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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 COMMUNITY 1B THE WHIPPED CREAM LADY RAINWORKS WASH YOUR HANDS! H ere’s a little trip down memory lane for you: Remember Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass? Their 1965 hit album, “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” (celebrating its 50th anni- versary this year) was almost as famous for the model on the cover as it was for the music. So who is this pop culture icon? A recent story by Erik Lacitis for The Seattle Times (which is actually an update to an older story) reveals that it’s Dolores Erickson, 79, who lives in Longview, Wash. (http://tinyurl.com/alpertmodel). She is pictured in a 2012 photo by Greg Gilbert of The Seattle Times. A successful model for the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City, VKHÀHZWR/RV$QJHOHVIRUWKH$OSHUWDOEXPFRYHUVKRRWLQ6KH wore a bikini with the top straps down, and was covered with shaving cream (whipped cream would have melted under the lights). The photo caused quite a furor, as it was considered pretty risqué at the time. Lacitis quotes a 2006 New Yorker magazine article as saying the cover “fogged the minds of many young men.” The music wasn’t too bad, either, as the record spent 141 weeks on Billboard’s Top 40 albums chart. Ms. Erickson moved to Longview in the 1970s with her young son to be near her sister. No one knew she was the “Whipped Cream Lady” until 2000, when she stopped at a Seattle record store to buy some used copies of the album to sign for friends, and the owner of WKHVWRUHUHDOL]HGZKRVKHZDV³,WZDVOLNH¿QGLQJDMHZHOWKDW¶V been buried in the desert for 40 years,” he said. Until then, she had no idea how important the album is in pop culture. Now, she has “fans worldwide” Lacitis says. So how does she feel about her newfound celebrity? “I’m over- whelmed,” she told him. “It’s fabulous. It’s so wonderful.” S eattle residents Peregrine Church, pictured right, who is often helped by his “partner-in-shenanigans” Xack Fischer, left, love the rain, and want you to love it, too. So they’ve creat- ed rainworks, positive messages and artwork all around Seattle that only show up when it rains. The pair are pictured in a photo from their website, http://rain.works Stenciled on with a product called Always Dry, their creations become “rain activated art” and last about four months. “We make UDLQZRUNVWRJLYHSHRSOHDUHDVRQWRORRNIRUZDUGWRUDLQ\GD\V´ the pair declared. “It’s going to rain anyway. Why not do something fun with it?” S STARRY, STARRY NIGHT ince it’s the 30th Anniversary of “The Goonies” year, the Ear FRXOGQ¶WUHVLVWWHOOLQJ\RXDVWRU\IURPZKHQWKH\ZHUH¿OPLQJKHUH “Wow, I can’t believe it has been 30 years,” former Seasider Dena RushWROGWKH(DU³7KHER\VZKRVWDUUHGLQWKH¿OPXVHGWR come in and use the bathroom where I worked at the Surfsand Resort ZKHQWKH\¿OPHGLQ&DQQRQ%HDFK,WZDVDVPDOORI¿FHWKHQZLWK DWLQ\EDWKURRPEHKLQGLWDQGLI,GLGQRWKHDUWKHVLQNDIWHUDÀXVK I would send them back in to wash their hands.” “My boss asked me one day asked me if I knew who those boys were,” she recalled. “I said I did not care, as they still needed to wash their hands. Turned out later it was Sean Astin and Corey Feld- man.” They are pictured in a screen shot from the movie. “But I was 21, and I was too cool,” Dena chuckled, “and I had no time for teenaged boys who did not wash their hands.” 106 YEARS YOUNG TAKE A TOUR A mateur astronomer alert: According to Gizmag.com, NASA now has a new software program, the Asteroid Data Hunter, available to the public, that “improves the detec- tion rate of potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids” (http:// tinyurl.com/boomwarn). It’s free to download at www.topcod- er.com/asteroids, which provided the screen shot shown. Take a photo with your telescope, then run it through the appli- cation — it will sort out known asteroids and any new discoveries. “We need your help in identifying asteroids,” NASA claims, “and to help further this effort, we’ve built an application that en- ables everyone, everywhere, to help solve this global challenge.” +DSS\KXQWLQJ ‘C latsop Care Center resident, Jessie M. Rutter-Co- threll-Humble turned 106 years old on March 24,” Ro- setta Hurley of the Life Enrichment Department at the center told the Ear. Jessie is pictured now, and in 1927. few weeks ago, the Ear mentioned that Microsoft co-found- “Her life adventures began with being born in 1909 in a small cabin er Paul Allen and his team aboard his research vessel/yacht on a ranch near Galena, Ore., a place that could only be reached by the Octopus, had found the wreckage of the World War II Jap- wagon, horseback or by foot” Rosetta noted. “Events occurring during anese battleship Musashi more than half a mile deep at the bot- her life included the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and II, multiple tom of the Sibuyan Sea in the Philippines. It was one of the other wars, the Roaring ’20s, and the Great Depression.” heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever built. 1RWWRPHQWLRQWKHRSHQLQJRIWKH3DQDPD&DQDOWKH¿UVW $W¿UVW$OOHQ¶VZHEVLWHZZZSDXODOOHQFRPRQO\SRVWHGSKRWRV WUDQVFRQWLQHQWDOSKRQHFDOOWKH6SDQLVKÀXSDQGHPLF of the wreck, along with history notes. One of the images, a valve the invention of talking movies (1924), and so much more (http:// wheel, is shown. Inset, a photo of the formidable Musashi. tinyurl.com/time1900s). But now he has gone all out for naval history fans, and posted “She was married and widowed twice, had two children, and a 2.5-plus hour underwater tour of the wreck, including Octopus has lived in Roseburg, Cottage Grove and Woodburn,” Rosetta ex- crew interviews about the expedition and how they found the battle- plained. “In recent years she moved to Seaside, and then Astoria near VKLSDWKWWSPXVDVKLSDXODOOHQFRP(QMR\ KHUGDXJKWHU-HVVLHRZQHGDÀRZHUDQGJLIWEXVLQHVVZRUNHGDVD ERRNNHHSHUDQGUDQDIUHLJKWFRPSDQ\-HVVLHHQMR\HGSOD\LQJFDUGV KXQWLQJDQG¿VKLQJWUDYHOLQJDURXQGWKH86LQDWUDLOHUZLWKKHU husband and visiting national parks.” “Jessie has a beautiful engaging smile and is loved by everyone where she lives,” she added. “She is an inspiration.” So what’s Jessie’s secret for long life? Here’s one hint: “I never HDW¿VKXQOHVV,FDXJKWLW´ THERE’S MORE TO COME A STOP, WAIT, WAVE J ust because you may not have heard much of anything late- ly about 2011 Japanese tsunami debris appearing on our shores doesn’t mean it’s over. In fact, a recent story on KGW. FRPVD\VVFLHQWLVWVVSHFXODWHWKHUHLVVWLOOPLOOLRQWRQVÀRDWLQJ DURXQGLQWKH3DFL¿F2FHDQOLNHO\KHDGLQJWKLVZD\KWWSWL- Q\XUOFRPÀRDWPHVV$VFUHHQVKRWRI.*:¶VPDSRIWKHPDVV is shown. Russ Lewis, who lives on the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula, WROG.*:KHIRXQGKLV¿UVWSLHFHRIGHEULVLQ1RYHPEHU and has hauled away truckloads of it since. He is pictured, inset, in a photo courtesy of Kyle Iboshi of KGW. Russ says it usually gets worse after a storm with southwest winds. “You go out the next day and the rack line has chunks of this stuff, you know, up and down for miles. I think there’s more to come.” HPHPEHU WKH$VWRULD FURVVZDON ÀDJV WR KHOS SHGHVWULDQV JHW “Until local weather conditions move them ashore,” Sam DFURVVWKHVWUHHW"$JRRGLGHDLQWKHRU\EXWOLJKW¿QJHUHGFLW- Chan with the Oregon State University Extension and Oregon izens kept swiping them. Sea Grant, told KGW, “the marine debris from the tsunami will Scott Lee of Bikes and Beyond spotted something on Facebook be evident, and might be evident for years to come.” f you have an unquenchable thirst to know all about every- WKDWPLJKWMXVWZRUNDQGZDQWVWKH(DUWRSDVVLWDORQJ3LFWXUHGD The debris arrival may have tapered off a bit on the North thing/anything Oregon, you’re in luck. The 2015-2016 Ore- Coast for now, but CBC News in British Columbia reports the Stop, Wait, Wave crosswalk installation that actually works. Upon researching, it seems the idea for this type of crosswalk warning orig- gon Blue Book has been released both in print form and online litter load is so bad up north that the “U.S. group Gulf of Alas- inated in Camden, Maine, of all places, and goes back at least nine (http://bluebook.state.or.us). Part of the cover photo, which was ka Keeper wants to use helicopters and a huge barge to remove years — the photo comes from a December 2006 blog posting by taken by Ted Demetriades, is shown. tonnes of material still littering B.C. and Alaska coastlines” &OLFNRQ³2UHJRQ7RSLFV´DQGKLVWRU\EXIIVZLOO¿QGDOOVRUWVRI KWWSWLQ\XUOFRPÀRDWPHVV Maine resident Sarah Ann Smith (http://tinyurl.com/camdencross). However, cities in at least two other states (New Jersey and Flor- WRSLFVWRUHVHDUFK:DQWWR¿UHRIIDOHWWHUWRDVWDWH86UHSUHVHQ- 7KHRXWHUVKRUHOLQHRIWKHUHPRWHDQGGLI¿FXOWWRDFFHVV+DLGD ida) are following Camden’s example and putting these warnings on tative or senator? The addresses are all online, too. Photographers Gwaii, an archipelago off B.C.’s north coast, is particularly re- might want to take note of the contest for next year’s Blue Book FHLYLQJ WKH RQVODXJKW RI SODVWLF ¿VKLQJ JHDU DQG 6W\URIRDP their crosswalks, too. So why not Astoria? “There is tons of garbage hitting our beach every day,” said Haida Scott suggested that perhaps the Boy Scouts or Tongue Point cover, open to all Oregon amateur photographers. It’s a great website to peruse on a rainy afternoon. You might Gwaii resident Linda Leitch. “This problem is real. It’s not go- Job Corps studentsPLJKWEHLQWHUHVWHGLQWDNLQJRQWKHMRELIWKH ing away. It’s not old news. It is occurring news.” even learn something. idea is approved. At least no one can snatch these signs. GET BOOKISH R I 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 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 Knochlers Pinochle Group — 1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Cost is $1 per regular session per person. Players with highest and second highest scores split the prize. Game is designed for play- ers 55 and older, but all ages are welcome. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- 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. Astoria Toastmasters — 6:30 SP+RWHO(OOLRWFRQIHUHQFHURRP 357 12th St. Visitors welcome. For information, go to www.toastmas- ters.org or call 503-894-0187. meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Line Dancing for Seniors — 6 to 7:30 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. Astoria Lions Club — noon, $VWRULD (ONV /RGJH WK 6W Prospective members welcome. For information, contact Charlene Larsen at 503-325-0590. TUESDAY Do Nothing Club — 10 a.m. WRQRRQ86W2FHDQ3DUN Wash. Men’s group. For informa- WLRQFDOO-DFN0F%ULGHDW 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- 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 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. 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 WEDNESDAY Moms Offering Moms Sup- port Club — 9 a.m., Capt. Gray Port of Play, 785 Alameda Ave. For information, go to www.momsclubo- fastoria.org or email president@ momsclubofastoria.org 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 — DP :LFNLXS *UDQJH +DOO 6YHQVHQ0DUNHW5RDG)UHH 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. Angora Hiking Club — 1 p.m., 6L[WK6WUHHWSDUNLQJORW6HDVLGH3URP 0LOO 3RQGV KLNH )RU LQIRUPDWLRQ FDOO Nguyen Trung at 503-738-7911. Ukulele Players — 1:30 p.m., Warrenton Masonic Lodge, 66 S.W. Fourth St., Warrenton. All are wel- come, including beginners. Loaner XNXOHOHV DYDLODEOH )RU LQIRUPDWLRQ call Roger Williams at 503-717-5645. Seaside Dementia Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Necan- icum Village, 2500 S. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside. For families and/or caregivers of dementia patients. All are welcome. To attend, RSVP to 503-738-0900. See NOTES, Page 2B