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Hoover had been a popular figure, having been decorated for valor after he apprehended the killer of a neighboring town's police chief. When he announced his early retirement after taking a leave of absence, Diane Pohl, the mayor of Clatskanie, bizarrely told a local newspaper in an effusive letter to the editor that she "must admit a sadness that the security this community has enjoyed under his watchful duty is at an end."Follow Mike Pearl on Twitter.In addition, while singing the words "look away" Chief Hoover moved his head back-and-forth to his left and right as if he was looking over his shoulder. After Chief Hoover finished singing, he laughed and then left the room.
