The Columbia Press
September 30, 2022
School news
• A large percentage of students
at Warrenton Middle School are
clearly into music. There are 92
students taking band and 21 in
choir. Not bad for a campus with
a total enrollment of 244.
• Warrenton High School’s CTE
building has a new plasma cutter
for use by those taking welding
classes.
• Those in the high school’s
STEM class will get firsthand
experience in hydroponics this
year.
• Warrenton High School’s
library is undergoing a makeover
to a more media-centered space.
• The Warrenton-Hammond
School District has 15 students
in Warrior Academy, nine
students enrolled in WAVE,
three in online classes, and three
working on credit recovery.
General calendar
• OSU college visit, 9:15 a.m. Oct.
4, WHS.
• Parent-teacher conferences,
Oct. 5-6, districtwide.
• No school, Oct. 6-7.
• Homecoming Week, Oct. 10-15.
Sports
• The WHS Football team is 1-1
in league games and 3-1 over-
all in the 3A Special District 1.
Their last game, against Valley
Catholic, was a 43-0 win for the
Warriors.
• The Warriors’ Volleyball team
is 4-2 in league games and 8-6
overall. They lost 2 of 3 rounds
to Corbett on Tuesday and were
scheduled to play Yamhill-Carl-
ton on Thursday.
• WHS Football vs. Yamhill-Carl-
ton, away, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.
30.
• WHS Cross Country Trojan
Classic at Rainier High School,
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.
• WHS Football vs. Corbett,
away, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6.
• WHS Volleyball vs. Neah-Kah-
Nie, home, 6 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 6.
• WHS Volleyball tournament at
Seaside High, Saturday, Oct. 8.
• WHS Cross Country Rainier
Invitational, Saturday, Oct. 8.
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Warrenton nurse recognized for extraordinary service
Mike Cahn, a same-day
surgery nurse at Columbia
Memorial Hospital, is the lat-
est recipient of the hospital’s
DAISY Award for Extraordi-
nary Nurses.
Cahn, who lives in Warren-
ton, is CMH’s fifth DAISY
honoree. He has been a CMH
nurse for more than three
years and was nominated by
a patient and his wife who
wrote a letter to the hospital
following his surgery.
“Starting an IV in him is of-
ten very painful. We always
ask the nurse to take their
time to make this as com-
fortable as possible,” they
wrote. “Michael used a lot of
lidocaine and gave it time to
numb his arm.
“He hardly felt the IV in-
sertion and is very grateful
that Michael was patient,
thoughtful,
understanding
and gentle, and even willing
to put up with his silly jokes.”
The DAISY Foundation was
created in 1999 after 33-year-
old J. Patrick Barnes died of
complications from an au-
to-immune disease. DAISY is
an acronym for Diseases At-
certificate, and a stone sculp-
ture called “The Healer’s
Touch” made by the Shona
people of Zimbabwe.
If you have a story about a
compassionate CMH nurse,
submit it to Noelle Lund at
nlund@columbiamemorial.
org or at columbiamemorial.
org/daisy.
Razor clamming remains closed
Mike Cahn holds ‘The Heal-
er’s Touch’ sculpture he
received.
tacking the Immune System.
Barnes spent the last eight
weeks of his life in hospitals.
The nursing care he received
profoundly impacted his
family. Barnes’ family creat-
ed the foundation and award
to honor nurses who provide
outstanding care to patients
and patient families.
Award recipients receive a
DAISY pin, a personalized
Despite the expected Oct.
1 opening of Clatsop County
beaches to razor clamming,
the Oregon Department of
Agriculture and state Fish
and Wildlife have instead
closed all razor clam har-
vesting from the Washing-
ton border to Cascade Head
(just north of Lincoln City).
Domoic acid, a marine
toxin, is above the human
health limit, delaying the
opening of the popular Clat-
sop beaches harvest.
The season will open when
two consecutive tests show
domoic acid levels below
the human health closure
limit.
Mussel harvesting also
remains closed, but recre-
ational bay clam and crab
harvesting is open.
Dan Hale
Bonney Lake, WA
Daniel Lee Hale left
this world on Sept. 21,
2022, at the age of 81.
Dan was born on
Jan. 02, 1941, to Ola
Belle Earls-Hale and
Walter Custer Hale at
St. Mary’s Hosp. in Astoria, OR.
He was pre-deceased by his parents, and siblings Norma
Jean and Betty Jo. He is survived by his wife of 30 years,
Sylvia Betts-Hale; children Patti (Mark) Cordes, David
(Lorraine) Hale, and Julie Hale; grandchildren Mark Jr.,
Rachel, and Miles; great-grandchildren Emma, Natalia,
James, Olivia; and his loving big sister, Charlotte (Charles)
Bergerson; nieces; nephews; and countless friends.
Dan (Daddy to his children) was a lifelong career me-
chanic, craftsman, race car driver, sailor, philosopher, and
adventurer. Never one to grab the spotlight, if you spent
the time to get to know him, you would always learn in his
presence. From literature, music, astronomy, geography,
science, engineering, carpentry, and more; Dan was cu-
rious, thoughtful, and always learning. He gifted his chil-
dren with a foundation of knowledge and curiosity that
continues to grow with their families and beyond.
“We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.
We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cos-
mic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.”
― Carl Sagan
A memorial is planned for October 8, 2022, at
11:30 am at Mission Christian Fellowship, Warrenton,
OR, led by nephew Ray Bergerson with a reception to fol-
low.