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T he C olumbia P ress April 5, 2019 Mayor’s Message by Henry Balensifer Rebranding focuses on wild side If you follow the city of Warren- ton’s Facebook page, read last week’s The Co- lumbia Press, or recently received a letter from the city, you may have noticed we have a new logo. The new look better rep- resents our city and our mar- keting strategy. The logo is a circle inscribed with “The City of Warrenton” around the edge. Inside the circle is a scene that includes a soar- ing bird of prey, a small stand of spruce, and a fish jumping out of a stream. In the fore- ground is a Roosevelt elk with large antlers. We are not in a rush to re- brand, so you’ll still see oc- casional items with the old fish logo for a while longer -- and website changes are still months out. Our staff are good stewards of your tax dollars, and they will use up the old stationary and such before using the new, branded items. There was a host of reasons for this change, but since a logo symbolizes the city wherever it is seen, I want to explain this in detail. Several years ago, the City Commission noted the logo was outdated and was too singular in its representation of the city. Many new ideas for an image were presented, but little came of it. Commission efforts aside, the city worked with the Low- er Columbia Tourism Com- mittee (LCTC) on how to dif- ferentiate Warrenton as part of its “Discover Astoria-War- renton” marketing campaign. LCTC looked to social media to see what excit- ed visitors during their time in War- renton. We found that people visit War- renton to be in na- ture, go camping or storm-watch- ing, make s’mores over a fire, dig clams and watch the sun- set in the wild on undevel- oped beaches. Warrenton, when com- pared to Astoria, is a rugged place full of wildlife and pio- neering people. This generat- ed a branding theme of “Wild Warrenton.” Other groups, such as the Hammond Marina Task Force, already had been for- mulating a “Warrenton Wild” theme, which only confirmed that marketing professionals and everyday citizens saw our great city through the same lens. Last year, the City Com- mission sponsored a citi- zen-driven Economic Road- map process during which it was discovered citizens had desired a new city logo to go with the cleanup and revi- talization efforts underway in our downtown corridors (South Main and Pacific Av- enue). This moved us to ac- tion. We reached out to Polk Riley of Polk Riley’s Printing & Design and, after only one revision, the new logo was approved. As citizens have seen the new logo, we’ve received many comments about want- ing the logo on a T-shirt or hoodie. City logos don’t typ- ically make great apparel, so I’m glad it’s catchy enough that people want to wear it! Stay tuned for more on that. 3 Police coax down barricaded man with gun Officers responding to a disturbance involving a man with a gun found themselves dealing with a barricaded subject early Saturday. Wade Allen Cizek, 58, of Hammond was arrested on suspicion of disorderly con- duct and menacing follow- ing the hourlong stand-off in the 500 block of Northwest Ridge Road in Hammond. The call came in shortly after midnight. When offi- cers arrived, the door was answered by another family member who told them the person causing the distur- bance was upstairs. Cizek refused to come down and threatened to shoot offi- cers, according to a police re- port. One of the officers, who has known Cizek for several years, attempted to talk him into surrendering. “Cizek would be happy and tell me he loves me and the stairs, leaned for- then change his attitude ward to grab cigarettes and (say he) would like offered by one of the to put a bullet in my officers and fell toward head,” the officer wrote them. in a police report. He was taken into He and other officers custody and placed in Cizek attempted to coax the the back of a patrol car. distraught man down Cizek started slamming the stairs. At one point the his head against the cage and man kicked a glass lamp at kicking the Plexiglass, ac- them, which shattered, ac- cording to the report. He was cording to the report. Cizek taken to Columbia Memorial repeatedly drank alcohol Hospital for a medical check from a half-gallon bottle and, before being booked at Clat- as he was seated at the top of sop County Jail. An open house for eight grad- ers who will attend Warrenton High School next year is set for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the campus gym. The evening begins with an opportunity to meet the facul- ty and pick up athletics infor- mation. Student speakers, student performances and a talk by the principal is at 6:30 p.m. Campus tours and informa- tion about classes begins at 7 p.m. AstoriaCrabFest.com Eighth graders get WHS open house Board opening Warrenton Senior Citi- zens Inc. has an opening on its Board of Directors and seeks applications from interested residents. Applications can be picked up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays at War- renton Community Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Applica- tions due Friday, April 19. Astoria Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival Presenting Sponsor Celebrate the delicious bounty of the Oregon Coast April 26, 27 & 28 at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds! Friday: 4 - 9pm · $15/Adult Saturday: 10am - 8pm · $15/Adult Sunday: 11am - 4pm · $10/Adult Live music on two stages! Entertainment Sponsor Visit website for more pricing info, shuttle routes, list of vendors, volunteer sign-up and more.
