DailyAstorian.com // THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016
143RD YEAR, NO. 201
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The Daily Astorian
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Griffin Hicks, 2, gives a smile to Derai Butler, a nursing student at Clatsop Community College, as she checks his blood pressure
during the Early Childhood Health and Education Clinic at Astor Elementary School on Wednesday.
Childhood clinic catches problems early
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health screens
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Daniel Halsen, 3, plays blocks with Heather Leader, who is with the Northwest Regional Education
Service, at Astor Elementary School on Wednesday.
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A Wheeler man who used his cell-
phone to capture portions of a conten-
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in December will not be prosecuted
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the charge.
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Prosecutors drop illegal recording charge
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cellphone to record
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The Daily Astorian
See RECORDING, Page 10A