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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 — 2006 EHJDQZLWKMR\WKDWWKH/HZLVDQG&ODUN%LFHQWHQQLDOZDV¿QDOO\ here, mixed with considerable apprehension about the prospect of lique- ¿HGQDWXUDOJDVWHUPLQDOVEHLQJEXLOWRQWKH&ROXPELD5LYHU ,WVDQNWRLWVORZHVWORZMXVWEHIRUHPLGQLJKW2FWEXWKLWDQHZKLJK MXVWKRXUVODWHU :KHQ QHZV HPHUJHG DERXW WKH )RUW &ODWVRS UHSOLFD EXUQLQJ D ¿UH EODPHGRQDQHUUDQWVSDUNIURPRQHRIWKH¿UHSODFHV¿UVWUHDFWLRQVZHUH WKDWLWZRXOGFDVWDSDOORYHUWKH%LFHQWHQQLDOOHVVWKDQVL[ZHHNVDZD\ Hours later, the line of cars snaking to Warrenton packed with scores of well-wishers offering help and pressing money into park rangers’ hands ZDVWHVWLPRQ\WRWKHUHVLOLHQFHRIWKH1RUWK&RDVW'D\VODWHUKHOSZDVRQ WKHZD\IURPDOORYHUWKHZRUOG 7KHPRWKHURIWKH¿UVWEDE\ERUQLQ&ODWVRS&RXQW\LQ ZDVQ¶WH[DFWO\WKULOOHGE\WKHWLPLQJ ³7KDWOLWWOHWD[GHGXFWLRQZRXOGKDYHEHHQJUHDW´VDLG'H- QLOOH+DLQHVPRWKHURI'DNRWD5DFKHOOH+DLQHV %XWVKHLVSOHDVHGE\KHUEXQGOHRIMR\³2KVKH¶VJRUJHRXV´ PRPHQWKXVHGZKHQDUHSRUWHUFDOOHGWRFRQJUDWXODWHKHU³7KH GRFWRUVDLGµ,WKLQNWKLVKDVJRWWREHWKHSUHWWLHVWEDE\,¶YH GHOLYHUHGLQDORQJWLPH¶´ To protect the marbled murrelet, a small seabird, logging stopped DFURVVZLGHVZDWKHVRIROGJURZWK2UHJRQ¶VFRDVWDOIRUHVWV But a new study indicates that the murrelet, which lays its single egg DWRSPRVV\EUDQFKHVPD\KDYHEHHQIRUFHGLQWRGHFOLQHQRWMXVWE\ORJ- JLQJEXWE\RYHU¿VKLQJ )OHHWVWKDWKDXOHGVDUGLQHVIURPWKH:HVW&RDVWPD\KDYHIRUFHGWKH murrelet to rely on poorer-quality food, undermining its breeding, say sci- HQWLVWVIURPWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI&DOLIRUQLDDW%HUNHOH\ 50 years ago — 1966 &RPSODLQWVWKDWDQHZIRJKRUQRQWKH$VWRULDEULGJHLVPXU- GHULQJVOHHSLQPDQ\SDUWVRI$VWRULDFDPHWRWKHÀRRURIWKH FLW\FRXQFLO0RQGD\QLJKW &RXQFLO PHPEHUV WROG 0D\RU +DUU\ 6WHLQERFN WR FDOO WKH &RDVW*XDUGDQGVHHLIVRPHWKLQJFRXOGEHGRQH 3UHOLPLQDU\UHSRUWVE\6WHYHQVDQG7KRPSVRQFRQVXOWLQJHQJLQHHUV LQGLFDWHDIHDVLEOHGDPVLWHKDVEHHQIRXQGDQGVWXGLHGRQ<RXQJV5LYHU PLOHVDERYH<RXQJV5LYHUIDOOVWKHFLW\FRXQFLOZDVLQIRUPHG0RQGD\ QLJKW 7KH-RKQ-DFRE$VWRUIDPLO\RI+HYHU(QJODQGZKRJDYH WKDWZLOOJRLQWRFRQVWUXFWLRQRIDQ$VWRULDOLEUDU\DUH ³GHOLJKWHG´E\WKHSURMHFW*DYLQ$VWRUSXEOLVKHURIWKH/RQ- GRQWLPHVKDVZULWWHQ0D\RU+DUU\6WHLQERFN ³0\IDWKHUDQG,DQGWKHIDPLO\DUHGHOLJKWHGWRNQRZWKDW RXUGRQDWLRQKDVQRZEHHQLQFUHDVHGWRDQGWKDW\RX KRSHWRKDYHFRPSOHWHGWKHQHZ$VWRULDSXEOLFOLEUDU\EXLOGLQJ E\WKHHQGRI /RFDOSHRSOHDSSDUHQWO\ZLOOMXVWKDYHWROHDUQWRJHWDORQJZLWKWKH QRQVWRSIRJKRUQRQ3LHURIWKH$VWRULDEULGJH)HGHUDOUHJXODWLRQV UHTXLUHWKDWWKHUHEHVXFKDZDUQLQJVLJQDOLQRSHUDWLRQZKHQVXUIDFHYLVL- ELOLW\LVWZRPLOHVRUOHVV&RDVW*XDUGRI¿FLDOVVDLG 7KHUHLVQRWKLQJLQWKHUHJXODWLRQWRWXUQLWRIIZKHQYLVLELOLW\LVPRUH WKDQWZRPLOHV 75 years ago — 1941 $VWRULD¶V IDPHG $V- WRU FROXPQ DJDLQ GUHZ WKH DWWHQWLRQ RI YLVL- WRUVWRWKLVORFDOLW\DQG DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH UHJLVWHUNHSWDWWKHIRRW RIWKHVWDLUVSHU- VRQV HQWHUHG WKH WRZHU 1RUHFRUGLVNHSWDWWKH WRS WR VHH KRZ PDQ\ PDGHWKHFOLPE Oregon motorists race past school buses that are discharging children at reg- ular stopping places, it was reported by Clatsop County VFKRRO EXV GULYHUV PHHWLQJ at the county court house WRGD\ The county’s school bus “Glimpses At Oregon’s Past” ap- GULYHU VDLG WKDW VFKRRO FKLO- peared weekly in The Daily Astorian dren were exposed to haz- 75 years ago. 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