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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016 Ferry: Donations needed Continued from Page 1A Lint said he plans to bring the watercraft down to Asto- ria sometime next month — weather permitting — just in time for the Astoria Bridge’s 50th anniversary celebration. “We plan to be back in the water within two weeks,” he said. “I’m ready to go down the coast when we get out of the dry dock.” Next week, the board is hold- ing the ferry’s irst fundraising event 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednes- day at Street 14 Coffee. The nonproit needs about $50,000 to pay for the shipyard work in Washington, a marine survey that will allow the board to purchase fuel, insurance, the rest of Lint’s deposit and addi- tional costs, according to board Vice-Chairwoman Dulcye Taylor. The event will feature historic photos of the 92-year-old ves- sel, and board members will be around to chat about the ferry’s history. Joe Leahy, a board mem- ber, will give a short presentation at the top of every hour. “It’s information sharing, it’s friend-raising, it’s fundraising,” Taylor said. Cindy Price, a board mem- ber and Astoria city councilor, said she hopes the fundraiser draws former ferry workers. “I’d love to meet those guys in person,” she said. ‘Part of our history’ These major leaps forward follow a slow but steady year- long push to get the Tourist No. 2 back on the Columbia River. The ferry carried riders and their cars between Astoria and Washington from 1924 to 1966, when the bridge made it and the rest of the city’s ferries obsolete. “It’s a huge part of our his- tory,” Price said. Almost a year ago Rob- ert “Jake” Jacob, the major- ity owner of the Cannery Pier Hotel, got word that the Tour- ist No. 2 — which had been renamed MV Kirkland — still existed. Though he and other community members hoped to haul it home last year, the task proved more involved than the organizers had anticipated. When the ferry arrives, it will be docked at 17th Street, an email from the board mem- bers said. “We are weighing options for long-term docking, including at one of the (Port of Astoria’s) marine basins,” they wrote, add- ing that the ferry’s original dock at 14th Street needs some work before it can be used. The Tourist No. 2 won’t be just another piece of Astoria’s vintage eye-candy: The business Southern Oregon University grad interns at The Daily Astorian Stillman looks forward to covering the community The Daily Astorian Photo courtesy of Christian Lint Melissa Lynch, marketing director for the Tourist No. 2, aka MV Kirkland in Bremerton, Wash., stands beneath five years of tube worm growth on the bottom of the ferry, which is getting pressure-washed at Northlake Shipyard in Seattle this week. plan includes shuttling locals and visitors along the riverfront, à la the Astoria Riverfront Trol- ley. Eventually, the ferry may be rented out for private parties and chartered excursions. “This could be the start of something big again,” said Price, who said she’d like to see the ferry featured in this year’s Astoria Regatta. At 110 feet long, 39 feet wide and 40 feet tall, the three- deck, wooden-hull ferry, built with old-growth timber, can accommodate more than 150 people depending on how it is used, Lint said. “It’s going to be a fun thing,” Andrea Perez, a board member and local historian, said. “It’s going to be a lot of work, and an adventure: A hundred-year-old boat is going to have a lot of his- tory, and need a lot of love.” ‘A remarkable feat’ Donations are needed make it all happen. Specialists have told the board the ferry will cost approximately $350,000 in the irst 18 to 24 months, before full operation. That igure includes moorage, maintenance, licenses and fees, wages and the big- ticket Certiicate of Inspection from the U.S. Coast Guard, the board wrote. Lint said that, after he’s transfered ownership of the ferry, he wants to continue his involvement in the restoration and maintenance. Though he originally bought the ferry sev- eral years ago from a private company just to “lip it” and turn a proit, the Tourist No. 2 has come to mean a lot to him. “I feel so strongly about this boat. It’s like part of my family now,” he said. Taylor knows how he feels. When she saw the ferry for the second time on a sunny day some weeks ago, “she looked bright and shiny at the end of the marina,” she recalled. “I just fell in love with that dang boat.” “It just totally belongs in Astoria,” she said. “To have the opportunity to bring one of the original ferries home … I mean, it’s like a remarkable feat. 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Love Jill, Lori Lynn, and all the family Eli Stillman, a 23-year- old graduate of Southern Oregon University, has joined The Daily Astori- an’s staff as this summer’s Snowden intern. For about 10 weeks, he will work as a general assignment reporter, cov- ering all manner of local stories. “Eli came to us with out- standing recommendations and has approached his stories and the community with enthusiasm,” Man- aging Editor Laura Sellers said. “We look forward to his work this summer.” chief of the campus publica- The Snowden Internship tion The Siskiyou. Program, administered by the Last summer, he interned University of Oregon School at The Rogue Valley Mes- of Journalism and Communi- senger and freelanced for the cation, is a premier Ashland Daily Tid- internship program ings. Before leav- offering paid full- ing SOU, he secured time summer posi- funding to continue tions at various pub- the 90-year-old Sis- lications throughout kiyou, whose future the state. had been uncertain. Astorian report- In journalism, ers Erick Bengel “there are so many and Edward Strat- things you can do ton, and Coast to constantly be get- Eli Stillman Weekend Editor ting better, whether Rebecca Sedlak, are it’s your interview Snowden alumni. tactics or just your “I’m really happy to be a writing, researching, anything part of it,” Stillman said. like that,” he said. Originally from Paradise, Stillman is also a univer- California, Stillman studied sity track and ield star — at Butte Community College and proved it last weekend before transferring to SOU, by winning the Running of where he majored in ilm, tele- the Trolls 5K race at the Asto- vision and convergent media ria Scandinavian Midsummer while working as editor-in- Festival. OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! We’re investing in Salem coverage when other news organizations are cutting back. 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