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children walking or bicycling
to school.
The project would create a
sidewalk along both sides of
Main from Ninth Street to
11th Street and place a cross-
walk with flashing lights at
Main and Ninth street, where
children head west to the
grade school.
Existing streetlights would
be converted to more visible
LED luminaries in the proj-
ect area and a Sunset Empire
Transportation District bus
stop is planned in each direc-
tion of Main Avenue.
• Have a local funding
match. Because more than 40
percent of the grade school’s
students are eligible for free
and reduced-price lunches,
the match from the city would
be 20 percent of the project’s
estimated cost, or $100,000.
• Have school district sup-
port. A support letter from
Superintendent Tom Rogo-
zinski will be included in the
grant request as will letters
from the transit district and
Northwest
Transportation
Options.
“The dangers of this trek
have been all too apparent,”
Rogozinski said in his letter.
“In recent years, we have had
a middle-school student hit by
a vehicle at the intersection …
and we receive several reports
a year of ‘near misses’ im-
mediately before or after the
school day.”
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF CLATSOP
In the Matter of the Estate of FREDERICK W. CROTHAMEL, SR., De-
ceased
Case No.: 20PB04866
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Barbara Crothamel has been appointed
personal representative of the Estate of Frederick W. Crothamel, Sr. All
persons having claims against the estate are required to present them,
with vouchers attached, to the personal representative c/o Lawrence, Law-
rence & Queener P.C., 427 S. Holladay Drive, Seaside, OR 97138, within
four months after the date of first publication of this notice or the claims
may be barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain
additional information from the records of the court, the personal rep-
resentative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Benjamin F.
Lawrence, at the above address.
Dated and first published on August 7, 2020.
Benjamin F. Lawrence
Attorney for Personal Representative
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE VACATION OF A PORTION
OF UNDEVELOPED NW 6TH STREET
Notice is hereby given that the City of Warrenton has received a peti-
tion for a street vacation from Stan Johnson for a portion of undeveloped
Sprague Street (SE 15th).
A public hearing on this request will be conducted by the Warrenton City
Commission at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, in the Commis-
sion Chambers at Warrenton City Hall, 225 S. Main Avenue, Warrenton.
Any interested person may appear or present written or oral statements,
in favor of, or in opposition to, said vacation. Any written remonstrance
filed with the City prior to the time of hearing will be presented to the City
Commission for its consideration. If you would like more information re-
garding the proposed vacation, the application can be found on the City’s
website: www.ci.warrenton.or.us. Written comments may be submitted to:
dshaw@ci.warrenton.or.us.
Linda Engbretson, City Manager, City of Warrenton
PO Box 250, Warrenton, Oregon 97146
(503) 861-3927
Published in: The Columbia Press – August 7 and August 14, 2020
August 14, 2020
Letter to the Editor
Thankful for kindness of others
May I please pass on to
you and to our community a
moment of kindness that en-
couraged me and I hope will
encourage you?
On Monday, Aug. 3, I was
headed to my car on the park-
ing lot of Christian Church
of Warrenton. I had several
things in my arms, along with
a large depression glass bowl
in my hand, a bowl that had
been my grandmother’s.
I put the bowl on the roof of
my car, loaded the other pack-
ages into the car and jumped
into the driver’s seat. I head-
ed out of the parking lot and
turned on Main Street, going
toward the center of town.
One block later, I heard a
strange sound on the top of
my car, followed by a loud
crash of glass behind me. I
looked in my rear-view
mirror and saw my grand-
mother’s bowl in pieces in the
other lane.
Miraculously, no one was in
that lane. However, a pickup
truck was headed that di-
rection. I frantically waved
my arm out the window,
and the driver saw what was
ahead. By the time I was able
to make a U-turn safely, three
thoughtful people had ap-
peared on the scene.
I knew Jessica and intro-
duced myself to the other
two. Chad, Jessica and Shei-
la were already picking up
pieces of glass and sweeping
smaller shards into dust-
pans.
Poor Jessica sustained a
small cut, but that didn’t de-
ter her from continuing to
help. Chad said, as he tried to
lighten the mood, “It isn’t a
good day to be a bowl.” Shei-
la said, “I heard what sound-
ed like glass wind chimes and
then I looked out to see the
glass on the road.”
As we gathered the bigger
pieces in a bag, which I had in
the car, I started to take them
with me to throw away later,
but Sheila said she would be
glad to take care of that. In
no more than 10 minutes,
the cleanup was complete. I
thanked my “angels of mer-
cy” and went on my way.
I will miss my grand-
mother’s bowl, but I still have
other bowls and other mem-
ories of her. Now, I have the
memory of being blessed by
the kindness of Chad, Jessica
and Sheila.
Christy Chitwood
Astoria
When voting, consider why you moved here
To those moving to the
North Coast in order to flee
unrest and high taxation,
I ask you to kindly vote for
candidates in November who
will continue to protect the
peaceful quality of life that
attracted you here.
These candidates are people
who are loyal to local, collab-
orative neighbor-to-neighbor
politics.
They are not candidates
whose loyalty is with a fully
financed, outside Portland
agenda.
The “case study” regarding
the recent shameful betray-
al of our local union workers
by Debbie Boothe-Schmidt
should be a cautionary tale
for anyone new to our area
who may wonder for whom
to vote in the next election.
If you are not familiar with
this, please do some research.
Boothe-Schmidt’s betrayal
and her loyalty to the “Port-
land Agenda” clearly demon-
strate the threat to our way of
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life on the coast.
We do not want Astoria or
Tillamook to become Port-
land.
Boothe-Schmidt’s caution-
ary tale should warn you to
consider your previous vot-
ing patterns and the way that
those patterns created an
environment that compelled
you to leave your home and
move here.
Don’t repeat those patterns
here.
This November, please con-
nect the dots and have the
courage to consider a new
way of looking at local poli-
tics.
Vote to protect the reasons
that attracted you to move
here by voting for candidates
that clearly demonstrate loy-
alty to protecting our way of
life in this, our most cher-
ished and beautiful part of
the world.
Cynthia Malkowski
Seaside