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4 The Columbia Press Miss Clatsop: Winner is from Clatskanie Continued from Page 1 Aliciyah, the Outstanding Teen, received a $575 schol- arship. She attends Astoria High School and her mission is anxiety awareness in teens. Others competing for Miss Clatsop County: • Josie Morinville, 18, an As- toria senior at Encore Acad- emy. She was Miss Clatsop County runner up and won a $775 scholarship and awards for Overall Talent and Miss Red Carpet. • Milly McCalmon • Madison Kadera, 21, of Clatskanie, who re- of Warrenton, who was ceived the Teen Over- named Miss Congeni- all Interview, Teen ality and winner of the Fitness, and Director’s Dedicated to Service Choice awards. To- Award. Total scholar- tal scholarship money ships: $1,250. awarded: $550. Aliciyah • Ruby Dyer, 21, of The Miss Clatsop Warrenton, who will County Scholarship attend Clatsop Communi- Program is part of the Miss ty College. She received the America Organization, the Alexis Mather Scholarship. world’s leading scholarship Total awards: $450. provider for women. March 25, 2022 Astoria wins federal project funds The $1.5 trillion funding plan approved this month to keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year, includes sev- eral projects for Northwest Oregon. The Community Project Funding portion of the Om- nibus Appropriations Agree- ment includes $10.7 million for the region. The city of Astoria will get $676,875 for a landslide storm-drainage project. Other funding included in the package: • Construction of a plaza at Multnomah County’s behav- ioral health resource center, $2.67 million. • Expansion of construc- tion tradesmen training for WorkSystems Inc. in Port- land, $1 million. • A building renovation project at the Portland Jap- anese Garden, $1.75 million. • Expansion of the Coast- al Margin Observation and Prediction Program run by Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, $760,000. “This legislation is a major win for our communities, and I am delighted that it con- tains funding for 10 projects … I championed to increase access to critical services and promote equity,” said U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonami- ci, D-Ore. “These projects will make our communities stronger and create new op- portunities for families and workers.” The omnibus package in- cludes $13.6 billion in emer- gency aid for Ukraine. Hoax: Device covered with political slogans Continued from Page 1 actual explosive device, but made to look like one. The OSP team sealed it up as evidence and turned it over to Warrenton Police. Anyone who has informa- tion or who may have been in the Home Depot area be- tween 4 and 5 p.m. Thurs- day, Jan. 17, and who may have witnessed anything is encouraged to contact Sgt. James Pierce at jpierce@ ci.warrenton.or.us or call 503-861-2355. To speak to an on-duty officer, call 503- 325-8661.