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T he C olumbia P ress 1 50 ¢ C latsop C ounty ’ s I ndependent W eekly n eWspaper December 8, 2017 503-861-3331 Vol. 1, Issue 49 Give a gift if you want to love the holidays Marinas target abandoned boats B y C indy y ingst City sells them via website; others hold public auctions The Columbia Press People who love Christmas tend to be people who love to give. It’s no wonder a third of all annual giving takes place in December. Those who have plenty can’t and shouldn’t enjoy the holidays without helping those with less. The United States ranks fifth overall in giving com- pared to other countries, the personal-finance website WalletHub reports. WalletHub also ranked the states based on 14 indicators of charitable behavior and Oregon did pretty well. We’re seventh in volun- teer rates, 12 in the number of charities per capita, 13 in the percent of income resi- dents donate and 16 in both the percent of the population who donate money and the B y C indy y ingst The Columbia Press Above left: Greg and Christina Merten’s leonberger dogs Gulliver and Murphy pose with Santa at last year’s Clatsop Animal Assistance fund-raiser. Above right: Owen and Savannah, rescued greyhounds belonging to Roger and Jonena Lindsley of Astoria, get their time with Santa. Bottom left: Visitors look through auction items at last year’s Clatsop Animal Assis- tance party. See ‘Giving’ on Page 6 Submitted photos Recent incidents spur fears of chronic wasting disease in Oregon The Columbia Press and news services Twice in the past month, hunters have brought elk or elk parts infect- ed with chronic wasting disease into Oregon. It’s a major concern for state wild- life officials since Oregon is a CWD- free state. The fatal neurological disease has never been detected in the state’s captive or free-ranging deer, elk or moose. In the most recent case, two hunt- ers brought prohibited elk parts from Colorado and Wyoming – where chronic wasting is a problem -- into the Rogue Valley. Earlier in November, a Madras man brought banned parts of a CWD-positive deer from Montana to Oregon. In that case, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife collected the banned parts and in- cinerated them, which is one of the only ways to destroy the pathogen. In both instances, Oregon State Police cited the hunters. The risk of transmitting the non- reversible disease to Oregon’s wild game population is high, especially in light of the two recent incidents. Boat for sale at a steal of a price. $1,000 will get you the American, a 35- foot wooden recreational vessel. For a little under $8,000, you can Buy a boat have Master Chris, The city has avail- a 72-foot commer- able boats listed on cial craft. the web at ci.warren- The city has ton.or.us. A link on placed seven boats the home page will for sale after going take you to Marina through an ardu- Items for Sale. ous process to ob- tain ownership rights through a state mar- itime seizure process. All the boats were abandoned – some of them for years -- and left to die at Warrenton Marina. “The Master Chris showed up in the mid- dle of the night and they just walked away from it,” Harbormastor Jane Sweet said. Other boats were left to rot when owners couldn’t afford the maintenance or moorage fees. Some sank. The city of Warrenton started out with See ‘Boats’ on Page 5 One infected animal can affect the future of all susceptible species in the state. By bringing potentially CWD-in- fected elk parts containing central nervous system tissue into Oregon, the health and population of Ore- gon’s deer, elk, and moose is jeop- ardized. “We need hunters who go out of state to be vigilant and not bring prohibited ungulate parts back to Oregon,” said Duane Dungannon, state coordinator for the Oregon Hunters Association. “CWD rep- The 35-foot wooden recreational vessel American See ‘Disease’ on Page 4 will go for debt payment plus $1,000 or best offer.
