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far below market value on the
commercial/industrial prop-
erty.
“A regular customer at Star-
bucks spends more than $146
per month,” Commissioner
Rick Newton said.
“If we’re going to do leas-
es this cheap, I’d like to see
us use urban renewal money
and build something there
and make some real money,”
Commissioner Mark Baldwin
said.
It’s not the first time the
city’s cheap rent of taxpay-
er-owned property has come
up.
Other business owners, in-
cluding Sturgeon Paul’s at
the Hammond Marina, own
or have built structures on
land they rent from the city.
The city owns a half-doz-
en leased commercial prop-
erties that need to be ap-
praised, City Manager Linda
Engbretson said.
Most have been occupied
by leaseholders for years
and most of the leases also
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Quinault River treaty signed
Jan. 25, 1856: The final
portion of the Quinault River
Treaty is signed in Olympia,
Wash. In addition to repre-
sentatives of the Quinault
and Quileute tribes, one of
the signatories is Isaac Ste-
vens, superintendent of In-
dian affairs and governor of
Washington Territory. Clat-
sop County’s Fort Stevens
was named after him.
Jan. 26, 1875: As many
as 40 “Mexican Indian cattle
thieves” are accused of at-
tacking a corporal and four
soldiers from Troop G, 9th
Cavalry, 18 miles from Ring-
gold Barracks in Texas. Two
soldiers are killed. Col. Ed-
ward Hatch and troops B and
G capture several of the at-
tackers. A coroner’s inquest
finds nine guilty of murder-
ing the soldiers.
Jan. 27, 1814: A thousand
militia members and Indians
camp on Callabee Creek near
the scene of the previous No-
vember’s battle of Autossee
in modern-day Macon Coun-
ty, Ala.
Red Stick Creek Indians at-
tack the encampment, killing
22 militia and their Indian
allies and wounding 150. The
Red Sticks suffer as well, but
the action forces the militia
to leave the area.
Jan. 28, 1908: Govern-
ment lands set aside for Na-
vajo Indians in New Mexico
conflict with lands set aside
for the Jicarilla Apaches, a
mistake the government will
need to correct.
Jan. 29, 1832: Choc-
taws who are being relocat-
ed finally reach their new
home in the Kiamichi River
area. Cholera was a problem
during the journey and sever-
al people died en route. Many
of their animals died during
the journey as well.
Jan. 30, 1838: Seminole
leader Osceola dies from
complications of malaria at
Fort Moultrie, S.C. He’d led a
valiant fight against removal
of his people to Indian Terri-
tory but, eventually, the Sem-
inole were forcibly relocated.
Jan. 31, 1646: The First
Protestant Church assembly
for Indians takes place in
Massachusetts.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
are well below market value.
City commissioners de-
clined to transfer Scarbor-
ough’s lease to Pacific Fu-
ture.
The commitment to ap-
praise the properties first
arose when Sturgeon Paul’s
lease came up for renewal
last year, although grum-
bling commissioners ap-
proved it.
“Some of our resources
are so cheap,” Newton said.
“We’re required by our citi-
zens to manage our resources
wisely.”
Mayor Henry Balensifer
suggested the city market its
leasable property on Oregon
Prospector, a web-based list-
ing of available industrial and
commercial sites.
“I’d like to see something
a little step above a (pole
barn),” Baldwin said. “It’s
city property. It shouldn’t
look like skid row.”
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News in brief
Class to help with
Medicare choices
A free class to help people bet-
ter understand Medicare is set
for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 31 in
the Coho Room at the Columbia
Center, 2021 Marine Drive, As-
toria.
The class covers the benefits
of Part A and Part B, Medicare
choices, Medicare updates, en-
rolling in Part D and other help-
ful resources.
To register, call Suzanne at
Northwest Senior and Disability
Services, 503-861-4202. Walk-
ins also are welcome to attend.
Help develop
disaster plan
The Clatsop County Natural
Hazards Mitigation Plan Steer-
ing Committee will hold its
second organizational meeting
from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 29, at 857 Commercial St.,
Astoria.
The meeting, hosted by Clat-
sop County Emergency Man-
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
On February 14, 2019, at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Clatsop County
Sheriff's Office, 1190 SE 19th Street in the City of Warrenton, Oregon, the
defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real proper-
ty commonly known as: 34045 HIGHWAY 26, SEASIDE, OREGON. The
court case number is 05-3296, where BARBARA A. MALTMAN is plaintiff,
and MICHAEL J. MALTMAN is defendant. The sale is a public auction to
the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Clatsop
County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to:
http://oregonsheriffssales.org/ (OR), http://files.co.clatsop.or.us/ccso/
foreclosures.pdf
Publish: The Columbia Press on Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1, 2019
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF CLATSOP
In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES WILLIAM HARTILL, JR., De-
ceased
Case No.: 18PB09619
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lori Lynn Hartill has been appointed
Personal Representative. All persons having claims against the estate are
required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the Personal Repre-
sentative c/o Moberg & Rust, Attorneys at Law, P.C., 842 Broadway, Sea-
side Oregon 97138, within four months after the date of first publication of
this notice or the claims may be barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain
additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Repre-
sentative, or the lawyer for the Personal Representative, Jeremy Rust.
Dated and first published on January 18, 2019.
Jeremy Rust, OSB No. 094927
Moberg & Rust, Attorneys at Law, P.C.
842 Broadway
Seaside, Oregon 97138
Attorney for Personal Representative
agement, is open to the public
and features regular business in
addition to organizing for plan
update, which is scheduled to
begin in early 2019.
Natural hazard mitigation is
“any sustained action taken to
reduce or eliminate the long-
term risk to human life and
property from hazards.”
The process of developing or
updating a natural hazards miti-
gation plan is a unique opportu-
nity to understand the potential
impact of natural hazards and
develop an action plan to pro-
tect people, buildings, critical
infrastructure, and the environ-
ment.
For more information, contact
Tiffany Brown, Clatsop County
Emergency Services manager,
at 503-325-8645.