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Public Safety Calls
The Week Ahead
a rrests
T uEsday
• Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce
Networking Breakfast,
7:45 a.m., Patriot Hall’s Ban-
dit Cafe, Clatsop Community
College, 1651 Lexington Ave.,
Astoria. Breakfast is $8.50.
W EdnEsday
• Warrenton Sunrise Ro-
tary, 7 a.m., Dooger’s Restau-
rant, 103 S. Highway 101.
• Ribbon-cutting event,
8:25 a.m., Natural Grocers,
137 S. Highway 101.
• TOPS Take Off Pounds
Sensibly, 10 a.m., First Bap-
tist Church, 30 N.E. First St.
Info: 503-338-8214.
• Kiwanis Club of War-
renton, 1 p.m., Fultano’s, 78
Harbor Drive.
s aTurday
• Storytime at the library,
11 a.m., 160 S. Main Ave.
• Drunken boating, 3:35 p.m.
Feb. 14, Hammond Mooring
Basin. Ian Michael Wood, 40, of
Aberdeen, Wash., was booked at
Clatsop County Jail on suspicion
of boating under the influence
of intoxicants, providing false
information to a police officer
for arrest on a warrant and a
Clatsop County warrant for
failing to appear on a drunken
driving charge. His blood-alcohol
content was recorded at 0.255
percent.
• Shoplifting, 7:49 p.m. Feb. 14,
Public Meetings
T uEsday
• Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
T hursday
• Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
Viennese opera soloist performs Sunday
Astoria Music Festival pres-
ents a Viennese operetta at
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at
Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin
St., Astoria.
Soprano Charlotte Pis-
tor, a soloist in the Salzburg
February 23, 2018
Landestheater Opera, will be
accompanied by Deac Guidi.
Tickets are $20 to $40.
Tickets are available at the
Liberty Theater box office
or by calling 503-325-5922,
Ext. 55.
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Fred Meyer. Nancy Ellen Eddy,
63, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of second-degree theft
after she attempted to leave the
store with $167 worth of grocer-
ies. She was released pending a
court hearing.
t hefts /B urglarIes
• Theft of electricity, 10:41 p.m.
Feb. 6, 1400 block Discovery
Lane. A transient was using
electricity from a business to
recharge his 12-volt battery,
another battery charger and a
flashlight.
• Stolen vehicle, 12:40 p.m. Feb.
7, 91900 block Highway 104. A
new vehicle was taken off the
lot at Lum’s Auto and found on
a gravel road in dense brush by
someone walking in the area.
• Theft, 3:03 p.m. Feb. 12, 900
block King Salmon Place, Ham-
mond. $1,500 in cash stolen
from file box.
s uspICIous CIrCumstanCes /
d IsturBanCes
• Trespassing, 1:11 p.m. Feb. 7,
600 block Gray Street, Ham-
mond. Man walking his dog
brought the dog into the yard
to visit with a dog tied up in the
yard.
• Missing recycling bin, 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 7, 500 block Harbor Drive.
• Malicious mischief, 7:30 a.m.
Feb. 13, 0-100 block Southwest
Main Court. Vehicle egged.
• Fraud, 12:33 p.m. Feb. 13, 1300
block South Main Avenue. Man
reports a collection agency told
him he owes $725 for Internet
services at an address in Michi-
gan, where he hasn’t lived since
he was 10 years old.
• Malicious mischief, 7:30 a.m.
Feb. 13, 0-100 block Southwest
Main Court. Vehicle egged again.
V ehICles
• Vehicle vs. bicycle, one injury,
5:14 p.m. Feb. 16, 1100 block
Northeast King Salmon Place.
• Two-vehicle noninjury col-
lision, 8:50 p.m. Feb. 16, 700
block E Harbor Drive.
f Ire / serVICe Calls
• Smoke detector activation, 2:42
p.m. Feb. 12, 1600 block East
Harbor Drive.
• Vehicle smoking, 9:41 a.m. Feb.
16, 1400 block Northwest War-
renton Drive.
• Carbon-monoxide alarm going
off, 9:36 p.m. Feb. 16, 600 block
Seventh Avenue.
m edICal Calls
• Female with rapid heartbeat,
10:48 a.m. Feb. 12, 600 block
Highway 101 Alternate.
• Female with spinal injury who
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can’t walk, 5:31 p.m. Feb. 12, 100
block Southwest 14th Street.
• Medical pendant activation,
7:42 p.m. Feb. 12, 1500 block
Southeast Discovery Lane.
• Medical pendant activation,
3:46 p.m. Feb. 14, 100 block
Northwest Fourth Street.
• Female in a car who’s not
breathing, 6:09 a.m. Feb. 16,
1300 block East Harbor Drive.
• Male shocked himself unplug-
ging vacuum cleaner, 7:55 p.m.
Feb. 16, Clatsop Behavioral
Respite Center.
• Male meth overdose, 12:08
a.m. Feb. 17, 32200 block Sunset
Beach Lane.
• Male with difficulty breathing,
7:27 a.m. Feb. 18, 32200 block
Sunset Beach Lane.
• Female with diabetic reaction,
4:55 p.m. Feb. 18, 91800 block
Highway 104.
Road Work
• Astoria: Signals are being
upgraded along Commercial
Street and Marine Drive and
at Duane and 11th streets.
Flaggers will control sin-
gle-lane traffic through the
area.
• Astoria: The painting
and improvement project on
the Astoria-Meglar Bridge
continues with completion
expected in July.
• Clatskanie: Rockfall
repair and screening is
ongoing on Highway 30 in
the Clatskanie Bluffs area.
Workers are clearing trees,
removing debris, installing
mesh, repairing the road
surface and installing per-
manent pavement markings.
Flaggers will guide drivers
through the area. Work is
ongoing through July.
• Tillamook County: A
traffic improvement project
in downtown Tillamook runs
through the fall. Also, work
to repair a slide on Highway
101 in Beaver, south of Tilla-
mook, should be complete by
March 2.