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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019
Pizza, sports bar planned in Knappa
IN BRIEF
Clatsop County Democrats call for
Senate president to step down
Clatsop County Democrats have voted to urge state
Senate President Peter Courtney step down over his han-
dling of sexual harassment at the Capitol.
The resolution claims the Salem Democrat has “sys-
tematically brushed sexual harassment complaints under
the rug.”
“We support people reporting harassment and abuse,
protection of their privacy while doing so, and thorough
investigations of all reports,” Clatsop County Democrats
state in the resolution.
“We condemn any efforts to silence people reporting
sexual harassment, bullying or intimidation, or to inhibit
or obscure their ability and understanding of available
legal remedies.”
The Willamette Week reported that Democrats from
seven counties have called on Courtney to step down.
Applications sought for county
property tax appeals board
Clatsop County is looking for people to serve on the
Board of Property Tax Appeals for the 2019-2020 term.
The board hears petitions from taxpayers seeking to
decrease their real market or assessed value of real and
personal property.
The Board of Commissioners is seeking candidates
who have a working knowledge of the local real estate
market; are willing to participate in public hearings;
have mediation skills, real estate appraisal, fi nancing or
related background; and are familiar with Oregon prop-
erty tax.
Applicants must be residents of Clatsop County, but
cannot be employees of the county or of any taxing dis-
trict within the county.
The Board of Commissioners makes appointments to
a pool, from which the County Clerk selects three people
to serve. Training is provided in January. The committee
holds one to three daytime meetings beginning in Feb-
ruary to hear petitions. The committee adjourns no later
than April 15, 2020, with the term ending June 30, 2020.
Application forms for the appointments are available
on the county website, www.co.clatsop.or.us, or through
the county manager’s offi ce, 800 Exchange Street, Suite
410, in Astoria.
Applications must be completed and turned in by
5 p.m. on Sept. 12.
— The Astorian
BIRTHS
July 18, 2019
THORNE, Liz, and
BENTON, Kenny, of
Astoria, a girl, Kaede
Sequoia Benton, born
at Columbia Memorial
Hospital in Astoria.
July 14, 2019
LEE, Brooke, and
OGIER, James Jr., of
Astoria, a girl, Avery
Rose Lee-Ogier, born
at Columbia Memorial
Hospital. Grandparents
are Misty Ogier, James
Ogier Sr. and Rose Lee
and Michael Holt, of
Astoria.
MEMORIAL
Saturday, Aug. 3
PAPPAS, William Anthony “Bill” — Memorial at
1 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1403 S. Wahanna Road in Seaside. Pappas, 65, of
Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Seaside, died Sunday,
July 25, 2019, in Idaho Falls. Wood Funeral Home of
Idaho Falls is in charge of the arrangements.
•
Sarahi
Navar-
rette, 28, of Portland,
was arrested Saturday
near U.S. Highway 26
and Underhill Road for
DUII and reckless driv-
ing. Police said she was
driving southbound and
drove across the north-
bound lane, crashing into
a dirt embankment.
Restraining order
• David Russell Fla-
vin, 42, of Astoria, was
arrested Saturday night
at Aldrich Point Road in
Astoria for violating a
restraining order. Police
said Flavin pushed a man
out of a window, but there
were no injuries.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Astoria Design Review Committee, 5:30 p.m., City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Seaside Parks Advisory Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
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By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
KNAPPA — A pizza par-
lor and sports bar is planned
along U.S. Highway 30 in
Knappa where Dollar Gen-
eral wanted to build a new
store.
Sundeep “Sabi” Sandhu,
on behalf of Sandhu & Brar
LLC, applied with Clatsop
County for a conditional use
permit to open Knappa Pizza
& Bar.
Sandhu runs the Knappa
Market, a Chevron gas sta-
tion and convenience store
on the north side of High-
way 30 .
He compared the pizza
parlor and sports bar to Ful-
tano’s Pizza. He recently
popped up a minimalist sign
Edward Stratton/The Astorian
The owners of a Chevron gas station in Knappa are starting
Knappa Pizza & Bar across U.S. Highway 30.
next to the red-and-white
restaurant on the south side
of Highway 30, complete
with dual slices of pizza and
the restaurant’s name.
“The public didn’t want
a Dollar General,” Sandhu
said. “They wanted a
restaurant.”
Sandhu, who has been
in the area since 2011, had
been concerned about being
undercut by Dollar General.
Another of his com-
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Faster, smarter
scammers
By LUCY KLEINER
The Astorian
When Ruby Haugh-
ton-Pitts, AARP’s state
director, asked a room of
more than 30 seniors in
Astoria if they had received
scam phone calls, every sin-
gle person raised their hand.
Almost all of the hands
stayed up as she asked
about emails and door-to-
door scammers, as well.
One senior claimed he had
received more than six scam
calls last week.
Haughton-Pitts
was
not surprised. Scammers
have a history of targeting
older adults, and because
the North C oast is a popu-
lar place for senior citizens,
scammers actively prey on
the region .
“They’ve gotten a lot
smarter,” she said of scam-
mers, “and a lot faster.”
According to District
Attorney Ron Brown, scam-
ming is a $17.5 billion dollar
industry that impacts 17.7
Lucy Kleiner/The Astorian
Sue Iverson, 71, came to the
Scam Jam after receiving
scam letters over the past
month, which she attributes
to the fact that she was
recently widowed.
million victims annually.
Last
week,
AARP
embarked on a Scam Jam
tour.
The interest group hosted
four presentations along the
Oregon Coast — including
a stop at the Astoria Senior
Center on Friday afternoon
— to meet with senior citi-
zens and share information
about scams .
Carmel Snyder, the
d irector of a dvocacy and
o utreach for the AARP in
Oregon, leads fraud preven-
tion work throughout the
state.
“The more we know,”
she said , “the more power
we have to stop those
scams.”
Snyder’s main advice
for residents who have
been scammed: Do not be
embarrassed.
Though
technological
advances have helped scam
warnings spread quickly,
those advances have also
enabled scammers to be
more effi cient .
“These people are good at
what they do,” Snyder said.
“They are professionals.”
According to Brown, the
majority of local scam vic-
tims do not report the crimes
to
authorities. Brown
believes that is because a
large portion of local scams
come from within the vic-
tim’s family.
Brown recognized the
diffi culty of people seeking
legal prosecution of fam-
ily members, but he urged
seniors to contact author-
ities when they have been
scammed, no matter the
circumstance.
“Turn people in,” he said .
One current scam older
adults should be aware of is
what Snyder calls the “DNA
Scam.”
People throughout the
state have received phone
calls from scammers posing
as genetic specialists. The
caller claims they can help
detect a history and likeli-
hood of cancer within the
family and requests peo-
ple send in a cheek swab
for testing. If the medi-
cal scam is successful, the
fraud has collected both
DNA and medical insurance
information .
According to Brown,
no reports of that scam
have been made within the
region , but he said “it’s
probably just a matter of
time.”
Last week, Jim Virgillo,
78, of Astoria, received a
call from a scammer claim-
ing to be from Columbia
Memorial Hospital. Virgillo
also received a scam call
from a man pretending to be
his grandson.
“They’re targeting the
people who are vulnerable,”
said Marion Olmsted, Vir-
gillo’s girlfriend.
Cancer specialist says goodbye to peninsula
who look at it, it is depress- sophisticated.
ing. But for a young physi-
“We always worked hard,
cian to choose that specialty and wanted to fi nd a ‘cure,’
is because I like a challenge.” or to make these people com-
By PATRICK WEBB
During his practice in Port- fortable, but in the last nine
Chinook Observer
land, he encountered many or 10 years we have seen so
patients from the Astoria and much progress, particularly in
ILWACO, Wash. — Ivan Long Beach, Wash-
the last fi ve years,” he
Law has specialized in cancer ington, area forced to
said. “People are liv-
treatment.
travel to the city for
ing longer, and some
As a young doctor in the cancer treatment .
are in remission. It is
Army, Law trained at Walter
Some 14 years
very encouraging.”
Reed Medical Center. He also ago, he began com-
Remembering
studied at the National Can- ing to the Ocean
those thoughts of
cer Institute.
Beach Hospital in
his relative so many
For many years, the Ilwaco to offer oncol- Dr. Ivan Law years ago, Law sees
board-certifi ed
oncologist ogy services on Sat-
the fi eld as more
practiced in Portland and was urdays, while also treating positive now than when he
affi liated with Providence some patients in Astoria on started in medicine. “We are
Cancer Center and Legacy Sundays.
giving hope to the patient —
Emanuel Hospitals.
It appeared a gruel- it’s rewarding, ” he said.
Law recalled that years ing schedule, although he
His preferred strategy is to
ago his mother-in-law would laughed and said he did take focus on individualized treat-
query him about his choice Wednesdays off.
ment. “Everybody is so dif-
of specialty — worrying that
Then, in 2010, he was ferent,” he said. “It’s not ‘one
treating cancer patients would lured to Ilwaco full time by size fi ts all.’ My feeling is, if
be depressing work because then-hospital chief executive you do the same thing you
there was no cure.
Joe Devin.
get the same result, but we
“My wife told her that I
As years have passed, are doing different things for
like the challenges,” Law said developments in cancer treat- people.”
with a smile. “To lay people ments have become more
Melody Miller Page, of
Naselle, is among commu-
nity members sorry to see
Law depart. Her father has
seen Law for 15 years, begin-
ning when he was in Portland.
“It’s like losing a fam-
Astoria, OR
ily member,” she posted on
Facebook when news of his
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departure was announced.
“Dad has been through three
different types cancer with
him. As many doctors that
on your first month!
I have seen, there has been
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Regulations
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ogy services at Ocean Beach
Hospital, however, are caus-
ing Law to move on. He was
given enthusiastic applause
from colleagues and patients
at his recent farewell gath-
erings. “I enjoy the people,”
he said. “They are very nice
here.”
But he is not retiring. Law
has accepted a position at a
Spokane cancer treatment
group and is moving east
very shortly.
His wife, Terry, who sur-
vived cancer years ago, died
in 2012. He has four grown
children, based in Tri-Cit-
ies, Portland and California.
One daughter is also a doctor
(so is a nephew) and others
are involved with the fami-
ly’s commercial real estate
business.
At 72, he shrugs off any
suggestion of retiring and
keeps himself fi t by regular
running on a treadmill.
“It is very relaxing,” said
Law, who noted that people
who keep themselves healthy
with exercise recover much
better from ailments.
Looking back, his more
than a decade working on the
p eninsula has been enjoy-
able, he said.
“I feel so humble,” he
said. “It is such a satisfy-
ing feeling. You feel great if
people respond to treatment.
There is some real kind of
satisfaction.”
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panies, Sundeep & Govr-
dan, purchased the prop-
erty from Rod Zweber after
a failed bid by Cross Devel-
opment to construct a new
9,100-square-foot
Dollar
General , more than twice
the size of the usual allowed
buildings.
In its denial, the county
argued Dollar General would
not support existing busi-
nesses, such as the nearby
Country Market grocery
store, or contribute to the
character of the area.
Pending county approval,
Sandhu hopes to open in the
next three weeks. Knappa
Pizza & Bar would offer 15
types of customizable pizzas,
wraps, sandwiches and menu
items from seafood chain
Skippers.
“We have six TVs and a
really high-end bar,” Sandhu
said.
The building has struggled
through multiple iterations as
a restaurant, including Mex-
ican restaurant El Cazador,
Camp Nine Restaurant &
Lounge and, most recently,
the Hwy 30 Roadhouse.
Sandhu thinks his reputa-
tion from the Knappa M arket
will help make the pizza and
sports bar a success.
“It’s all my local peo-
ple,” he said. “They love
me. They’re going to support
me.”
Scam Jam tour educates senior citizens
Changes in
Ocean Beach
ON THE RECORD
DUII
• Burl Keaoililani
Kanoho, 25, of Warren-
ton, was arrested Satur-
day on Seventh Street
and McClure Avenue in
Astoria for driving under
the infl uence of intoxi-
cants. His blood alcohol
content was 0.20%.
• Forest Joshua Cam-
pos, 41, of Veneta, was
arrested Saturday on
U.S. Highway 26 for
DUII and reckless driv-
ing. Police said Campos
lost control of the steer-
ing wheel and left the
roadway, crashing off the
shoulder. His blood alco-
hol content was 0.12%.
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