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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019
A farm and fish-themed market
IN BRIEF
Authorities ID body in bridge suicide
The body of a man who jumped off the Astoria Bridge
in late May was found on Wednesday morning.
The man was identifi ed as 40-year-old Justin
McCullough. A kayaker discovered the body on a beach
near where the Skipanon River enters the Columbia River.
Authorities said McCullough left his job at Ocean
Crest Chevrolet in Warrenton on May 31 and jumped
off the bridge.
— The Astorian
Seaside looks to safer Fourth of July
SEASIDE — After concerns about illegal fi reworks
in Seaside on the Fourth of July, City Councilor Tita
Montero presented ways to prepare for a safer holiday.
Montero met with Fire Chief Joey Daniels, Police
Chief Chief Dave Ham and Public Works Director Dale
McDowell to get input on what’s happening now and get
their ideas how we can affect some change.
Montero and offi cials came up with three suggestions
for the Fourth, starting with public service announce-
ments: “catchy friendly, quick and frequent.” Messages
would be reviewed by the police and fi re chief.
She also asked for the city to announce heavy enforce-
ment for the holiday. “It doesn’t mean zero tolerance,
but it also doesn’t mean we’re not going to be doing the
job,” she said.
Reader board messages along U.S. Highway 26 could
reinforce those messages, she said.
Cost for two mobile message boards is about $1,000
for the Fourth of July, McDowell said, and they could be
installed the day before and taken down after the holiday.
— The Astorian
Washington state fi nes owner
of sunken research vessel
BAY CENTER, Wash. — Sunfeather Lightdancer, the
owner of the former Antarctic research vessel Hero, was
fi ned $1,200 and assessed $28,870 in state cleanup costs.
In March 2017, the 49-year-old, 125-foot wood-hulled
Hero sank at its mooring at a private fl oating dock in the
Palix River. As a result, oil spilled for nearly a month,
impacting local oyster-growing operations downstream,
the Washington State Department of Ecology said.
— Chinook Observer
BIRTHS
June 10, 2019
HANSEN,
Jes-
sica, and VAN OSDOL,
Edwin “Randy,” of
Knappa, a girl, Juniper
Joyce Van Osdol, born
at Columbia Memo-
rial Hospital in Astoria.
Grandparents are Joyce
and Ed Van Osdol and
Rune Charles Hansen, all
of Svensen.
June 8, 2019
PALMROSE, Britney
and Brennan, of Asto-
ria, a boy, Keiler Randall
Palmrose, born at Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital.
Grandparents are Hank
and Brandy Jones of
Hammond and Brian Sr.
and Hattie Houghton and
John and Cheryl Palm-
rose, all of Astoria.
DEATHS
June 19, 2019
KELSO, Shari Lucille,
63, of Astoria, died in
Astoria.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
May 31, 2019
McCULLOUGH, Jus-
tin Nicholas, 40, of Happy
Valley, employed in War-
renton, died in Astoria.
Caldwell’s Luce-Layton
Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
MEMORIAL
Saturday, June 22
WYSE, Nancy Ann — Memorial at noon, Our Sav-
iour’s Lutheran Church, 320 First Ave. in Seaside.
ON THE RECORD
Theft
• Shari Lynn Phillips, 57, of Shady Cove, was
arrested on Wednesday for disorderly conduct in the
second degree, theft in the third degree, resisting arrest
and other charges . After allegedly committing theft at
Finn’s Fish House, police said Phillips resisted arrest
and attempted to cause physical harm to a Seaside
p olice l ieutenant with a walking stick.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Astoria Library Board,
5:30 p.m., Library Flag Room,
450 10th St.
Seaside School District
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Warrenton held its fi rst ever Fishermen and Farmers Market Thursday at the city marina. The market is
scheduled to run each week on Thursdays through Sept. 26. There will be no market, however, during the Fourth of July holiday
week. Kathleen Adams, of Hammond, cuddles a chicken. Around a dozen vendors were on hand, including SeMe Family Foods
out of Longview, Washington.
Research begins on evacuation tower
Structure could
also be used for
fi refi ghter training
By PATRICK WEBB
Chinook Observer
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— The mid-p eninsula loca-
tion of 168th Street and
Pacifi c Highway is being
considered for a tsunami
evacuation tower and fi re-
fi ghter training building.
The sturdy structure
would be designed to pro-
vide some “artifi cial high
ground” in a tsunami.
The parcel is owned by
Pacifi c County Fire District
No. 1. The 13 acres were pur-
chased more than 10 years
ago for a possible fi refi ghter
training site. Chief Jacob
Brundage said any structure
could do double duty.
“That area has no natural
high ground and it would be
a minimum of two hours for
anyone to walk out,” he said.
The fi re district has
worked with state and fed-
eral offi cials to secure a
$120,000 grant for a feasi-
bility study. This month , the
district advertised for an
expert to coordinate the
early phases of the proposal.
Applications are due Sunday .
Fire offi cials emphasize
that it is only a concept right
now.
The fi re district coor-
dinates fi refi ghter train-
ing in Pacifi c and Wahkia-
kum counties and the idea
of designing the evacua-
tion structure so it could be
used for high-ladder and
hose training is encouraged
by emergency management
experts. It would not be used
for live-fi re training, Brund-
age said.
Assistant Chief Brad
Weatherby said the fi rst
phase is to consider the feasi-
bility. Soil samples and wet-
lands are among issues that
must be addressed. If things
moved ahead, the fi re dis-
trict would apply for another
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency grant in
January.
“If we move forward,
maybe fall of 2020 would
be the earliest construction
start,” Weatherby said.
Tim Cook is the state haz-
ard mitigation offi cer with
the Emergency Management
Division. He has been work-
ing with the Pacifi c County
Fire District No. 1 fi re offi -
cials on elements of the
application.
He said unlike federal
grants awarded after disas-
ters, this funding source
is designed for agencies
working on long-term risk
reduction.
Cook said one key ele-
ment in the research will be
working with University of
Washington experts on tsu-
nami modeling to ensure the
site is safe and suitable.
“We are really happy with
our partnership,” he said.
“We are really energized by
the motivation and focus on
safety that Chief Brundage
and his staff have shown.”
Dispatcher helps girl deliver baby sister
Delightful ending
to emergency call
By PATRICK WEBB
Chinook Observer
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— Estrella Medina-Merino
wasn’t just the fi rst person to
meet her baby sister.
She delivered her.
The
eighth-grader’s
mother went into labor at
their Long Beach Peninsula
home shortly after midnight
one night in early May.
Estrella called 911.
And as Pacifi c County dis-
patcher Jamiee Boggs took
her details and told her what
to do, the baby arrived.
The incident delighted
Pacifi c County Fire District
No. 1 crew members, who
like to celebrate emergency
calls that have happy endings.
“It was absolutely amaz-
ing,” said Lani Karvia, public
education coordinator.
Chief Jacob Brundage
highlighted Estrella’s “brave
and courageous actions”
during an assembly at Hilltop
School in Ilwaco this month .
School staff presented the
family with gifts to reward the
student’s remarkable poise.
The birth happened in
early May.
“Within only a couple of
minutes of initiating the 911
call, her mother started to
give birth,” Karvia noted in
Pacifi c County Fire District No. 1
Jacob Brundage, right, chief of Pacifi c County Fire District No. 1, commends all of those
involved in the birth. With him, left to right, are Pacifi c County 911 dispatcher Jamiee Boggs,
Fire District 1 paramedic Capt. Mike Deconto and Ilwaco eighth-grader Estrella Medina-Merino,
who delivered her sister.
an online post. “Estrella, with
directions from the 911 dis-
patcher, assisted in the deliv-
ery of her baby sister before
EMS crews arrived.”
Boggs, who has been a
dispatcher for two years, was
working the 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.
shift in the communications
center with colleagues Jamie
Souvenir and Mandy Hardy.
She had been fi ling paper-
work and checking warrants
as usual, awaiting any emer-
gency calls.
Estrella dialed in some
while after midnight.
“She was super calm the
whole conversation,” said
Boggs, who is trained to
expect callers to scream or
panic. “She did a great job —
she was amazing. We worked
as a team for a few minutes
and then I heard the baby
crying.”
Dispatchers’ training cov-
ers protocols for such eventu-
alities and Boggs said she fol-
lowed them faithfully.
“It’s step by step, if a child
is coming out, if it is out. It’s
pretty nice because it is short
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instructions and ‘tell me when
you’re done.’”
Capt. Mike Deconto, a
paramedic, arrived to take
over.
“Estrella was instrumen-
tal in providing important
medical information to the
responding medical crews for
treatment of her mom and her
new baby sister,” Karvia said.
Boggs attended the presen-
tation of an award to Estrella
— as well as a stork pin —
and was commended for her
professional skill in handling
the call.
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