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A2 THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com SOUTHWEST OREGON Wildfire quadruples in size BY ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — A wildfire in remote southwest Oregon almost quadrupled in size overnight Saturday, forcing evacuations and prompting the gover- nor to invoke an emergency act that al- lows the state fire marshal to take com- mand of suppression efforts. The Rum Creek Fire, which had covered around 1,200 acres on Friday, increased to 4,700 acres in size, Gov. Kate Brown’s office said Saturday. Authorities also ordered evacuations as a wildfire grew in rugged terrain in western Idaho. The Valley County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook Sat- urday that evacuation preparedness for some neighborhoods in the rural area “have been changed to a “GO” sta- tus and we are initiating an immediate evacuation of the area.” Planes were scooping water from nearby Lake Cascade and dumping it on the fire, which had grown to 10,000 acres . Boaters were warned to stay clear of the path of the aircraft. In Oregon, the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office ordered evacuations of several unincorporated communities along the Rogue River, which is popu- lar among rafters. Sections of the river were closed to recreation by federal of- ficials because of the fire. “The Rum Creek Fire grew rapidly overnight, requiring additional re- sources to battle the fire and support the state’s response,” Brown said in a statement. “This is a good reminder that conditions can change quickly, and that fire knows no bounds.” Brown’s declaration cleared the way for the State Fire Marshal to mobilize firefighters and equipment to assist lo- cal firefighters and to support a coordi- nated response. The unincorporated community of Galice was among those ordered evacuated. The county fairgrounds in Grants Pass has been designated as an evacuation shelter, with space for peo- ple, their pets and livestock. The fire was started by lightning on Aug. 17 and killed Logan Taylor, a 25-year-old firefighter, after he was struck by a tree the next day. Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff on Monday in honor of Taylor, with his memorial service to be held the same day. “He will be remembered for his bravery, courage, and commitment to protecting Oregonians from wildfire,” Brown said. A wildfire near Spokane, Washing- ton, prompted evacuations Friday but has been brought under control, emer- gency officials said Saturday. The fire was held to 41 acres with no structures burned, the Spokane County Fire District said on Facebook. And in Northern California, a wild- fire that broke out Saturday in Nevada County that prompted local evacua- tion orders, according to the Fresno Bee newspaper. The Still Fire had burned 30 acres by mid-afternoon and was zero percent contained, according to state fire officials. NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. 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Call to ask about deadlines, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Phone ..........................................541-385-5809 Email .......................obits@bendbulletin.com LEGAL NOTICES PACIFIC CITY New generation keeps famous dory fleet afloat BY LORI TOBIAS The Oregonian In 2003, when Shawn Fars- tad tracked down the dory boat his father sold in 1988, the boat was rotted and the owner was asking “a fortune.” But it had been built by Farstad’s grandfather, skip- pered by his dad and named for his sister, Susann, and mom, Janet. So, Farstad and his wife, Crystal, paid the price. Then, Farstad took the Su-Jan home, stripped it down to the bones and built it all over again. In this coastal home of the Pacific City dory fleet, the bond between fisher and boat runs deep. “You put so much love and care into them,” Farstad said. “Oiling and sanding and painting and just maintaining wood — you live with the boat all summer.” Today, Farstad builds dories and helps maintain the fleet. The demand for his work is growing as the dories grow older and need more care. “We’re cutting the rot out and putting in new wood,” Fars- tad said. “A lot of people, their boat was their dad’s, and they have some connection to them and hang on to them forever. It’s not very often that people buy and sell boats.” The flat-bottomed dory boats have been part of the fishing scene in Pacific City since the early 1900s, evolved from the Nestucca Bay gill net fleet, according to the Pa- cific City Dorymen’s Associ- ation. Today, about 300 boat- ers launch their dories in the Cape Kiwanda surf to take part in the fishery said to be unlike any other in the world. “This is a really unique place, a unique fishery,” Fars- tad said. “For one thing, the experience of going off the beach is just incredible. It’s not Lori Tobias/For The Oregonian Geraldine Butkovich, 90, fished from dory boats with her dad when she was a kid. She passed the tradition on to her son, Tony Butkovich, who now builds a new generation of dory boats. like going out of a harbor. In Pacific City, you can catch hal- ibut, Dungeness crab, sea bass, ling cod and salmon within a mile of your pickup.” Farstad, 46, started going out in his dad’s dory when he was just 2 years old. Back then, recreational dory fishers were few and the winter population of Pacific City barely 50, he said. But in the summer, that number grew tenfold, every field a tent city of sorts as fish- ers — many of them school- teachers on summer break — came from all over Oregon to land their share of the com- mercial fishery. As a commercial dory fisher, Farstad’s in the minority. Sport fishers now outnumber com- mercial, the fleet growing right along with the population of Pacific City. They’re lured by nostalgia for tradition, the quick access to an abundance of seafood and the thrill of the ride. For Cedar Johnston, for- merly a commercial crabber in Alaska and Oregon, it was all that and then some. Johnston had heard of do- ries, but he’d never been on one. Then, 28 years ago, he met his future wife, Shelli, who grew up dory fishing with her dad, Toledo schoolteacher Lee Parks. He fell hard, both for Shelli and, after a few lessons with her dad, dories. “I was hooked right off the bat,” he said. “I couldn’t believe the excitement, the adrena- line.” The launch of a dory boat is not a simple act, but one that calls for an impeccably timed choreography of mariner, boat, vehicle and tide. It’s not rocket science, Johnston says, but it is a matter of timing and experi- ence. “First thing, you have to know your tide, know your drift,” Johnston said. “Is it going to suck your boat out, push you south, push you north? If there is a strong rip, you better think of getting some help.” Hesitate, or move too slow and you might find your truck and trailer stuck in the wet sand as your dory floats away. Next, you have to clear the surf, being careful not to go at the swells faster than they are coming at you. Hit the wave too fast, and you’ll fly over the top and come down hard. “You just want to be able to float over it, engage at the top of the break and just keep going forward after that,” Johnston said. Then, it’s time to fish. Lee Parks died in 1998, but Johnston kept learning, taking tips from other experienced dory boaters. Today, Johnston fishes the Kiawanda Jr., a wood dory built for Parks in 1979 by noted local boat builder Terry Learned. Traditional dories like the Ki- awanda Jr. and Farstad’s Su-Jan are a standard design, one that hasn’t changed all that much over recent decades. But change is coming, prompted by a wave of fishers who see the future not in wood, but in “space age” materials. Leading that wave is Tony Butkovich, who learned of the dory culture from his mother, Geraldine “Gerry” Butkovich. Now 90, Gerry fished with her dad in the 1930s and ‘40s, when dories were double-ended boats pushed out to sea on foot, bow first. “They didn’t have the motor in the back,” she recalled. “You put the motor in the well, then rowed out through the waves, then put the motor on.” Fishing, she said, was an all- day outing for weekends from the Fourth of July to Labor Day. Ten years ago, eyeing re- tirement from his job as an iron worker, Tony Butkovich decided it was time for a new dory. He didn’t want a wood hull — too much work. So, when he met a tool maker for a former boat manufacturer, he hired him to build a mold for a new kind of dory boat. In 2014, Butkovich and his wife, Janet, launched Breaker Dory, a boat building company based in Pacific City, its slo- gans “Where the past meets the present,” and “The no rot dory evolution.” Breaker Dory boats are built one at a time from lightweight, durable resins and fiberglass with a Kevlar reinforced bot- tom. Known for their bright colors, the dories have been dubbed the “Skittle Fleet” for the similarly colorful candy. Butkovich made some modi- fications to the standard dory form – “lengthened it, opened the beam and kicked the cor- ners out about 6 inches on ei- ther side.” The company builds about three dories a year. While But- kovich’s boats are popular with fishers who like the ease of the maintenance and the sharp looks, they’ve earned him some ribbing among the traditional fishers. But at the end of the day, re- gardless of the boat, dorymen and women here know they can and must count on one an- other. “Pacific City is probably one of the only ports on the coast that does not have a Coast Guard,” Farstad said. “We kind of maintain our own little fleet. If someone breaks down out there, they don’t call the Coast Guard. They call some- one at home, and we’ll make several calls until we find someone who can get their boat out and tow them back in. Everybody sticks together.” Email .....................legals@bendbulletin.com OTHER SERVICES Back issues ..................................541-385-5800 Photo reprints ............................541-383-0366 Apply for a job ..........................541-383-0340 All Bulletin payments are accepted at the drop box at City Hall or at The Bulletin, P.O. Box 6020, Bend, OR 97708. Check payments may be converted to an electronic funds transfer. 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