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The small town atmosphere Is not found in many places
around. Particularly a place such as Clatsop County. The good
times I have had doing all sorts of things have mostly affected
my life in a positive way. Right now, the summer camp I grew up
w th for a week or two each year in my younger days is in the
* « y of a golf course, but this can't happen. Camp Kiwanilong
was a special place, a different place from the real world. Clat
sop County may undergo a great change or not much whatso
ever depending on the attitude of the inhabitants.
I think Astoria will be the same, the city never changes,
but it could be a genuine "Hollywood Up North" due to the
success of Free Willy, Goonies and Kindergarten Cop. I'm just
thinking to myself and saying, "Hey, why am I talking about
these movies, they will be ancient by the time this essay is
looked at.
Alright. Seaside is different than quite a few places
around here. It is sort of the outcast of this county although it is
pretty much the center of the area. I don't know, it's changing. I
personally don't think for the better. Other things make up the
"Clatsop Metropolitan Area" but not significant enough to work
with.
People. This is the one thing that will cause the county
to change. Ideas, some good, others bad, will change the face of
vtfiat I am looking at this day... Most of the buildings will change
along with the change and influx of people within the commun
ity. New buildings will all be earthquake proof, while the old
buildings still left standing will soon be crumbling.Transportation.
Industry. Economic structure. Power. Ideas. These words all
connect the future and in the midst disrupt the county on its path
to become perfect. The Columbia River will be flowing at a
powerful rate once again since the dams will be gone. Nuclear
fusion, the future of power, harmless, will give power to the
vehicles we get around in. The county will have a new culture
w th different ways.
Times are a changin'!
-RYAN JAMES BANDONIS
Seaside High School
I think life in Clatsop County could be great if we all
pitched in on helping the environment. There would be tons of
salmon in the rivers and elk in the forests. There would always
be clean, fresh air and beautiful parks. Springs would be full of
beautiful flowers and summers full of warm days. The Astor
Column would be restored and the Cathedral Tree would be a
national park. The Maritime Museum and the Flavel House
would be clean and beautiful.
TAMI KELLER, CANNON BEACH SCHOOL
I believe that life in Clatsop County in 2044 will be much
different than life in 1994. Advancements wall have been made
in many fields such as medicine, technology and architecture.
Every building will be earthquake proofed by 2044 and the
sewer and water systems will be improved. Instead of working
for diplomas, high school students will be working towards Cl Ms
and CAMs. Cars wall run on electricity, not on fossil fuels, and
the highways and other roads will have been improved. People
will be much more committed to saving the Earth. Recycling will
be mandatory for all citizens in Clatsop County.
Despite all the advances some things w ll remain the
same. The coastal towns will still attract irritating tourists, and
people wall still flock to Seaside for the 4th of July celebration.
And somewhere in some obscure English class, 23 forlorn
students will be slaving over an essay about Clatsop County for
the next time capsule.
-NATAHALIE MATSON
John Jacob Astor Elementary (Astoria)
In year 2044 I hope it will be as beautiful as it is now but
if not I hope it will be more beautiful. Maybe it w ll not be beauti
ful. Maybe it w ll be like Portland. It could be bigger or smaller or
the same. Clatsop County is beautiful. I hope it never changes.
Where I live it's peaceful and quiet. I hope some things change
but most don't.
There's not as many people here as most places. I like
the weather very much. It's sunny in the summer and cold in the
wnter. The only thing I don't like is it doesn't snow very often
and wiien it does it's only about an inch. I really like it here and
in 2044 I hope it's the same.
-TARYN ARNOLD
Unlike most areas of the country Clatsop County will
have its forests. Its air will be clean, and its river will be non-
polluted.
Many people from California will have moved up here.
Seaside will have about twice the population of Astoria because
of its major tourist attractions. Roads will be widened, buildings
will be built and boats will frequently go up and down the
Columbia River. The quiet life of Clatsop County will be gone
forever.
Gangs and drugs will be a major threat to the well-being
of Astoria and Seaside The influence of religion will most likely
be gone from society. But if the citizens of Clatsop County can
overcome these problems, the future looks bright.
-DAVID MICKELSON
North Coast Christian School (Hammond)
-BETH LOGSDEN
Lewis & Clark Elementary
Warrenton High School
In the year 2044, Clatsop County w ll be an industrious
culture. Simple two storey buildings w ll have turned into sky
rises. Double lane streets w ll be tripled. People w ll walk along
city blocks wearing dress suits and carrying brief cases rather
than wearing jogging suits and carrying grocery bags.
The economy of Clatsop County in the year 2044 will
seem like a drive through downtowo Portland In 1994. Rush-
hour traffic crowds the streets, the homeless beg for food in city
parks, and a collage of advertisements crowds every streetlight
and telephone pole.
Life in Clatsop County w ll be a drastic change from
1994. People will no longer come to see the beauty. Instead
they will come for the jobs. Longtime residents will not be
leaving for vacation; they will be leaving for good In the year
2044, Clatsop County will be one huge metropolis.
In the year 2044 they might find out that there is buried
treasure in Cannon Beach. Seaside might have underground
caves wrfiere pirates used to live. They might build cabins on
Cannon Beach. Astoria may build 12 museums with dinosaurs,
spaceship and other things. Knappa might build a Target store. I
think Clatsop County will stay a great place to live and Westport
might build even more and bigger schools. Astoria might even
build more campgrounds. The water in Cannon Beach might be
very clean and not polluted. Seaside might build an ice rink and
they (might) get more arcades and more rides at the Astoria fair.
-JENNIFER YOKES
Captain Robert Gray Elementary (Astoria)
People zip up and down the highway in their shiny new
solar-electric powered hover cars at 120 mph. Pedestrians cross
the road on a street lift, much like a ski lift, getting on the seat
on one side of the road and being lifted high above the traffic
below to be deposited on the other side.
Shop owners in the cities advertise their merchandise to
people miles away by lasers writing the messages in the sky.
Children visit the park to play on the self-propelled
merry-go-round and to gaze at the Tree. The Tree is the only
tree left in Clatsop County. All the others have been chopped
down and sent to Japan, (vtfiich) is developing some kind of
recyclable car.
We are in Clatsop County in the year 2044. Today is a
proud day for me because my daughter is running for mayor of
the booming city of Astoria and today is election day. The
citizens of Astoria no longer have to go to the designated voting
building. They can call the city of Astoria's private voting line
and vote by phone. The telephones are now more complex than
the phones of (1994). They are called holo-phones and they
show a holographic image of whoever is calling and of the
person on the other side, so it's much more interactive.
In some ways our future might be better than the
present, but in other ways worse. The future will be better
technology-wise, but sometimes that isn't always better.
Sometimes we just need to stop and smell the roses.
-LORI ANN HASKELL
Warrenton High School
I think Clatsop County will have battery powered cars.
There will be more buildings and the buildings will change.
There will be better jails, cars and people The schools will be
better. The schools will have nicer computers, desks and books.
The jails will have better locks and cell rooms. The people will
be better and there won't be as much crime. The parks will be
better. They'll have nice swings and slides and not as much
trash. Smoking will be against the law
-GENE WRIGHT
Star of the Sea School (Astoria)
In the year 2044, Clatsop County will have new schools
with baseball and football stadiums, large gyms, a large but nice
cafeteria, playgrounds with a twisty-slide, two 15-foot climbing
poles, a 5-foot crossing bars that are six feet off the ground,
eight swings and four swings for young kids, four see-saws with
rubber pads for safety, and four hanging bars
In the year 2044, Clatsop County will have a new fair
grounds. It will have large horse stalls, bigger cow stalls, steel-
poled cement floored pig stalls, sheep and goat stalls made with
sanded down or steel poles. All of the stalls or cages will be
made for the animals' safety and comfort
In the year 2044, Clatsop County will be crime-free and
drug-free!
-CLARE ENGLE
Star of the Sea School
CLATSOP 2044
Anthony woke up Monday morning and looked out his
window and stared at the cloud of smog that lay above the roof
of his house. He got dressed and ready for school. Anthony has
to walk because budget cuts have forced buses to be eliminated.
He walked past the mall downtown and took a stroll past the five
storey business on his daily voyage to school. He watched
someone get mugged as he crossed the street. Through a chain-
link fence Anthony could see kids his own age standing around
wiio had no destiny to go to school or do anything for that matter.
He had heard stories of wfien there used to be a forest space
around here. He listened to the constant ringing of cellular
phones, trying desperately to find shade from the heat. He
walked past the mayor with his countless assistants trying hope
lessly to get things back to the way they w«re in 1994 He was
learning in history how there used to be something called the
"ozone layer." He watched somebody drive recklessly down the
crowded streets, probably with a slight hangover. He saw some
one selling the cure for AIDS on the side streets. It worked
Tourists took snapshots of the populated streets to keep
for the wonderful memories of their journey to the Oregon coast.
Anthony watched a business tycoon talk into a computer as the
words came upon the screen Through the window of a drug
store he could see another businessman in a meeting through a
VIA satellite.
When Anthony finally got to school he entered his
smallest class with 54 kids in it. Budget cuts took their toll on
teachers so classes are taught wth computers. Yes, life as we
know it in Clatsop County will change, maybe for better, maybe
for worse, we'll see.
-VICTORIA SAGE
Astoria Middle School
-CHRIS HOLMSTEDT
Astoria Middle School
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