December 21, 2018
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Lots of hands made breakfast a success
B y e mma e dwaRds
The Columbia Press
Tradition lives on in War-
renton as more than 300
men, women and scads of
little ones gathered at War-
renton Community Center to
have breakfast with Santa.
Our Santa came all the way
from the North Pole’s Asto-
ria Division. Ben Owen is his
manager. We so appreciate
his working us into his sched-
ule during this time of year.
Sponsored by the Warren-
ton Community Center’s Ad-
visory Board, the tradition
is carried on year after year
with the help of many. Serv-
ing on the board currently
and assisting in the event
are Debby Little, Carol Snell,
Lorna Anderson, Ronald
LeChurch, Frank Becker and
Mel Jasmin.
More than $1,300 worth of
breakfast tickets were sold
with proceeds of $188 in raf-
fle funds raised.
As always, the raffle was
run by Mel and Betsy Jasmin.
Large baskets valued at $25
each, crafted by Betsy with a
snowman theme, were raffled
The Tractor Supply Co. store in Kelso, Wash.
Farm store: Developer wins approval
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Warrenton High School’s football team helped serve during Break-
fast with Santa. They are (L-R) Duane Falls, Ethan Caldwell, Mark
Warren, Austin Little, Devin Jackson, Josh Earls, Jacob Morrow,
Santa, JJ Salcedo and Kaleo Kapua. Kneeling is Zander Moha.
off during the event. Susan
Walker and Amber Nichols
won two of the baskets.
Jason Hawkins once again
brought over a Pig ‘N Pancake
grill to produce about 635
amazing Pig ‘N Pancake pan-
cakes (try to say those three
words fast).
In addition, they went
through 69 dozen eggs, most
donated by Main Street Mar-
ket, according to Lorna An-
derson. Warrenton Mini Mart
and Smart Foodservice (for-
merly Cash & Carry) donated
sausages. There was a lot of
teamwork, for sure.
As always, there were many
workers behind the scenes,
including Bert Little, Mado-
ra Bahr, Susan Walker, Brian
Walker, Muriel Dunn, Sandra
McGinnis, Larry McGinnis,
Mitch Miller, Alex Courtway,
Colton Courtway, Jerry R.
O’Neill, Carla Iverson, Logan
Iverson, Avery Iverson and
Carol Farmer. Even football
coach Michael Larsen was
put to work.
Some board members said
it was the best organized and
most successful Breakfast
with Santa ever.
All money received benefits
the community center.
“We need an anchor to get
this project off the ground,”
Giesbricht said. “Nothing
(like this) has been approved
in the city of Warrenton in
the past. … But there’s a sig-
nificant demand for what they
have to offer. I think they’d be
a great fit.”
Tractor Supply Co., whose
nearest store is in Kelso, car-
ries clothes, toys, pet and
home and hearth items in ad-
dition to tools, fencing, pow-
er equipment, animal feed,
plants and landscaping sup-
plies.
One of the previous disputes
to the development proposal
had been with the number of
bicycle spaces the city code re-
quired for the project.
“You don’t ride a bicycle to
pick up 50 pounds of feed or a
roll of fence,” Giesbricht told
planning commissioners.
And decorative screening of
outside sales areas was exces-
sive, he said. “It’s a no-frills,
very functional building. It is
what it is. There’s no point to
try to dress this thing up or
make an architectural state-
ment.”
In the end, city staff and
the developers went through
items one-by-one and came
up with compromises.
The city won’t require devel-
opers to improve King Street,
which is platted but not built
through the project area, but
it will remain on the books
for future development. Some
sidewalks, landscaping and
other improvements can be
left for completion in the fu-
ture, when other parts of the
property are developed.
But builders will need to
provide pedestrian crossings
at two intersections that will
access the farm store, one at
Marlin Avenue and one at
Highway 101 Business.
Fort Clatsop: Activities scheduled for last week of year
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a CtiVities
• Living history programs
by park rangers, 9:30 a.m. to
4:40 p.m. daily.
• Flintlock muzzle-load-
ing led by rangers in period
clothes, noon and 3 p.m. dai-
ly.
• Hands-on programs about
various aspects of the explor-
ers’ winter at Fort Clatsop,
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.
• Ranger-guided walks on
the Netul River Trail, 12:15
and 3:15 p.m. daily.
• Two movies will be shown
in the visitor center each
hour. They are “A Clatsop
Winter Story,” a 22-minute
A reconstruc-
tion of the
fort built by
members of
Lewis and
Clark’s Corps
of Discovery
for the winter
of 1805-06.
Courtesy Fort
Clatsop
movie about the 1805-06
winter from a Clatsop Indian
perspective, and “Lewis and
Clark: Confluence of Time
and Courage,” a 34-minute
movie about the entire voy-
age.
The park is closed on
Christmas Day, but will be
open New Year’s Day.
Admission to Fort Clatsop is
$7 per adult. Dogs on leashes
are welcome on the walks and
at the outdoor programs.
For more information, call
503-861-4414.