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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2016 Warrenton father found drowned in Smith Lake Young son exSected to Iull\ recover The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — A War- renton man drowned Sunda\ when a canoe he and his \oung son were in caSsized on Smith Lake, according to the ClatsoS Count\ SheriII’s OIIice. .\le +arkless, , and his son, Logan, , were boat- ing on the lake in a 1-Ioot canoe that overturned some- time mid-aIternoon. Res- cuers determined the Iather was not wearing a Sersonal Ilotation device. Logan, who wore a liIe Macket, was rescued b\ sev- eral witnesses, including +eather W\land, a Iemale witness who swam to the \oung bo\’s aid, desSite the cold weather. Logan and W\land were treated at Columbia 0emo- rial +osSital Ior Sossible h\- Sothermia but are exSected to make a Iull recover\, the sheriII’s oIIice said. The ClatsoS Count\ 0arine 3atrol and ClatsoS Count\ Dive Team were able to locate the bod\ oI .\le +arkless aIter 0 min- utes oI searching near where witnesses saw the canoe caS- size. ³This horrible incident is Must another reminder wh\ SeoSle should use extreme caution when boating in in- clement weather and alwa\s wear a Sersonal Ilotation de- vice, regardless oI the con- ditions,´ the sheriII’s oIIice Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Authorities help search Smith Lake for Kyle Harkless after his canoe overturned in the lake. said in a statement. ³We ex- tend our deeSest condolenc- es to the Iamilies aIIected b\ this tragic accident.´ The ClatsoS Count\ Sher- iII’s OIIice, the Warrenton 3olice DeSartment, the War- renton Fire DeSartment and the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria also arrived on scene to assist in rescue and recover\. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Authorities searched for a missing father at Smith Lake Sunday. He was found drowned. Coast Guard aviation histor\ comes to Warrenton The Daily Astorian Photo courtesy of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter with a yellow paint scheme lands at Air Station Astoria Friday. The helicopter is the first specially painted aircraft delivered during the centennial cel- ebration of Coast Guard aviation, and will operate out of the War- renton base for the next four years. WARRENTON — U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Astoria welcomed a \ellow 0+-0 Ja\hawk helicoSter Frida\ in celebration oI 100 \ears oI Coast Guard avia- tion. The helicoSter arrived Irom the Coast Guard’s Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth Cit\, North Carolina, and will oSerate out oI the Warrenton base Ior the next Iour \ears. ³We are honored to re- ceive the ¿rst Ja\hawk with a historic Saint scheme and look Iorward to using it to continue the watch that our aviators so valiantl\ stand,´ CaSt. Daniel Tra- vers, commander oI Coast Guard’s Sector Columbia River, said in a release. ³This Ja\hawk ma\ look diIIerent than our orange and white ones, but its mis- sion remains the same, to Srotect the mariners that call the 3aci¿c Northwest home.´ The Ja\hawk is Saint- ed \ellow to reSresent the Saint scheme that Coast Guard and Nav\ helicoS- ters used in the late 1940s and earl\ 1950s. Exam- Sles include the Sikorsk\ +OS-1G used Irom 194 to 1955 and the Sikorsk\ +O4S used Irom 1951 to 1966. An 0+-65 DolShin helicoSter is scheduled to be delivered to Air Sta- tion North Bend later this month. These two aircraIt are the ¿rst oI the 16 centen- nial Sainted aircraIt in the countr\. Altogether, three diIIerent Coast Guard air- craIt t\Ses, including the Ja\hawk and DolShin he- licoSters and the +C-144 Ocean Sentr\ airSlane, are receiving historic Saint schemes reSresenting var- ious eras oI Coast Guard aviation. Coast Guard aviation oI- ¿ciall\ began ASril 1, 1916, when 3rd Lt. Elmer Stone reSorted to Àight training in 3ensacola, Florida. The Coast Guard is celebrating the centen- nial oI Coast Guard avi- ation throughout this \ear. Top tier for Warrenton robotics team Coast Guard rescues mariners near Gra\s +arbor The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The F1shSt1ckz, Warrenton Grade School’s Lego robotics team, Zon ¿rst Slace Ior their SroM- ect at the FIRST Lego League state chamSionshiS tourna- ment Jan. 10. The team won the Google Data Center Research Award, which recognizes a team that utilizes diverse resources to Iormulate an in-deSth and comSrehensive understand- ing oI the Sroblem the\ have identi¿ed. The ¿rst Lego League challenges students to tackle a diIIerent real-world Sroblem each \ear, using both Lego ro- botics and teamwork. About 0 teams Irom around the state comSeted Jan. 10 at Lib- ert\ +igh School in +illsboro. F1shSt1ckz is comSrised oI students Irom the Iourth through seventh grades, in- cluding Dwa\ne Wallace, Levi Cabalona-Qualin, Evan Lake\, Connor 0oha, Evan Augustin, Nikia Farrow, Zan- der 0oha, Annie +e\en and 0arlie Annat. Submitted Photo The F1shSt1ckz, Warrenton Grade School’s Lego robot- ics team, won first place for their project at the FIRST Lego League state champi- onship tournament Jan. 10 in Hillsboro. This \ear’s challenge, Trash Trek, tasked teams with how to reduce trash in the school caIeteria. In ¿nding a solution, F1shSt1ckz mem- bers talked with school em- Slo\ees, Recolog\ Western Oregon and local Iarmers, as- sessing the needs, costs, Sro- cedures and viabilit\ oI the various solutions. Submitted Photo Connor Moha, left, and Nikia Farrow of Warrenton Grade School’s F1shSt1ckz pro- gram a Lego Mindstorms robot during the Oregon First Lego League state championships at Liberty High School in Hillsboro. The next challenge was to share their solution. Annat wrote a Sla\, ³The Adventures oI ComSost 0an and Rec\cle Gu\,´ that the team SerIormed Ior ¿rst graders to exSlain re- c\cling and comSosting Iood waste. Along with their SroM- ect, F1shSt1ckz was Mudged on the amount oI SreSro- grammed tasks the\ were able to comSlete with their E9 Lego 0indstorms ro- bot, along with the team’s core values. ³Our team learned about building techniques, like how the gears move in the sorter,´ 0oha, a Iourth-grad- er, said. ³I learned how to connect maMor gear contraS- tions.´ Annie +e\en, a member oI last \ear’s F1shSt1ckz that won the SroMect Sortion last \ear with their ³Germ 0adness´ Sla\ and Sresen- tation on how to imSrove the wa\ kindergartners wash their hands, said the team balanced the three Sarts oI the comSetition b\ teaching new team members how to Srogram the robot. The F1shSt1ckz team is suSSorted b\ the War- renton-+ammond School District, along with a $500 donation last \ear Irom the Canner\ 3ier +otel to bu\ a second Lego robot. Local law\er to run Ior Circuit Court Mudge The Daily Astorian ClatsoS Count\ law\er Dawn 0cIntosh has ¿led to run Ior Circuit Court Mudge in the 0a\ election to reSlace Judge 3hiliS Nelson, who will retire this \ear. 0cIntosh, who works Ior 0cIntosh and Long in Gear- hart, Srimaril\ handles do- mestic relations, Muvenile and criminal cases in ClatsoS and Tillamook counties. She moved to ClatsoS Count\ in 199, when Dis- trict Attorne\ Josh 0arquis hired her as chieI deSut\ dis- trict attorne\. She suServised all child abuse and maMor sex crimes Srosecutions in ClatsoS Count\ Irom 199 to 003. She chaired the count\ multi- disciSlinar\ team Ior investi- gation oI child abuse cases. In 1999, she was named the Oregon District Attorne\s Attorne\’s OI¿ce Association’s Child throughout law Abuse 3rosecutor oI school and was hired the Year. as an assistant district In 001, she re- attorne\ uSon gradu- ceived an FBI award ation. She worked Ior her outstanding in the Muvenile and record in the Srose- child abuse units and cution oI oIIenders. received a citation In addition, she was Ior her work on the a Iounding member Dawn 0ultnomah Count\ oI ClatsoS Count\’s McIntosh District Attorne\’s Lighthouse Ior .ids, an assessment center child abuse team. Ior abused children. 0cIntosh is married and 0cIntosh taught law\ers at the National District Attorne\s Association National Advoca- c\ Center in 001 on rural do- mestic violence issues and trial advocac\. As an instructor at ClatsoS Communit\ College, she received the college’s 0er- itorious Service Award. 0cIntosh graduated Irom Lewis and Clark Law School in 199. She interned at the 0ultnomah Count\ District 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 has one child, one steSchild, and two grandchildren. She served on the Cannon Beach 3TA, and she is a Iormer coach and sSonsor oI Seaside .ids and Lower Columbia Youth Soccer Association. David GoldthorSe, a Clat- soS Count\ Srosecutor Ior the Sast six \ears, announced his camSaign to reSlace Nelson in October. The election will be held 0a\ 1. The Daily Astorian GRAYS +ARBOR, Wash. — A U.S. Coast Guard air crew hoisted two mari- ners Irom a 5-Ioot Canadi- an-Àagged sailing vessel 5 miles west oI Gra\s +arbor, Washington, Saturda\. Sector Columbia River watchstanders received a call Irom the vessel’s oSerator Saturda\ morning while the\ were tr\ing to cross the bar into Gra\s +arbor. The\ had been underwa\ Ior 10 da\s but unable to return to Sort because oI severe weather and mechanical Sroblems, including a rudder tangled in crab Sot lines and a ruStured Iuel tank. The Coast Guard keeSs two 4-Ioot 0otor liIeboats in WestSort, Washington, read\ to escort vessels in case oI emergencies, but the bar was restricted to recreation- al traI¿c and too dangerous Ior the sailboat to cross. The mariners anchored their ves- sel and donned survival suits. The crew oI an 0+-60 Ja\- hawk helicoSter disSatched Irom Air Station Astoria hoisted them to saIet\ and took them to Station Gra\s +arbor. ³There are currentl\ gale warnings, high surI adviso- ries and small craIt advisories Ior wind, rough bar and haz- ardous seas in aIIect along the Oregon and Washington coasts, with more weather s\stems Sredicted to arrive earl\ next week,´ said 3ett\ OI¿cer 1st Class Starr Frank- lin, oSerations unit controller Ior Sector Columbia River, in a release Saturda\. ³We strongl\ urge checking the weather Srior to getting un- derwa\ and highl\ caution against going out in adverse weather.´ ENTIRE STOCK 1 / 2 OFF Seaside • Cannon Beach Enter your baby in The Daily Astorian’s Cutest Baby Contest for 2015 If your baby was born between Jan 1st & Dec 31st of 2015, you can submit your The On-Air Radio Auction is January 23rd, 9am to 1pm NEWS TALK FOR THE COAST Providing live a nd loca l new s covera ge every da y Y ou could see it ton igh t, rea d a bout it tom orrow or h ea r it live N O W ! newborn’s picture either via email at classifieds@dailyastorian.com or drop by one of our offices in Astoria or Seaside and we can scan in the photo for you. 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