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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018 County enters agreement for disaster shelters By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Fred Meyer in Warrenton is among the Kroger stores that will raise the age to purchase guns to 21. Kroger raises age for gun purchases at Fred Meyer HUGE By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian The Clatsop County Dis- trict Attorney’s Office will not file criminal charges in the accidental shooting death of a soldier at Camp Rilea in January. before it discharged and struck Kuhn, District Attorney Josh Marquis said. “There is no indication that this was anything but a tragic accident,” Marquis said in a statement. “Any negligence did not rise to the level of criminal culpability and, accordingly, Spc. Devin Kuhn, a 24-year-old soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, died at Columbia Memorial Hospi- tal from a gunshot wound. An investigation found that a sol- dier was practicing loading his weapon in one of the barracks Lawsuit seeks greater protections for rare Northwest bird By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting An environmental group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service to increase protec- tions for a small ground-nest- ing bird called the streaked horned lark. The lark once ranged from the grasslands of southern Oregon north into Canada, but now can only be found in the Willamette Valley and Puget Sound region. It was listed as threatened under the Endan- gered Species Act in 2013. plowed over, mowed over during the spring — during the short breeding season,” said Noah Greenwald, the center’s endangered species director. Nests could be protected by locating and avoiding them during mowing, some- thing that would take time and resources to accomplish. The Center for Biological Diversity is suing to raise the bird’s status to “endangered.” They are also to trying to get rid of an exemption for farm- ers and airports that threaten the lark’s nesting habitat. “So it can handle some dis- turbance, but what it can’t han- dle is having its nests run over, the investigation is closed.” The Army Criminal Inves- tigation Command has yet to announce the results of its investigation. Camp Rilea, located in Warrenton, is the Oregon National Guard’s largest train- ing facility. Clatsop Post 12 Fish ‘n’Tots With Coleslaw and Garlic Bread Friday nd Mar. 2 4 pm until gone $ 8. 00 6PM “Karaoke Dave” WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 ASTORIA AMERICAN LEGION Clatsop Post 12 1132 Exchange Street 325-5771 99 cent Produce Sale! March 2 ND and 3 RD Only! Honeycrisp, Fugi, Pacifi c Rose, Opal & more... 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We bring all of that.” Before approving the agree- ment unanimously, Com- missioner Lianne Thompson expressed concerns over the potential costs. The county will not pay any money until a cata- strophic disaster strikes and the company’s services are needed. If a disaster occurs, quotes from LB 1lb Package COO of GFP Enterprises DA finds no criminal wrongdoing in Camp Rilea death C / SWEET STRAWBERRIES Donald R. Pollard LB Kroger, the company that operates Fred Meyer stores in Oregon, Washington state, Alaska and Idaho, is increas- ing the minimum age for firearm and ammunition pur- chases from 18 to 21 at all its Fred Meyer locations that sell firearms. “We believe these are common-sense steps we can take immediately that are in line with our values and our vision,” Kroger said in a statement. Kroger joins large-scale retailers Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, which both announced that they would stop selling guns to cus- tomers under 21 and would impose new restrictions on ammunition sales. The move by the retail- ers follows the shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school in February that left 17 people dead and several others wounded. Kroger operates 50 Fred Meyer stores in Oregon. Seventeen of those loca- tions sell firearms, including the store in Warrenton. None of the company’s Portland stores sell firearms. “Kroger’s vision is to LB By ERICKA CRUZ GUEVARRA Oregon Public Broadcasting serve America through food inspiration and uplift. In response to the tragic events in Parkland and elsewhere, we’ve taken a hard look at our policies and procedures for firearm sales,” Kroger said in a statement. “We have a thorough and vigilant background check process for the sale of sport- ing-related firearms at our select general-merchandise Fred Meyer stores. In addi- tion, firearms are sold only by designated associates that go through rigorous train- ing and federal background checks. Recent events demonstrate the need for additional action on the part of responsible gun retailers.” Kroger said it stopped selling military-style semi-automatic rifles at its Fred Meyer stores several years ago, but that it will no longer accept special orders of such weapons in Alaska. “As we refresh stores we are often transitioning gun departments due to softer demand and changing cus- tomer preferences,” the com- pany added. On Thursday, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that, along with new age restrictions, it would stop selling military-style semi- automatic rifles and high-ca- pacity magazines. Walmart said it would remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website. LB Buyers now must be 21 Clatsop County commis- sioners approved an agreement Wednesday with a private com- pany that will facilitate mass shelters in the event of a disas- ter such as the Cascadia Sub- duction Zone earthquake and tsunami. The agreement with GFP Enterprises details how the company would respond to a predesignated mass shel- ter site, such as Camp Rilea, and set up a shelter for people who are unable to live in their homes for a prolonged period of time. The company would also provide services like food, water, showers and laundry. The Sisters-based company has responded to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurri- cane Isaac. “By the time you activate this contract, you’re going to ‘There’s no water. There’s no power. Sewer systems aren’t working. We bring all of that.’ the company in its plans for a large-scale disaster. “The disaster is going to be expensive,” Brown said. 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