T he C olumbia P ress
February 8, 2019
Public safety calls
Continued from Page 2
renew registration.
• Traffic stop, 9:57 p.m. Feb. 3,
Ensign and Discovery lanes.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended.
f ire and serViCe Calls
• Illegal burn, 6:17 p.m. Jan. 28,
800 block Fifth Avenue.
m ediCal Calls
• Female with possible broken
ankle, 8:31 a.m. Jan. 28, 90900
block Highway 101.
• Female with possible broken
knee, 9:27 a.m. Jan. 28, 1100
block Northwest Warrenton
Drive.
• Female with difficulty breath-
ing, 1:26 p.m. Jan. 28, 100 block
Northwest Date Avenue.
• Female who needs assistance
back into home, 1:46 p.m. Jan.
28, 1100 block Northwest War-
renton Drive.
• Male with altered level of con-
sciousness, 2:13 p.m. Jan. 28,
90900 block Highway 101.
• Male with diabetic issue, 9:16
a.m. Jan. 29, 200 block South-
west Alder Avenue.
• Male injured in fall, 9:34 a.m.
Jan. 29, VA Clinic Camp Rilea.
• Male having drug overdose,
7:48 p.m. Jan. 30, 0-100 block
East Harbor Drive.
• Male who needs lift assist, 9:46
p.m. Jan. 30, 100 block South-
west Cedar Avenue.
• Male with altered level of
consciousness, 4:26 p.m. Jan.
31, 100 block Northwest Fourth
Street.
• Female fall patient, 4:49 a.m.
Feb. 1, 2000 block Southeast
Azalea Drive.
• Female fall patient, 5:11 p.m.
Feb. 1, 100 block Southwest
Birch Avenue.
• Male with altered level of con-
sciousness, 3:10 p.m. Feb. 2, 100
block South Main Avenue.
• Intoxicated female 1:52 p.m.
Feb. 3, 90900 block Highway
101.
WGS students receive free
vision and hearing screenings
About
500
Warrenton
Grade School students re-
ceived vision and hearing
screenings last month.
The Lion’s Club Sight and
Hearing Foundation per-
formed the vision tests for
students in kindergarten
through Fifth Grade using
spot-vision screening camer-
as.
“It’s an effective tool to
quickly screen for disorders
such as near-sightedness,
far-sightedness, and astigma-
tism,” said Jackie Welborn,
the school’s nurse.
Welborn kept parents in-
formed of the results and,
when necessary, helped par-
ents access more in-depth vi-
sion exams.
The same students also
were screened for hearing
issues by students in Tongue
Point Job Corps’ Medical As-
sistant program.
“These screenings help us to
identify students who strug-
gle to access their education
due to vision or hearing defi-
cits,” Welborn said.
“Once we identify the stu-
dents, we are able facilitate
the process of receiving ser-
vices.”
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Tuesday, Feb. 12, in
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Clatsop bank merges with L&C bank
Lewis & Clark Bank and
Clatsop Community Bank
jointly announced Friday
the signing of a definitive
agreement to merge Clatsop
into Lewis & Clark in a stock
and cash transaction.
The aggregate merger is
valued at approximately $15
million, based on Lewis &
Clark’s Jan. 30 closing stock
price of $34.25.
“The merger of Lewis
& Clark and Clatsop rep-
resents a significant mile-
stone for each institution
and was driven by what we
both see as opportunities for
sustainable future growth,”
said David Roche, board
chairman of Lewis & Clark.
Lewis & Clark is based
in Oregon City and Clat-
sop
Community
Bank
is
based
in
Seaside.
As of Dec. 31, Clatsop had
$95 million in assets and
two branches, one in Sea-
side and one in Astoria.
“Lewis & Clark is the per-
fect partner for Clatsop
Community Bank,” said Joe
Schulte, Clatsop’s chief ex-
ecutive officer.
“This is a great opportu-
nity for Clatsop Community
Bank to immediately bene-
fit from increased scale and
participate in much larger,
adjacent markets,” Schulte
said. “I want to thank our
dedicated employees, loyal
customers and supportive
shareholders and look for-
ward to the enhanced poten-
tial of the combined compa-
ny going forward.”
At closing, Clatsop share-
holders will receive 0.3040
Lewis & Clark shares and
$2.89 in cash in exchange
for each share of Clatsop
stock. Based on Lewis &
Clark’s closing stock price,
the merger consideration is
valued at $13.30 per Clatsop
share.
As part of the merger, the
Lewis & Clark board will in-
vite three board members
from the Clatsop board to
join, creating a nine-mem-
ber board of directors for
Lewis & Clark Bank.
Schulte will join Lewis &
Clark as market president.