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The Week Ahead
Groups & Events
s unday
• In Their Footsteps lecture
series at Fort Clatsop, 1 p.m.,
Netul River Room at the visi-
tor’s center. Topic: French-Ca-
nadian influence.
t uesday
• Warrenton Caregiver’s
Support Group, 1:30 p.m.,
Northwest Senior and Disabil-
ity Services, 2002 S.E. Choke-
berry 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.
• Warrenton Rotary, 6 p.m.,
Dooger’s, 103 S. Hwy 101.
• WomenHeart Support
Group for those at risk of
heart disease, 6:30 p.m., Coho
Room, 2021 Marine Drive,
Astoria. Topic: Controlling
risk factors.
F riday
• School’s Out today, an ear-
ly start to next week’s spring
break for Warrenton schools.
s aturday
• Storytime at the library,
11 a.m., 160 S. Main Ave.
Public Meetings
t uesday
• Port of Astoria Board of
Commissioners, 4 p.m., 10
Pier 1, Suite 209, Astoria.
• Clatsop Community
College Board, 6:30 p.m.,
South Campus, 1455 N. Roos-
evelt Drive, Seaside.
t hursday
• Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District, 9 a.m.,
Transit Center, 900 Marine
Drive, Astoria.
Road Work
• Astoria: Traffic signals are being
upgraded at various downtown
intersections through March 19.
Flaggers will control traffic. A
culvert will be replaced on Clover
Road and road maintenance is
scheduled on Lillenas Road.
• Clatsop County: Contracted
crews are cleaning bridges
throughout the county. Road
maintenance will be done on
Svensen Market and Svensen
Island roads and Savola Lane
in Knappa and crews will be
removing brush in Jewell.
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Public Safety Calls
red Toyota Corolla.
t heFts / burglaries
• Credit card fraud, 5:30 p.m.
March 5, 400 block Northwest
Seventh Place. A woman reports
her debit card was used through
a Paypal account to make 14
purchases with a total value of
$238, with items delivered to a
Los Angeles address.
• Theft of firearms, 11:55 a.m.
March 6, 300 block Lake
Drive, Hammond. Man reports
a .357-caliber stainless steel
revolver and two .410-caliber
double-barrel Remington shot-
guns were stolen from inside his
travel trailer.
• Attempted burglary, 11 a.m.
March 8, 1100 block Northwest
Warrenton Drive. Woman re-
ports a male in his 60s attempt-
ed to enter her trailer between 8
and 10 p.m. the previous night,
but her barking dog scared him
off.
• Theft of fishing equipment,
1:26 p.m. March 9, Fort Stevens
State Park. A Seaside man who
was in his kayak on Crabapple
Lake watched as three teenagers
drove up and stole $80 worth
of fishing tackle that he’d left on
the shore. He was too far to get a
license plate, but told police the
teens were in a late-‘90s model
• Shoplifting, 4:41 p.m. March 9,
Fred Meyer. Teresa M Taylor,
54, of Astoria was arrested on
suspicion of second-degree theft
of $155 in merchandise and re-
leased pending a court hearing.
• Theft of cash, 8:30 a.m. March
12, Fred Meyer. Woman reports
she was shopping with a friend
and forgot to take $40 change at
the self-scan register.
s uspiCious CirCumstanCes /
disturbanCes
• Trespassing, 7:05 p.m. March
7, GB Jewelers. Suzanne K. Sno-
dgrass, 48, no known address,
was arrested on suspicion of
trespassing. She was released
pending a court hearing.
• Trespassing, 9:32 p.m. March
9, Fred Meyer. Patrick Ray
Carlson, 29, of Warrenton was
arrested on suspicion of criminal
trespassing when he returned to
the store after previously having
been trespassed.
• Verbal disturbance, 7:54 a.m.
March 10, Fred Meyer parking
lot. Parties arguing and one said
he had a gun. One party located
and he did not wish to pursue
charges.
• Suspicious package left un-
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attended, 1:12 p.m. March 10,
shopping complex at 1500
block Discovery Lane. Someone
left a baby stroller base with
a white plastic trash bag filled
with unknown items. The items
turned out to be empty cans and
bottles.
• Transients going through trash
bins and causing damage, 3:40
p.m. March 10, Staples.
W arrant arrests
• Warrant, 11:35 a.m. March 6,
Warrenton City Hall. April Rain
Miller, 23, of Tacoma, Wash.,
was arrested on a contempt
of court warrant and released
pending a court hearing.
V ehiCles
• Hit-and-run, 8:30 a.m. March
7, Fred Meyer parking lot.
• Expired license plates, 10:09
a.m. March 7, Ensign Lane near
Southeast 19 Street. Driver cited.
• Traffic stop, 2:13 p.m. March
7, Ensign Lane at Highway 101.
Driver cited for driving unin-
sured.
• Reckless driving, 3:10 p.m.
March 7, South Main Avenue
near Warrenton High School.
Nicholas Allen Tucker, 31, of
Hammond was cited for crimi-
nal reckless endangerment of a
minor and reckless driving.
• Traffic stop, 5:35 p.m. March 7,
Highway 101 at Marlin. Driver
Joshua R. Blomquist, 38, of
Astoria was cited for criminal
failure to carry and present a
license, driving while suspended
and driving without insurance.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 6:25 p.m. March 7, Ensign
Lane near Highway 101.
• Vehicle rollover with one inju-
ry, 7:09 p.m. March 8, Highway
101 at Glenwood Village.
• Traffic stop, 11:55 a.m. March
9, 900 block Ridge Road. Kaylee
M. Nyberg, 22, of Warrenton
was cited with criminal driving
while suspended.
• Three-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 2:20 p.m. March 9, High-
way 101 south of Harbor Drive.
• Drunken driving, 12:52 a.m.
March 10, 800 block North-
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