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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 COMMUNITY 1B A SLICE OF LIFE CAN YOU HELP? BABY BOOM ‘A laska Fishing Adventures’ comprises the gorgeous UHFROOHFWLRQV RI \HDUV RI JXLGLQJ ¿VKHUV DW Yes Bay Lodge, near Ketchikan, Alaska,” David King of Astoria and Portland wrote, reviewing James “Jim” Bernard’s new book. The front and back covers are pictured, along with a shot of Jim and some halibut, inset. Warrenton residents Jim and his wife, Cherie, well known on the 1RUWK&RDVWZHUHORQJWLPHRSHUDWRUVRID¿VKLQJFKDUWHUEXVLQHVV on the Sea Tiger out of Hammond before he started working as a guide in Alaska. “... Guides at Yes Bay Lodge are given nicknames,” David noted, ³DQGLQKLV¿UVWGD\JXLGLQJJXHVWV-LPHDUQHGWKHQLFNQDPH‘Slice’ E\FXWWLQJLQWRKLVLQGH[¿QJHUZKHQEDLWLQJDJXHVW¶VKRRNDIWHUQHW- ting a nearly 40-pound king salmon. As is the character of the man, -LPZUDSSHGKLV¿QJHULQDWRZHODQGNHSWRQ¿VKLQJ´ -LP¶V¿VKLQJSKLORVRSK\"³(DFKGD\LVEUDQGQHZDQHYHUEHHQ lived before day. Who knows what adventure awaits us? ... Thank you, Lord, for not letting us know.” Want a copy of the book? You can get it at http://tinyurl.com/ MLP¿VKHV ³:KHQ,¿UVWPHW-LPDQG¿VKHG%XR\DQGWKHRSHQRFHDQ´ 'DYLGUHFDOOHG³,DVNHGKLPRQHGD\µ+RZRIWHQGR\RX¿VK"¶´ ³,¿VKHYHU\GD\WKDWWKH/RUGDOORZVPH´-LPGHFODUHG MAKING A SPLASH ‘L ocal animal victims Bonnie, Hazel and Norma Jean (pic- tured) need assistance!” Rita Smith of River Song Founda- tion declared (http://riversongfoundation.org). “These kitties are all requiring long-term veterinary care and multiple surgeries to recover from long-term neglect, abandonment and outright abuse,” she explained. “Norma Jean had injuries con- sistent with being thrown from a car or up against a wall. She had to have one eye removed, and had multiple lacerations and evidence of ,1*UHSRUWVWKDW3DFL¿F:KDOH:DWFK$VVRFLDWLRQ3::$ a prior broken pelvis. Hazel has suffered unknown trauma and will crews spotted another new calf among the endangered South- need long-term rehabilitation. Bonnie has had two surgeries so far, ern Resident orcas of J-Pod, which makes it the fourth in three and had multiple issues.” months (http://tinyurl.com/orcanew). A mother and calf are pictured Rita has done so much for local abandoned pets, and she needs in a photo courtesy of naturalist and researcher Jeanne Hyde and a hand. If you would like to help, please donate at River Song’s Maya’s Legacy Whale Watching. fundraiser page, http://tinyurl.com/help3kits. Or, to donate pet food, Hyde was onboard a whale watching vessel recently observing supplies or money, or to volunteer, call 503-785-3690 or email river- WKH-3RGVZLPPLQJRII*DOLDQR,VODQG%ULWLVK&ROXPELD$W¿UVW songfoundation@yahoo.com she thought the calf was J50, who was born three months ago, but “These (three kitties’) expenses are outside the scope of our then was delighted when she realized it was a newborn, as it still had budget!” Rita confessed. “Please help us by contributing and/or by spreading the word. Thank you!” its fetal folds. “J-Pod is certainly doing all it can to rebuild the ranks,” Michael Harris, executive director of the PWWA, which represents 29 whale watch operators in Washington and British Columbia, told KING5. “Let’s hope this baby boom means this endangered population has ¿QDOO\WXUQHGWKHFRUQHU´ K PURPLE SAILS HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL A L ove ’em or not, the Astoria sea lions in the East Mooring Basin are making a worldwide media splash. Last week, there were stories about them on several Oregon news outlets, the San Francisco Chroni- cle, Las Vegas News3 (KSVN), The Seattle Times, and NBC News, just to name a few. The shocker was an extensive and detailed story in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail (http://tinyurl.com/DMsealions). Not surprisingly, all this publicity is attracting scads of tourists. The Ear went down to the mooring basin on Saturday, and the there was a steady stream of out-of-towners heading out to look at the sea lions ... and probably frequenting to local businesses and restaurants, as well. The Ear even spotted what appeared to be some enterprising soul doing some sightseeing in a boat, approaching the various sea lion locations for a closer look. A new local cottage industry, perhaps? fter looking longingly at a chocolate bunny the other day, the Ear began wondering: Where do Easter bunnies — who lay eggs, mind you — come from, anyway? History.com has an answer (http://tinyurl.com/whybunny): “The exact origins of this mythical mammal are unclear, but rabbits, NQRZQWREHSUROL¿FSURFUHDWRUVDUHDQDQFLHQWV\PERORIIHUWLOLW\ DQGQHZOLIH$FFRUGLQJWRVRPHVRXUFHVWKH(DVWHUEXQQ\¿UVWDU- rived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called ‘Osterhase’ or ‘Oschter Haws.’ Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs.” And, just so you know, the (probable) world’s largest Easter egg, made in Argentina in 2012, was 27 feet high, 16 feet wide, and consisted of 8,800 pounds of chocolate over a wooden frame (http:// tinyurl.com/egg8800). Yum, or yikes? MINE, ALL MINE DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ‘L ooks like they’re back,” Tiffany Boothe of the Seaside Aquarium wrote. “While walking along the beach, you may have noticed slimy, iridescent blue discs. These discs are a type of animal called Velella velella, commonly known as Purple Sails or By-The-Wind Sailors. They can reach a size of 4 inches in length and 3 inches in width.” Her photos of the critters are shown. “Purple Sails have a clear ‘sail’ that catches the wind and push- es them across the ocean’s surface,” she explained. “When the wind blows from the west, these little guys get stranded on the beach. Once washed ashore, they either become food for a variety of beach-dwelling creatures or turn into the translucent ‘sails’ you see on the beach. “Purple Sails do not sting their prey; they capture their food ZLWKVPDOOVWLFN\WHQWDFOHV9HOHOODVIHHGRQ¿VKHJJVDQGVPDOO planktonic copepods (tiny crustaceans). Found in most oceans, Purple Sails are frequent visitors to the Oregon Coast.” BBC GOES TO THE GOONDOCKS ‘T T his one would come under the heading of what my austere Yan- kee grandfather would have called damnfoolery, and is enough to make any Oregonian or Norwegian shudder. Even though the event in question happened last year, the video started making the media rounds fairly recently. According to a story in the Mail Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/ tosscliff), 31-year-old Building Antenna Span Earth (BASE) jumper Blake Burwell of Talent “arose in Norway one morning last June bent on adding a little spice to the increasingly tedious task of jump- ing off a 3,000-foot cliff.” Huh? “I woke up that morning and thought, let’s try something new,” said Burwell. “Normally, we just, you know, jump. But it just seemed like a good idea to have some friends join in.” What he means is he had his friends grab him by the hands and feet and toss him off a cliff — a sheer wall called Kjerag. He is pictured in a screen shot from his Facebook page, www. facebook.com/BlakeBurnwell If you want to watch his leap to Internet fame, get out the Drama- mine and go to http://tinyurl.com/tosscliff2 “I didn’t really plan on it happening that way,” Burwell told the Mail Tribune. “They didn’t throw me very far. So it turned out to be SUHWW\H[FLWLQJ´&OHDUO\KHKDVDÀDLUIRUXQGHUVWDWHPHQW he Cannon Beach History Center and Museum’s archivist recently discovered an image of a (World War II) mine that washed up on the shore of Cannon Beach,” Elaine Murdy-Trucke, executive director of the museum told the Ear. “There is no date on the photo, but the thought was early 1950s.” The photo is shown, courtesy of the museum (www.cbhistory.org). The photo reminded the Ear of a frightening story at Yahoo.com, which should be of interest to World War II history buffs: The war is VWLOOYHU\PXFKDSDUWRIHYHU\GD\OLIHRQWKH3DFL¿FLVODQGRIPeleliu (Palau) (http://tinyurl.com/boomisle). Once a contentiously fought over strip of land, rusting remnants of the war are everywhere, from plane wrecks, to discarded tanks and artillery, not to mention ord- nance. For example, 600 pieces of ordnance (land mines, hand gre- nades and mortars) were removed from a maze of tunnels people had been blithely wandering through, sightseeing. A group called Cleared Ground (www.clearedground.org)start- ed a cleanup in 2009, and so far has removed 32,000 items of live ordnance. “They had them in the backyard, they had live grenades in the school as part of a history project,” a group co-founder said. “They were using them as doorstops, old ladies were using them to hammer nuts on, not realizing they were dangerous. This one lady had one right next to a barbecue.” “What happened to this (Cannon Beach) mine, or the numerous others that washed ashore along the coastline is unclear,” Elaine add- HG³3HUKDSVWKH861DY\FRQ¿VFDWHGWKHP":HFHUWDLQO\KRSH that no one is using this is a garden decoration somewhere.” L loyd Seely sent the Ear a link to a delightful BBC story by Da- vid G. Allen, “The Goonies’ guideWRWKH863DFL¿F1RUWK- west” for the BBC’s online travel section (http://tinyurl.com/BBC- goon). Cannon Beach gets some love from Allen for its part in the movie, but Astoria shines. Pictured, the Goonie House. ³ 7KH ¿OP¶V EHVW FDVWLQJ KLOO\ JUHHQ ZHW$VWRULD 2UHJRQ The foggy coastal hamlet with colourful Victorian homes is drip- ping with cloudy discontent but also rife with verdant possibility. It PD\QRWORRNOLNHPXFKDW¿UVWJODQFHEXWWUHDVXUHVDZDLWLI\RX explore.” And from there, the writer goes on to extol Astoria’s many virtues YLDWKH¿OP¶VVKRRWLQJORFDWLRQVDURXQGWRZQ He interviewed Micah Dugan at the Oregon Film Museum, who told him, “It used to be salmon and timber and now it’s Goonies.” As if to prove it, Allen then provides a link to the 30th Anniversa- ry Goonie Celebration. A BBC story plugging an event in Astoria? Whoda thunk it?