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The Columbia Press August 27, 2021 Warrenton hires new planning director ner for Alliance Transporta- The Columbia Press tion Group in Lake Charles, The city of Warrenton has a La. He started as an student new planning director. intern with Powell County Scott Hazelton, 25, of Deer before being hired as plan- Lodge, Mont., begins his new ning director there in job Sept. 1. December 2020. “I love the coast “Scott’s experience and I’m excited to will fit well with our get back,” said Ha- goals and focus on zelton, who’d been responsible devel- planning director opment and livabil- and floodplain ad- ity,” Warrenton City ministrator for Pow- Manager Linda Eng- ell County, Mont. “I bretson said. “He is Hazelton primarily have done experienced in flood county work and county-level mitigation projects and is a planning in the past and it’s certified floodplain manag- exciting to see things from a er. I am looking forward to city-level perspective.” Scott’s arrival and adding his Hazelton graduated from enthusiasm and experience Kansas State University with to our team.” a master’s degree in regional Hazelton will bring his girl- community planning, a grad- friend, Rebekah Blinn, and uate certificate in graphic three dogs with him, staying information systems and a in an Air B&B for the first minor in business adminis- month while they seek more tration. permanent housing. Blinn He worked in the planning will work with special-needs department in Curry County students in the Warren- on the south Oregon Coast ton-Hammond School Dis- and as a transportation plan- trict. County places moratorium on new vacation rental applications The Columbia Press A moratorium on new short-term rentals in coun- ty-governed areas goes into effect Sept. 1. County commissioners unanimously approved the moratorium following a sec- ond and final public hearing Wednesday night. The moratorium doesn’t affect short-term rentals or applications for short-term rentals in any of the incor- porated cities or their urban growth boundaries, with the exception of Gearhart’s. The county took the action to give it time to work on a permanent ordinance cover- ing the vacation rentals. There have been com- plaints about unruly guests in some areas, plus a short- age of affordable housing available within the county. The initial moratorium will be in effect through Dec. 29, although the date can be ex- tended. Any application submit- ted before the commission’s action on Wednesday is ex- empt from the moratorium. 3 History in the Making A look at Warrenton’s top stories from The Columbia Press annals Crabfest to move from Hammond Marina August 2011 10 years ago • The 1980 football team, plus athletes Jim Corkill, Gary Jensen, DeeAnn Mc- Coy, and Jack Burkhart, are inducted into the Warrenton High School Hall of Fame. • The Clatsop County As- sessment and Taxation De- partment has begun inspect- ing residential, farm, and business properties as part of the first comprehensive reappraisal in the county in decades. August 2001 20 years ago • Warrenton city commis- sioners approve a request from Ocean Crest Motors to vacate a portion of 12th Street at Alternate Highway 101 to make way for the deal- ership’s relocation from As- toria to Warrenton. • Telephone company Qwest files suit in Portland to stop the payment of fran- chise fees within the state of Oregon. The company pays $70,000 annually to the city of Warrenton. • Water customers will see their water bills more than double after commissioners approve a $2.65 million loan to complete the new water fil- tration plant. The city already had borrowed $5.5 million, bringing the total indebted- County Com- missioner Tim Gannaway took numer- ous dunkings at the Clatsop County Fair. People paid $1 per try, with proceeds ben- efitting 4-H. File photo Aug. 10, 2001 ness/debt to $8.2 million. • 2001 Warrenton High School graduate Jarrod The- biay is killed in a traffic acci- dent near South Bend, Wash. • The long-awaited pur- chase of the city’s Public Works yard for a new War- renton Post Office remains in limbo over concerns about possible petroleum contami- nation at the site. • The annual Crab and Sea- food Festival will move from Hammond Marina to the Clatsop County Fairgrounds after a 6-4 vote by the Asto- ria-Warrenton Area Cham- ber of Commerce board. August 1996 25 years ago • Warrenton Police Chief Dan Kneale resigns after five years with the department to accept a job as police chief for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. • Gillian Maggert is hired as part-time site manager for Warrenton Community Library. She’ll be paid for 10 hours per week. August 1991 30 years ago • The school board ap- proves a $34,350 bid from G.M. Solum Contracting to replace the high school gym- nasium roof and hires Lennie Wolfe as an English teacher and coach. • Developers propose a 217,000-square-foot facto- ry outlet center on 20 acres across Highway 101 from Fred Meyer. Plans for similar centers have been proposed in Gear- hart and Seaside. “The one with the best plan that can best serve the area is the one that will succeed,” said John Donaldson of Capital Devel- opment Co. Free obituaries in The Columbia Press The Columbia Press publishes free obit- uaries of community members who pass away. 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