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DailyAstorian.com // MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017
145TH YEAR, NO. 41
ONE DOLLAR
Wyden describes
Trump’s response
to Charlottesville
as horrifying
HOOD TO COAST
One step
at a time
Democrat spoke
at Seaside event
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — When immi-
gration or white supremacy
comes up at his town halls,
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden some-
times recounts the story of how
his parents fl ed Nazi Germany
and how his father joined the
U.S. Army to produce propa-
ganda for the war effort.
In his 844th town hall, and
the fi rst since the deadly vio-
lence at a white nationalist
rally this month in Charlottes-
ville, Virginia, Wyden on Fri-
day called President Donald
Trump’s response horrifying.
“All the people I know
believe that when you see a
swastika, this is not something
where there are two sides of
the debate,” the Oregon Demo-
crat said to applause from a full
crowd in the Seaside City Coun-
cil chambers. “It’s wrong.”
Wyden took questions on
a variety of national issues
and promised to continue
fi ghting for the values of his
constituents .
See WYDEN, Page 4A
Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian
Teammates gather at the Hood to Coast finish line in Seaside on Saturday to greet the last member of the team
to compete in the race.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, was in Seaside Friday for
his 844th town hall since joining the U.S. Senate in 1996.
Relay raises $700,000 for
Providence Seaside Hospital
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
S
EASIDE — After two years of cloud cover and
windy woes, Seaside welcomed 19,000 runners
and walkers from the 36th annual Hood to Coast
R elay with a clear and sunny day.
Runners came from all 50 states and 43
countries Saturday to compete in the race that
spans from Timberline Lodge to Seaside’s P romenade,
covering 199 miles and raising $700,000 for Provi-
dence Seaside Hospital, Chief Operating Offi cer Dan
Floyd said.
After the race, thousands celebrated on the beach
with beer, pop-up food stands and musical perfor-
mances from Radical Revolution and the Brian O’Dell
Band until the sun set over the horizon.
While Hood to Coast is known for featuring world-
class athletes capable of Olympic-style race times, a
chunk of the money raised for cancer research comes
from groups like “You walkin’ to me?” — one of the
400 race walking teams who participate in the Portland
To Coast Walk Relay portion of the event.
“There aren’t a lot of race walkers out there, so it’s a
pretty tight-knit community,” team captain Marek Zie-
gien said.
The Portland-based team, donning bright yellow
shirts with an illustration of the movie “Taxi Driver,”
are all co-workers who have been competing in this
event for the past fi ve years.
See HOOD TO COAST, Page 4A
Collapse at salmon
farm renews debate
about fi sh farming
Conservation
group plans to
sue for violations
By PHUONG LE
Associated Press
One of the first competitors to finish the Hood to
Coast R elay makes her way along the boardwalk
toward the finish line in Seaside on Saturday.
SEATTLE — A marine net
pen holding 305,000 farmed
Atlantic salmon collapsed this
month, releasing thousands
of fi sh into Puget Sound and
renewing concerns that a new
proposed salmon farm could
harm wild salmon stock and
cause other environmental
damage.
The release at Cooke Aqua-
culture’s facility comes as the
company is proposing a new
expanded commercial facility
in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in
Washington state.
Canada-based
Cooke,
which operates fi ve salmon
farms in Washington that it
acquired last year, would build
14 fl oating circular net pens
about 1 ½ miles offshore. It
would move current opera-
tions from Port Angeles Har-
bor and increase production
by 20 percent. The project is in
the permitting phase.
Critics say the recent fi sh
escape highlights potential
risks of open-sea fi sh farm-
ing. They worry about water
pollution from fi sh feed and
the potential for farmed fi sh to
spread diseases and parasites
to wild fi sh.
“These are open net pens.
They’re not isolated from sur-
rounding environment,” said
Chris Wilke, executive direc-
tor of the Puget Soundkeeper
Alliance, which opposes the
project.
Ron Warren, who heads
the Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s fi sh pro-
See DEBATE, Page 4A
New Seaside attorney relishes challenge of trials
Specializes in
civil disputes
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
ttorney Sunil Raju said a
single, complex case last-
ing a year or more can involve
more than 1,000 hours worth
of preparation.
“It can really involve a lot
of blood, sweat and tears, in
terms of investing yourself,
and in terms of getting to know
the case and making sure your
client is getting a great case
presented,” he said.
Raju, a trial attorney hired
earlier this summer by Seaside
A
law fi rm Campbell & Popkin,
said he relishes the hard work
and challenges inherent in rep-
resenting his clients well.
Raju, one of four attorneys
at the fi rm, was brought on to
focus on preparing for and tak-
ing cases to trial when disputes
arise between parties, mostly
on the civil side.
“Typically what that will
mean in practice is I repre-
sent a professional or a busi-
ness owner in some kind of
Submitted Photo
Sunil Raju is the newest at-
torney at Campbell & Pop-
kin LLC in Seaside.
dispute,” he said. “It could
involve a business or real
estate or something like that. I
also will represent a consumer
in a construction lawsuit, or
maybe the homeowner has a
problem with the contractor.”
Growing up in Fort Worth,
Texas, Raju said he didn’t
know any lawyers but found
early on he liked to research,
argue and debate things. By
the time he was attending
Northwestern University in his
hometown of Chicago, Raju
knew he wanted a challenging
and diverse career, which the
law seemed to offer.
After graduating 11 years
ago from Lewis and Clark
Law School in Portland, Raju
spent two years as a prosecutor
with the Multnomah County
District Attorney’s Offi ce and
another four years in Wash-
ington County. During that
time, he was the lead prose-
cutor on more than 100 cases,
from shoplifting and domestic
violence to a cold-case gang
homicide.
“Overall, I think that work
was really great, because I
think it helps to illustrate how
law enforcement operates,” he
said. “You get to understand
how do police offi cers and
DAs really make decisions. It
also reveals an underbelly to
the community that not always
everybody is aware of.”
Raju said he also received
a lot of trial experience in a
short amount of time. With a
decade of practicing law under
See RAJU, Page 4A