Dungeness season delayed
The traditional Dec. 1 open-
ing of the commercial Dunge-
ness ocean crab season will
be delayed until at least Dec.
16 along the entire Oregon
coast as testing shows crabs
aren’t meaty enough.
Commercial
Dungeness
crab is Oregon’s most valu-
able fishery. Last year’s sea-
son opening also was delayed,
but still brought in the high-
est ex-vessel value ever ($62.7
million) with 20.4 million
pounds landed, 22 percent
above the 10-year average.
The season is targeted to
open Dec. 1 in Oregon, but
can be delayed to ensure a
high-quality product and
avoid wastage of the resource.
Crab quality testing in early
November showed that none
of the test areas met the crite-
ria for a Dec. 1 opening.
The delayed opening will al-
low for crabs to fill with more
meat.
A second round of crab
quality testing will occur in
late November or early De-
cember.
Prowls: Victims should contact police
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change, clothes, jackets, tools
and hunting equipment.
Many people who’ve been
victimized may not have re-
ported the crime, especially
if nothing was taken or items
taken weren’t valuable.
Workman
recommends
that anyone who has lost
items in a vehicle burglary
contact Warrenton Police De-
partment to file a report and
to see if any of the recovered
items are theirs.
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“We have all this proper-
ty and stuff that we know is
stolen and shouldn’t have
been in his possession,” he
said. “We’re able to take our
reports and link it up right
away. But other stuff (recov-
ered) doesn’t match.
It might be hard to describe
a handful of change, but one
victim was able to describe
an unusual container that the
change was kept in and, sure
enough, police were able to
identify it.
This Weekend
Artisan fair offers
fine arts and brew
The Seaside Boutique Ar-
tisan Fair will bring 90 ve-
dors to the Seaside Conven-
tion Center.
The event, formerly called
Seaside Holiday Gift Fair,
focuses on fine arts, craft
beverages and artisan gifts.
Hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Sunday.
Santa will be at the fair
each day as well.
For more information,
contact event coordinator
Cyndi Mudge at 503-738-
6391.
• Also in Seaside, the Pa-
rade of Lights is at 7 p.m.
Friday along Broadway.
There will be caroling and
a tree lighting with Santa
Claus following the parade.
• Seaside Elk’s Lodge is
sponsoring a Small Busi-
ness Saturday event with
independent
consultants
selling or demonstrating
products, including Dot Dot
Smile, LuLaRoe, melaleu-
ca, Norwex, Younique and
more. The event is 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the lodge, 324
Avenue A.
A vendor at last year’s fair.
Chorale sponsors
‘Messiah’ sing
North Coast Chorale spon-
sors a community “Messiah”
sign-along/play-along at 4
p.m. Sunday in the Perform-
ing Arts Center, 588 16 St.,
Astoria.
The event benefits area food
banks.
The community can par-
ticipate in several ways: just
sit and listen; grab a musical
score in the lobby and sing
along; or bring an instrument
and play along with the ac-
companist.
While the event is free, do-
nations of food or money are
requested. Last year, more
than $1,250 and nearly 100
pounds of food was donated
to Clatsop Community Ac-
tion’s Regional Food Bank.
Viking-themed gifts, books
and DVDs will be available,
and museum members will
get a double discount on
Nov. 26th.
All Museum Store Sunday
activities run 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. The event is included
with paid admission and
members are free.
Sankta Lucia has
Scandinavian flair
Sankta Lucia, a tradition-
al Scandinavian celebra-
tion of lights, is set for 6:30
p.m. Friday at Astoria High
School, 1001 W. Marine
Drive, Astoria.
The event includes re-
freshments, music and oth-
er entertainment, with a
Scandinavian open dance
from 8 to 10 p.m. Partici-
pants need not be Scandina-
vian.
For more information, call
503-325-6136.
Museum store to
focus on mission
Columbia River Maritime
Museum will sponsor Mu-
seum Store Sunday, a glob-
al celebration that puts the
spotlight on the mission-re-
lated products found at mu-
seum stores worldwide.
Nov. 26 is the annual
day to shop conscientious-
ly and support museum
stores and their missions
locally or around the globe.
CRMM’s store event will have
a Scandinavian theme.
Janet Pendergrass, sales
manager of Columbia Em-
pire Farms in Sherwood,
will prepare fresh Aebleskiv-
er pancakes, discuss berries
that are native to the North-
west, and prepare gift box-
es of jams, jellies, taffy and
other local food favorites.
Astoria to light
up downtown
Astoria kicks off the hol-
iday season with its down-
town lighting party spon-
sored by Astoria Christmas
Club at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
in front of the Liberty The-
ater, corner of 12th and
Commercial streets.
Santa will be present and
the downtown merchants
will have a raffle for those
who’ve participated in the
“shop local, shop plaid”
event, which is sponsored
by the Astoria Downtown
Historical Association.