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COMMUNITY THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015 D 1B JOHN BOYLE FIGHTS BACK uring and after the Astoria Fire of July 2, 1883, the 1903 Oregon Historical Quarterly Volume 4 reports that drunk- en looters and revelers ran amok, so a group of local citizens created “the committee” to help the police restore order — by ZKDWHYHUPHDQVQHFHVVDU\KWWSWLQ\XUOFRP¿UH After successfully routing the owners of a saloon who wouldn’t obey the mayor’s curfew, the committee decid- ed to drive out the “disrepu- table characters” in the seedy part of town, Swilltown, and gave them 24 hours to leave. Gambler John Boyle, a known “bad man,” refused to go, so the committee forcefully ensured that he did. %XW%R\OHUHFRJQL]HG¿YHRIWKHYLJLODQWHVDQGWKUHHPRQWKV later sued them in Circuit Court for $25,000 in damages (almost WRGD\ DFFRUGLQJ WR DQ FRXUW UHSRUW KWWSWL- Q\XUOFRPER\OHDVWRULD “The plaintiff claims that the defendants in this action, in FRQQHFWLRQZLWKRWKHUVXQODZIXOO\DUUHVWHGKLPDQGFRQ¿QHG him in jail; that they pretended to try him, and sentenced him WRUHFHLYHODVKHVRQKLVEDUHEDFN+HZDVEOLQGIROGHG gagged, and taken from the jail during the following night, onto WKHKLOOEDFNRIWKHWRZQZKHUHKHZDV¿UVWWDQWDOL]HGRUWRUWXUHG by the information that he was to be hanged, and then to receive ODVKHVDQG¿QDOO\ZDVZKLSSHGRQWKHEDUHEDFNZLWKDFDW R¶QLQHWDLOV²¿YHPHQJLYLQJKLP¿YHODVKHVHDFK´ As if that wasn’t enough, he was put on his knees, sworn to silence, and brought back to jail. The next morning he was taken, in irons, and put on the steamboat to Portland. No, Boyle didn’t get $25,000, but the jury did award him $1,000 (about QRZZKLFKZDV³UDLVHGE\JHQHUDOVXEVFULSWLRQ being the usual individual contribution,” according to the Quar- terly. Their job done, the committee disbanded and the incident was all but forgotten, except as a footnote in Astoria’s history. WAIT FOR IT FRESH AND FANTASTIC A viation history, and history mystery fans take note: The Interna- tional Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHARJURXS¶V latest mission to NikumaroroD6RXWK3DFL¿FDWROOKDVVHHPLQJO\ returned pretty much empty-handed in their ongoing investigation for GH¿QLWLYHDQVZHUVLQWRWKHGLVDSSHDUDQFHRIAmelia Earhart SLFWXUHG'LVFRYHU\1HZVUHSRUWVKWWSWLQ\XUOFRPDHQLNX TIGHAR believes she and her pilot, Fred Noonan, were off course and landed on Nikumaroro. One reason is the “Bevington Object,” which was photographed protruding from the water on the LVODQG¶VZHVWHUQUHHILQWKRXJKWWREHSDUWRID/RFNKHHGODQGLQJ JHDUKWWSWLQ\XUOFRPEHYREMHFW$OVRDSLHFHRIDOXPLQXPDLUFUDIW debris — believed with a fair degree of certainty to be a patch that replaced one of her navigational windows — was recovered from the roud grandmother Cathie Dietz of Warrenton wrote LVODQGLQKWWSWLQ\XUOFRPDHSDUW to the Ear about her rapping grandsons, Donavon One of the mission’s goals was to do an underwater study to try to and Riley Campbell, and their friend, Caleb Phillips. ¿QGWKHZUHFNDJHRI(DUKDUW¶VSODQH,WLVDVVXPHGVKHODQGHGRQWKH Donavon, who graduated from Warrenton High School, reef where the Bevington object was spotted, but that the plane was lives in Phoenix now and performs as Papa Don. Both gradually pushed off the reef by the wind and waves. A 2012 expedi- Riley (aka E-White DQG &DOHE DND Cap ZKR ZLOO EH tion spotted an anomaly in underwater sonar images taken at 600 feet, seniors at WHS, also spend all their spare time writing QHDUWKHUHHIWKDWWKH\KRSHLVWKH/RFNKHHG¶VIXVHODJH their own lyrics and performing. All three are pictured. Although the underwater Remote Operated Vehicle failed, a jer- Cathie was especially excited to travel to Phoenix, ry-rigged camera managed to capture some images near the anomaly. Ariz., to watch the trio rap June 15 at Bar Smith as part On land, where temperatures exceeded 100 degrees, they were able of the seventh Get Money Stop Hatin’ (GMSH tour. to verify where Earhart and Noonan would not likely have camped as Donavon, who had been invited by the promoter to per- castaways, and fear most of the shoreline where they may have been form, wanted his brother to rap with him, Cathie told the has washed away. Ear. “I am very proud of the boys, and so impressed that Final results from this expedition are expected by the end of sum- Donavon wanted to share the spotlight with his brother mer. No matter what they are, Ric Gillespie, executive director of TIGHAR, told Discovery, “we believe we are on the path to conclu- and Caleb.” “The three of us have a very strong passion for music!” sively solving the mystery of the Earhart disappearance.” Riley told the Ear. “We’re making a name for ourselves and becoming known as FAF, or Fresh & Fantastic, when working as a group. We do everything independently, with only the support of our friends and family. We did our first show in Phoenix ... It was a lot of fun, as well as a great learning experience for all of us. We plan to keep progressing and get better and better over time until we eventually become known worldwide!” “At least that’s the plan,” he added. “The show was fabulous,” Cathie reported. “The boys sang and covered the stage with dance movements, the eter Marsh was visiting Seattle recently, and happened to crowd cheered and gave them a standing ovation. As soon see the old Astoria pilot boat, the Chinook, at the Kvichak as they left the stage they were approached by three pro- Marine IndustriesERDW\DUGZZZNYLFKDNFRPZKHUHLWZDV ducers.” EHLQJUH¿WWHGIRUDQHZSRVWLQJ Perhaps they’ll become known sooner, rather than ³'HOLYHUHGLQ&KLQRRNZDVWKH¿UVWSLORWERDWEXLOWE\ later. Kvichak Marine Industries for the Columbia River Bar Pilots,” Carol Reid, marketing manager at Kvichak told the Ear. “It is DOVRWKH¿UVWVHOIULJKWLQJYHVVHOEXLOWE\.YLFKDN FFRUGLQJ WR WKH 3RUWODQG 0DLQH 3UHVV +HUDOG DQ H[- “... In 2013, the CRBP felt that it was time to replace the tremely rare orange-brown split-colored lobster has been Chinook with a new pilot boat. They traded the Chinook in and caught off the coast of MaineKWWSWLQ\XUOFRPVSOLWEURZQ placed an order for the Astoria. When Astoria was delivered The critter, which was brought to the Pine Point Fisherman’s LQWKHVSULQJRI.YLFKDNVROG&KLQRRNWRWKH3DFL¿F3L- Co-Op last week by an unknown lobsterman, is pictured in pho- ORWDJH$XWKRULW\LQ9DQFRXYHU%&5HQDPHGWKH3DFL¿F&KL- tos by Yoon S. Byun/Portland Press Herald via AP. nook, the vessel was repowered, repainted, serviced and certi- $FFRUGLQJWRWKH/REVWHU,QVWLWXWHDWWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI0DLQH ¿HGIRU7UDQVSRUW&DQDGD´ WKHFKDQFHVRI¿QGLQJDVSOLWFRORUHGOREVWHULVLQPLOOLRQ Pictured, courtesy of Kvichak, the reborn pilot boat being only the albino lobster is rarer, at 1in 100 million. launched in Canada, and inset, the Chinook in Astoria. %XW DFFRUGLQJ WR 86$ 7RGD\ KWWSWLQ\XUOFRPXVDOREV ³7KH&KLQRRNZLOOSUREDEO\ZRUNDQRWKHU\HDUVDW “The lobster in question is even more rare than the traditional least,” Peter observed. split-colored lobster, which is split down the middle in color. The one found in a tank at the co-op last week has ... a body that is all brown ... Also, most split lobsters have male and female sex organs, but this one is all female.” No, a pot of boiling water is not in her future — eventually, she’ll go to the Maine Aquarium. P CHINOOK’S NEW LEASE ON LIFE A RARITY P AN AWFUL SIGHT A STAY AFLOAT T sumanis are on most North Coasters’ minds these GD\VDQG7KXUVGD\ZDVWKHWKDQQLYHUVDU\RIZKDW is considered the world’s tallest tsunami²DWIHHW high — on remote Lituya Bay in Alaska, according to *HRORJ\FRPKWWSWLQ\XUOFRPOLWX\DZDYH Fortunately, the extreme wave height was only at the beginning of the event, which was set off by millions of cubic yards of dirt, loosened by an earthquake, plunging 3,000 feet into the inlet on the east end of the bay. By the time the wave reached Howard Ulrich and his \HDUROGVRQSonny, who were anchored in their fishing boat, the Edrie, it was about 150 feet high. The pair are izmag.com reports there is a new water safety device com- SLFWXUHGQRZDQGWKHQLQVHWLQVFUHHQVKRWVIURPD%%& ing on the market: the Kingii wrist-worn ÀRWDWLRQGHYLFH interview. “It looked like just a big wall of water,” How- KWWSWLQ\XUOFRPNLQJLL ,WV WDUJHW PDUNHW LV VZLPPHUV ard said. “You’re looking at death, and this was exactly surfers and sailors, but on North Coast beaches, a wader can my first thought.” become a swimmer as fast as a sneaker wave can knock you “He threw me a life preserver and said, ‘Son, start off your feet. Kingii is pictured in photos courtesy of Gizmag. praying,’” Sonny said. .LQJLLXVHVDFDUERQGLR[LGHFDUWULGJHWRLQÀDWHWKHÀRWDWLRQ As Howard pushed the engine to climb the front of the bag, and the cartridges are easily replaceable. Want one? Go to wave to the top, they were swept up over the land above http://tinyurl.com/getkingii WKHWUHHVZKHUH+RZDUGWKRXJKWWKH\ZRXOGVXUHO\ODQG “After I lost a friend in a preventable drowning accident,” Miraculously, they crested the wave, made it to the other Tom Agapiades, founder of Kingii, said, “I developed Kingii side, and were washed back into the bay unharmed. as a way to promote the importance of water safety and, hope- “God what an awful sight,” Howard recalled, “... Some- fully, end this type of tragedy once and for all.” thing like the end of the world.” NEW ARRIVAL G ‘N ewcomers to Astoria,” Jeff Daly noted about his photo of a mama gull and her chick, an unusual sighting. “On top of one of the old pilings one egg has hatched, and still one to go, as the mother is always watching for a crow just waiting to swoop in for breakfast.” According to the NatureMapping Program (http://tinyurl.com/ JXOOEDE\WKH\RXQJEHJLQWRÀ\DWWRZHHNVROGDQGOHDYHWKH nest when they are 10 weeks or older. Weird larus occidentalis factoid: Gulls will steal milk from lactating female seals while they’re lying on their backs, sleeping on the beach. COMMUNITY NOTES SATURDAY Lower Columbia R/C Society — 8:30 a.m., back room at Uptown Cafe, 1639 S.E. Ensign Lane, War- renton. Local Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) chartered radio control model aircraft club meets for breakfast and business. All model aircraft enthusiasts are welcome. For information, call 503-458-5196 or 503-325-0608. Angora Hiking Club — noon, 91935 Ridge Road, Warrenton. Potluck at the Sefrens’ house. For information, call Johns and Marion Sefren at 503-861-3133. Pug Socializing Club — 1 p.m., Carruthers Park, Warrenton. For pugs and their owners. For information, call Dave Kinney at 415-827-5190. Join online at http:// tinyurl.com/socialpugs Columbia Northwestern Mod- el Railroading Club — 1 p.m., in Hammond. Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For information, call Don Carter at 503-325-0757. SUNDAY National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. Family to Family Support Group, for anyone with friend or loved one suffer- ing from a serious brain (mental) illness. For information, contact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165, or k7erowood@q.com, or go to www.nami.org Line Dancing — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway. For information, call 503-738-5111. No cost; suggested $5 tip to the instructor. MONDAY Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. Cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Warrenton Senior Lunch Pro- gram — noon, Warrenton Commu- nity Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Sug- gested donation of $5 for seniors and $7 for those younger than 60. For information, or to volunteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday. Newcomers welcome. Bring non- perishable food donation. For infor- mation, call Janet King at 360-665- 3005. Knochlers Pinochle Group — 1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Cost is $1 per regular session per person. Players with highest and second highest scores split the prize. Game is designed for play- ers 55 and older, but all ages are welcome. Astoria Rotary Club — noon, second Àoor of the Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St. Guests always welcome. For information, go to www.AstoriaRotary.org Seaside Lions Club — 5 p.m., West Lake Restaurant & Lounge, 1480 S. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside. For information, call 503-738-7693. Parkinson’s Support Group — 1 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church library, 565 12th St. For informa- tion, call 503-338-8469 or 503-440- 1970. Line Dancing for Seniors — 6 to 7:30 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, temporarily located at 1555 W. Marine Drive in the old Astoria Yacht Club. For information, call 503-325-3231. Peninsula Quilt Guild — 1 p.m., Peninsula Church Center, 5000 N Place, Seaview, Wash. Tobacco Free Coalition of Clatsop County — 9 to 10:30 a.m., TUESDAY Clatsop County Health and Hu- man Services, 820 Exchange St. Anyone interested in tobacco use prevention and education wel- come. For information, call Ste- ven Blakesley at 503-325-8500 or Alissa Dorman at 503-325-4321, ext. 5758. Do Nothing Club — 10 a.m. to noon, 24002 U St., Ocean Park, Wash. Men’s group. For informa- tion, call Jack McBride at 360-665- 2721. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325- 9693. Astoria Lions Club — noon, Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St. Prospective members wel- come. For information, contact Charlene Larsen at 503-325- 0590. Warrenton Kiwanis Club — noon, Doogers Seafood and Grill, 103 U.S. Highway 101, Warrenton. For information, call Darlene War- ren at 503-861-2672. Line Dancing for Seniors — 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Astoria Senior Center, temporarily located at 1555 W. Marine Drive in the old Astoria Yacht Club. For information, call 503-325-3231. Warrenton Alzheimer’s Sup- port Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., 2002 S.E. Chokeberry Ave., Warren- ton. Support and information about Alzheimer’s disease. For informa- tion, call Grace Bruseth 503-738- 6412. See NOTES, Page 2B