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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 Port: µWe¶Ye Jot to Jet an operator into thiV hotel¶ Continued from Page 1A the VuitorV He told Port FommiVVionerV he would want to be FonVidered the front-runner for a lonJ- term proMeFt if he enterV a Vhort-term aJreement Port FommiVVionerV held a lenJthy e[eFutiYe VeVVion after the preVenta- tionV to diVFuVV their op- tionV but made no publiF announFement TueVday niJht ,n an underVtatement, -im .niJht, the Port¶V e[- eFutiYe direFtor, had ear- lier deVFribed the Port¶V VearFh for a new operator for the RiYerwalk ,nn aV ³Tuite a wild e[perienFe´ ³:e¶Ye Jot to Jet an operator into thiV hotel ² Vomebody that the Port Fan truVt ² aV faVt aV we Fan,´ .niJht told Port FommiV- VionerV Shotgun approach :hile hiV leaVe haV been terminated, and the Port iV deVperate to eYiFt him, 6mithart and hiV Vtaff are Vtill operatinJ the ho- tel .ruparao .anFharla, whoVe family had aJreed to take oYer manaJement, baFked out after VeeinJ the ¿nanFeV $monJ the unFertaintieV, aFFordinJ to .niJht, are an unknown amount of pre-paid Fou- ponV for hotel VtayV that Fould e[tend into the Vi[ ¿JureV Rather than entertain FompetinJ propoValV at publiF hearinJV oYer a peri- od of weekV or monthV, the Port iV left to make a deFi- Vion by the eYiFtion hearinJ )riday, a VhotJun approaFh that leaYeV little time to ful- ly Yet the VuitorV Without an operator, the Port Fould haYe to run or Vhut down the hotel, e[poV- inJ the Port to unforeVeen ¿nanFial and leJal liabili- tieV Budget hotel 6onpatki, of Param Ho- tel *roup in Portland, and hiV attorney told Port Fom- miVVionerV that the VimpleVt ² and faireVt ² option would be to turn the hotel oYer to him on )riday 6onpatki had a FontraFt with 6mithart to take oYer the hotel and the Port Com- miVVion had aJreed in -une to aVViJn him the remainder of 6mithart¶V leaVe with the underVtandinJ he would retire 6mithart¶V debtV %ut the termV of the aJreement were not ¿nali]ed and 6mi- thart¶V leaVe haV VinFe been terminated 6onpatki haV aVVured the Port he iV ready to pay off 4, worth of debtV and operate the hotel im- mediately He haV Vaid he would operate the inn aV a budJet hotel ³, think, MuVt to Jet down to braVV taFkV, that there iV one operator in the room who FheFkV all the bo[- eV you need,´ Vaid Colin Hunter, a Portland attorney for 6onpatki Marina village 2rr, who emerJed aV a Vuitor for the RiYerwalk ,nn laVt week, and hiV partnerV are ready to Fommit at leaVt , to VatiVfy 6mi- thart¶V debtV and oYer time inYeVt 2 million toward renoYation $Vtoria HoVpitality 9en- tureV, whiFh inFludeV CheV- ter TrabuFFo, the deYeloper behind the Hotel (lliott, iV alVo intereVted in a former reVtaurant, Foffee Vhop and lounJe aV part of a broader marina YillaJe redeYelop- ment proMeFt in 8niontown 2rr¶V wife, 6ara )ulton 2rr, iV the ViVter of Port CommiVVioner 6tephen )ulton, who reFuVed him- Velf from the VpeFial VeV- Vion TueVday niJht beFauVe of a potential FonÀiFt of intereVt 2rr e[plained that the partnerVhip made a leaVe and inYeVtment propoVal to the Port after it beFame Flear that 6mithart¶V leaVe waV terminated and the ho- tel waV eVVentially up for JrabV ³We¶re ready, willinJ and able to Fome in on )ri- day aV well and Fontinue to operate the faFility,´ 2rr told Port FommiVVionerV Marriott Hollander, who had Vpo- ken priYately with the Port and 6mithart and emerJed publiFly aV a Vuitor oYer the paVt few dayV, Vaid he haV been intereVted in brinJinJ a Marriott to $Vtoria and haV looked at VeYeral poten- tial loFationV He had been in talkV with TrabuFFo about a property FloVer to down- town but, when he learned TrabuFFo waV lookinJ at the RiYerwalk ,nn for a proMeFt, he opted to make a pitFh Hollander Vaid he haV the ability to drop a man- aJement team in aV Voon aV )riday, but Vaid the iVVue iV more about whether there iV any leJal liability to hiV Fompany or the Port He told Port FommiV- VionerV he Fould inYeVt anywhere from mil- lion to million in the RiYerwalk ,nn property HiV intereVt, thouJh, alVo e[tendV to deYelopinJ the aFreV the Port ownV in 8niontown ³$ biJ part of my inter- eVt iV to really make Vure that what¶V done there iV done riJht,´ Hollander Vaid ³$nd , haYe a traFk reFord of beinJ able to do it riJht´ Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Shelby Rasmussen, 12, works with her goat, Penelope, in the arena Tuesday. See more photos from the fair online at www.dailyastorian.com. Fair: Talent Vhow VtartV today at pm Continued from Page 1A Her 247-pound breeder, Tweedledum, made it to the ¿nal round in her FlaVV TueV- da\, reFeiYinJ a blue ribbon ³0\ piJV were JoinJ to haYe e[otiF nameV,´ .lemp Vaid, but the\ would haYe been diI¿Fult Ior piJV to un- derVtand 6o Vhe named her marNet piJ Tweedledee 6he haV a third piJ Vhe won¶t Vhow at the Iair .lemp¶V mother, 0elodi .lemp, haV had other Fhildren partiFipate in 4-H at the Iair ³6he¶V baViFall\ born into here,´ 0elodi .lemp Vaid ³,t¶V reall\ Jood Ior NidV be- FauVe the\ learn the FirFle oI liIe´ Community booths The &latVop &ount\ 6her- iII¶V 2I¿Fe waV amonJ man\ JroupV that Fame to the Iair, VuFh aV the 1ational *uard, the Reptile Man and the Clat- Vop Count\ )ire¿JhterV $V- VoFiation The VheriII¶V oI¿Fe had man\ attraFtionV Ior Iair- JoerV, inFludinJ raIÀeV, VtiFN- erV and a patrol Far with liJhtV ÀaVhinJ on diVpla\ ³,t¶V important to uV that we be approaFhable to the Fommunit\,´ Vaid R\an Hum- phre\, a deteFtiYe with the VheriII¶V oI¿Fe Humphre\ Vaid the Iair proYided a poVi- tiYe enYironment Ior them to enJaJe with the Fommunit\ rather than a FriViV Vituation 6iVFilee *ouJe, a patrol oI¿Fer, helped Foordinate the booth¶V preVentation 6he reJ- ularl\ FarrieV itemV liNe VtiFN- erV to JiYe out while Vhe¶V on dut\, taNinJ time to demon- Vtrate that Vhe¶V approaFhable Part of their booth in- YolYed eduFation, inFludinJ boat Vafet\ and Fhildren¶V F\- ber Vafet\ The\ proYided a Tui] with different app iFonV for parentV to identif\ ³:e want parentV to un- derVtand what NidV are doinJ theVe da\V,´ Humphre\ Vaid Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian From left, Kylie McMinn, Alex Thornton, Clarisse Coventry, and Lizzy Barnes ride the Go Gator mini roller coaster at the Clatsop County Fair’s carnival. ‘It’s really good for kids because they learn the circle of life.’ — Melodi Klemp mother of 4-H participant, speaking of the organization Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Ali Clark, 11, pets her lamb, Simon. Clark has raised Si- mon, a Suffolk Cross, for the past six months. Deal days Toda\ iV 6eniorV 'a\, Vo thoVe and older Fan Jet in for a dollar, aFFordinJ to the fair VFhedule Toda\ alVo fea- tureV the ClatVop Count\ Tal- ent 6how VtartinJ at pm Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Ricky Moseley, from the BMX Freestyle Team, catches air during a performance. on the main VtaJe ThurVda\ iV %udd\ 'a\, Vo admiVVion iV free for the VeF- ond perVon when the ¿rVt pa\V full admiVVion 2n ThurVda\, fairJoerV Fan bu\ an all-da\ FarniYal ride braFelet and Jet another for half priFe The Tom Petty tribute band Petty )eYer will play at 7 pm on the main VtaJe )riday iV /um¶V $ppreFi- ation 'ay TeaFherV, poliFe of¿FerV, ¿remen, military and their familieV Jet in for a dol- lar eaFh 6aturday featureV the 4-H faVhion Vhow on the main VtaJe at noon aV well aV -ourney tribute band TouFh¶n, /oYe¶n, 6Tuee]e¶n at 7 pm, alVo on the main VtaJe ReJular admiVVion iV for adultV, for VeniorV 2 and older and Fhildren to 2 yearV old and Fhildren younJer than Jet in free )or the full fair VFhed- ule and more, YiVit the fair¶V webVite at wwwFlatVopfair- JroundVFom Warrenton: µ/et¶V JiYe the pantry Vome aVViVtanFe¶ Continued from Page 1A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian The Astoria Riverwalk Inn as seen from the West End Mooring Basin. 8ltimately, the Fity FhoVe to fund the 1orth CoaVt ChriV- tian 6Fhool beFauVe the fenFe VerYeV a nonreliJiouV purpoVe Meanwhile, the Warrenton ChriVtian ChurFh withdrew itV reTueVt for fundinJ after learninJ the money would Fome from the Fity )or the food pantry, how- eYer, City $ttorney Harold 6now VuJJeVted that JoinJ %eFauVe Clat- throuJh a reliJiouV- Vop Community ly neutral orJani]a- $Ftion VupportV tion would remoYe 1orth CoaVt food the tinJe of improp- pantrieV and aFtV er VpendinJ aV a kind of admin- )ritVFh Vaid that uVinJ ClatVop iVtrator for them, Community $Ftion ³it¶V the loJiFal aV a Jo-between plaFe to put the iV a ³Fomfortable Jrant money,´ way for eYerybody Commi VV ioner Kurt to moYe forward Henry %alenVifer Fritsch with thiV and Vtill Vaid He added that the orJani]ation Fan hold the Jet the pantry Vome help´ Warrenton )ood %ank Pan- try aFFountable for how it VpendV the money In addition, Mayor Mark .uMala Vaid that ClatVop Com- munity $Ftion iV willinJ to FonneFt the pantry with Vtate proJramV, like 2reJon )ood %ank, that Fan help proYide e[tra fundV ³I think thiV iV JoinJ to be a Jreat reVourFe,´ .uMala Vaid ³/et¶V JiYe the pantry Vome aVViVtanFe´ Ilwaco: µ 1obody in ,lwaFo VeemV to want uV here¶ Continued from Page 1A buildinJ on Howerton built and remodeled, and to launFh the YariouV buVineVVeV that e[- iVt there now ³, thinN we¶re pretty Jood where we¶re at riJht now e[- Fept for one thinJ , MuVt Neep hearinJ VtorieV and JoVVip that¶V JoinJ in the Fommuni- ty,´ 6hurleff Vaid, ³and , MuVt want to know, from the mayor, if he¶V Jot an iVVue with uV´ CaVVinelli Vhook hiV head aV 6hurleff Fontinued ³,¶m not tryinJ to point any ¿nJerV at anybody, you know,´ he Vaid, addinJ that Crater waV helpful aV hiV Fompany purVued YariouV permitV, but that thinJV hit a bump, VeeminJly with the mayor, when 6hurleff applied for a bed and breakfaVt permit, openinJ up VeYeral roomV on the top Àoor of hiV buildinJ ´1ow if you haYe an iVVue with uV, or you¶re tarJetinJ uV, ,¶d really like to Jet it oYer with and done, Vir, beFauVe we want to be in buVineVV here in ,lwaFo %ut nobody in ,lwa- Fo VeemV to want uV here :e Vpent a lot of money here and , MuVt want it oYer and , want a µ:elFome, thank you for Fom- inJ to ,lwaFo, thank you for VpendinJ a bunFh of money here and we really want you to be VuFFeVVful and haYe a lonJ buVineVV here¶ :e MuVt want to be leJal, we want to be in buVineVV and we want to haYe a Jood time here and we Fan¶t do it if we keep on beinJ ha- raVVed and , think we¶re beinJ haraVVed riJht now´ 2utVide of the meetinJ, the other buVineVV ownerV aJreed with the Vpirit of 6hurleff¶V VtatementV, VayinJ they felt ,lwaFo¶V leaderVhip waV not open to deYelopment and FhanJe
