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143RD YEAR, NO. 168 DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016 ONE DOLLAR FISHERMEN STEP UP TO SWEET 16 WHS’S WALKER WINS STATE TITLE SPORTS 7A SPORTS 7A At FisherPoets, m ore than words CB ¿ re oI¿ cials confront ouster County clerk certi¿ es recall petitions over chief’s removal By LYRA FONTAINE and R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian A drive to recall three directors from the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection Dis- trict moved forward Friday when petitions were certi¿ ed by the Clatsop County Clerk’s Of¿ ce. The petitions seek the recall of Linda Beck-Sweeney, Garry Smith and Sharon Clyde. The three directors have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to either resign or submit a writ- ten statement of justi¿ cation to the Clerk’s Of¿ ce. If the directors do not Mike resign, the Clerk’s Of¿ ce Balzer anticipates a recall election on April 5 for voters within the ¿ re district. The recall drive is motivated by residents who are upset by the ¿ re protection dis- trict’s ¿ ring of Mike Bal]er as ¿ re chief last October. Cannon Beach resident Susan Neuwirth organi]ed the petition drive and collected letters from current and former volunteer Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian People walk along the intersection of 11th Street and Marine Drive Saturday as a video by Portland-based photographer Corey Arnold is projected on a building . Multi-media show, new faces add to annual celebration Bundy lawyers ¿ re back at Clatsop DA By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian MarTuis ¿ led ethics complaint with state bar A t the heart of the FisherPoets Gathering is the written word. Fishermen share their poetry from worn notebooks, read passages from articles and sing songs. But as the annual Astoria gathering has grown over nearly two decades, new dimen- sions have been added to celebrate commercial ¿ shing and it s community. Visitors can step aboard a ¿ shing boat, view artwork in galleries and watch ¿ lms. Corey Arnold — a Portland-based photog- rapher and commercial ¿ sherman who has pre- sented his photographs at the gathering for the past few years — spent Friday evening setting up a projector on top of his pickup truck. He planned to project video footage he collected from ¿ shing trips in eight different countries around Europe and recent trips in Alaska. The footage played on a 25-minute loop projected on the side of a building along Com- See OUSTER, Page 5A By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian on a side of an entire building. “Motion is so much more fascinating,” Arnold said. In his travels, Arnold said, he hopes to pro- duce more projections for events in different cities, including for the upcoming International Boston Seafood Show. An attorney for the militant who led the occupation at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon called Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis a “narcissist” and a “unique publicity hound” for inserting him- self into the legal drama. Marquis ¿ led an ethics complaint with the Oregon State Bar against Mike Arnold, a Eugene attorney who represents Ammon Bundy, claiming Arnold and attorney Lissa Casey have been trying to inÀ uence potential jurors through news conferences and videos. See FISHERPOETS, Page 10A See LAWYERS, Page 5A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Corey Arnold sets up his projection Saturday night. Arnold’s photographs are on dis- play at Imogen Gallery through March 8. mercial Street near the Imogen Gallery, where his photographs were hanging. Arnold said the multi-media projection added another element to the FisherPoets Gathering. It gave people a sense of place, a sense of being on the ocean, he said. As peo- ple walked between different venues Friday and Saturday night, many stopped in their tracks at the sight of ¿ shing footage projected Tolovana troubleshooter is one to call in a pinch Johnston is the new computer techie in town C ANNON BEACH — Keeping up with sys- tem updates, spotty Internet or cell service, overwhelming amounts of junk emails, and social media platforms can be headache -inducing, even for the computer-savvy. Patrick Johnston hopes to help computer systems run more ef¿ ciently in Cannon Beach and the rest of the North Coast with his new business, Tolovana Tech, which opened in late January. with his 10-year-old daughter, Lillian. Full-time single parent “It seemed like there was a need here with the many hotels and the lack of mobile tech support,” he said. Johnston’s expertise is in Apple and Microsoft products and operating systems, Inter- net connectivity and trouble- shooting, hospitality e-com- merce websites, and helping people navigate hardware or software customer support. He recently moved to Can- non Beach from Salt Lake City As a full-time single par- ent, he enjoys living close to family again. His father, David Vonada, is an architect in Tolovana. Johnston, who grew up in Portland before moving to Utah, is happy to return to his Oregon roots. He recalls spending summers in Cannon Beach as a child. “It’s a beautiful area, with the air and the water,” he said. “My daughter is ecstatic to be here.” See JOHNSTON, Page 5A Patrick Johnston of Tolovana Tech. Lyra Fontaine EO Media Group