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December 24, 2021
Leveraging cultural support
Twelve Oregon museums
Visitors
and attractions have part-
nered to offer reciprocal ad-
mission to their members in
2022.
The reciprocal admission
program, which had been
running for five years before
pausing two years ago due to
the pandemic, was created as
a way to show appreciation
for each attraction’s paid
members as well as highlight
the important role cultural
attractions play in their communities.
Each month in 2022, membership to one
of the participating organizations is the key
to free admission for a member and three
guests of any age to a different attraction.
For instance, if you’re a Columbia River
Maritime Museum member, you and your
family can visit the Oregon Zoo in January
for free.
Those who’ve been thinking about join-
ing as a way to support the museum or
other attraction may want to do so now.
The offer applies to all membership levels
with proof of membership and photo ID re-
quired.
can see one attraction for free each month
Five-car pileup on Highway 101 sends four to hospital
Four people were injured in a five-
car crash Dec. 17 on Highway 101 at
Neptune Drive.
Richard Ellis Kendrick, 46, of Sea-
side was headed south on 101 in a red
Ford F150 pickup about 3:45 p.m.
Friday.
Kendrick was unable to stop in time
Commissioner
meets deadline
on flood issue
The Columbia Press
The Lan Su Chinese Gardens in Portland and
Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium (top), along
with the Columbia River Maritime Museum in
Astoria (bottom) are among the Oregon attrac-
tions with reciprocal visitation agreements.
for traffic that had slowed in front
of him. His truck struck the back
of a gray Honda sport-utility vehi-
cle, which then struck a silver Jeep
Patriot, which struck a blue Subaru
Forester, which struck a black Kia
Optima.
Kendrick and his passenger, Steph-
anie Payne, 37, of Seaside, along with
the driver of the Honda he struck,
Vol. 5, Issue 52
By Cindy Yingst
See ‘Reciprocal’ on Page 8
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Sara S. Hopkins, 42, of Portland, and
a passenger in Payne’s vehicle, Susan
N. Langston, 53, of Portland, all were
taken to Columbia Memorial Hospi-
tal with minor to moderate injuries.
Two of the vehicles, the pickup and
the Honda, were towed from the
crash scene.
Kendrick was cited for following too
closely and driving while suspended.
Commissioner Rick Newton in-
stalled a temporary fix for flooding
problems on property he owns, beat-
ing a 72-hour deadline imposed by
fellow commissioners last week.
“We got that project done yester-
day,” he said last Friday. “And then
I was given 5 hours and 15 minutes
to place sod on that 4x4-foot square
over there.”
Newton received up to 600 cubic
yards of infill from the contractor re-
building a city road last summer.
The infill was more than the city al-
lows without a permit, it contained
material that wouldn’t have been al-
lowed as infill, and the now higher lot
caused flooding to neighboring prop-
erties.
In addition, the gift from a taxpay-
er-funded project appears to be in-
appropriate; other property owners
didn’t get the same chance to receive
infill and it was likely valued at more
than the $50 allowed by state limits
set for elected officials.
At their last meeting on Dec. 14,
Warrenton city commissioners chas-
tised Newton for his actions and three
of the four asked for his resignation.
All of them voted to give him just 72
hours to solve flooding problems on
the property he owns with girlfriend
Patty Caples at 115 S.W. First St.
“He got it done,” Planning Director
Scott Hazelton said. “There’s a couple
of restoration elements of the proj-
ect – replacing a portion of sidewalk
and a filter strip -- that will wait for
better weather. But as far as getting
the drain and that stuff put in, he did
make it on time.”
See ‘Infill’ on Page 4