New minister for St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales Mis-
sion Catholic Church has a
new minister.
Father William Dickson
Oruko
was
named
ad-
ministrator
of St. Mary,
Star of the
Sea, in As-
toria, which
includes serv-
Oruko
ing the St.
Francis de Sales in Ham-
mond.
Oruko comes to Astoria
from the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Knoxville, Tenn.,
where he served for 14 years.
He is a native of Kenya,
where his family still lives.
He is a religious missionary
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priest of the Apostles of Je-
sus, an order founded in Af-
rica in 1968.
Oruko attended seminary
high school in Kenya before
joining the Apostles of Jesus
for philosophical and theo-
logical studies and training.
Upon ordination, he worked
in Kenya for four years be-
fore being transferred to the
United States.
St. Francis de Sales church
is at 867 Fifth Ave., Ham-
mond. Vigil Mass is cele-
brated at 4 p.m. Saturdays.
This Saturday, Oct. 28, the
parish youth group will take
orders for Christmas poin-
settias after Mass.
The Feast of All Saints will
be at noon Nov. 1.
Halloween events range from creepy to fun
Harvest festivals, spook
houses and cemeteries take
center stage this time of year
and there are several family
friendly activities open this
weekend and next to cele-
brate Halloween.
•A Halloween Dance
for those with developmen-
tal disabilities (children or
adult) is set for 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 27, in the cafete-
ria at Astoria Middle School,
1100 Klatskanine St., Astoria.
The dance is sponsored by
the Dance Now Club. Care-
givers must be present.
•Haunted Tunnels is a
haunted house-style walk-
through activity put togeth-
er by the Astoria-Warren-
ton-Seaside KOA, 1100 N.W.
Ridge Road, Hammond.
Hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Oct. 27 and 28.
Admission is $3 per person
or three nonperishable food
items. Proceeds benefit Clat-
sop Community Action Re-
gional Food Bank and KOA
Care Camps.
•Bats Spiders and Owls,
Oh My! is the place to learn
fascinating facts about our
region’s night creatures. The
free event at Fort Clatsop in-
cludes crafts, puppets, non-
spooky stories (including
one in Spanish) and a quar-
ter-mile walk through the
forest. The event is from 5 to
6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. Par-
ticipants should bring a flash-
light, wear sturdy shoes and
dress for the weather. Meet in
the park’s visitor center.
•Talking
Tombstones
is Clatsop County Historical
Society’s annual event held
at a local cemetery. This year,
it takes place at Greenwood
Cemetery, 91569 Highway
202, Astoria.
Talking Tombstones has
actors portraying the area’s
colorful former figures and
talking to visitors from be-
yond the grave.
It’s from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday,
Oct.29. The event is free, al-
though donations are accepted.
•Seaside Outlets has a safe
trick-or-treat from 3 to 6
p.m. Oct. 31 throughout the
center. Suite 114 will take
photos for donations.
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he added. “Families with lots
of children, that’s not exactly
our market,” Edwards said.
Yacht Club Apartments,
a similar project in Astoria
built by Krueger, is full and
has few children. Pacific Rim
will likely be filled with young
professionals, he said.
Krueger, who attended the
meeting, was pleased with the
approval, he said “Warrenton
has been quite responsive to
development.”
The complex would have
two buildings, each with four
floors. Each building would
have 22 two-bedroom units
and 12 one-bedroom units. A
storage area with bike park-
ing is on the lowest level.
Each apartment would have
an outdoors area, either a
fenced patio or deck.
The city’s conditions, which
the developer is required to
do before anyone moves in,
include building a shelter for
the bus stop in front of the
Northwest Senior and Dis-
ability Services a short dis-
tance away, conducting an
underground video surveil-
lance of the existing sewer
system in the area and build-
ing an emergency-only access
into the project from Ensign
Lane. Because Ensign is a
major traffic artery, the proj-
ect’s main entry will be off
Chokeberry.
Pacific
Rim