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T he C olumbia P ress April 20, 2018 Male gray whale strands on peninsula Researchers from the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network’s north- ern Oregon and southern Washington section complet- ed a necropsy Sunday on a yearling male gray whale that stranded on Long Beach Pen- insula after becoming entan- gled in lines from a crab trap. Ropes from the trap wound through the whale’s mouth, around one of its pectoral flippers and its tail, and likely caused the whale’s death, the research team from Portland State University and Casca- dia Research Collective con- cluded. The young whale suffered extensive hemorrhaging where the ropes had rubbed against its body. The whale stranded on a remote beach at Ledbetter Point and was reported to the West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network a week ago. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries coordinates the network, which is made up of nonprofit and state agencies, biologists and volunteer or- Event celebrates transit district’s 25 years A ribbon-cutting and open house for Sunset Empire Transportation District’s Transit Center is set for 11:45 a.m. Thursday, April 26, at the transit center on Marine Drive. The transit center is cele- brating its 25th anniversary. On Jan. 27, 1993, the Clat- sop County Board of Com- missioners held a hearing Volunteers work with the gray whale that stranded last week. ganizations. “The whale was in good body condition,” said Debbie Duffield, a professor of biol- ogy at Portland State Uni- versity who coordinates the Stranding Network. “The en- tanglement appears to have caused its death.” The lines entangling the whale were attached to the buoy from a crab trap, which carried a tag issued by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. NOAA Fisheries will work with WDFW to identify the own- er of the trap to learn more about where the trap was and for how long the whale was Day of Caring seeks volunteers for projects The 2018 United Way Day of Caring offers residents a variety of projects in which to participate to help the com- munity on Saturday, April 21. Projects include working at Tapiola Park in Astoria, along the Warrenton water- front, at Seaside Heights Ele- mentary School and at Camp Kiwanilong. All volunteers will be treat- ed to a free barbecue from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Camp Kiwanilong. Event sponsors are Home Depot, Recology, SOLVE, Pacific Power, NW Natural, Clatsop Community Bank, Columbia Memorial Hospi- tal, Astoria Co-op, Van Du- 3 sen Family, Aquafina, Baked Alaska and Hits 94.3 KRKZ. Residents can show up be- tween 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to work on the Warrenton river- front trail; park on the north end of the Lewis and Clark Bridge. To work at Camp Kiwan- ilong, pressure-washing cab- ins, show up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and, if possible, bring your own pressure washer. Others can clean cabins in preparation for summer youth programs. to consider formation of the proposed transportation dis- trict to encompass all of Clat- sop County (excluding the city limits of Gearhart at that time). The final public hearing was March 10, 1993, and the dis- trict was created March 24, 1993. The first election was in June 1993.