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WHS students take the stage Warrenton High School’s drama students present “Thoroughly Modern Millie” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday. The story is set in New York City in 1922 and fol- lows the experiences of a young woman who moves to the big city from Kansas in hopes of working for a January 31, 2020 T he C olumbia P ress 8 wealthy man and, eventually, becoming his wife. Tickets are $8 and avail- able at the door. Performanc- es are in the auditorium, 1700 S. Main Ave. During intermission, War- renton Schools Foundation will hold its annual ice cream social. The cast of the Warrenton High School produc- tion of “Thor- oughly Modern Millie.” Hospital sets lunchtime health chats throughout month Columbia Memorial Hospi- tal’s cancer collaborative has scheduled four lunchtime health chats that are open to the public in February. All presentations are from 11 a.m. to noon in the CMH- OHSU Knight Cancer Cen- ter’s activity room, 1905 Ex- change St., Astoria. Chats are free and refreshments are provided. Feb. 5: Registered dieti- tian Grace Laman explores the power of nutrition in cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. Feb. 13: Tips, tools and conversation about eating, memory and thinking, and communication for those ex- periencing or who have expe- rienced cancer and those who support them. The chat is led by CMH speech-language pa- thologists. Feb. 18: An inside look at chemotherapy preparation led by CMH pharmacy staff. Feb. 26: Blair Cocking, occupational therapist and certified lymphatic therapist, will lead the conversation with demonstrations on ther- apy interventions and care. For questions or more in- formation, call the Resource Center coordinator at 503- 338-4520. Continued from page 1 ated and, as weather cooled, so did activity involving tran- sients, he said. Crime: Agency short-staffed people and, since Warrenton contracts with Astoria for dispatch service, Warrenton also began June 29 to take a closer look at calls involving those segments of the popu- lation, he said. “Those have gone steadily down,” Workman said. Two of the more problematic in- dividuals have been incarcer- 2019 at a glanCe Calls for service: 9,106, a 2.5 percent decrease over 2018. However, the number of calls in 2019 were 18.6 percent higher than 2017 and 22.26 percent higher than 2016. Arrests/citations: 2,095, up 21 percent from 2018. The increase was affected by activity from Walmart, an increase in property crimes, and trespassing by the home- less on private property, ac- cording to the annual report. Traffic events: 2,461, down 21 percent, largely due to being short-staffed. More officers means more proac- tive enforcement, such as drunken driving arrests and traffic violations. Driving under the influence of intox- icants decreased 16 percent last year, with 46 arrests. Drugs/narcotics: 87 cas- es, a decrease of 19 percent, again attributed to less abili- ty to aggressively investigate and enforce these cases. Disturbances: 1,082 cas- es, an increase of 13 percent. Property crimes: 1,254 cases, an increase of 5 per- cent. Workman attributed the increase to calls from Walmart and Fred Meyer, which both have full-time loss-prevention staff, and calls regarding the homeless. Calls involving home- less individuals: 241 since June 29, of which 10 involved people who were verbally or physically aggressive.