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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018 Cost to raise old tuna boat in Ilwaco: $188,000 ‘Vessels of Concern’ pose headaches ‘We want it out of here sooner rather than later. It’s taking up two slips.’ By NATALIE ST. JOHN Chinook Observer ILWACO, Wash. — It won’t be cheap or easy, but Port of Ilwaco officials are getting closer to remov- ing the Lihue II, a derelict boat that sank in the port last November. Port officials recently approved a contract with Global Diving & Salvage to remove the boat, accord- ing to Port Manager Guy Glenn Jr. The company esti- mates removing and dispos- ing of the wood-hulled 1939 tuna troller will cost about $188,000. Coast Guard records say the Lihue is registered in War- renton and belongs to Stuart R. Arnold. However, Glenn said a lack of clarity about who actually owned the boat was one of the complicating factors in this case. Guy Glenn Jr. The Port of Ilwaco hopes to soon be rid of Lihue II, an aged tuna boat that sunk after being pulled into a slip last November. “There were two different people. So we went through the whole process and sent documentation to both poten- tial owners,” Glenn said. He has been working with the state Department of Natural Resources to gain legal cus- tody of the boat and find the money to get it out of the water. The state derelict vessel program has a fund that helps ports deal with boats like the Lihue. Glenn plans to apply to the program for 90 percent of the removal and disposal costs. The port will be respon- sible for paying 10 percent of the cost, or about $18,800 — “a significant amount” for the port to come up with, accord- ing to Glenn. There could be additional costs for abatement or special waste handling, Glenn said. The amount would depend on the condition of the boat, and what types of materials were used to make it. For example, Port Manager Guy Glenn he said, some boats are cov- ered in lead-based paints, and must be sent to special haz- ardous waste dumps at great expense. According to the Depart- ment of Natural Resources website, the derelict vessel program has removed almost 600 neglected or abandoned vessels since 2002. In recent years, that has included sev- eral larger vessels that threat- ened the environment, or posed a navigation hazard. Young man sues Dick’s, Walmart over new restrictions on gun sales By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — A 20-year- old man from Oregon has filed lawsuits against Dick’s Sport- ing Goods and Walmart, alleg- ing the two retailers discrimi- nated against him when they refused to sell him a rifle because of his age. Dick’s and Walmart restricted gun sales to people 21 and older in the wake of the Florida high school massa- cre. The 19-year-old accused in the school slaying legally bought the AR-15 used in the attack. The lawsuits, obtained by The Associated Press, are believed to be the first filed over the new gun policies. Oregon law allows resi- dents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at 18. Tyler Watson’s lawsuits, which were filed against the retailers in Jackson and Jose- phine counties, both ask a judge to put a stop to the retailers’ new gun sale policies and award punitive damages because of the “willful nature of the discrimination.” On Tuesday, the state Bureau of Labor and Indus- tries said in a letter to state legislative leaders that the bureau would accept com- plaints from Oregonians who feel they have been discrimi- nated against by the policies. Without commenting on the merits of Watson’s law- suits, Commissioner Brad Avakian said state law cur- rently only allows for age-re- lated exemptions for alcohol and marijuana sales. The bureau will pres- ent a bill to add a similar age Washington is latest in handful of states to ban bump stocks restriction for gun sales to the legislature next year for con- sideration, he said, adding that the policies seemed “appropri- ate” because they attempted to make public spaces safer. Avakian also urged law- makers to pass a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity maga- zines, among other things. Legal papers filed Monday say a store owned by Dick’s Sporting Goods in Medford 0refused to sell Watson a .22-caliber Ruger rifle on or around Feb. 24. The other suit says a Walmart in Grants Pass refused to sell him an unspec- ified type of rifle on Saturday. Watson did not know about the restrictions when he tried to buy a rifle, his attorney Max Whittington, told The Orego- nian, which first reported the lawsuits Monday. Whittington did not immediately return a call from the AP on Tuesday. “He was really just trying to buy a rifle,” Whittington told the newspaper. 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Glenn said a lot of details are still up in the air, but Global Diving & Salvage will most likely use a crane barge to lift the boat and haul it away. He hopes it will be gone by the end of April. “We want it out of here sooner rather than later” Glenn said. “It’s taking up two slips.” Consult a WANTED By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Spurred by last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, Wash- ington on Tuesday became the latest in a handful of states to ban trigger devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the ban on bump stocks, calling it a “commonsense piece of legislation.” “It will help save lives from mass gun violence,” he said, surrounded by law- makers and gun control advocates. Washington is one of more than 20 states to intro- duce legislation seeking to ban the devices after the Oct. 1 attack in Nevada — the deadliest in modern U.S. history. not be reached for comment. 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