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A6 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 McIntosh: Judge has worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney Continued from Page A1 “People deserve to have decisions and their cases handled timely. And in a manner that is respectful and gets all sides of the dis- pute heard,” McIntosh said. She will also lead the court’s security committee. “We face a number of the same issues that other rural communities face with a lack of security in the courthouse,” McIntosh said. “We know what good security looks like, but we don’t have it here. And it is something we’re going to continue to work on.” ‘WE FACE A NUMBER OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES FACE WITH A LACK OF SECURITY IN THE COURTHOUSE.’ Dawn McIntosh | new presiding judge at Clatsop County Circuit Court McIntosh was elected in 2016 to a six-year term, replacing J udge Philip Nel- son, who retired. She began her career interning for the sex crimes unit in Multnomah County District Attorney’s offi ce after dropping out of law school. “I was there a week and said, ‘T his is what I want to do.’ So, I went back to law school the next term and I worked at the DA’s offi ce throughout law school, started trying cases when I was a third-year and I stayed there,” McIntosh said. She graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1992 and was hired as an assistant district attorney in Multnomah County . McIntosh moved to Clatsop County in 1998 to serve as chief deputy dis- trict attorney. She super- vised child abuse and major sex crime cases until 2003. She was named the Oregon District Attorneys Association’s Child Abuse Prosecutor of the Year in 1999. After spending about fi ve years at the d istrict a ttorney’s offi ce, McIn- tosh left to work as a defense attorney and work on domestic relations and juvenile cases in Clatsop and Tillamook courts. She thinks having worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney has given her a good perspective as judge. During her time as a lawyer, McIntosh tried many cases before Brown- hill. She said Brownhill was instrumental in her career before she took the bench because she gave her feedback after every trial. “You could count on her for actual, real constructive criticism, never just a ‘you did a great job,’” McIntosh said. “It was very, very help- ful as a fairly young lawyer ... every time I had a trial to be able to get some feed- back on what worked and what didn’t work and what I’d done better and what I’d not done better.” Brownhill also endorsed McIntosh when she ran for election in 2016. “It felt really good because I knew she wouldn’t have done it if she didn’t believe I could do the job,” McIntosh said. “The same way I know she wouldn’t have retired when she did if she didn’t know I could do the job. It’s nice to know she has that confi - dence in me.” Cornes: ‘You can go wash (clothes) and take a shower. Those kinds of places mean the world to some people’ Continued from Page A1 After the military, he moved back to Colorado for work as a heavy equipment operator. But after suffering from worsening migraines and schizophrenic episodes, he decided he couldn’t work anymore. Cornes spent the next two years trying to get his disability claim approved. He lost the house he was staying in and moved into a motor home, mov- ing around pullouts in the Vail Valley and once being taken to court by the federal Bureau of Land Manage- ment for illegal camping. “In Vail, it was hard,” he said. “I pretty much knew I wasn’t going to be able to survive homeless there.” Cornes eventually left for Grand Junction, Col- orado, where he found a bed in a rescue mission. He stayed and volunteered there for the next year. He enrolled at Colorado Mesa University, where he stud- ied for a bachelor’s of fi ne arts in pottery. “I make for the most part functional stuff — tea- pots and vases and mugs,” he said. About four years ago, Cornes moved back to Ore- gon. He stayed in Bend at Home of the Brave, a shel- ter for homeless veterans, and enrolled at Central Ore- gon Community College, where he made the pottery being auctioned off to sup- port the warming center. Cornes now lives in his childhood home in Ham- let with his elderly father. Finding himself stabilized again, he felt the need to give back and inquired about volunteering at the shelter before offering up his pottery. “Those kind of places really helped me out when I became homeless and didn’t have anywhere to go,” he said. “You can go wash (clothes) and take a shower. Those kinds of places mean the world to some people.” During art walk on Sat- urday, the warming center will host the silent auction of Cornes’ work and a judg- ing contest for a new logo, with music by pianist Char- lie McKenzie, a local fi sh- erman and homeless res- ident. The winning logo design will be decided by a three-person jury of art- ists. Another vote will be awarded to the logo that receives the most votes from visitors during the art walk. “This logo is to be able to show our supporters in town,” said Ron Maxted, a volunteer and board mem- ber with the warming cen- ter. “The expression of compassion for fellow man is the theme of this logo contest.” OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER We’re investing in Salem coverage when other news organizations are cutting back. Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! Emily Lindblom/For The Astorian Tod Jones explains how the water system works in the instant hatchery. Hatchery: ‘It’s been fun for us to realize our dreams’ Continued from Page A1 In addition to the water system, the container has three skylights, several overhead lights and electri- cal power. They hired West- ern Fabrication in Astoria to install the watertight dia- mond plate fl ooring, as well as the 12-foot-long racks that hold six incubators each. Jones said this system will produce “the best fry.” “The fry that emerge out of these are heavier, they’re just like wild fry,” he said. “The ones that are in more standard hatcheries use up a lot of their yolk sac in their development, while swim- ming around and trying to get away from the light.” In the instant hatchery, the eggs will be kept in cov- ered boxes so they won’t be bothered by the light. The dark conditions are meant to imitate what it’s like for eggs huddled under gravel at the bottom of a stream. Once they hatch, the fry are fi ltered through a poly- ethylene material, which Jones said looks like Top Ramen, in order to sort out the healthy fry from the egg shells and any deformed fry. They’ll be kept in darkness while they develop so they can stay still and absorb all of the nutrients in their yolk sacs. Warren, a former hatch- ery manager at the Gnat Creek Hatchery, and Jones, a former project manager for Clatsop County Fisheries Project, both spent decades working with hatcheries. “When we retired we had all this information about how hatcheries need to oper- ate more effectively and effi - ciently,” Warren said. So they got to work build- ing this new type of hatchery system and named it for the nest a fi sh builds in a stream, called a “redd.” “It’s been fun for us to realize our dreams,” Warren said. Reveille: ‘An ideal step towards greater opportunities’ Continued from Page A1 “We’ve got an entire new movement of sober-curi- ous, and they’re looking for alternatives,” Towsey- French said. ”Essentially, we’re looking at a high-end Martinelli’s.” Once the opportunity for wholesale expansion came, Towsey-French and his investors indefi nitely paused the retail and theater concept. The cidery would have struggled to recoup the investment and keep produc- tion with demand, he said. “At the end of the day, I make cider,” Towsey-French said. “And if I do anything that compromises my abil- ity to do that well and to do more of it, then I’ve made the wrong choice.” Reveille’s retail pullback follows the closure of several regional breweries and cider- ies. Bend-based Avid Cider Co. announced the closure of a Pearl District taproom in Portland to focus more on production. Portland’s Cider Riot, the site of recent con- frontations between antifas- cist and right-wing demon- strators, will close later this month after succumbing to debt from a 2016 expansion and failing to fi nd a buyer. Reveille had been han- dling much of its own local distribution, with Crush Wine Distributors in Yach- ats helping spread its prod- ucts along the Oregon Coast. But with expanded produc- tion, Towsey-French wanted a better way to get his prod- ucts out without starting a distribution wing. Fort George distributes between 30 and 35 different beers and ciders around the Pacifi c Northwest, includ- ing North Jetty Brewery in Seaview, Washington. Reveille will be the fi rst craft beverage company from Clatsop County to be distributed by Fort George, The Astorian Jeremy Towsey-French, owner of Reveille Ciderworks in Astoria, has received a state grant to help expand his production. said Brad DePuyt, distri- bution manager for Fort George. Reveille will also receive storage space in the new Astoria Warehousing expansion. “We’ve had the oppor- tunity to get to know the crew at Reveille since before they opened,” Fort George co-owner Chris Nemlow- ill said in a release. “The similarity in our philoso- phies and approach to the craft makes this an ideal step towards greater opportuni- ties for both companies in the future.” H & t o s l e i v d r a a H Craft Bazaar y Friday, Nov. 8 Saturday, Nov.9 10am-3pm • Artwork and Artisan Wares • Vintage Treasures • Baked Goods • Delicious Soups Come Share With Your Friends! Grace Episcopal Church 1545 Franklin Avenue ∙ Astoria
