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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Man pleads not guilty to sexually exploiting teenager By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian Bloom PHQW ¿OHG 0D\ WKH DO- leged crimes occurred from April 1 to his arrest. 7KH 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH believes there are no other victims in the case. 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH 'HWHF- tive Ryan Humphrey said the relationship between Bloom and the girl was dis- covered by the girl’s par- ents and the parents of one of the girl’s friends. The parents’ involve- ment and intervention was a key factor in the case, Humphrey said. 7KH 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH is encouraging parents to monitor their children’s use of social media and oth- er online activities. When examining a child’s online activities and contacts on social media, the Sheriff’s 2I¿FH VXJJHVWV SDUHQWV RU guardians ask, “Does this make sense?” Bloom is due back in court for an early resolu- tion conference at 9 a.m. June 24. Columbia River sport all-depth halibut ¿VKHU\QRZFORVHG The Daily Astorian NEWPORT — Because of KLJK FDWFK UDWHV IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH VLQFH WKH 3DFL¿F KDOLEXWDOOGHSWKVSRUW¿VKHU\ in the Columbia River Subar- ea will close effective 11:59 SP:HGQHVGD\¿VKHU\PDQ- agers announced Tuesday. 7KH VSULQJ ¿VKHU\ IURP Leadbetter Point in Washing- ton state to Cape Falcon in Oregon opened May 1 and was scheduled to be open ev- ery Thursday-Sunday through Sept. 30 or the harvest of SRXQGV RI 3DFL¿F KDOL- EXWZKLFKHYHUFDPH¿UVW 7KH DOOGHSWK ¿VKHU\ ZDV scheduled to open again Thursday, but preliminary es- timates indicate that landings are nearing the quota and not enough remains for any addi- tional open days. The season is now closed until the end of the year. Effort in the Columbia River Subarea in 2015 was higher than in recent years and catch rates were good, en- abling anglers to harvest the HQWLUHTXRWDIRUWKLV¿VKHU\IRU WKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFH The Columbia River QHDUVKRUH ¿VKHU\ LQVLGH WKH 40-fathom line off of Ore- gon) remains open Mondays through Wednesdays until Sept. 30 or until the quota of 500 pounds is reached, which- HYHUFRPHV¿UVW 2SSRUWXQLWLHV WR ¿VK IRU 3DFL¿FKDOLEXWUHPDLQRSHQLQ other areas of Oregon: Off central Oregon be- WZHHQ &DSH )DOFRQ QHDU Manzanita) and Humbug 0RXQWDLQ QHDU 3RUW 2UIRUG DQJOHUV PD\ ¿VK IRU KDOLEXW inside the 40-fathom line be- ginning July 1, seven days a week through Oct. 31 or at- tainment of the harvest quota IRUWKDW¿VKHU\7KHDOOGHSWK KDOLEXW¿VKHU\RIIFHQWUDO2U- egon is scheduled to be open June 11-13 and June 25-27. A second summer season is scheduled to begin in August. The high-relief area of Stone- wall Bank, west of Newport, LV FORVHG WR DOO KDOLEXW ¿VK- ing. The area between Hum- bug Mountain and the Ore- gon-California border is open DWDOOGHSWKVIRU3DFL¿FKDOLEXW seven days a week through Oct. 31 or until the quota of 7,318 pounds has been met, ZKLFKHYHUFRPHV¿UVW 'D\VRQZKLFK3DFL¿FKDO- LEXW¿VKLQJLVRSHQZLOOEHDQ- nounced on the NOAA Fish- eries hotline, 800-662-9825, and posted on the ODFW Ma- rine Resources Program Web site. Alzheimer’s task force offers memory cafe The Daily Astorian Visiting cutter offers look at Coast Guard’s future force two are planned for Hawaii and Kodiak, Alaska. As a high endurance cut- ter meant for the open ocean, the Waesche has a range of 12,000 nautical miles at 28 knots, with an endurance of two months or more. Com- pare that to the offshore, me- dium endurance cutters Alert and Steadfast based in Astoria and patrolling the U.S. Ex- clusive Economic Zone, with ranges of 5,000 nautical miles at 15 knots and an endurance of one month. ³:HGH¿QLWHO\VWD\RXWWKH longest,” said Ensign Thomas Ashley, a public affairs offers on board. The ship carries with it more than 120 crew, about 20 RI¿FHUV VHYHUDO VPDOO ERDWV room for two HH-65 Dolphin helicopters and a range of ad- vanced weapons and naviga- tion systems. The ship is built to serve as operational-level headquarters for law enforcement, defense and national security missions involving Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian The future of the U.S. Coast Guard’s cutter forces visited Astoria Tuesday. The 418-foot, high endur- ance cutter Waesche stopped at the Port of Astoria’s Pier 1 Tuesday and Wednesday morning on its way to the Portland Rose Festival. The cutting-edge ship, launched in 2008 and named after former Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Russell Waesche, is based on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif. It is the second of eight planned Legend-class na- tional security cutters, part of an acquisition program to replace aging 378-foot high endurance cutters in service since the 1960s. The average price tag for a national secu- rity cutter is more than $600 million. Two other national securi- ty cutters are based on Coast Guard Island. Two more are based in Charleston, S.C., with a third coming. The last “We do a lot of drug and migrant interdiction,” Ashley said of the Waesche’s mission. While the national secu- rity cutters like Waesche re- place the 378-footers built in the 1960s, the Coast Guard recently began an acquisition program to replace 270- and 210-foot medium endurance cutters, like Astoria’s Alert and Steadfast built in the late 1960s, with offshore patrol cutters. Coast Guard Comman- dant Adm. Paul Zukunft said in testimony Feb. 25 to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation that his high- est investment priority for WKH &RDVW *XDUG¶V ¿VFDO \HDU 2016 budget is recapitalizing the aging medium endurance FXWWHU ÀHHW ZLWK WKH RIIVKRUH patrol cutter. “The offshore patrol cut- ter will be the backbone of Coast Guard offshore pres- ence and the manifestation of our at-sea authorities,” Zukunft said in his testimo- ny. “The offshore patrol cut- ter is essential to stopping smugglers at sea, interdict- ing undocumented migrants, rescuing people, enforcing fisheries laws, responding to disasters and protecting our ports.” The offshore and medium endurance cutters provide a bridge in capabilities between the larger high endurance or national security cutters and the smaller fast response cut- ters. Astoria or Newport are in the running for two 154-foot Sentinel-class fast response cutters, which are replacing the 1980s-era 110-foot Is- land-class patrol boats. W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 Consult a PROFESSIONAL child’s baby teeth Q: My have cavities. Why Q: LEO FINZI Desktop Computer Inventory Reduction Sale. 20% off all desktop computers in stock. Astoria ’ s Best NETWORK AND COMPUTER SALES, SERVICES & REPAIRS M-F 10-6, Sat 12-5 1020 Commercial #2 503-325-2300 All of the little icons and shortcuts on my desktop disappeared. How do I get them back? A : On a blank spot on your desktop (probably anywhere now) RIGHT CLICK your mouse, and then place the pointer over the word VIEW, and a new window will open to the right. Near the bottom of that new window, you will see SHOW DESKTOP ICONS. LEFT CLICK on that to put a checkmark there. Voila! 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Premature loss of primary teeth can adversely affect the jaw growth, position and timing of the eruption of permanent teeth, and if badly decayed or infected be a source of pain, sickness, and risk to other teeth. Please have your dentist evaluate your child’s “baby teeth”. M ERGENC LIFECARE M for LifeCare membership? Y The Clatsop County Alz- heimer’s Task Force is of- fering its second Neighbor Memory Café from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Columbia Hall, Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave. There is no cost for this Hawai- ian-themed event, which has live guitar music provided by Dave Drury. The Neighborhood Mem- ory Café welcomes people with a diagnosis of dementia or a related disease and their family members or care part- ners, people with mild cog- nitive impairment and people who are concerned about their memory loss. The Neighbor- hood Memory Café is open to anyone without formal refer- ral or assessment. However, the café would not be appro- priate for individuals who of- ten have aggressive or disrup- tive behaviors. The Memory Café con- cept is being used worldwide to offer support to families dealing with dementia-related disease. Social engagement is essential for both the person dealing with dementia as well as family members and care partners. The task force is ac- tively seeking other agencies and organizations that would be willing to host Memory Cafés throughout the county. For information, or to reg- ister to attend the Café, call Michelle Lewis at 503-861- 4202. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Waesche is shown docked along Pier 1 in Astoria Tuesday. The 418-foot-long National Se- curity Cutter is from Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif. E The 26-year-old War- renton man accused of sex- ually exploiting a 16-year- old girl pleaded not guilty Monday in Clatsop County Circuit Court. Kyle Meyer Bloom pleaded not guilty to using a child in a display of sex- ually explicit conduct for compelling the girl to send nude images of herself, lur- ing a minor and two counts of third-degree sex abuse. Bloom appeared via video link from Clatsop County Jail, where he is being held on $250,000 bail. His appointed defense attorney Kris Kaino intends to ask the court for a bail hearing to decide if bail should be lowered. The charges against Bloom stem from a six- week investigation by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s 2I¿FH Sheriff’s deputies ar- rested Bloom May 20 on the 500 block of West Main Street in Warrenton. Bloom initiated con- tact with the girl at a local school bus stop, where he befriended her before us- ing social media to start a secretive relationship, according to the Sheriff’s 2I¿FH During a two-week long relationship, Bloom allegedly met the girl in several public locations to engage in sexual activities. 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