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SLJQL¿ FDQW XSJrDdH SODQQHd Ior DM9 AVWorLD RHJDWWD, D FLW\ WrDdLWLoQ 4A INSIDE 143rd YEAR, No. 24 MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 ONE DOLLAR ArP\ CorSV SrHYDLOV oYHr OrHJoQ LNG Federal magistrate ¿ nds against energy company %\ DERRICK DHPLEDGE The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Juan Jimenez, right, shows his sheep during the sheep showmanship competition at the Clatsop County Fair . Showing off Keep smiling, even when your pig won’t listen %\ MFKINLEY SMITH The Daily Astorian J uan Jimenez, a 14-year-old sophomore at Astoria High School, knows to pose his sheep for the judge to show off the muscles on its legs. He also knows how to walk his chicken with its head and tail high. L ast week at the Clatsop County Fair, he showed a sheep named Lamborghini, a chicken named Winston and a pig named Tocino. That’s Spanish for bacon. Jimenez, who has been in 4-H for four years, enjoys showing his animals, but it can be frustrating when the animal does not behave in showmanship competition. Nevertheless, it is important to keep a smile on your face . “I kept smiling and tried to go with it even though my pig didn’t listen,” he said. &rLHd oYHr VKHHS Raising and working with animals destined for market can be tough. Jimenez said he cried at the end of last year over his sheep. “If it’s a market animal, don’t get too attached to it,” he said. For instance, now he is careful to stop his sheep from nibbling on him because he knows he will miss that expe- rience when the sheep is gone. Tim Clark, a swine super- intendent, has worked with Jimenez for two years. He said the teenager always keeps his pig pen clean and tidy and is very helpful . “He’s one of the hardest working kids out there,” Clark said. Jimenez couples that work ethic with a drive to improve. He gets better and better each year, Clark said. “If he doesn’t know some- thing, he’ll ¿ nd out the answer or a way to ¿ gure something out,” Clark said. When Jimenez is given advice in the showroom, he immediately puts it to use to improve his showing style, Clark said. Katherine Kahl, Jimenez’s 4-H leader, said he is saving money for college from the auctions. He is also in the A federal magistrate judge has found that Oregon LNG’s challenge to an Army Corps of Engineers ease- ment on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton came too late. Oregon LNG claimed the Army Corps, which has held an easement to deposit dredging spoils since 1957, has no right to land beneath the water that the energy company intends to use for a $6 billion export terminal and pipeline project. The company also wanted the U.S. Dis- trict Court in Portland to declare that the company has the right to access the property across tidelands. But Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta concluded Tuesday that the federal lawsuit should be dismissed because the 12-year statute of lim- itations to bring such a claim under federal law had expired. The federal statute of limitations starts to run in such property title disputes when a complainant knew or should have known that the Unit- ed States claimed an interest in the land. While the Army Corps has not de- posited dredging spoils on the ease- ment since 1992, the judge found that the state and the Port of Astoria — which has leased the property to Oregon LNG since 2004 — knew or should have known of the easement. See LNG, Page 10A CoXrW FDVH JLYHV PorW PorH WLPH oQ KoWHO Smithart will keep control for now %\ DERRICK DHPLEDGE The Daily Astorian Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian See FAIR, Page 10A Juan Jiminez competes in the swine showmanship competition . Miethe rapping out hits for Stealth Warrenton teenager lives, breathes softball S he’s just one of those girls who eats, sleeps and breathes softball. And a l ong season just came to a close for Warrenton’s Landree Miethe, as her 16U Amateur Softball Association team — the Stealth — went 1-3 in the recent n ational c hampionship ‘A’ tournament, held last week in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Stealth opened pool play — along with 184 other teams from around the country — a week ago with a 4-3 win over the White Lightning 99, from Knox- ville, Tenn. The rest of the tournament was not so good for the Stealth, who dropped a 10-4 decision to the Kenosha, Wisc., Cyclones to ¿ nish up pool play followed by a pair of losses to teams from Indiana and Alabama in bracket play Wednesday and Thursday. Still, “it was a lot of fun,” said Miethe, who will be a junior at Warrenton High School this fall. “It’s been a nice ride, and it was a pleasure playing with all my teammates.” %DVHd oXW oI MLOZDXNLH The Stealth are a 16U team based out of Milwaukie. Most of the players are from larger schools, such as Rex Putnam Submitted Photo High School and others in and around Warrenton’s Landree Miethe, right, with Milwaukie. one of her softball idols, former USA See MIETHE, Page 10A national team pitcher Jennie Finch. Brad Smithart will operate the Astoria Riverwalk Inn for a few more weeks. The owner of Hospitality Mas- ters, whose lease on the hotel was terminated by the Port of Astoria for failing to pay rent, has challenged the Port’s attempt to evict him. Smithart’s move Friday sets up a Circuit Court trial on Aug. 11 on the eviction. Three suitors are competing to take over the Uniontown hotel, a potentially valuable waterfront prop- erty, but will have to wait until the legal case plays out. While the Port wants Smithart off the property, the trial gives the Port more time to vet the suitors and work out the details of a management tran- sition. Had Smithart been evicted Fri- day, the Port would have had to se- lect a new operator immediately or been left with the choice of running the hotel or shutting the property down during peak summer season. See PORT, Page 10A