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143rd YEAR, No. 146
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016
ONE DOLLAR
FORT GEORGE BREWERY // WARRENTON
DEAL IS
ON TAP
Brewery to be fi rst tenant in
North Coast Business Park
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
ort George Brewer\ is ¿ nali]ing a deal with
Clatsop Count\ to e[pand into the North
Coast Business Park in Warrenton.
The Erewer\ ² the ¿ rst tenant in the
2acre park across from Costco ² plans to
purchase aEout acres for ,.
The Clatsop Count\ Board of Commissioners
unanimousl\ approved the agreement Wednesda\
night. After negotiating in e[ecutive session for the
past couple of months, the deal is e[pected to of¿ ciall\
close within a week.
Chris Nemlowill, coowner of )ort George, declined
to comment until the deal closes on wh\ the Erewer\
chose the location and what it has planned for the lot.
³I will feel more comfortaEle talking aEout it once
it closes,´ he said.
F
Daily Astorian/File Photo
A sign designates the location of North Coast Business
Park near Southeast 19th Street and Southeast Ensign
Lane in Warrenton. Fort George Brewery hopes to close
on 10 acres in the park within a week.
Fort George
Brewery
plans to build
on 10 acres
in the North
Coast Busi-
ness Park.
Wetland mitigation
As part of the agreement, the count\ is offering
)ort George four wetland mitigation credits, worth up
to , each, that are necessar\ for development
in the Eusiness park.
Submitted Photo
See BREWERY, Page 10A
Fort George’s canned
regular beers.
Submitted Photo
County
health to
evaluate
Smith
State law calls for
local option in accused
murderer’s case
By KYLE SPURR
The Daily Astorian
A local mental health provider is
JettinJ the ¿ rst opportunit\ to determine if
&latsop &ount\ has the e[pertise availaEle
to evaluate the mental state of accused
murderer Jessica Smith.
Smith, 42, is the mother charged with
drugging and drowning
her toddler and attempting
to kill her teenager in a
Cannon Beach resort in
Jul\ 24.
+er defense law\ers
claim Smith suffers from
Jessica
a mental disease and is
Smith
unaEle to aid and assist
in her own defense.
7he\ asked the court for a competenc\
e[amination of Smith and then a determina
tion of her ¿ tness to proceed.
Clatsop Count\ Circuit Court Judge
Cindee 0at\as ordered Clatsop Behavioral
+ealthcare, the count\’s mental health
provider, to consult with Smith this week to
determine whether services and supervision
are availaEle in the communit\ to safel\
restore Smith’s ¿ tness to proceed.
See SMITH, Page 10A
Oysterville
court battle
winds down
Judge reMects count\
appeal in sea farms ¿ ght
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
EO Media Group
S287+ B(1', :ash. ² 3aci¿ c Count\
will not have the opportunit\ to appeal a
SeptemEer 'istrict Court decision that was
largel\ favoraEle to o\stergrower 'an
Driscoll.
Since summer 24,
Driscoll has Eeen engaged
in a legal dispute with
count\ authorities aEout
what Eusiness activities
should Ee allowed at
Dan Driscoll 2\sterville Sea )arms,
his historic 2\sterville
canner\. :hile Driscoll maintains that a
longstanding ³grandfathering´ agreement
gives him the right to operate a small seafood
and souvenir shop on the site, the count\
See O’VILLE, Page 10A
C/ASS(S GI9( /ATINAS WINGS
2utreach helps Ereak down Earriers to education
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Yolanda Turner is an instructor with Clatsop Community Col-
lege’s Transiciones Costa, a Spanish counterpart of the Lives
in Transition course.
0argaret )rimoth, the head of Clatsop
Communit\ College’s /ives in 7ransition
studentsupport program, has noticed the
changing demographics on the North Coast
and the increase in Hispanic families.
She felt that her program, along with
the Women Interested in Going to School
conference organi]ed E\ the American
Association of 8niversit\ Women, needed to
change, too.
7wo \ears ago, the college started the
free /atina WINGS and 7ransiciones Costa
Coastal 7ransitions, the Spanishlanguage
eTuivalent to )rimoth’s education and
careere[ploration course.
/ike its da\long (nglish counterpart,
/atina WINGS Erings women to the college
)eE. , provides lunch and child care and
inspires them to further their education.
³7he goal is to encourage all students to
come through the college, even if it’s for a
couple of classes,´ )rimoth said. ³I think that
adds strength to a communit\, and that’s the
goal of a communit\ college.´
After the introduction to the college,
women can Moin a da\time section of 7ran
siciones Costa Uno with Yolanda Turner, a
former Warrenton High School teacher, or an
evening session with C\nthia /ivar, a clinical
chaplain at Providence Seaside Hospital.
See WINGS, Page 10A