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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A PriYate airSort oSeration could coVt Port a lot Port reviewing agreement with Brim Aviation The Port needs to better back to Brim and explain the ed airports in Hillsboro and market its properties, Knight Port’s situation. Knight sug- Troutdale are getting crowd- said, which Brim will do. gested that within a month, ed, and some pilot training is Meanwhile, he added, Brim staff could bring back a pro- already drifting toward Asto- Potential counteroffer Aviation owner Burl Brim is posal to the Port Commission. ria. Weston had previously willing to negotiate with the The Port had originally ex- Brim has been providing By EDWARD STRATTON said it would take $80,000 3RUW RQ VKDULQJ IXHO ÀRZDJH plored sending out a request pilot training through a re- The Daily Astorian DQQXDOUHQWZLWKDÀRZDJHIHH SUR¿WV DV %ULP WULHV WR DGG for proposals for operation lated company, Air Rescue at about 20 cents per gallon to customers, so as not to imme- of the airport. But Knight Systems, also principally The Port of Astoria is re- make the deal work. diately hit the Port with such said earlier this year the Port owned by Brim. For training, viewing an agreement with Weston’s written analysis a big loss. VKRXOG PRYH ¿UVW WR KHOS DQ the company temporarily sta- Brim Aviation that would see of Brim’s proposal, presented existing tenant, Brim, expand tioned a black MD-902 Ex- See tKe ¿nancialV the helicopter transport and Tuesday, said the Port would its business. plorer helicopter at the airport. Members of the Airport training company take over go from netting $33,000 a Brim Aviation, which took Safety iVVueV most operations at the Astoria year at the airport to los- Advisory Committee, pilot over transportation for the While Brim Aviation is Regional Airport. ing $52,000 annually under and Port Commission Chair- Columbia River Bar Pilots in Mike Weston, the Port’s Brim’s current proposal, a to- man John Raichl said, are 2012, is contracted for the ser- proposing to operate much of the airport, it is also the sub- director of business develop- tal net loss of $85,000. Mean- generally in agreement with vice through 2022. ment and operations, said the while, Weston’s analysis said, the proposal, but will not Port Commissioner James ject of multiple investigations Port received the proposal in WKH GHDO ZRXOG SUR¿W %ULP make any recommendations Campbell said transporting into safety violations. The Federal Aviation Ad- June. He presented it to the $75,000. Weston said the Port XQWLOWKH\VHHWKH¿QDQFLDOVRI bar pilots is a great spring- Port Commission Tuesday. should make a counteroffer the deal. board to training foreign pi- ministration in December Weston said his and lots, a business Brim is trying SURSRVHG LQ ¿QHV “It essentially takes fuel that doesn’t affect its bottom Knight’s suggestion is to go to expand into. Campbell add- against Brim, alleging that in sales and operations out of line as much. Port and into private hands,” “This is very unusual that Weston said. this airport is highly dependent Brim would like to lease RQIXHOÀRZDJHIRUSUR¿WV´-LP ‘This is very unusual that this airport is highly the Port’s fuel farm for Knight, the Port’s executive di- dependent on fuel flowage for profits.’ $20,800 annually, its main of- rector, said. “Our problem with ¿FHDWWKHDLUSRUWIRU the airport is that we’re not earn- — Jim Knight a month and pay a 8 cents per ing enough money off all the Port’s executive director JDOORQIXHOÀRZDJHIHHWRWKH properties we own.” Port, which it estimated at $10,800 annually based on historic fuel sales. June 2013 the company hoist- ed people with hooks desig- nated for cargo and lacking the approved type of quick-re- leases. The agency further al- leges the company used sin- gle-engine aircraft when two engines were required for the operations. Brim requested to meet with the FAA to discuss the case. The FAA was not immedi- ately available for comment on the status of the case. Brim is also the subject of an investigation by the Na- tional Transportation Safe- ty Board, which is looking into an accident from April 4, 2014, in which a bar pi- lot had to be sheered from a hoist on Brim’s AgustaWest- land delivery helicopter in rough weather, fell a few feet to the deck of the ship he was boarding and fractured his shoulder. Michael Huhn, an investi- gator with the safety board as- signed to the case, said he re- FHQWO\¿QLVKHGJDWKHULQJIDFWV but has yet to analyze them. Fire:&UHZVKDYHEXLOW¿UHOLQHDURXQGHQWLUHSHULPHWHU Continued from Page 1A The site is more than 2 miles from the campground. Operations at the camp- ground remain normal. Fire crews responded with ground crews and the forestry department brought in a helicopter to douse the flames. 0RUH WKDQ ¿UH¿JKWHUV responded — 10 from War- renton and 10 from the for- estry department. Additional help came from a Department of Corrections crew. :DUUHQWRQ¿UHFUHZVZHUH released early Tuesday morn- ing as the forestry depart- ment took command of the ¿UH ZLWK ¿UH¿JKWHUV DQG equipment operators. 7KH FUHZV KDYH EXLOW D ¿UH OLQHDURXQGWKHHQWLUH¿UHSHULP- eter and anchored to the river beach dune on each end. Crews laid about 15,000 feet of hose. A light drizzle sprinkled PRLVWXUH RYHU WKH ¿UH HDUO\ Thursday morning. Ashley Lertora, a spokeswoman for the forestry department, said it was a welcome relief to the night crew which spent Wednesday night mopping Cannery workers reunite up hotspots in the interior of WKH¿UH Today, crews will walk the ¿UHOLQHDQGLGHQWLI\DQGÀDJ hot spots for the hand crews to dig up and douse with wa- ter. &DPS¿UHV LQ GHVLJQDW- ed rings are still allowed in Astoria woman, unborn child die from possible overdose The Daily Astorian Peter Marsh/Submitted Photos Cannery workers will hold a reunion Saturday af- ternoon at Pier 39 after the Astoria Regatta’s Grand Land Parade. The reunion, from 3 to 6 p.m., will in- clude a salmon barbecue, silent auction and live music. A new T-shirt from the Hanthorn Cannery Museum — modeled by Alicia Phifer, of The Fox and The Fawn Boutique downtown — features the iconic photo of two Columbia River Packers Association workers on the dockside holding an octopus. State police offering reward for help with poaching case The Daily Astorian The Oregon State Po- lice Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help to identify who is responsible for a mid-July unlawful killing of a bull elk on Quartz Creek Mainline in Clat- sop County. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. The reward is comprised of $500 from the Oregon Hunters Asso- ciation Turn-In-Poachers program and $500 from the Oregon Hunters As- sociation Clatsop County Chapter. On the morning of July 18, state police were no- tified of a dead bull elk on Quartz Creek Main- line that appeared to have been shot with a handgun about two days prior. The person or people responsible left the ani- mal to waste and removed its antlers. Quartz Creek Mainline intersects with Highway 26 near milepost 27 and leads to Lost Lake. Anyone with informa- tion regarding this case is asked to contact Sgt. Joe Warwick through the Turn-In-Poachers hotline at 1-800-452-7888. Infor- mation may be kept anon- ymous. GO ONLINE www.dailyastorian.com W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 adm ission skate rentals * 3 "+3 $3 5-9 3 Fri 3333333333% + days & Saturdays pm sn ack s, n acho s, can d y & p o p co rn m en tion “ bag of bu tter” for a FREE popcorn ! valid thru 8/31/15 @ the Asto ria Arm o r y 1636 Exchange St. Astoria 503-791-6064 the Fort Stevens State Park campground, but staff is re- minding visitors to attend all ¿UHV DQG GRXVH WKHP WKRU- RXJKO\ZKHQ¿QLVKHG Smoking is prohibited in all state parks except in per- sonal vehicles and in desig- nated campsites. A 35-year-old woman and her unborn child died Wednesday, reportedly from a heroin overdose. Astoria Police responded to the Rivershore Motel for a report of an unconscious woman who had reportedly overdosed. The woman, Torae Shufelt of Astoria, was trans- ported to Columbia Memorial Hospital where she was pro- nounced dead along with her unborn child. An investigation contin- ues into the circumstances of Shufelt and the baby’s death. An autopsy has been scheduled with the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Of- ¿FHLQ3RUWODQG)ULGD\ Arrested in connection with the death was Lacey Sa- ranpaa, 19, of Astoria, for de- livery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphet- amine, tampering with phys- ical evidence and hindering prosecution. Police believe there are other people who have knowledge of or were involved in circumstances leading to Shufelt’s death. Deputy Chief Eric Halv- erson said, “What makes this death particularly tragic, is the loss of both a mother and her unborn child. We will contin- ue to investigate to determine the exact cause of her death.” Anyone who had recent contact with Shufelt or has additional information are asked to contact Detective Nicole Riley or Detective Thomas Litwin at the As- toria Police Department at 503-325-4411 or by email at nriley@astoria.or.us or tlit- win@astoria.or.us. Big board advertising at CMH Field The Daily Astorian The Astoria High School Ath- letic Department is offering ad- vertising for the 2015-16 athletic school year for all events at Co- lumbia Memorial Hospital Field. Advertisements will be scanned into the video board and shown at CMH Field for all high school football and soccer games played at the stadium in the fall. These advertisements will also be presented during all camps and youth events hosted at CMH Field during the year, such as the recent Jordan Poyer Football Camp. In the spring, Astoria base- ball and softball games will al- low for these advertisements to be shown, along with all youth baseball and softball games played at the facility through next July. This year-round advertising package is $500 for the 2015-16 school year and also allows for a business card advertisement to be placed in the fall and winter athletic programs, sold for $1 at all fall and winter athletic events. There are a limited number of commemorative locker name plates available for purchase for permanent recognition in the AHS home locker room, ded- icated to the memory of Jim Mott, class of 1970. Locker name plates are $500 per locker. More information and forms for purchase may be found on the high school’s website: http:// ahs.astoria.k12.or.us/athletics. The AHS Athletic Depart- ment is also offering a donor board advertising package to honor any Astoria Hall of Fame inductee, Hall of Fame team, state championship team, or in- dividual state champion. These teams or individuals will be recognized in the entry way to the stadium at CMH Field. The initial donor board ad- vertiser, JP Plumbing, honors the 1972 AHS Hall of Fame football team; and Arbor Care Tree Specialists is honoring the 2008 state champion football team. Cost of honoring the team or individual of your choice is a $3,000 contribution with pay- ments allowed to be made over a select period of time. The AHS Athletic Depart- ment also offers advertising op- portunities for the Brick House Gymnasium and Tapiola Park RXW¿HOGIHQFHV Contact Astoria athletic di- rector Howard Rub at hrub@as- toria.k12.or.us or 503-298-9419 for more information. Columbia River Maritime Museum Teen A rt W eek A ugust 1 0 -1 4 Barbey Maritime Center Pork Chop D inner Monday – Friday 9 am to 3 pm Friday Art Show 4 pm - 6 pm ala D an Friday A ug 7 th 4 pm ‘til gone $ . ea. 0 0 8 6PM “K araok e D ave” ASTORIA AMERICAN LEGION Clatsop Post 12 1132 Exchange Street 325-5771 $100 Museum members $125 non-members Explore your creativity and be inspired this summer at the Columbia River Maritime Museum! Summer Art Week provides one of a kind opportunities for teens to unleash their imaginations and develop their art making skills. Delve into the local galleries of Astoria for inspiration as we dive into a variety of mediums including: fiber arts, sculpture, painting, drawing and more. The week will culminate with an evening art show that will highlight and exhibit participant’s creations at the Barbey Maritime Center. To register, please contact Education Program Coordinator, Christine Fleming at: fleming@crmm.org or 503 – 325 – 2323
