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AHS’ GASSER WINS NO. 700
Baseball coach leads the list of Oregon winners
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By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
onsidering that Astoria owns a 26-2 record against the
Tillamook Cheesemakers over the last nine years, the
odds were pretty good Thursday night for Fishermen
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breaking his own record for the most wins tallied by a high
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And while the Cheesemakers
gave the Fishermen a little more
trouble than they normally do, a
700th win is a 700th win, as the
coach racked up another milestone
victory, 8-4, over Tillamook, in a
Cowapa League baseball game at
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and passed the credit along to his
players — including all those who
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ser told his current players after the
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wins, is that I didn’t score one run,
get one RBI, pitch one win or make
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“It was a good win for us,” he
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happened to be kind of a milestone
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for coach Gasser,” said Astoria
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totally believes in the team concept
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Canby (1977-78), Madison (1979-
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in a row and appeared in the state
title game four times, winning an-
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as the Astoria baseball coach in
2010, Gasser returned for the 2013
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Thursday’s game
Astoria is now 27-2 against the
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by forcing the Fishermen to play all
seven innings, it was a milestone of
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that may be giving the coach more
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Astoria had a sophomore pitch-
er throw four strong innings to pick
up the victory; a sophomore out-
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shortstop who had a key, two-out,
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Beach Police Chief Flint Wright said
a telephone call that sparked a lock-
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trict campuses Thursday afternoon
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By Thursday evening, that scenar-
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“Today Long Beach Elementary
received an anonymous call using
technology to hide both the voice
and the phone number,” the school
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“The recorded call said only that the
caller had an automatic weapon and
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surplus of thrift stores
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Photos by JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
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side has seen an emergence of thrift
shops and similar stores, and many
store owners see that as an opportunity
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in the area, not including a children’s
consignment store in Gearhart, antique
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es, like Father’s Closet at Welcome
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and went in a matter of months, along
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ident, said there has not been a time in
recent memory when this many thrift
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and Bone was the only other thrift shop
Astoria’s Ryker Helmerson, No. 1, high-fives Fridtjof Fremstad, No.
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2, as he crosses the plate to score in the baseball game against
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Tillamook.
The store started in 1968, moved to its
Broadway location in 1988 and got its
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At the start of each summer, Barker
creates a brochure of thrift, resale and
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“I’ve been on the department for a
few years and started to see how much
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the community started discussing re-
warding Boone for his service, they
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ABOVE: Astoria’s Cade O’Brien, No. 4, makes a diving catch in
the outfield during the baseball game against Tillamook Thursday.
TOP: Astoria’s Head Coach Dave Gasser, center, hugs Bronson
Holthusen, No. 12, after beating Tillamook in their baseball game
Thursday. The win was Gasser’s 700th.
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Bill Boone honored
for 40 years of service
By KATHERINE LACAZE
EO Media Group
HAMLET — For 40 years, Bill
Boone has volunteered his time to
serve others through the Hamlet Vol-
unteer Fire Department, gaining a pro-
found and valuable knowledge of the
community and eventually rising to the
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On April 11, Boone was recognized
for his service during the monthly
Hamlet community potluck dinner
at Hamlet’s community center, with
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thank you, the community gave him an
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and mounted on a piece of wood con-
taining a placard engraved with a thank
you to Boone for dedicating “40 years
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Paul Weaver, chairman of the board
for the Hamlet Historical School-
house, left, presents Hamlet Vol-
unteer Fire Department Chief Bill
Boone with a special award as a
thank you for the “40 years and
counting” Boone has served the
community through the agency.
Sticking with it
Boone, who grew up in Portland,
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“I volunteered with them at that
point, and then I just stayed with it,”
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there was a strong sense of community
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goal was to surprise him with the gift,
See BOONE, Page 9A
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