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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Custard King prepares to reign once again
sauce and a secret sauce for
Custard .ing’s burgers. Once
the restaurant is set up, he add-
ed, it will be run by a local staff
of four to ¿ ve employees.
“The commitment is ob-
viously to custard, burgers,
shakes, fries and À oats,” Spiel-
vogel said, adding that it will
drop other items such as ¿ sh and
chips, to avoid competing with
nearby offerings. It will add new
items, such as sweet potato fries,
kale salads and coleslaw.
The new owners will be
restoring the neon sign of
Custard .ing and painting
the building navy blue, white,
gray and an antique yellow.
It’s also looking at a vari-
ance to add outdoor seating
in its existing parking spots,
although Spielvogel said that
project won’t impede the ex-
pected opening date.
Spielvogel said that he
and his partners are perform-
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Custard .ing is readying
for a revival.
The local icon was recent-
ly purchased from Susan and
Paul Brost by three partners,
including Greg Glover, owner
of Commercial Astoria; Franz
Spielvogel, owner of Laugh-
ing Planet Cafe; and David
Demers, principal commercial
real estate broker with HSM
Paci¿ c Realty in Portland.
“First and foremost, we’re
committed to what they did,”
Spielvogel, the main spokes-
man for the new partnership,
said. “It’s not going to change
dramatically.”
The targeted opening date
is June 3.
Spielvogel said he has the
head chef of Laughing Planet,
John Huyck, coming up with
a new recipes for custard, fry
ing their own anthropolog-
ical study of Custard .ing,
the history of which stretches
back more than 60 years.
In the 1950s and ’60s, it
was owned and managed by
Roma Bigby. Since 2001, it
has been owned and operat-
ed by the Brosts, who moved
to Astoria from Milwaukie,
to run the business. Health
issues kept them from open-
ing the restaurant as much in
recent years, and Paul Brost
said they’d been trying to sell
it for about six years.
“I was having a hard
time keeping the place up,”
he said. “She (Susan Brost)
could only handle three or
four hours (a day).”
Spielvogel said that when
Custard .ing reopens, it will
operate from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m., seven days a week.
For updates, visit Custard
.ing’s Facebook page.
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
Custard King has new owners, who plan to repaint and refurbish the historic icon, with a
grand opening in early June.
Cannery Pier in travel website spotlight
Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa
was recently ranked No. 25 on
Trip Advisor’s 2015 Travellers’
Choice “Top 25 Hotels for Ro-
mance — United States.”
It joins a prestigious group of
U.S. hotels, including No. 1, The
Inn Above Oak Creek in Sedo-
na, Ariz.; the No. 2, the Desert
Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs,
Calif.; and No. 3, the Hotel Cal-
ifornia in Palm Springs.
“Travelers rave about the
Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa’s
location in the Columbia River,
friendly staff and special ame-
nities such as complimentary
chauffeured vintage cars which
take guests to and from dinner
at downtown restaurants, wine
and hors d’oeuvres reception
featuring Smoked Salmon on
local Finnish Rye Bread, binoc-
ulars in every room for watch-
Submitted photo
The Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa was recently ranked No.
25 on Trip Advisor’s Travellers’ Choice “Top 25 Hotels for
Romance — United States.”
ing wildlife and passing ships as
well as complimentary Cruiser
Bicycles to ride along the As-
toria Riverwalk,” wrote Don-
na Quinn, director of sales and
marketing, in a release.
Cannery Pier Hotel & Spa
is a luxury boutique hotel built
on the former site of a historic
cannery 600 feet out into the
Columbia River. Waterfront
balconies in each room allow
guests a bird’s-eye view of
river traf¿ c to and from the
Paci¿ c Ocean. Hotel owner
and Astorian Robert Jacob de-
signed and built the hotel as a
tribute to the Finnish ¿ sher-
men who created the ¿ rst ¿ sh-
ermen’s cooperative in Astoria
— Union Fishermen’s Coop-
erative Packing Company —
during its heyday of canning
salmon. Cannery Pier Hotel
& Spa opened in 2005 and has
been written up in the New
York Times, Sunset Magazine,
Travel & Leisure and other
publications.
For the full list of the “Top
25 Hotels for Romance —
United States,” visit www.
tripadvisor.com/Traveler-
sChoice-Hotels-cRomance
CEDR hosts Excel class
Clatsop Economic Development Resources (CEDR)
is hosting a workshop on Microsoft Excel, an electron-
ic spreadsheet program from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at
Clatsop Community College’s Towler Hall Room 105
computer lab.
The workshop will teach participants how to:
• Navigate within workbooks and worksheets.
• Organize data into rows and columns.
• Format text and cells.
• Write simple formulas and create charts.
• Track and analyze business data.
• Enter formulas and use simple functions to calcu-
late automatically.
• Create charts.
The workshop costs $15, payable at class by cash,
check or credit card. The instructor is Jane Francis,
owner of Personal Computer Training and instructor
for the college’s workforce computer skills classes.
To register, visit http://tinyurl.com/o5o5yxj.
For more information or assistance, call Penny Rod-
gers of CEDR at 503-338-2402, or email sbdc@clat-
sopcc.edu
Area unemployment rates continue to lower
Seasonally adjusted unem-
ployment continues its down-
ward March in Northwest
Oregon, as statewide unem-
ployment drops below the U.S.
national average.
Clatsop county posted a
5.3 percent seasonally adjust-
ed unemployment rate of 5.3
percent in March, down from
5.6 percent in March and from
6.2 percent a year ago. It was
lower than both the statewide
rate (5.4 percent) and the U.S.
rate (5.5 percent).
The county added 110 jobs,
50 fewer than expected. That
left seasonally adjusted non
farm payroll employment at
17,590, 510 positions higher
than at the same point last year,
a growth rate of 3.1 percent.
Over the month of March,
the private sector added 140
jobs, but government employ-
ment dipped by 30. Leisure
and hospitality grew by 160
jobs; manufacturing trimmed
20; and local government edu-
cation shed 30. It is not uncom-
mon to get small À uctuations
in education employment, as
the number of substitute teach-
ers and other temporary staff
varies.
Industries adding the most
jobs over the past year includ-
ed retail trade (150); leisure
and hospitality (160); and pro-
fessional and business services
(130). The industries shedding
the most jobs in the past year
were food manufacturing (60)
and paper manufacturing (50).
Columbia County
Columbia County’s sea-
sonally adjusted unemploy-
ment rate through March was
6.9 percent, down from 7.1
percent the previous month
and from 7.5 percent one year
prior. The county gained 110
jobs, 50 more than expected.
That left total nonfarm payroll
employment at 10,120, 150
more than the year prior and a
growth rate of 1.5 percent.
Over the month of March,
the private sector gained 120
jobs and government employ-
ment decreased by 10. Trade,
transportation and utilities
added 50 jobs; other indus-
tries had small gains; and lo-
cal government education em-
ployment dipped by 10.
Industries adding the most
jobs since last year were man-
ufacturing (150); and trade,
transportation and utilities (80).
Industries losing jobs included
professional and business ser-
vices (130) and construction
(60). Local governments, in-
cluding school districts, added
80 jobs over the year.
Tillamook County
Tillamook County’s 5.3
percent seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate was down
from 5.6 percent the month
prior and from 6.4 percent the
year prior. Employment wasn’t
expected to change in Tilla-
mook County over March,
but it added 90 jobs, leaving
total nonfarm payroll employ-
ment at 8,690, 200 more than
the year prior, representing a
growth rate of 2.4 percent over
the past year.
The private sector grew
by 80 jobs over the month
of March, and governments
chipped in 10. The growth
was driven by the leisure and
hospitality industry, which
added 70 jobs. A few other
industries had small changes.
Local government education
shed 10 jobs.
Industries adding the most
jobs over the past year includ-
ed retail trade (90); profes-
sional and business services
(40); and educational and
health services (40). Leisure
and hospitality was down 30
jobs over the year.
The Oregon Employment
Department plans to release
the statewide unemployment
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rate and employment survey
data for April on May 19. For
more information, visit qual-
ityinfo.orgClatsop Econom
North Coast Home Care celebrates 30 years and a move
Miranda Johnson
Darel Grothaus
Katy Walstra
Windermere Stellar
adds three brokers
Windermere Stellar, a regional real estate ¿ rm, recently add-
ed Miranda Johnson as a new broker. She comes to Windermere
Stellar after working at Woldmark in Seaside.
Also added in the Gearhart of¿ ce was broker .aty Walstra,
previously employed with Café Mingo for the past 10 years.
In Cannon Beach, Windermere Stellar added broker Darel
Grothaus, who was the owner, founder, coach and program de-
veloper at InSight Personal Development & Leadership Coach-
ing Services.
Locally owned and managed for 40 years, Windermere Stel-
lar has of¿ ces in Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, 9ancou-
ver, Wash., and on the North Coast.
Localized real estate information can be found at winder-
mereportland.com, windermereoregoncoast.com and winder-
merevancouver.com
North Coast Home Care,
a local home medical equip-
ment company, is celebrating
its 30th anniversary and a new
location in Astoria.
Formerly located in the
Park Medical Building across
from Columbia Memorial
Hospital, North Coast Home
Care is now located in the
former Owl Drug building at
2230 Exchange St., near Co-
lumbia Memorial Hospital.
North Coast Home Care has
been serving Clatsop Coun-
ty since 1995 and also has a
branch location in Tillamook
where the company began in
1985. It is owned by Larry and
Linda Slawson.
“North Coast Home Care’s
staff represents over 180 years
of home care experience,” read
a release by the company. “The
company employs knowledge-
able staff with experience
¿ tting and recommending
wheelchairs and seating sys-
Seaside lodgings sold
SEASIDE — ACT En-
terprises L.P., of Calistoga,
Calif., has purchased the 61-
unit Guesthouse Inn & Suites
and Weiss’ Paradise Suites
& Rentals in Seaside. Guest-
house General Manager Steve
Coletta said the sale of the
economy motel by Heritage
Hotels was ¿ nal on April 2.
“It sounds as if everything
will remain the same in terms
of branding and amenities for
now,” he said.
Guesthouse employment
stood at nine in April, but Co-
letta said it ramps up during
the summer. Paradise offers a
variety of rental properties in
Seaside.
tion; is an approved provider
with Medicare, Medicaid and
most commercial insurances;
and provides 24-hour emer-
gency service.
North Coast Home Care
will soon announce its 30th
anniversary. For more infor-
mation, call 503-325-9906,
or visit www.nchc.net
tems in power and manual
wheelchairs and many other
types of equipment; a respira-
tory therapist; caring customer
service representatives; trained
equipment repair technicians;
and delivery drivers.”
The company is accred-
ited with the Health Quality
Association for Accredita-
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Property Transactions
Seller: Sidney R. Snyder, Jr.
Buyers: David Remer and
Candace Remer
Address: 871 H St., Gear-
hart
Price: $1 million
Seller: Sandra J. Zupan
Buyer: MFF Properties,
LLC
Address: 3401 S. Hem-
lock Drive, Cannon Beach
Price: $720,000
Sellers: Michael J. Mor-
risey and Cheryl D. Morrisey
Buyer: GHC, Inc.
Address: 49332 U.S.
Highway 30, Westport
Price: $700,000
Sellers: Robert Pro¿ tt and
Joanne Pro¿ tt
Buyers: Joel D. Andersen
and Misti D. Andersen
Address: 80415 Carnahan
Road, Arch Cape
Price: $640,000
Seller: Premier Communi-
ty Bank
Buyers: Robert Howell
and Patricia Howell
Address: 1715 Thompson
Falls Drive, Seaside
Price: $380,000
Seller: Reagan Jeffers
Buyer: North Coast Prop-
erties Management Co., LLC
Address: 1856 Haystack
Rock Lane, Cannon Beach
Price: $360,000
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