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OPINION 6A T HE North Coast Symphonic Band raises its game D AILY A STORIAN Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher J LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor 2+1 3+,/,3 6286$ ,6 one of those iconic Americans who was a lot more than most of us realize. BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager His marches were only one-third of what he composed. I learned that IURP 'DYH %HFNHU FRQGXFWRU RI WKH1RUWK&RDVW6\PSKRQLF%DQG whose Sousa concert last Sunday afternoon at the Liberty Theater was a delight. 1RWKDYLQJVHHQWKH1RUWK&RDVW 6\PSKRQLF %DQG IRU PRUH WKDQ D year, I realized they have raised their game by a couple notches. In addition to favorites such as The Washington Post march and The Stars and Stripes Forever, the band played works that would have been SDUW RI D 6RXVD %DQG SHUIRUPDQFH – Gilbert and Sullivan, a fanfare based on Verdi’s Otello and Amazing Grace. 'DYH %HFNHU LV RQH UHDVRQ ZK\ WKH 6\PSKRQLF %DQG LV EHWWHU UH- KHDUVHG $IWHU \HDUV DV GLUHFWRU of bands at Lewis and Clark Col- OHJH%HFNHUUHWLUHGWR0DQ]DQLWD$ friend who was retiring as the band’s conductor suggested the position to %HFNHU³,ZDVORRNLQJIRUWKLQJVWR do,” he said. “It’s been a good mar- riage.” The band’s players are an amal- JDPRIORFDOVZLWKGD\MREVUHWLUHG persons and some from outside the region. “We have a couple ninth JUDGHUV´VDLG%HFNHU³DQGSOD\HUVLQ their eighties.” DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager SAMANTHA MCLAREN, Circulation Manager Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2005 Steel and Judy Jolly were the only ones on their block to evacuate during Seaside’s tsunami drill Saturday. “Our neighbors who’ve lived here 15 years said, ‘We know where to go. We’re not doing it,’” Judy Jolly said. However, she decided it would be fun. “These things don’t happen in Seattle,” she said. Steel Jolly is a veteran of the 1964 tsunami in Seaside, which was caused by the Alaska earthquake. “I was ironing clothes to go back to college and I ironed through the whole thing,” he said. Afterward, he saw the trailer park ZDVÀRRGHGWKH)RXUWK$YHQXHEULGJHZDVGHVWUR\HGDQGWKH1HFDQLFXP ULYHUHVWXDU\ZDV¿OOHGZLWKZDWHU “It gave us an appreciation of what this thing was,” he said. In this era of drywall, there’s not much call for plasterers. But the art and craft of plastering was on display last week at Asto- ria’s historic Liberty Theater. A crew of nine skilled plasterers from Kingsmen Contracting of Vancouver, Wash., were repair- ing, and in many cases recreating, the intricate plaster work that decorates the lobby and auditorium of the downtown landmark “It’s going to be beautiful. You won’t be able to tell what was done in the ’20s and what was done now,” enthused Michael Foster, a member of the board of Liberty Restoration Inc., the QRQSUR¿WIRUPHGWRUHVWRUHWKH/LEHUW\WRLWVRULJLQDOJUDQGHXU 86&RDVW*XDUG$LU6WDWLRQ$VWRULDFDPHWRWKHUHVFXHRIWKH)RUWWR Sea Trail Tuesday in a planned airlift of construction materials to remote sections of the six-mile pedestrian path. 7KHWUDLOZLOOFRQQHFW)RUW&ODWVRS1DWLRQDO0HPRULDOWR6XQVHW%HDFK DQGLVVFKHGXOHGWREHFRPSOHWHGE\1RYZKHQ2UHJRQREVHUYHVWKH /HZLVDQG&ODUN%LFHQWHQQLDO7KHPLOOLRQSURMHFWZLOOUHSOLFDWHWKH route members of the Corps of Discovery trekked between their winter quar- WHUVDW)RUW&ODWVRSDQGWKH3DFL¿F2FHDQ The super-tanker Manhattan moved to the grain loading dock at Terminal 4 in Portland Thursday and began loading a 50,000 ton cargo of grain. The huge, 940-foot-long ship had been docked at Swan Island since Sunday while a crew of 90 men worked 24 hours a day cleaning its cargo tanks in preparation for loading. Careful preparations are being made in loading the Manhat- tan because of the 35-foot channel depth in the Columbia River. 3RUWODQG¶VSURSRVHGIRRWFKDQQHOWRWKHVHDREYLRXVO\ZLOOEHLQDG- HTXDWHIRUVKLSVOLNHWKHKXJHWDQNHU0DQKDWWDQZKLFKGUDZVIHHWRI water, loaded. ,WLVFKHDSHUSHUWRQRIFDUJRWRRSHUDWHDVKLSWKHVL]HRIWKH0DQKDWWDQ WKDQWRRSHUDWHWKHVPDOOHUVKLSVWRZKLFKZHDUHDFFXVWRPHG3UHVXPDEO\ WKHUHIRUHPRUHVKLSVOLNHWKH0DQKDWWDQZLOOEHEXLOW If the Columbia River is to retain its position as a leading port, there is a dilemma. ,VWKHFKDQQHOWR3RUWODQGWREHGHHSHQHGDWVWHDGLO\LQFUHDVLQJFRVWIRU original dredging and for maintenance, and with increasing problem of spoil disposal and wave damage along shore? Or will it be more economical to halt super ships at Astoria and unload them here? It would be cheaper to build modern facilities for handling grain and oth- HUEXONFDUJRHVKHUHWKDQWRDWWHPSWWRGLJDQGPDLQWDLQDIRRWFKDQQHODOO WKHPLOHVEHWZHHQKHUHDQG3RUWODQGLWVHHPVWRXV 75 years ago — 1940 A resolution to bar radical Finnish newspapers and publica- tions and “other publications which promote un-American activ- ities and which carry out the orders of the soviet headquarters in Moscow, from the mails was adopted by the vote of 342 to 0, at a meeting of local patriotic Finns held at Suomi Hall Sunday night. Word reached Astoria today that Walter Walkinen, who was born here DQGZDVWDNHQWR)LQODQGE\KLVSDUHQWVZKHQKHZDVDERXW\HDUVRIDJH was killed in action during the recent war with Russia. So pleased were Uncle Sam’s soldiers at Fort Stevens with the entertainment furnished by the Astoria Chamber of Commerce goodwill trip Monday night that they wanted to have the Astori- ans appear regularly. 7KHROGULQJRIWUHHVDURXQG$VWRULD¶VSRVWRI¿FHEXLOGLQJZKLFKKDYH VXUYLYHG¿UHSROLWLFDOYLFLVVLWXGHVUD]LQJDQGUHSODFHPHQWRIWKHROGSRVW RI¿FHEXLOGLQJE\DQHZRQHDQGFRPSODLQWVDERXWWKHVKDGHWKH\FDVWKDYH ¿QDOO\EHHQGHFLPDWHGRQRUGHUVRISRVWDORI¿FLDOVLQ:DVKLQJWRQ'& 'HVSLWHWKHGHFLPDWLRQRIWKHWUHHVVWLOOVXUYLYH(LJKWZHUHFKRSSHG down and uprooted on orders of postal authorities because occupants of the IHGHUDOEXLOGLQJ¶VVHFRQGÀRRUFRPSODLQHGRIWKHVKDGHWKH\FDVWLQVXPPHU DQGEHFDXVHLWZDVGLI¿FXOWWRPDLQWDLQDODZQXQGHUWKHP The trees, long a landmark of Astoria’s downtown section, were planted by direction of John Hobson, collector of customs here during the second DGPLQLVWUDWLRQRI3UHVLGHQW*URYHU&OHYHODQG All the boys and girls in Astoria will have an opportunity to enter their pets in the Astoria Pet Parade on Saturday, May 25, because the event is open to any boy or girl who has a pet of some kind. Cecil Penney, chairman of the parade, has formed his assist- ing committee and worked out tentative plans, according to the Chamber of Commerce. The divisions of the parade have been QDPHGGRJVFDWVUDEELWVPLVFHOODQHRXVSHWVÀRDWVGROOVFRV- tumes, model aeroplanes and model boats. Onlookers may expect anything from toddlers and their St. Bernards, to teen-age youngsters and their pet salamanders. ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things; Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages —and kings —’ Through the Looking-glass of Cabbages and Kings WKH V 7KDW EHFDPH WKH ODUJHVW municipal bond default in U.S. his- tory. The Journal’s article is about ex- pensive repairs that are necessary at DJLQJ QXFOHDU SODQWV LQ 1HZ <RUN Ohio and Illinois. The cost of these repairs will undoubtedly eventually be borne by ratepayers, not share- holders. 1RIRUPRIHOHFWULFLW\JHQHUDWLRQ is unambiguously positive. Hydro- electric dams have given us extraor- dinarily low electricity rates, but they decimated the salmon population and thereby transformed the economy of the lower river. The missing element in nuclear SRZHULVZDVWHGLVSRVDO1DWLRQDOO\ we forget about that until the Depart- John Philip Sousa PHQWRI(QHUJ\WULHVWR¿QGDUHSRV- itory site. The Wall Street Journal ODWHO\KDVUHPLQGHGXVWKDW3UHVLGHQW On Sousa’s 2EDPD NLOOHG WKH <XFFD 0RXQWDLQ VLWHLQ1HYDGDDVDIDYRUWR6HQ+DU- birthday, the ry Reid. Our national discussion of nuclear Marine Band power has typically been light on cost plays at his accounting. Costs of waste dispos- al and decommissioning of reactors grave were not part of the initial concept. źźź We should always remember that it &RXUVH 0DWW ZDV ULJKW 7KH IRRG was Wall Street, not environmental- (9(5< <($5 21 6286$¶6 LV WHUUL¿F 0\ ZLIH KDG D SR¶ER\ LVWVWKDWSXOOHGWKHSOXJRQ:3366 ELUWKGD\ 1RY WKH 0DULQH %DQG oyster sandwich, which we have — S.A.F. marches to his grave and plays the never found around here. She was march which Sousa wrote for the enthralled. I can report that the burger 0DULQH&RUSVSemper Fideles<RX was excellent as well. ZLOO¿QGDYLGHRRIWKLVal fresco stir- ULQJPRPHQWRQ<RX7XEH źźź Water under the bridge 50 years ago 1965 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 źźź ³32:(5 &86720(56 )$&( 1XFOHDU%LOO´ZDVWKHKHDGOLQHLQWKH 7+(5(¶6 127+,1* /,.( weekend edition of The Wall Street discovering a new restaurant. At the Journal. The story reminded me of XUJLQJWR0DWW:LQWHUVP\ZLIHDQG WKHFROODSVHRIWKH:DVKLQJWRQ3XEOLF , KDG OXQFK DW WKH 3HQLQVXOD *ROI 3RZHU 6XSSO\ 6\VWHP :3366 LQ Capturing and storing energy is key year — mostly solar and The latest tease re- wind. lates to hydrogen fuel Solar and wind energy FHOO YHKLFOHV )RU QR good reason, the federal n the run-up to a solar involve no greenhouse gases, no mountaintop tax credit for fuel cell HFOLSVHRQ0DUFKRIWKLV mining, no fracking, no vehicles ended last De- \HDU(XURSHDQWDEORLGVKDGD radioactive isotopes, no cember while the incen- <.VW\OHILHOGGD\ RLO VSLOOV « %XW VRPH- tives for battery powered cars continue to be in ef- In the middle of a bright, sun- times the wind doesn’t fect until each manufac- Q\ GD\ (XURSHDQ VRODU SDQHOV blow. And sometimes WXUHU KDV VROG the sun doesn’t shine. Denis together produce about as much such vehicles. Helping In the early years, the Hayes HOHFWULFLW\ DV ODUJH QXFOHDU intermittent nature of re- manufacturers achieve power plants. Germany, with the newable energy was thought to be economies of mass production largest solar commitment, ob- of little concern. We could use re- makes vastly more sense than cut- WDLQVDVPXFKDVSHUFHQWRILWV newable electricity when available ting off incentives on some utterly electricity from the sun during and switch back to conventional arbitrary date. Hyundai slowly began leas- IXHOVZKHQQHHGHG%XWDVUHQHZ- the sunniest hours. The eclipse able sources become a cornerstone ing Tucson fuel cell vehicles last was scheduled to arrive in the of our energy mix, we will need year, and Toyota — the company middle of the day and panic was to find ways to store power for that launched the hybrid vehicle those times when renewables are UHYROXWLRQ LQ ZLWK LWV 3ULXV setting in. ²SODQVWREHJLQVHOOLQJWKH0LUDL unavailable (FOLSVHV RFFXU Sunlight is, by fuel cell vehicle in America later over very broad re- far, the most abun- this year. This is worst possible We need gions, so grid opera- dant energy source moment to remove the incentives tors can’t count on a RQ HDUWK %XW KRZ for such vehicles! better (ORQ 0XVN D YHU\ EULJKW JX\ sunny Spain to com- do you store surplus DQG WKH &(2 RI 7HVOD GLVDJUHHV pensate for a cloudy electricity to use ways 3RODQG 0RUHRYHU when you need it? calling hydrogen fuel cell electric the decrease in sun- 3RVVLELOLWLHV LQFOXGH vehicles “mind-bogglingly stupid.” to store OLJKW DQG WKH VXEVH- batteries, ultracapac- %XW WKH DUJXPHQWV KH XVHV DJDLQVW quent slingshot back renewable itors and flywheels, them mostly echo the same argu- WRIXOOVXQGXULQJDQ all of which have ments that had been used against energy. eclipse occur rapidly; important uses. One EDWWHU\HOHFWULFYHKLFOHVXQWLO0XVN grid operators have of the most attractive himself upended the paradigm. Of no experience managing such options is to use the sun’s energy course, he might well be right — the abrupt, sweeping shifts. Some to make hydrogen; store the hy- multiple energy conversions, high predicted the eclipse would pro- drogen until it’s needed; then put cost of infrastructure, etc. — might duce a catastrophe. it into a fuel cell to make electric- SURYH WR EH WKH NLVV RI GHDWK %XW this depends upon a long string of $V ZLWK <. WKHUH ZDV QR ity. FDWDVWURSKH (XURSH H[SHULHQFHG $W WKH WLPH RI WKH ILUVW (DUWK assumptions about the future. It is only a partial eclipse; much of 'D\ LQ WKHVH WHFKQRORJLHV not self-evident to people who don’t Germany was fairly cloudy; and faced formidable challenges. So- own Tesla stock that electric cars grid operators had ample time to lar modules were ultraexpensive should receive rich subsidies while work out detailed contingency devices produced by a cottage fuel cell vehicles receive none. Ultimately, though, this is a SODQV%XWDVZLWK<.WKHUHKDG industry whose only significant been legitimate reason for con- FXVWRPHU ZDV 1$6$ +\GURJHQ bigger issue than which alterna- cern, and the experience offered a was tricky to store and expensive tive vehicle will prove to be the valuable lesson — if we are smart WR WUDQVSRUW )XHO FHOOV UHTXLUHG long-term winner. One way or an- enough to absorb it. We need bet- expensive catalysts like platinum. other, we need to have a way to ter ways to store renewable ener- Those did not appear to be mon- store very large amounts of sun- gy. umental challenges for a species light for times when the sun isn’t Renewable energy technol- that had split atoms and gone to shining. And hydrogen — for fun- ogies are becoming increasing- WKHPRRQ%XWJDVROLQHZDVFKHDS damental reasons — has to be con- O\ FRPSHWLWLYH IRU D PDMRU VKDUH and the oil industry was political- sidered among the most attractive RI WKH ZRUOG¶V HQHUJ\ ,Q ly potent. Technical challenges are contenders. Denis Hayes, organizer of the almost half of all new global in- overcome only with ample fund- vestment in electricity generation ing, creative minds and dogged first Earth Day in 1970 and di- ZDV LQ UHQHZDEOHV &KLQD DW perseverance. America’s embar- rector of solar energy research billion, was the largest investor. rassingly modest, start-and-stop under President Jimmy Carter, is (YHQ H[FOXGLQJ KXJH GDPV WKH federal support has been more of a president of the Bullitt Foundation world generated 9.1 percent of all tease than a sincere effort to build and board chairman of Earth Day Network. electricity from renewables last an industry. By DENIS HAYES For The Daily Astorian I