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September 22, 2017
Vol. 1, Issue 38
Four-way stop about to get some loving History lurks in
county road vault
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The Columbia Press
A landscaped plaza and communi-
ty gathering place is planned at the
four-way stop.
The plaza is No. 1 on a list of new
projects being conceived and prior-
itized by the city’s Urban Renewal
Agency.
The agency, which has city com-
missioners at its helm and an ad-
visory board doing the planning, is
at the half-way mark of a 20-year
funding cycle.
What did the agency do in its first
decade?
A major overhaul of Warrenton
Marina with new docks, lights, a
harbormaster’s office and shower
building.
“That’s probably the most flashy,”
said Frida Fraunfelder, head of the Ur-
ban Renewal Advisory Board.
The group also set up a storefront
façade program whereby business-
es within the urban renewal district
could be reimbursed for improve-
ments made to their storefronts.
The district includes the marina,
See ‘Beautify’ on Page 5
The Columbia Press
Clatsop County Surveyor Vance Swenson
needed to find some information on an old
military road for the state.
He found the records in a box containing a
treasure trove of other historical documents
from the 1870s.
Among them: a road petition from 1873
for a road from Knappa to the John Day
River. Signatures on the petition include
early settler Peter Svensen, for whom the
town of Svensen is named, and the name-
See ‘History’ on Page 6
Above: Well landscaped
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bulb-outs on a well landscaped
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street in Washougal, Wash.,
are examples of improvements
that could be made on Warren-
ton’s Main Avenue.
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County Surveyor Vance Swenson (left) and sur-
veyor technician Will Lawrence (right) conduct
research in the vault at the Roads Division Office.
Athletes, educators, volunteers to be inducted in WHS Hall of Fame
The Columbia Press
Winning teams, acclaimed athletes,
a longtime educator who helped chil-
dren succeed and community volun-
teers will live on as Hall of Fame mem-
bers.
Warrenton Schools Foundation will
have its 10 th biennial Hall of Fame
dinner and induction ceremony next
weekend.
This year’s inductees are Ed Chase,
Joanne Hellberg, Misty Wade Tynkila,
Butch Johnson, Dick Maize, the 1971
Football Team and the 1978, 1979 and
1980 Girls Warrior Track Teams.
The foundation has its roots in
2004, when severe budget cuts forced
the district to cut funding for most
sports coaching positions. The group
held a dinner and auction that year
and sponsorships were sold, raising
$50,000 per year until 2007, when
funding was reinstated.
At the fourth annual event, the auc-
tion became a Hall of Fame induction
banquet and the group transitioned
from fund raising to recognition.
The money the group raises these
days supports sports and educational
programs. Recent foundation dona-
tions include a $10,000 sound system
for the high school, microphones for
the drama program and turf for the
baseball batting cages.
The banquet is at 5 p.m. at the high
school. Reservations should be made
by calling Jeanne Hyatt at the high
school at 503-861-3317. Tickets are
$25, which will be collected at the
door. All proceeds support 9 th through
12 th grade programs.
The event begins with an open house
followed by dinner at 6 p.m., a live
auction at 6:45 p.m. and the induction
ceremony at 7 p.m. Dress is semi-ca-
sual.
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Chase, the voice of Warriors football,
basketball and baseball games for 20
years, had an extensive knowledge of
See ‘Hall of Fame’ on Page 4