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About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 2016)
OPINION 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 7KH$VWRULD +LJK 6FKRRO GDQFH WHDP 3L]D]] ZRQ ¿UVW SODFH DW WKH :RRGEXUQ+LJK6FKRROGDQFHWHDPFRPSHWLWLRQ6DWXUGD\LWVVHFRQGFRQ- test of the season. &RPSHWLQJLQWKH$$$VPDOOGLYLVLRQZLWKDWRWDORIQLQHWHDPV 3L]D]] GDQFHUV WRRN WKH JROG ZLWK WKHLU SHUIRUPDQFH ³5RFN<RXU +HDUW 2XW´IRUZKLFKWKH\GRQQHGUHGVDWLQSDQWVDQGEODFNVKLUWVDGRUQHGZLWK DUURZVWDEEHGKHDUWVUHDGLQJ³5RFN´ $VWRULD¶V*LQJHU'DYLVGHVLJQHGWKHFRQVXPHVDQG&DUOD2MDWKHVKLUWV IRUWKHQLQWKWKURXJKWKJUDGHUVVDLG-HDQQH3HWHUVRQWHDPFRDFK The new master plan for Clatsop County’s parks system lays out an ambitious program of facility improvements, funding strategies and other recommendations. But one of its top priorities is simply to get the public more aware that the county has its own parks. “I’ve lived in the county 20 years and regularly use state parks … really had no idea there were so many county parks!” said one local resident who responded to a survey conducted for the plan. ,QVRPHFRXQWULHVEXULDOSORWVDUHUHQWHGDQGWKH³WHQDQWV´DUHHYLFWHG LIWKHLUIDPLOLHVGRQ¶WNHHSXSZLWKWKHUHQW0LNH/HDP\WROGWKH&ODWVRS &RXQW\FRPPLVVLRQHUV:HGQHVGD\ $PHULFDQVJHQHUDOO\WUHDWWKHJUDYHVRIWKHGHSDUWHGZLWKDJUHDWHUVHQVH RISHUPDQHQFHKHVDLG%XWLQ&ODWVRS&RXQW\QHJOHFWLVWKUHDWHQLQJWKH ¿QDOUHVWLQJSODFHVRIPDQ\RIWKHDUHD¶VIRUPHUUHVLGHQWV /HDP\DQGDJURXSRIVXSSRUWHUVDUHVHHNLQJWRIRUPDWD[IXQGHGGLV- WULFWWRSURYLGHIXQGLQJIRUWKHFDUHDQGPDLQWHQDQFHRIWKHGR]HQRUPRUH FHPHWHULHVLQWKHFRXQW\ 50 years ago — 1966 Helicopters touch down at their new home at Clatsop airport, site of the Coast Guard’s new $450,000 installation. Astoria’s Coast Guard air station switched operations from Tongue Point to its new $450,000 hanger at Clatsop airport Fri- day morning. The station’s two helicopters left their Tongue Point landing pad at 10:15 a.m. And landed at the sprawling new complex at 11. Several newsmen and television cameras were on hand to greet them. The station has a complement of 10 pilots and 40 crewmen. 6RPH SHRSOH WKRXJKW *RY 2VZDOG :HVW ZDV D OLWWOH QXWW\ ZKHQ KH SXVKHGWKURXJKDODZLQGHFODULQJDPLOHULEERQRI2UHJRQEHDFK D³SXEOLFKLJKZD\´ 7KHUHZHUHRQO\PRWRUYHKLFOHVLQ2UHJRQWKHQ$QGWKH³SXEOLF KLJKZD\´FRQVLVWHGRQO\RIWKHODQGEHWZHHQWKHKLJKDQGORZWLGHPDUNV %XWWKDWZDVHQRXJKWRSUHVHUYHDOPRVWDOORIWKHPLOHVRIVSHFWDFX- ODUO\EHDXWLIXO2UHJRQFRDVWIRUSXEOLFXVH$IHZVWUHWFKHVKDGVOLSSHGLQWR SULYDWHRZQHUVKLSDQGWKHVWDWHKDVQ¶WEHHQDEOHWREX\WKHPEDFN 7KH SUHGRPLQDQWO\ 5HSXEOLFDQ VWDWH WKRXJKW D ORW RI WKH 'HPRFUDWLF JRYHUQRU¶VLGHDVZHUHVWUDQJH:HVWVHUYHGRQO\RQHWHUPIURPWR ,QWKDWIRXU\HDUVSDQKHDZDNHQHG2UHJRQLDQVWRWKHDEXQGDQFHRI QDWXUDOEHDXW\DQGVSOHQGRUZLWKLQWKHLUVWDWH¶ERUGHUV The state highway department Tuesday morning reported snow on virtually all of Clatsop County’s main highways, but chains were required only at the Sunset summit on Highway 26. All Knappa-Svensen schools were closed because school buses were not able to negotiate the snow-covered back roads to pick up students. 75 years ago — 1941 7KH WUHDVXU\ GHSDUWPHQW DJDLQ KDV WXUQHG WKXPEV GRZQ RQ 6HQDWRU 5XIXV+ROPDQ¶VELOOWRHVWDEOLVKDFRDVWJXDUGDLUVWDWLRQDW$VWRULDEXW6HQ- DWRU+ROPDQZLOOFRQWLQXHWRVWULYHIRUSDVVDJHRIWKHELOODFFRUGLQJWRDOHW- WHUMXVWUHFHLYHGE\WKH$VWRULDQ%XGJHW The development of the Tongue Point Naval Air Station has been little short of phenomenal to the local Astoria people, who remember it as a picnic ground, the site of some broken GRZQDQGXQXVHG¿QJHUSLHUVDQGWKHORQJWLPH1RVRUHVSRW between Clatsop County and the federal government, to whom the land had been given outright for defense development many years ago. 7KHDOPRVWFHUWDLQGLVFRYHU\RIDUDUHKLVWRULFDOREMHFW²WKH:HGJH- ZRRGSODWWHURUSODTXHZKLFKZDVSUHVHQWHGE\&DSWDLQ5REHUW*UD\WRWKH HOGHVWGDXJKWHURI&KLHI&RPFRPDOO\ZKHQ*UD\¿UVWHQWHUHGWKH&ROXPELD 5LYHU\HDUVDJR²ZDVGLVFORVHGUHFHQWO\E\/HZLV5:LOOLDPV.HOVR teacher and historian. :LOOLDPVGHFODUHGKLVVHDUFKRI\HDUVKDVHQGHGZLWKWKH¿QGLQJRI D¿QH:HGJHZRRGSODTXHLQWKHSRVVHVVLRQRI0UV)UDQN/\QLIIRI/RQJ %HDFK:DVK ³,DPFHUWDLQWKLVLVWKHSLHFHRI:HGJHZRRGZDUHWKDWVWXGHQWVRI1RUWK- ZHVWKLVWRU\KDYHVRXJKWIRUVRPDQ\\HDUV´:LOOLDPVDVVHUWHG THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Fertile Oregon political era comes alive in McKay’s book )<28/,9(',125(*21 \RX ZDWFKHG RXU state go through great change. 7KHKLVWRU\RIWKDWVRFLDOWXPXOW LVFRQWDLQHGLQDIHZSODFHVVXFK DV %UHQW :DOWK¶V ELRJUDSK\ RI *RY7RP0F&DOO I 1RZ IRUPHU MRXUQDOLVW )OR\G 0F.D\KDVGHOLYHUHGReporting the Oregon Story: How Activists and Visionaries Transformed a State. 0F.D\GHVFULEHVKLPVHOIDVDPDMRU SDFN UDW NHHSLQJ QRWHV IURP LQWHU- YLHZVGRQHGHFDGHVDJR,QFRQYHUVD- WLRQDOWRQHWKLVERRNLVDWULSWKURXJK 0F.D\¶VQRWHERRNV+HLVDPDUYHO RI UHLQYHQWLRQ ² IURP SULQW MRXU- QDOLVW WR WHOHYLVLRQ FRPPHQWDWRU WR 3K'WRELRJUDSKHUDQGPHPRLULVW )RU D QHZ 2UHJRQLDQ HVSHFLDOO\ 0F.D\¶VERRNLVDXVHIXOUHVRXUFH :KLOH0F.D\RFFDVLRQDOO\RIIHUV VRPH VHOIGHSUHFDWLQJ KXPRU KH LV QRW JLYHQ WR GHHS UHÀHFWLRQ +H ZDWFKHG %RE 3DFNZRRG¶V FDUHHU IURP LWV VWDWH OHJLVODWLYH EHJLQQLQJ EXW WKHUH LV QR UHWURVSHFWLRQ RQ WKH man who was forced to resign a U.S. 6HQDWHVHDWEHFDXVHKHZDVDVH[XDO SUHGDWRU7KHVDPHLVWUXHIRUWKHIDOO RIIRUPHU*RY1HLO*ROGVFKPLGWIRU ZKRP0F.D\ZDVSUHVVVHFUHWDU\ 7KHUHLVKRZHYHUDJRRGVXP- PDWLRQ RI WKH ULYDOV 0DUN +DW¿HOG DQG7RP0F&DOO³+DW¿HOGDOZD\V GUHVVHG LPSHFFDEO\ DQG ORRNHG UHDG\IRUDSXEOLFDSSHDUDQFHHYHQ DVKHZRUNHGLQKLVRI¿FH0F&DOO UDPEOHG DURXQG KLV RI¿FH LQ ORRVH VZHDWHUVRIWHQZLWKRXWDWLHDSSHDU- ing like a man who had lost his glasses.” 0F.D\¶V ERRN LV SXEOLVKHG E\ OSU Press. źźź ,)<282%6(59(32/,7,&6 \RX UHDOL]H DOO SROLWLFLDQV PDLQWDLQ D P\WKRORJ\ :DWFKLQJ 6HQ 0DUN +DW¿HOG DW FORVH UDQJH , LPDJLQHG WKDW KH ZDV LPLWDWLQJ &DU\ *UDQW SOD\LQJ WKH PRYLH UROH RI D ULFK banker. 7ULFLD *DWHV %URZQ WHOOV XV WKH larger truth is that all of us nurture P\WKVDERXWRXUVHOYHV7KH1HKDOHP EDVHGZULWHUVSRNHDERXWP\WKVDQG WKHLPSRUWDQFHRIVDFUHGVWRULHVLQD SUHVHQWDWLRQ WR D &ROXPELD )RUXP DXGLHQFHODVWZHHN%URZQLVDXWKRU of Jesus Loves Women: A Memoir of Body and Spirit. 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