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143RD YEAR, NO. 187 FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016 WEEKEND EDITION SEA LIONS VS. THE PORT ONE DOLLAR OREGON MEN, OSU WOMEN ADVANCE FRIDAY EXTRA 1C SPORTS 4A 5LYHUZDON,QQ¿JKWVSLOOVRYHULQWRFRXUW 3ortlanG hotelier claims IrauG breach oI contract to a court hearing in April aIter the parties trieG anG IaileG to resolYe their GiIIerences. 3aram +otel *roup a 3ortlanG hotel operator sueG the 3ort oI Astoria which owns the hotel in 1oYember on claims oI IrauG anG breach oI contract. The compan\¶s law\er Colin +unter also aGGeG Chester Trab ucco anG :illiam Orr the locall\ connecteG representatiYes oI hotel operator Asto- By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian The battle oYer the operation oI the Astoria 5iYerwalN ,nn is heaGeG ria +ospitalit\ 9entures as co-GeIen- Gants unGer the claim the\ intentionall\ interIereG with a preYious agreement between the 3ort anG 3aram . Orr holGs a maMorit\ ownership in +ospitalit\ 9entures with his wiIe Sara Orr whose brother is 3ort Com- missioner Stephen )ulton. +ospi- talit\ 9entures is registereG to th St. in Astoria owneG b\ a )ul- ton Iamil\ trust. ³The\ pursueG bacNroom Geals with the 3ort anG its goYerning Com- mission in an intentional eIIort to interIere with 3aram¶s e[isting agree- ment to taNe oYer the 5iYerwalN ,nn´ +unter¶s original complaint saiG oI Orr anG Trabucco. ³The\ accom- plisheG this interIerence through improper means incluGing use oI Orr¶s Iamil\ relationship to a 3ort Commission member, misrepresen- tations regarGing their IunGing anG Tuali¿ cations, anG Ialse, Gisparaging comments about 3aram¶s business.´ The parties ¿ rst canceleG a hear- ing scheGuleG in )ebruar\ to pursue meGiation. :hen meGiation IaileG, a hearing scheGuleG Ior last weeN was moYeG to April so the parties coulG haYe more time to prepare. See INN, Page 9A Coast *uarG calls oII search Ior plane SheriII’s OI¿ ce hopes to senG GiYe team Gown By ERICK BENGEL The Daily Astorian Since the park aGGeG Gelu[e cabins ¿ Ye \ears ago, :ing saiG, more Yisitors haYe been enticeG to sta\ Guring the winter. The Gelu[e cabins, which sleep Iour to ¿ Ye people, haYe a liYing room, bathroom anG kitchen. The liYing room has a Iuton couch anG À at screen T9 with a '9' pla\er. 1o linens or utensils are proYiGeG, but the cabins haYe electricit\ anG heat. The 8.S. Coast *uarG has sus- penGeG its search Ior two missing :ashington state resiGents whose plane crash-lanGeG into the Colum- bia 5iYer oII 3ier in Astoria late :eGnesGa\ aIternoon. The Clatsop Count\ SheriII’s OI¿ ce, howeYer, plans to senG a GiYe team into the water Fri- Ga\ to e[plore what the Coast *uarG has GescribeG as an ³uncharteG anomal \´ pickeG up on sonar. John McK- ibbin — a Ior- John mer :ash- McKibbin ington state representatiYe anG Clark Count\ commissioner anG an amateur pilot — was in the priYate plane with a Iamil\ IrienG, ,rene Mustain, oI :ooGlanG, :ashington. The\ haG planneG to scatter the ashes oI Mustain’s husbanG, Terr\, who GieG in October . :eGnes- Ga\ woulG haYe been Terr\ Mustain’s th birthGa\. ³She Must wanteG to spreaG his ashes at the beach on his birthGa\,´ ,rene’s son, Christopher Mustain, oI Seattle, saiG. ³She was Going some- thing on his birthGa\ that she Ielt that she neeGeG to Go.´ +is parents enMo\eG the beach, he aGGeG. McKibbin, , was last seen at appro[imatel\ p.m. :eGnes- Ga\ when he anG Mustain took oII Irom 3earson FielG in 9ancouYer, See FORT STEVENS, Page 13A See PLANE, Page 12A Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Visitors look for clams to dig along the beach at Fort Stevens State Park in February. The usually quiet months between November and February have seen visitor increases to the park in recent years. Fort Stevens is always in season Iour months increaseG Irom , to , between - anG -. That is an increase oI , campsites useG in one \ear. This past winter saw a consis- tent turnout oI more than , campsites useG Irom 1oYember to )ebruar\. :hat was consiGereG a Iour- month oIIseason has shrunk to 'ecember anG -anuar\, when Yisit- ing Gips below , Iull campsites each month. There is new Yisitor interest at state park in winter months By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian A55E1TO1 — )ort Ste- Yens State 3ark no longer has much oI an oIIseason. TraGitionall\ s low winter months haYe speG up at the state park with more Yisitors braYing the weather to recreate or GeciGing to sta\ warm insiGe new Gelu[e cabins. Consis- tent Yisitation leaYes little time Ior park rangers to ¿ nish maintenance proMects in time Ior the peak sum- mer months. ³There were the times when some parks eYen closeG in the win- ter on the coast,´ )ort SteYens State 3ark Manager Teri :ing saiG. ³1ot an\ more. :e are open \ear-rounG.´ W ‘Cozy and warm’ Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian People fish at Coffenbury Lake at Fort Stevens State Park. The park is forming a partnership with Clatsop Paddle Co . to offer adventure pack- ages that bundle a stay at the park with paddle boarding on the lake. AttenGance peakeG last \ear in -ul\, when , campsites were occupieG. On some Ga\s in the summer, the park’s population mir- rors the largest cities in Clatsop Count\. :hile the park e[pects high turn- out arounG -ul\, the usuall\ Tuiet months between 1oYember anG )ebruar\ haYe seen Yisitor increases in recent \ears. Campsites occupieG in those Initiative would put liquor on the grocery list Sponsors can now begin collecting signatures By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — The Ore- gon Supreme Court certi- ¿ eG the ballot title Ior a gro- cer-bacNeG ballot initiatiYe that woulG priYati]e liTuor sales in Oregon. The certi¿ cation on Thurs- Ga\ came aIter the court GenieG a reTuest b\ sponsors oI ,nitiatiYe 3etition to reYise the ballot title written b\ the Oregon Attorne\ *en- eral¶s OI¿ ce. Sponsors *err\ 'or\ anG L\nn *ust oI :il- sonYille obMecteG to a state- ment in the title that saiG the measure woulG ³eliminate liTuor reYenue.´ The ballot certi¿ cation clears the wa\ Ior the spon- sors to collect the sig- natures neeGeG to place the measure on the 1oYember ballot. ³:e¶re pleaseG with the court¶s reYiew is concluGeG anG eager to begin engag- ing Girectl\ with Oregonians about getting the state out oI the business oI promoting anG selling liTuor´ 5uG\ 'or\ co-IounGer oI %enG¶s emplo\- ee-owneG 1ewport AYenue MarNet anG co-sponsor oI the initiatiYe saiG in a statement. The measure woulG enG state sale anG Gistribution oI liTuor anG allow beer anG wine retailers incluGing gro- cer\ stores to sell liTuor. 3riYati]ation woulG result in the loss oI more than million in state reYenue useG to pa\ Ior state anG local ser- Yices accorGing to Orego- nians Against The TaNeoYer a coalition oI labor organi]a- tions craIt brewers Gistillers anG winemaNers that opposes the ballot initiatiYe. See LIQUOR, Page 9A Don Ryan/AP Photo Brittany Whalen makes change for a sale at a liquor store in Portland. Operating under a group called Oregonians for Competition, Oregon grocers have had their ballot title certified for a ballot measure that would allow hard liquor sales to be privitized.
