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143rd YEAR, No. 30 TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015 ONE DOLLAR A new watch for Station Cape D 1HZFRPPDQGHUWDNHVRYHUDWRQHRI&RDVW*XDUG¶VPRVWFKDOOHQJLQJVSRWV By KATIE WILSON EO Media Group &$3(',6$332,170(17:DVK² ,WZDVWKHSDUWRIWKHFHUHPRQ\ZKHQWUDGL- WLRQDOO\WKHZLIHRIWKHGHSDUWLQJFRPPDQG- LQJRI¿FHUUHFHLYHVÀRZHUV%XW86&RDVW *XDUG/W6WHYH0F*UHZRIIHUHGDEOXHDQG ZKLWHVLJQLQVWHDGDWVXQDPLZDUQLQJVLJQ WKDWVKRZVDGHVSHUDWH¿JXUHUDFLQJXSDKLOO Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian DPRQVWURXVZDYHFORVLQJLQEHKLQG %ULKLVZLIH0F*UHZH[SODLQHGKDGQ¶W wanted to move to the coast for fear of a WVXQDPL²DYHU\UHDOSRVVLELOLW\IRU:HVW &RDVWFRPPXQLWLHVOLYLQJDORQJWKH&DVFD- GLD6XEGXFWLRQ]RQH6KH¶GORRNDWZDUQLQJ VLJQVOLNHWKHRQH0F*UHZKHOGLQKLVKDQGV DW WKH ÀHHLQJ ¿JXUH DW WKH ZDYH DOUHDG\ KLJKHU WKDQ WKH ¿JXUH¶V KHDG DQG PRYLQJ IDVWDQGVD\³+H¶VQRWJRLQJWRPDNHLW´ ³:HOO%UL´VDLG0F*UHZDWWKHFKDQJHRI FRPPDQGFHUHPRQ\$XJ³ZHPDGHLW´ $W WKH FHUHPRQ\ KHOG DW WKH ROG &DSH 'LVDSSRLQWPHQWOLJKWKRXVHZLWKWKH%XR\ VSRUW¿VKHU\LQIXOOVZLQJRQWKH&ROXPELD 5LYHU IDU EHORZ 0F*UHZ SDVVHG RQ FRP- mand of one of the Coast Guard’s most chal- OHQJLQJVWDWLRQVWRLQFRPLQJ/W7RP&RQGLW See CONDIT, Page 10A Lt. 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