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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019
AT
THE
NET
IN BRIEF
Facebook post rattles
Gearhart offi cials
GEARHART — A perceived shooting threat on
social media rattled Gearhart, leading to an emotional
plea from Mayor Matt Brown.
Brown began a City Council meeting on Wednesday
with a report of a potential threat of violence against a
city employee.
“I guess will have to shoot him then,” a woman
wrote in a Pacifi c Way Group Facebook thread refer-
ring to City Administrator Chad Sweet. “I think there’s
a problem with that solution but the older I get the less
of a problem it becomes.”
“We take potential threats of violence against our
city employees very seriously,” Brown said.
Jack Zimmerman, who is involved with the Face-
book group, said the group takes the incident seriously
and the words were not intended as a threat of violence.
The woman is “a very elderly retired female school
teacher who is a past but not current Gearhart resi-
dent,” Zimmerman said. “There is a long record of
her postings and replies that show she is in fact by her
own admission elderly and prone to making confusing
statements.”
Thousands of people
will hit the beach
in Seaside over the
weekend for the
annual beach
volleyball
tournament.
Jeff TerHar
Social Security scams
targeting Oregonians
There has been a spike in scam phone calls involv-
ing Social Security, the Oregon Department of Reve-
nue said.
People are identifying themselves as Social Secu-
rity representatives and threatening taxpayers with
deactivating their Social Security numbers or accounts
because of suspicious activity.
The scammers may ask for personal information
and bank account information. In addition, caller ID
may even show the real Social Security Administration
number (1-800-772-1213) when the scammers call —
but they’re faking the number.
“We encourage the public to protect themselves by
verifying they’re speaking with authorized representa-
tives of the Social Security Administration if they have
any questions about the legitimacy of the call,” said
Nia Ray, the director of the Department of Revenue.
The Social Security Administration advises that
if people suspect the call is a scam, hang up and call
1-800-772-1213 to speak to a real Social Security rep-
resentative. Offi cials warn to never give any part of
your Social Security number to anyone who contacts
you, or your bank account or credit card number.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Aug. 8, 2019
KILJONEN, Marga-
ret Elaine, 71, of West-
port, died in Westport.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
PIUKKULA,
John
Elmer, 88, of Tigard, for-
merly of Astoria, died
in Tigard. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
ANDERSON, Daisy,
43, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
ALVE, Binna “Bea,”
90, of Cannon Beach,
died in Cannon Beach.
Hughes-Ransom
Mor-
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
Aug. 5, 2019
HAINLINE, Patricia
Hoy, 85, of Hammond,
died in Seaside. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
BIRTHS
Aug. 3, 2019
BLACKBURN, Sha-
rie, and MENDEN-
HALL, Josh, of Astoria, a
boy, Gideon Donald Les-
ter Mendenhall, born at
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital in Astoria. Grand-
parents are Tim and Char-
lotte Mendenhall and Ruth
Sparks, all of Astoria.
July 6, 2019
EATON, Chrissy, and
KUJALA, Jason, of West-
port, a girl, Parker Rose
Kujala, born at Colum-
bia Memorial Hospi-
tal. Grandparents are
Rick and Linda Kujala,
of Clatskanie, and Bill
and Deb Eaton, of Yoder,
Wyoming.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Youngs River Lewis &
Clark Water District Board,
6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Department Board, 6 p.m.,
Fire-Rescue Main Station,
188 Sunset Ave.
Seaside City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad-
way.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning
Commission, 10 a.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial
St., Astoria.
Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District,
5:15 p.m., workshop, Bob
Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
ment Board, 6 p.m., main
fi re station, 34571 U.S. High-
way 101 Business.
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Ridge Road development in Warrenton up for sale
By EDWARD
STRATTON
The Astorian
WARRENTON — The
Texas development com-
pany behind a 300-unit
housing development in
Warrenton has put the entire
project up for sale.
Mission DG, a hous-
ing developer based in San
Antonio, recently listed the
270-acre Fort Pointe Devel-
opment on Ridge Road near
Fort Stevens State Park for
$6.2 million.
Mark Tolley, a partner
in Mission DG, said the
company does not have
the bandwidth to focus on
the Warrenton develop-
ment and its other projects
around the U.S.
“We
are
generally
swamped with what we
do here in Texas, which is
building affordable housing
in the San Antonio and Aus-
tin areas,” he said.
The Texas develop-
ers
originally
gained
approval for Fort Pointe
more than a decade ago,
but held off because of the
Great Recession. Econo-
mists have raised fears of
another recession in 2020,
but Tolley believes the
sheer need for housing in
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Mission DG has put the Fort Pointe residential development on Ridge Road in Warrenton on
the market for $6.2 million.
the region will make Fort
Pointe a success.
“I can tell you it’s not
fazing us here in Texas yet,”
he said. “We obviously keep
our eyes on the market.”
Mission DG has divided
the Fort Pointe development
into three pieces — a mul-
tifamily complex of up to
150 units on 9 acres, a “new
urbanist” community of
120 smaller lots with more
amenities, and a more tradi-
tional subdivision with sites
Seaside man sentenced
to three years for assault
on sheriff’s deputy
diffi cult
circumstances
and never felt like he was
given a “fair shake” or had
A Seaside man was access to justice, the attor-
sentenced on Thursday to ney said.
three years in prison for
However, Judge Cin-
assaulting a sher-
dee Matyas sided
iff’s deputy .
with the prosecu-
Nathanial
tor, citing Rich-
Eugene Richcreek,
creek’s
criminal
40, was arrested
history, failure to
last June after
engage with pro-
causing physical
bation and commit-
injury to Sgt. Dean
ting another crime
Nathanial
Schroeder.
while on probation.
Eugene
The
court
“We felt great
Richcreek
decided to increase
that the judge saw
Richcreek’s prison
that the defendant
term because of his previ- needed to go to prison for
ous criminal record, which a signifi cant period,” Dis-
includes similar offenses trict Attorney Ron Brown
and assaults.
said in an email.
Edward LeClaire, an
Richcreek has been
attorney
representing arrested in Clatsop County
Richcreek, described him more than 25 times, includ-
as being “a good guy” ing for charges of assault,
with a “good soul ” despite burglary, menacing, pos-
his criminal record. Rich- session of methamphet-
creek has had to deal with amine and harassment.
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Westport man arrested
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erson at his home when he
became violent toward her.
A Westport man was
The woman said she
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noon after an investigation idence with the aid of her
into a hit-and-run incident walker when Dickerson
involving a woman staying drove his pickup toward
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Dickerson, 65, was
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erson pulled her into
counts of assault in
the vehicle by her
the second degree
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failure to perform
Dickerson
a pump attendant
the duties of a driver.
intervened.
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According to police, the
County Sheriff’s Offi ce
investigation
followed woman said Dickerson told
a report from Columbia her he was going to drive
County Sheriff’s Offi ce on into the forest and kill her
Saturday that a 60-year-old after getting some fuel.
woman had multiple inju- More charges may be fi led
ries after allegedly being as deputies continue their
struck by Dickerson’s vehi- investigation.
The incident is the fourth
cle in his driveway before
being driven to a Clatskanie time Dickerson has been
arrested by the Clatsop
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The woman reported she County Sheriff’s Offi ce in
had been staying with Dick- 2019.
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for 50 homes. The property
is being marketed by Cas-
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whole or in separate parts.
The permit for the devel-
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sees a company biting off
the multifamily complex
and others taking on the
houses.
The listing comes as a
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