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A2 THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2020 IN BRIEF Homicide at Sunset Beach under investigation Authorities continue to investigate the death of a 28-year-old homeless woman whose body was found on Sunset Beach last September. The Clatsop County District Attorney’s Offi ce has confi rmed the death of Alana Ree Jordan as a homicide. Jordan’s body was found on the beach in the early morning of Sept. 8 just north of the Sunset Beach access road. People with any information about the case are asked to contact Detective Matt Beeson with the Ore- gon State Police at 1-800-442-0776. — The Astorian Rare fi sh washes up on peninsula LONG BEACH, Wash. — A type of fi sh rarely found north of San Francisco washed ashore on the Long Beach Peninsula during recent heavy surf. The fi nescale trig- gerfi sh (Balistes polyl- epis) is part of a family of species that typi- cally live in tropical and subtropical coral reefs. Identifi ed by the Seaside Aquarium Seaside Aquarium, the fi sh found in Pacifi c County is presumed to have been carried north in unusually warm ocean cur- rents in 2019. — Chinook Observer In Brief Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer Crew of the F/V Amanda C pose for a picture atop their load of crab pots prior to the start of the commercial crab season. Pictured are Eric Gill, top left, Paul Blaylock, top middle, Geoff Hylton, top right, and Brian Kamp, below. Crab season opens with a surge Rich fi shery attracts competition DEATHS Dec. 29, 2019 ZIAK, Mildred, 99, of Astoria, formerly of Naselle, Washington, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortu- ary is in charge of the arrangements. ON THE RECORD Assault • Gabino Luna Swearengin, 34, of Astoria, was arrested Thursday on Svensen Market Road in Asto- ria for assault in the fourth degree, menacing and strangulation. • Bruce Allen Zinzer, 70, of Astoria, was arrested Tuesday on Franklin Avenue in Astoria for assault in the fourth degree. Theft • Christian Bautista, 20, of Gearhart, was arrested Tuesday at Home Depot in Warrenton for theft in the fi rst degree. Menacing • Brian Quaschnick, 48, was arrested Thursday on U.S. Alternative Highway 101 near Fort Stevens Highway Spur in Warrenton for menacing. Weapons charge • William Frances Bagley, 31, of Astoria, was arrested Thursday on 39th Street and Lief Erikson Drive in Astoria for ex-convict in possession of a weapon. • Kaneeya Lea Pratt, 31, of Astoria, was arrested Thursday on 39th Street and Lief Erikson Drive for ex-convict in possession of a weapon. Disorderly conduct • Christian Erik Williamson, 59, was arrested Tues- day at the Golden Luck Restaurant & Lounge in Asto- ria for disorderly conduct in the second degree. • Derek A. Cleveland was convicted in January 2019 of disorderly conduct in the second degree, a misdemeanor. A harassment charge was dismissed. He was arrested in July 2018 for felony assault in the fourth degree, but was never charged with that crime. DUII • Nancy Evelyn Burke, 55, of Gearhart, was arrested Thursday near McDonald’s in Astoria for driving under the infl uence of intoxicants. • Juan Daniel Quinteros, 22, of Astoria, was arrested Wednesday on 23rd Street and Marine Drive in Asto- ria for DUII. His blood alcohol content was 0.18%. • Alisa C. Zorich, 42, of Astoria, was arrested Wednesday on E. Harbor Drive in Warrenton for DUII. PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Seaside Community Cen- ter Commission, 10 a.m., Bob Chisholm Center, 1225 Avenue A. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 12 p.m., work session, 800 Exchange Street, Suite 430, Astoria. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., Seaside Library, 1131 Broadway. Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, 5:15 p.m., workshop, Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Port of Astoria Commis- sion, 5:30 p.m., 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Seaside Planning Com- mission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Established July 1, 1873 Circulation phone number: 503-325-3211 Periodicals postage paid at Astoria, OR (USPS 035-000) Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503-325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 DailyAstorian.com By LUKE WHITTAKER Chinook Observer ILWACO, Wash. — The commercial Dungeness crab season offi cially com- menced over the weekend, ending a delay that stalled an early December start. Commercial fi shermen were eager to get the season started after a price agree- ment of $3 per pound was reached with processors Dec. 28. The price followed an initial offer of $2.75, the same opening amount as last season. By that afternoon , local port docks were bustling with hopeful fi shermen making fi nal season prepa- rations before heading to sea Sunday. “Just the excitement of it. There’s no quotas, may the best man win,” said F/V Nordic Fox captain Cub Jan- sen, 29, when asked about the appeal of the fi shery. “It’s one of the last things you can do where hard work can really reward you.” Jansen, with crew Dru Rowe, Larry Bell, Mitch Clark and Raj Clark, was among several commer- cial skippers crabbing out endurance. The hard work truly begins once the fi sh- ing grounds are reached, where hundreds of pots, each weighing more than 200 pounds, must be baited and set in order. “The workload is heavy and it’s a lot of long hours and not a lot of sleep,” Jan- sen said. “The weather can be tough, too.” Crabbers reported rela- tively good offshore con- ditions while setting pots over the weekend, espe- cially compared to last year, when the season opened to rougher January seas. The Pacifi c got rougher later in the week, however . By LUKE WHITTAKER Chinook Observer LONG BEACH, Wash. — Dawnya Davis used to sneak into her older brother’s bed- room to play Tomb Raider on a Sony PlayStation. Today, some 20 years later, Davis, 40, a mother of two and owner of a success- ful dog-grooming business, is whisked worldwide and given the red-carpet treat- ment as a consultant and ambassador of the global Clash of Clans community, a mobile strategy game by Finland-based creator Super- cell that involves millions of daily users. In December , Davis was featured on an episode of “Streaming in Real Life,” an unscripted reality show series on Amazon chroni- cling the origin stories of gamers who “used to be just like us” and have now become some of the world’s most infl uential stream- Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer Dawnya Davis, known as ‘Pickles’ online, is considered a superstar in the Clash of Clans community. ers on Twitch, YouTube and beyond. Davis, known as “ Pick- les” online, is considered a superstar in the Clash of Clans community and cred- ited for creating tournament leagues that changed the course of the game over the past six years. “Dawnya came to our Volunteer Pick of the Week Mojo COPYRIGHT © Entire contents © Copyright, 2020 by The Astorian. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Young Male Tabby A mix of jolly roundness & elegant poise in a tailored pin-stripe suit. 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The location of the port, with easy access to crabbing grounds on both sides of the Columbia River, was the biggest draw, said Jansen, who has dual per- mits to fi sh 1,000 pots in Oregon and Washington state. “It’s more logistically sound for us to fi sh both sides of the river versus being in Westport where I have to run 50 miles to get down here. We can turn right or left and be at both area fi shing spots just like that,” he said. The fi rst few weeks of the season are a grueling test of Peninsula’s ‘Pickles’ rules Clash of Clans ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP All advertising copy and illustrations prepared by The Astorian become the property of The Astorian and may not be reproduced for any use without explicit prior approval. MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer Jonathan Kingslend of the F/V Chandalar slips on gloves as he prepares to head out to sea from the Port of Ilwaco. The excitement and potential payoff of the fi sh- ery draws vessels from as far as Alaska. The ability of larger out-of-area boats to operate in taller seas has been a perennial sore point among smaller Columbia River-based operations. The Ilwaco-based F/V Rocky B was among sev- eral local and visiting crews loading hundreds of pounds of tuna collars for bait on Sunday morning. “Tuna is really com- mon — it’s nice and oily,” said F/V Chandalar deck- and Jonathan Kingslend as he stuffed bag after bag with fi st-sized frozen tuna bits. Kingslend was fl anked by fellow crew James Sitz, Ted Thynes and newcomer Reid Broughton, who was crab- bing commercially for the fi rst time. “I’ve been doing other fi sheries my whole life, but crabbing is a big money- maker, so I had to get in on it,” Broughton said. Coastal economies ben- efi t from a successful com- mercial crab season, which fetched more than $80 mil- lion in ex-vessel value between Oregon and Wash- ington state last season, bol- stering communities from Westport to Brookings. Sponsored By C LATSOP C OUNTY A NIMAL S HELTER 1315 SE 19 th Street, Warrenton • 861 - PETS www.dogsncats.org Noon to 4pm, Tues-Sat attention because of her infl uence in the commu- nity,” said Margaret Reeb, an Amazon public relations specialist. “She is a pil- lar among those who play Clash of Clans and was one of the fi rst to organize tour- naments for the game. She was an obvious choice for the episode.” Davis is well known for creating the “ No Dip League,” a tournament-style platform that continues to have a profound impact on the Clash of Clans community. “I made up a league based off boxing and NFL- style platforms, particu- larly the process of elimina- tion and qualifying,” Davis explained. “In the old wars, you go across, then you could dip down and kill any- body you wanted on the map. But in my league, you have to go straight across to your equal or above, so it’s more challenging.” Davis tested the format for six months with friends and family, starting with 40 clans the fi rst year. The league has grown exponen- tially since. “This season we have more than 200 clans with 600 applying to it. It’s the plat- form that Supercell used in their world championships.” Davis attributed the popu- larity of the league to the dif- fi culty of the platform. “I didn’t say, ‘L et’s make it easy for everyone. ‘ I said, ‘L et’s make it really hard, when you’re all pro-gamers.’ People started playing the league and having a blast. It was put on YouTube and it piqued more interest and made their gameplay better. All of the players who were in the fi nals of the world championships each played my league for six seasons.” The league now incorpo- rates a staff of nearly 40 peo- ple to manage and organize the competition and is cov- ered by 12 YouTubers and 12 Twitch accounts. In 2015, Davis made her fi rst trip to Finland for Supercell and became a fan favorite during a live stream competition watched by more than 25 million. “I compiled a troop com- pilation that included a P.E.K.K.A., the most unpop- ular, slowest — they call it the ‘dumb’ troop,” Davis recalled. “It was one of the fi rst competitions. Reddit was involved and I got randomly picked to attack. I got what’s called a ‘6-pack’ with the P.E.K.K.A.S. You only get two attacks and I got two perfect.”
