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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
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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.´
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