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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015 COMMUNITY 1B A ‘long and bitter battle’ Come home, Kitty Kitty “My cousin sent me this NEWSPAPER from May 20, 1947,” PAM CHATER told “Last month JIM STANOVICH, DANI FISHER and I were the Ear. “And as I was looking doing the art walk with 3-year-old grandson DORIAN,” SHARON through it I came across this ar- WILSON told the Ear. “Dorian had his special stuffed kitty with ticle, written during the Truman him. At the end of the night we realized that ‘KITTY’ was MIA and Administration, of the GOP ZHFRXOGQRW¿QGKLP'RULDQZDVGHYDVWDWHGDVKHWDNHV.LWW\HY- blocking national health care.” erywhere and sleeps with him.” Dorian and Kitty are pictured. “Sen. (Robert) Taft (R-Ohio) said today the Republican-con- “So this last Saturday’s art walk we took Dorian again,” she con- trolled Senate has no place on its 1947 schedule for the ‘long and tinued, “and as we were walking into Tempo Art Gallery there on a bitter battle’ that would be required to pass a (compulsory) federal table lay Kitty. I grabbed him and said ‘Dorian look!’ The look on his health (insurance) bill,” the article says. You can read the history of face was priceless, he jumped out of his stroller and grabbed Kitty Truman’s bill at http://tinyurl.com/harrymedbill and was dancing around the gallery hugging and snuggling the kitty ³6L[W\HLJKW\HDUVODWHULW¿QDOO\SDVVHG´3DPDGGHG³EXWQRZ and giddily saying ‘Ohhhhhh, Kitty Kitty.’” the GOP is trying to undo it. I just found it rather amusing, and ³,¶PVHQGLQJDWKDQN\RXFDUGWR7HPSRIRUVDYLQJWKDWFDW´ thought I would share it with you.” Sharon added. “The gals there were tickled pink that the owner was File this under “the more things change, the more they stay the found.” same.” What’s in a name? (Nostalgia Nook: First run Jan. 6, 2012) CLAYTON R. JONES 65RI6HDWWOHDIUHTXHQWYLVLWRUWR*HDUKDUWZURWHWRWKH(DUTXLWH YH[HGDERXWWKHSURSHUQDPHRIWKH$6725$6725,$&2/801 pictured in a photo courtesy of http://thenandnowpics.com He felt the original name was the Astor Column, and that some- KRZRYHUWKH\HDUV$VWRULDKDGFKDQJHGWKHQDPHWRWKH$VWRULD Column, thereby “diminishing its history by denigrating the original name of Astor for this important landmark.” The Ear was buffaloed, and as always with historical questions, turned to LIISA PENNER of the Clatsop County Historical Society. “The original name was Astoria Column,” Liisa said, “and that is the one preferred today, as a reminder that the column memorializes not just John Jacob Astor, but Capt. Robert Gray, Lewis and Clark and RWKHUVFRQWULEXWLQJWRWKHGHYHORSPHQWRIWKHDUHD´ Yet in a sampling of 50 years’ worth of Astoria City Directories, /LLVDIRXQGWKDWWKHQDPHÀXFWXDWHG³,QWKHSULQWHGEURFKXUHVDQG QHZVSDSHUVLQWKHVDQGVLWDSSHDUVWRKDYHEHHQ$VWRULD Column. 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(If you want to read about how things are going on the Fukushima end of the leak, check out http://fukushi- maupdate.com) <HVWKHUHZDVDVFDU\23%KHDGOLQHODVW\HDUDERXWUDGLDWLRQ in Albacore tuna off the Oregon Coast (http://tinyurl.com/tunatest). %XWWKHFRQFOXVLRQRIWKHVWRU\ZDVTXLWHGLIIHUHQW³$\HDURIDO- EDFRUHZKLFKIRUWKHDYHUDJH$PHULFDQLVDERXWSRXQGVDWWKH highest concentration we saw is the same dose you’d get by spend- LQJVHFRQGVLQDVWXII\EDVHPHQW´VDLG2UHJRQ6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\ researcher DELVAN NEVILLE. Looks like you can probably put away your Geiger counters. COMMUNITY NOTES SATURDAY Columbia Northwestern Mod- el Railroading Club — 1 p.m., in Hammond. Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For information, call Don Carter at 503-325-0757. SUNDAY National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. For anyone with friend or loved one suffering from a serious brain (mental) illness. For information, contact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165, or k7erowood@q. com, or go to www.nami.org nation $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. Cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Warrenton Senior Lunch Pro- gram — noon, Warrenton Commu- nity Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Sug- gested donation of $5 for seniors and $7 for those younger than 60. For information, or to volunteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday. Line Dancing — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway. For information, call 503-738-5111. No cost; suggested $5 tip to the instructor. Astoria Rotary Club — noon, VHFRQG ÀRRU RI WKH $VWRULD (ONV Lodge, 453 11th St. Guests always welcome. For information, go to www.AstoriaRotary.org MONDAY Warrenton Kiwanis Club — noon to 1 p.m., Doogers Seafood and Grill, 103 U.S. Highway 101, Warrenton. For information, call Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- Darlene Warren at 503-861-2672. is at 503-861-4200. This is a hands-on experience. Diabetes Class — 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Providence Seaside Hospital, 725 S. Wahanna Road, Seaside. Free help managing diabetes. All are welcome. For information, go to www.providence.org/diabetes or call 503-717-7301. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Spinning Circle — 3 to 5 p.m., Astoria Fiber Arts Academy, 1296 Duane St. Bring a spinning wheel. For information, call 503-325-5598 RUJRWRKWWSDVWRULD¿EHUDUWVFRP Clatsop County Democrats — 6:30 to 9 p.m., location to be determined. For information, call 503-717-1614 or go to http://clat- sopdemocrats.org TUESDAY Do Nothing Club — 10 a.m. to noon, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash. Men’s group. For informa- tion, call Jack McBride at 360-665- 2721. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- Astoria Lions Club — noon, $VWRULD (ONV /RGJH WK 6W Prospective members welcome. For information, contact Charlene Larsen at 503-325-0590. Line Dancing for Seniors — 1 to 3 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, temporarily located at 1555 W. Ma- rine Drive in the old Astoria Yacht Club. For information, call 503-325- 3231. Nehalem Bay Garden Club — 1:30 p.m., Pine Grove Com- munity Center, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. Visitors welcome. Program is decorative planting of succulents in containers and ver- tical frames. Bring containers and succulent cuttings if available. WEDNESDAY Open Sewing Gathering — 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Homespun Quilts, 108 10th St. For information, call 503-325-3300 or 800-298-3177 or go to http://homespunquilt.com Wickiup Senior Lunches — 11:30 a.m., Wickiup Grange Hall, 92683 Svensen Market Road. Free for those older than 60 ($3 sug- gested donation), $6.75 for those younger than age 60. For informa- tion, call Michelle Lewis at 503-861- 4200. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Blood Pressure Checks — noon to 2 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, temporarily located at 1555 W. Marine Drive in the old Astoria Yacht Club. For information, call 503-325-3231. International Longshore- men’s and Warehousemen’s Union Pensioners — noon lun- cheon, 1 p.m. meeting, Local No. 50 Longshore Hall, 491 Industry St. Lower Columbia Chief Petty 2IÀFHUV $VVRFLDWLRQ ³ 1 p.m., Astoria Moose Lodge, 420 17th St. For information, call Dave Kinney at 415-827-5190. See NOTES, Page 2B
