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About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 2015)
23,1,21 4A Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager Water under the bridge Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2005 Astoria was named on national TV Tuesday as the top place to retire in the nation. The piece was aired on ABC’s Good Morning America. Baby-boomers are soon going to be in their 60s and that means the largest segment of the population is getting ready to retire, presenters noted. New York-based real estate specialist Barbara Corcoran and her staff talked to thousands of retirees and real estate brokers to compile WKHLU OLVW RI WKH ¿YH EHVW SODFHV WR UHWLUH EDVHG RQ GLIIHUHQW NLQGV RI lifestyles. +HUHDUHKHU¿QGLQJVSOXVWKHDYHUDJHKRPHSULFH 1. Astoria. Best place for people who want some peace and quiet. 7KHDYHUDJHKRPHFRVWV 6SDUNV1HY%HVWSODFHIRUSK\VLFDOO\DFWLYHDGYHQWXUHVHHNHUV 7KHDYHUDJHKRPHFRVWV $PHOLD,VODQG)OD%HVWSODFHIRUEHDFKORYHUVDQGQDWXUHORYHUV 7KHDYHUDJHKRPHFRVWV <DOHWRZQ9DQFRXYHU&DQDGD%HVWSODFHIRUWKH\RXQJDWKHDUW 7KHDYHUDJHKRPHFRVWV $QQ$UERU0LFK%HVWSODFHIRUUHWLUHHVORRNLQJIRUFXOWXUH7KH DYHUDJHKRPHFRVWV Residents and visitors may walk the new Cullaby Lake :HWODQGV,QWHUSUHWLYH7UDLODWLWVRI¿FLDOXQYHLOLQJDWQRRQ Wednesday. 7KHPLOHSHGHVWULDQDQGELNHSDWKKXJVWKHSHULPH- WHURIIUHVKZDWHUFRQLIHUZHWODQGVDW&XOODE\/DNH&RXQW\ 3DUN7KHWUDLODQGDYLHZLQJSODWIRUPDUHZKHHOFKDLUDFFHV- VLEOH(GXFDWLRQDOVLJQVGHYHORSHGE\FRXQW\VWDIIVSRWOLJKW WKHLPSRUWDQFHRIWKHZHWODQGV This is the way the bubble ends: not with a pop, but with a hiss. +RXVLQJSULFHVPRYHPXFKPRUHVORZO\WKDQVWRFNSULFHV7KHUH DUHQR%ODFN0RQGD\VZKHQSULFHVIDOOSHUFHQWLQDGD\,QIDFW SULFHVRIWHQNHHSULVLQJIRUDZKLOHHYHQDIWHUDKRXVLQJERRPJRHV bust. 6RWKHQHZVWKDWWKH86KRXVLQJEXEEOHLVRYHUZRQ¶WFRPHLQWKH IRUPRIIDOOLQJVDOHVDQGULVLQJLQYHQWRU\DVVHOOHUVWU\WRJHWSULFHV that buyers are no longer willing to pay. And the process may already KDYHVWDUWHG 50 years ago — 1965 0RUHWKDQ2UHJRQDQG3HQQV\OYDQLD$UP\1DWLRQ- DO*XDUGVPHQPRYHGLQWR&DPS5LOHD6DWXUGD\WRRI¿FLDOO\ EHJLQWKHLUDQQXDOWZRZHHNVRI¿HOGWUDLQLQJ 7KLV \HDU 2UHJRQ *XDUGVPDQ ZHUH MRLQHG E\ $X- WRPDWLF :HDSRQV %DWWDOLRQ WK $UWLOOHU\ 3HQQV\OYDQLD 1DWLRQDO*XDUGZKRZHUHÀRZQWR2UHJRQE\$LU1DWLRQDO *XDUGWURRSFDUULHUVWRSDUWLFLSDWHLQWKH¿HOGWUDLQLQJDV part of the U.S. Continental Army Command’s operation Sky-Thrust II. The Army Corps of Engineers has decided that if the proposed 3XJHW 6RXQG&ROXPELD 5LYHU &DQDO LV WR EH EXLOW LW PXVW SURGXFH HFRQRPLFVEHQH¿WVVXI¿FLHQWWRSD\RIIWKHFRVWLQQRWPRUHWKDQ years. Col. C.C. Holbrook, Seattle district engineer, told a meeting of the State Canal Commission Monday night about the engineers pay-out for WKHSURSRVHGPLOOLRQZDWHUZD\ Capt. Merle Adlum, Seattle, commis- sion chairman, said the state agency was RSWLPLVWLFDERXWWKHSURVSHFWVRISURYLQJ WKHHFRQRPLFEHQH¿WVRIWKHFDQDOZKLFK would link Puget Sound with the Colum- ELD5LYHUE\ZD\RI*UD\V+DUERU 2QDUHFHQWWULSLQWRWKH1HDK- NDKQLHPRXQWDLQXQGHUZDWHUFDYH PDGHE\5REHUW%1DVKDQG6WHYH 0LVFRH0LVFRHQRWLFHGDPHWDOOLF FLUFOH LQ WKH VDQG QHDU WKH HQ- WUDQFH+HLQVHUWHGKLV¿QJHUVXQ- GHU HDFK VLGH FDUHIXOO\ OLIWLQJ LW up and found that he held a brass VKLS¶VEHOOZKLFKKDGEHHQQHDUO\ buried in the sand upside down. +H HPSWLHG WKH VDQG EXW IRXQG QRFODSSHULQWKHEHOO Eleanor Wimber/Submitted Photo Brass ship’s bell was re- covered from sand in Neah- kahnie mountain underwa- ter cave by Steve Miscoe of Seaside. 6HYHQ WUDLQHHV UHFHLYHG FHUWL¿FDWHV 0RQGD\ PRUQLQJ GXULQJ WKH ¿UVWIRUPDOJUDGXDWLRQFHUHPRQ\DW7RQJXH3RLQW-RE&RUSV&HQWHU 75 years ago — 1940 Germany sent hundreds of airplanes over Britain today LQDQDOPRVWFRQWLQXRXVDWWDFNDORQJWKHVRXWKDQGVRXWKHDVW FRDVWVZKLFK/RQGRQQHZVSDSHUVFDOOHG³RQHRIWKHELJJHVW DLUEDWWOHVHYHUIRXJKW´ 7KH¿UVWELJUXQRIVDOPRQWKLVVHDVRQWRGD\VZDUPHGLQWKHORZHU &ROXPELDZKHUHPDQ\¿VKHUPHQFDXJKWPRUHWKDQSRXQGV6XQ- GD\QLJKW6RPHKDXOVRIPRUHWKDQDWRQZHUHUHSRUWHG,WDSSHDUHG likely that the “high boat” would tip the scales at almost 4000 pounds. 7KH¿UVWVWHHOWUXVVIRUWKHURRIRIWKHVHDSODQHKDQJDUDW WKH7RQJXHSRLQW1DYDO$LU6WDWLRQFROODSVHGDVLWZDVEHLQJ SODFHGWKLVPRUQLQJDW$QRI¿FLDODQQRXQFHPHQWVDLG QRRQHZDVLQMXUHG7KHKHDY\VWHHOWUXVVDQFKRUHGRQWKH ZHVWVLGHDWWKHWRSRIVWHHOFROXPQVVHWWOHGRQWKHKRLVWLQJ PDFKLQHDWWKHHDVWHQGRIWKHQRUWKVLGHRIWKHVWUXFWXUH THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015 7HDFKRXWDGGVWRRXU JROGHQDJHRIELRJUDSK\ A V , DSSURDFKHG WKH FRQFOXVLRQ ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, of Duke, Terry Teachout’s biog- ‘To talk of many things; shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — UDSK\RI'XNH(OOLQJWRQ,KDGDELW- Of Of cabbages —and kings —’ tersweet moment. With Ellington’s GHDWK DQG IXQHUDO DSSURDFKLQJ , Through the Looking-glass didn’t want the book to end. Teachout LVRQHRIWKHUHDVRQVZK\ZHOLYHLQD golden age of biography. Teachout’s challenge was to reck- RQZLWK(OOLQJWRQ¶VPDVVLYHPXVLFDO output, his public and mostly hidden SULYDWH SHUVRQDOLWLHV DQG WKH UROH of race in a career that spanned the -LP &URZ HUD DQG WKH EHJLQQLQJ RI SRVW&LYLO5LJKWV$FW$PHULFD (OOLQJWRQOLYHGRQDJUDQGVFDOH He maintained a large orchestra, principally so that he could hear his new compositions on the day he wrote them. During the ugliest years of racial animosity, Ellington hired a SULYDWH UDLOZD\ FDU IRU KLV EDQG VR WKH\ZRXOGKDYHDSODFHWRVOHHSDQG eat during Southern engagements. Yet, the man who is widely acknowl- edged as America’s greatest compos- Louis Panassié via wikimedia HU YLVFHUDOO\ IHDUHG EHLQJ VRFLDOO\ Duke Ellington with his band in the movie “L’aventure du jazz,” in 1971. dismissed as inferior. ,W LV VXSUHPHO\ LURQLF WKDW 3UHVL- ture Houses of Worship is especial- GHQW5LFKDUG1L[RQ²ZKRVHSROLW- Duke O\ LQWHUHVWLQJ /LNH The New York ical machine authored the Southern Times’ weekly Beliefs column, it is 6WUDWHJ\ ² JDYH (OOLQJWRQ WKH UHF- Ellington an attempt to link religion with our RJQLWLRQ WKDW ZDV RYHUGXH ,W ZDV D public life. star-studded East Room birthday par- lived from /DVW ZHHN¶V FROXPQ ³7KH 5HOL- W\ZLWK1L[RQSOD\LQJ+DSS\%LUWK- the Jim gion of Climate Change, was largely day, and presenting the Presidential SURPSWHG E\ 3RSH )UDQFLV¶ HQF\FOL- 0HGDORI)UHHGRP Crow era to FDORQWKHHQYLURQPHQW Teachout is a remarkable talent 1LFKRODV * +DKQ ,,, WULHG KLV LQKLVRZQULJKW,QDGGLWLRQWREHLQJ see the Civil best to point out the inconsistencies The Wall Street Journal’s theater crit- of the Pope’s encyclical and what’s ic and a biographer, he has played the Rights Act being made of it. He concludes: “As bass in a jazz band. become law. for those who seek to politicize the SXOSLW 3RSH )UDQFLV LV FOHDU LQ KLV źźź middle of his opera Nabucco, which encyclical: ‘the Church does not pre- ernardo Bertolucci’s epic 1900 had its debut in 1842, when the Aus- VXPHWRVHWWOHVFLHQWL¿FTXHVWLRQVRU opens with a dwarf wandering WULDQ JRYHUQPHQW UXOHG ,WDO\ ³9D to replace politics.’ The planet and WKURXJK DQ ,WDOLDQ ODQGVFDSH ZDLO- 3HQVLHUR´EHFDPHDQ,WDOLDQDQWKHP her poor would be better off if more ing, “Verdi is dead. Giuseppi Verdi “A powerful depiction of all human religious leaders said Amen to that.” is dead.” Those who seek to parse the aspiration amid disappointment” is 7KH ,WDOLDQ FRPSRVHU 9HUGL DQG how William Berger describes the Pope’s words miss the most basic 4XHHQ9LFWRULDGLHGZLWKLQ¿YHGD\V chorus in Verdi with a Vengeance. 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WHUYHQHGDQGKHZDVJLYHQDIXQHUDO that still ranks as the largest in the na- źźź tion’s history. eading The Wall Street Journal When the Milan funeral proces- FDQ EH OLNH .UHPOLQRORJ\ ,W sion reached the cathedral, Arturo Toscanini led a chorus of 800 in “Va is the clubhouse of what passes for SHQVLHUR´ +DVWHQ WKRXJKWV 9HUGL the Republican Party establishment ORGJHG WKLV PDJQL¿FHQW VRQJ LQ WKH WKHVH GD\V 7KH :6-¶V ZHHNO\ IHD- of Cabbages and Kings B R 3URIRRWEDOO¶VERJXVVHWWOHPHQW during the ceremony, the older they are, and the fewer years they played in where she was ultimately the league, the less money DEOHWRJLYHDVKRUWYHUVLRQ hanks to the ham-handedness of RILW they will get. But those with CTE, which seems to WKH 1DWLRQDO )RRWEDOO /HDJXH¶V Although Sydney Seau be the primary way play- +DOO RI )DPH WKH LQDQH ³GHÀDWH- didn’t mention her father’s ing football damages the gate” scandal, which has been the CTE in her remarks, she EUDLQ" 1RW VR PXFK 7KH GRPLQDQW1)/KHDGOLQHWKLVRIIVHD- GLGQ¶W KDYH WR UHSRUWHUV settlement, to be blunt, is son, was pushed to the sidelines this FRYHULQJ WKH FRQWURYHUV\ DWUDYHVW\ weekend and replaced by a genuine- did it for her. CTE was ,QKHUOHQJWK\GHFLVLRQ ly important issue facing the coun- also at the heart of a legal Joe DSSURYLQJ WKH VHWWOHPHQW try’s dominant sports league and EDWWOH EHWZHHQ WKH 1)/ Nocera Brody defended this as- its players. That issue is the serious and former players, who FRJQLWLYHLPSDLUPHQWWKDWDSSHDUVWR claimed in a class-action lawsuit pect of the deal by saying that retired affect so many former professional WKDW³WKH1)/KHOGLWVHOIRXWDVWKH players “cannot be compensated for football players. guardian and authority on the issue C.T.E. in life because no diagnostic The embodiment of that impair- of player safety,” yet failed to prop- RU FOLQLFDO SUR¿OH RI &7( H[LVWV PHQWZDV-XQLRU6HDXWKHSHUHQQLDO HUO\ LQYHVWLJDWH ZDUQ RI DQG UHYLVH and the symptoms of the disease, if All-Pro linebacker who was induct- league rules to minimize the risk of any, are unknown.” But Robert Stern, one of the scien- ed, posthumously, into the Hall of concussions. )DPHRQ6DWXUGD\7KUHH\HDUVDJR ,Q $SULO -XGJH $QLWD %URG\ RI tists at the BU center, told me that he Seau committed suicide by shooting 86 'LVWULFW &RXUW DSSURYHG D VHW- H[SHFWHGDWHVWWREHGHYHORSHGZLWKLQ KLPVHOILQWKHFKHVW+HZDV\HDUV tlement of the lawsuit. Although the a decade that will be able to diagnose old and had been retired from pro settlement could put an estimated &7( LQ OLYLQJ SHRSOH$V IRU V\PS- football for only three ELOOLRQRUVRLQWKH toms, the real problem is that plenty years. hands of former play- of people suffer from lost impulse The His brain became ers who are suffering FRQWURO DQG GHSUHVVLRQ ZLWKRXW KDY- part of a study con- settlement, from dementia and LQJ&7((YHQVRWKHSULPDU\V\PS- ducted by the Nation- other brain diseases WRPVWKHVHWWOHPHQWZLOOUHZDUG¿QDQ- DO,QVWLWXWHVRI+HDOWK — money that many FLDOO\DUHWKRVHWKDWVXJJHVWFRJQLWLYH to be which concluded that of them desperately LPSDLUPHQWUDWKHUWKDQWKHEHKDYLRU- blunt, is a he had a condition need — the deal has al and mood symptoms of CTE. “At a minimum,” said Stern, “for- called chronic trau- EHHQ FRQWURYHUVLDO travesty. matic encephalop- Some 200 players PHU SOD\HUV ZKRVH EHKDYLRU FKDQJ- athy, or CTE. This KDYH RSWHG RXW DQG es in ways that suggest CTE should QHXURGHJHQHUDWLYH GLVHDVH ZKLFK hope to bring their own lawsuits KDYHIXOOHYDOXDWLRQVSDLGIRUE\WKH VFLHQWLVWV EHOLHYH FDQ FDXVH GHSUHV- DJDLQVW WKH 1)/ /DZ\HUV IRU RWK- settlement. And treatment would be sion, anger, loss of impulse control er former players are appealing the nice, too.” ,W¶V KDUG QRW WR YLHZ WKH VHWWOH- and poor decision-making, among settlement, arguing that it doesn’t do other things, has been found in the nearly enough for players with dam- PHQWDVWKHF\QLFDOHIIRUWE\WKH1)/ WRFRQWDLQLWVSRWHQWLDO&7(OLDELOLW\ EUDLQVRIPDQ\GHFHDVHG1)/SOD\- aged brains. ers. Scientists like those at Boston $QG \RX NQRZ ZKDW" 7KH\¶UH LQGHHG RQFH WKH VHWWOHPHQW LV ¿QDO 8QLYHUVLW\¶V &7( &HQWHU ZKR DUH ULJKW7KH-XQLRU6HDX+DOORI)DPH it will be nearly impossible for play- VWXG\LQJ WKH FRQGLWLRQ EHOLHYH WKDW imbroglio prompted me to take a ers — past, present and future — to repeated hits to the head can cause closer look at the settlement. 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