143RD YEAR, NO. 168
DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2016
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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