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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019
IN BRIEF
Health advisory lifted for Cullaby Lake
The health advisory issued for recreational use at Cul-
laby Lake has been lifted.
However, offi cials still advise people to be alert for
signs of cyanobacteria, or harmful algae blooms, because
blooms can develop and disappear on lakes.
Only a fraction of Oregon’s lakes and streams are
monitored for cyanobacterial blooms.
Offi cials said people should avoid areas where the
water is foamy, scummy, pea-green, blue-green or
brownish-red in color, or if a thick mat of blue-green
algae is visible or if bright green cells are suspended in
the water.
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Razor clamming reopens
Razor clams are open for harvesting along North
Coast beaches following a conservation closure from
July 15 through September, the Oregon Department of
Agriculture reported.
The closure, which covered 18 miles of beaches
between Astoria and Tillamook Head, was not related to
biotoxins, which recent samples show are below the clo-
sure limit.
The annual conservation closure was enacted in
1967 to relieve harvest pressure on local razor clam
populations.
Public comment open on
Nehalem River Scenic Waterway
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is
accepting public comments on potential rule changes for
the Nehalem River Scenic Waterway.
The waterway begins at Henry Rierson Spruce Run
Campground and ends at the confl uence of Cook Creek,
near Cougar Valley State Park.
The proposed rules would guide future development
within a quarter-mile of the riverbank along the 17 1/2-
mile section of river designated as the waterway.
Public comments will be accepted through 5 p.m. on
Nov. 4.
To make an online comment visit the department’s
website .
Written comments can go to Katie Gauthier, 725
Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR., 97301.
Email comments to OPRD.publiccomment@oregon.
gov.
People can deliver comments in person from 6 to
8 p.m. on Oct. 28 at North County Recreation District,
36155 Ninth St., in Nehalem.
Shop fi re in Olney
Olney Walluski Fire and Rescue responded to a fi re at
a large shop Thursday off of state Highway 202 in Olney.
Fire departments in Lewis and Clark, Astoria, War-
renton, Elsie, Seaside, Gearhart and Knappa assisted and
supplied water.
The cause of the fi re is under investigation.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Sept. 29, 2019
CORDER, Steven Jay,
68, of Astoria, died in Van-
couver, Washington. Cald-
well’s Luce-Layton Mor-
tuary of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
Sept. 28, 2019
WILSON, Christopher
Jay Douglas, 33, of Sea-
side, died in Seaside. Cald-
well’s Luce-Layton Mor-
tuary of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
BIRTHS
Sept. 26, 2019
BALL, Kristi and Ty, of Astoria, a girl, Hailey
Grace Ball, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in
Astoria. Grandparents are Mark and Dorinda Schultz,
of Astoria, and Sandra Ball of Efl and, North Carolina.
ON THE RECORD
Robbery
• Everardo Machuca
Cuevas, 57, of Asto-
ria, was arrested Thurs-
day at the Mini Mart West
for robbery in the third
degree, disorderly con-
duct in the second degree,
interfering with a peace
offi cer and resisting arrest.
Domestic violence
• A Seaside man was
arraigned Thursday for
domestic violence crimes
he allegedly committed
on Sept. 21.
Aaron Joseph French,
37, was charged with kid-
napping in the fi rst degree,
attempt to commit murder,
rape in the fi rst degree, sex-
ual abuse in the fi rst degree,
coercion, unlawful use of
a weapon, strangulation,
menacing and interference
with making a report.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning
Commission, 10 a.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial
St., Astoria.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
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Oregon Main Street honors Astoria, Warrenton
Heath named
top downtown
manager
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
Sarah Lu Heath, the exec-
utive director of the Astoria
Downtown Historic Dis-
trict Association, has been
named the Main Street Man-
ager of the Year by Oregon
Main Street, among other
revitalization honors for
Astoria and Warrenton.
The downtown support
agency, part of the Ore-
gon Parks and Recreation
Department, recently held
its Excellence in Downtown
Revitalization awards in
Tillamook.
“This is just a job that
takes a lot of time and effort
and persistence, so this is
very fl attering and kind,”
Heath said.
Heath joined the down-
town association three years
ago after being director of
development for Restore
Oregon, a statewide non-
profi t focused on preserva-
tion. When she was con-
templating the move to
Astoria, Heath said, she was
told by local historic pres-
ervationists John Gooden-
berger and Lucien Swerd-
loff to focus on the former
Waldorf Hotel, also known
as the Merwyn , and the Riv-
iera Building, which houses
the Columbian Theater and
Voodoo Room bar.
Heath’s biggest accom-
plishment to date is help-
ing attract Innovative Hous-
ing Inc. to buy the Waldorf
Hotel building and develop
40 units of workforce hous-
ing. She has helped write
numerous grants for facade
improvements at the Riv-
iera Building, the former
J.C. Penney store, the Abeco
Building and a mural in
the 13th Street Alley. More
recently, she helped the
owners of the Odd Fellows
Building enter a nationwide
historic preservation grant
competition.
The downtown associa-
tion is now looking at a more
sustainable funding source
for staffi ng and expanding
lighting and other features
downtown, she said.
Warrenton, which has
over the past couple of years
emphasized downtown revi-
The Astorian
Warrenton was honored by Oregon Main Street for its eff orts to improve downtown along
Main Avenue, including a new veterans monument and park near the post offi ce.
Krista Schram
Sarah Lu Heath, right, the executive director of the Astoria
Downtown Historic District Association, cuts the ribbon on a
new mural in the 13th Street Alley.
talization, took home the
One t o Watch award .
The city recently started
a f armers m arket at the War-
renton Marina, moved its
library downtown, cleaned
up more than 10 nuisance
properties and had three
properties participate in a
facade improvement pro-
gram. Big River Construc-
tion recently started on a
city contract to add plant-
ers, fl owers and other land-
scaping along Main Avenue.
The city has also pushed
increased participation in
local events for the Fourth of
July, a Halloween Fall Har-
vest Festival and a car-free
Sunday Streets event hap-
pening next year.
“It’s been an incredible
ride over this last year,” said
Kevin Cronin, the commu-
nity development director in
Warrenton.
The award is a confi r-
mation of the city’s efforts,
he said, along with a Reser
Family Foundation Grant
that will provide $40,000
Volunteer
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over four years to Spruce
Up Warrenton, a downtown
revitalization group.
The next steps are fi lling
in vacant storefronts down-
town, such as the brown
Fenton Grocery Building at
the corner of Main Avenue
and First Street, Cronin said.
He hopes to attract a craft
brewery to the building,
where owner Russell Maize
is planning to renovate the
upstairs apartments.
Marcus and Michelle
Liotta, owners of the M&N
Building, won an award
for Best Historic Preser-
vation Project. The couple
purchased the building in
2016, stabilized the founda-
tion with earth anchors and
have gone about restoring
and fi lling it with new ten-
ants. Their efforts were one
of 12 projects awarded the
2019 DeMuro Award for
Excellence in Historic Pres-
ervation, the state’s high-
est honor for the preserva-
tion, reuse and revitalization
of architectural and cultural
sites.
“The award winners
serve as inspiration to com-
munities across our n etwork
and refl ect some of the high-
est level of revitalization
success,” Sheri Stuart, state
coordinator of Oregon Main
Street, said in a news release.
“We are so inspired to see
how our historic downtowns
across Oregon are coming to
life through the creativity,
passion and plain hard work
of community members.”
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