The Columbia Press
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March 26, 2021
Public safety calls
Warrants
• Warrant service, 11:15 a.m.
March 17, Walgreens parking lot.
Fred Kelly, 53, of Warrenton was
arrested on a failure-to-appear
warrant.
Thefts and burglaries
• Theft, 6:08 p.m. March 15,
Walmart. A man left the store
with a shopping cart full of gro-
ceries he didn’t purchase.
The week ahead
Tuesday, March 30
• Astoria-Warrenton
Chamber networking
breakfast, 7:45 a.m., via
Remo. Tim Cavert of Astor
Place is featured speaker.
Thursday, April 1
• Ales & Ideas lecture, 7
p.m. via Facebook Live. See
Fort George Brewery’s Face-
book page for details.
Saturday, April 3
• Easter Egg Hunt, 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robinson
Community Park. To attend,
sign up through Spruce Up
Warrenton’s Facebook page.
• Theft of catalytic converter,
3:19 p.m. March 16, Ocean Crest
Chevrolet.
Suspicious circumstances
and disturbances
• Disturbance, 6:39 p.m. March
17, 1400 block Discovery Lane.
• Illegal camping, 7:56 a.m.
March 18, Southwest Third and
Alder streets.
• Disturbance, 2:13 p.m. March
19, 1400 block Discovery Lane.
Charles F. Seeling, 33, of War-
renton was cited for criminal
harassment.
• Disturbance with assault, 4:12
p.m. March 19, 1400 block Dis-
covery Lane.
• Disturbance, 10:40 p.m. March
19, Shilo Inn. Woman reported
she’d just been assaulted by a
male in the parking lot.
False alarm.
while suspended.
Traffic
• Speeding, 12:52 p.m. March
16, Ridge Road near Parkview
Apartments. Driver cited for
going 72 in a 45 mph zone and
for having no insurance.
• Speeding, 1:30 p.m. March 19,
Ridge Road at Southwest Ninth
Street. Driver cited for going 63
in a 45 mph zone.
• Traffic stop, 2:31 p.m. March
16, Marlin Avenue near Les
Schwab. Driver cited for having
no insurance.
• Traffic stop, 9:21 a.m. March 17,
Ridge Road at Parkview Apart-
ments. Driver cited for driving
while suspended and having no
insurance.
• Disturbance, 1:50 p.m. March
20, 1400 block Southeast Dis-
covery Lane. Subject sprayed
two people with mace; medical
aid called.
• Running a stoplight, 5:35 p.m.
March 17, Highway 101 at Nep-
tune Avenue. Driver cited.
• Two-vehicle collision, 5:25 a.m.
March 18, Ensign Lane at 19th
Street. One driver was cited for
failing to obey a traffic-control
device. The second driver had
minor injuries and was taken by
private vehicle to CMH Urgent
Care.
• Boat house floating away from
dock, 3:14 p.m. March 20, Ski-
panon Marina.
• Burglar alarm, 11:17 a.m. March
21, Warrenton Grade School.
• Traffic stop, 5:20 p.m. March
18, Southwest Third Street at
Southwest Main Court. Driver
cited for having no operator’s
license and no insurance.
• Traffic stop, 7:09 p.m. March
18, Ensign Lane near Home
Depot. Driver cited for driving
while suspended and having no
insurance.
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Letter to the editor
• Traffic stop, 1:10 p.m. March
19, Ridge Road at Long Lake
Drive. Driver cited for driving
• Speeding, 3:55 p.m. March 19,
Ridge Road at Parkview Apart-
ments. Driver cited for going 64
in a 45 mph zone.
• Speeding, 8:45 p.m. March
20, South Main Avenue at 10th
Street. Driver cited for going 45
in a 35 mph zone and for driving
while suspended.
• Traffic stop, 1:11 p.m. March
22, Ensign Lane near Walmart.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended and having no insur-
ance.
• Traffic stop, 5:21 p.m. March
22, Southeast 12th Place/Airport
Road. Andrew J. Forney, 36, of
Warrenton was cited for crimi-
nal driving while suspended and
for having no insurance.
Medical calls
• Medical aid, 11:05 a.m. March
17, 1600 block East Harbor
Drive.
• Medical aid, 12:22 p.m. March
17, 300 block Skipanon Drive.
• Medical aid, 12:17 a.m. March
19, Parking Lot D, Fort Stevens.
• Medical aid, 5:05 p.m. March
19, 33400 block Perkins Lane.
• Medical aid, 6:10 p.m. March
19, 500 block Northwest 13th
Street.
• Medical aid, 9:53 p.m. March
19, 500 block Pacific Drive.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF CLATSOP
In the Matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN D. COCKCROFT, Deceased
Case No.: 21PB02244
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lindy R. Cockcroft has been appoint-
ed Personal Representative. All persons having claims against the Estate
are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the Personal Rep-
resentative c/o Seaside Attorneys, 842 Broadway, Seaside Oregon 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 Repre-
sentative, or the lawyer for the Personal Representative, Jeremy Rust.
Dated and first published on March 26, 2021.
Jeremy Rust, OSB No. 094927
Attorney for Personal Representative
Seaside Attorneys
842 Broadway
Seaside, Oregon 97138
Post Office has
been set up to fail
When I recently read an ar-
ticle about financial institu-
tions adapting their payment
processes to the new slower
mail, it reminded me of my
December experience.
It is in no way the fault of the
postal employees; we have
been spoiled by really good
mail service in the past. Now
you need to allow several ex-
tra days for deliveries.
I ordered some meds from
my physician in Lake Oswego
in mid-December. First Class
mail of my small package took
eight days to arrive in War-
renton from Lake Oswego. At
about the same time, I mailed
a three-day priority pack to
my daughter in Alaska, and it
took 11 days. Christmas cards
sent to the grandkids took 21
days to be delivered.
Current modernizations to
our mail service have not had
good results, and the Postal
Service, and only the Postal
Service, still is being stran-
gled by a government-man-
dated employment account-
ing program that sets them
up to fail.
When the push for privat-
ization of the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice appears, as it will, please
remember how well Enron
did when California power
was privatized.
Rick Newton
Warrenton
Warrenton
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