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Rare whale dolphin washes ashore
Seaside Signal
R.J. MARX
Four chiefs: Jason Schermerhorn of Cannon Beach, Astoria’s
Geoff Spalding, Warrenton’s Matthew Workman and Dave Ham.
Citizen’s academy grads
recognized in Seaside
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
With a packed room at the
Seaside City Council June 11,
graduates of the citizen’s po-
lice academy were honored
upon completion of the spring
course.
Cannon Beach Police Chief
Jason Schermerhorn presented
the recognition to 19 students
— the most in the class’s more
than decade-long history —
along with Dave Ham, Chief
Matt Workman of Warrenton
and Astoria Chief Geoff Spal-
ding.
City councilor Tita Montero
participated in the class’s 14th
year. “I wish I had done it ear-
lier,” she said, “because it was
such a fabulous experience.”
The course took partici-
pants behind the scenes at each
city’s police department, the
county courthouse, with fire-
arms training and simulated
confrontations.
Participants
visited dispatch centers, the
county jail and studied the pub-
lic safety budget. The group
met weekly on Tuesday nights,
Schermerhorn said, before in-
viting graduates to a reception
at the Seaside Fire Department.
Police shared philosophy and
experiences that you “wouldn’t
normally think about,” Montero
said. The class was “impressive
and thought-provoking,” she
said. “It brought to the fore that
it takes a very special type of
person to serve and protect.”
MANZANITA — A rare
female northern right whale
dolphin washed ashore on
Manzanita Beach on the Or-
egon Coast on Saturday, June
9, the Seaside Aquarium re-
ported.
The animals tend to live
much farther south and in
deeper offshore waters, al-
though they can range as
far north as Alaska, Tiffany
Boothe of the aquarium said.
The whale dolphin moves
south during colder water
temperature periods and
north during warmer water
periods.
Boothe said that aquarium
staff have only seen four of
these unique dolphins since
1995, when the aquarium
became involved with the
Northern Oregon/Southern
Washington Marine Mammal
Stranding Network.
The northern right whale
dolphin is known to travel
in groups of up to 2,000, al-
though they are more often
found in social groups of 200
or 300.
The largest threat to these
dolphins is from high-sea
TIFFANY BOOTHE/SEASIDE AQUARIUM
A female northern right whale dolphin washed ashore on Manzanita Beach.
drift nets.
Drift nets are considered
responsible for a 24 to 73
percent population decline.
In Oregon and California,
law requires fishing boats to
use pinger devices that de-
liver acoustic warnings into
the water column to reduce
bycatch.
The dolphin beached in
Manzanita was picked up by
the Seaside Aquarium and
transferred to Portland State
University, where a necropsy
was preformed, Boothe said.
Preliminary results from the
necropsy were inconclusive.
POLICE LOG
June 5
5:21 p.m., 1600 block
Broadway: A woman
reported as yelling and
spitting on her kids was
advised of options.
11:42 p.m., 1400 block
Oster Road: Seaside police
assist Gearhart police on a
disturbance call.
warned and advised to
move on.
5:38 p.m., Avenue S and
King: Police respond to a
report from a neighbor
about a child screaming
for 10 or more minutes.
Police responding learn
the parents had just re-
moved a large sliver from
the child’s foot.
June 6
3:29 a.m., Broadway and
the Legion: Police arrest a
subject and charge them
with eluding a police
officer; interfering with a
police officer; and escape
in the third degree.
1:34 p.m., 700 block S.
Wahanna: A transient
camp in a wooded area
near the hospital was
broken up, the tenants
June 7
8:24 p.m., 700 block
S. Wahanna: A subject
reported to be illegally
camping told police they
were not camping, but
merely preparing a meal.
June 8
9:03 a.m., 400 block S.
Roosevelt: Police report
being unable to locate
a man described by a
woman to be yelling
at her, “She’s a liar.” No
further action taken at this
time.
4:24 p.m., 1100 block S.
Downing: Police arrest
a man and charge him
with assault in the fourth
degree; interfering with a
police officer; and resist-
ing arrest.
6:37 p.m., N. Holladay: A
man reported urinating
on a sidewalk was at first
unable to be located by
police; he was later found
in an intoxicated state.
The man requested police
get him a cab to take him
home.
June 9
1:53 a.m., Avenue A
and S. Holladay: Police
arrest a person who is
charged with disorderly
conduct in the second
degree, and interfering
with a police officer.
10:38 a.m., The Cove: Theft
in the second degree is re-
ported after a man left the
Cove area accidentally with-
out his surfboard; when he
returned minutes later, the
board was gone. Witnesses
say they saw a teen male
loading the board into a
truck. No one was able to
give a detailed description
of the truck, the license
plate or a good description
of the teenager. The case
has been suspended.
11:40 a.m., 200 block S.
Roosevelt: A person is
arrested and charged with
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driving while under the
influence of intoxicants.
located and pulled over in
Cannon Beach.
1:51 a.m., Columbia and
Avenue L: A woman lying
in the street seemingly
disoriented is transported
to Seaside Providence
Hospital by Medix and the
fire department.
1:39 p.m. Delray and the
dunes: A subject reported
being possibly armed on
the beach was only carry-
ing a stick.
June 10
1:50 a.m., 1300 Second
Avenue: A deceased per-
son is reported.
4:59 p.m., First Avenue:
An attempted burglary is
reported.
June 11
8:54 a.m., Highway 101,
Milepost 14: A driver
reported to Seaside and
Gearhart police as tailgat-
ing and honking was later
June 12
9:29 a.m., 500 block N.
Roosevelt: A woman was
taken into protective cus-
tody and a man arrested
for breaking a no-contact
court order.
2:57 p.m., RiteAid: A wom-
an standing in the store
trying out different hair
sprays and then returning
them to the shelf was ad-
vised to pay for the items
she used, which she did.
She was then trespassed.
June 13
9:57 p.m., 1100 block S.
Downing: A disturbance
between a man and a
woman that climaxed
with a picture frame being
thrown into the street was
defused by police arrival;
both parties were warned
for disorderly conduct. The
female left the premises
for the evening.
June 14
11:26 p.m., Broadway: An
intoxicated person was
trespassed indefinitely
from a business and then
took a cab home.
June 15
9:30 p.m., 500 block
13th Avenue: A deceased
person is reported.
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