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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
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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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The Port Commission sup-
ported Hyak’s proposal as a
chance to release the Port from
an unprofitable lease and sup-
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Commissioner
James
Campbell, who operates Camp-
bell Marine Towing and Con-
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was once stationed with the
Navy at Tongue Point and said
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last week, so Tuesday was the
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such as negotiating a long-term
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