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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017 National Night Out breaks record in Cannon Beach Over 150 connect with police, first responders Luke Forsberg, right, takes a shot at working a fire hose with assistance from members of the Cannon Beach Fire Department as part of the fourth annual National Night Out on Tuesday. By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Fishing guide Tom Burgess said his clients caught their limit early and he even had a chance to fish as the Buoy 10 recreational fishery was underway starting Tuesday. Fishing: Will continue through August Continued from Page 1A He has every reason to think the Buoy 10 fishery will be good this year despite a less than stellar spring season on the river. A combined total of nearly a million coho and Chi- nook salmon are expected to come up the river this summer and fall. However, a smaller-than- expected return of steelhead will restrict anglers this year, as fishery managers roll out the fishery in such a way as to pro- tect those fish. Warrenton Harbormas- ter Jane Sweet and her crew have spent the days leading up to the Buoy 10 opener get- ting the Warrenton and Ham- mond marinas ready for the heavy traffic that will con- tinue throughout the month of August. “You name it, we’re doing it,” Sweet said. The Hammond Marina, especially, takes a beating this time of year. All the slips are full, both for annual and monthly leases at the Hammond Marina. The Buoy 10 fishery will continue through August. Port: Commission voted 3-0 to exit lease Continued from Page 1A Building a shipyard Hyak’s CEO and co-owner Robert Dorn shared his com- pany’s plans and its close rela- tionship with shipbuilder and Port tenant WCT Marine. “What we envision is a place that can, over time, become a full-service marine construc- tion and repair facility that ser- vices the commercial fishing fleets and commercial tug and barge fleets,” Dorn said. Dorn said his company, reg- istered in Delaware, builds and charters tugs and barges for operating companies and has been looking to make a ship- yard, and that he has known WCT Marine’s Willie Toristoja for about 20 years and has been impressed with the marine con- tractor’s growth, including buying out next-door neighbor J&H Boatworks. Dorn said Toristoja wanted to grow, but was facing the uncertainty of the Port’s future at North Tongue Point. Dorn hired Bill Cook, a port consul- tant and the Port’s former dep- uty director, to help negotiate a long-term lease or purchase agreement for North Tongue Point. Two weeks ago, Dorn said, Hyak submitted an agreement on North Tongue Point that was accepted by Washington Development Co., subject to the Port terminating its lease. “It’s important to note that Willie and WCT have 27 full- time employees out there,” Dorn said. “If he can secure a site location, he is likely to con- tinue to add to the local mari- time trades workforce by win- ning additional customers.” proposals. Knight said the Port’s posi- tion as an economic generator does not necessitate the agency owning North Tongue Point. A former longshoreman, Hunsinger asked Dorn whether he would employ union labor. “I’m planning on helping Willie grow his own company,” Dorn said. “I’m not planning on doing my own company. I want to support him and his company. So that won’t be my call.” The Port Commission voted 3-0 to exit the lease, with Hunsinger abstaining. Dorn was short on specif- ics when asked what kind of equipment he would put in to support a shipyard. Many in the local fishing industry have called for a larger crane than the Port’s 88-ton travel lift used mostly to pull out recre- ational boats at the Pier 3 boat- yard. J&H Boatworks has used a custom trailer to haul boats up a seaplane ramp at North Tongue Point. “We’re kind of practi- cal in nature,” Dorn said. “We don’t want to overpromise any- thing. But we want to just get the site, and then start working the site and growing what (Tor- istoja) has already started.” CANNON BEACH — In a record-breaking year, more than 150 peo- ple participated in Can- non Beach’s fourth annual National Night Out event Tuesday. National Night Out is a nationwide event intended to build better relationships between law enforcement and the com- munities they serve. In Cannon Beach, connect- ing with the community took shape in the form of a barbecue, firefighter relays and a raffle. “It’s a great way to meet a lot of citi- zens we don’t see on a reg- ular basis, and it’s a good way for people to ask us questions they would oth- erwise feel uncomfortable asking,” Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Scher- merhorn said. He said in past years, most of those questions usually are about how to report noise complaints, threats one might see to an empty vacation house or pets stuck in vehicles during a hot summer day. “Answering these types of questions adds more eyes and ears for us in the community,” he said. New this year, volun- teer groups like the Med- ical Reserve Corps and Community Emergency Response Team had tables with information in the hopes of recruiting more volunteers. Mick French, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, joined the Medical Reserve Corps a year and a half ago after being asked by the coordi- nator, he said. “Being on MRC means being available in a medical crisis — fire, tsunami, tor- nado, all that. It’s all about helping people who can’t help themselves,” French said. Currently there are 22 members, but member Susan Oxley said they can “never be big enough.” While events like tsunamis and fires aren’t common, hav- ing a healthy membership is advantageous in other ways. Oxley said corps members have been called on to work five, 12-hour days the week- end the total solar eclipse is scheduled to happen. Because of the expected surge of eclipse tourism, rural counties like Marion and Wheeler look to groups like MRC to help mitigate the spike in medical service demands counties this small usually don’t see. “We are trying to spread the word to recruit medically trained people. The more hands the better,” French said. 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