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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2019
IN BRIEF
Motorcyclist killed
in crash on logging road
A motorcyclist was killed on Saturday night in a
head-on collision with a vehicle on a logging road.
Andrew Nick Glegor, 30, of Astoria, allegedly turned
onto a logging road to escape police. Astoria police said
about 20 minutes after the pursuit ended they got a report
that the rider had been involved in a crash.
A police offi cer had tried to stop Glegor because his
motorcycle didn’t have a taillight. According to police,
Glegor tried to evade the offi cer when he saw him exit
his car.
Police said Glegor rode onto the west end of the Asto-
ria Riverwalk Inn and then onto the boat docks behind
the hotel. He then came off the docks and headed west
on W. Marine Drive.
The offi cer pursued the motorcyclist for about two
blocks and discontinued the pursuit. The offi cer went back
to the West Mooring Basin to try to contact the female
Glegor appeared to be meeting with before he fl ed.
Glegor returned, but began riding away again when
he saw the offi cer.
The offi cer pursued the rider down to state Highway
202. The pursuit ended when Glegor went around a log-
ging route gate.
The Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce searched the
area, but couldn’t fi nd him. The sheriff’s offi ce then got
the report that the crash occurred. A deputy went to the
location and found Glegor had been involved in a crash
with a vehicle on the logging road.
Astoria man seriously injured
after running into traffi c
An Astoria man was seriously injured Monday after-
noon after running into traffi c near W. Marine Drive and
Portway Street.
Steven Black, 39, was struck by a vehicle in the
400 block of W. Marine Drive. Police said he ran from
the shoulder of the road into the roadway before being
struck by a westbound Chevrolet pickup truck.
Black’s leg was severely injured and his femoral
artery was severed. Offi cers were able to use tourni-
quets to stop the bleeding. Black was taken to Colum-
bia Memorial Hospital in Astoria for treatment and then
fl own to a Portland area hospital.
Razor clamming to close
on Clatsop beaches
Clatsop County beaches from Seaside to the Columbia
River will be closed to razor clamming beginning Monday.
The 18 miles of beach north of Tillamook Head close
to razor clam harvest annually from mid-July until Sept.
30 to give young clams a chance to establish themselves
during the summer. The state completes stock assess-
ments during this period.
Last year, they found that clams were too small and
extended the annual closure until spring to give clams
time to grow.
The Clatsop beaches are the most productive razor
clam beds in the state, accounting for more than 90 per-
cent of the total harvest.
County seeks to fi ll vacancies
on Planning Commission
Clatsop County is accepting applications for two
open seats on the Planning Commission.
The commission meets at 10 a.m. on the second
Tuesday of each month in Astoria.
The open positions are for terms ending June 30,
2023. The openings are for the Clatsop Plains and north-
east planning areas, but the commission is also interested
in representation from the Elsie-Jewell and Seaside rural
planning areas.
The Board of Commissioners will consider the
appointments at its Aug. 28 meeting. Application forms
are available at the county manager’s offi ce at 800
Exchange St., Suite 410 in Astoria or online at www.co.
clatsop.or.us. The deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on Aug 9.
— The Astorian
ON THE RECORD
Disorderly conduct
• Matthew John Noack, 29, of Astoria, was arrested
on Monday for second-degree disorderly conduct,
harassment and resisting arrest. Noack was report-
edly causing a disturbance at his residence and then
started yelling at a family member in the street. He was
reportedly combative with responding offi cers.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Astoria City Council,
1 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Seaside Civic and Con-
vention Center Commis-
sion, 5 p.m., Seaside Civic
and Convention Center,
415 First Ave.
Astoria Design
Review Committee,
5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Gearhart Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
698 Pacific Way.
Low
tides
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
Visitors stand at the entrance to a cave at Waikiki Beach on Friday. The cave was accessible during a window of extreme low tides.
Abandoned apartments get makeover in Long Beach
Couple will
restore building
By ALYSSA EVANS
Chinook Observer
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— A long-troubled apart-
ment complex is getting a
second chance.
Patrick and Stacy Reddy,
a husband and wife duo,
recently purchased the apart-
ment building off Sixth and
Washington.
The pair is working to
restore the building to create
like-new apartments.
“We’re reusing and repur-
posing anything we can,”
Patrick Reddy said.
The building will feature
four one-bedroom units, two
two-bedroom units and about
20 storage units. The couple
is aiming to open apartments
to renters in early fall.
“We’re just trying to do
some good,” Stacy Reddy
said. “We’re going to do right
by our neighbors.”
After seeing the apart-
ment building, the couple
contacted long time owner
Joseph Winter to see if he’d
sell the building.
Three weeks later, the
couple convinced Winter to
let the building go.
The Reddys purchased
the building in late May for
$300,000. The couple had to
get tests done to ensure the
building was safe. They also
had to clear out all of the left-
over furniture and items.
“We knew there was a
hurdle and we were willing
to take it on,” Patrick Reddy
said.
Winter, who lives in Ore-
gon City, was at the center of
a debate between tenants and
Alyssa Evans/Chinook Observer
The 360 Apartments have a planned reopening date in early fall.
property management last
summer.
Renters were evicted
in July 2018 after a man
allegedly ran a toxic gold
extraction operation inside
the building.
The eviction left seven
adults and six minors
homeless.
Many of the residents
struggled to fi nd housing .
At the time, property man-
ager Autumn Reynolds said
Winter was the only victim
of the situation. The evicted
renters disagreed.
After the incident, Winter
said he wanted to demolish
the building.
Instead, the building
sat vacant, with occasional
break-ins, allegedly some-
times by previous resi-
dents trying to retrieve their
belongings.
Since the Reddys bought
the building, there have been
at least three break-ins.
“People
think
there
are drugs are there. There
aren’t,” Patrick Reddy said.
The Reddys are installing
a security system and work-
Veterans group looks to rehab old library in Hammond
Building vacant
for two years
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Astorian
WARRENTON — Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Post
10580 believes it has found
the perfect location for its
headquarters: The old library
building in Hammond.
The building has sat
empty since the Warren-
ton Library left more than
two years ago following an
inspection that revealed the
building had outlived its use-
ful life and posed a hazard to
visitors.
With the City Commis-
sion’s blessing, Bert Little,
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ing with neighbors to keep
an eye on the building. The
couple, and Stacy’s mom,
also live within homes in the
neighborhood.
“We’ve got good neigh-
bors here. They’re vigi-
lant,” Patrick Reddy said.
“We know all our neighbors
here, even though they’re
part-timers.”
The Reddys are in the pro-
cess of moving from Duvall
to become full-time Long
Beach residents. They’ve
owned their home a few
years, and have visited the
p eninsula together since the
early 2000s.
“We like it here, like the
people here,” Patrick Reddy
said. “It’s better in small
towns.”
The couple said they
are looking forward to get-
ting more involved with the
community.
They previously volun-
teered at festivals and Shoe-
boxes for Joy.
“In a small town, you’ve
got to raise everyone up,”
Patrick Reddy said. “The
point is to give, not to worry
about who takes it.”
The couple started reno-
vating homes 12 years ago.
The Long Beach apartments
will be Patrick Reddy’s fi rst
major passion project after
retiring from the U.S. Postal
Service.
“We’re looking to sup-
plement our retirement, not
make a huge killing,” he said.
Some places they’ve ren-
ovated homes include Cle
Elum, Duvall and South
Bend. Depending on how the
Long Beach project goes, the
couple might look into reno-
vating more local homes.
“We’re just amateurs. It’s
our hobby to drive around and
look at abandoned homes,”
Stacy Reddy said. “Reusing,
restoring and repurposing in
the community is our thing.”
The pair won’t have to
demolish any walls of the
Long Beach apartments but
they will have to remove car-
pet, replace windows, repair
the building’s siding, and
upgrade just about every-
thing else .
“This is the biggest proj-
ect we’ve done by far,” Stacy
Reddy said.
The building will be called
the 360 Apartments. In addi-
tion to the renovations, the
building will feature beach-
themed murals.
“They won’t be low-cost,
but they’ll be safe and rea-
sonably priced,” Patrick
Reddy said. “We’re going to
screen everyone very well.”
The couple will update
their Facebook page with
photos and information as
the renovation moves for-
ward. Posts will feature the
couple’s “apartment wars,”
where Stacy and Patrick
compete to renovate the
two-bedroom units.
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representing the VFW, will
work with city staff to look
into the feasibility of repair-
ing the building and remodel-
ing it. Little hopes to pursue
grants and support available
from local Army National
Guard units for the work.
The VFW has been look-
ing for a permanent home and
a place to hold its monthly
meetings for a while, Little
told City Commissioners at a
meeting Tuesday night.
The building, a quaint
white structure that looks
like an old-time school-
house, is a familiar landmark
in Hammond. For many
years it housed the Warren-
ton Library. The property is
on the city’s appraisal list .
“We will need to deter-
mine through the build-
ing and land use pro-
cess what improvements
would be required to estab-
lish such occupancy,” City
Manager Linda Engbretson
wrote in a memo to the City
Commission.
“There’s details that
would have to be worked
out,” she told the c ommis-
sion on Tuesday.
Some of the commission-
ers said they would rather
just give the property to the
VFW.
“The building’s in terri-
ble shape, so if they can do
something with it through
funds they can acquire, that’s
awesome and the communi-
ty’s better for it,” City Com-
missioner Mark Baldwin
said.
Mayor Henry Balensifer
supported the plan for city
staff to work with the VFW
to see what could be done
to improve and reopen the
building. The former library
is a “limited facility,” he
noted, and the VFW would
likely be one of the better
fi ts.
But the possibility of gift-
ing the building to the group
will need to be explored after
the building is appraised, he
said.
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