The Columbia Press
May 13, 2022
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Business & Development Tidbits
Timber company
lauded by state
Lewis and Clark Timberlands
was recognized by the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and
Wildlife and the state Board of
Forestry for being nature stew-
ards.
During an online awards cer-
emony last month, Lewis and
Clark Timberlands received
the Industrial Forest Land-
owner Stewardship Award.
Awards also were given to for-
est landowners in Estacada,
Eugene, Molalla, and Medford.
Lewis and Clark Timberlands
is managed by Nuveen Natural
Capital.
The company has been an
active steward for the benefit
of fish and wildlife since their
operations began in Clatsop
County in 2009. The compa-
ny has gone above and beyond
habitat protection measures
required under the Forest
Practices Act with multiple
fish-passage and instream hab-
itat restoration projects, ac-
cording to ODF. The company
also has removed forest roads
near streams, enhanced ripar-
ian environments and created
snags for wildlife shelter and
food.
The company also provides
no-fee recreational access to
157,950 acres of their land in
Tillamook and Clatsop coun-
ties, allowing hunting, fish-
ing and wildlife viewing. And
they’re working with a local
mountain bike organization
and other groups developing
the new Klootchie trail system.
Relax and enjoy the view
Warrenton has a new view-
ing platform for those who like
to walk along the Skipanon
River Trail.
A city work
crew stands
in the new
viewng plat-
form at the
Skipanon River
Trail Park,
which is at the
end of Third
Street near
downtown
Warrenton.
City of Warrenton
The city dedicated a portion
of the paved trail at the east
end of Third Street as a park.
The park already had a paved
parking area, handicapped ac-
cess, a kayak dock, a comfort-
able bench and a great view.
The new viewing platform
was built by a crew from the
city’s Public Works Depart-
ment as part of planned im-
provements at the park.
I can see clearly now
Students in Clatsop Commu-
nity College’s Historic Preserva-
tion and Restoration Program
stepped in to help the Port of
Astoria replace aging windows
in a tenant’s workshop.
The students were enrolled in
a window restoration workshop
offered by the college.
They teamed up with port
staff on critical repairs to the
exterior of the building occu-
pied by Overbay Houseworks,
on the north side of Southeast
12th Place at Astoria-Warren-
Public safety calls
Warrants
• Person sleeping in vehicle in
parking lot, 1:57 p.m. May 3,
Shilo Inn. Molly Elizabeth Mar-
shall, 40, of Seaside was arrested
on a warrant.
• Warrant service, 4:04 p.m.
May 4, Skipanon River, east
side of Warrenton dyke. Daniel
C. Lunsford, 32, of Astoria was
arrested on a warrant.
Thefts and burglaries
• Stolen bicycle, 2:25 p.m. May
2, police station. A boy later
returned the $625 bike.
• Shoplifting, 6:15 p.m. May 3,
Walmart. Shaina L. Wooton, 26,
of Seaside was cited for third-de-
gree theft, criminal mischief and
criminal trespassing after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for a $6
power cable.
• Shoplifting, 8:14 p.m. May 3,
Walmart. Timothy M. Goza, 52,
no known address, was cited for
third-degree theft and criminal
trespassing after he allegedly
returned to the store where he’d
already been trespassed and left
without paying for a $4 can of
wine.
• Burglary, 2:29 p.m. May 5,
0-100 block Northeast First
Street. A man reported the theft
of a $1,500 Stihl chainsaw.
• Shoplifting, 11:36 a.m. May
6, Fred Meyer. Items valued
at $385 were recovered from
unknown subjects who left in a
Toyota Camry.
• Shoplifting, 10:19 p.m. May
7, Walmart. Roni Sue Kelley,
61, of Warrenton was cited for
third-degree theft after she
allegedly attempted to leave the
store without paying for $15 in
cat collars.
Suspicious circumstances
and disturbances
• Disturbance, 5:36 a.m. May 3,
500 block Jetty Street. Joshua
Lloyd Salber, 29, of Hammond
was arrested on suspicion of
menacing and being a felon
in possession of a restricted
weapon. He was found with a 9
mm pistol and 71 rounds of am-
munition, according to a police
report.
• Disturbance, 4:56 p.m. May 5,
Big 5 Sporting Goods. Roy D.
Gifford, 56, no address listed,
was arrested on suspicion of
disorderly conduct, second-de-
gree theft and criminal mischief
after he allegedly attempted to
leave the store without paying
for boots and socks valued at
$75. He was booked at Clatsop
County Jail.
• Trespassing, 7:05 p.m. May
8, Walmart. Richard Joseph
Simmons, 56, of Warrenton was
cited for criminal trespassing,
driving while suspended, and
failing to install an ignition
interlock device.
Traffic
• Traffic stop, 7:07 p.m. April 28,
Warrenton Mini Mart. Driver cit-
ed for driving while suspended.
• Speeding, 2:25 p.m. May 1,
South Main Avenue at South-
west Second Street. Driver cited.
• Hit-and-run collision, 12:56
p.m. May 3, Fred Meyer.
• Hit-and-run collision, 2:08
p.m. May 3, Dollar Tree parking
lot.
• Reckless driving, 4:02 p.m.
May 4, Ocean View Cemetery.
Jacob Daniel Perkins, 37, of
Warrenton was cited for reckless
driving, reckless endangerment,
and misuse of 911.
• Two-vehicle collision with in-
juries, 7:20 a.m. May 5, Youngs
Bay Bridge.
• Traffic stop, 9:37 p.m. May 7,
Highway 101 at Ensign Lane.
Driver cited for driving while
suspended and having no insur-
ance.
• Speeding, 12:05 a.m. May 8,
Alternate Highway 101 at South-
east Jetty Avenue. Driver cited
for going 68 in a 45 mph zone.
• Traffic stop, 3:49 p.m. May 8,
Southwest Third Street at South-
west Main Court. Driver cited
for driving while suspended and
having no insurance.
Fire and service calls
• Possible illegal burn, 9:31 p.m.
May 5, Tyee and Third streets.
ton Regional Airport.
The hands-on workshop was
led by instructor Lucien Swerd-
loff and is meant to give the
students the opportunity to
remove the original wood win-
dows and begin restoring or re-
placing sashes, jambs, broken
glass, and rotten wood. Many
of the windows had been inop-
erable.
Weyerhaeuser fined
Columbia Riverkeeper and
Weyerhaeuser reached an
agreement this week settling
Riverkeeper’s Clean Water Act
lawsuit against the timber giant
at its Longview mill.
As part of the agreement,
Weyerhaeuser will need to
make numerous improvements
to its timber mill facility to re-
duce the company’s industrial
pollution.
The settlement also requires
Weyerhaeuser to pay $600,000
to the Seeding Justice founda-
tion, which will award grants to
projects benefiting water quali-
ty in the Columbia River Basin.
The agreement must undergo
a 45-day review period for the
U.S. Department of Justice and
then be approved by a feder-
al district court judge before it
can go into effect.