OPINION 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 Oh, and they keep you dry, too! 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 5R\DO1HEHNHU ZDVDOLIHIRUFH M Naming the Clatsop College Art *aller\ is a ¿tting memorial I W ZDV SRXULQJ UDLQ DQG RXU friend Joe and his basset KRXQG&ROXPERZHUHVWUDQGHG at our house in the storm. 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But thorough SXEOLFGLVFRXUVHZLOOHOLPLQDWHWKH HOHPHQW RI VXUSULVH LQ ZKDWHYHU decisions are made. SOUTHERN EXPOSURE B Y R.J. M ARX Umbrella? Oregonians hate umbrellas, so I’d heard. 7UXH 2UHJRQLDQV GRQ¶W XVH XP- EUHOODV KH DYHUUHG SUHIHUULQJ WR mummify themselves in rubber or la- WH[RUMXVWÀDWRXWJHWGUHQFKHG0D\- EHWKDW¶VZK\KLV9DQ¶VVQHDNHUVZHUH squeaking all the time. We get it. While it’s been relative- ly dry since our arrival in May, even LQWKHUDLQZHKDYHQ¶WKDGRFFDVLRQWR grab the umbrella. 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At the Stormy Weather Arts Festi- YDOODVWZHHNHQG&DQQRQ%HDFKRQFH DJDLQ MXPSHG RQ ² WR PL[ D PHWD- SKRU²WKHXPEUHOODEDQGZDJRQ )LYHDUWLVWVSUHVHQWHGIRXURQHRI DNLQG SDLQWHG XPEUHOODV WR EH DXF- tioned off last Friday, but held in re- VHUYHXQWLO6DWXUGD\ZKHQWKH\ZHUH XVHG LQ WKH 6WRUP\:HDWKHU UXQZD\ VKRZ³'DQFLQ¶LQWKH5DLQ´ 'HVLJQLQJ DUWLVWV ZHUH %RQQ\ Submitted Photo Umbrella designed by Marianne Post and presented by Primary Elements Gallery for the Stormy Weather Arts Festival. “My inspi- ration for this comes from my work with a tropical landscape designer on the Big Island of Hawaii,” Post said “I call it my Hibiscus umbrella and dreaming of the islands gets me cheerfully through wet and stormy days.” *RUVXFKUHSUHVHQWHGE\WKH&DQQRQ %HDFK*DOOHU\'UDJRQ)LUH¶V1DQF\ 1RUPDQ 0DULDQQH 3RVW UHSUHVHQW- LQJ3ULPDU\(OHPHQWV*DOOHU\.ULVWD *XHQWKHU IURP WKH &RDVWHU 7KHDWUH DQG VWXGHQWV IURP 6HDVLGH +LJK School’s art class. 7KHHYHQWKHOSHGHVWDEOLVKVFKRO- DUVKLSVWRORFDODUWV¶FDPSVLQ&DQQRQ Beach: the Cannon Beach Arts As- VRFLDWLRQDUWFDPSIRU.LGV&RDVWHU 7KHDWUH 7KHDWHU &DPS IRU NLGV DQG 6HD 5DQFK 59 5HVRUW DQG 0XVLF &DPSIRU.LGV 7KH VKRZ IHDWXUHG FORWKLQJ IURP 'HQD¶V6KRSRQWKH&RUQHU/D/XQD /RFD 0DJJLH +HQU\¶V )UXIÀHV DQG 'UDJRQ )LUH *DOOHU\ 5HIUHVK- PHQWVDUHSURYLGHGE\6OHHS\0RQN Coffee and Sea Level Bakery. ³:HZDQWHGWRPDNHVXUHZHKDGD UHDOO\VWURQJFRQQHFWLRQZLWKWKHDUWV FRPPXQLW\ZLWKWKLV´&RXUW&DUULHU of the Chamber of Commerce said. 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