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Comets bow out Naselle ends run at state SPORTS • 7A SPORTS • 7A 143rd YEAR, No. 99 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 ONE DOLLAR France falls silent Police hunt IXJLWLYHQDPH mastermind By LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press Courtesy Clatsop County Narcotics Task Force/File Photo The evidence of the drugs is displayed after a February 2014 bust at a residence on Alameda Avenue in Astoria. 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But there he was bright and early on Veteran s Day at Buoy Beer &R OHDUQLQJ KRZ WR PDNH wort for the brewery’s cream DOHZLWKWKHKHOSRI'DQ+DP ilton, a homebrewer and one RIWKHFRPSDQ\¶VFRIRXQGHUV Coberly is Buoy Beer’s IRUD\ LQWR H[SRVLQJ VWXGHQWV to the trades and a growing craft brew industry. ³, KDG SUHYLRXVO\ EUHZHG ZLWK P\ XQFOH OLNH KRPH brewing in his house before, DQG,ZDVMXVWNLQGRILQWHUHVW ed in it,” Coberly said. “And WKHQ WKLV RSSRUWXQLW\ DURVH and I thought it would be a JRRGH[SHULHQFH´ Coberly goes to Buoy %HHUVHYHUDOWLPHVDZHHNWR follow Hamilton, a former high school counselor, learn- ing about the ingredients that JR LQWR %XR\¶V EHHU WKH SUR cess of brewing, maintaining HTXLSPHQWDQGPDUNHWLQJDQG distributing beer regionally. 7KH H[SHULHQFH LV WHFKQL cally Coberly’s sixth class, af- Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Brendan Coberly is interning at Buoy Beer. WHUDGYDQFHGSODFHPHQWFDOFX courses at the high school, OXV(QJOLVKSHUVRQDO¿QDQFH along with football, wrestling SV\FKRORJ\ DQG OHDGHUVKLS DQG RWKHU FDPSXV DFWLYLWLHV Coberly said his career goals aren’t necessarily in brewing, although he is interested in brewing, engineering and re- newable energy. Hamilton said with the time constraints Coberly face , KH WULHV WR PDNH WKH H[SHUL HQFH PRUH FDUHHUH[SORUDWRU\ WKDQ LQWHQVLYH HGXFDWLRQ LQ brewing. But by the end of his time at Buoy Beer, Coberly ZLOO XVH WKH EUHZHU\¶V SLORW system to turn out a batch of his own. “We really need the ROGIDVKLRQHG DSSUHQWLFH VKLS WKLQJ EDFN DJDLQ´ VDLG Hamilton, who bemoans the See COBERLY, Page 4A
