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143rd YEAR, No. 124 MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Dredge spoil site could change Oregon LNG dispute Corps not looking for new site, however, spokesman says By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is unlikely to give up an easement on a portion of the Skipanon Peninsula voluntari- ly so that Oregon LNG can build a OLTXH¿HG QDWXUDO JDV IDFLOLW\ WKHUH — unless, perhaps, the city of War- UHQWRQ FDQ ¿QG DQRWKHU VLWH IRU WKH Corps to deposit dredge spoils, an Army Corps spokesman said Friday. The land has been the subject of an ongoing legal squabble between the Army Corps and the energy company . In September, Mike Connors, a Portland attorney representing Ore- gon LNG, said at a public hearing on the company’s land use permit appli- cations in Warrenton that he suspects the Army Corps may want some- thing in return for the easement. He said that the dispute may get re- solved outside of litigation if the two parties can reach an agreement. But Matt Rabe, Army Corps chief of public affairs, said he doesn’t be- lieve that outcome is very probable. “I don’t think it’s feasible that the Corps and Oregon LNG would be able to work out a deal between the two parties,” Rabe said. “Where things stand right now, we have an easement with the city of Warrenton to use the property for a disposal site for our navigation activities there on the lower river, and that’s a piece of property that we need in our invento- ry in order to maintain the channel.” He added, however: “I don’t see anything moving off from there unless the city of Warrenton were to bring us a proposal for an alternative site.” No need for an alternative The city has spoken about the easement issue with Oregon LNG and the Army Corps, which has not asked for an alternative site, City Manager Kurt Fritsch said. “It’s just sort of out there as an idea,” he said. “It’s not something that, at this point, we’re taking any actions on. If somebody proposes something to us, then we’ll take a look at it.” See LNG, Page 10A A BRIGHT SPOT Fire ON ANOTHER TOUGH SUNDAY alarm Volunteer-heavy ¿UHGHSDUWPHQWV cope with changing training standards Second of Two Parts By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group 7DPPLH 0D\¿HOG RI 5DLQLHU lived in Astoria when Poyer played in high school and led the Fisher- men to a state title in 2008. She watched him grow up and play sports with her children. To VKRZ KHU VXSSRUW 0D\¿HOG PDGH signs for the game Sunday, includ- ing one that read: “The loud and proud Astoria crowd!” “This was huge. He’s not home very often,” she said. “We used to VHHKLPSOD\RQWKH¿HOGHYHU\)UL day night.” 6($6,'( ² 9ROXQWHHU ¿UH GH partments, in the past, were a lit- tle loose. “ Drill nights were beer and poker,” Hamlet Fire Chief Bill Boone says. T hose days are long gone. 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If they want to operate D VSHFL¿F DSSDUDWXV OLNH D ODGGHU truck or a pumper, there is additional training and practice drives. “Each piece of equipment, you have to be at a different level to run,” Seaside Fire Chief Joey Daniels said. $VLGH IURP ¿UH¿JKWLQJ UH quirements, there is the world of Emergency Medical Service . The Occupational Safety and Health Ad- ministration mandates volunteers get VWDQGDUG&35¿UVWDLGDQGDXWRPDW HGH[WHUQDOGH¿EULOODWRU FHUWL¿FD WLRQ)LUH¿JKWHUVDOVRDUHHQFRXUDJHG to become EMTs or emergency med- ical responders, a training offered through the Clatsop County Fire- ¿JKWHUV $VVRFLDWLRQ RU SDUWQHUVKLSV EHWZHHQ GHSDUWPHQWV )LUH¿JKWHUV See POYER, Page 7A See FIREFIGHTERS, Page 10A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Jordan Poyer lets out a laugh as he takes the field to start the game against the Seahawks at CenturyL ink Field in Seattle Sunday. Poyer returns to Northwest in Browns’ loss to Seahawks when Seattle played the Miami Dolphins, his mother’s favorite team at the time. Now all of Poyer’s family are Browns fans. “I saw a lot of familiar faces in the stands,” Poyer said. “Whether they are Seahawks fans or Browns fans, yelling my name, “Poyer.” It was super cool.” By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian S EATTLE — The Cleveland Browns may have suffered through another lopsided loss on Sunday, but when Jordan Poyer emerged from the visiting team’s locker room at Centu- ryL ink Field , he was immediately embraced by his friends and fam- ily. 7KH %URZQV¶ VDIHW\ ¿QLVKHG SOD\LQJ KLV ¿UVW SURIHVVLRQDO IRRW EDOOJDPHLQWKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW after making a name for himself at Astoria High School and Oregon State University. Waiting for him was his father, mother, younger brother, high school football coach, teammate in college and dozens of other sup- porters who made the trip from the Astoria area. “He was so excited to play here,” Julie Poyer, Poyer’s moth- er, said. “This has been his dream from when he was little.” Loud and proud Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Jordan Poyer blocks Seahawks’ Marcus Burley, No. 28, during a kick return in the first quarter of the football game against the Sea- hawks at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday. Poyer, 24, played football at CenturyL ink Field a couple of times in college against the Univer- sity of Washington and Washington State University. 6XQGD\ PDUNHG KLV ¿UVW SUR fessional outing playing against the Seattle Seahawks, a team he grew up rooting for. He went to a Seahawks game as a fan years ago Job Corps student tackles the U.S. Senate C atherine Sautner, a glaz- ing student at Tongue Point Job Corps Center, has a busy holiday break ahead of her. In early January, Sautner heads from her hometown of Hillsboro to Washington, D.C., where she will intern for U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore ., for 12 weeks. “It’s an extremely good opportunity that I didn’t ex- pect to get,” the 25-year-old Sautner said. “I didn’t go to college, so I didn’t expect to be a real contender for an in- ternship with a senator.” Sautner has never been to the nation’s Capitol before. She graduated from Westview High School in Portland and attended Le Cordon Bleu Col- lege of Culinary Arts in 2011. At Tongue Point, she stud- ies glazing windows and has served on campus as an art technician, a staff aid in a res- idence hall and as a member of a peer -intervention panel. As to why she was chosen, Sautner said it might have to do with the platinum National &DUHHU 5HDGLQHVV &HUWL¿FDWH she received through college and career testing company $&7 $ SODWLQXP FHUWL¿FDWH means Sautner’s employabil- ity skills match 99 percent of the 16,000 occupations ACT researched . Her acceptance letter for the internship came from Wayne Binkley, a director of scheduling and staff for Wyden. “You will be responsible for a broad range of constit- uent services, as well as as- VLVWLQJVWDIIZLWKWKHLURI¿FLDO duties,” Binkley wrote . “Your assignments will include, but Submitted Photos not be limited to, assisting with incoming constituent Catherine Sautner, a glazing student at Tongue Point Job See SAUTNER, Page 10A Corps Center, secured an internship this winter with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden.
