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T he C olumbia P ress 1 50 ¢ C latsop C ounty ’ s I ndependent W eekly n eWspaper 503-861-3331 March 30, 2018 Trial delayed for woman accused of cooking dog The Columbia Press An arraignment for Noelle Moor, arrested last week on suspicion of cooking her dog alive, has been post- poned, court officials said Wednesday. Moor, 28, of Warrenton Moor must undergo a psychological evaluation to ensure she’s fit to proceed with a trial. According to court papers and police reports, Moor believed the spirit of her ex-boyfriend was inside her 7-year-old Chihuahua, Bolt. An officer who’d gone to her mobile home in the 100 block of Northwest Fourth Street on March 20, found the dog had been removed from the oven and was dead on top of the stove, according to a probable cause report by Officer Jeff Dalrymple. “The oven was not currently on when I checked. The smell of burned hair and flesh was still in the air.” Moor, a former exotic danc- er, according to her Facebook page, was booked at Clatsop County Jail on suspicion of felony aggravated first-de- gree animal abuse. During her initial arraign- ment March 21, she was acting oddly and muttering, causing the judge to turn off the audio at one point. Vol. 2, Issue 13 City hopes to put a better face forward to improve economic vitality, charm B y C indy y ingst The Columbia Press Above: A house on Harbor Drive, one of the city’s main entry- ways, sits abandoned and deteriorating. Below: A bicyclist rides past a closed gas station across from City Hall that’s surrounded by junk left behind by a former tenant. Warrenton is about to fol- low a rural roadmap to suc- cess. This week the city applied for and is nearly assured of becoming a project of Rural Development Initiatives, a 26-year-old nonprofit orga- nization devoted to helping Oregon’s small communities improve economic vitality. “It feels like the time is right,” said Mary Bosch, di- rector of rural economic vi- tality for RDI, which is based in Eugene. The nonprofit re- ceives 95 percent of its fund- ing from foundations, such as the Ford Family Foundation. Bosch, who is on the se- lection committee for which rural communities get help, said Warrenton is a shoe- in. “From my perspective, it has an excellent chance of acceptance, maybe 95 per- cent assured.” Bosch gave a presenta- tion to the City Commission Tuesday night on what the group would help Warren- ton accomplish. RDI has worked with more than 80 other Oregon communities through something called “Economic Vitality Road- map Services.” The organization will train and help community lead- ers revitalize downtown, de- velop a new image, improve Hammond’s commercial district and capitalize on the city’s two marinas. Part of image develop- ment includes getting rid of See ‘Image’ on Page 4 Tsunami warning system to include two donated sirens The Columbia Press A pivotal piece of community safety is locked away in a warehouse at the War- renton Marina. But soon, two emergency sirens will stand guard over the city, alerting resi- dents when tsunamis are eminent. “One of the things we’re trying to stress to people is that, individually, they’re responsible for being prepared,” City Manager Linda Engbretson said. The sirens will help them know when it’s time to put all the things they’ve prepared for into action. The warning sirens came from the Umatilla Chemical Depot, a U.S. Army site that stored chemical weapons until it was decommissioned in 2011. The si- rens, meant to warn inland residents of a toxic chemical release, were disman- tled and sent to coastal counties to use as tsunami warning systems. The cities of Cannon Beach, Seaside and Gearhart have sirens already, but Warrenton is the last entity without, said Tiffany Brown, Clatsop County emergency services manager. “We believe having a redundant thing in place is never a bad idea,” Brown said. “This will provide greater conti- nuity in the county.” The county applied for a state Home- Cindy Yingst/The Columbia Press land Security Grant at the end of Jan- Fire Chief Tim Demers looks over the six uary, hoping to win money for the donated sirens stored in a warehouse at the $15,000-per-siren installation cost. Warrenton Marina. The sirens will go on top See ‘Sirens’ on Page 4 of the city’s fire stations.