578 or toll
free at 866-908-1183, or email
RWOinfo@recology.com
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THANK Y OU ALL!
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sin cerely w ishes to tha n k the follow in g con tribu tors a n d
su pporters of ou r 2014 even ts. Y ou r gen erou s su pport
w ill resu lt in providin g a ssista n ce in 2015 for the loca l
food ba n ks su pportin g fa m ilies in Cla tsop Cou n ty tha t
n eed the a ssista n ce to pu t food on the ta ble. W e so
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