THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
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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
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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
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and giddily saying ‘Ohhhhhh, Kitty Kitty.’”
the GOP is trying to undo it. I just found it rather amusing, and
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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?
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pictured in a photo courtesy of http://thenandnowpics.com
He felt the original name was the Astor Column, and that some-
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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
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Yet in a sampling of 50 years’ worth of Astoria City Directories,
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Column. In one brochure from about the 1950s or so, it is Astor Col-
umn, and all the more recent ones say Astoria.”
So the Ear emailed the Astoria Column website (www.astoriaco-
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Gift Store and Visitor’s Center.
“We get this question a lot,” Paula wrote. “Technically it’s always
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calling the Column the Astor Column, and for many decades the sig-
nage around town was quite inconsistent. Some signs said The Col-
umn, some said Astoria Column and some said Astor’s Column.”
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How hot is it?
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leaking from the
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aged during the
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2016. The dates are later for Washington and Oregon. All in all, no
threat is expected here. (If you want to read about how things are
going on the Fukushima end of the leak, check out http://fukushi-
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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,
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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
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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
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Astoria Moose Lodge, 420 17th St.
For information, call Dave Kinney at
415-827-5190.
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