Seaside High’s
Class of 2015
Goonies/Then
and Now
WEEKEND
EDITION
PAGES 9A-11A
FRIDAY EXTRA — 1C
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015
142nd YEAR, No. 243
ONE DOLLAR
Fake orca goes belly up
Port,
city
talk
it out
Leaders look for
common ground
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
John Wifler, the pilot of the fake fiberglass orca, is pulled from the capsized vessel in the Columbia River outside of the East End Mooring
Basin on Thursday in Astoria. The orca was then righted before taking on water again later in the voyage.
Port’s creative tactic against sea lions sinks
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
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slip at the East End Mooring Basin
Thursday night.
The whale, which had been dep-
utized in a creative attempt to scare
off California and Steller sea lions
lounging on the Port of Astoria’s
docks, took on multiple wakes and
capsized in the Columbia River.
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from the whale by a Port mainte-
nance crew on their work boat. As
the contraption was being towed
into the basin by the boat, the
whale took on more water, cap-
sized again, and went belly up as
the Port crew guided it into a slip
and sea lions looked on.
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shortly after the incident.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
See FAKE ORCA, Page 12A
John Wifler, the pilot of the fake fiberglass orca, peeks out from an opening in the whale as the whale
is launched from the dock into the East End Mooring Basin.
See PORT, Page 9A
Global Goonies invade Astoria
About 200 show up
in Cannon Beach
By ERICK BENGEL
EO Media Group
A growing queue of Goonies fanatics gath-
ered outside the Astoria Armory Thursday,
waiting for the designated Goondocks to open
so they could get their tickets to events.
Regina Willkie, the Astoria-Warrenton
Area Chamber of Commerce’s marketing di-
rector, said 2010’s 25th anniversary of “The
Goonies” brought in around 15,000 people,
and every indication is that as many or more
will show up in Astoria this weekend.
Among the crowd were a group of seven
travelers from four different continents who
met on Facebook, arrived within an hour of
each other at Portland International Airport and
traveled out to Astoria together to relive some
of their favorite childhood memories.
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
See GOONIES, Page 12A
Corey Sidlo, left, from Florida dressed his son Milo up as the character Data
from “The Goonies” and came to Astoria for the movie’s 30th anniversary party.
See BONFIRE, Page 12A
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healthcare needs,
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CANNON BEACH — Surround-
ed by an energetic throng of Goonies
geeks wearing tie-in hoodies and
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logue, Curt Hanson, the actor who
played the villainous Mr. Perkins,
said: “Who’da thunk it? I mean, it’s
just amazing.”
Even as night fell Thursday, the
stretch of beach behind The Ocean
Lodge, just south of Haystack Rock,
teemed with about 200 Goonies fans.
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swigging beer, roasting marshmal-
lows for s’mores and making new
friends with whom to share their
heartfelt Goonies devotion. Oth-
ers simply treaded in the sand, en-
thralled to be in the very spot where
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sequence were shot.
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
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The governing bodies of the city
and the Port of Astoria met together
Thursday night at Astoria City Hall for
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tify issues and areas for partnership.
The meeting arose in part out of
the city’s vote in March to oppose an
enterprise zone to help attract new
businesses, which the Port, Clatsop
County and Warrenton had supported.
City Councilor Zetty Nemlowill
said the Port and city share geograph-
ical boundaries, infrastructure and
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I think we can be stronger working to-
gether,” she said, adding industrial jobs
of the Port and service-sector jobs from
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“The Port of Astoria’s an econom-
ic engine,” Port Commissioner Bill
Hunsinger said. “That’s our job.”
He referenced a July economic im-
pact analysis by the Infrastructure Fi-
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ysis found that more than 50 Port-relat-
ed businesses provide more than 1,800
Port-related jobs in Clatsop County, with
a labor income of more than $93 million.
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