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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021
A NEW LOOK
IN BRIEF
County oﬀ ering virus testing
and vaccination
The Clatsop County Public Health Department will
oﬀ er coronavirus vaccines and testing at its Astoria
oﬃ ce starting Monday.
Testing and Moderna and Pﬁ zer vaccines will be
available by appointment Monday through Thurs-
day. People can call 503-325-8500 to schedule an
appointment.
People ages 12 to 14 must have a consent form
signed by a parent of guardian. People with virus
symptoms who want a test are asked to contact their
primary care provider instead.
The county will continue to oﬀ er drive-thru test-
ing on Fridays between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. at the
household hazardous waste facility in Astoria. No
appointment is needed.
As of Wednesday, about 55% of Clatsop County
residents have been vaccinated against the virus.
Clackamas County ‘Moto Bandit’
suspected in Astoria burglaries
Astoria police are in communication with the Clack-
amas County Sheriﬀ ’s Oﬃ ce after deputies arrested a
man suspected of burglarizing businesses.
Sheriﬀ ’s deputies and Portland police oﬃ cers
arrested Dusty Baker on July 1, The Oregonian
reported.
Baker, 34, is suspected of burglarizing a series of
Clackamas County businesses earlier this year then
riding oﬀ on a motorcycle. Authorities were able to
identify Baker because of surveillance video, and each
time he was seen riding away on a distinctive Har-
ley-Davidson motorcycle, the newspaper reported.
Similar burglaries took place in June at two Asto-
ria businesses.
Police were called to Hong Kong Restaurant and
Sahara Pizza early one morning and found a rock
thrown through glass doors at the businesses. Wit-
nesses reported seeing and hearing a motorcycle near
the businesses at the time of the burglaries.
Astoria police say they are still reviewing surveil-
lance video, but are looking at Baker as a potential
suspect.
Baker, who authorities referred to as the “Moto
Bandit,” is facing four counts of burglary in the sec-
ond degree, ﬁ ve counts of criminal mischief in the ﬁ rst
degree, attempting to elude a police oﬃ cer, theft in
the ﬁ rst degree and attempted burglary in the second
degree.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
July 8, 2021
In SHEKER,
Brief Car-
rie Marie, 50, of Asto-
ria, died in Astoria.
Deaths
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
DONOVAN, Nancy
Joan, 82, of Astoria, died
in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary
of Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
July 6, 2021
LAKE, Ronald Glen,
68, of Astoria, died in
Portland.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary
of Astoria is in charge of
the arrangements.
THORNTON, Wil-
liam White, 70, of Port-
land, died in Astoria.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
June 29, 2021
GARDNER, Ryan, 29,
of Seaside, died in Port-
land. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
June 28, 2021
SAMUEL, Connie,
73, of Warrenton, died in
Warrenton. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in charge
of the arrangements.
June 27, 2021
WALKER, Mary Jean,
75, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
June 26, 2021
HALE, Loretta, 74, of
Seaside, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Attempting to elude police
On
the
Record
• Joshua
Shipley,
20, was arrested Thursday on
S.W. Ninth Street in Warrenton for attempting to elude
a police oﬃ cer and reckless driving.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., Suite 209, 10 Pier 1.
Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m., work session, (elec-
tronic 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 of Education,
6:30 p.m., (electronic meeting).
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Maggie’s is back with new executive chef
Restaurant closed
during pandemic
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — After tem-
porarily closing for nearly
a year because of impacts
from the coronavirus pan-
demic, Maggie’s on the
Prom is back.
Andy and Sadie Mer-
cer closed their doors in
September because limited
indoor seating made oper-
ations increasingly diﬃ cult
as a result of state restric-
tions on dining.
The Mercers opened
Maggie’s in 2013 and
developed it into a ﬁ ne-din-
ing experience.
The restaurant, a fre-
quent Iron Chef Goes
Coastal award winner, also
serves as a community hub,
providing story nights, tast-
ings and more. “It really is
a community that embraces
all of the businesses that
come in as new businesses
and everybody wants each
other’s success,” Sadie Mer-
cer said. “And that’s some-
thing that was really appar-
ent at the very beginning.”
The restaurant reopened
in early June, just in time
for the peak tourism season,
with new executive chef
Jonathan Jones. He worked
at Nike as executive chef
for six years, traveling,
catering special events and
preparing dinners for super-
stars like Tiger Woods,
LeBron James and Apple’s
Tim Cook.
In 2020, he and friend
Adrin Morrison eyed open-
ing their own restaurant on
the coast. They quit their
jobs and moved out of Port-
land with a deal lined up.
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nally from Tucson, Ari-
zona, he brought a Lat-
in-inspired inﬂ uence to
dishes like smoked salmon
taquitos and chorizo slid-
ers, alongside new takes on
regional classics, like tapi-
oca-crusted halibut, spring
Chinook, black cod and
prime Painted Hills New
York steak.
Jones makes everything
but the bread, he said, mak-
ing charcuterie, sauces,
stocks and pasta in the
kitchen. Brisket is smoked
in 50-gallon cookers on the
side of the restaurant.
“I’m super excited to be
here,” Jones said. “I can’t
say it enough. This is the
coolest town. I’m from Tuc-
son. This is just like Tuc-
son but on the beach. I love
it. I just want to blow this
place up and have a great
time. Just keep the energy
going.”
New reporter welcomes
Astoria with open arms
Summer intern assigned
to The Astorian
Myers graduated
from Linﬁ eld
University
Reilly graduated
from the University
of Oregon
Myers transferred to and
eventually graduated from
Linﬁ eld, where he majored
in journalism. At Linﬁ eld, he
wrote for the student news-
By GRIFFIN REILLY
paper, The Linﬁ eld Review,
The Astorian
and covered a variety of top-
ics from sports to clubs to
Looking to continue a administrative changes.
theme of broadening his
Myers’ coverage of cam-
horizons as a writer, Ethan pus outrage following a ten-
Myers found The
ured professor’s dis-
Astorian.
missal from Linﬁ eld
Myers, who grad-
in May drew national
uated from Linﬁ eld
attention. The story,
University in May,
which detailed a rift
will cover the Port of
between the univer-
Astoria, Warrenton
sity president and a
and business topics.
professor critical of
Growing up in Ethan Myers school leadership,
Spokane, Washing-
was picked up by
ton, Myers admits he had no major outlets like The New
clue what he wanted to do York Times.
upon graduating high school.
While stressful, Myers
Math didn’t seem to make said the piece is indicative
sense anymore. Science of the kind of work he hopes
was a no-go. And although to do more of in the future.
he played tennis at the col- It also highlights the power
legiate level, he thought his of hard-hitting journalism in
dreams of becoming a pro- tight-knit communities.
fessional athlete might be a
The nature of Astoria,
bit far-fetched.
Myers said, seems to mir-
Writing, however, was ror what he observed in both
something that stuck out.
McMinnville and Spokane.
“I was always a good With The Astorian, he hopes
writer,” Myers said. “But I to showcase the plights and
never had that realization successes of small busi-
that I could do something nesses, something that he
with that.”
believes to be a crucial pillar
It wasn’t until Myers took to any community, regard-
a class on news media at less of size.
Spokane Falls Community
“It’s really important to
College that he could visual- speak to and represent small
ize a career path that allowed businesses and restaurants,”
him to utilize his talents in Myers said. “Give them that
writing. Journalism wasn’t voice.”
just presenting the news
As the North Coast
each day, rather a way to be rebounds from the corona-
a voice for his community.
virus pandemic, Myers is up
“I had a professor who for the challenge of cover-
really changed my perspec- ing it.
tive on the whole industry,”
“I really want to look to
Myers said. “He helped me get out of my comfort zone,
realize this is really some- and I think this is the perfect
thing I want to do.”
place to do it,” he said.
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“We came here to open
here,” Jones said. “And then
this thing called COVID-19
happened.”
The deal fell through.
They pressed the refresh
button, surf- and deep
sea-ﬁ shing, crabbing, clam-
ming and exploring for local
mushrooms and delicacies.
A meeting with the Mer-
cers proved fateful.
Jones took the top chef
role and Morrison became
events coordinator, manag-
ing the company’s White
Cap Catering and the Sea-
side Ballrooms at the Shilo
Inn.
“We came here to open
a business, but found
Sadie and Andy and we’ve
meshed together,” Jones
said.
Jones ﬂ ipped the menu
at Maggie’s, creating an
all-new lunch, happy hour
and dinner menu. Origi-
Astorian due to his per-
son-to-person skills that
could translate well into a
small community.
During his time at the
By ETHAN MYERS
University of Oregon,
The Astorian
Reilly was both a writer and
the editor-in-chief for the
Growing up with Wash- award-winning magazine,
ington, D.C., next door FLUX. He also contrib-
and two parents involved uted as a digital coordinator,
with advertising in
which advanced the
Los Angeles , Grif-
publication’s online
format.
ﬁ n Reilly quickly
Although Reilly
became
familiar
has spent much of
with journalism.
his time writing
When he got to
long-form articles,
the University of
he hopes to improve
Oregon, the choice
of a major was easy. Griﬃ n Reilly his writing brevity
and ability to con-
“I never con-
sidered a second major, for dense complicated topics
better or for worse,” Reilly during his time as an intern.
“Focusing on something
said.
He minored in sports and simplifying it is what I
business and comparative really want to get better at,”
he said.
literature.
Reilly trusts his writing
Reilly graduated in
June and joined The Asto- but knows that journalism is
rian through the Snowden much more than just being a
internship program, which strong writer.
“I want to do anything
is oﬀ ered through the
and everything,” he said. “I
university.
According to the pro- don’t know my own abili-
gram, he was placed at The ties that well yet.”
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