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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
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neutrality.
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model of democracy, the publisher indicated.
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back on some of the early newspaper
stories about the center, you might
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implications for public education. At
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right. It was unrealistic a half century
ago to think all students should go to
college. It’s even more unrealistic now.
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by President Obama is free com-
munity college. Several Oregon leg-
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such a plan. Of course, nothing is ever
free, and our schools don’t need more
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they receive, they put a higher value
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We need to be truthful about what
works in education, and forget what
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Sen. Betsy Johnson represents Ore-
gon Senate District 16.