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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS Join Popular Crime Th riller Author PHILLIP MARGOLIN WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 ❘ $1.00 VIKINGS WIN AT HOME SPORTS — B Keynote Speaker Florence Festival of Books Phillip Margolin 19 Novels, All Bestsellers “Oregon’s John Grisham” at the Florence Events Center Friday, September 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door www.FlorenceFestivalofBooks.org 126TH YEAR ❘ ISSUE NO. 75 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 FLORENCE, OREGON Clear Lake home destroyed in fire Ms. Nicani returns to sea after running aground Siuslaw Valley firefighters respond to fourth area fire in one week B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Florence-based tuna boat re-floated after 2 days aground on North Jetty Beach PHOTOS BY JACK DAVIS/SIUSLAW NEWS Ms. Nicani, a 50-foot commercial fishing vessel based out of Florence and Newport, ran aground on Heceta Beach, near the Siuslaw River North Jetty, early Saturday morning. Tow lines were laid out on the beach before the successful refloating on Monday afternoon. he sight of a large fishing boat grounded on the beach drew spectators to Heceta Beach near the Siuslaw River North Jetty over the weekend. T The 50-foot commercial fishing vessel Ms. Nicani ran aground early Saturday morning at Heceta Beach between the North Jetty and Driftwood Shores Resort, while returning to Florence after tuna fishing. The vessel, owned by Florence resident Terry Duman, ran aground just after 2 a.m., Sept. 17. According to Duman, the vessel departed Newport on Monday, Sept. 12, and fished for tuna approximately 25 miles off shore from Sept. 13 through Sept 16. The two crewmembers, Capt. Nick Wells and deckhand William Gates from Florence were uninjured. U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Bend received the initial report about 2:15 a.m. Coast Guard personnel from Station Siuslaw River responded with a shore party to assess to situation. U.S. Coast Guard Sr. Chief Boatswains Mate Tim Tregoning said, “The Coast Guard assisted the crew in setting a stern anchor to make sure the boat would not be pushed far- ther up onto the beach.” The Coast guard reported no visible signs of pollution when they did an aerial recon- naissance with an MH-65 Dolphin helicop- ter from Coast Guard Air Station North B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News PHOTOS BY ROBYN BARRETT Bend on Saturday. Later Saturday, the vessel’s diesel fuel and tuna were successfully offloaded at low tide. “On Sunday, they tried to back the vessel out themselves,” Tregoning said. “We stood by with boats off shore. They were not able to back out so we called it a day,” Duman contacted Northwest Marine Services in Coos Bay who used an ocean going tugboat to re-float the Ms. Nicani dur- ing Monday afternoon’s 7.3 foot high tide. After being re-floated, the Ms. Nicani was towed to Winchester Bay where it is under- going repairs. Duman said he expects repairs to be com- pleted and the boat back in service within a week. “The cause of the grounding is currently under investigation,” Tregoning said. “Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River does search and rescue and law enforcement. We don’t do commercial vessel inspections or investi- gations. Experts from outside the area will conduct the investigation.” According to Duman, the Ms. Nicani fish- es tuna out of Florence and Dungeness crab out of Newport. ‘T h e b o o k w a s b et t e r ’ B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Siuslaw News INSIDE “The whole point of Florence Festival of Books is to celebrate the written word,” said event organizer Judy Fleegle. That especially means printed books — hundreds of them — that will be on display for purchase and signing at the sixth annual Festival of Books this Friday and Saturday at Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kids Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . A2 B6 B5 A5 On Saturday, Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue responded to last week’s fourth large-scale fire in the area, this time on Clear Lake Road. Fire Marshal Sean Barrett said the fire began Sept. 17 in the garage at 83990 Clear Lake Road. Owner Mike DeRego was home at the time and reported it to dispatch at 4:42 p.m. Siuslaw Valley brought 18 firefighters, four engines, three water tenders and three support vehi- cles to the blaze. “It took us about one hour to control the fire and 4-1/2 hours to extinguish it completely,” Barrett said. The firefighters remained at the site until 10:11 p.m. “The fire was detected in its later stages, not allowing us to save it,” Barrett said. “The structure and contents were a total loss, estimated at $250,000.” No injuries were reported and the property was insured. Barrett said the probable cause was electrical. Three other fires took place earlier in the week on Tuesday, Sept. 13. At that time, Barrett said fire danger will con- tinue until there is a larger change in the weather. “Absolutely be on alert. The danger will not pass until we have two weeks of rain to soak the ground and raise the moisture level. Things are still really dry,” he said. Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2 THIS WEEK ’ S Friday, Sept. 23, holds two events. The first, an Author’s Panel from 3 to 4:30 p.m., will allow Northwest writers to talk about “The Path: Idea to Book.” This will include e-book author Janet Wellington, who will pro- vide information on self-publish- ing online. “The e-book author will con- tribute a lot, because she’s successful at what she’s doing and other people may con- sider doing their books digit- Lovers of written word head to sixth annual Florence Festival of Books ally,” Fleegle said. Friday’s second event is the Keynote Presentation by author Phillip Margolin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for the presentation, $8 in advance or $10 at the door. All the other weekend activities are free to attend. The book festival committee has been trying to get Margolin for two years. “Phillip is just a down-home, nice guy,” Fleegle said. “I was very impressed with him, and I’ve TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 61 52 61 51 61 54 68 53 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 A home at 83990 Clear Lake Road was com- pletely destroyed by fire on Saturday. Community members should be alert for fire danger until the weather changes. read his books, so I suggested him. It took a couple years of planning to make sure we got him. Now, it’s going to be hard to top that for next year.” Florence Festival of Books’ main day is Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seventy authors and 10 publishers from Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California and Washington will have tables full of their books. 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