T he C olumbia P ress
July 19, 2019
Scouts share the sweets with local seniors
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A park by any other name
B y e MMa e dWards
The Columbia Press
The Columbia Press
A local Girl Scout troop
decided to share its cookie
bounty with seniors at War-
renton Community Center on
Monday.
The girls brought more
than 100 individual boxes
of Girl Scout Cookies, and
most seniors at the Warren-
ton Senior Citizens Inc meal
site went home with two free
boxes.
It was an unusual inter-
generational experience with
many hugs shared.
Girl Scouts of America be-
gins its annual cookie sale
fundraiser in January each
year and it runs through
March. Those who buy the
cookies locally benefit local
troop members. The girls
learn goal-setting, deci-
sion-making, money man-
agement, people skills and
business ethics from partic-
ipating in the cookie sales
program.
For the fourth year, local
troop members have saved
some profits to purchase
toys for their school’s Christ-
mas toy drive, which benefits
low-income families in the
district. Last Christmas, they
Ever wonder how Warren-
ton’s parks were named?
The 10-acre Quincy and
Bessie Robinson Communi-
ty Park – what most people
refer to as “City Park” – is
named after the couple who
left an endowment to the
city that continues to pay
for improvements to parks
throughout the city.
The 5 ½-acre Eben H.
Carruthers Memorial Park
on Northwest Warrenton
Drive is named for the
Warrenton man who revo-
lutionized the fish canning
industry. He died in 1984
and his family donated
land along the waterfront
to the city for use as a pub-
lic park.
Other parks seem to be
named as descriptions
(Warrenton Soccer Fields,
for instance), or with little
thought, such as Library
Park in Hammond, a mis-
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Girl Scouts who donated cookies to seniors were (front, left-
right) Lilly Peel, Ella Smith, Natalia Waring, Autumn Niehu-
ser, Lacey Miller and (back row, middle) Caitlyn Crist. With
them are troop leaders Cindy Peel and Shawn Ford.
donated $400 of their cookie
money.
The girls also participate in
an annual beach cleanup and
walk in the Astoria Regatta
parade. Usually they partic-
ipate in Warrenton’s July 4
parade, but decided to take
this year off and watch from
the sidelines.
Meetings are held twice a
month during the school year
and they get together during
the summer for fun activities,
such as their donation to se-
niors.
The Juniors Troop is made
up of fourth- and fifth-grad-
ers, while the Brownies con-
sist of second- and third-grad-
ers.
To join, or for more infor-
mation, call Troop Leader
Cindy Peel at 503-409-9103.
Leftover big game hunt tags go on sale Aug. 1
The sale of about 200 left-
over controlled big game
hunt tags has been delayed
until Aug. 1.
The process for purchasing
the tags changed this year
due to Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s new
electronic licensing system,
with leftover tags being sold
exclusively online, rath-
er than from license sales
agents and vendors.
ODFW delayed the sale
date from July 1 to Aug. 1
to allow more time for staff
to complete testing of the
new process before the sale
takes place.
The delay also provides
additional time for hunters
who want to try for a left-
over tag to get ready for the
new process.
Hunters will need to
have an active and verified
MyODFW online licensing
account, including a us-
ername and password, to
purchase a leftover tag this
year.
Those without one should
visit MyODFW.com and
click “Buy a License” and
then follow the steps to veri-
fy account setup.
nomer now that the city’s
library has moved from
Hammond to downtown
Warrenton.
The city’s Parks Advisory
Board would like to see some
thought given to what’s now
known as Post Office Park,
one-third acre park at the
four-way stop that will soon
see a makeover. It’s where
the new veterans memorial
stands.
The advisory group plans
to conduct a survey to re-
name it.
Board members plan to
come up with four or five
suggestions on which the
public can vote.
If you have any ideas, con-
tact a member of the parks
board (Sara Long, Jim
Dutcher, Bert Little, Carol
Snell, Kailee Kobe or Justin
Kobe) or send a letter ad-
dressed to:
City of Warrenton Parks
Advisory Board, P.O. Box
250, Warrenton OR 97146.