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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015
Port: µWe¶Ye
Jot to Jet an
operator into
thiV hotel¶
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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´
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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
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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¶
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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¶
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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