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143RD YEAR, NO. 183 DailyAstorian.com MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 ONE DOLLAR LOGGERS PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF KITZHABER GOES PUBLIC AGAIN SPORTS 5A PAGE 3A Gillnetters want state to halt ban By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Bureau SALEM — Commercial gill- netters said Oregon should halt its phased-in ban of their salmon ¿ sh- ing method in the main channel of the Columbia River. Speaking to the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlfe Commis- sion on Friday, panelists representing gillnetters said alternative commer- cial ¿ shing methods are expensive or unproven, and plans to develop salmon runs in side channels show little promise. Astoria ¿ sherman Jim Wells, pres- ident of Salmon for All, said only big migratory ¿ sh returns the past cou- ple years have kept gillnetters operat- ing. He said limiting gillnetting to the Columbia’s side -channel sloughs will cost commercial anglers two-thirds of their income. “We’ve been lucky to have big runs,” Wells said. “Our income is coming off the mainstem. We need to be there.” He and others asked the commis- sion to halt implementation of the main channel gillnetting ban, which takes full effect in 2017. The commis- sion wasn’t scheduled to take action Friday, but invited panels to speak on the issue. Opposing view Sport ¿ shing groups, led by the Coastal Conservation Association, take the opposite view. More than two-dozen backers, many of them wearing red CCA caps, attended the commission meeting to support the Columbia River Harvest Eagle dies after attack by rival Management Plan adopted by Oregon and Washington in 2013. The sport¿ shers argue that gillnet- ting is an indiscriminate method that catches and kills salmon whether they are hatchery raised or wild. “With over a dozen Columbia River salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the (federal) Endangered See GILLNETTERS, Page 10A Paci¿ c Coast Seafood heads home Fish processor to rebuild plant in Warrenton By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian John Dudley/Submitted Photos An injured male bald eagle looks forlorn and droopy on a small log after a fight with another eagle Friday morning in Gearhart. Despite efforts, rescuers can’t save injured bird By LYRA FONTAINE and R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian G EARHART — A bald eagle injured in a ¿ ght with another eagle did not sur- vive the weekend. The ¿ ght, possibly over a mate, took place at Gearhart’s Necanicum Estuary Fri- day morning. “Sadly, the eagle didn’t make it through his ¿ rst night with us,” Josh Saranpaa, director of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast said Saturday. Eagles do battle A male bald eagle was injured after a fight with another eagle Friday morning in Gearhart. At about 11:30 a.m. Friday, Gearhart resident John Dudley was washing the win- dows of his Little Beach home when neigh- bor Brian Fennerty called out , “Are you watching this?” Dudley, a photographer, followed Fen- nerty toward the shore where two adult eagles were brawling. “One was attacking the other on the ground,” Dudley said. The ¿ ght began in the shallow water of the channel, he said. The injured eagle attempted to ¿ nd safety on the sand, but the attack continued. When Fennerty and Dudley approached, the attacking bird “peeled off and left the other one,” Dudley said. The injured eagle “really looked in bad shape .” Through binoculars and the long lens of his camera, Dudley could see the injured eagle sitting on the sand. Its wings were listless and hanging on his side and his head was down. “He was in bad shape,” Dudley said. “He looked dirty, waterlogged and bloody.” See EAGLE, Page 10A WARRENTON — Paci¿ c Coast Seafood is coming back to the Ski- panon River. A town hall Saturday with state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, in the Warrenton City Commis- sion chambers was especially ¿ t- ting, given the $3 million she helped secure from the state Legislature to return the city’s largest employer. With Daniel Occhipinti, general counsel for Paci¿ c Seafood Group, Johnson announced the company’s intent to rebuild and start process- ing seafood by spring of next year at the former Paci¿ c Coast Seafood plant on the western banks of the Skipanon . The plant burned down in June 2013. See PROCESSOR, Page 10A The Daily Astorian/File Photo A fire tore through the Pacific Coast Seafood plant in Warren- ton in June 2013, leaving hun- dreds without work until Pacific Seafood relocated to a former seaplane hangar at North Tongue Point. The company plans a re- turn to Warrenton by next spring. Hygienist strives to infuse fun in dental visits Seeks to reduce anxiety, educate or some of us, going to the dentist is regarded as just one of those unpleasant neces- sities of life. A study done by the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine found that 9 to 15 percent of Amer- icans avoid seeing the dentist because of anxiety and fear. That’s about 30 to 40 million people. Cathy Jo Kirkpatrick calls it “dental anxiety.” A d ental h ygienist at Gear- hart Dentistry for the last eight years, Kirkpatrick says more and more dental of¿ ces are F striving for a positive experi- ence for the patient. At Gearhart Dentistry, Kirkpatrick says, “Dr. (Stepha- nie) White likes to have a spa- like atmosphere, because den- tal anxiety is so common. It doesn’t have to be that way.” From water fountains in the lobby to chairs with massage technology , “There’s tech- niques, methods and materi- als that can be used to allevi- ate people’s fears, so that they can have a positive and com- fortable experience,” Kirkpat- rick said. “And once they get to know us and realize it doesn’t have to be uncomfortable, that allevi- ates their fears, they relax and the dental anxiety becomes less and less.” Kirkpatrick loves her job and loves to educate people on dental care. After all, she has dedicated the last 12 years of her life to it. She took two years of pre- requisites at Clatsop Commu- nity College, then two years full time in the d ental h ygiene program at Mt. Hood Commu- nity College, before joining Gearhart Dentistry. Submitted Photo See HYGIENIST, Page 10A Her co-workers helped Cathy Jo Kirkpatrick celebrate her birthday at work earlier this month.
