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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
s uNday
t uesday
• Daylight Saving Time
begins. Be sure to set your
clocks ahead one hour.
t uesday
• Warrenton Alzheimer’s
Support Group, 2 p.m.,
Northwest Senior and Dis-
ability Services, 2002 S.E.
Chokeberry Ave. Info: 503-
738-6412.
W edNesday
• 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.
• LGBTIQ group, 6 p.m., As-
toria Armory, 1636 Exchange
St., Astoria.
t Hursday
• Breast Cancer Support
Group, 4:30 p.m., CMH-
OHSU activities room, 1905
Exchange St., Astoria.
• Fort Stevens Post & Aux-
iliary, 7 p.m., 66 S.W. Fourth
St.
s aturday
• Storytime at the library,
11 a.m., 160 S. Main Ave.
• Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave. Commission goals,
an agreement for tsunami
sirens, library automation and
vacation of a portion of 14th
Place on the agenda.
• Clatsop Community
College Board, 6:30 p.m.,
Room 219, Columbia Hall,
1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria.
W edNesday
• Warrenton Business
Association, 5:30 p.m., City
Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
• Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, budget
committee appointments and
jail bond on agenda, 6 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
• Warrenton-Hammond
School District, 6 p.m.
study session, 7 p.m. meet-
ing, Warrenton High School
Library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
t Hursday
• Warrenton Planning
Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Public
hearings on a flood insurance
study and road construction
on 19th Street on the agenda.
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March 9, 2018
Public Safety Calls
a rrests
• Drunken driving, 4:05 p.m.
Feb. 25, Harbor Drive at Heron
Street. Bryon Garratt Stalcup,
56, of Woodland, Wash., was
arrested on suspicion of driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants and cited for having no
operator’s license and refusing to
take a breath test.
B urglaries / tHefts
• Stolen trailer, 2:53 p.m. Feb.
23, Les Schwab. A 2005 7-foot by
16-foot Bulldog car trailer worth
$5,000 was taken.
• Theft of cash, 2:09 p.m. Feb.
26, Fred Meyer. Customer in
self-checkout lane forgot to take
his cash back and when he re-
turned a few moments later, his
$60 had been taken.
• Burglary in progress, 7:39 p.m.
March 2, 200 block Southwest
Alder Avenue. Caller reports a
female causing damage inside an
apartment under construction.
All buildings and fences found
secure.
s uspicious circumstaNces /
disturBaNces
• Attempted break-in between
two professional offices, 12:56
p.m. Feb. 23, Premarq Center.
Determined to be civil in nature.
• Disorderly conduct, 9:45 a.m.
Feb. 26, Municipal Court. Shelly
C. Decell-Wolff, 53, of Boring,
was cited for disorderly conduct.
• Stray dog running in traffic,
12:27 p.m. Feb. 26, 34900 block
Highway 101 Business. Dog tak-
en to animal shelter.
• Domestic disturbance, 8:08
p.m. Feb. 26, Fred Meyer park-
ing lot.
• Illegal dumping, 4:19 p.m. Feb.
27, 1900 block Sixth Avenue,
Hammond.
• Animal bite, no time given, Feb.
28, hospital emergency room.
Animal hospital employee was
treated for a cat bite she received
at work.
• Phone scam, 10:55 a.m. March
1, 1000 block Northwest War-
renton Drive. Man reported he
ordered $100 worth of medica-
tion from a pharmacy in India
and the medication was never
delivered.
V eHicles
• Four abandoned vehicles left on
private property, 10:18 a.m. Jan.
27, 1300 block Southeast Second
Street. Two parties were contact-
ed and moved the vehicle. Two
additional owners could not be
located.
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• Hit-and-run, 3:43 p.m. Feb. 18,
Costco parking lot.
• Hit-and-run, 7:35 p.m. Feb. 20,
Fred Meyer parking lot.
• Hit-and-run, 11:27 a.m. Feb. 24,
Russell Drive near Pacific Drive,
Hammond.
• Rear-end collision, 3:08 p.m.
Feb. 26, Marlin Avenue at High-
way 101.
• Speeding, 2:25 p.m. Feb. 27,
Lake Drive at Pacific Ridge.
Driver cited for going 62 in a 45
mph zone.
• Traffic stop, 4:02 p.m. March 2,
Harbor at Highway 101. Driver
cited for failing to register his
vehicle.
• Vehicle vs. deer, 11:15 p.m.
March 2, North Main Avenue at
Northeast Fifth Street.
• Traffic stop, 1:15 p.m. March
3, Ensign Lane near Costco.
Driver cited for driving without
a license.
• Reckless driving, 11:30 a.m.
March 5, Ensign Lane at High-
way 101. Driver cited for driving
while suspended and careless
driving.
Business training
for young people
Young people interested in
starting their own business
are invited to an entrepre-
neurial training event from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 10, in the Coho Room
of the Columbia Center, 2021
Marine Drive, Astoria.
The class will teach kids how
to pick a product, price it,
keep an inventory and sales
journal, market the product
and sell it through the Astoria
or Seaside markets
Youth can sell as many
times as they want through-
out the summer months and
learn business skills includ-
ing better communication,
organization and dealing
with people.
For more information, call
Sandra Carlson at 503-325-
8573.