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
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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.
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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.