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23,1,21 6A T HE Amateur hour puts 6HQ:\GHQLQDELQG 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 After a 36-hour run at sea, racing to bring in the catch from several hun- dred basket-like traps, called pots, a crewman stooped in the dark hold of the Star King unloading the goods: hundreds of pounds of squirming, snapping Dungeness crabs. ,QDOLWWOHRYHUWZRPRQWKV2UHJRQ¶VFUDEELQJÀHHWKDVODQGHGDUHFRUGVHW- ting 24 million pounds of the West Coast’s signature crab – more than double the average annual catch for the past decade. %XW¿VKHUPDQ5H[6LPDQWHOVTXLQWLQJLQWKHKDUVKZLQGORRNHGRYHUKLV catch with some disappointment last week. 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Should America become involved in the struggle it could no longer be model of democracy, the publisher indicated. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 , 1 7+( :25/' 2) addiction counseling the truism is that every alcoholic DIIHFWVRWKHUSHRSOH In the world of politics, a boneheaded decision affects hundreds of people and sometimes an entire nation. +RXVH 6SHDNHU -RKQ %RHKQHU PDGH OLIH QHHGOHVVO\ GLI¿FXOW IRU D lot of people by issuing a unilateral LQYLWDWLRQ WR ,VUDHOL 3ULPH 0LQLVWHU Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress. Boehner HVSHFLDOO\PDGHOLIHGLI¿FXOWIRU-HZ- DAMIAN MULINIX — EO Media Group LVK VHQDWRUV %\ SROLWLFL]LQJ$PHUL- can relations with Israel, the speaker U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden leans on a chair while answering a question H[FOXGHG 'HPRFUDWV IURP KLV GHFL- from the audience during his town hall meeting at the Columbia sion, even though the vast majority of River Maritime Museum Saturday. $PHULFDQ-HZVDUH'HPRFUDWV Over lunch last week I asked Or- ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, talk of many things; HJRQ6HQ5RQ:\GHQD'HPRFUDW ‘To Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — ZKHWKHUKHZRXOGDWWHQGWKH0DUFK Of cabbages —and kings —’ joint session. Wyden told me he had Through the Looking-glass not made up his mind. Boehner’s amateur foray into foreign relations was a lot about the 5HSXEOLFDQ REVHVVLRQ ZLWK VWLFNLQJ it to President Obama; it’s also about helping Netanyahu win in Israel’s elections, which shortly follow his &DSLWRO+LOOWDON:KHUH1HWDQ\DKX Sen. Ron Wyden is a direct political and Boehner see eye to eye is on sabotaging America’s talks with Iran descendant of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger. over its development of nuclear ca- pability. in Oregon to endorse Neuberger made it źźź Neuberger. possible for Sen. Wayne Upon election, Neu- 0RUVH ² D IRUPHU 5H- , $6.(' :<'(1 +2: berger’s most prominent publican — to move from PDQ\ -HZV DUH LQ WKH 6HQDWH ,W LV -HZLVK FROOHDJXHV ZHUH his Independent status to GRZQ IURP VHQDWRUV ZLWK WKH +HUEHUW /HKPDQ RI 1HZ Democrat. Neuberger’s departure of Sen. Carl Levin of <RUN DQG (UQHVW *UXHQ- writings and speeches 0LFKLJDQ ing. KHDYLO\ LQÀXHQFHG WKH In the long term Boehner has done Interestingly, there has \RXQJ7RP0F&DOODOLE- Israel’s cause little good, because never been a compilation HUDO5HSXEOLFDQ he’s making support for Israel a par- RI-HZVZKRKDYHVHUYHG 7KXV 5RQ :\GHQ ² Richard tisan matter, when the overwhelming in the U.S. Senate from who won election as a Neuberger QXPEHURI-HZLVKIHGHUDOODZPDNHUV the First Congress on- Portland congressman in are Democrats. ZDUG :K\" %HFDXVH PDQ\ -HZLVK ²LV1HXEHUJHU¶VGLUHFWSROLW- senators did not self-identify, accord- ical descendant. źźź LQJWR6HQDWH+LVWRULFDO2I¿FH'LUHF- As of this writing, Wyden’s press WRU'RQ5LWFKLH OLDLVRQVDLGKHLV³SUREDEO\JRLQJ´WR :+(1 5,&+$5' / the Netanyahu joint session speech. Neuberger of Portland became źźź — S.A.F. 2UHJRQ¶V ¿UVW 'HPRFUDWLF 86 6HQDWRU LQ \HDUV ² LQ ² ',&. 1(8%(5*(5 :$6 $ Oregon was a much more rural pivot point in Oregon political history. state. So it was interesting that this Prior to him, the state Democratic XUEDQ -HZLVK 'HPRFUDW GHIHDWHG D 3DUW\ZDV³YHU\LQDUWLFXODWH´LQWKH WUDGLWLRQDO LQFXPEHQW 5HSXEOLFDQ words of a Neuberger contemporary VHQDWRU IURP 5RVHEXUJ 7KH UDFH ZKRP , LQWHUYLHZHG VRPH \HDUV EHWZHHQ*X\&RUGRQDQG1HXEHUJHU ago. Neuberger created the modern was so close that it took two days 'HPRFUDWLF 3DUW\ RI 2UHJRQ +H WR GHFLGH DQG LW ZDV UXUDO (DVWHUQ was an early conservationist (the Oregon that gave Neuberger his word environmentalist was not in our QDUURZPDUJLQRIYLFWRU\0\IDWKHU SDUODQFHDSUROL¿FZULWHUDQGDXWKRU was the only daily newspaper editor and a born marketer. of Cabbages and Kings GUEST COLUMN -RE&RUSVPLVVLRQLVUHOHYDQWWRGD\ By 6(1%(76<-2+1621 For The Daily Astorian : HUHFHQWO\FHOHEUDWHGWKHWK DQQLYHUVDU\RI7RQJXH3RLQW -RE &RUSV &HQWHU EXW LI \RX ORRN back on some of the early newspaper stories about the center, you might wonder what year we’re living in. +HUH¶VDTXRWHIURPThe Oregonian E\ D \HDUROG LQVWUXFWRU QDPHG David Callahan on the occasion RI WKH FHQWHU¶V ¿UVW DQQLYHUVDU\ LQ ³7RQJXH3RLQWKDVWUHPHQGRXV implications for public education. At the moment almost all high schools are preparing individuals for college, EXWWRH[SHFWDOOLQGLYLGXDOVWRJRWR FROOHJHLVXQUHDOLVWLF´ At the time, the center was open only to young male dropouts, who were trained primarily as repairmen in all facets of the marine industry or as repairmen in appliance, electronics or DXWRPRWLYH¿HOGV A year later in the same newspaper, Callahan said he was leaving to take a MREZLWKDQHGXFDWLRQDO¿UPLQ0LFKL- JDQDQGKHQRWHG³7RP\NQRZOHGJH not one school superintendent in Or- egon or any boards of education have FRPHWRYLVLW7RQJXH3RLQWWRDFTXDLQW themselves with what we have learned DERXWWKHKLJKVFKRROGURSRXW´ Considering the problem — even back then — of high school dropouts, &DOODKDQDGGHG³7KH-RE&RUSVFDQ- not begin to train all of these kids, yet we are spending a lot of money trying WR¿QGRXWKRZWRHGXFDWHWKHPVRWKDW hopefully, local school districts will learn from these programs and improve WKHSXEOLFVFKRROV\VWHPV´ All these years later, what have we learned about educating young people, SDUWLFXODUO\WKRVHÀLUWLQJZLWKDLPOHVV- ness and long-term unemployment? According to a U.S. Department RI(GXFDWLRQUHSRUWUHOHDVHGWKLV\HDU Oregon’s high-school graduation rate IRUWKHFODVVRILVWKHZRUVWRIDQ\ VWDWHLQWKHQDWLRQ,QLWZDVVHF- RQGZRUVW,QIRXUWKZRUVW 7KH 7RQJXH 3RLQW LQVWUXFWRU ZDV right. It was unrealistic a half century ago to think all students should go to college. It’s even more unrealistic now. We’re still trying to reconcile our na- tional devotion to the concept of “col- OHJH´ZLWKWKHUHDOLW\RIWKHZRUNSODFH and the reality that some young men and women don’t look upon college as a guarantee to a better life. We need to be truthful about what works in education. 2 ne of the latest ideas proposed by President Obama is free com- munity college. Several Oregon leg- islators are working on a variation of such a plan. Of course, nothing is ever free, and our schools don’t need more unfunded mandates. 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We should consider if there are other DVSHFWVRIWKH-RE&RUSVH[SHULHQFHWKDW can be useful elsewhere. ,QWKHHDUO\GD\VRIWKH-RE&RUSV Sargent Shriver, who was then director RIWKH2I¿FHRI(FRQRPLF2SSRUWXQLW\ and oversaw the program, pointed out that the training centers run by busi- QHVVHV VHHPHG WR EH PRUH HI¿FLHQW 7KH WUDLQHHV KDG IHZHU EHKDYLRUDO SUREOHPV ,Q D 6HSW VWRU\ in The New York Times, he offered a theory about why business corpora- WLRQV OLNH /LWWRQ ,QGXVWULHV ,%0 DQG Packard-Bell, working under contract with the government, seemed better at getting results from young corpsmen: ³7KH\DUHJRRGPDQDJHUV7KH\NQRZ what kind of employees they need. 7KH\WUDLQSHRSOHLQUHDOLWLHV7KHNLGV NQRZWKH\¶UHGHDOLQJZLWKUHDOLW\´ Shriver said that since the corpsmen were all high school dropouts, in their PLQGVVFKRROZDVDQDUWL¿FLDOSODFH$ body repair shop at a training center, though, is the real thing. 5LJKWQRZLQ&ODWVRS&RXQW\ZHDUH working to replicate a successful career DQG WHFK SURJUDP XVHG LQ 7LOODPRRN &RXQW\ ,Q SDUWQHUVKLS ZLWK +DPS- ton Lumber, Stimson Lumber and the 7LOODPRRN &UHDPHU\ 7LOODPRRN +LJK School students are learning practical FDUHHUVNLOOVSUL]HGE\ORFDOLQGXVWULHV,I ZHDUHVXFFHVVIXO$VWRULD+LJK6FKRRO students will have the same opportunity to acquire relevant knowledge, which they can use to build a career and a life. 7KLVLVWKHNLQGRISUDFWLFDOLGHDOLVP 6KULYHU FKDPSLRQHG7LPHV FROXPQLVW %RE+HUEHUWUHFDOOHGDQLQWHUYLHZKH¶G KDG ZLWK 6KULYHU ZKR GLHG LQ Looking back on his years at the Of- ¿FHRI(FRQRPLF2SSRUWXQLW\KHWROG +HUEHUW³:HPDGHDQHIIRUWGXULQJWKDW WLPHWR¿QGRXWZKDWZDVWUXHDQGZKDW ZDVQHHGHGE\ZD\RILPSURYHPHQW´ We need to be truthful about what works in education, and forget what might be politically popular. Sen. Betsy Johnson represents Ore- gon Senate District 16.