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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2019
IN BRIEF
Software error adds
200 votes to Tuesday’s election
An error in the software used to count votes caused
more than 200 test ballots to initially be included in the
results of Tuesday’s election.
County Clerk Tracie Krevanko said ballot-counting
machines worked properly. The county ran a test before
counting offi cial ballots, but the module used for count-
ing forgot to take the test votes out.
The 212 test votes were spread over 11 voting pre-
cincts and did not affect any races, but made notice-
able differences in small districts decided by fewer
votes, Krevanko said. She said the issue has since been
corrected.
Saddle Mountain closed to hikers
Saddle Mountain State Natural Area will be closed
next week so crews can remove a dilapidated garage,
clear debris and take care of maintenance at the park.
The park will be closed all day Tuesday through Fri-
day, but is expected to be open again on June 1. The
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department hired War-
renton-based Custom Excavating to complete the work
at a cost of $9,000.
Saddle Mountain, located off U.S. Highway 26, is a
popular destination for hikers.
Englund Marine hosts
boater safety course
The State Marine Board will hold a one-day class for
people seeking an Oregon boater education card.
Registration starts at 7:45 a.m. on June 1 in the
upstairs conference room of Englund Marine & Indus-
trial Supply at 95 Hamburg Ave. in Astoria. The class
runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., including a lunch break, and
costs $10.
The boater education card is issued for life and hon-
ored by all states.
For more information or to reserve a spot, call Jerry
Ostermiller at 503-791-3161.
Knappa water fl ushing planned
KNAPPA — The Knappa Water Association is
fl ushing mains from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
Patrons may expect periods of low water pressure
or cloudy water. If these conditions persist, call the
Knappa Water Association offi ce at 503-458-6461.
Memorial Day service planned at
Maritime Memorial Park
The Memorial Day service at Maritime Memorial
Park in Uniontown is 3 p.m. on Monday.
The event recognizes people whose names are
engraved on the memorial.
This year, the service is dedicated to Shirley Tinner,
a founding member of the Uniontown Association, who
died in December.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
May 22, 2019
MORGAN, Evelyn Shirley, 83, of Knappa, died in
Knappa. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of
Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
May 20, 2019
McMASTER, James A., 65, of Tacoma, Washington,
formerly of Warrenton, died in Tacoma. Scott Funeral
Home & Cremation Services of Tacoma is in charge of
the arrangements.
BIRTH
May 8, 2019
CONLIN, Elisa and Taylor, of Gearhart, a girl,
Lorelai Belle Conlin, born at Columbia Memorial
Hospital in Astoria.
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• Warrenton police arrested Ronald Cordell, 71, of
Hammond, near the Hammond Marina on Monday for
driving under the infl uence of intoxicants. Cordell had
a blood alcohol content of 0.15%.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Astoria Library Board,
5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 989 Broadway.
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Emergency responders circle underneath the Astoria Bridge after a man jumped on Thursday morning.
Authorities probe suicide on Astoria Bridge
The Astorian
A Warrenton man jumped
off the Astoria Bridge on
Thursday morning.
The man parked his car
halfway up the span on the
Astoria side, got out and
started walking, Astoria
Police Chief Geoff Spalding
said.
When police offi cers
arrived, they saw the man
on the other side of a barrier
and railing. Offi cers started
to talk to him, but held back
until emergency responders
in the water and a crisis nego-
tiator were in place. The man
did not respond to offi cers.
“So we were waiting for
the crisis negotiator to get
here and he basically jumps,”
Spalding said.
Clatsop County Sher-
iff Tom Bergin said the man
Elected offi cials discuss
combined 911 center
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Astorian
The often-controversial
topic of 911 consolidation
could land in front of Clatsop
County leaders this year.
A majority of elected offi -
cials representing county and
city governments indicated at
an annual meeting Thursday
night that they would be open
to a discussion about possibly
combining Astoria and Sea-
side’s emergency dispatch
centers.
Getting the “pulse of the
room” was an important step,
Warrenton Mayor Henry Bal-
ensifer said afterward . He
believes dispatch services
should be a county wide,
shared asset and pushed for
a preliminary discussion on
Thursday.
He plans to talk with the
rest of the Warrenton City
Commission about 911 con-
solidation this summer.
The subject of consolidat-
ing 911 dispatch has come
up before. Proponents argue
that a central, combined dis-
patch center is an import-
ant safety-driven change and
would improve communica-
tion in parts of the county that
are known as perpetual dead
zones.
However, opponents argue
consolidation could take away
local knowledge that can be
critical when dispatchers are
guiding emergency respond-
ers . In Seaside, dispatchers
also perform other duties at
the police department, from
monitoring holding cells to
record-and-evidence keeping.
Balensifer and other offi -
cials do share a concern about
moving vital emergency ser-
vices like the dispatch centers
outside of hazard areas. Asto-
ria and Seaside’s dispatch cen-
ters are located inside tsunami
inundation zones.
A number of elected offi -
cials, including Seaside city
councilors, said they were
open to discussing consoli-
dation, but did not lend their
full support to the idea . Others
said they wanted more infor-
mation fi rst.
Right now, not all employ-
ees at the different dispatch
centers may be covered by
the state’s Public Employ-
ees Retirement System, said
Astoria Mayor Bruce Jones.
Some have different unions,
he added.
But these challenges could
be addressed one step at a
time, he said.
Seaside City Councilor
Seth Morrisey remained
largely unconvinced, however.
“We are very proud of the
fact that we have a 911 dis-
patch center,” he said . The
local knowledge and control
found in the dispatch center is
important to the community
and the police department.
Culturally, and in terms
of emergency situations
that arise, Astoria and Sea-
side sometimes “feel a world
apart,” he said.
He rejected a suggestion
made by some offi cials Thurs-
day to move all dispatch ser-
vices to Astoria’s 911 cen-
ter and morph personnel over
time.
“If there was a site that was
potentially centrally located
out of the inundation zone and
everything else made sense,
then it would be a proposal I
would consider, but I’d be a
tough sell,” Morrisey said.
hit a bridge support in the
main channel of the Colum-
bia River . His body fell into
the river and has not been
recovered.
The man was identifi ed as
Daniel Williams, 24, of War-
renton, according to Astoria
police.
The bridge was initially
closed, but both lanes were
open to traffi c shortly before
11 a.m.
Astoria police seek
information on assault
The Astorian
Astoria police are seek-
ing information about an
assault on a homeless man
Thursday night.
Police and fi refi ghters
were dispatched around
11 p.m. to 31st Street and
Marine Drive, where pass-
ersby found a 41-year-old
man and his bike in the
westbound lane with an
injured head and arm.
The man was highly
intoxicated and unwill-
ing to provide informa-
tion about what happened.
Police determined he had
not been hit by a car, but
likely assaulted.
Police ask anyone who
may have information to
call the nonemergency dis-
patch line at 503-325-4411
or email Detective Cory
Gerig at cgerig@astoria.
or.us
Offi ces close for Memorial Day
The Astorian
In observance of Memo-
rial Day on Monday, all
federal, state, county and
city offi ces and services,
including Astoria, War-
renton, Gearhart, Seaside
and Cannon Beach city
halls, are closed. All U.S.
post offi ces are closed, and
there is no mail delivery.
Astoria,
Jewell,
Knappa, Warrenton/Ham-
mond, Seaside (including
Cannon Beach and Gear-
hart schools) and Ocean
Beach School District
schools and Clatsop Com-
munity College are closed.
The Astoria Library,
Seaside Library, Warren-
ton Library and all Tim-
berland libraries in Wash-
ington state are closed.
The Port of Astoria
offi ces and services are
closed.
Garbage
collection
through Recology West-
ern Oregon, city of War-
renton garbage collection,
and Peninsula Sanitation
in Washington are not
affected by the holiday.
Recology Western Ore-
gon’s transfer station and
Peninsula
Sanitation’s
transfer station are open.
The Sunset Pool in
Seaside is open from
5:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The
Astoria Aquatic Center is
open regular hours.
The Clatsop County
Heritage Museum, the
Oregon Film Museum and
Flavel House are open
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and the Carriage House
is open from 9:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. The Uppertown
Firefi ghters’ Museum is
closed.
Lil’ Sprouts is closed.
Fort Clatsop is open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Columbia River Maritime
Museum is open from
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
Seaside Museum is closed.
Sunset Empire Trans-
portation (“The Bus”) is
running.
The Astorian offi ces are
closed .
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who may have lost someone
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