THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2015
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FISH FOLLIES
THE MOUTH SPEAKS
ecently Yahoo Movies in-
terviewed Corey Feldman,
who played Mouth in “The
Goonies,” and he mentioned the
long-awaited Goonies 2 movie
(http://tinyurl.com/corfeld). His
photo, shown, is courtesy of his
website, http://coreyfeldman.net
“What I would like to see and
what the reality of the project
might be will no doubt be two dif-
ferent things,” he told Yahoo. He
and Goonies co-star Sean Astin
pitched a concept for the sequel to
Goonies director Richard Don-
ner — an “Indiana Jones-type big” movie, with a huge budget and
lots of action.
“Donner said to me in that meeting, ‘I like where you guys are
going, but the one thing you have to remember is we’re not trying
to make a big epic movie here. We want to make something true to
what the original was, which is more character-driven and full of
heart.’”
“Any Goonies sequel has to be based in reality, and in Astoria,”
Feldman added. “That’s where we met and fell in love with these
characters. I think that’s the biggest clue I got to where they were
heading with the sequel.”
But wait. “That was a year ago,” he added, “so who knows if
that’s still the course of action.” Back to square one.
QUITE A SIGHT
R
ecently, “a (U.S. Coast Guard) Sector North Bend air crew
spotted an unusual image on radar roughly 25 nautical miles
offshore,” a post on the group’s Facebook page reports. “After Ày-
ing overhead to investigate they were surprised to ¿nd a pod of an
estimated 00 to 500 northern right whale dolphins. These crea-
tures travel in schools of hundreds and can make an average speed
of 16 miles per hour.” One of the photos is shown, taken by Aviation
Maintenance Technician Petty Of¿cer Third Class Cody Reed.
Just so you know: 1ational Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration Fisheries says this particular dolphin is between 6.5 and 10
feet long, and weighs between 10 to 150 pounds, and they are the
only species of 1orth Paci¿c Ocean dolphin that doesn’t have a dor-
sal ¿n (http://tinyurl.com/rwdolph). They can hold their breath up to
6.5 minutes, and their estimated lifespan is 42 years.
“As aviators and sailors, we certainly get to see some incredible
things,” the Facebook post noted. Ain’t that the truth.
MODEL DREAMS
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J
anessa Wright of Astoria (pictured), 21, has been a model
since 2012, and she needs your vote in Model Manage-
ment’s Fresh Faces 2015 competition.
“I’m just your sporadic burping tomboy who never
thought I’d be a model,” Janessa told the Ear. “I love video
games, sushi, and cats, and I live by karma and diligence. Vid-
eo gaming is my favorite hobby besides animating, drawing
and writing music.”
“The only reason I ever started modeling was because
my mom always told me I was tall and gorgeous, and that I
needed to try modeling,” she explained. “So I found a website
called ModelMayhem and signed up. Less than three days af-
ter signing up, I had 28 messages asking about me.
“After a few years, I established many great connections
and started working with very talented photographers. I’ve
been recently looking into agencies and trying to get signed
internationally, as Portland doesn’t have much to offer for a
fashion model like me.
“I went to Los Angeles, and they loved me there — now I
have agencies from L.A., Atlanta Georgia, Dallas, Texas, and
Seattle looking at me. Of course, big agencies like them re-
quire proper sizes, so I’ve got some toning and working out to
do before I’m ready!
“As for the Fresh Faces contest, it’s an international online
contest that brings together only the best models from around
the world to compete to win, and be signed by a great agency.”
How about giving her a vote (or several)? Go for it at
http://tinyurl.com/votejanessa
“My dream,” she added, “is to model in Japan and L.A.!”
You can help her make it come true.
PUT ’EM UP!
RALLY AROUND THE BROWNS
little ¿shy frippery from George Flavel’s Facebook page, dated
1ov. 15, 191: “Down along the waterfront on this date, the ¿sh
were jumping and sporting the most awful yew ever seen. It’s all be-
cause the city police department saw ¿t yesterday afternoon to pour
a number of bottles of hootch whiskey and some ‘regular’ whiskey
down into the gutter.
“City police of¿cers led by Chief of Police Grant and Judge
Y. D. Guilliume, ¿lled a barrel with bottles of bay rum, lice exter-
minator, reign balsam, and various concoctions used by habitual
drinkers. The barrel was taken down to Commercial Street and there
the bottles were emptied of their alcoholic contents. In the consign-
ment were a number of bottles of whiskey of a poor grade, as well
as some bottles of high priced goods, the label on the bottle having
been broken.
“... Astoria will offer the sealed high-priced whiskey to the gov-
ernment. The government is redistilling con¿scated whiskey and us-
ing it in making shells. And so, though the ¿shes are jumping, they’re
just like the rest of the friskey boys — they’re users of hootch.”
SUNNY SIDE UP
D
o you feel the winter blahs coming on, what with shortened gray
and gloomy days? Starting to need a sun ¿x already? 1ASA to
the rescue, with a half hour video of the sun, Gizmag.com reports
(http://tinyurl.com/sunshots). A screen shot from the video is shown,
courtesy of 1ASA.
The sequence is actually created from images captured by the So-
lar Dynamics Observatory, which was launched in February 2010
on top of an Atlas V-401 rocket. It takes a photo once every 12 seconds
from orbit, and observes solar activity “simultaneously in 10 wave-
lengths, each of which monitors a different range of temperatures.”
1o wonder then, with all those images, that according to 1ASA,
it took 00 man hours to put the video together, which is in Ultra HD
(4K). So enjoy. It’s probably the only time ever that you can look
directly at the sun, so check it out, bask in the rays, and get some
vicarious Vitamin D.
A TOWN ON STILTS
‘T
he Brown family (Ben, Carrie, Kai and Kleary, pictured)
lost their home to a ¿re 1ov. ,” Tiffany Hessel wrote. “The
dogs woke them up at around midnight; when Ben awoke there was
already smoke throughout the whole house, they only had time to get
kids and dogs out of the house. The family safely got out ... but with
no clothes, shoes, blankets ... Everything was completely gone, no
wallet, cell phone etc.” She has set up a fundraising account to help
the family, at http://tinyurl.com/4Browns.
“I wish I could personally thank and hug each and every one of
you!” Carrie Brown posted on the GoFundMe page. “Thank you so
very much for the love and support. I am struggling with the words
to express how much it means to myself and my family, but please
know that we are so grateful for all that everyone has done for us. We
are overwhelmed with all of your kindness.”
And let’s keep that support going. If donating online isn’t your
cup of tea, another way you can help the Browns is to buy rafÀe tick-
ets for a basket of goodies and gift certi¿cates from local businesses
at The Chart Room, 1196 Marine Drive. Tickets are $1 each, and
the drawing is 1ov. 0.
“We also have a jar for donations,” Chart Room manager Kend-
ra Cavett told the Ear, “and our entire full-time staff has graciously
volunteered to put a percentage of their tips towards the fundraising
effort. Please stop by, buy a ticket, donate ... support this family.”
A
Newport Police Department Facebook page post,
“Masked bandits caught in the act on the Bayfront,” re-
cently featured four very suspicious characters, whose photo
is shown, courtesy of the 1PD.
“Four masked bandits burglarized Inscapes Gallery on
S.W. Bay Boulevard recently,” the post reports. “Of¿cers re-
sponded to a report of suspicious activity after midnight, and
cornered the suspects immediately upon entering the business.
“The suspects, known only by their street names of Home
Dog, Da Nails, Squeaky Feets, and 2-Toes Todd, attempted
to elude of¿cers on scene. After a brief scufÀe, all suspects
were captured without further incident or injuries.
“Squeaky Feets told of¿cers they had no intention of
taking anything from the gallery; they were only trying to
straighten a few pieces of art on the wall. Tell it to the judge,
Feets. Tell it to the judge.”
The post went viral, and Squeaky Feets has received in-
ternational acclaim. He has been written about in the U.K.’s
Daily Mail, not to mention here at home, when USA Today
and the Huf¿ngton Post gave him some love, and KTLA in
Los Angeles mentioned his arrest, as well.
So what does a newly famous masked bandit do to keep
that 15 minutes of fame (or infamy) going? Why get his own
Facebook page, of course: www.facebook.com/SqueakyFeets
L
ocal history buffs ought to enjoy this one: A “historic inven-
tory” of the Adair-Uppertown section of Astoria, by Jill A.
Chappel, has gone online recently (http://tinyurl.com/adairup). A
photo from the report cover is shown.
It’s actually a rather dry 1994 report to the city of Astoria Of¿ce
of Community Development, designed to be used as a planning tool
for Astoria’s historic preservation efforts, but even so, it contains all
sorts of interesting historic facts.
Did you know that in 1844 John Shively’s original layout for As-
toria had an east and west section, separated by a 120-foot wide street
(supposed to be named Broadway)? The eastern end of town, now
known as Uppertown, had street names like Hemlock, Pine, Wing and
Tulip. Fifty by 150 foot lots were selling for about $200 (about $6,200
now) by 1849, and by 1850 the population of Astoria was 250.
By 180, although it was growing rapidly, Astoria was still pretty
raw around the edges. Vacationers from Portland who came downri-
ver on sternwheelers to dally in Seaside were not impressed. Writer
Randall V. Mills noted, “A town built on stilts out over the tide Àats
... Astoria remained for many years markedly ugly ... One did not, it
seemed, stop at Astoria, except to change boats and go somewhere
else.” My, my, how times have changed.