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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020
IN BRIEF
Man charged with
manslaughter for DUII crash
Ronald Eugene Cable, 21, was arraigned Friday
on a charge of manslaughter for a crash in May 2017
that left one dead and three others injured.
District Attorney Ron Brown said Cable was
allegedly driving under the infl uence of marijuana
on U.S. Highway 101 near Warrenton when he fell
asleep at the wheel and drifted in front of a semitruck.
Cable’s passenger, Avery Shriver, 15, of Elma,
Washington, was killed in the crash. Two other pas-
sengers and the driver of the semitruck were injured,
according to the court fi lings.
Cable was charged with manslaughter in the sec-
ond degree, driving under the infl uence of intox-
icants, two counts of assault in the third degree
— DUII, assault in the fourth degree and reckless
driving.
Brown said Cable had an outstanding arrest war-
rant for about two years. He was booked in the Clat-
sop County Jail on Thursday.
— The Astorian
Supreme Court rejects appeal
to limit transgender students
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined
Monday to take up an appeal from parents in Ore-
gon who want to prevent transgender students from
using locker rooms and bathrooms of the gender with
which they identify, rather than their sex assigned at
birth.
The case came from a school district near Salem.
The federal appeals court in San Francisco had
upheld a Dallas School District policy that allows
transgender students to use bathrooms and locker
rooms that align with their gender identity.
Parents sued over the policy in 2017, saying it
caused embarrassment and stress.
— Associated Press
SANTA
TOP: Wyatt Turner, 7,
tells Santa Claus he wants a drone for Christmas
through the Liberty Theatre’s ticket kiosk on
Saturday. Santa will be at the theater the next two
Saturdays with the help of volunteers from the
Astoria Downtown Historic District Association.
RIGHT: Audrey Olock, 3, hugs a
masked Santa after telling him about all the
princesses she wants for Christmas.
Photos by Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
DEATHS
Dec. 6, 2020
In OLSON,
Brief
Illa Faye,
84, of Nehalem, died
in Nehalem. Caldwell’s
Deaths
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
RIVERS, Joyce Man-
sfi eld, 85, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Theft
Warrenton for disorderly
On
the
Record
• Danielle
Erick- conduct in the second
son, 28, of Seaside, was
arrested Friday at Fred
Meyer in Warrenton
for theft in the second
degree and possession of
methamphetamine.
• Mark Short, 63, of
Ocean Park, Washington,
was arrested Tuesday at
Home Depot in Warren-
ton for theft in the second
degree.
Disorderly conduct
• Timothy Goza, 51,
was arrested Tuesday in
degree.
Criminal mischief
• John Jay Griffi n, 41,
was arrested Friday on the
foot of Second Street in
Astoria for criminal mis-
chief in the second degree.
DUII
Jason Allen Moos,
41, of Scappoose, was
arrested Saturday on the
Astoria roundabout for
driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants and
reckless driving.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., (elec-
tronic meeting).
Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., Seaside Library, 1131
Broadway.
Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, 5:15 p.m.,
special meeting, (electronic meeting).
Lewis & Clark Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 U.S. Highway 101 Business.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
WEDNESDAY
Port of Astoria Finance Committee, 1 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., (elec-
tronic meeting).
Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen
Market Road, Svensen.
Warrenton-Hammond School District Board, 7 p.m.,
(electronic meeting).
THURSDAY
Convention Center Commission, 5 p.m., Seaside Civic
and Convention Center, 415 First Ave.
Warrenton Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, 7 p.m.,
webinar on Broadway Middle School purchase.
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Man taken to hospital
after shark bite in Seaside
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — Cole Her-
rington suffered wounds to
his foot, ankle and leg after
he was attacked by a shark
on Sunday at the Point, a
favorite surf spot at the tip
of Tillamook Head.
“He got hit by a shark,”
eyewitness Casey Weyer
said. “The shark came up
from the bottom and came
out from the water, and then
came back down and pushed
him underwater with him in
his mouth.”
Weyer and bystanders,
including an off-duty Sea-
side lifeguard, helped pull
Herrington to safety and
applied a fi eld tourniquet to
the injured leg to slow the
bleeding.
“I didn’t know if we
didn’t put the tourniquet on
him, he would have died,”
Weyer said .
Seaside Fire & Rescue
arrived about 3:30 p.m.,
where they found Her-
rington being carried over
beach rock to the parking lot
by fellow surfers.
Another tourniquet was
applied at the scene, Fire
City of Seaside
Shark bite marks are visible on a surfboard.
Chief Joey Daniels said.
“That’s not uncommon, to
have two tourniquets put
on,” he said. “You never
want to take one off.”
Medix took Herrington,
of Seaside, to Columbia
Memorial Hospital in Asto-
ria before his transfer to a
Portland t rauma c enter.
The surfers did a “great
job” helping each other,
Daniels added. “The les-
son learned is that if you’re
going to re create, make sure
you’re not by yourself so if
someone does get injured,
you have somebody to call
for help, ” he said.
The shark was likely a
white shark, Tiffany Boothe,
of Seaside Aquarium, added.
White sharks can be seen
year-round but not in large
numbers.
This year has been very
quiet on the marine mammal
front, she said, and there had
not been reports of a shark
in the area.
“Usually when there is an
active shark close to shore
we will receive reports of
marine mammals, such as
harbor seals or sea lions
which have been bitten by a
shark,” Boothe said. “When
this happens we will alert
the public to let them know
that there is a shark in the
area.”
Herrington’s
mother,
Amy Smith Powell, shared
her son’s story on a Face-
book fundraiser page, ask-
ing assistance from the com-
munity to help pay for her
trip from her home in Ala-
bama to Oregon, and to help
meet his health care costs.
“My son was attacked
yesterday afternoon by a
shark while surfi ng,” she
wrote. “He was taken to a
trauma center two hours
from home where he under-
went his fi rst surgery last
night.”
He will be undergoing
surgeries to repair his foot,
ankle and leg, she wrote:
“More surgeries are in the
future as the surgeons work
to regain full function of
Cole’s foot and leg.”
Powell, who just fi nished
nursing school, is seeking
funds for a plane ticket to
Oregon and help with med-
ical expenses.
To contribute, visit “Help
Amy get to her son fund-
raiser ” via Facebook.
Pier 12 building under contract for sale
Former home of
Baked Alaska
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
The Pier 12 building
in Astoria has been sold
into an investment prop-
erty exchange for $2.75 mil-
lion as Don Vallaster, the
owner since 2005, looks to
fi nd either a new owner, or
new restaurateurs to replace
Baked Alaska.
Vallaster sold the building
into a 1031 exchange, a swap
of similar investment proper-
ties. The exchange company
takes temporary ownership of
the properties, and the owners
defer capital gains taxes.
“Right now, the possible
(buyer) has asked for more
time,” he said. “So the sale is
Hailey Hoff man/The Astorian
Don Vallaster has sold Pier 12 in Astoria into an investment
property exchange for $2.75 million.
kind of not moving forward
right now. I don’t know if it
will happen or not.”
Vallaster, an architect in
the Portland area, said he
retired after developing the
new Astoria Co+op grocery
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store. He has been search-
ing for tenants on Pier 12
since Chris and Jennifer
Holen, the owners of Baked
Alaska, closed the restaurant
after occupying much of the
ground fl oor since 2001.
The Holens opened Nekst,
a brunch spot , in a smaller
space just east of the pier. The
Astoria Downtown Historic
District Association also relo-
cated from the ground fl oor of
Pier 12 to the Liberty Theatre.
“I’m OK with hold-
ing the building and trying
to fi nd new restaurant ten-
ants, or selling — which-
ever happens,” Vallaster said.
“Right now, it’s just a little
uncertain.”
Baked Alaska’s previ-
ous space, including a main
restaurant, bar and pizza par-
lor, could be split between
two or three operators, he
said. Pier 11 adopted a simi-
lar model after the closure of
the Riverview Buffet.
HEES Enterprises, an elec-
trical supply company rent-
ing a portion of the upstairs,
is now the largest tenant in
the pier. Vallaster also built
out a coworking offi ce space
for people to rent. In May, he
started an Airbnb vacation
rental upstairs.
“It kind of looks like that
type of use would work pretty
well, in that building along
with other buildings,” he said
of vacation rentals.
Vallaster said he’d like to
have another restaurant in the
space but will know in the
next month or so whether the
sale of the building will go
through.