THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015
Astoria doctor under
investigation for violation
The Daily Astorian
William Myron Ferrin III,
of Astoria, agreed to retire his
medical license while the Or-
egon Medical Board continues
to investigate him for violating
a previous order.
In 2010, Ferrin, a gastroen-
terologist, was ordered to be
on probation after he practiced
medicine under the inÀuence
of alcohol. His medical license
was suspended for one year as
part of the order.
In December 2008, Ferrin
performed three colonoscopies
and three esophagogastroduo-
denoscopies (a test to examine
the lining of the esophagus,
stomach, and ¿rst part of the
small intestine) in one day
while under the inÀuence of
alcohol. Practicing medicine
while under the inÀuence
breaches medical ethics, plac-
es patient safety in jeopardy
and constitutes gross negli-
gence, according to the state
medical board.
Earlier this year, the state
board opened an investigation
after receiving information that
Ferrin was not complying with
the 2010 order due to unprofes-
sional and dishonorable conduct.
The state board has not detailed
the information against Ferrin,
who retired his license in October
while under investigation.
Clatsop Community College
employee arrested for arson
The amount of damage
was minimal, police said, and
estimated at $250. Under state
law, ¿rst-degree arson is com-
mitted if, by starting a ¿re, a
person intentionally damages
protected property of another.
Protected property includes
any structure, place or thing
that is customarily occupied by
people including public build-
ings. First-degree arson is a
class A felony with a maximum
sentence of up to 20 years in
prison and a $375,000 ¿ne.
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A part-time employee at
Clatsop Community College
was arrested for ¿rst-degree
arson after police investigated
suspicious ¿re damage found
Monday on the Àoor area of
the college’s science lab.
Erin Engleson, 37, of Naselle,
was arrested Tuesday morning in
connection to the fire.
The arrest followed a po-
lice investigation into a report
by the college.
NORTH COAST
3A
Trooper puts down cows after
crash: ‘It’s heart-wrenching’
Injured cows
were trapped in
trailer after wreck
By ALISHA ROEMELING
The Register-Guard
WALTERVILLE — Oregon
State Police Trooper Anthony
Mathews shot the cow dead.
And then he had to do it
again and again and again.
“It’s
heart-wrenching,”
Mathews said at the scene along
Highway 126 west of Walter-
ville, where a truck pulling a
trailer with 68 cattle overturned
Tuesday afternoon. “They’re
more or less like pets, and it’s
hard, but you have to do what’s
right for them and not let them
suffer.”
Mathews, a wildlife division
trooper with state police, was as-
signed to kill a total of 12 injured
cows trapped inside the trailer.
Mathews said he’d had to kill
animals before, mostly wildlife.
As the shots from Mathews’
handgun rang out, bystanders
and emergency crew members
winced and plugged their ears.
Mathews was equipped with
ear protection to cancel out the
sharp sounds.
Mathews said there were
“many more” animals already
dead within the trailer.
Carcasses likely taken to
dump
Once con¿rmed dead, the
cows were dragged from the
trailer with a long metal cable
and placed into another trailer. A
co-owner of the truck and trail-
er, Ron Langley of Monroe, said
the carcasses would likely be
taken to a designated dump, as
they could not be used for meat.
“A lot of them have broken
legs and bones,” Langley said of
the animals. “There’s no way for
us to get them up or use them, so
we have to shoot them.”
Langley works for Apache
Transport, a Junction City com-
pany that hauls livestock and
construction materials.
The owner of the cows was
also on the scene and helped
troopers decipher which animals
could be salvaged.
The truck driver had minor
injuries and was not taken to a
hospital, law enforcement of¿-
cials said.
The truck sheared a tree and
also struck a power pole, which
downed lines and cut power to
several nearby homes and busi-
nesses.
Several cows
HVFDSHGWR¿HOG
Following the crash, several
cows escaped to a nearby ¿eld
through a hole in the top of
trailer, according to state police
trooper Sgt. Vonn Schleicher,
who said he was unsure how
many cows were alive, dead or
injured. The trailer likely was
ripped open on impact, Schle-
icher said.
The cows that remained
trapped inside the trailer could
be heard mooing and kicking
the metal trailer, prompting of¿-
cials to decide to shoot the “se-
verely injured” animals, Schle-
icher said.
The area where the truck
overturned has been the scene of
multiple crashes over the years,
according to several neighbors.
A driver who crashed his
state-owned tanker truck last
December spilled a load of
11,000 juvenile salmon in
the same spot. The driver,
who struck a power pole,
was later determined to have
a blood alcohol level of 0.29
percent, state police said at
the time.
The scene at Tuesday’s crash
was eerily familiar, according to
38-year-old Penny Burns, who
said crashes in the area are “a
constant problem.”
“That’s the exact same spot
the ¿sh truck crashed,” Burns
said. “There are so many crash-
es here. ... I mean look at my
fence, it’s had to be replaced be-
cause of it.”
Burns said she was the ¿rst
to call 911.
“As soon as I heard it, I came
out and saw one (cow) take off,”
Burns said. “They were all moo-
ing and kicking very loudly.”
Burns said the driver got out
of the truck quickly.
“The guy was hurt a little, he
was bleeding from the head and
looked like he may have broken
his nose, but he was walking and
talking just ¿ne,” Burns said.
Speeding a factor
Marlin Lay, 56, said he was
arriving home just up the street
when the crash happened.
“Speeding is what got him,”
Lay said. “He hit that tree so
hard, he bounced back into the
highway.”
Lay, who has lived off Ce-
dar Flat Road for more than 20
years, said the area is prone to
crashes because of its curves.
“You’re going 55 (mph),
then all of the sudden it’s 45
and the road is curving,” Lay
said. “There’s a sign right there
that says 45 and they don’t pay
attention.”
Police said Wednesday that
speed was a reason the truck
failed to negotiate the turn. The
driver was cited for failing to
drive within his lane.
Watershed council to
Long Beach reverses rejection of property tax increase
host salmon presentation By CYNTHIA WASHICKO increase. At a special meeting a When she gave her initial the tax at a later point to meet
Knutson will provide an
update on the latest coho and
Chinook salmon populations
in local rivers. After the pre-
sentation, the council is hold-
ing a business meeting.
The watershed council, a
citizens’ group and tax-exempt
nonpro¿t corporation commit-
ted to improving watershed
health and native salmon pop-
ulation recovery, is seeking ad-
ditional members for the board
of directors. For information,
go to http://unwc.nehalem.org
or call 503-429-0869.
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VERNONIA — The Up-
per Nehalem Watershed Coun-
cil is presenting “Nehalem Ba-
sin Salmon Abundance Trends
and Forecasts for 2015” by
Chris Knutson, Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife
North Coast Watershed Dis-
trict manager, from 6:30 to
7:45 p.m. Thursday at the Ver-
nonia Grange, 375 North St.
The doors open at 6:30
p.m. for refreshments; the free
presentation starts at 6:45 p.m.
EO Media Group
LONG BEACH, Wash. —
The Long Beach City Council
has voted to approve a 1 percent
property tax increase for the city,
overturning a previous decision
to reject the increase.
The tax increase will take
effect Jan. 1 and is estimated to
bring an additional $5,848 to the
city, said David Glasson, Long
Beach city administrator.
At the initial meeting in No-
vember, council members Na-
talie Hanson, Mark Perez and
Del Murry voted to reject the tax
Astoria hires new city planner
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Astoria has hired a new city
planner.
Nancy Ferber is original-
ly from Portland and has been
working as a project manager for
the Musicant Group, an urban
planning ¿rm in Minneapolis.
She has a master’s degree
in urban and regional planning
from the University of Minneso-
ta and a bachelor’s degree from
Portland State University.
Ferber, who starts the job on
Dec. 14, will work in the city’s
Community Development De-
partment, which is led by Kevin
Cronin.
“I am very excited to head
back to the Paci¿c Northwest
and start building relationships
in Astoria,” Ferber said in a
statement. “Astoria is a great
community in a beautiful part of
Oregon. I’m looking forward to
meeting community members
and jumping in on projects.”
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week later, however, Perez and
Hanson changed their vote to
support raising the city property
tax.
The special meeting was
necessary, Glasson said, be-
cause county rules require the
city to either adopt a tax increase
or approve a resolution to keep
tax levels the same. At the initial
meeting the council rejected the
increase, but there was no alter-
native available for members to
approve, he said, which necessi-
tated a second meeting to stay in
compliance with county require-
ments.
“no” vote, Hanson said she
didn’t understand the rami¿-
cations of the tax structure put
in place by Initiative 747, a
Tim Eyman-sponsored mea-
sure which limits state and lo-
cal governments from raising
property taxes by more than 1
percent each year. The measure
was instated in 2001, later ruled
unconstitutional by the state Su-
preme Court, and reinstated by
the Legislature in 2007.
If the city didn’t raise the tax
this year, and then found itself
in a monetary crisis later, there
would be no option to increase
Warming center schedules volunteer training
Mike Morgan had been serv-
ing as interim city planner after
Rosemary Johnson retired from
the post last year. Brett Estes,
the city manager and former
community development direc-
tor, wanted to give Cronin, his
replacement, the opportunity to
hire a new planner.
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The Astoria Warming Center is holding
a volunteer training from 10:30 a.m. to
noon Saturday.
The public is invited to come find out
more about the operation of the Warming
Center, and what the volunteer opportu-
nities are. Attending a training does not
commit anyone to volunteering.
The location of the center for this
winter is at the First United Methodist
Church, 1076 Franklin Ave., in the low-
er level of the church. Enter through the
double doors on the 11th Street side of the
building.
For information, email drewherzig@
gmail.com or call 503-325-1895.
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Perez made his initial vote
against the increase following a
workshop earlier that day on the
city’s water and sewer budget,
which had a substantial amount
of carryover funds, he said.
A meeting on the city’s
streets and stormwater budget
changed his mind, however, he
said. The budget meeting made
it evident that more money
was needed for the streets and
stormwater fund — which will
receive revenue from the tax in-
crease — and that pushed him to
change his vote, Perez said.
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