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February 7, 2020
Learning to love technology
WHS dedicates new
career, vocational
technology building
The Columbia Press
A homeless man with a meat cleaver
is accused of throw-
ing items at passing
cars on Highway 101
and, later that night,
threatening Walmart
employees and cus-
tomers.
Brian Quaschnick,
48, a man who has
become well known Quaschnick
to local authorities,
was booked at Clatsop County Jail in
connection with the Jan. 27 and 28
crimes.
Officers responding to a call for
help from two drivers on Highway
101 south of Warrenton Kia spotted
Quaschnick standing in the woods
near the vehicles holding a large knife
or meat cleaver, according to a prob-
able cause declaration written by Sgt.
James Pierce.
A female driver in a Toyota pickup
and a male driver in a Volkswagen
Passat both had damaged to their ve-
hicles and told officers they’d pulled
over after being hit by something
The Columbia Press
See ‘CTE’ on Page 4
Man with meat
cleaver terrorizes
drivers, shoppers
B y C indy y ingst
B y C indy y ingst
The building is a testament to
the trades, a place for teaching lu-
crative job skills and generating a
trained workforce for the business
community.
Warrenton High School’s new
Career and Technical Education
(CTE) center was dedicated Jan.
30 during an open house designed
for those who demanded more vo-
tech classes and helped make it
possible.
“I think it’s awesome. It’s got so
much stuff in it. It’s really going to
be useful,” said Isaac Betts, a WHS
junior.
When asked what type of job he
planned to seek after graduation,
he said, “anything enjoyable that
won’t get me into deep debt -- en-
gineering or computing.”
Dwayne Wallace, a Warrenton
Grade School eighth-grader, came
Vol. 4, Issue 6
Above: Superintendent Tom
Rogozinski addresses com-
munity members attending
the Jan. 30 open house and
ribbon-cutting. The red frame
on the right is a vehicle lift.
Right: Visitors tour the CTE
building, which includes sev-
eral 10-ton hydraulic presses
used for engine rebuilding.
Cindy Yingst
The Columbia Press
See ‘Cleaver’ on Page 3
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