Astoria High’s Class of 2015 Goonies never say die PAGES 11-14 COAST WEEKEND 142nd YEAR, No. 242 Otters odyssey THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 ONE DOLLAR Goonies? For many, a shrug Death of two at-risk sea otters at Long Beach sparks inquiry By KATIE WILSON and MATT WINTERS EO Media Group LONG BEACH, Wash. — Two dead northern sea ot- ters have washed up on Long Beach in recent weeks, a sur- prise since the marine mam- PDOV ² ZKLFK DUH FODVVL¿HG as endangered in Washington state — are not known to live here. Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the lead agency looking into the deaths, believe the otters likely picked up a deadly pro- tozoa and may not have died here at all. A mature female sea otter IRXQGRQ0D\E\DKRPH school group just north of Cranberry beach approach is frozen and now on its way to Madison, Wis., where it will be examined at the National Wildlife Health Center lab run by U.S. Geological Survey. They will test the organs and look for lesions on the brain. It could be months before people here know exactly how or why the otter died. Another otter washed ashore about a week or 10 days earlier closer to down- town Long Beach and was too GHFD\HG IRU VFLHQWL¿F DQDO\- sis. “They very well could KDYH ÀRDWHG IURP DQ\ZKHUH up north,” said Fish and Wild- life Services Biologist Dean- na Lynch. Though some people sus- pected recent high levels of a marine toxin called domoic acid off the Long Beach Pen- insula could have contributed to the otters’ deaths, Lynch says it is far more likely to be protozoal encephalitis, a disease otters can pick up through their food. Historical context Most of the world’s sea otters live in coastal Alaska, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They have only recently started making a comeback in Washington state. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Signs directing people where to park and walk to find the Goonies house adorn Duane Street. 3OHQW\RIORFDOVQHYHUJRWWKHIXVVRYHUWKHFODVVLFFXOWÀLFN By DERRICK DePLEDGE The Daily Astorian GOONIES WEEKEND S ome things that are popular are hard to explain: Justin Bieber. Kale. “The Goonies.” Wait, Goonies? Heretical as it may seem, plenty of people in Astoria never got the allure around the 1985 adven- ture comedy. The novelty, even pride, that a charming, coming-of-age +ROO\ZRRG WDOH ZDV VHW DQG ¿OPHG LQ$VWRULD DQG &DQQRQ Beach is easy to understand. The international cult following — 30 years after the movie was released — is something else. Chris Wood, a production manager at Video Horizons, was a teenager in the 1980s and remembers the buzz around WKH¿OPLQJ+HJLYHVWKHPRYLHDRXWRI²,0'EXVHUV UDWHWKHÀLFND²EXWVKHHSLVKO\ZRUULHVKHPLJKWKDYHD hometown bias. Video Horizons features “The Goonies” in a “Made in As- toria” section near the front counter, along with “Kindergarten Cop,” “Free Willy” and “The Ring.” Goonies T-shirts are on VDOHIRU “It didn’t get robbed of any Oscar nominations that year,” Wood said of “The Goonies.” “But it was still a decent picture.” Wood said he does not really understand the cult following or why, whenever people from Astoria travel and say where they live, the response is often so predictable. See GOONIES, Page 4A Movie fans converge on Astoria this week for the 30th anniversa- ry of “The Goonies,” the lovable 1985 adventure comedy about a ragtag bunch of youngsters who save their Uppertown homes from being razed for a country club golf course. The Daily Astorian has planned a week’s worth of cov- erage. Visit www.dailyastorian. com for updates. Coverage • Today: Plenty in Astoria never understood the cult following around the movie; a trea- sure hunt using geocaching. • Friday: A peek inside The Goondocks, the nerve center of the celebration; a recap of the beach party and bonfire in Cannon Beach. • Monday: Scenes from a long weekend of Goonie excess. • Tuesday: An Ecola State Park ranger opens a behind-the-scenes window into the park’s cameo in the movie. Share your favorite moments on The Daily Astorian’s Facebook page at www.face- book.com/DailyAstorian. Hunt for Goonies gold on your phone Eric Schudiske, a spokes- man for Geocaching, said there ZLOO EH GLIIHUHQW ORFDWLRQV A Seattle company is help- around Astoria in the hunt, in- ing fans of the “The Goonies” cluding six movie shoot loca- search for One-Eyed Willy’s tions and 14 businesses with treasure using their smart- puzzles to solve for hidden phones as a map. codes. Geocaching, a compa- “When the site goes live, ny based on the GPS-driven \RX¶OOVHHDOOORFDWLRQVDQG hobby, created the One-Eyed you’ll be able to click on them Willy Treasure Hunt for this individually and get informa- weekend’s 30th anniversary of tion,” he said. the movie, along with a related “The treasure hunt was de- brewery and distillery tour of signed to accentuate and high- Astoria. light aspects of the movie that To access either, visit www. were the most memorable.” goonies.guide The geocaches all link to The hunt starts at noon to- parts of the movie and land- day and runs until 5 p.m. Sun- marks around Astoria, with day. Treasure hunters can win names like Jail Break, Mr. Goonies-related prizes when Walsh & The Museum, Police WKH\¿QGDOOJHRFDFKHV7KH Chase, Fifty Dollar Bill, The ¿UVW SHRSOH DW *HRFDFK- Goonies Oath and Ye Intruders ing’s information booth at the Beware. Goondocks — inside the Asto- Creating a ria Armory at 1636 Exchange treasure hunt St. — get a free tasting glass Amy Faulkner, an events for the brewery tour. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian See OTTERS, Page 4A JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Amy Faulkner, event production manager at Geo- caching, holds a replica copper bones movie prop. Several Goonies props including the copper bones, the doubloon, and the map will be used in the geocaching event. T H E O N LY 2240 COMMERCIAL ST. ASTORIA Formerly at 1055 Marine Drive Astoria Janitor & Paper Supply The sa m e grea t Service, Pa in t a n d Ja n ito ria l Sup p lies w e ha ve a lw a ys offered ou r cu stom ers! 503-325-6362 Check out The Goondocks, a website from the Astoria-Warren- ton Area Chamber of Commerce, at www.thegoondocks.org for a full list of activities. Highlights • Today: One-Eyed Willie Treasure Hunt, all day, Astoria Armory. • Beach gathering and bonfire, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Ocean Lodge, Cannon Beach. • Friday: Shot in Astoria bus tours, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Astoria Armory. • Block party and concert, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Astoria Event Center. • Saturday: Growing up Goonie with Jeff Cohen (Chunk), 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Liberty Theater. Autograph signing with Jeff Cohen (Chunk), 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Liberty Theater McTavish Room. Farewell to Warren Field with a group Truf- fle Shuffle and outdoor movie screening, 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., John Warren Field. • Sunday: Truffle Shuffle 5K Fun Run, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Tolovana Park, Cannon Beach. 800-344-1943 • MON-FRI 8-5pm production manager for Geo- caching, is behind the props and other clues hunters will look for at each geocache. “This is my childhood dream,” she said Tuesday at Astoria Coffee Co., one of the EXVLQHVVHV VKH KDV EHHQ working with to make the trea- sure hunt and brewery tour a reality. Faulkner said that with 15,000 people expected to visit Astoria for the Goonies cel- ebration, she conservatively estimates about 10,000 people will take part in the treasure hunt. The businesses she worked with have a connection to the movie, such as the Astoria Coffee Co. at 36th Street and U.S. Highway 30 that stood in as a convenience store in a deleted scene after the Goonies found the treasure map in the attic. 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