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THE DAILY ASTORIAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016
Warrenton recognizes
community heroism
30-year reserve
police of¿cer
also honored
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — Police
Chief Mathew Workman rec-
ognized three citizens who
stepped in at a crucial moment
to help save the life of a boy
who was struck by a van last
September.
U.S. Airmen Beth Row-
ley and Ryan Smith, and John
Meiners — a veteran of the
Lewis & Clark Fire District
and the ¿re board president —
received citizen commenda-
tion awards for “their compas-
sion, bravery, and willingness
to help (the victim).” Without
their intervention, the child
could have died, Workman
said at Tuesday’s City Com-
mission meeting.
On the morning of Sept. 11,
Rowley and Smith witnessed
the child get run over by the
front tire of the van, which was
slowing down, on Southwest
Ninth Street as he ran into the
street.
Smith rushed to the scene,
shouted at the driver not to
move the van, called 911 and
aided the severely injured
child. Rowley also called 911,
helped calm the boy’s dis-
traught mother and then tried
to comfort the child.
Meiners, who happened to
be driving by, offered his assis-
tance until emergency person-
nel could arrive.
When Of¿cer Robert Wirt
arrived, he heard the boy
screaming in pain and saw
Meiners stabilizing the child’s
neck and Smith stabilizing his
body.
“If not for their decisive
action, of Airman Smith and
Airman Rowley, I believe the
child ... probably would have
been run over by the rear tire of
the van as well,” Workman said.
“If not for the care and comfort
Erick Bengel/The Daily Astorian
From left: U.S. Airmen Ryan Smith and Beth Rowley, and
John Meiners, a veteran of the Lewis & Clark Fire District
and the fire board president, received citizen commenda-
tion awards for their help in saving the life of a severely
injured child last September.
Erick Bengel/The Daily Astorian
Warrenton
Police
De-
partment Reserve Officer
James Rankin (foreground
right) holds his certificate
of appreciation — pre-
sented to him by Police
Chief Mathew Workman
(foreground left) — for his
nearly three decades serv-
ing the department. Be-
hind them, Administrative
Assistant Dawn Shaw and
City Commissioner Rick
Newton applaud Rankin’s
achievement.
provided by Airman Smith, Mr.
Meiners and Airman Rowley,
the child’s injuries would have
undoubtedly been even more
serious, and he might not have
survived.”
Workman said that the police
department, to be successful,
must partner with its citizens.
“We can’t be everywhere at
once, and we can’t always be
on the scene when something
happens,” he said, “so we rely
on our citizens to step up, do
the right thing and to help
when they can.”
In other business Tuesday:
Workman also honored
Reserve Of¿cer James Rankin,
who, on March 27, will have
served in the police depart-
ment 30 years.
“Jim’s been a great, great
asset to my department, ever
since I’ve been here in 2008.
Come to ¿nd out, Jim’s been
a great asset to this department
for a long, long, long time,”
Workman said, amiably teas-
ing Rankin.
“The of¿cers that showed
up tonight, they didn’t have
to. They came because Jim is
a well-respected member of
my department, and a well-re-
spected member of this com-
munity,” he continued, add-
ing that Rankin, who served in
the U.S. Marine Corps for four
years, has “done a lot of ser-
vice in his life, and he contin-
ues to do so.”
Mayor Mark Kujala pro-
claimed April Child Abuse
Prevention Month.
The City Commission
unanimously passed an ordi-
nance vacating the south 10
feet of Eighth Street.
Electrical ¿re renders Seaside
property ‘uninhabitable’
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Fire¿ghters
responded to a structure ¿re at
a house at the corner of Fifth
Avenue and Roosevelt Drive
in Seaside Tuesday afternoon.
The house sustained
$90,000 in damage to con-
tents and property, and a
neighboring home also suf-
fered damage, Division Chief
Chris Dugan said at the scene.
The ¿re started at the
garage next to the home,
Dugan said. No one was hurt,
but the house is not habitable.
A second-alarm call
brought ¿re¿ghters from Can-
non Beach, Gearhart, Warren-
ton and Lewis & Clark. An
estimated 30 to 0 ¿re¿ghters
fought the blaze.
The ¿re was under con-
trol in about 10 to 15 minutes,
Dugan said.
The homeowner was not in
the home, but the renter was.
He called 911 and Seaside
Fire and Rescue responded.
The cause is most likely
Jeff Ter Har/For EO Media Group
Fighting the blaze Tuesday afternoon in Seaside.
electrical in nature. “It’s
pointing in that direction,
but it’s not of¿cial,” Dugan
said.
Content loss was esti-
mated at about $30,000
and damage to the structure
about $60,000. About $1,000
The Farmacy plans to grow pot in basement
Second grow
operation
approved in
Astoria
The Daily Astorian
The Farmacy will grow
marijuana in the basement
of its dispensary on Marine
Drive in Uppertown.
The Astoria Planning
Commission voted unan-
imously Tuesday night to
approve a permit for the
growing and processing oper-
ation ¿nding the project con-
sistent with light manufactur-
ing in a commercial zone.
The project is the sec-
ond commercial marijuana
growing operation in Astoria.
In November, the Planning
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
The Farmacy, a dispensary in Uppertown, plans to have
a marijuana growing operation in the basement.
Commission approved a pot
growing site for a warehouse
off Industry Street.
The Farmacy, a medical
marijuana dispensary, is sell-
ing recreational marijuana
under a state law that permits
the sales through the end of
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was done to the neighboring
property.
The property was insured,
and the renters had renters’
insurance, Dugan said.
R.J. Marx and Lyra Fon-
taine contributed to this
report.
the year while the state estab-
lishes licensing.
Nicholas Palazzo, The
Farmacy’s owner, has applied
for a retail license. He said he
intends to sell the marijuana
he grows in the basement in
his shop upstairs.
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