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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2021
Family appeals
for public’s help
in fi nding missing
Seaside veteran
IN BRIEF
County unemployment rate
declined in November
Clatsop County’s unemployment rate was 4.8% in
November.
The seasonally adjusted rate was down from 5.1%
in October and down from 7.1% from November 2020.
The state’s unemployment rate was 4.2% in
November, according to the Oregon Employment
Department, the same as the nationwide rate.
Edward Stratton/The Astorian
Da Yang Seafood has a processing plant at the Port of Astoria.
Warren woman to seek
state Senate appointment
A Warren woman will seek to fi nish the term of
state Sen. Betsy Johnson.
Rachel Armitage, who worked as an assistant in the
Oregon Legislature in 2016 and 2017, said her prior-
ities for Senate District 16 will be jobs and housing.
“As a lifelong Oregonian and the daughter of a
teacher and a pastor, I know that community is often
what gets us through hard times. That’s why I’m seek-
ing this appointment,” she said in a release. “Our com-
munity needs a leader in Salem who brings us together
even when we have strong disagreements — who will
be an independent voice for rural Oregonians.”
Armitage graduated from the Emerge Oregon pro-
gram, which trains Democratic women to run for
offi ce.
Next month, county commissioners in Senate Dis-
trict 16 will consider Johnson’s replacement from a
list of three to fi ve Democrats. Party leaders will put
forth possible names.
Johnson resigned earlier this month to focus on her
gubernatorial bid as an independent.
Elk-feeding tours in Jewell
canceled over virus
With state offi ces closed because of the coronavi-
rus, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will
not off er opportunities this winter for the public to
feed Roosevelt elk at Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area.
Normally, these elk-feeding tours take place from
December through February.
The wildlife area remains open, and people can
watch elk being fed from 9 to 10 a.m. every day until
mid-March.
King tides return to the coast
King tides will once again rule the North Coast this
New Year’s Day through Jan. 3.
The seasonal high tides can bring fl ooding and dan-
gerous conditions. The North Coast Tourism Manage-
ment Network recommends that beachgoers stay out
of the water, off drift logs and away from jetties during
the three-day event.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Dec. 21, 2021
In MARKS,
Brief
Glenn Ray-
mond, 91, of Svensen,
died in Svensen. Cald-
Deaths
well’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Dec. 19, 2021
BRANDT,
Lorna
M., 67, of Gearhart,
died in Gearhart. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
Dec. 18, 2021
ALLEN, Denise M.,
67, of Svensen, died in
Svensen. Ocean View
Funeral
&
Crema-
tion Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
BELSHE, Zane, 59, of
Seaside, died in Seaside.
Caldwell’s
Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Robbery
and recklessly endanger-
On
the
Record
• Greyson
Ryder ing another person.
Saunders, 30, of Sea-
side, was indicted this
week for robbery in the
third degree and theft in
the second degree. The
crimes are alleged to
have occurred in October
2020.
Felon in possession
of fi rearm
• Tyler August Riek-
kola, 31, of Astoria, was
indicted last week for
being a felon in posses-
sion of a fi rearm, assault in
the fourth degree consti-
tuting domestic violence
Burglary
• Tuirell Thomas East-
man, 33, of Seaside, was
arraigned this week on
charges of burglary in the
second degree and theft
in the second degree.
The crimes are alleged to
have occurred in August.
DUII
• Daniel L. Cary, 52,
of Astoria, was arrested
on Tuesday near Marine
Drive and 23rd Street for
driving under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants and
reckless driving.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning Commission/Countywide
Advisory Committee, 9 a.m., joint meeting, (electronic
meeting).
Astoria Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
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Da Yang Seafood: Has
faced several fi nes in the
past for similar issues
Continued from Page A1
According to Lauren Wir-
tis, a public aff airs specialist
for the Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality , the viola-
tions were determined based
on Da Yang’s self-reporting.
“The exceedance amount
varied in each case, but the
exceedances were signif-
icant,” Wirtis said in an
email.
The highest exceedance
of total suspended solids —
a measure of fl oating parti-
cles — reached upward of
1,000 percent over the limit,
Wirtis said.
Da Yang has faced sev-
eral fi nes in the past for sim-
ilar issues. In 2015, the com-
pany was fi ned more than
$85,000 for improperly dis-
charging wastewater into
Youngs Bay over seven
years. The seafood proces-
sor was also fi ned $54,600
in 2017 for discharging
wastewater into the Colum-
bia River.
Representatives from Da
Yang could not immediately
be reached for comment.
Offi ces close for Christmas
The Astorian
In observance of Christ-
mas Day on Saturday, all
federal and state offi ces are
closed Friday.
Clats op County and city
of Astoria offi ces close at
noon Thursday, and are
closed Friday. Warren-
ton and Cannon Beach city
offi ces are closed Thurs-
day and Friday. Gearhart
and Seaside city offi ces are
closed Friday.
All U.S. post offi ces are
closed Friday, and there is
no mail delivery.
Astoria, Jewell, Knappa,
Warrenton/Hammond and
Seaside (including Cannon
Beach and Gearhart) school
district schools, and Clat-
sop Community College, are
closed for winter break.
The Astoria Library
closes at noon Thurs-
day, and is closed Friday
and Saturday. The Seaside
Library is closed Saturday.
The Warrenton Library is
closed Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
The Port of Astoria
offi ces and services are
closed Thursday and Friday.
Garbage
collection
through Recology West-
ern Oregon and the city of
Warrenton garbage collec-
tion are not aff ected by the
holiday. Recology Western
Oregon’s transfer station
closes at 2 p.m. Friday, and
is closed Saturday.
The Sunset Pool in Sea-
side closes at 1 p.m. Friday,
and is closed Saturday and
Sunday. The Astoria Aquatic
Center is closed Saturday.
The Clatsop County Her-
itage Museum, Oregon Film
Museum, Flavel House and
Carriage House are closed
Friday and Saturday. The
Uppertown
Firefi ghters’
Museum is closed for the
winter.
The Sprouts Learning
Center is closed Friday. Fort
Clatsop is closed Friday and
Saturday. The Columbia
River Maritime Museum is
closed Saturday.
The Sunset Empire
Transportation
District
fi nal run schedule for Fri-
day is as follows: Route 101
leaves McDonald’s in Asto-
ria at 5:53 p.m., and ends
at Fred Meyer in Warren-
ton at 6:20 p.m.; Route 20
leaves Seaside Cinema at
4:35 p.m., leaves the Can-
non Beach Visitor Center at
5:12 p.m., and ends at Sea-
side Cinema at 5:30 p.m.;
Route 10 leaves the Astoria
Transit Center at 5:05 p.m.,
and ends at the Astoria Tran-
sit Center at 5:28 p.m.; and
Route 15 leaves Warrenton
Mini Mart at 5:52 p.m., and
ends at the Warrenton Mini
Mart 6:07 p.m.
The Columbia Connector
route is running its regular
schedule on Friday. There is
no bus service on Saturday,
and the Astoria and Seaside
transit centers are closed.
The Astorian does not
publish a newspaper on
Christmas.
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SEASIDE — The fam-
ily of a missing veteran has
appealed for the public’s
help in locating him.
Evan Goin was reported
missing from his home off
U.S. Highway 26 near mile-
post 6 after a welfare check
last week.
Goin is a supply special-
ist and liaison offi cer with
the Oregon National Guard
at Camp Rilea.
“This isn’t normal,” said
Rhea Goin, who was with
Goin for fi ve years. “This
has never, ever, ever hap-
pened before. He would
never leave his children
and not come back. His
kids are his absolute world.
This is so far beyond the
norm. It’s just absolutely
mind-boggling.”
Several searches of the
area were unsuccessful.
“We’re still going to be
trying to fi gure out what’s
going on, checking any
leads that we might get in,”
said Sgt. Bruce Scott of the
Clatsop County Sheriff ’s
Evan Goin
Offi ce. “Sightings. Things
that people call in. We’re
still going to continue to
check those things out.”
Goin, 44, is described as
5 feet 7 inches tall and about
170 pounds. He was last
seen at home on Dec. 13,
according to family.
“He’s very loved. He’s
very respected,” Rhea Goin
said. “Anybody that thinks
that they may have seen
him, if they know anything,
if they heard from him —
even if they talked to him
in the days leading up to it
and they haven’t been con-
tacted — we just want to
fi nd him.”
Former patient sues
Columbia Memorial
alleging negligence
By ERICK BENGEL
The Astorian
A former patient at
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital is suing for alleged
negligence.
Leonard Brown claims
that a hospital radiologist
examining a CT scan failed
to notice a blood clot in
Brown’s abdomen that cut
off circulation to his bowel.
The complaint, fi led in
Circuit Court in November,
says that Brown nearly died
and is now fully disabled .
He will continue to suff er
from injuries to his colon
and small bowel, the com-
plaint says.
Brown is asking for $2.9
million covering economic
and non economic damages.
Brown wants a jury trial.
After getting his appen-
dix and a piece of small
bowel removed at Colum-
bia Memorial in spring
2019, Brown returned to
the hospital’s emergency
department after “three
days of constant epigas-
tric and lower chest pain ”
and other abnormal signs,
according to the complaint.
A CT scan, according to
the radiologist, showed con-
stipation but no “post-surgi-
cal complications.”
Less than two weeks
later, Brown returned to
the emergency department
“reporting nausea and con-
stant, severe and diff use
abdominal pain,” the com-
plaint says. Another CT
scan showed thrombosis in
his veins indicating blocked
blood fl ow.
Brown was taken to Ore-
gon Health & Science Uni-
versity Hospital in Portland
for a series of surgeries.
Part of his bowel, the com-
plaint says, had “become
necrotic.” Brown spent
more than two weeks at
OHSU.
Judy Snyder, Brown’s
Portland-based
attorney,
could not be reached for
comment.
Nancee Long, Columbia
Memorial’s communica-
tions director, said the hos-
pital does not comment on
pending litigation.
WARRENTON
Commissioner addresses fl ooding problems by deadline
By ETHAN MYERS
The Astorian
WARRENTON — City
Commissioner Rick Newton
was able to fi x the fl ooding
problems caused by infi ll on
a property he owns before a
city-imposed deadline.
The infi ll, which came
from a nearby road recon-
struction project, is still on
his property, Newton said,
but he implemented a storm
drain that ties in with the
city’s stormwater system.
With help from Big River
Construction, he fi xed the
problem late last week .
“This will be permanent.
He still has to fi x the side-
walk that he cut out, but the
weather isn’t really ready to
pour concrete right now …
and he will have to replace
some sod,” Scott Hazelton,
the city’s planning director,
said. “There are a couple
A city commissioner has fi xed fl ooding problems fl agged by
the city.
restoration pieces that need
to occur, but for the most
part it’s done.”
City
c ommissioners
agreed with a Planning
Commission decision that
the infi ll dumped on New-
ton’s property last summer
was of improper material
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and was causing fl ooding on
neighboring properties. The
commission voted to give
Newton three days – until
7:30 p.m. last Friday – to fi x
the fl ooding problem or face
$500 fi nes per day until he
did .
Additionally, the amount
of infi ll exceeded what was
allowed without a permit,
and because the project was
approved by the city, it was
viewed as a potential ethical
breach.
Three
c ommissioners
urged Newton to step down
because of his recent behav-
ior, which they consider
problematic. Newton insists
that he won’t resign.
“They can set me on fi re
and I won’t quit. Once I give
my word, that’s my word,”
Newton said.
GAME MEAT PROCESSING
Debbie D’s will be at Cash &
Carry in Warrenton 10:00
a.m. every Saturday (except
Christmas and New Years Day)
to pick up and deliver meat for
processing. The last pick up
will be January 8th.
Please call Mon-Fri between
10-4 so we know to expect you.
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