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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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early January, the program
had spent about $175,000
and committed to spending
an additional $804,000. That
leaves a little under $1 mil-
lion to last through 2019.
As of early January, “Ves-
sels of Concern” — a list of
boats that have already sunk
or are expected to — included
148 boats. Four, including the
Hero in Bay Center, are con-
sidered “Priority One Emer-
gencies” because they pose
immediate safety, health or
environmental threats. The
Lihue is considered a “Prior-
ity Five” vessel, meaning that
it meets the definition of an
abandoned or neglected ves-
sel, but doesn’t pose any obvi-
ous threat and isn’t causing a
significant economic impact.
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.”
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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
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legislation.”
“It will help save lives
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he said, surrounded by law-
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Walmart spokesman Randy
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A representative of Dick’s
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Derelict vessels continue
to be a persistent problem
in Washington state. Sink-
ing or sunken boats can cre-
ate health, safety and envi-
ronmental hazards. They also
cut into the revenue of small
ports by taking up slips that
could be rented to paying
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Since Dec. 13, 2017, the
program has listed 20 notices
for pending custody actions.
Boats stay on the list for 30
days. If the owners take no
action during that period, the
petitioner gains custody of
the boat, and the right to use
or dispose of it. The waiting
period for the Lihue recently
ended. No one got in touch,
Glenn said.
With so many neglected
and abandoned boats around
the state, the derelict vessel
program rarely has enough
funding to meet demand. The
program received about $2.5
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