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The Columbia Press
January 29, 2021
Upcoming events
College celebrates educating mariners for 50 years
Celebrate 50 years of mari-
time science during the Feb-
ruary Ales & Ideas lecture.
The program will be pre-
sented by Capt. Dale Butts
and Capt. Eldon Russell,
both instructors at Clatsop
Community College’s Ma-
rine and Environmental Re-
search and Training Station
(MERTS).
They’ll talk about the evo-
lution of maritime science
during the past half-century
and what the program offers
students today. They’ll also
talk about their own mari-
time careers, complete with
a slideshow.
Butts was born in Medford
and raised in Brookings at
the mouth of the Winchuck
River and in Alaska. He
holds a master 100-ton and
a mate 1600-ton license and
worked for the last 31 years
on Alaskan waterways and
teaching at the maritime
school in Seward, Alaska.
He moved to Astoria in Sep-
tember.
Russell has spent 25 years
fishing commercially and
Courtesy CCC
Clatsop Community College’s maritime faculty and staff cele-
brate hold a banner celebrating 50 years of maritime science
training in the county.
tendering. He holds a Coast
Guard merchant mariner cre-
dential as a 200-ton master
near coastal, 1600-ton mate
oceans, and able seaman un-
limited. He has operated oil
spill response vessels in Ore-
gon, Washington, the Bering
Sea and Beaufort Sea. Rus-
sell has been teaching at the
MERTS campus for five years
and is captain of the marine
training vessel Forerunner.
Ales & Ideas is sponsored
by Fort George Brewery and
Clatsop Community Col-
lege. The event will broad-
cast live from the brewery’s
Lovell Showroom beginning
at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
4. Find it on the brewery’s
Facebook page.
Virtual participants can
pose questions through a
monitored comments sec-
tion. While the brewery
currently is closed to the
public, food and beverage
can be ordered for pickup at
fortgeorgetogo.com.
College news
Seven local residents are
among those who made the
dean’s list at George Fox Uni-
versity in Newberg for the fall
2020 semester.
Students must earn a 3.5
grade point average or above.
From Warrenton, honorees
are Gabrielle Brinkman, a se-
nior studying illustration and
theater; Matthew Burgher,
a junior studying organiza-
tional communication; and
Marin Donohue, a sopho-
more with a double major in
music and theater.
From Astoria, honorees
are Mitchell Geisler, a senior
studying engineering; Sarah
Lertora, a senior studying
communications; and Henry
Samuelson, a junior with a
double major in Spanish and
history.
From Seaside, honoree is
Niquilla Blodgett, a junior
studying elementary educa-
tion.
Funds on tap for senior, disabled plans
Sunset Empire Transporta-
tion District seeks applicants
with plans to help senior cit-
izens and people with dis-
abilities for money set aside
through two state funds.
Grants are available through
the Special Transportation
Fund program and the 5310
Program for Enhanced Mo-
bility.
Eligible projects must pro-
vide transportation services
for older adults and citizens
with disabilities.
Eligible parties include
counties, cities, transpor-
tation districts, public and
private agencies, federally
recognized Indian tribes and
individuals.
Information is available on
the district’s website, nwore-
gontransit.org.
Applications are due to
SETD by 5 p.m. Feb. 8.
For more information, call
Jeff Hazen at 503-861-5399.