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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017 Port plans to dredge West Mooring Basin Sediment is threatening marina docks By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Janet and Len Sheridan are opening Paint with a Pint Friday through Sunday at 1139 Commercial St. Visitors create paintings and can bring their own beverages. Paint with a pint downtown Art teacher opens business By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian For those not able to take her art class at Knappa High School, they can learn paint- ing from Janet Sheridan on the weekends in downtown Asto- ria. But bring your own bottle. Sheridan and her husband, Len, recently opened Paint with a Pint, a storefront born from her events of the same name at Fort George Brewery. Like a teacher lecturing from her easel at the front of class, Sheridan takes up to 40 visitors at a time through the step-by-step creation of 16-by-20-inch painting. Cus- tomers bring their own drinks, although Sheridan said she is working on a liquor license to sell on premises. Sheridan moved to Oregon several years ago from Phila- delphia, where she attended the Tyler School of Art at Tem- ple University and later started teaching, and almost got a job at a paint-and-sip business. “I loved the concept, but the timing wasn’t right,” she said. “And then I got the job at Knappa, and the whole time I kept thinking, ‘Man, Asto- ria would be such an awesome spot for a paint and sip.’” Last March, Sheridan made contact with Fort George co-owner Jack Harris and had her first paint-and-sip class a year ago. “And from there, it just kind of took off.” Sheridan, who’s built up the art program in Knappa over the past four years, said she’s continuing the events at Fort George and trying to bal- ance her two professions. “I’ll Janet Sheridan Janet Sheridan takes visitors through the entire process of creating a 16-by-20-inch painting at Paint with a Pint. remain at Knappa next year, then I’ll take it a year at a time,” she said, adding she hopes to hire a backup instructor. Sheridan said she and Len, both first-time business own- ers, are learning the ins and outs of creating a website and marketing the business. Paint with a Pint, located in the for- mer Gypsy’s Whimsy at 1139 Commercial St., opens from 4 to 8 p.m. Fridays and Sat- urdays, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, as well as doing pri- vate events. Mart Liikane said he, son Kaleva and a friend pulled in around midnight to the Port of Astoria’s West Moor- ing Basin, hoping to refuel their fishing boat, Two Sis- ters, before towing Kaleva’s recently acquired sailboat, the Turtledove, to Hoquiam, Washington. The fueling dock was closed, so the sailors spent the night at a slip in the north- eastern corner of the marina, the Turtledove tied to the Two Sisters, hoping to refuel in the morning. But they woke early Thursday to find the Turtle- dove listing on its side against the Two Sisters, both boats high and dry on a sand bar. The event is a com- mon one at the west marina, where the Port plans to spend $323,000 dredging over the next year. While the Port faces a sea lion occupation of the docks in its east marina, the west has been silting in, leaving some docks on the north and south end laying on the mud at low Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian Kaleva Liikane’s two boats grounded out at low tide on a portion of the Port of Astoria’s West Mooring Basin. The agency plans to dredge the marina in the coming year. tide. Port Executive Director Jim Knight said the Port has not dredged the west marina in 11 years, and that sediment accumulation is now threat- ening docks. The Port has esti- mated the west basin needs 600,000 cubic yards of sed- iment removed, at a cost of between $600,000 and $720,000. Knight said the Port plans to phase the dredging of the marina over the next two to three years, dredging half of the marina this year. 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