December 22, 2017
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Join one, join them all
Museums join forces for reciprocal memberships
Columbia River Mar-
itime Museum and the
Oregon Coast Aquarium
have joined forces with
a group of Portland area
attractions to offer a re-
ciprocal membership pro-
gram in 2018.
CRMM members, for
Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland. instance, can get free ad-
mission into 11 other mu-
seums and attractions at
various times of the year.
The program was creat-
ed in 2015 by the Portland
Attractions Marketing Al-
liance and the two coastal
attractions jumped on this
year.
“This special promo-
tion was initiated as a
way to show appreciation
Evergreen Aviation & Space Muse- for each attraction’s loy-
al members as well as to
um in McMinnville.
highlight the important
role that cultural attrac-
tions play in the commu-
nity,” the alliance wrote in
a press release announc-
ing the program.
CRMM members can get
free admission for up to
four people at the attrac-
tions during the following
Deepwood Museum & Gardens in
months. The attractions
Salem.
are in Portland unless oth-
All photos courtesy PAMA
Nina Johnson for The Columbia Press
A visitor looks at a collection by photographer Minor White on dis-
play at the Architectural Heritage Center in Portland.
erwise stated:
January: Oregon Zoo.
February: Oregon Histor-
ical Society.
March: Deepwood Muse-
um & Gardens in Salem.
April: Lan Su Chinese Gar-
den.
May: Architectural Heri-
tage Center.
June: Columbia River
Maritime Museum.
July: World Forestry Center.
August: Clark County His-
torical Museum in Vancou-
ver, Wash.
September: Rice North-
west Museum of Rocks &
Minerals in Hillsboro.
October: Evergreen Avia-
tion & Space Museum in Mc-
Minnville.
November: Oregon Coast
Aquarium in Newport.
December: Washington
County Museum.
The Portland Attractions
Marketing Alliance is a pro-
fessional organization of
marketing representatives.
County seeks
grant proposals
The Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council
seeks programs for grants.
The council has $15,000
available for local social and
human services agencies that
assist people in need.
The purpose of the funding
is to provide an investment
in programs that target pop-
ulation groups most in need
socially and economically.
Grant proposals no greater
than $5,000 will be eligible
for funding; preference is
given to programs that:
• Provide services available
to all county residents, as op-
posed to a specific geographic
area;
• Serve the largest number
of county residents;
• Work collaboratively with
other groups and receive
significant portions of their
funding from sources other
than the county;
• Address a need not being
addressed by other groups;
• Have missions consistent
with the board’s priorities as
identified in Clatsop Vision
2030 Together.
The grant packet is avail-
able at www.co.clatsop.or.us.
Applications are due no lat-
er than 5 p.m. Jan. 12.
Sheriff’s Office warns of jury duty scam
Scammers have been call-
ing local medical profession-
als with a “Failure to report
for jury duty” scam, the Sher-
iff’s Office reports.
The caller says he or she is a
Clatsop County Sheriff’s dep-
uty and tells the person that,
because they failed to report
for jury duty, a warrant has
been issued for their arrest
unless a fine is paid.
The caller is very convinc-
ing, knowing the names of
the local judges and the sher-
iff. They even offer to meet
people at the Sheriff’s Office
in Warrenton to take care of
the issue, although they pre-
fer to have their victim go to
Rite Aid and purchase mon-
ey cards to pay the fine.
While the scam has been
around for a while, the scam-
mers are getting bolder and
seem to have enough infor-
mation to be very convincing,
the sheriff’s office reports.
“Please understand the
Sheriff’s Office does not oper-
ate in this fashion,” the agen-
cy wrote in a public warning
this week. “We will not call
you with an offer to settle up
a warrant for cash.”
If you receive a call like this,
don’t engage with the person
and hang up. Other varia-
tions of the scam include a
distant relative who needs
cash for bail (usually in a Ca-
nadian jail) or perhaps a fail-
ure to show up in court for a
ticket and a warrant has been
issued.
Be skeptical of any calls re-
questing money transfers. If
you have any concerns, call
your local police department
or the Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office at 503-325-2061.