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Vol. 3, Issue 41
District shows off plans for new middle school
B y C indy y ingst
Ensign Lane
The Columbia Press
Dredging at Hammond Marina will
begin next month, after years of de-
lay.
Warrenton City Commission ap-
proved a $748,560 contract with
Bergerson Construc-
tion to remove ac-
cumulated sediment
from a 10 ½-acre sec-
tion of docks and the
channel entrance.
“This is so exciting,”
Commissioner
Pam
Ackley
Ackley exclaimed. “So
where’s the dance par-
ty?”
Ackley, who has a boat moored at
the marina, also serves on a city com-
mittee that developed a master plan
for marina improvements.
A lack of dredging has made some
slips unusable – and therefore un-
rentable -- and caused problems for
those with fish and pleasure craft
making their way in and out at low
tide.
The city applied to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to conduct main-
tenance dredging and received ap-
proval earlier this year.
About 72,500 cubic yards of sed-
iment is expected to be moved to a
disposal location adjacent to the ma-
rina.
Basin dredging will be to a depth of
8 feet mean lower below low tide and
the entrance channel to a depth of 10
feet. It’s expected to be complete by
Dec. 31.
Bergerson Construction of Astoria
See ‘Dredging’ on Page 6
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hw
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Dolphin
Sediment has caused
problems for the city
and its boaters
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Hammond boat
basin dredging
contract approved
October 11, 2019
New
campus
The Columbia Press
Parents attending school confer-
ences this week were among the
first to see preliminary plans for
the new middle school campus.
“Now we can move into the de-
velopmental design phase,” Super-
intendent Tom Rogozinski told the
school board Tuesday night. “This
is the schematic -- the big picture
– showing the spaces, building ori-
entations, floor plan, number of
stories.”
Earlier that evening, Warrenton
city commissioners approved a
revision to the city’s development
code to allow the district to build
its mega campus using a 10- to 20-
year master plan.
After voters approved a $38.5
million bond measure in Novem-
ber 2018, the district purchased
a 57-acre parcel off Dolphin Road
south of Walmart. A new middle
See ‘Campus’ on Page 6
Taking a test Flite (board) across Cullaby Lake
The Columbia Press
glimpse of … an electric hydrofoil.
Cullaby Lake is a great spot to fish,
Corey Davis of Manzanita was us-
kayak, watch bald eagles and catch a ing the lake last week to test and en-
joy his Fliteboard, an expensive but
novel way to enjoy the waters.
“It doesn’t make a wake. It doesn’t
make a sound. It’s a super pleasant
experience,” said Davis, a U.S. sales
and marketing representative for
the Australia-based Fliteboard.
Davis is an avid surfer, skier, water
skier, and kiteboarder. A Fliteboard
ride is a bit like flying, he said. One
stands on a platform and rides the
wings, gliding above the water and
feeling every eddy and current.
“As soon as somebody rides,
Courtesy Gale Galen they’re going to be hooked,” he said.
Corey Davis hauls his Fliteboard out of
“That’s what happened to me.”
Cullaby Lake after a ride there last week.
The high-tech contraption isn’t
cheap. A new Fliteboard costs
$12,435. The lithium battery inside is
just over $3,000, Davis said.
“It’s cutting-edge technology. These
‘foils are designed by America’s top
engineers … for yacht racing.”
The boards have a range of 20 miles
and up to an hour.
“Because they’re quiet, kayakers
and fishermen don’t mind it,” Davis
said. “It’s so much a different expe-
rience from a Jetski. I’ve had bald
eagles come down and check me out
and fly beside me.
“You can go 25 mph or float along
at 12 to 13 mph. It can be exciting or
almost a nature experience.”
Action videos and more infor-
mation are available at Flite-
board.com.