T he C olumbia P ress
August 30, 2019
County hopes to reign in STDs
The county’s Public Health
Department will launch a
program with two neighbor
counties it hopes will reduce
the prevalence of sexually
transmitted diseases.
The Sexually Transmitted
Infection Testing, Treat-
ment and Prevention Pro-
gram will work in conjunc-
tion with Columbia and
Tillamook counties’ Public
Health departments. The
goal is to reduce the STD
prevalence in the region by
10 percent over the next two
years.
The prevalence of infec-
tions of chlamydia, syphilis
and gonorrhea all have ris-
en sharply over the last few
years in Oregon, according
to the county. With several
of these diseases becoming
more difficult to treat, a con-
certed effort to combat them
is essential.
The partnership is the first
of its kind on the coast, ac-
cording to the county.
Fire and medical calls
f ire and serViCe Calls
• Provide mutual aid for struc-
ture fire, 5:37 p.m. Aug. 20, 708
Alameda Ave., Astoria.
• Radon alarm, 7:19 a.m. Aug. 21,
400 block South Main Avenue.
• Fire alarm, 2:49 p.m. Aug. 23,
500 block Heceta Place.
M ediCal Calls
• Female who’s not feeling well,
8:29 p.m. Aug. 19, 90900 block
Highway 101.
• Male injured in a fall, 4:56 a.m.
Aug. 20, 1100 block Southeast
Second Street.
• Female with back pain, noon
Aug. 20, 0-100 block Alternate
Highway 101.
• Female with body aches, 5:47
p.m. Aug. 20, 90900 block
Highway 101.
• Male lift assist, 5:47 p.m. Aug.
20, 89000 block Highway 101.
• Extremely intoxicated female,
9:35 p.m. Aug. 20, 90900 block
Highway 101.
• Female requesting transporta-
tion, 5:52 a.m. Aug. 21, 90900
block Highway 101.
• Female with cut leg, 7:52 p.m.
Aug. 21, 90900 block Highway
101.
• Female with low blood sugar, 8
p.m. Aug. 21, 500 block North-
west Date Avenue.
• Female with back and stomach
pain, 10:47 p.m. Aug. 21, Clatsop
Behavioral Respite Center.
• Female with possible heart
attack, 6:56 a.m. Aug. 22, 100
block Southwest Birch Avenue.
• Female with possible stroke,
11:21 a.m. Aug. 22, 500 block
Southwest 18 th Street.
• Male fall patient, 8:38 p.m.
Aug. 22, Fort Stevens State Park
Campground.
• Female with seizures, 9:19 p.m.
Aug. 22, 2200 block Southeast
Dolphin Avenue.
• Female who stopped breathing,
12:29 p.m. Aug. 23, 2200 block
Southeast Dolphin Avenue.
• Male having a seizure, 3:25 p.m.
Aug. 23, 100 block Northwest
Birch Avenue.
• Female injured in fall, 4:11 p.m.
Aug. 23, 100 block Northwest
Fourth Street.
• Male in car having a seizure,
11:33 p.m. Aug. 23, Highway 101
at Camp Rilea.
• Female who stopped breathing,
3:50 a.m. Aug. 24, Fort Stevens
State Park Campground.
• Female fall patient, 11:25 a.m.
Aug. 24, 1500 block Southwest
Ridge Road.
• Male with neck injury from fall,
11:45 a.m. Aug. 24, 91500 block
Railroad Road.
• Unresponsive male, 8:34 p.m.
Aug. 25, 91500 block Railroad
Road.
• Female with altered level of
consciousness, 9:56 p.m. Aug.
25, 1100 block Northwest War-
renton Drive.
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We want to be recognized, quarterback says
B y J ake M orroW
For The Columbia Press
For the last three years, I’ve
been starting quarterback
for the Warrenton Warriors
football team, but I’d like
to emphasize that it takes a
team to win.
Winning is a team effort.
No one player wins the game.
With that in mind, I’d just
like to reveal how excited I
and my teammates are about
the upcoming season.
We have a lot of returning
players and a lot of newbies.
We all realize how big this
year will be for our program.
Our biggest thing this season
will be perfecting the small
details, those things that play
a big role in our game, details
Quarter-
backJake
Morrow (2)
leads the
team in a
training
exercise
during the
first full week
of practice.
Bruce Dustin
The Columbia
Press
that allow us to rise to anoth-
er level.
Because this is the last foot-
ball season for me and sev-
eral teammates, it makes us
want to lay everything out
on the field. We want to do
everything and anything to
help our team make a good
run into the playoffs.
The team and our enor-
mously talented coaching
staff want to end the new
season by being recognized
across the state as the talent-
ed group of athletes we are.
consultant, will share tips
for managing one’s financial
health and well-being.
• Tues., Sept. 17: Physical
Therapist Tiffany Nguyen will
talk about pain science and
techniques for managing per-
sistent pain.
• Weds., Sept. 25: Occupa-
tional therapy interventions
and lymphedema care will be
led by Blair Cocking, occupa-
tional therapist and certified
lymphatic therapist.
For more information, call
503-338-4520.
Hospital announces series of wellness chats
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital’s cancer collaborative is
sponsoring a series of Well-
ness Café health chats next
month.
The informal lunch conver-
sations are free and include
provided light bites. They’re
from 11 a.m. to noon in the
Knight Cancer Collabora-
tive Activity Room, 1905 Ex-
change St., Astoria.
• Weds., Sept. 4: “You Want
Me to Eat What?” by Regis-
tered Dietitian Arna Vanebo
will provide guidance on in-
creasing plant-based foods in
the diet.
• Thurs., Sept 12: Linda
Moreland, a certified pub-
lic accountant and financial
2 to 6 p.m.