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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
s unday
• Patriot Day remembrance
of those who died on 9-11.
Public Safety Calls
M onday
• Astoria Sunday Market,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along 11th
Street in downtown Astoria.
• Wheels & Waves car
show, 9 a.m. to noon, down-
town Seaside. Free.
t uesday
• Warrenton Alzheimer’s
Support Group, 2 p.m.,
Northwest Senior and Dis-
ability Services, 2002 S.E.
Chokeberry Ave. Info: 503-
738-6412.
W ednesday
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
7 a.m. at Dooger’s Restaurant,
103 S. Hwy 101.
• Kiwanis Club of War-
renton, 1 p.m. Uptown Cafe,
1639 S.E. Ensign Lane.
• Cancer: Thriving and
Surviving support group, 2
p.m., Columbia Center, 2021
Marine Drive, Astoria
• LGBTIQ Group, 6 p.m. As-
toria Armory, 1636 Exchange
St. Info: 425-314-3388.
t hursday
• Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Business After Hours,
5:30-7 p.m., AT&T, 159 High-
way 101.
t uesday
• Warrenton City Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
• Clatsop Community
College Board, 6:30 p.m.,
Room 219 of Columbia Hall,
1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria.
W ednesday
• Warrenton Business As-
sociation, 5:30 p.m., City
Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
• Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
t hursday
• Warrenton Planning
Commission, 7 p.m., City
Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
Road Work
The following work could im-
pact traffic next week:
• Mowing and chopping on
Lewis & Clark road and in the
Youngs River area.
• Asphalt paving on Walluski
Loop and the Walluski/Labiske
intersection.
• Mowing in Knappa.
• Road maintenance on Old
Highway 30 in Svensen.
• Slide on Old 77 Vesper Lane.
September 8, 2017
a rrests
• Two-vehicle hit-and-run
collision, 6:56 p.m. Aug. 30,
Highway 101 at Neptune. A
Woodinville, Wash., man driving
a Toyota Corolla was rear-ended
by a blue Chevy S10 pickup that
fled the scene, but was located
a short distance away. Elvis
E. Lang, 41, of Warrenton was
arrested on suspicion of hit-
and-run and cited for following
too closely and having no valid
license. He was released with a
promise to appear in court Sept.
19.
• Illegal camping, 12:33 p.m.
Sept. 3, Hammond viewpoint. A
woman camping in her car was
contacted and, when an officer
ran her information, discovered
she had an active warrant for
contempt of court. Cindy Jane
Hall, 49, of Hammond was
arrested on the warrant and re-
leased with a promise to appear
in court two days later.
t hefts
• Shoplifting, 2:06 p.m. Aug. 29,
Walgreens. A man who didn’t
want to wait in line threw $2
on the counter and walked out
without having his item rung
up. Not knowing what he was
purchasing or what it was worth,
the store manager followed
him to his car and requested to
know what he had in his hand.
The man refused and employ-
ees called police. Through
his license plate number, the
66-year-old Astoria man was
located at his home and nearly
arrested when he wouldn’t coop-
erate with the officer. But, once
in handcuffs, the man cooperat-
ed. Walgreens asked that he be
trespassed from the store.
s uspiCious CirCuMstanCes /
disturBanCes
• Trespassing, 10 p.m. and again
at 11 p.m., Aug. 28, Hammond
Mooring Basin. A Hillsboro man
who was illegally camping in his
vehicle on the beach was told
to leave and agreed to comply.
When the officer returned an
hour later, the man was asleep
behind the wheel of his vehicle
in the same location. The man
told the officer he’d been drink-
ing and “didn’t want a DUI.”
He was allowed to remain, but
warned he’d be cited for illegal
camping if found again on city
property.
• Neighbors fighting, 5 p.m. Aug.
29 and 11 p.m. Aug. 30, 500
block Northwest Ridge Road,
Hammond. Two women who
live next to each other and have
had a longstanding feud contin-
ued to point fingers at the other
in two incidents. One woman
accused her neighbor of gouging
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a several-feet-long scratch in
her car. The next day, the other
woman accused her neighbor of
throwing rocks at her.
V ehiCles
• Noninjury vehicle collision with
elk, 2:04 a.m. Sept. 2, Highway
101 at Ocean Crest.
• Provide mutual aid to Seaside
for multiple-vehicle collision
with injuries, 4:14 p.m. Sept. 2,
Highway 26.
• Vehicle struck child on bicy-
cle, no injuries, 6:47 p.m. Sept.
3, 900 block Southwest Jade
Avenue.
f ire Calls
• Smoke in bushes from urban
camper, 6:41 a.m. Aug. 31, En-
sign Lane near Willow Drive.
• Provide mutual aid to Astoria
for structure fire, 6:40 p.m. Sept.
1, 207 Seventh.
• Possible grass fire, 10:50 a.m.
Sept. 3, historical area of Fort
Stevens State Park.
• Bonfire on beach, 3:49 p.m.
Sept. 3, parking lot A, Fort Ste-
vens State Park.
M ediCal Calls
• Male fall victim with possible
head injury, 7:08 a.m. Aug. 28,
Hammond Marina.
• Male child involved in bike ac-
cident, 9:45 a.m. Aug. 28, Burma
Road in Fort Stevens State Park.
• Male passed out with possible
overdose, 2:49 p.m. Aug. 28, 600
block South Highway 101.
• Female with chest pain, 4:43
p.m. Aug. 28, 100 block South-
west Cedar Avenue.
• Male having difficulty breath-
ing, 4:53 a.m. Aug. 29, 200 block
Southwest Birch Court.
• Female with chest pain, 6:40
p.m. Aug. 30, 400 block North
Main Avenue.
• Male with possible stroke, 12:24
p.m. Aug. 30, 400 block Fleet
Street.
• Male with lightheadedness,
2:23 p.m. Aug. 30, VA Clinic
Camp Rilea.
• Male having difficulty breath-
ing, 5:51 p.m. Aug. 30, 1600
block Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Female having difficulty breath-
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