"Is my child ready for kindergarten?" This is a question every parent asks as their child celebrates their fifth birthday and is heading to kindergarten. Early childhood professionals and school district administrators and teachers have begun to work together to design a system in our county that will help parents answer this question with a confident "Yes!"
The eight dragon columns, commissioned from Shaanxi Yuan Kun Sculptural Arts Company in Xian, China will be put into place in the Garden of Surging Waves on Tuesday, June 18th. The columns will be moved to the site in the morning and the first
Warrenton City Commissioner Henry Balensifer was transported by ambulance to Astoria's Columbia Memorial Hospital emergency room Friday night. Balensifer collapsed, experiencing chest pains and having a seizure. He was stabilized en-route to the hospital but experienced more seizures when arriving at the emergency room. He experienced a total of 3 seizures in 5 hours.
Monday morning Astoria Police and Fire responded to the area of 422 Gateway,the Port of Astoria Office Building, for a one vehicle rollover crash. When police arrived they found a single vehicle on its side through the fence that separates the parking area for the Port building from the ODOT parking area. Several onlookers had assisted the driver with getting out of the vehicle. She was appearently not injured in the crash.
The contractor, Tapani, will continue working on 8th St between Duane and Franklin. The first lift of pavement was installed on 8th St from Commercial to the south side of Duane.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Published on 19 June 2013
KAST's Tom Freel interviews Peter Ovington, geological hazards outreach coordinator for the State Department Of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) as communities along the coast hold events over the next few weeks to distribute new information to help people prepare their own plan in the event of an earthquake and tsunami warning. There are two information websites you may want to bookmark. www.oregontsunami.org and http://www.oregongeology.org/hazvu/
Oregon Tsunami is a site that has all the maps and other information anyone can use for planning evacuation routes, tips on how to put together a "grab and go" pack and information on local meetings. HAZVU is a mapping site that allows you to plug in your address and select from various hazards so you can see how things like potential landslides, flooding, and even volcanic eruptions might affect your home or business. Click "READ MORE" to hear the Ovington interview.
Published on 18 June 2013
Monday night the Astoria City Council celebrated the completion of the Liberty theater holding the council meeting in the newly completed second floor conference center and recognizing those responsible for the successful renovation of the theater building.
Published on 18 June 2013
Early Tuesday morning Astoria Police Officer Litwin was at Coxcomb Park when he noticed a 2004 Audi in the park. The park closes at 10:00 PM.
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