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A2 • Friday, October 11, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com From Gearhart to Ukraine: Sondland testimony blocked by Trump By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who had been expected to testify before Congress on Tuesday, is a part-time Gearhart resident. That deposition was blocked by President Donald Trump, as Sondland’s role remains a key part of impeachment proceedings. While not a matter of con- gressional oversight, his house on South Ocean Avenue has been the subject of chatter, by residents both pro and con. Sondland and his wife Katherine Durant, purchased U.S. Department of State Gordon Sondland, hotelier and U.S. diplomat. He and his wife own a home on South Ocean Avenue in Gearhart. the property on South Ocean Avenue in Gearhart for $800,000 in March 2008. The original home was torn down and replaced with the two-story home there today. South Ocean Avenue Neighbor Margaret Marino described Sondland and Durant as people who “truly love the beach and view it as a place to retreat with their families and dearest friends.” The Sondlands “are neighbors that deeply care,” Marino said. According to Gearhart public records, the home has approximately 5,552 square feet, four bedrooms, fi ve- and-a-half baths with a lot size of 1.11 acres. The home is currently valued at about $1.1 million, according to realtor.com. But others say the diplo- mat’s house has “the dubi- ous distinction” of hav- ing been extended beyond the traditional westernmost development line on Gin Ridge, thereby blocking the headland and ocean views of his neighbors. “A Seattle native, he (Sondland) irked Port- land’s establishment in 2008 when he built a house on Ocean Avenue in the coastal town of Gearhart,” Willa- mette Week journalist Nigel Jaquiss wrote in 2013. Homes there typically do not obstruct the views of others, Jaquiss wrote. “Sondland ignored that practice when he built his $1.2 million beach house.” All the houses on the west side of Gearhart’s “Gin Ridge” were built on a line that gave each house the maximum view west includ- ing Tillamook Head to North Head and everything in between, Gearhart’s Jim Fur- nish said Monday. “Sond- land disregarded that and got approval to build west of the line destroying some views their neighbors had for over a hundred years.” Sondland is one of three diplomats, along with special envoy to Kurt Volker and Wil- liam “Bill” Taylor, the charge d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, said to have dis- cussed the statement Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelens- POLICE AND FIRE SAFETY LOGS SEASIDE POLICE DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY LOG Sept. 28 9:34 a.m., 1200 block S. Hol- laday: Gas station personnel advise police of customer who left the premises without pay- ing. 1:05 p.m., 1200 block Beach Drive: Property crimes are re- ported. 3:59 p.m., Ocean Shore and Turnaround: Police are advised by anonymous complaint of male genitalia drawn in the sand. 4:57 p.m., Ocean Way: A sub- ject is arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. 6:13 p.m., 500 block Avenue A: A person is arrested and charged with driving under the infl uence of alcohol. 9:57 p.m., 1200 block S. Roos- evelt: A person is arrested and charged with driving under the infl uence of alcohol. Sept. 29 11:33 a.m., 12th and Prom: A reported possible drug trans- action police say was actually a person passing their hotel room key to their signifi cant other. 7:18 p.m., 1100 block Broad- way: Police make contact with subject in the process of setting up a transient camp between the library and the church; subject is warned of unlawful lodging. 2:42 p.m., Necanicum: Fraud is reported. 7:29 p.m., Avenue A: Kids play- ing football in an alley are complained about by a neigh- bor; offi cer advises youths of the complaint; they say they will play elsewhere. 8:48 p.m., 2400 block Oregon Street: A disturbance is report- ed. 8:00 p.m., Pacifi c Way, Gear- hart: Police assist Gearhart PD with a disturbance. Sept. 30 4:40 a.m., 1700 block 12th Avenue: A camper reporting a bear or cougar had gotten into their food was told after police located the animal it was not a bear or cougar, but a raccoon. 3:36 p.m., Police headquar- ters: A person came in for their annual sex off ender registra- tion. 10:39 p.m., Police headquar- ters: A person’s learner’s per- mit to drive a motor vehicle is found; the permit is stored in found property. Oct. 1 1:17 p.m., Avenue G and Lin- coln: A transient observed to be setting up camp in a wood- ed area is warned of unlawful lodging ordinances. 6:00 p.m., 1100 block S. Down- ing: Property crimes are re- ported. Oct. 2 12:18 p.m., 1000 block S. Downing: A person is arrested on a warrant. SEASIDE FIRE & RESCUE Oct. 3 PUBLIC SAFETY LOG 11:47 p.m., Highway 202: As- sist other agency. Seaside Signal Sept. 28 1:46 a.m., 500 block Beach Drive: Emergency medical re- sponse. Sept. 29 PUBLIC SAFETY LOG California woman has a car vs. deer encounter 8:26 a.m., Avenue A: A subject is given notice they’ve been trespassed. Oct. 1 11:40 p.m., East End B: Report- ing party advises police of transients walking towards an area to set up camp. Police re- sponding fi nd only one camp, which is disposed of. 11:33 a.m., 3300 block Bay- view Terrace: Emergency med- ical response. Vehicle engine catches fi re 3:33 p.m., Avenue S/Seaside Storage: Emergency medical response. Oct. 3 12:47 p.m., 2300 block Ocean Vista: Reporting party alerts police to multiple dogs bark- ing at a residence; police re- sponding say there is only one dog who was barking at a yard worker doing work at the res- idence. 1:31 p.m., Police headquar- ters: A person came in to reg- ister as a sex off ender. 7:44 a.m., Seventh Avenue and S. Downing: Fire investi- gation. Sept. 30 6:39 p.m., Avenue B and Holl- aday: Emergency medical re- sponse. Oct. 2 12:18 a.m., 1000 block S. Downing: Emergency medical response 2:12 p.m. 400 block S. Roos- evelt: Emergency medical re- sponse. 3:36 p.m., 2100 block N. Holl- aday: Emergency medical re- sponse. On Sunday, Oct. 6, at 12:58 a.m., a passing motorist notifi ed police about a vehicle on fi re on High- way 26 near MP 1. Seaside police and fi re responded on scene along with an Oregon State trooper. The driver stated he was traveling east when smoke started coming from the engine. The driver pulled over to the east shoulder and the vehicle was quickly engulfed in fl ames. Gary’s Towing responded and the vehi- cle was removed from the high- way. The driver, a 30-year-old male, was not injured. MANZANITA OCEANVIEW PROPERTY NEAR GOLF COURSE, $615,000 DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL LOT IN MANZANITA $499,000 Census ‘listers’ coming to local neighborhoods OREGON STATE POLICE On Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 6:22 p.m., on Highway 101 by Surf Pines Lane, a 73-year-old woman from Fresno, California, report- ed making contact with a deer who ran out into the road in front of her while driving a rent- al vehicle. The vehicle sustained damage to the front end. No hu- man injuries were reported. The status of the deer is unknown. 11:43 p.m., 12th and Roos- evelt: Police assist Oregon State police with a traffi c stop. kiy would issue in support of an investigation into Hunter Biden, son of the former vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden. As the negotiations in a phone call between Trump and Zelenskiy, progressed, the Associated Press reported this week, Sondland said Trump “really wants the deliverable,” said to be infor- mation on Hunter Biden’s relations with a Ukraine energy fi rm. Sondland is founder and chairman of Provenance Hotels and co-founder of the merchant bank Aspen Capi- tal. He was a major donor to the Trump 2016 presidential campaign. The U.S. Census Bureau has begun its AddCan project. They will perform this fi rst fi eld operation for the 2020 Decennial Census through mid-October. Census staff, referred to as “listers,” have been in neighborhoods verify- ing addresses for the 2020 Census. Approximately 35% of all addresses in the nation will be veri- fi ed by Listers. The lister will dis- play a Department of Commerce/US Census Bureau identifi cation and carry a U.S. Census briefcase. They also have a map called the 2020 Census In Field Address Can- vassing Viewer which indicates exactly which housing units will be contacted. Using the + and — button in the upper left hand corner, you can see more detail by street. 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