NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 Job Corps students train to help with new oil spills Fire restrictions to tighten in Clatsop, Tillamook state forests The Daily Astorian The Oregon Department of Forestry announced it will WLJKWHQ ¿UH SUHYHQWLRQ UXOHV starting Friday in northwest- ern Oregon, including the Clatsop and Tillamook state sorests and private lands in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association. “In order to keep commu- QLWLHVVDIHDQGDYRLGZLOG¿UH risk, we’ll begin restrictions on public use of the forest on Friday. 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Portable cooking VWRYHVXVLQJOLTXH¿HGRUERW- tled fuels are allowed; • Use of motor vehicles, including motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, will be prohibited, except on im- proved roads and designated areas; • Possession of the follow- LQJ ¿UH¿JKWLQJ HTXLSPHQW is required while traveling, except on state highways, county roads and driveways: one shovel and one gallon of water or one operational 2-and-a-half pound or larger ¿UHH[WLQJXLVKHU ‡8VHRI¿UHZRUNVZLOOEH prohibited; • Use of exploding targets will prohibited; • Cutting, grinding and welding of metal will be pro- hibited. Contact the Tillamook, Astoria or Forest Grove dis- WULFW RI¿FHV IRU PRUH LQIRU- PDWLRQDERXW¿UHSUHYHQWLRQ rules. Contact information is available at www.oregon. gov/ODF/pages/offices. aspx. Pool of responders Large pool needed for spill response Angela Moretti, an en- vironmental project man- ager with Global, said the company keeps such a large pool of responders because many will be unavailable when needed. “Just being there and watching it all come to play is better than read- ing about it in a book,” said Micah Domingcil, 21, from Kauai, Hawaii. He and other students reen- acted an oil spill near the mouth of the Columbia River, taking out oil con- tainment booms. While the training does not prepare for every type of response, Moretti said, it readies them for deck work, cleanup, line-handling and oil skimming. “We’re teaching them to be safe mariners,” Capt. Len Tumbarello, head of Tongue Point’s seamanship program, said of the train- ing. Tongue Point has 120 students training on its vessel, the Ironwood, in two different classes. Each goes through work-based learning and an internship to give them real-world experience before graduat- ing. Despite the large en- rollment and the program’s existence since 1980, Tum- barello said it only has eight to 10 work-based learning sites for students and wants more. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Whether readying the Arctic-bound oil-drilling platform Polar Pioneer in Seattle or helping clean an oil spill in Santa Barbara, Tongue Point Job Corps Center’s seamanship stu- dents are translating their training into work experi- ence. Their placement up Submitted photo and down the West Coast stemmed from an oil spill Several Tongue Point Job Corps Center students trained response and intern partner- in oil spill response onboard Marine Spill Response Cor- ship formed late last year poration’s barge the Oregon Responder Tuesday. They with Global Diving & Sal- included, from left, Manuel Pedro, Noel Rezada, Adrian vage, Inc., a global diving Dominguez, Timothy Alexander, Jalil Marshall, Micah contractor based in Seattle. Domingcil and Sergio Maya. The company maintains a MORE INFORMATION: pool of oil spill responders around the country and has For more information on Tongue Point Job Corps Center so far qualified more than and how to host student internships, contact work-based 70 students at Tongue Point. Learning Specialist Carla Pitts at 503-338-4989 or pitts. Eight of those students carla@jobcorps.org. For information on employing gradu- were trained Tuesday on ating students, contact Career Transition Specialist Roger Marine Spill Response Cor- Riutta at Riutta.Roger@jobcorps.org poration’s barge, the Ore- gon Responder, homeported Billy O’Reilly, 19, a sea- Tongue Point looking for at the Port of Astoria’s Pier manship student from Seat- laborers. 2. Fourteen others who had tle who went home to work “They were people who already been qualified as oil on the rig. if they were in the mar- spill responders returned O’Reilly said he and fel- ketplace, we’d hire them,” to campus Tuesday after low students cleaned out said Kerry Walsh, a salvage a monthlong job of help- bilge tanks, painted and oth- master and marine casualty ing ready Shell Oil Co.’s erwise freshened up the rig. project manager with Glob- oil-drilling rig Polar Pio- They earned $18 an hour, al who had glowing reviews neer. The platform left Mon- and 50 percent more for of the students. day morning amid protests overtime. nation center, and as ongoing and an attempted blockade The students taken to advocates for individuals ac- by kayakers to drill oil wells Seattle had already gone Dear friends & family of cessing services. in the Arctic Ocean. through oil spill training All volunteers need to at- “We did 12 (hours) on, with Global. The company’s WHQGWKH¿UVWWUDLQLQJRQ-XQH 12 off, seven days a week employees were all busy 25. Training requirements for the last 29 days,” said with the oil rig and called Wayne will be at the vary depending on the type of volunteer position. Con- Pig ‘n’ Pancake in Astoria on tact Chris Wright, volunteer June 20th between 2 and 3 p.m. coordinator, at 503-325-3426, Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber All are invited to stop by RU VWRS E\ WKH RI¿FH DW Duane St. to receive a volun- N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A for a visit with him. teer packet. Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 Volunteer training to help respond to domestic violence, sexual assault The Daily Astorian Volunteer training for those who want to help indi- viduals who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault begins from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 25 at The Har- bor. The training includes ba- sics in compassionate commu- nication, crisis intervention, active listening, the impact of oppression on individuals and communities, domestic vio- lence and the law and other topics. The training is taught by educators from The Harbor as well as experienced guest speakers from the community. Volunteer opportunities are available at the shelter and during community events and special projects. 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