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OPINION 6A T HE .LW]KDEHUJLYHVQHZV media an endorsement D AILY A STORIAN Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager SAMANTHA MCLAREN, Circulation Manager Water under the bridge Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2005 The Oregon Department of Transportation will abide by whatever decision the city of Seaside comes to on the controversial U.S. Highway 101 improve- PHQWSURMHFWDVWDWHWUDQVSRUWDWLRQRI¿FLDOVDLG6DWXUGD\DWDUHJLRQDOODQGXVH conference in Seaside. %XWLIWKHFLWL]HQVUHMHFWWKHPLOOLRQSURMHFWLQD0D\UHIHUHQGXPWKH\ VKRXOGQ¶WFRXQWRQ2'27VXSSRUWLQJDQDOWHUQDWLYHSURMHFWDQ\WLPHVRRQKH said. Nearly 25 Astoria School District students were sent home Wednesday for not having up-to-date immunizations. Exclusion Day is the annual deadline for parents to provide im- munization records to schools and day care centers, or submit reli- gious or medical exemptions. 7KHFLW\RI6HDVLGHSDLGDOPRVWWR³UHWLUH´LWVSROLFHFKLHIODVWPRQWK DFFRUGLQJWRGRFXPHQWVUHFHQWO\REWDLQHGE\The Daily Astorian, which de- VFULEHGWKHFLW\PDQDJHU¶VODFNRIFRQ¿GHQFHLQWKHFLW\¶VKLJKHVWUDQNLQJODZ HQIRUFHPHQWRI¿FHU 7KHJURVVDPRXQWRIWKHVHYHUDQFHFKHFNZDVZKLFKLQFOXGHGVL[ PRQWKV¶VDODU\KDOIRI.HQ$OPEHUJ¶VDFFXPXODWHGVLFNOHDYHDQGDOOKLVXQ XVHGYDFDWLRQWLPH+HZDVSDLGIRUDOORI-DQXDU\HYHQWKRXJKKHZDVHIIHFWLYH O\WHUPLQDWHGRQWKHWKLUGZRUNLQJGD\ :KLOHKLVFRQWUDFWRQO\FDOOHGIRUWKUHHPRQWKV¶VDODU\DVVHYHUDQFH&LW\ 0DQDJHU0DUN:LQVWDQOH\VDLGLQDQLQWHUYLHZ:HGQHVGD\WKDWVL[PRQWK¶VSD\ FRXOGEHFKHDSHUIRUWKHFLW\WKDQSD\LQJH[WHQGHGKHDOWKFDUHELOOV $WKLUGFRPSDQ\LVORRNLQJDWWKH&ROXPELD5LYHUIRUDOLTXH¿HG natural gas plant. In early November, The Daily Astorian revealed that Calpine Corp. had plans for an LNG facility at the tip of Warrenton’s Ski- panon Peninsula on land leased from the Port of Astoria. The next day, the port signed the lease, touching off a controversy that still rages. Another LNG proponent is eyeing a site in Columbia County. The second LNG proposal for Warrenton is on land at Tansy Point. The site is owned by the city and leased to Martin Nygaard’s Warrenton Fiber Co. 50 years ago — 1965 0RUHWKDQSHRSOHWRRNDGYDQWDJH6XQGD\RIWKH¿UVWRSSRUWXQLW\IRU ORFDOFLWL]HQVWRVHHWKHQHZ-RE&RUSV&HQWHULQRSHUDWLRQ 7KHRFFDVLRQZDVDVSHFLDORSHQKRXVHIRUSHRSOHRIWKH$VWRULDDUHDKHOGLQ DGYDQFHRIWKHIRUPDORSHQLQJWRFRPHODWHUZKHQUHPRGHOLQJZRUNLVIXUWKHU advanced. -RE&RUSV&HQWHURI¿FLDOVVDLGYHKLFOHVZHUHFRXQWHGLQDQGRXWRIWKH PDLQJDWHGXULQJWKHDIWHUQRRQ “Things aren’t going too well,” said SP&S railway engineers at Portland Monday as they predicted it would be another week before trains roll over the Portland-Astoria line. Workers trying to knock down rocks from a ledge 300 feet up the face of the huge slide near Bradwood have been having a rough time, UDLOZD\RI¿FLDOVDLG (VWLPDWHGFRVWRIUHSDLULQJFXUEVDQGVLGHZDONVRQ&RPPHUFLDOEHWZHHQWK DQGWKLVWKHFLW\FRXQFLOOHDUQHG0RQGD\QLJKW 7KHFRXQFLOKDVORQJEHHQWKLQNLQJDERXWUHSDLULQJWKHWLOWHGVLGHZDONVRI WKHVHWZREORFNVZKHUHWKHVWUHHWKDVVHWWOHGRYHUWKHSDVW\HDUVDGLVWDQFHRI several inches. We would like to see a feasibility and cost study made for a small boat canal between Warrenton and Seaside via the lakes and streams of Clatsop Plains, as proposed by a reader in a letter printed on this page Wednesday. We suspect this would cost a great deal less and be just about as useful as the small boat harbor that is being discussed for the Seaside cove. Such a canal would not only make Seaside a port accessible to VSRUW¿VKLQJFUDIWIURPWKH&ROXPELDEXWLWZRXOGGHYHORSRWKHU recreational boating. Some day that Puget Sound-Columbia River canal now being talked about in Washington is going to become a reality, because it is logical. An extension of it southward to Seaside would then be logical. 75 years ago — 1940 7KHIHGHUDOEXUHDXRI¿VKHULHVLVSXWWLQJLQTXLWHDQHZV\VWHPRIKDWFKHULHV RQWKHXSSHU&ROXPELDDQGWULEXWDULHVDV\VWHPZKLFKVKRXOGKHOSFRQVLGHUDEO\ LQFRXQWHUDFWLQJWKHDGYHUVHHIIHFWVRI*UDQG&RXOHH'DPDQGLWVEORFNLQJRIWKH XSSHUUHDFKHVRIWKH&ROXPELD5LYHUWRVSDZQLQJ¿VK The navy has estimated expenditures amounting to $223,750 on 7RQJXH3RLQW1DYDO$LU6WDWLRQIRU¿VFDODFFRUGLQJWR¿JXUHV submitted to the house yesterday by Rear Admiral L.H. Toware, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, as quoted in the United Press dis- patches. 7KH3RUWRI$VWRULDFRPPLVVLRQ7XHVGD\QLJKWDSSURYHGDRQH\HDUOHDVH RIWKH&ODWVRSDLUSRUWRZQHGE\WKHSRUWFRPPLVVLRQWRWKH$VWRULDÀ\LQJFOXE 8QGHUWHUPVRIWKHOHDVHWKHÀ\LQJFOXEWDNHVRYHUPDQDJHPHQWSROLFLQJ DQGPDLQWHQDQFHRIWKHDLUSRUWZLWK/HR$UDQ\FOXELQVWUXFWRUGHVLJQDWHGDV airport manager. The lease proved highly satisfactory to the port commission, which some ZHHNVDJRKDGVHULRXVO\FRQVLGHUHGVKXWWLQJXSWKHDLUSRUWEHFDXVHRILQDELOLW\ WRNHHSWKHUXQZD\VLQSURSHUFRQGLWLRQ Featuring the Spring Opening dance of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce on March 6 at Recreation Center will be a jitterbug con- WHVWWKH¿UVWRILWVNLQGLQ$VWRULD7RWKHEHVWMLWWHUEXJJLQJJRFDVK awards, the committee in charge of the event announced today. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 T +( '($7+ 2) $ political leader is sometimes DQ DXVSLFLRXV FLUFXPVWDQFH 3UHVLGHQW $EUDKDP /LQFROQ¶V death was the most coincidental of all. 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