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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021
IN BRIEF
Warrenton man arrested
on attempted murder warrant
A Warrenton man was arrested Wednesday by the
U.S. Marshals Service on an attempted murder warrant.
Sidney Ross Crawford, 61, was arrested by Warrenton
police in February after he allegedly poured gasoline on
another person and threatened to light them both on fi re.
He was arrested for recklessly endangering another
person and menacing.
Crawford was arraigned on March 11 on charges of
attempted murder, arson in the fi rst degree, unlawful use
of a weapon, coercion, menacing and recklessly endan-
gering another person.
He was released on pretrial release and required to
wear a GPS ankle monitor, which stopped reporting his
location on March 14.
The marshals service found Crawford in Clackamas
County and he was taken to the county’s jail. He will be
extradited to Clatsop County.
Teenagers in county
to get access to virus vaccine
Teenagers who are 16 and 17 will soon be able to get
vaccinated against the coronavirus in Clatsop County.
The county announced it has received doses of the
Pfi zer vaccine and will begin vaccinations at clinics in
Astoria on May 15 and Seaside on May 22. The Pfi zer
vaccine is the only one yet approved for use on people
under 18.
The county has mostly been using the Moderna
vaccine.
The one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine will soon
be available in the county through private clinics and
clinics at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria and
Providence Seaside Hospital.
As of Friday, the county has administered 28,324 vac-
cine doses and 12,513 people were fully vaccinated. The
county hopes to reach herd immunity against the virus by
vaccinating about 27,500 people, or 70% percent of the
population.
Three people injured
in crash on Highway 101
Three people were injured in a crash Thursday after-
noon on U.S. Highway 101 about three miles north of
Gearhart.
Police said a vehicle heading southbound collided into
a vehicle that failed to yield the right of way while turn-
ing onto the highway.
The occupants in both vehicles were taken to the hos-
pital with injuries.
One person taken to hospital
after crash on Highway 101
One person was taken to a hospital after a crash
Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 101 in Seaside.
Police say the driver of a vehicle heading southbound
passed out behind the wheel and drifted into the north-
bound lane, causing a rollover crash with another vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle who passed out behind the
wheel was taken to a hospital.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
April 29, 2021
In RICKMAN,
Brief
Terri, 69,
of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Caldwell’s Funeral
Deaths
& Cremation Arrange-
ment Center of Sea-
side is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 27, 2021
HANCOCK, Dorsy
Jayne, 91, of Sea-
side, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s Funeral &
Cremation
Arrange-
ment Center of Sea-
side is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 26, 2021
PALTER, Noel, 88, of
Seaside, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary is in chrage of the
arrangements.
THURMAN, Richard,
70, of Warrenton, died in
Warrenton. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in chrage
of the arrangements.
April 22, 2021
COLLADAY,
Ellen
“Shea,” 54, of Seaside, died
in Seaside. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in chrage
of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
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On
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• Justin
James Record
Swearingen, 30, of Astoria, was
arrested Wednesday on the Astoria Roundabout for
driving under the infl uence of intoxicants and reckless
driving.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Knappa School District Budget Committee, 5:30 p.m.,
(electronic meeting).
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, noon, work
session, (electronic meeting).
Clatsop Care Health District Board, 5 p.m., (electronic
meeting).
Astoria Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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Charles Conrow captured
this image on a horseback
ride on the beach Sunday
north of Loomis Lake.
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County reports seven new virus cases
The Astorian
Clatsop County has reported
seven new coronavirus cases over the
past few days.
On Friday, the county reported
fi ve cases.
The cases include a man in his
30s living in the southern part of the
county. The others involve a man in
his 20s, a man in his 30s, a man in his
40s and a man in his 60s living in the
northern part of the county.
All fi ve were recovering at home.
On Thursday, the county reported
two cases.
The cases involve a man and
a woman in their 20s living in the
northern part of the county. Both
were recovering at home.
The county said two people listed
in virus case reports earlier in the
week — a man in his 60s whose case
was reported on Monday, and a man
in his 60s whose case was reported on
Tuesday — have been hospitalized.
The county has recorded 946 virus
cases since the start of the pandemic.
According to the county, 24 have
been hospitalized and eight have died.
Forum: Board has experienced high turnover
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“My goal is to get trans-
parency,” he said. “Too many
of my questions have gone
unanswered by the board and
staff .”
In
response,
Bod-
ner explained the park dis-
trict works with the highly
respected accounting fi rm,
Kern Thompson, for its
audit, and the board members
review fi nancials monthly
and adhere to applicable laws.
“For you to make a claim
that we’re trying to hide
something is unacceptable, in
my opinion,” she said.
Cultivating decorum
During the forum, the
incumbents provided histor-
ical context relevant to the
board, which over the past
few years has experienced
high turnover, sexual harass-
ment complaints against for-
mer board members, alle-
gations of mismanagement,
personal interests taking pre-
cedence over district goals
and a lack of decorum.
“I feel like a survivor,”
said Michael Hinton, the lon-
gest sitting board member,
who is being challenged by
Duhachek.
When two board members
resigned last year and Bodner
and Marshall-Hamer were
appointed, the new group
“committed ourselves to bet-
ter self-governance,” Bodner
said. They adopted four main
values: teamwork, diverse
programming, a bold vision
and fi scal responsibility.
Part of that vision included
Katherine Lacaze/For The Astorian
Candidates for the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District
appeared at a forum in Seaside on Thursday night. The
election is May 18.
purchasing the old middle
school building from the Sea-
side School District this year
for $2.15 million .
Evans said she believes
the purchase was “well-inten-
tioned,” but during her cam-
paign, she said she has heard
from residents who are upset
by the decision. The build-
ing, which is being used for
some of the district’s youth
programs, will need exten-
sive work .
“I would like to see that
building be something that is
useful for our community, but
I have some great concerns
about how you’re going to
recoup those costs and off set
them,” Evans said.
Morrison, who is chal-
lenging board member Kath-
arine Parker , also expressed
concern about the cost to tax-
payers and a lack of infor-
mation surrounding the
acquisition.
“There should be a huge
amount of openness,” he
said. “There shouldn’t any
rumors out there about what’s
going to happen with this
new building. That should all
be addressed now.”
Huismann doesn’t believe
the building should be occu-
pied at all without certifi ca-
tion from an engineering fi rm
because of issues with asbes-
tos, lead and black mold.
According to the incum-
bents, children are only in
the part of the building con-
structed in the 1990s, after
asbestos and lead paint were
banned in Oregon, and they
acquired the proper per-
mits from the city and Clat-
sop County to occupy the
space. In areas where there is
asbestos, they said, it is
contained.
Additionally, they said the
park district won’t raise taxes
to cover the purchase or cost
of repairs, inspections and
consultation, as they secured
a type of fi nancing available
to special districts that was
previously used for construc-
tion of the warm-water pool.
“We felt we could very
easily justify using that type
of fi nancing again to support
the middle school,” Parker
said.
Marshall-Hamer added
that it’s “important right now
to stay positive, to come
together and to actually have
a solution rather than continu-
ing to talk about all the prob-
lems without doing some-
thing about it.
“Let’s be bold as a com-
munity, let’s go to the next
level,” she said.
Financial concerns
In Duhachek’s opinion,
park district decisions should
not be made in a vacuum but
with consideration for the
community as a whole. For
example, he said taxpayers
are already paying “a hefty
price” for the new school
campus. He claims the park
district doesn’t manage funds
properly, referring to the dis-
trict having a surplus that has
signifi cantly declined .
“Even when they have a
surplus of funds, they con-
tinue to whittle them away,”
he said.
He also took issue with
some staff members seeing
a substantial salary increase
over four years.
Marshall-Hamer responded
that stating numbers without
providing context was mis-
leading and short sighted. The
salary increase, for example, is
a refl ection of making adjust-
ments according to the market
and what is equitable.
“The public needs to not
just take those numbers at
face value, but to ask us ques-
tions,” she said.
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