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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020
Amazing albacore
IN BRIEF
Buoy 10 delayed until mid-August
A popular Chinook salmon fi shery is opening later
than normal on the Columbia River over concerns about
the run size.
The Buoy 10 recreational fi shery near the mouth of
the river typically starts Aug. 1, but will not open until
Aug. 14. The fi shery has enjoyed high or record-break-
ing runs of salmon but also faces boom-and-bust cycles.
State fi shery managers noted that when anglers do hit
the water this year, “they’ll be in the midst of what is tra-
ditionally the peak of the Chinook run.”
With a strong run of upper Columbia River summer
Chinook and sockeye, Oregon and Washington state fi sh-
eries managers announced this week that they would pro-
vide additional opportunities to fi sh for salmon and steel-
head. Recreational fi shing began Thursday in the main
stem Columbia River from the Tongue Point-Rocky
Point line upstream to Highway 395 at Pasco, Washing-
ton, and will run the through the end of the month.
Man dies after boat capsizes
near Pacifi c City
A man died Wednesday after his boat capsized in the
surf near the entrance to Nestucca Bay.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew was dispatched
at 10:53 a.m. after a man called 911 to report the small
recreational boat he and his uncle were crabbing in over-
turned in the surf.
The nephew was able to swim to a nearby sandbar,
but he reported his uncle was still in the water. Both men
were wearing life jackets when the boat capsized.
The aircrew located and hoisted the man from the
water and fl ew him to Pacifi c City State Airport, where
emergency crews were waiting for him. The aircrew
fl ew back and hoisted the nephew from the sandbar.
A medical examiner later confi rmed that the man’s
uncle died.
Local offi cials recovered the boat and secured it to a
pier for the man’s family.
County rolls out ethics hotline
to report improper conduct
Clatsop County has debuted an ethics hotline to
give the public, contractors, public offi cials and county
employees a tool to report suspected violations of poli-
cies or standards.
The goal, the county says, is to promote and main-
tain public trust.
The hotline is part of a new policy adopted by the
county to promote ethical conduct and accountabil-
ity among its workforce. The county is also developing
training and education materials for the Board of Com-
missioners, employees and advisory committee mem-
bers focusing on state ethics rules, harassment and other
forms of misconduct.
— The Astorian
DEATHS
July 14, 2020
In COMER,
Brief
David “Joe,”
77, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Deaths
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
HURLIMAN, Diane
L., 70, of Warrenton,
died in Warrenton. Ocean
View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Asto-
ria is in charge of the
arrangements.
July 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, Allyn,
89, of Warrenton, died in
Warrenton. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in charge
of the arrangements.
July 11, 2020
MANKE, Aaron James
Charles, 52, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Ocean
View Funeral & Crema-
tion Service of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
ON THE RECORD
Theft
theft in the second degree
On
the
Record
• Jimmy
Leroy Nickell,
and criminal trespass in
44, was arrested Thursday
at Home Depot in Warren-
ton for theft in the second
degree and criminal mis-
chief in the third degree.
• Heidi Leann Anfi n-
son, 30, of Warrenton,
was arrested Thursday at
Walmart in Warrenton for
the fi rst degree.
DUII
• Gary Alan Heilmann,
29, of Astoria, was arrested
Wednesday on 18th Street
and Marine Drive in Asto-
ria for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants
and reckless driving.
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“That people can just
experience art in their every-
day life, that to me feels like
I’m doing something suc-
cessful as an artist,” Sterling
said.
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For The Astorian
SEASIDE — For quite
some time, the building on
the corner of Avenue A and
S. Columbia Street near the
post offi ce has been an eye-
sore. Now the building has a
fresh, new look as the home
of the artisanal Salmon River
Smokehouse, which opened
July 1.
“Fixing up this building
is going to open this corner,”
proprietor Kris Caseber said.
“This was a bland, boring,
nothing corner, and it really
needed something to bring this
street into the next.”
The establishment’s main
draw is its diverse offering
of fresh smoked salmon fi l-
lets, salmon jerky and smoked
salmon spread, which all are
prepared — from portioning
and seasoning to smoking and
packaging — in small batches
on-site.
The store gives shoppers a
more comprehensive indoor
farmers-market-style atmo-
sphere. The smokehouse also
has handcrafted treats and
products from local purvey-
ors, including cheese, crack-
ers, chocolates, chips, nuts,
hummus, healthy beverages
and even soaps and lotions.
The shop also sells brewed
coffee, pastries from Dough
Dough Bakery and picnic
baskets.
“I’ll have things other peo-
ple don’t have,” Caseber said,
adding she won’t be in direct
competition with the surround-
ing downtown businesses.
“We’re excited to bring some-
thing kind of new and healthy
to the Seaside area.”
Caseber, who was born
MONDAY
Knappa School District Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m., (electron-
ic meeting).
Jewell School Board Meeting, 6 p.m., (electronic meeting).
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., workshop, (electronic
meeting).
Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 5:15 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of
Directors, 5:15 p.m., 1225 Avenue A., Seaside.
Warrenton-Hammond School District Board, 6 p.m., spe-
cial session, (electronic meeting).
Shoreline Sanitary District Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig
Station, 33496 West Lake Lane, Warrenton.
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New smokehouse opens in Seaside
A new vision
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Established July 1, 1873
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
Commercial fi sherman Christian Johnson of the F/V Two Fishers offl oaded the fi rst tuna catch of the season at Ilwaco Landing
on Tuesday. The fi shermen delivered more than 7,000 pounds of tuna in their fi rst offl oad of the season.
A native connection
Kris Caseber is the proprietor of the Salmon River Smokehouse.
in Minnesota before mov-
ing to Vancouver, Washing-
ton, has spent the past 10
years in Baja, Mexico, while
doing the farmers market cir-
cuit in the Pacifi c Northwest
during summers. She started
an online store to sell her
salmon products and was ini-
tially looking for just a fac-
tory space for processing in
Seaside.
When she met the owner
of the building, which was
most recently used as a Sub-
way restaurant, everything
fell in place to have a retail
aspect to her establishment
as well.
“We never planned that,
but then as I saw where this
building was sitting, I recog-
nized the potential it would
have,” she said.
She signed the lease in
February and was planning
to open soon after when the
coronavirus pandemic hit.
“It’s been a long process
with no income,” she said,
adding, “I’m really excited
to open.”
To further contribute to
beautifying her neighbor-
hood, Caseber hired Astoria
artist Andie Sterling to paint
the company’s name and
logo on the outside of the
building. She hopes it might
spur similar small-scale proj-
ects on nearby buildings,
such as the back of the Fun-
land Arcade or the parking
garage across the street.
“Just in my neighborhood
there are some options for
public art,” she said.
Sterling, who is well-
known in the area for her
murals, said this proj-
ect differed from others
she’s worked on where she
assumes the role of creative
director.
“I took the font and the
logo they’re using to brand
their business and their prod-
ucts, and I’m just facilitating
the process of getting those
onto the wall,” she said.
Although the project
wasn’t an opportunity for
creative freedom, Sterling
appreciates being able to
generate public artwork.
“Seeing a space that
needs a fresh new energy to
it and being able to make
that happen by just putting
some colors on the wall is
a really rewarding process,”
she said. “Everyone appreci-
ates love being put into their
community.”
In general, she said, one
of the best parts of being a
mural artist is that the fi n-
ished products are widely
accessible to everyone, giv-
ing her the chance to connect
to passersby while working
on the artwork and long after.
The salmon featured in
the establishment’s logo bor-
rows from a Native Amer-
ican image, which is a nod
to Caseber’s personal and
professional connection to
I ndigenous people and the
native culture. The fi sh she
uses for her products is pri-
marily sourced from She
Nah Nam Seafood and the
Nisqually Indian Tribe’s
hatchery near Tumwater,
Washington. They man-
age an ethical and sustain-
able hatchery that promotes
native salmon habitat resto-
ration to increase the volume
of the wild salmon popula-
tion through measures like
monitoring and limiting the
catch.
“I wouldn’t do the fi sh
business if I didn’t have a
sustainable
connection,”
Caseber said.
In the Pacifi c Northwest,
she said, fi sheries have to be
“really adamant” about res-
toration. The smokehouse
promotes renewable fi shing
practices and environmental
responsibility and supports
fi sh hatcheries, commercial
limit regulations and salmon
restoration programs.
When Sterling agreed to
the project, she confi rmed
with Caseber that the illus-
tration was being used prop-
erly and with permission. As
an artist, she said, she didn’t
want to re-create an image
that is intimately meaningful
to a group without “all the
proper respects in line.”
Local artist receives grant to complete Finnish project
ferent countries, focused on
painting.
Speranza is a mixed
Local artist Kate Speranza media artist and focuses on
received a $1,500 grant from painting, jewelry making and
the Oregon Arts Commission sculpture. Her focus on paint-
that will go toward support- ing was a logistical choice
ing her recent com-
based on the tools
pletion of a residency
and materials she had
program in Finland.
available to her in
The a rts c ommis-
Finland and through
sion and The Ford
travel.
Family Foundation
Prior to applying
collectively award
for the grant , Sper-
40 artists for career
anza created a new
developmental proj- Kate Speranza body of work to
ects and enable them
use for submissions
to take timely opportuni- to several small art grants
ties to enhance their artistic alongside the one from the
careers. C areer o pportunity arts commission .
g rants most often support res-
She was accepted to her
idency programs, exhibitions residency program in July
and performances.
2019 and decided to accept
In February , Speranza the invitation prior to know-
spent 30 days at Arteles Cre- ing where her funds would
ative Center alongside 13 come from.
other artists from several dif-
“It was kind of on a whim
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The residency program
had an emphasis on silence
and mediation, requiring all
artists to meditate twice a day
and remain completely silent
Saturdays and Sundays.
Speranza said the silence
would “allow you to have
more introspective time,
and really have enough
space to take in the whole
experience.”
During her time in Fin-
land, she created mostly pre-
liminary work that she would
be able to bring back with
her to Astoria and further
develop.
Much of her work incor-
porates what she learned
about Finnish culture and the
infl uence that had on her.
She’s working on a series
that explores Astoria’s his-
toric ties to Finland and the
Finnish infl uence in Astoria,
which she hopes to be able to
share in the upcoming year.
“What a wonderful oppor-
tunity for me to connect with
the local community here,
through my artwork that
came out of this residency,”
she said .
Three of Speranza’s small
paintings from her residency
are on display at Astoria
Visual Arts gallery.
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