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June 8, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress 4 Walmart: Supercenter includes items ordered especially for Warrenton Continued from Page 1 so many employees, hiring will be an ongoing task. The 150,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter has a bakery, deli and grocery sec- tion, plus an order-online and stay-in-your-car grocery pick-up area. All the other depart- ments one would expect in a Walmart are here, too: shoes, clothes, toys, baby products, jewelry, appliances, garden center, sporting goods. The entertainment department is set up in open-stock display, whereby shoppers can touch and try out laptops, phones, TVs and other products. The vibrantly painted pharmacy has privacy partitions built Above: Warrenton Walmart’s spiffed-up storefront. Below: Empty produce bins wait for last-minute perishables. Angelica Wright and Brandon Emmons gets items ready for sale in the office supplies section. into the counter and a sepa- rate immunization room. An in-store pick-up area is right inside the entrance, where products ordered online or via phone wait in large lockers. Who would use this service? “Working full time, I could order what I needed on my lunch break and have it ready when I got off work,” Smith explains. “Sometimes that after-work shopping trip can turn into an hour and a half, so let us shop for you.” There’s a Subway restau- rant inside and room for a second vendor. Many products carried in the new store were ordered especially for Warrenton and Clatsop County. There are “Where the heck is Warrenton” and “Where the heck is Seaside” hoodies, rods made for catching salm- on, crab traps, an “ultimate cargo cart” for hauling items to the beach. “I’m excited beyond words,” Smith says of the impending opening. “I can’t wait to give the community what they’ve been waiting for: great items at a low price.” Project: Meters went in more efficiently than expected Continued from Page 1 the amount of concrete work necessary at some locations were too high in the initial re- quest for funding. After the meeting, when Urgent Care In Warrenton Open daily, 9am-7pm 1639 SE Ensign Lane Warrenton, OR 97146 Urgent Care In Astoria Open M-F, 9am-6:30pm; and Sat., 9am-5:30pm 2655 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 2111 Exchange St., Astoria, Oregon • 503-325-4321 www.columbiamemorial.org • A Planetree-Designated Hospital asked why the project went so well, Stelzig listed the rea- sons: No. 1: A caring and trust- worthy commission and staff. No. 2: All staff helped this project succeed, with ad- ditional effort by (analyst) Trisha Hayrynen and (wa- ter quality technician) Brian Crouter to work with the con- sultant and contractor. No. 3: The city selected a consultant that had experi- ence with over 30 water me- ter replacement projects. “The city recognized the need to hire a qualified con- sultant,” Stelzig said. “Then we trusted our amazing staff to make the decisions neces- sary to complete the project efficiently and in the best in- terest of the city.” The contract with Chris Di- als Contracting initially was for $174,028, which was re- duced to $156,436. The city used Gray & Osborne Con- sulting Engineers as its proj- ect manager.
