October 13, 2017
Woman arrested
after she reaches
for officer’s gun
An intoxicated woman who
caused a disturbance at War-
renton Mini Mart was arrest-
ed after she fought with offi-
cers who were trying to find a
ride home for her.
Holly Eileen Gunderson,
37, of Warrenton was booked
at Clatsop County Jail for re-
sisting arrest and second-de-
gree disorderly conduct. Her
blood-alcohol content was
recorded at 0.32 percent,
four times the legal limit.
The disturbance was re-
ported shortly before 10 p.m.
Oct. 8. Two officers were try-
ing to calm her down, accord-
ing to a police report, but she
became enraged when one
of them called her by name
and she repeatedly demand-
ed “How do you know my
name?”
At one point, she shoved
one of the officers, reached
for his gun and fought with
both officers as they attempt-
ed to place her in handcuffs,
according to the report. She
was taken to Columbia Me-
morial Hospital for an eval-
uation before being trans-
ferred to the jail.
Driver fails to
signal, is arrested
for so much more
A driver who failed to sig-
nal for a right-hand turn was
arrested, as was his passen-
ger, when officers found sus-
pected heroin, methamphet-
amine and an open bottle of
vodka in the car, according to
a police report.
In addition, the driver had
a warrant and failed to car-
ry and present his driver’s
license. And there was no
court-ordered interlock de-
vice installed on his vehicle.
Officer Robert Wirt was on
patrol shortly before 6 p.m.
T he C olumbia P ress
Oct. 7 with his K-9 Gabe in
Hammond when he watched
the driver commit the traf-
fic error and then accelerate
when he spotted the patrol
car behind him, according to
the report.
Timothy Neal Cooper, 40,
of Salem had a warrant for
his arrest and was taken into
custody. Inside Cooper’s
Jeep, officers found the ille-
gal substances, according to
the report.
Cooper was booked at Clat-
sop County Jail for posses-
sion of methamphetamine
and heroin as well as several
driving violations.
Passenger Kymberlee K.
Capps, 34, of Salem also was
booked for possession of
methamphetamine and her-
oin.
WHS grad, Hall
of Famer dies
Jon Rowley, a 1961 War-
renton High School graduate
who went on to be a culinary
star in Seattle, died of kidney
failure Oct. 4 at his home on
Vashon Island, Wash.
Rowley studied at Reed
College in Portland and was
a restaurant consultant and
fisherman who used his ties
with Alaska fishermen to
provide and popularize the
famed Copper River salmon
to restaurant owners in Se-
attle.
He was named to the War-
renton High School Hall of
Fame in 2008.
Rowley is survived by
daughters Megan of Seattle
and Caitlin of Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla., a brother and
one grandson.
Road Work
Astoria-Megler Bridge: The
Great Columbia Crossing is Sun-
day, Oct. 16, and traffic delays are
expected on the bridge and Marine
Drive between 6 and 11:30 a.m.
to make room for 3,000 runners.
Drivers could wait as long as 45
minutes to cross the bridge.
Highway 101 Business: Bridge
rehabilitation work to Old Youngs
Bay and Lewis & Clark River bridg-
es. Minor delays should be expect-
ed. Expected completion is Novem-
ber.
Logan Road: Construction and
improvements will close the Stave-
bolt Bridge beginning Monday,
Oct. 16. It will be closed and a de-
tour in place for approximately one
month.
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City sets up website on ballot measure
Warrenton Community Library has set up a website,
savethewarrentonlibrary.com, in hopes of making the
public more aware of the November ballot measure.
The city is asking residents if they wish to renew the five-
year library operations local option levy.
If passed, the Measure will fund the operations of the
Warrenton Community Library with a rate of $0.330 per
$1,000 of assessed value for fiscal years 2018-19 through
2022-23. For a home assessed at $100,000 that would be
$33 per year.
Revenue can only be used for library operations.
Warrenton Community Library is used by residents of
the city, people in the surrounding area, and many tour-
ists. It provides services to students, free library cards
(with parent/guardian permission) for all children in Clat-
sop County, and offers a summer reading program.
The library has 19,000 books, audio books and movies
for checkout; 4,096 current library cards; four well-main-
tained computers for public use; Wi-Fi; and is open six
days a week, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The special election is Nov. 7. If the measure fails, the
city is unlikely to keep the library open.