June 7, 2019
News in brief
Gearhart company
to do three projects
Clatsop County awarded a
$608,755 bid to Bayview As-
phalt of Gearhart for projects
on Koppisch Road in Knap-
pa, Columbia Beach Lane
just south of Warrenton and
a bike path on 19th Street
near the Clatsop County An-
imal Shelter.
Construction of the bike
path began June 3.
Deputies graduate
from academy
Two Clatsop County sher-
iff’s deputies are slated to
graduate from the Oregon
Department of Public Safe-
ty Standards and Training’s
public safety academy on
June 14 in Salem.
Graduates are Deputy Ian
McNabb and Deputy Daniel
Raymer.
DPSST provides training to
more than 25,000 students
each year.
NW Natural sends
credits to customers
NW Natural will issue
$16.3 million in credits to
its Oregon customers this
month.
The credits are due to ef-
ficient pipeline capacity
management and use of the
company’s
underground
natural gas storage facility
in Mist.
The average residential
customer will see a credit of
about $16 on their June bill.
Commercial customers also
will see a cost savings.
The average small com-
mercial customer in Oregon
can expect to receive $72.
NW Natural provides nat-
ural gas service to 2 mil-
lion people in Oregon and
Southwest Washington.
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available spaces for $25.
The gardens are fenced in
with a lock on the main gate.
Those who rent spaces get
the lock combination.
It’s a perfect time to get
beans and tomatoes in the
ground, Myers said.
Warrenton’s garden be-
gan in 2009 through a part-
nership between Friends of
Clatsop County Communi-
ty Gardens and the City of
Warrenton, which made the
space available. The city’s
Warrenton Business Associa-
tion donated $1,000 in start-
up costs. Later, raised beds
were added to get seedlings
warmer faster and to keep
roots out of the water table.
Hammond’s
Communi-
ty Garden started about the
same time, when longtime
Give it a grow!
To learn more about get-
ting a plot in the Hammond
Garden on Pacific Drive,
contact Kathleen Adams at
541-261-3458.
For information about
Warrenton Community
Center Garden, contact
Tom Myers at 503-791-
8630.
Right: The raised beds at Ham-
mond Community Garden are
ready for planting.
Courtesy Friends of CCCG
resident and pioneering busi-
nesswoman Ferne Berg do-
nated a vacant lot to the proj-
ect as a place to grow food for
the community. Berg died in
2016 at the age of 97, yet the
garden continues to maintain
several of its 35 plots dedicat-
ed to food bank production.
The Friends group ap-
proached the city, which
agreed to incorporate the
community garden as part
of its parks system. Home
Depot donated $7,000 for
materials and its employees
erected the fence and built
the raised beds.
CMH sponsors healthfulness classes
The Columbia Memorial
Hospital Cancer Collaborate
is hosting a series of informa-
tional lunch-time conversa-
tions about improving health.
The free presentations are
from 11 a.m. to noon in the
CMH-OHSU Knight Cancer
Center activity room, 1905
Exchange St., Astoria. A light
meal is provided.
• June 13: A speech patholo-
gist will provide tips for those
who have or have had cancer.
This month’s topic is “Diffi-
cult Swallowing: Dysphagia
and Tips for Management.”
• June 18: Pharmacy staff
will share information on
medication
management.
This month’s topic is oral che-
motherapy.
• June 26: Occupational
therapist Blair Cocking will
talk about and demonstrate
occupational therapy inter-
vention and lymphedema
care.
For more information, call
503-338-4520.
Know your options
Call 503-338-4075!
If you’re suffering from chronic pain in a
knee, hip or shoulder, our orthopedic
experts can help you set a plan to
improve your quality of life.
www.columbiamemorial.org/orthopedic-clinic