T he C olumbia P ress September 8, 2017 3 Growth: Restaurant changes hands, businesses expand and make improvements Continued from Page 1 Street Dam and a decision by the district to remove its tide gates. The city contends the re- moval has caused flooding on properties upstream. The two boards haven’t met in more than a year, City Man- ager Linda Engbretson said. “We want to see what kind of compromise we can reach and find out if they’re still ad- amant in taking it out.” The meeting is expected lat- er this month. • An application for a 68- unit apartment complex proposed by builder Dick Krueger adjacent to the re- gional food bank on Choke- berry Avenue comes before the Planning Commission at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at City Hall. The public is invit- ed to give their opinions on the project during the public hearing. • A zone change is in the works for a 16-acre parcel adjacent to Home Depot along Alt. Highway 101 be- tween Southeast Ensign Lane and Highway 101. The land, which is out of the flood plain and tsunami zone, would be a logical place for future com- mercial develop, said Ken Yuill, a member of the city’s Planning Commission who lives next to the parcel. “Our area over by the Home Depot can and should make a great transition between the big box stores and all of the smaller stores, along with the chance for some other hous- ing options,” Yuill wrote in an email to Urban Renewal Advisory Board Chairwoman Frida Fraunfelder. • Uptown Café in the pla- za across from Home Depot changed hands this week. David Posalski and Donnie Jones purchased the restau- rant from Krista Bingham and David Yuill. Bingham and Yuill are out of the coun- try and have not returned phone calls or emails seeking comments about their plans, although restaurant employ- ees have confirmed they plan to leave Warrenton. • The play area at Robin- son Community Park was cordoned off and equipment removed this week to make way for a new $120,000 play- ground the city recently pur- chased after letting school kids choose the design. The city’s Public Works staff re- moved the old equipment to save money and a contractor will install the new equip- ment starting Sept. 18. • Warrenton Christian Church at 1376 S.E. An- chor Ave., is building a 1,750-square-foot foyer on the north side of the church with a larger nursery and ad- ditional storage below. The church, just off South Main Avenue, has been a neighbor- hood institution for 49 years. • Sowins Real Estate and Property Management re- cently moved its offices to 280 S.E. Marlin Ave. The building got a complete ren- ovation inside and out. • Improvements to the exterior of Roy Allgeyer’s commercial building at 737 E. Harbor Drive were com- pleted Aug. 22. The building, which houses Penny Wise Thrift Store, sits within the city’s urban renewal zone, and will receive a façade im- provement grant. • Speaking of thrift stores, a commercial building in the heart of downtown that for- merly housed a thrift store has gotten a major facelift. Russ Mayes has the proper- ty in the 100 block of South Main Avenue ready for a new tenant. • Grading has begun on Westlake Village and Lake- shore Village, two develop- ments along Highway 101 just south of Warrenton city limits. What’s planned? An 87-lot project of single-family homes planned to be built in three phases. Old-time fun set at Flavel House “Old-Fashioned Fun and Games,” an annual event sponsored by the Clatsop County Historical Society, is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, and Sun- day, Sept. 10, at Submitted photo the Flavel House Children compete in a gunny-sack race Museum, 441 at last year’s games. Eighth St., Astoria. Activities for adults and onade and corndogs. children include include The event is free, but dona- croquet and badminton, tions will be accepted. hands-on activities, contests For more information, call and prizes, butter- and ice 503-325-2203. cream-making demonstra- tions, apple pressing, textiles, blacksmithing, wagon rides and more. Children will learn how kids entertained themselves in the Victorian era. Refreshments include lem- Public Safety Calls Continued from Page 2 ing, 3:47 p.m. Sept. 1, 1600 block Southeast Ensign Lane. • Female employee with back pain, 8:17 p.m. Sept. 2, 1500 block Southeast Discovery Lane. • Male having difficulty breath- ing, 7:26 a.m. Sept. 2, 33200 block Sunset Beach Lane. • Unconscious female in car, 11:33 a.m. Sept. 2, 100 block Southeast Neptune Drive. • Male fall victim who hit head, 11:08 a.m. Sept. 2, Hammond Marina. • Female in severe pain, 12:16 p.m. Sept. 2, 2200 block South- east Dolphin Avenue. • Female child bitten by dog, 1:38 p.m. Sept. 2, historical area of Fort Stevens State Park. • Male asleep in car, 8:10 p.m. Sept. 2, 200 block Southwest Second Street. • Female with alcohol poisoning, 11:23 p.m. Sept. 2, 200 block Tyee Street. 503-338-2955