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T he C olumbia P ress December 7, 2018 3 The joy of sharing space with wild things “Sharing Space with Wild Things” is the topic of this month’s Nature Matters talk. The presentation is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Lovell Showroom at Fort George Brewery, 1483 Duane St., Astoria. Josh Saranpaa, executive director of the Wildlife Cen- ter of the North Coast, and Pauline Baker, rehabilitation coordinator, will give the au- dience an inside look at what wildlife rehabilitation is, its importance, and the impact people have on wildlife. The Wildlife Center is a nonprofit wildlife hospital and environmental education center that has been rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing native wildlife on the North Josh Saranpaa Oregon Coast for 21 years. The talk is free. Doors open at 6 p.m. for those who want to purchase dinner or beverages before the event. Nature Matters is held ono the second Thursday of the month from October through May. It’s sponsored by Lewis Pauline Baker and Clark National Historical Park in partnership with the North Coast Watershed Asso- ciation, the Lewis & Clark Na- tional Park Association and Fort George. For more information, call 503-861-2471. We interrupt this test for a real emergency Last week’s county emer- gency alert system was inter- rupted for… an emergency. A test of the ClatsopAL- ERTS! emergency notification system had been planned for Friday, Nov. 30, but the coun- ty’s Emergency Management Division (EMD) instead had to broadcast a real emergency that had many Clatsop County residents concerned. The test was scheduled to send messages out to resi- dential and business landline phones as well as cell phones and email addresses regis- tered with ClatsopALERTS! But a 7.2 earthquake near Anchorage – one with a poten- tial for tsunamis -- prompted EMD to send local emails and text messages about the Alas- kan earthquake. That mes- sage informed recipients that no tsunami alert had been is- sued for the Oregon Coast. EMD Manager Tiffany Brown said they wanted to avoid any potential confusion between the Alaska earth- quake message and the sched- uled test. So they decided to cancel the test. Friday’s test was to be the first of a series performed four times a year as a test of the local warning system and to boost registration among county residents “One of our primary ob- jectives in beginning these quarterly tests is to reduce confusion among our citi- zens,” Brown said. “We didn’t feel the test would achieve that, coming so soon after the earthquake message.” The ClatsopALERTS! test will be rescheduled for some time this month. ClatsopALERTS! is de- signed to provide local citi- zens with immediate infor- mation and warnings about storms, floods and tsunamis, water contamination alerts, missing persons reports, road closures and other events. Landline phones are auto- matically included in the ClatsopALERTS! database, but to receive messages on cell phones, users must regis- ter their numbers. To register, go to www.co. clatsop.or.us. Helping families at holiday time Warrenton-Hammond Healthy Kids is partner- ing with Warrenton Grade School and Warrenton Christian Church for its third annual Holiday Toy Drive. Donations of cash, checks or toys can be dropped off at the grade school. Also stop by the grade school to adopt a child or family. Toys also can be dropped off at Columbia Bank in Warrenton, the Warrenton Branch of Wauna Credit Union, Warrenton Christian Church and Darlene Warren Farmers Insurance. All donations must be turned in by Wednesday, Dec. 19. A gift-wrapping party will be held at War- renton Christian Church on Saturday, Dec. 22. For more information, contact Debbie Morrow at 503-791-5973. Bruce Dustin/The Columbia Press Dalton Knight scored a team-leading 18 points in the Gaston win. Boys basketball scores two wins in first week of play B y B ruCe d ustin The Columbia Press The Warrenton boys basket- ball team was riding a high going into its second week of play, with two opening season wins: 48-37 against Nestuc- ca, and a nail-bitiing 56-54 against Gaston. The week will culminate in away games at Neah-Kah-Nie and Vernonia this Friday and Saturday. “When Austin Little fouled out close to the end of the fourth quarter, everybody thought it was a bad call,” Coach Nate McBride said af- ter the Gaston win. “But it wasn’t and I told my bench so.” The call did highlight the end of a game dominated by defensive fouls contested by many in the stands. “Even with two wins under our belt, we still have some things to work on,” McBride admitted. “But, regardless of the negatives, our team has dominated with strong of- fensive and defensive play. We need to work on press breakers, and it’ll make a big difference when Jake Morrow comes off the disabled list this week. But I’m really look- ing forward to a good season from our boys.” Find us on the web! thecolumbiapress.com Like us on Facebook
