THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
NORTH COAST
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Cannon Beach may go
with outside interim chief
Missing teenager
found in Long Beach
after 1 1/2 years
Main goal is
‘continuity
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department’
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
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By DANI PALMER
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CANNON BEACH —
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Protection District Board is
leaning toward bringing in
an outside interim to stand
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manent leader can be found.
The search process will be
discussed at a meeting at 5:30
p.m. today.
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was dismissed in mid-Octo-
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might relieve Capt.
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representative Bill
the district not go with an out- Anderson said.
side interim as it “mixes the
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possibility of a permanent members to choose from. He
chief not to come until after or she would step in until the
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the police chief, to narrow the
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district paid Balzer $36 an
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rhea and lethargy in their pets
and, if they notice these symp-
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One puppy has died of canine as soon as possible, she said.
parvovirus in Long Beach and The sooner the dog starts to get
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The Long Beach case in- said.
volved a puppy who was
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she received treatment but puppy was released Nov. 2 af-
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Freese, associate vet at the clin- clinic, and the young dog was
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nated against the virus, and had ery, said clinic owner and vet-
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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-
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Humane Society, said shelter against the virus. Another dog
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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-
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can contract the virus even when
they’re older, she said.
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the intestines and white blood
cells, Freese said. The result is
diarrhea and vomiting and, as
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blood cells, a decreased im-
mune function in the dog.
Lewis said it’s important to
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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.
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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.
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vomiting and diarrhea should
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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
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for women who are survi-
vors of sexual violence. This
group will run from 4 to 5
p.m. Wednesdays from next
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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
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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
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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
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and explained that he had re-
ceived a tip that his daughter
was living on the peninsula.
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instantly recognized the girl,
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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
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different name.
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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
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didn’t show up in any miss-
ing persons databases, and
because she was 16, they
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school, either.
The girl was listed under
her real name in a Longview
Police database of runaway
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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
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“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
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to investigate possible drug
activity at a neighboring
apartment, according to an
incident report.
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to the alleged drug-user, the
girl came out of the same
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nized her and arrested her
on the warrant.
Wright said she had been
staying with “druggies,” but
there are no indications that
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otherwise held against her
will. No criminal charges
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one else involved in the in-
cident.
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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.
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