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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
M onday
• Port of Astoria Airport
Advisory Committee, 4
p.m., airport terminal.
T uesday
Groups & Events
s unday
• Astoria Sunday Market,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., along 12th
Street in downtown Astoria.
M onday
Public Safety Calls
a ssaulTs
• Assault, 3:56 p.m. July 28, bus
stop in front of Fred Meyer. A
58-year-old Warrenton man
reported he’d been struck in the
face by a man wearing a black
hat, red shirt and riding a bicy-
cle. The assailant could not be
located.
• Clatsop County Fair
Advisory Board, 5:30 p.m.,
Exhibit Hall, 92937 Walluski
Loop, Astoria.
• Warrenton CERT, 6:30
p.m., chambers at City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
W ednesday
T hefTs / burglaries
• Port of Astoria Commis-
sion workshop, 4 p.m., 10 Pier
1, Suite 209, Astoria.
• TOPS, 10 a.m., First Baptist
Church, 30 N.E. First St. Info:
503-338-8214.
• Astoria Regatta Festival
begins.
• Kiwanis Club of War-
renton, 1 p.m., Fultano’s, 78
Harbor Dr.
• LGBTIQ Group, 6 p.m., As-
toria Armory, 1636 Exchange
St., Astoria.
• Theft of recyclable cans, 3:30
a.m. July 21, Costco. Suzanne K.
Snodgrass, 48, with no known
address in Warrenton, was cited
for criminal third-degree theft
after she allegedly took $5 in
recyclable cans.
W ednesday
• Warrenton Business As-
sociation, 5:30 p.m., cham-
bers at City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
• Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6:30 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
• Warrenton-Hammond
School Board, 7 p.m., War-
renton High School Library,
1700 S. Main Ave.
T hursday
• Warrenton Planning
Commission, 7 p.m., cham-
bers at City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
T hursday
• Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber Business After
Hours, 5:30 p.m., Academy
Mortgage, 675 Marlin Ave.
s aTurday
• Storytime at the library,
11 a.m., 160 S. Main Ave.
• Vehicle break-in, 10:23 a.m.
July 24, 100 block Alternate
Highway 101. Man reported his
wallet was stolen from his un-
locked pickup, which was parked
in his driveway. A subsequent
purchase was made using his
debit card at the Portway Tavern
in Astoria.
• Stolen trailer, 6:29 p.m. July
24, 1000 block Southwest Main
Court. The trailer was home-
made, but a new electric car hoist
covered with a tarp was sitting in
the bed.
• Stolen bicycle, 3:52 p.m. July
27, Fred Meyer. A man reported
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his $200 21-speed Schwinn was
taken while he shopped.
• Lost phone, 9:59 p.m. July 28,
unspecified Warrenton location.
Value of iPhone X estimated at
$1,000.
s uspicious circuMsTances /
disTurbances
• Found puppy, 1 p.m. July 24,
1400 block Southeast 12th Place.
Dog’s owner located a short time
later.
• Malicious mischief, 2:03 p.m.
July 29, Fred Meyer parking lot.
Owners of a motorhome who
had been instructed to leave the
premises dumped the vehicle’s
sewage in the parking lot upon
leaving.
• Gunshots heard, 8:58 p.m.
July 29, 200 block Southwest
Second Street. An officer con-
tacted a group of people having
a birthday party and lighting
off fireworks, bottle rockets and
mortars. Illegal fireworks were
confiscated.
• Prohibited camping, 3:43 a.m.
July 31, Fred Meyer parking lot.
A man from Montrose, Colo.,
had been warned repeatedly
at several locations that he
couldn’t camp in his truck and
trailer in business parking lots.
He was cited this time for pro-
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• Running a stoplight, 8:53 a.m.
July 25, Highway 101 at En-
sign Lane. Sara Nugent, 42, of
Astoria was cited for criminal
failure to carry a license and
cited for failure to carry proof of
insurance and failure to obey a
traffic-control device.
• Three-vehicle rear-end collision
with one injury, 2:03 p.m. July
25, Highway 101 at Youngs Bay
Bridge. A Ford van struck the
back of Ford Focus stopped in
traffic, pushing it into the back of
a Ford Ranger pickup. One driv-
er cited for following too closely.
A second driver complained of
pain, but declined treatment.
• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 5:15 p.m. July 26, North-
west Warrenton Drive at Sev-
enth Avenue, Hammond. One
driver cited for careless driving.
• Car into parked sport-utility
vehicle, 8 p.m. July 27, Harbor
Drive at Galena Avenue. The
driver told officers he was ad-
justing his stereo when he struck
the parked car. He was cited for
careless driving.
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• Two-vehicle noninjury colli-
sion, 11:50 a.m. July 23, Youngs
Bay Bridge.
• Fender-bender, 4:02 p.m. July
23, Les Schwab parking lot.
• Traffic stop, 10:50 p.m. July
24, Southeast Main Court at
Southwest Third Street. Chance
O. Searls, 19, of Astoria was cited
for criminal failure to carry and
present a license and cited for
driving while suspended and
driving without insurance.
• Suspicious vehicle, 11:45 p.m.
July 27, unlit area near Costco
fuel pumps. Vehicle was empty;
plates and vehicle identification
number didn’t match. An officer
removed the plates from the
vehicle and attempted to contact
the vehicle’s owner in Astoria,
who is on probation, and the
plates’ owner in Seaside. Proba-
tion officer contacted.
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