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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
s unday
t uEsday
• Astoria Sunday Market,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along 11th
Street in downtown Astoria.
t uEsday
• Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
networking breakfast, 8 a.m.,
Wet Dog Cafe, 144 11th St.,
Astoria.
W EdnEsday
• Warrenton Rotary Club,
7 a.m. at Dooger’s Restaurant,
103 S. Hwy 101.
• Kiwanis Club of Warren-
ton, 1 p.m., Fultano’s Pizza,
78 Harbor St.
• Seaside Farmer’s Mar-
ket, 3-7 p.m., Broadway
Middle School parking lot.
• Cancer: Thriving and
Surviving, 2 p.m., Columbia
Center, 2021 Marine Drive,
Astoria
s aturday , s Ept . 30
• National Public Lands
Day. Free admission to all
National Park Service sites.
• Warrenton Hall of Fame
Dinner, 5 p.m., Warrenton
High School.
• Warrenton High School
Homecoming Dance, 7:30
p.m., Liberty Theater, Astoria.
• Warrenton City Com-
mission and Skipanon
Water Control District
work session, 2 p.m.,
Commission Chambers at
Warrenton City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
• Warrenton City Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
• Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, 5 p.m.
work session on jail, 6 p.m.
regular meeting, Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial
St., Astoria.
• Clatsop County Recre-
ational Lands Planning
Advisory Board, 1 p.m.,
Fourth Floor, 800 E. Ex-
change St., Astoria.
Road Work
Work by county maintenance
crews next week could affect traffic
in the following areas:
•
Brush chopping along Lewis
and Clark South.
•
Road
maintenance
on
Svensen Market Road near
Headworks Road.
•
Brush chopping and road
grading in the Jewell area.
Drivers here should expect
minor delays.
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September 22, 2017
Public Safety Calls
a rrEsts
• Trespassing, 9:47 a.m. Sept.
15, Warrenton Marina. A city
employee reports a male who
has been asked to stay out of
the bathrooms is back with a
machete and a female tran-
sient is there as well. Leeann
Marie Jensen, 27, of Seaside
was booked at Clatsop County
Jail on an arrest warrant. Both
parties were trespassed from the
location.
• Shoplifting, 4:38 p.m. Sept. 15,
Fred Meyer. Shauntay A. Bakke,
19, of Astoria was arrested for
second-degree theft and released
pending a court appearance.
• Traffic stop, 6:15 p.m. Sept. 17,
Harbor Drive at Highway 101.
Driver Lori M. Courtwright, 42,
of Warrenton had a warrant.
She was arrested for contempt
of court and released pending a
court appearance.
• Criminal trespassing, 9:07 p.m.
Sept. 17, Fred Meyer food side
parking lot. Leeann M. Gray, 35,
of Seaview, Wash., was arrested
for violating a no-trespassing
order at the location.
s uspiCious C irCumstanCEs /
d isturBanCEs
• Disorderly conduct, 5:46 p.m.
Sept. 13, 100 block Northwest
Fourth Street. Donald Leroy
Best II, 42, of Warrenton was
arrested and released, pending a
mandatory court appearance.
t hEfts
• Bluetooth earpiece stolen from
campsite, 8:21 p.m. Sept. 11, Fort
Stevens State Park.
V EhiClEs
• Hit and run, 5:27 p.m. Sept. 6,
Fred Meyer parking lot.
• Two-vehicle injury collision, 6
p.m. Sept. 14, 1500 block South-
east Discovery Lane. A teenage
passenger in the front seat of one
of the vehicles was taken to Co-
lumbia Memorial Hospital with
a complaint of pain.
• Speeding, 10 p.m. Sept. 14, New
Youngs Bay Bridge lift span.
Driver cited for going 65 in a 45
mph zone.
• Traffic stop, 3:15 p.m. Sept. 15,
Highway 101 at Ensign. Driv-
er Brandon Williams, 34, of
Warrenton was cited for failure
to present license, using an
invalid license and driving while
suspended.
• Two-vehicle noninjury collision,
6 a.m. Sept. 16, Highway 101 at
Ocean Crest Motors, non-injury.
• Vehicle vs elk, 6:34 a.m. Sept.
16, Highway 101 at Wood Duck
Lane.
• Traffic stop, 9:45 p.m. Sept. 16,
Marlin Avenue at Highway 101.
Driver Florentino Ramos, 18, of
Seaside was cited for having no
operator’s license, no motorcycle
endorsement and no insurance.
• Single-vehicle collision with
power pole, 7:55 a.m. Sept. 18,
Pacific Avenue between Heceta
and Iredale streets, Hammond.
One driver cited for failure to
drive within lane. Power pole
damaged.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 8:12 a.m. Sept. 20, High-
way 101 at Turlay Lane.
f irE C alls
• Fire alarm water flow, 8:52
a.m. Sept. 11, 100 block South
Highway 101.
• Illegal backyard fire, 8:44 p.m.
Sept. 13, 1400 block South Main
Avenue.
m EdiCal C alls
• Female having seizures, 7 a.m.
Sept. 11, 300 block Southwest
Kalmia Avenue.
• Unresponsive female, 8:20 a.m.
Sept. 11, 400 block North Main
Avenue.
• Female with swollen knee after
surgery, 9:24 a.m. Sept. 11, 200
block Southwest Alder Avenue.
• Male with difficulty breathing,
12:32 p.m. Sept. 11, 1600 block
Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Female with neck injury from
fall, 1:42 p.m. Sept. 11, Warren-
ton High School.
• Female suicide attempt, 6 p.m.
Sept. 11, North Coast Respite
Center.
• Male combative, 7:07 p.m. Sept.
11, 32600 block Turlay Lane.
• Male with stomach cramps,
10:51 a.m. Sept. 12, 1800 block
Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Female dizzy and fell, 2:21
p.m. Sept. 12, Warrenton Grade
School.
• Female fell face-first on pave-
ment, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 12, 100
block South Highway 101.
• Male hunched over steering
wheel, 7:53 a.m. Sept. 13, 1800
block Southeast Ensign Lane.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 8:06 p.m. Sept. 13, 100
block Southwest Cedar Avenue.
• Male feeling funny with tin-
gling, 1:55 p.m. Sept. 13, 1500
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