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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022
IN BRIEF
Gearhart adopts parks master plan
SIGNS OF HISTORY
GEARHART — A multiyear process came with
approval of a new parks master plan.
The new rules amend the city’s comprehensive
plan, zoning and subdivision ordinances.
The plan solidifi es the city’s commitment to open
space, recreation and outdoor activities now and into
the future, Mayor Paulina Cockrum said.
“The comprehensive plan calls for a parks mas-
ter plan and the City Council has sought to create that
plan for about 10 years,” she said.
The parks plan, designed to look two decades into
the future, was developed after the state awarded the
city $15,000 in grant funds for the project, part of the
2019 local government grant program from the Ore-
gon Parks and Recreation Department.
The plan became a priority after the city enacted
short-term rental regulations and a new safety com-
plex, Cockrum said.
Hikers rescued from cliff in Manzanita
A pair of hikers who had become trapped on a cliff
overlooking the ocean in Manzanita were hoisted to
safety on Monday evening.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River sent a
helicopter crew, which rescued the hikers at about
8:30 p.m., the Coast Guard said.
Other emergency responders in the region helped
fi nd the hikers, who were uninjured.
County awards grants to nonprofi ts
Local nonprofi ts that provide human and social ser-
vices in Clatsop County will receive $30,000 in grants,
the county announced.
For the next fi scal year, the Assistance League of the
Columbia Pacifi c will receive $5,000; the Astoria Warm-
ing Center, $1,000; Camp Kiwanilong, $2,000; Clatsop
CASA Program, $2,000; Grace Food Pantry, $1,000; The
Healing Circle, $2,500; Helping Hands Reentry Out-
reach Center, $1,000; LiFEBoat Services, $5,000 (split
between Beacon Clubhouse and Filling Empty Bellies);
North Coast Food Web, $1,000; and The Harbor, $5,000.
The county’s Human Services Advisory Coun-
cil reviewed applications and sent recommendations
to the Board of Commissioners, which approved the
awards, the county said.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
April 26, 2022
In MORGAN,
Brief
Wade
Leigh, 61, of Astoria, died
in Wheeler. Caldwell’s
Deaths
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 25, 2022
DeMOSS, Bill Dean,
84, of Seaside, died
in Seaside. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
SCHULTZ,
Mark
Lloyd, 71, of Astoria, died
in Warrenton. Ocean View
Funeral & Cremation Ser-
vice of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
Joshua Heineman
Five new interpretative signs along the Prom off er a glimpse into Seaside’s history.
Naselle Youth Camp to
close sooner than expected
Facility to close
in September
By JEFF CLEMENS
Chinook Observer
NASELLE, Wash. — As
Naselle Youth Camp work-
ers suspected, the Wash-
ington State Department of
Children, Youth, and Fam-
ilies has confi rmed a much
earlier closure than the June
2023 deadline mandated by
the Legislature.
Workers have been lining
up other jobs since Gov. Jay
Inslee signed the state’s s up-
plemental b udget into law in
March and declined to veto
closing the youth camp.
According to Paige Cole-
man, a former cultural and
vocational worker at the
camp, employees have been
steadily departing . She took
a position with the Wash-
ington State Department of
Commerce.
“Quite a few people are
grabbing jobs this week and
( as soon as possible) ,” Cole-
man said back in March
about how anxious workers
were to fi nd new jobs.
Coleman learned from
her former colleagues
and friends that the youth
camp’s closure has since
been pushed up to Sept.
15. The state confi rmed the
news in an email response
to the Chinook Observer .
“The reality is that this
( no new placements) provi-
sion will entail a swift draw-
down of the resident popu-
lation housed at the NYC
facilities. With planned
releases and transfers of res-
idents at the camp to other
j uvenile r ehabilitation facil-
ities, NYC will be closed
for clients as of Sept. 15,
2022,” Jason Wettstein,
communications
director
for the Department of Chil-
dren, Youth, and Families,
stated.
“Individualized
plans
for each of the remaining
residents who will transfer
or release are occurring in
collaboration with the res-
idents, counselors, fam-
ily, and JR team members.
A team will remain at the
facility into 2023 to help
with the transition. DCYF
is working to support staff
in the transition and to com-
municate transition services
and opportunities. We are
working with staff to fi nd
other jobs within DCYF and
the larger community,” he
added.
The move was expected
by many youth camp
employees and is the worst
outcome for those who real-
ized that with no new place-
ments authorized, the clo-
sure would undoubtedly be
much sooner than the mid-
dle of next year.
“This reduces any chance
for any eff orts or legisla-
tive action this fall that may
undo the decision,” Cole-
man said of expected eff orts
by local legislators to save
the youth camp during the
next legislative session,
which opens in January .
MEMORIAL
Thursday, April 28
Man injured after being pulled under trolley
Memorial
BRIEN, Noah — Celebration of life at 5:30 p.m.,
Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop.
By ERICK BENGEL
The Astorian
ON THE RECORD
streets in Astoria and fl ed
the scene in her vehicle,
which was also damaged.
Witnesses followed Rook
to a residence on Third
Street, where she was
arrested.
• Mara Rachel Braaten,
43, of Pe Ell, Washing-
ton, was arrested on Sat-
urday on W. Marine Drive
in Astoria for DUII.
•
Harley
Orville
Pritchard, 44, of Seaside,
was arrested on April 9
on U.S. Highway 101 in
Warrenton for DUII.
• Jacob Lewis Jack-
son, 22, of Seaside, was
arrested on April 7 on
U.S. Highway 101 in Sea-
side for DUII and reckless
driving.
On the Record
Criminal trespass
• Lori Suzanne Smith,
60, of Astoria, was
arrested on Monday at
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital in Astoria for sec-
ond-degree criminal tres-
pass, attempted assault
of a public safety offi cer
and violation of a release
agreement.
DUII
• Kathlyn Leigh Rook,
33, of Astoria, was arrested
on Saturday for driving
under the infl uence of
intoxicants, second-de-
gree criminal mischief
and hit-and-run involving
property damage. Rook
allegedly crashed into at
least two vehicles in the
area of Eighth and Duane
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Transportation District Board, 9 a.m.,
900 Marine Drive .
Port of Astoria Marina Advisory Committee, noon, El
Tapatio restaurant, 229 W. Marine Drive .
Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce Council, noon,
(electronic meeting).
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A man was injured on
Saturday afternoon after he
was pulled under the Asto-
ria Riverfront Trolley in
Uniontown .
At around 1:15 p.m., an
intoxicated man was seen
sleeping on the trolley trestle
near W. Marine Drive’s Fort
George Brewery d istribution
warehouse, police said.
When Old 300 rolled by,
a piece of the man’s clothing
got caught. He was pulled
under the trolley, lost a toe
and suff ered a head injury.
The trolley operator had not
seen him, police said.
Witnesses said the man
got up and walked to a
nearby bench to lie down
while waiting for help. He
was fl own to a Portland-area
hospital for treatment.
Trolley personnel fol-
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a stop sign and into the trol-
ley’s path.
No
injuries
were
reported, and the impact
was minor, police said. The
parties exchanged infor-
mation. The trolley was
unharmed.
“Our phones blew up
like crazy here,” said Nancy
Hoover, who was working
that day at the Astoria-War-
renton Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Warrenton: ‘I’m disappointed that negotiations didn’t work out’
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Burgener, as well as panel
interviews by community
leaders, public administra-
tors, city department heads
and the City Commission.
The feedback was positive
and unanimously supported
hiring Burgener, the city said
at the time.
Before being city man-
ager in Stanfi eld, Burgener
was the city administrator
in Ada, Minnesota, and the
fi nance manager and admin-
istrative services manager
for the Utah Department of
Transportation.
Burgener was set to
replace Linda Engbretson,
who announced her retire-
ment last year but agreed to
work on an interim basis until
her replacement was hired.
“I did just want to com-
ment that I’m disappointed
that negotiations didn’t work
out but I did want to assure
this commission, as I think
you all know, that you have
some quality staff ,” Engbret-
son said at the end of Tues-
day’s meeting. “ ... Hopefully
there are some other options
out there as you move for-
ward, but your department
heads are hardworking indi-
viduals who will hold the
weight if it comes down to
that.”
Engbretson said she wants
to offi cially be out of the role
by July , but added that the
date is fl exible if she knows
someone is coming in.
Although the search for
a city manager continues,
the city announced that Jay
Blake has been hired as the
new planning director.
Blake, who most recently
worked for the Neah-Kah-
Nie School District, spent
nearly 20 years as a city plan-
ner and community devel-
opment director for cities
throughout Minnesota.
“I really was sad about the
vacant position, so I’m really
happy as I know Jay is going
to be a great addition to War-
renton,” Engbretson said in
a statement . “I’m just dis-
appointed I won’t be able to
spend more time working
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lowed the organization’s
system safety program
plan after the incident, said
Jeff Hazen, a trolley board
member. This included call-
ing emergency respond-
ers and reporting the injury
to the state Department of
Transportation.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m.,
the westbound trolley struck
an SUV, which was heading
north on Basin Street. The
SUV driver had pushed past
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The position was vacated
in January by Scott Hazelton,
who pointed to his inabil-
ity to fi nd long-term housing
as a big reason for his res-
ignation. In March, the city
brought in Mike Morgan,
the former mayor of Cannon
Beach, to fi ll the role on an
interim basis.
The city is also pursuing
hiring a planning tech. Blake
will start on July 27.
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