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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Cannon Beach may go with outside interim chief Missing teenager found in Long Beach after 1 1/2 years Main goal is ‘continuity RIWKH¿UH department’ By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group By DANI PALMER EO Media Group CANNON BEACH — 7KH&DQQRQ%HDFK5XUDO)LUH Protection District Board is leaning toward bringing in an outside interim to stand LQ DV ¿UH FKLHI XQWLO D SHU- manent leader can be found. The search process will be discussed at a meeting at 5:30 p.m. today. )RUPHU FKLHI 0LNH %DO]HU was dismissed in mid-Octo- EHU)25SHUVRQQHOLVVXHVDQG $VVLVWDQW &KLHI )UDQN 6ZH- denborg has been covering his post since. The Cannon %HDFK 5XUDO )LUH 3URWHFWLRQ 'LVWULFW SURYLGHV ¿UH¿JKWLQJ and emergency ser- one with better vice to the North NQRZOHGJH RI WKH Coast communities industry in the post of Cannon Beach, might relieve Capt. Arch Cape and Fal- Matt Gardner of con Cove. extra duties he has $W D VSHFLDO ¿UH WDNHQRQDVZHOO board meetinglast “This gives us ZHHN 6ZHGHQERUJ some time so we’re QRWHG KH ZRXOG ¿OO not rushing it,” Spe- in as chief until cial Districts Asso- Mike March at the latest. ciation of Oregon Balzer Then he suggested representative Bill the district not go with an out- Anderson said. side interim as it “mixes the He added that the retired SRWIRUWKH¿UH¿JKWHUV´ chiefs they recommend are “My main goal is conti- familiar with the budgeting QXLW\RIWKH¿UHGHSDUWPHQW´ process. he said at Monday’s regular If the board chooses to go ERDUGPHHWLQJDWWKH¿UHVWD- that route, Anderson said the tion. organization could provide But presented with the WKUHH ¿UH FKLHIV IRU ERDUG possibility of a permanent members to choose from. He chief not to come until after or she would step in until the March or during the middle search for a permanent leader of budgeting season, he said a is over. Special Districts Association Swedenborg is ready to of Oregon interim might be UHWLUH DQG QRW ORRNLQJ WR best. He added having some- fill in permanently for the ILUHGLVWULFW+HZRUNVDERXW 12-16 hours over a four-day ZHHN Anderson said the Special Districts Association of Or- egon could also assist in the search process. It typically EULQJV LQ ¿YH FDQGLGDWHV WR VSHDN ZLWK D FRPPXQLW\ DQG technical panel, comprised of QHLJKERULQJ ¿UH FKLHIV DQG the police chief, to narrow the search down to three or less candidates. “Our goal is to have some- RQHWKDWLVDFRPPXQLW\¿WUXQ your department,” Anderson said. Anderson said the board needs to begin updating the MRE GHVFULSWLRQ DQG ¿JXULQJ out what the chief’s salary and EHQH¿W SDFNDJH ZLOO EH 7KH district paid Balzer $36 an hour for 2,000 hours annually. If it chooses to go with an outside interim, Cannon Beach could have one within WZRZHHNV )RXUFDVHVRIFDQLQHSDUYRYLUXVFRQ¿UPHG 2ZQHUV VKRXOG ORRN IRU V\PSWRPV OLNH YRPLWLQJ GLDU- rhea and lethargy in their pets and, if they notice these symp- LONG BEACH, Wash. — WRPVWDNHWKHLUGRJWRWKHYHW One puppy has died of canine as soon as possible, she said. parvovirus in Long Beach and The sooner the dog starts to get another three cases of the virus WUHDWPHQWWKHPRUHOLNHO\WKH\ KDYHEHHQWUHDWHGLQ5D\PRQG are to survive the virus, Freese The Long Beach case in- said. volved a puppy who was One puppy and one young brought to the Oceanside An- GRJZHUHWUHDWHGDW9HWWHUV$QL- imal Clinic in Seaview, where PDO+RVSLWDOLQ5D\PRQG7KH she received treatment but puppy was released Nov. 2 af- could not be saved, said Kelly WHUVSHQGLQJWKHZHHNHQGLQWKH Freese, associate vet at the clin- clinic, and the young dog was ic. The puppy was not vacci- H[SHFWHGWRPDNHDIXOOUHFRY- nated against the virus, and had ery, said clinic owner and vet- EHHQVLFNIRUGD\VEHIRUHFRP- erinarian Gina Lewis. The dog ing into the clinic, Freese said. treated was 9 months old, and There haven’t been any cases had only had one of the nec- DW WKH 6RXWK 3DFL¿F &RXQW\ essary vaccines to immunize it Humane Society, said shelter against the virus. Another dog PDQDJHU6DUD7RNDU] was treated and released from By CYNTHIA WASHICKO EO Media Group :LOODSD 9HWHULQDU\ 6HUYLFH LQ 5D\PRQG VDLG WKH FOLQLF¶V UH- FHSWLRQLVW 5\DQ /HZLV %RWK SXSSLHV WUHDWHG LQ 5D\PRQG were brought to the clinic soon after they started showing symptoms. Parvovirus is most common in young dogs and puppies be- fore they receive the three-part vaccine for the virus, Freese said. Some breeds, including Labra- GRU UHWULHYHUV DQG 5RWWZHLOHUV can contract the virus even when they’re older, she said. Once it is in the dog’s sys- WHP WKH YLUXV DWWDFNV UDSLG- O\GLYLGLQJ FHOOV OLNH WKRVH LQ the intestines and white blood cells, Freese said. The result is diarrhea and vomiting and, as D UHVXOW RI WKH DWWDFN RQ ZKLWH blood cells, a decreased im- mune function in the dog. Lewis said it’s important to NHHS XS RQ YDFFLQDWLRQ ERRVW- er shots even for adult dogs, in particular for breeds that are prone to contracting the virus as adults. The virus is hardy, she said, and can live in soil for eight to 10 years. ³$Q\GLVHDVHOLNHWKLVUHOLHV on population immunity in or- der to control the disease be- cause it is in the environment, it is out there and puppies aren’t fully protected until they’ve had all of their vaccines,” Fre- ese said. Puppies showing signs of vomiting and diarrhea should EH WDNHQ WR D YHW WR DYRLG GH- hydration — which can happen easily due to puppies’ smaller size — and to determine wheth- er or not they have parvo, she added. Assault support group being offered The Harbor’s Sexual As- sault Peer Center is offering D PXOWLZHHN VXSSRUW JURXS for women who are survi- vors of sexual violence. This group will run from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays from next ZHHN WKURXJK -DQ 7KH topics include: the impor- register, call Sharon Moore, 503-325-3426, ext. 106, or tance of self-care, develop- sexual assault advocate, at go to www.harbornw.org LQJ FRSLQJ VNLOOV WR PDQDJH stress and anxiety, identi- fying the effects of sexual A celebration of violence, and inner strength identification. Helen Charity Acton’s life For information, and to N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Chris tm a s in the Cou ntry ! H olida y Cra ft a nd G ift Show D ecem ber 4th-6th, 10-4 da ily. 91157 Pa thfinder Rd., A storia (O ff of W a llu ski L oop) 503-325-2344 Coffee and cookies will be served. Please come and reminisce with her family. Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Bazaars HOLIDAY R u s t ‘n R u ffles will be held at the Svensen Senior Center Sunday, November 15 • 2-4 p.m. W A NTED LONG BEACH, Wash. — Police on Oct. 26 found a runaway teen who had been missing from Longview for about a year and a half. The 16-year-old girl, who had an outstanding fel- ony warrant, had been living on the peninsula under an assumed named for at least a year. She had concocted such a convincing story that she managed to dupe police on both sides of the river. “She had an alias. A pret- ty good one, actually,” Long Beach Police Chief Flint Wright said Thursday. According to Wright, the girl’s father visited the Long Beach Police Department in late October. He provided RI¿FHUV ZLWK D SKRWRÀLHU and explained that he had re- ceived a tip that his daughter was living on the peninsula. 2I¿FHU 5RGQH\ 1DZQ instantly recognized the girl, ZKRKDGOLYHGLQDQ59ZLWK an adult man for a while, and had claimed that she had escaped from a troubled family life in Oregon. How- ever, Nawn and the other RI¿FHUV DOO NQHZ KHU E\ D different name. :ULJKWVDLGORFDORI¿FHUV had several interactions with the girl over the course of about a year. They were con- cerned about her, but there wasn’t much they could do about it. They didn’t have cause to arrest her, she ZDVQ¶W DVNLQJ IRU KHOS VKH didn’t show up in any miss- ing persons databases, and because she was 16, they FRXOGQ¶W PDNH KHU HQUROO LQ school, either. The girl was listed under her real name in a Longview Police database of runaway FKLOGUHQ EXW ORFDO RI¿FHUV KDG QR ZD\ RI NQRZLQJ that. Furthermore, when they called Astoria Police to get more information about the girl, authorities there said they’d called to verify her name and story, and it FKHFNHGRXW “She had quite a story,” Wright said. “She had this really good alias. She stayed very much under the radar.” A few days after the fa- ther’s visit, a resident at an apartment building in the EORFN RI &DOLIRUQLD $YHQXH 6RXWK DVNHG SROLFH to investigate possible drug activity at a neighboring apartment, according to an incident report. :KLOHSROLFHZHUHWDONLQJ to the alleged drug-user, the girl came out of the same DSDUWPHQW 2I¿FHUV UHFRJ- nized her and arrested her on the warrant. Wright said she had been staying with “druggies,” but there are no indications that VKH KDG EHHQ NLGQDSSHG RU otherwise held against her will. No criminal charges KDYHEHHQ¿OHGDJDLQVWDQ\- one else involved in the in- cident. 3ROLFH RI¿FHUV WUDQV- ported the girl to a juvenile facility in Cowlitz County, where she may be prosecut- ed for the outstanding felony charge and reunited with her family. Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 PLEASE ADOPT A PET! Echo GAME MEAT In PROCESSING November & December D ebbie D ’s w ill be at C ash & C arry in W arrenton at 10:00 a.m . each Satu rd ay to pick u p and d eliver m eat for processing. 20 lb. m in • E ach batch in dividu al F em a le a d u lt D ilu te tortoiseshell. D ra w u p a cha ir, plu m p the pillow , settle in for com fort a n d love a t first tou ch. 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