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About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 2015)
OPINION 6A T HE 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 1RRQHOLNHVWRWKLQNDERXWUDZVHZDJHRYHUÀRZLQJLQWR<RXQJV%D\DQGWKH &ROXPELD5LYHU%XWZKHQLWUDLQVDVKDUGDQGORQJDVLWKDVODWHO\WKDW¶VH[DFWO\ ZKDWKDSSHQVLQ$VWRULDZKHUHDVHZHUV\VWHPDVKLVWRULFDVWKHFLW\¶V9LFWRULDQ KRXVHVXVHVWKHVDPHSLSHVWRKDQGOHERWKVHZDJHDQGVWRUPZDWHUUXQRII 6WHSVDUHQRZXQGHUZD\WRFKDQJHWKDW,QWKHFLW\EHJDQFRQVWUXFWLRQ RQ3KDVH2QHRID&RPELQHG6HZHU2YHUÀRZ3URMHFW&62WKDWHYHQWXDOO\ ZLOOUHGXFHWKHDPRXQWRIVHZDJHHVFDSLQJLQWRORFDOZDWHUZD\VGXULQJKHDY\ UDLQIDOOE\SHUFHQW7KHPRYHFDPHDIWHUDGHFDGHRISODQQLQJDQGXQGHU SUHVVXUHIURPWKHVWDWH'HSDUWPHQWRI(QYLURQPHQWDO4XDOLW\WRFRPSO\ZLWK WKHIHGHUDO&OHDQ:DWHU$FW,W¶VD\HDUSURMHFWZLWKDPLOOLRQSULFHWDJ The spring chinook salmon count at Bonneville Dam so far is the lowest since 1949 for reasons that include probably drought and sea lions, scientists say. 7KHSUL]HG¿VKDOVRPD\EHZDLWLQJORQJHUEHIRUHJRLQJXSULYHU to spawn, said Robin Ehlke, a biologist in the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. +LJKZD\WUDI¿FZDVQ¶WRQHRIWKHKD]DUGV/HZLVDQG&ODUNIDFHGRQWKHLU HSLFWUHN$QGWKDQNVWRWKHQHZSDVVDJHVRRQWREHXQGHUFRQVWUXFWLRQRQ86 +LJKZD\KLNHUVDQGF\FOLVWVUHWUDFLQJDVPDOOVHFWLRQRIWKHH[SORUHUV¶WUDLO ZRQ¶WKDYHWREUDYHVSHHGLQJFDUVDQGWUXFNVHLWKHU /RFDOVWDWHDQGIHGHUDORI¿FLDOVWXUQHGVRPHV\PEROLFVKRYHOIXOOVRIVRLO 7XHVGD\DWWKHVLWHRIWKHQHZSHGHVWULDQWXQQHOSODQQHGIRUFRQVWUXFWLRQQHDU 5LOHD$UPHG)RUFHV7UDLQLQJ&HQWHU7KHWXQQHOZLOOFDUU\WKH)RUWWR6HD7UDLO XQGHU+LJKZD\LQIURQWRI3LRQHHU3UHVE\WHULDQ&KXUFK ,W¶VGLQQHUWLPH±GR\RXNQRZZKHUH\RXUVDOPRQ¿OOHWVFDPH from? Consumers should now be able to answer that question with a “yes.” As of last Monday, stores across the country are required to label their seafood products with information about the country it came from and whether it was wild-caught or farm-raised. 50 years ago — 1965 ,WDSSDUHQWO\KDVEHFRPHDSRSXODUSDVWLPHDPRQJVRPHHOHPHQWVRI$V WRULD¶V\RXQJHUVHWWRWDXQWWUDLQHHVIURP7RQJXH3RLQW-RE&RUSV&HQWHURIDQ HYHQLQJRQWKHFLW\VWUHHWVRULQUHVWDXUDQWV 6RPHWLPHVORFDO\RXQJSHRSOHGULYHDURXQGWRZQLQFDUV\HOOLQJLQVXOWVDW JURXSVRI-RE&RUSV\RXWKVRQWKHVLGHZDON 7KLVVRUWRIFRQGXFWLVQRWRQO\XQJUDFLRXVDQGSRRUKRVSLWDOLW\LWLVDQXQ IDLUDQGRQHVLGHGVRUWRIFRQWHVWIRUWKH-RE&RUSVSHRSOHFDQ¶W¿JKWEDFNRQ SHQDOW\RIEHLQJNLFNHGRXWRIWKHFHQWHUDQGVHQWKRPH7KH\DUHXQGHUVWULFW RUGHUVWREHRQJRRGEHKDYLRUDQGQRWEHFRPHLQYROYHGLQEUDZOVZLWKDQ\WRZQ \RXQJVWHUV The U.S. Senate Tuesday approved and sent to the White House an authorization bill for $965,000 expansion of Cape Disappoint- ment Coast Guard lifeboat station, Sen. 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Magnuson said the proposed expenditure would modernize the present station and “consolidate functions the Coast Guard now conducts at Point Adams, Ore.” /HVWDQ\RQHVKRXOGVWDUWJUXPEOLQJDERXWWKHFXUUHQWUDLQ\VSHOOZHRXJKWWR UHPHPEHUWKDWWKLVLVWKH¿UVWVHULRXVUDLQIDOOVLQFH)HEUXDU\7KHZKROHPRQWKRI 0DUFKVOLSSHGSDVWZLWKQRWKLQJEXWDIHZYHU\OLJKWVKRZHUV²EDUHO\HQRXJK WRNHHSWKHGXVWGRZQIRUDIHZKRXUV ,W¶VEHHQDVSULQJVRIDUVXFKDVZHKDYHQ¶WVHHQKHUHDERXWVLQPDQ\\HDUV :HVKRXOGEHJUDWHIXOIRULWDQGQRWFRPSODLQLIZHJHWDOLWWOHPRLVWXUHQRZ:H QHHGLWWRNHHSWKHIRUHVW¿UHVVXSSUHVVHGDQGWKHODZQVDQGJDUGHQVJUHHQ 75 years ago — 1940 The “standing room only” sign went up quickly Sunday at the Warrenton soil conservation service CCC camp when possibly the largest crowd of Clatsop County residents that ever participated in the annual local observance turned out to help celebrate the seventh birthday of the Civilian Conservation Corps. &ODWVRS &RXQW\ LV ZLOOLQJ WR WXUQ RYHU WKH FRUQHU ORW RQ ZKLFK ROG )RUW *HRUJHVWRRGWRWKHFLW\RI$VWRULDDVDUHFUHDWLRQDOVSRW7KH$VWRULD.LZDQLV FOXELVVSRQVRULQJWKHGHYHORSPHQWRIDSDUNRQWKHVLWH Real property owners in blocks 39, 55, 109, 111 and 121 in Tay- lor’s Astoria, Monday petitioned the city council to provide an ade- quate domestic water supply to their homes. 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