The Columbia Press
December 18, 2020
Vaccines arrive, restrictions in place
The first COVID-19 vaccina-
tions are expected to arrive in
Clatsop County within days.
Columbia Memorial Hospital
expects 300 doses of the Mod-
erna vaccine by Christmas Eve
and it will be given to health
care workers and first respond-
ers.
Providence Seaside Hospital
expected to receive a share of
2,000 doses of the Pfizer vac-
cine given to Providence for all
its Oregon hospitals.
Based on guidance issued by
the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the
state developed a plan for a
phased distribution of vaccines
that gives first priority to front-
line health care workers and
residents and staff of nursing
homes.
The vaccine is not expected
to be available to the general
public in Clatsop County until
spring.
Also this week, the state im-
posed new business and social
restrictions that begin today,
Dec. 18.
Bars and restaurants can have
no clientele indoors. Gyms,
spas and theaters are closed.
No indoor visitation is allowed
at long-term care facilities.
Breakfast not quite with Santa, yet still a success
More than 180 people vis-
ited Warrenton Community
Center last weekend to par-
ticipate in the Breakfast with
Santa fundraiser.
The event was sponsored
by the Warrenton Commu-
nity Center Advisory Board,
with pancakes provided by
Pig N Pancake.
Santa greeted the kids from
a safe distance and gave them
each a treat as they left.
The grill used to cook the
pancakes was donated to the
center in memory of Mark
Person, a community center
volunteer who died in July.
The grill allows the group
to continue hosting Break-
fast with Santa and Breakfast
with the Easter Bunny.
Public safety calls
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police he had a medical issue
that caused him to black out and
leave the road.
• Vehicle vs. elk, 1:58 a.m. Dec.
10, Northwest Warrenton Drive
near 11th Street.
• Traffic stop, 12:17 P.M. Dec. 10,
South Main Avenue at South-
west Third Street. Driver cited
for driving without a license and
having no insurance.
• Traffic stop, 9:29 a.m. Dec. 14,
Lake and Pacific drives. Jeff B.
Bolles, 23, of Hammond was
cited for failing to carry and
present a license and for driving
while suspended.
• Hit-and-run collision, 11:50
a.m. Dec. 14, 0-100 block Al-
ternate Highway 101. Deborah
R. Fairchild, 70, of Warrenton
was cited for hit-and-run and
careless driving.
Top and far left: Volunteers
work to prepare eggs, sau-
sage and pancakes for last
Saturday’s Breakfast with
Santa fundraiser.
Left: Santa is a bit lonely as
he waits away from children,
who accompanied their par-
ents to pick up breakfast.
• Traffic stop, 10:45 p.m. Dec. 14,
Southwest Ridge Road. Driver
cited for driving while suspend-
ed.
Courtesy Debbie Little
Beam: Signing ceremony signifies end of preliminaries
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Derek Bourque, project man-
ager for Skanska, the general
contractor.
“I’d say it’s going pretty
smoothly. Weather is going
to be a challenge. But we’re
tracking well,” Bourque said.
“I think they’re going to have
a great school. It’s a beautiful
property and there’s plenty of
space.”
Skanska
Superintendent
Michael Smith said he was
proud of the work his compa-
ny is doing.
“I love working on projects
that give back to the commu-
nity,” Smith said.
Skanska also is primary
Warrenton
schools Su-
perintendent
Tom Rogoz-
inski signs his
name to the
final structural
beam before
it is hoisted to
the roof of the
new Middle
School.
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contractor on three projects
for Astoria School District.
Warrenton’s
45,000-
square-foot middle school
will have a gymnasium,
full-service kitchen, classes
and administrative offices.
Future plans are to build a
new elementary school and
new high school on the 58-
acre site.
Warrenton-Hammond
School Superintendent Tom
Rogozinski said he was
pleased with how the project
is going.
“Warrenton Middle School
will open on-time and
on-budget,” he said. “Hav-
ing local subcontractors play
a significant part in this suc-
cessful project is a huge ben-
efit to our community.”